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arius has the hybrid o.spirn, prop. anspirn; conf. reiiih. fuchs p. ccxcv. for asketill, oscytel, see end of ch. iii- suet. octavian. cap. 97. futnrumque, ut inter deos referretur, qnod cesar, id est reliqna pars e csesaris nomine, etrusca linyua detis vocaretur. hesych. s.v. alaoi 6(o\ vno tcov tvpprjviov. conf. lanzi 2, 483-4; also dio cass. 56, 29^ unfortunately l urs means a giant, and durs a demon, which, if they have anything to do with the rvparjvoi, would rather imply that these were a hostile and dieaded people, tkaks. 26 god. we observe that tlie etruscan religion, and perhaps also the roman and the greek, supposed a circle of twelve superior beings closely bound together and known by the name of clii consentes or complices (see suppl, exactly as the edda uses the expressions iwp

s and tliuringians (see suppl. and in other poems of the mid. ages the sacredness of the ancient forests still exerts an after-influence. in alex. 5193 we read' der edelc wait frone; and we have inklings now and again, if not of sacrifices offered to sacred trees, yet of a lasting indestructible awe, and the fancy that ghostly beings haunt particular trees. thus, in ls. 2, 575, misfortune, like a demon, sat on a tree; and in altd. w. 3, 161 it is said of a hollow tree: da sint heiligen inne. there are saints in there, die hoerent aller liute bet^ that hear all people's prayers (see suppl^ from the notion of a forest temple the transition is easy to payinj^ divine honours to a sinl'le tree. festus has: delubrum liistis delibratils (staff with 76 temples. still more immistakably does this fo

the natural force of fire, and loki, with a shifting of the sound, a shifting of the sense: of the burly giant has been made a sly seducing villain. the two may be compared to the prometheus and the hephajstus (vulcan) of the greeks; okeanos was a friend and kinsman of the former. but the two get mixed up. in loki, sa er flestu iuu raesr (sn. 4g, who devises the most of ill, we see also the giant demon who, like hephaestus, sets the gods a-laughing; his limping reminds us of hephsestus and the lame fire (n. cap. 76, his chaining of prometheus's, for loki is put in chains like his son fenrir. as hephaestus forges the net for ares and aphrodite, loki too prepares a net (sn. 69, in which he is caught himself. most salient of all is the analogy betw^een hephaestus being hurled down from olympu

s day such a wind is accounted for in lower saxony (about celle) by the dancing hcroduis whirling about in the air. elsewhere the raising of it is ascribed to the de.vil, and offensive epithets are hurled at him, as in the saalfeld country' schweinezahl fahret' there goes swine-tail (praetorius, riibezahl 3, 120, and on the khcin mts' siiuzagel' sow- tail (schni. 4, 110, to shew contempt for tlie demon, and abate his fury (see suppl. i shall bring in scjme other stories, when treating of the windsprites* canneart, strafrecht 153-5. b^lg. raus. 6, 319. conf. vergodc for fi-au gaude. 28g goddesses. stand for one another, or side by side. diana is denounced by eligius (superst. a; the passage in the decrees of councils (superst. c) has found its way into many later writings (superst. d, g: li

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acred rites. since ever dragging down the soul and leading it from sacred things, from the confines of matter, arise the terrible dog-faced demons, never showing a true image unto mortal gaze. so, therefore, first the priest who governeth the works of fire must sprinkle with the lustral water of the loud resounding sea. labor thou around the strophaios of hecate, when thou shalt see a terrestrial demon approaching cry aloud, and sacrifice the stone mnizourin. change not the barbarous names of evocation for they are names divine having in the sacred rites a power ineffable. and when after all the phantoms are banished thou shalt see that holy and formless fire, that fire which darts and flashes through the hidden depths of the universe hear thou the voice of fire. hereunto is the speech of

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

ether it be god, goddess or spirit, good or evil. evocations were performed by medieval practitioners of magick to summon up angels (and sometimes demons) and bind them to perform tasks, rather like the middle eastern djinn, or genie, who, in faerie tales, would appear from a magick lamp or corked bottle and grant wishes. incense would be used to give substance to the etheric form of the angel or demon concerned (modem magick tends to be a little wary of calling up spirits, however, whose malevolent energies may cause harm) in contrast, invocations were used to endow the practitioner with the power to carry out magical purposes through a form of possession, with the angel or god acting directly from within the practitioner's body. elementals have also been associated for hundreds of years

hemselves, are the forces or energies that give shape to living things. they also bring thoughts and desires into actuality, invoked by symbols. thus medieval occultists sought mastery over the elemental beings that they fashioned by their incantations. sometimes, if practitioners used the elemental forces for negative purposes, they would create a tulpa, or thought form, that became an elemental demon. this was hard to banish, even though the magicians worked within a square enclosed by two magick circles -hence the origins of warnings about magical effects coming back threefold. the goddess and the horned god in wicca neither evocation nor invocation is part of modern witchcraft, however, and white witches do not recognise any demonic figures in their religion. when we refer to the godde

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hem; the greatest possible firmness of will, parity of soul and intent, and power of self-control is necessary (q) that this is only to be attained by self-abnegation on every plane (i) that man, therefore, is the middle nature, and natural controller of the middle nature between the angels and the demons, and that therefore to each man is attached naturally both a guardian angel and a malevolent demon, and also certain spirits that may become familiars, so that with him it rests to give the victory unto the which he will (k) that, therefore, in order to control and make service of the lower and evil, the knowledge of the higher and good is requisite (ie, in the language of the theosophy of the present day, the knowledge of the higher self. from this it results that the magnum opus propoun

ly when they are obstinate and recalcitrant that severer measures should be resorted to; and that even with the devils we should not reproach them for their condition; seeing that a contrary line of action is certain to lead the magician into error. but, perhaps, abraham has rather intended to warn lamech against the danger of yielding to them in an exorcism even in the slightest degree. the word demon is evidently employed in this work almost as a synonym of devil; but, as most educated people are aware, it is derived from the greek daimon, which anciently simply meant any spirit, good or bad. a work filled with suggestive magical references is the well-known arabian nights, and it is interesting to notice the number of directions in the third book of this work for producing similar effec

as a learned and very skilful man; but his art was the art of the juggler, or cup and balls player; and not that of the magician. in the town of prague i found a wicked man named antony, aged twenty-five years, who in truth showed me wonderful and supernatural things, but may god preserve us from falling into so great an error, for the infamous wretch avowed to me that he had made a pact with the demon, and had given himself over to him in body and in soul, and that he had renounced god and all the saints; while, on the other hand, the deceitful leviathan had promised him forty years of life to do his pleasure. he made every effort, as he was obliged to by the pact, to persuade me and drag me to the precipice of the same error and misery; but at first i kept myself apart from him, and at l

who is just, never granteth the perfect, veritable and fundamental treasure unto those who deny him; notwithstanding that in the rest of their life they might be the most holy and perfect men in the world. i am astonished when i consider the blindness of many persons who let themselves be led by evil masters, who take pleasure in falsehood, and, we of abramelin the mage 13 may rather say, in the demon himself; giving themselves over unto sorceries and idolatries, one in one manner, another in another manner, with the result of losing their souls. but the truth is so great, the devil is so deceitful and malicious, and the world so frail and so infamous that i must admit that things cannot be otherwise. let us then open our eyes, and follow that which i shall lay down in the following chapt

er person understood, and with extravagant symbols made bells to sound, and while with execrable conjurations he made appear in glasses him who had committed a theft, and while he made a water causing an old man to appear young (and that only for the space of two hours and no longer. all the which things he indeed taught me, but the whole was but vanity, low curiosity, and a pure deception of the demon, leading to no useful end imaginable, and tending to the loss of the soul. and when i had the veritable knowledge of the sacred magic, i both forgot them, and banished them from mine heart. that impious bohemian,24 with the aid and assistance of his associate, performed astounding feats. he rendered himself invisible, he used to fly in the air, he used to enter through the keyholes into lock

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e consisteth in the metals, and 2 in the planets.3 as to all these arts, the which be conjoined and mingled together: the sacred magic 44 with the sacred qabalah; both he who maketh use of these same, either alone, or mingled with other things which be in no way from the qabalah; and he who seeketh to exercise himself in performing operations with these arts; is alike liable to be deceived by the demon; seeing that of themselves they possess no other virtue than a natural property; and they can produce no other thing than probable4 effects, and they have absolutely no power in spiritual and supernatural things; but if, however, on certain occasions they5 cause you to behold any extraordinary effect, such is only produced by impious and diabolical pacts and conjurations, the which form of s

y and love of talk, the sacred magic 48 the fourth chapter. that the greater number of magical books are false and vain. ll the books which treat of characters, extravagant figures, circles, convocations, conjurations, invocations, and other like matters, even although any one may see some effect thereby, should be rejected, being works full of diabolical inventions;12 and ye should know that the demon maketh use of an infinitude of methods to entrap and deceive mankind. this i have myself proved, because when i have operated with the veritable wisdom, all the other enchantments which i had learned have ceased, and i could no longer operate with them, and i made a very careful trial of those which i had learned with the rabbin moses; the cause of which is that the deceit and fraud of the d

mark of their falsity is the election of certain days; since there be those which god hath expressly commanded to sanctify, we can freely operate on all other days, and at all times. and whenever ye shall see tables which do mark the days and their differences, the celestial signs, and other like matters,13 pay no attention thereto, because herein is a very great sin14 hidden, and a deceit of the demon; it being one of his many methods of endeavouring to confound the true wisdom of the lord with evil matters. because this true wisdom of the lord can operate and perform its effects every day, and at any moment and second. the gates of his grace are daily open, he wisheth, and it is pleasing unto him to aid us, as well on this day as on the morrow; and in no way could it be true that he desi

name either from ancient french or german. of abramelin the mage 85 asmodee: usually written asmodeus, and sometimes chashmodai. derived by some from the hebrew word asamod, to destroy or exterminate; and by others from the persian verb azmonden= to tempt, to try or prove. some rabbins say that asmodeus was the child of the incest of tubal-cain and his sister naafrfah. others say that he was the demon of impurity. others again relate that he was employed by solomon in the building of the temple at jerusalem; that he then attempted to dethrone solomon, to put himself in his place; but that the king vanquished him and the angel gabriel chased him into egypt, and there bound him in a grotto. the rabbins say that when asmodeus was working at the building of the temple, he made use of no metal

or strike forward. the word pomn is employed in exodus 28, 34; 28, 33; and 39, 25. paimon is also called by the rabbins by the title of ozazl, azazel, which is a name used in leviticus with reference to the scape-goat. its derivation is from oz= a goat; and azl= to go away. it has frequently been warmly discussed whether the word in question means simply the scape-goat, or whether it signifies a demon to whom that animal was dedicated. but in rabbinic demonology it is always used to mean one of the chief demons. ariton: it is also often called egyn" or egin. this name may be derived from the hebrew root orh= to lay bare, to make naked. it may also be derived from the greek word arhreton= secret, or mysterious, in any sense good or bad. egin, may be derivable from hebrew, ogn= to delay, hi

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i m r o t a r a a p i r a c h a m a c s (3) k e h a h e k e h a h e k the sacred magick 153 (e) no. b is a square of b g squares. coli, probably from hebrew kli, meaning the whole, in the sense of the whole universe. no. c is a square of d g squares. searah, perhaps from hebrew sorh, a whirlwind; or perhaps from shorh= terrible, and is also used to express a kid, or a species of shaggy satyr-like demon, from the word being used to signify hair. no. d is a gnomon of b d squares taken from a square of e j squares. kehahek is probably from hebrew khch, meaning to conceal, obscure, or shut up. of abramelin the mage 154 the twelfth chapter. o know the secrets of any person (i) to know the secret of letters( c) to know the secret of words( d) to know secret operations( e) for the military counse

of diabolical conju- 5. in the original: d a a a mil florins dor. 6. yet peter of abano or apona is always considered to have been a great and powerful magician. of abramelin the mage 212 rations and impious exorcisms; in one word things which be contrary unto the commandments of god and the peace of men. and with all this their operations be destined for certain times and hours, and finally the demon carrieth away with him their miserable souls, which thing arriveth only too often. and yet it is the science of these persons which causeth them to pass for famous wise men. in the first book i have made mention of those whom i had encountered in my journeyings in europe. the true commandment is that which dependeth from god, and in which there is no dependence placed on any spirit imaginabl

man is inclined unto vanity and pride, they will humiliate themselves before him, and push that humility unto excess, and even unto idolatry, and this man will glory herein and become intoxicated with conceit, and the matter will not end without his commanding them some pernicious thing of such a nature that ultimately thence from will be derived that sin which will make the man the slave of the demon. another man will be easily accessible to avarice, and then if he take not heed the malignant spirits will propose unto him thousands of ways of accumulating wealth, and of rendering himself rich by indirect and unjust ways and means, whence total restitution is afterwards difficult and even impossible, so that he who is in such case findeth himself ever the slave of the spirits. another wil

r grief so poignant, that -there is in the world no evil which they be not ready to work, if god were to permit them, they being always attracted by the idea of the destruction of the human race. therefore is it necessary to take courage and make a constant resolution to resist in all things with intrepidity, and to earnestly desire to obtain from god so great a grace in despite of men and of the demon. also beforehand thou shouldest arrange thine affairs in such wise that they can in no way hinder thee, nor bring thee any disquietude in the period of the six moons, during which time there will occur the greatest possible attempts at assault and damage unto thee which the keen and subtle enemy will bring to bear upon thee. he will cause thee to come in contact with evil books, and wicked p

ALEISTER CROWLEY ACROSS THE GULF

ad, insulted majesty in his eyes. then a pillar of dust whirled down from the vault of heaven, even unto me as i stood alone, half-defiant, in the midst of the temple while the priests and the people cowered and wailed afar off. it rent the massy roof as it had been a thatch of straw, whirling the blocks of granite far away into the nile. it descended, roaring and twisting, like a wounded serpent demon-king in his death-agony; it struck me and lifted me from the temple; it bore me through leagues of air into the desert; then it dissolved and flung me contemptuously on a hill of sand. breathless and dazed i lay, anger and anguish tearing at my heart. i rose to swear a mighty curse; exhaustion took me, and i fell in a swoon to the earth. when i came to myself it was nigh dawn. i went to the

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

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

e treatise. sixth, to all those patient pagans and friends of the craft who waited, and waited for the eventual publication of this tome with baited breath. and something on the stove. seventh, and perhaps most importantly, to herman slater of the magickal childe (nee warlock shop, whose constant encouragement and eternal kvetching was material to the completion of this work. and, finally, to the demon perdurabo, without whose help the presentation of this book would have been impossible. blessed be! table of contents introduction introductory essay prefatory notes chart of comparisons supplementary material to 777 notes on pronunciation the spells (translated) common sumerian words and phrases in english a word concerning the original manuscript banishings bibliography& suggested reading

er hand, has had no rest whatever from the signals and messages from the extraterrestrial intelligences that were the overseers and the guardians of the book's publication. he has been plagued by an unremitting chain of numerological events which he cannot ignore. the predominance of the numbers 13,333,555,666 and others too arcane to bear mentioning have been made his life a demonstration (read, demon-stration) of jungian synchronicity patterns. also, his printing of the beautiful, full-colour denderah zodiac on the first anniversary of the necronomicon's publication in 1978 precipitated a rash of ufo sightings in australia and new zealand- in which one pilot has disappeared. bizarre occurrences and humorous coincidences aside for the moment, the necronomicon has caused changes in the con

ations, showing that the sumerians definitely recognised a yin-yang composition if the universe (the "male moon" idea is, the editor is given to understand, common to so-called aryan mythologies. there is also evidence to show that every god and goddess also had both a good and an evil nature, and evil gods were banished in the exorcism formulae of that civilisation as well as the lesser forms of demon. the horned moon as mentioned, the god of the moon was called nanna by the sumerians. by the later sumerians and assyrians, he was called sin. in both cases, he was the father of the gods (of the planetary realm, the zonei, and was depicted as wearing horns, a symbol familiar to the witches as representative of their god. the horn shaped crown is illustrative of the crescent phases of the mo

en, many of whom has been pressed into his service at a young age by their parents, who wished to see their sons brought up well-fed and educated in those uncertain times, where the church was the sole power and refuge. the frustration at being "condemned" to a life that demanded the abandonment of society and a "normal" life led many priests to express their hostilities through the office of the demon, the black mass. often, this was also a means of political demonstration, as the church controlled virtually all the political life of the period. in a way, as though in a test tube at a philosophical laboratory, aleister crowley was brought up under similar circumstances- although ver far removed in time from the days of the church's immense temporal power. coming from a fanatically religio

cipants in a rite of indian or chinese tantricism, or the shadow and the anima of jungian depth psychology. for many years, the moon remained the prime deity of the sumerians, constituting the essential personum of a religious and mystical drama that was performed roughly 3000 b.c. amid the deserts and marshes of mesopotamia. side by side with the worship of the moon, nanna, there was fear of the demon, pazuzu, a genie so amply recreated in the book and the movie by blatty, the exorcist, and similarly recognised as the devil himself by the church. pazuzu, the beast, was brought to life by aleister crowley, and the demon walked the earth once more. with publicity provided by h.p. lovecraft. the devil pazuzu was a prime example of the type of devil of which the sumerians were particularly aw

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

cret names of the four words. lxv. secret numbers corresponding. lxvi. spelling of tetragrammaton in the four worlds. 11 hryxy yetrizah, formative world hm mah 45 ah waw ah dwy 23 hayrb briah, creative world gs seg 63 ah waw ah dwy 31 twlyxa atziluth, archetypal world bu aub 72 yh wyw yh dwy 32 bis hycu assiah, material world b ben 52 hh ww hh dwy 31 bis. lxvii. the parts of the soul. lxviii. the demon kings. lxix* the alchemical elements. lxx. attribution of pentagram. 11 jwr ruach oriens h left upper point 23 jmcn neshamah ariton g right upper point 31 hyj chiah paimon f right lower point 32 bis cpn nephesh amaimon g left lower point 31 bis hdyjy yechidah. topmost point table of correspondences 19 lxxi. the court cards of the tarot, with the spheres of their celestial dominion wands. lxx

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

tention. a man engaged in intense mental labour will frequently stop and walk up and down the room- one may suppose for this cause- but it is a sign of weakness that this should be necessary. for the beginner in magick, however, it is permissible<human weakness! but it does encourage one- it is useless to deny it- to be knocked down by a demon of whose existence one was not really quite sure> to employ any device to secure the result. conjurations should be recited, not read<magus speaks and acts impromptu and extempore> and the entire ceremony should be so perfectly performed that one is hardly conscious of any effort of memory. the ceremony should be constructed with such l

ism altogether, or else think out everything beforehand, and make it significant. do not let some actions be symbolic and others haphazard> for the sensitive aura of the magician might be disturbed, and the value of the ceremony completely destroyed, by the embarrassment caused by the discovery of some such error, just as if a pre-occupied t-totaller found that he had strayed into a temple of the demon rum! it is therefore impossible to neglect the theory of the circle. 81 to take a simple example, suppose that, in an evocation of bartzabel, the planet mars, whose sphere is geburah (severity) were situated (actually, in the heavens) opposite to the square of chesed (mercy) of the tau in the circle, and the triangle placed accordingly. it would be improper for the magus to stand on that squ

and the feigned flight. the magical link may be classified under three main heads; as it involves (1) one plane and one person (2) one plane and two or more persons (3) two planes. in class (1) the machinery of magick- the instrument- already exists. thus, i may wish to heal my own body, increase my own energy; develop my own mental powers, or inspire my own imagination. here the exorcist and the demon are already connected, consciously or subconsciously, by an excellent system of symbols. the will is furnished by nature with an apparatus adequately equipped to convey and execute its orders. it is only necessary to inflame the will to the proper pitch and to issue its commands; they are instantly obeyed, unless- as in the case of organic disease- the apparatus is damaged beyond the art of

ess or paralysis. even the worst of these attacks will probably wear off, but it may leave you permanently damaged to a greater or less extent. 147 a great majority of "spiritualists "occultists "toshosophists, are pitiable examples of repeated losses from this cause. the emotional type of religionist also suffers in this way. devotion projects the fine body, which is seized and vampirized by the demon masquerading as "christ" or "mary, or whoever may be the object of worship. complete absence of all power to concentrate thought, to follow an argument, to formulate a will, to hold fast to an opinion or a course of action, or even to keep a solemn oath, mark indelibly those who have thus lost parts of their souls. they wander from one new cult to another even crazier. occasionally such pers

e discovered uncounted galaxies of suns; with another, endless orders of existence in the infinitesimal. with the prism we have analysed light so that matter and force have become intelligible only as forms of light. with a rod we have summoned the invisible energies of electricity to be our familiar spirit serving us to do our will, whether it be to outsoar the condor, or to dive deeper into the demon world of disease than any of our dreamers dared to dream. since with four bits of common glass mankind has learnt to know so much, achieved so much, who dare deny that the book of thoth, the quintessentialized wisdom of our ancestors whose civilizations, perished though they be, have left monuments which dwarf ours until we wonder whether we are degenerate from them, or evolved from simians

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

s philosophy. where animism holds sway, the "medicine-man" personifies this universal evil, and seeks to propitiate it by human sacrifice. the early forms of judaism, and that type of christianity which we associate with the salvation army, billy sunday and the fundamentalists of the back-blocks of america, are sufficiently simple cases of religion whose essence is the propitiation of a malignant demon. when the light of intelligence begins to dawn dimly through many fogs upon these savages, we reach a second stage. bold spirits master courage to assert that the evil which is so obvious, is, in some mysterious way, an illusion. they thus throw back the whole complexity of sorrow to a single cause; that is, the arising of the illusion aforesaid. the problem then assumes a final form: how is

discarded at his death. so what use would they be to l vi? even if there were among them a few such elements as would serve his purpose, they would have been devitalized and frittered away by the mere lapse of the centuries, since they had lost connection with the reality of the sage. alternatively, they might have been caught up and adopted by some wandering entity, quite probably some malignant demon. qlipoth- shells of the dead- obsessing spirits! here we are back in the pestilent purlieus of walham green, and the frowsty atmosphere of the frowsy "medium" and the squalid s ance "look! but do not speak to them" as virgil warned dante. so let us look. no! let us first congratulate ourselves that this subject of necromancy is so admirably documented. as to the real art, we have not only el

describes himself as..the minister of hoor-paarmagic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 288 kraat (al i, 7) his name implies some such function; for g.b.r. is mercury between the two greater lights, sol and luna. this seems to mean that he is something more than a lunar or terrestrial archangel; as he would appear to be from 777 (there now! that was my private fiend again- the demon of digression. back to our gods) 30 777 itself, to say nothing of the golden bough and the good lord knows how many other similar monuments of lexicography (for really they are little more, is our text-book. we are bound to note at once that the gods sympathise, run into one another, coalesce much more closely than any other of the orders of being. there is not really much in common between

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

little miss muffett unquestionably represents malkah; for she is unmarried. she is seated upon a "tuffet; id est, she is the unregenerate soul upon tophet, the pit of hell. and she eats curds and whey, that is, not the pure milk of the mother, but milk which has undergone decomposition. but who is the spider? verily herein is a venerable arcanum connoted! like all insects, the spider represents a demon. but why a spider? who is this spider "who taketh hold with her hands, and is in king's palaces? the name of this spider is death. it is the fear of death which first makes the soul aware of its forlorn condition. it would be interesting if tradition had preserved for us miss muffett's subsequent adventures. but we must proceed to consider the interpretation of the following rime: little jac

he sword "the word of the lord is quick and powerful, and sharper than a two-edged sword" as the wand is chokmah, the will "the father" and the cup the understanding "the mother" binah; so the magick sword is the reason "the son" the six sephiroth of the ruach, and we shall see that the pantacle corresponds to malkuth "the daughter" the magick sword is the analytical faculty; directed against any demon it attacks his complexity. only the simple can withstand the sword. as we are below the abyss, this weapon is then entirely destructive: it divides satan against satan. it is only in the lower forms of magick, the purely human forms, that the sword has become so important a weapon. a dagger should be sufficient. but the mind of man is normally so important to him that the sword is actually t

ion to the palace, it cannot be worn at the marriage feast. one might say that the pantacle is the bread of life, and the sword the knife which cuts it up. one must have ideas, but one must criticize them. the sword, too, is that weapon with which one strikes terror into the demons and dominates them. one must keep the ego lord of the impressions. one must not allow the circle to be broken by the demon; one must not allow any one idea to carry one away. it will readily be seen how very elementary and false all this is- but for the beginner it is necessary. in all dealings with demons the point of the sword is kept downwards, and it should not be used for invocation, as is taught in certain schools of magick. if the sword is raised towards the crown, it is no longer really a sword. the crow

he may advise the destruction of all thoughts, and to that end teach those practices which are clearly conductive to such destruction. these practices have now fortunately been set down in clear language by order of the a'.a. in these instructions the relativity and limitation of each practice is clearly taught, and all dogmatic interpretations are carefully avoided. each practice is in itself a demon which must be destroyed; but to be destroyed it must first be evoked. shame upon that master who shirks any one of these practices, however distasteful or useless it may be to him! for in the detailed knowledge of it, which experience alone can give him, may lie his opportunity for crucial assistance to a pupil. however dull the drudgery, it should be undergone. if it were possible to regret

tend. so much for the first page of the book. let him then be careful to write nothing therein that is inharmonious or untrue. nor can he avoid this writing, for this is a magick book. if you abandon even for an hour the one purpose of your life, you will find a number of meaningless scratches and scrawls on the white vellum; and these cannot be erased. in such a case, when you come to conjure a demon by the power of the book, he will mock you; he will point to all this foolish writing, more like his own than yours. in vain will you continue with the subsequent spells; you have broken by your own foolishness the chain which would have bound him. even the calligraphy of the book must be firm, clear, and beautiful; in the cloud of incense it is hard to read the conjurations. while you peer

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8) n(l)b)b the tabernacle of the congregation (lev. 1:1) d(wm lh) a viper h(p) locked [door; shod, wearing shoes lw(n fowl pw( zion nwyc limpid blood lwlc crying aloud (the city of hadar (see 209, referred to binah in i.r.q. 994; cf. s.d. 4:19) w(p 157 the setting of the sun hmx ymwdmd was angry, enraged; anger p(z the beard (s.d. cap. 2; lingam (qnz) nqz hidden; wonderful )lpwm female; yoni hbqn demon; injurer qyzm 158 arrows mycyx to suffocate qnx balances (ch) nynz)m eternal, perpetual, enduring yxcn 159 surpassing whiteness (see 934 )nycwb point hdqn 160 thine eyes (pl; gnot h written; see 150& i.r.q. 652) kyny( silver psk fell down lpn a rock, stone (ls a tree c( thy face (ez. 3:8) kynp image mlc cain nyq to be lovely, pleasant m(n existing, stable myyq 161 the heavenly man (lit. the

ght hand nymynb colour (bc 163 he, the lord god ynd) myhl )wh woman, wife hbqwn 164 the pillars (see 79) mydm( ye shall cleave myqbdx outer; civil (as opposed to sacred) nwcyx 165 strength (ez.3:8) myqzx to make them know (ps. 25:4) m(ydwhl nemo (name of magister templi) hymm( an assembly hc( curse hllq 166 under penalty of law (esp. a fine) nwmm byyx the most high nwyl( 167 the unnameable one (a demon) nwmys) fetters (job 36:8) myqyz 168 the supernal parents h)ly )m)w )b) to cover; protect ppx 169 the accentuator mym+ 170 wand [david fs] staff lqm cup lps cloud nn( seasons myd(wm fools; the constellation orion mylysk 171 the original seed (lit. gfrom the chief h; scil. groot h) lyc)m emanating from lc)n the face of god: the name of an angel l)ynp 172 cut, divided (qb he affected( gnot h r

uncircumcised lr( separation dwryp the spirit of god (gn. l:2) myhl) xwr cold; quiet rq thin; only; saliva qr 301 my lord, the faithful king: a name of god nm)n klmh ynd) fire) a candlestick hrwnm to call )rq destruction# 302 to cut open, inquire into; dawn rqb hath protected rbq to putrefy bqr 303 did evil; putrefaction#)b and god saw myhl )ryw 304 a species of gold cwrx green #d white rdq teat; demon; idol; violence; ruin d# 305 dazzling white light xc rw) grass; tender herb (gn. 1:11)#d yetzirah: the formative world hrcy a curving, bending h(yrk the end of days, appointed time (dan. 12:14) nymyh cq a lamb; sheep; goat h# foreskin hlr( 306 father of mercy mymxrh b) merciful father nmxrh b) a woman, wife; virago h) honey #bd a matron )nwr+m coldness; pertaining to winter rwq a pomegranate

) nw#xry to extinguish *k(d 575 beersheba: the well of the seven (gn. 21:31, 2 sam 24:7. see k.d. p.183 (b# r)b and the myhl) said: glet there be light! h rw) yhy myhl) rm)yw ten hr( journey *klhm 576 wands twlqm 577 the concealed of the concealed: a name of god most high (cf. 583) nyrm+d hrym+ 579 midnight (cf. 188) hlyl twcx sons of adam mygwn(t 580 rich ry( ancient qyt( the scapegoat; he-goat; demon; shaggy, hairy (lev. 16:22) ry# the valley of the shadow of death twmlc )yg flask, bottle *kp 581 the ancient one: a title of kether )qyt( barley hrw# 583 the concealed of the concealed: a title of kether (cf. 577) nyrym+d )rym+ 584 king david *dwd klm 585 the gods of battle (lit. ggods of hosts h: the divine name of hod tw)bc myhl) a fanfare, trumpet-blast h(yqt to subvert, ruin, change *kp

yod in the centre and tau lowermost )tyr)r) and the myhl) said: let there be light, and there was light (gn. 1:3) rw) yhy myhl) rm)yw rw) yhyw proselytes *myrg 814 a shore *pwx outer; civil (as opposed to sacred *nwcyx merciful, compassionate *mwxr 815 silence hqyt# 816 under penalty of law (esp. a fine *nwmm byyx the most high *nwyl( words *myrbd 817 to seize suddenly *p+x the unnameable one (a demon *nwmys) magician *m+rx lights: the urim (see 490 *myrw) 818 the red light *mwd) rw) 820 kaph: the palm [of the hand (fig. notariqon of kteis-phallus *pk cloud *nn( will be exalted *myry a vineyard *mrk the inept and the profane (lit. gto idols h, as likenesses of men or animals *mylyspl to gather, draw together *mcmc 822 chambers, rooms *myrdx 823 an image of stone, a shaped stone (lev. 26:1

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that our talisman, one microscopic serpent of which can build for itself such a house as to rule men's bodies for a generation like alexander, or their minds for an epoch like plato, cannot be destroyed or diminished by any conceivable force. when this talisman comes forth from its fortress, its action begins. the ancient jewish rabbins knew this, and taught that before eve was given to adam, the demon lilith conceived by the spilth of his dreams, so that the hybrid races of satyrs, elves and the like began to populate those secret places of the earth which are not sensible by the organs of the normal man. i take it as certain that every offering of this talisman infallibly begets children on one plane or another of this our cosmos, whose matter is so varied in kind. such a child must part

ar and of vengeance" is then merely one who shall cause men to do their won wills by going as gods do, instead of trying to check the irresistible course of nature) p. s. el ouid algeria an xx sol in sagittarius. the terror of syria in the reign of oman was the great soldier and administrator melekh-al-astar. possibly jewish mothers used to scare their crying babies by threatening them with this "demon of the desert" and the rabbins incorporated the "bogey man" in their averse hierarchy. al iii,4 "choose ye an island" the old comment 4. an island= one of the cakkrams or nerve-centres in the spine. the new comment 4-9. this is a practical instruction; and, as a 'military secret, is not in any way soever to be disclosed. i say only that the plans are complete, and that the first nation to ac

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one of our english brethren is making,31 will enable him to discover a very great deal of matter for thought in these poems which an untutored person would pass by. to return to the general dogma of the qabalists. the figure of minutum mundum will show how they suppose one quality to proceed from the last, first in the pure god-world atziluth, then in the angel-world briah, and so on down to the demon-worlds, which are however not thus organised. they are rather material that was shed off in the course of evolution, like the sloughs of a serpent, from which comes their name of shells, or husks. apart from silly questions as to whether the order of the emanations is confirmed by pal ontology, a question it is quite impertinent to discuss, there is no doubt the sephiroth are types of evolut

emolish in turn the qabalistic methods of exegesis; and then, if we can, discover a true basis upon which to erect an abiding temple of truth. 1. gematria. the number 777 affords a good example of the legitimate and illegitimate deductions to be drawn. it represents the sentence \yyj \yhla jwr tja, one is the spirit of the living god, and also twplqh \halo, the world of the shells (excrements the demon-world. now it is wrong to say that this idea of the unity of the divine spirit is identical with this idea of the muddle of chaos unless in that exalted grade in which the one is the many. but the compiler of liber 777 was a great qabalist when he thus entitled his book; for he meant to imply, one is the spirit of the living god, i.e. i have in this book unified all the diverse symbols of th

the created world. 45. hm, a secret title of yetzirah, the formative world \da, adam, man, the species (not the first man. a is air, the divine breath which stirs \d, blood, into being. 49. a number useful in the calculations of dr dee, and a mystic number of venus. 50. the number of the gates of binah, whose name is death (50= n= by tarot, death. 51. a, pain. an, failure \wda, the country of the demon kings. there is much in the qabalah about these kings and their dukes; it never meant much to me. but 51 is 1 short of 52. 52. amya, the fertilised mother, the phallus (y) thrust into ama. also b, the son. note 52= 13 4, being mercy and the influence of the father. 60. samekh, which in full spells 60 2= 120 (q.v, just as yod, 10, in full spells 10 2= 20. in general, the tens are solidificati

es wand, a rod of almond. 3+ 60+ 400, the paths of the middle pillar. 474. tud, knowledge, the sephira that is not a sephira. in one aspect the child of chokmah and binah; in another the eighth heads of the stooping dragon, raised up when the tree of life was shattered, and macroprosopus set cherubim against microprosopus. see 4= 7 ritual supra.55 also, and very specifically, liber 418. it is the demon that purely intellectual or rational religions take as their god. the special danger of hinayana buddhism. 480. tylyl, the demon-queen of malkuth. 666. last of the mystic numbers of the sun. twrc, the spirit of sol. also tc wmmu, ommo satan, the satanic trinity of typhon, apophis and besz;56 also hwchy \c, the name of jesus. the names of nero, napoleon, w. e. gladstone, and any person that y

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h. holy virgin of god, said he, what dost thou here? what wilt thou with thy servant? at that she stank so that the air gasped about her, like a fish brought out of the sea. so she told him she was gathering simples for her daughter that had died to bury her withal. now no simples grew in the desert. therefore our father drew with his sword lines of power in the sand, so that a black and terrible demon appeared squeezing up in thin flat plates of flesh along the sword-lines. so our father cried: simples, o axcaxrabortharax, for my mother! then the demon was wroth and shrieked: thy mother to black hell! she is mine! so the old hag confessed straight that she had given her body for love to that fiend of the pit. but our father paid no heed thereto and bade the demon to do his will, so that h

anged not on his face, and the whole grove was filled with sweet and subtle perfumes. now on the 71st day arose there a great dispute about his body; for the angels and spirits and demons did contend about it, that they might possess it. but our eldest brother v. n. bade all be still; and thus he apportioned the sacred relics of our father. to the angel agbagal, the fore part of the skull; to the demon ozoz, the back left part of the skull; to the demon olcot,1 the back right part of the skull; to ten thousand myriads of spirits of fire, each one hair; to ten thousand myriads of spirits of water, each one hair; to ten thousand myriads of spirits of earth, each one hair; to ten thousand myriads of spirits of air, each one hair; to the archangel zazelazel, the brain; to the angel usbusolat

left part of the skull; to the demon olcot,1 the back right part of the skull; to ten thousand myriads of spirits of fire, each one hair; to ten thousand myriads of spirits of water, each one hair; to ten thousand myriads of spirits of earth, each one hair; to ten thousand myriads of spirits of air, each one hair; to the archangel zazelazel, the brain; to the angel usbusolat, the medulla; to the demon ululomis, the right nostril; to the angel opael, the left nostril; to the spirit kuiphiah, the membrane of the nose; to the spirit pugrah, the bridge of the nose; to eleven thousand spirits of spirit, the hairs of the nose, one each; to the archangel tuphtuphtuphal, the right eye; to the archdevil upsusph, the left eye; the parts thereof in trust to be divided among their servitors; as the r

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if i go, i care not whither i go. for in me is the taint of the faery blood. fast, fast, its emerald flood leaps within me, violent rude like a bestial faun's beatitude. in me the faery blood runs hard: my sires were a druid, a devil, a bard, a beast, a wizard, a snake and a satyr; for- as my mother said- what does it matter? 44 she was a fay, pure of the faery; queen morgan's daughter by an aery demon that came to orkney once to pay the beetle his orisons. so, it is i that writhe with the twitch of the faery blood, and the wizard itch to attain a matter one may not utter rather than sink in the greasy splutter of britons munching their bread and butter; ailing boys and coarse-grained girls grown to sloppy women and brutal churls. so, i am off with staff in hand to the endless light of the

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ch one of our english brethren is making, will enable him to discover a very great deal of matter for thought in these poems which an untutored person would pass by. to return to the general dogma of the qabalists. the figure of minutum mundum will show how they suppose one quality to proceed from the last, first in the pure god-world atziluth, then in the angel-world briah, and so on down to the demon-worlds, which are however not thus organised. they are rather material that was shed off in the course of evolution, like thesloughs of a serpent, from which comes their name of shells, or husks. apart from silly questions as to whether the order of the emanations is 87 confirmed by palaeontology, a question it is quite impertinent to discuss, there is no doubt that the sephiroth are types o

turn the qabalistic methods of exegesis; and then, if we can, discover a true basis upon which to erect an abiding temple of truth. 1. gematria. the number 777 affords a good example of the legitimate and illegitimate deductions to be drawn. it represents the sentence achth rvch alhim chiim "one is the spirit 89 of the living god" and also olahm h-qlpvth "the world of the shells (excrements- the demon-world" now it is wrong to say that this idea of the unity of the divine spirit is identical with this idea of the muddle of chaos- unless in that exalted grade in which "the one is the many" but the compiler of liber 777 was a great qabalist when he thus entitled his book; for he meant to imply "one is the spirit of the living god "i.e" i have in this book unified all the diverse symbols of

d. 45. mh, a secret title of yetzirah, the formative world. adm, adam, man, the species (not "the first man. a is air, the divine breath which stirs dm, blood, into being. 49. a number useful in the calculations of dr. dee, and a mystic number of venus. 50. the number of the gates of binah, whose name id death (50= hb:nun= by tarot "death. 51. an, pain. na, failure. advm, edom, the country of the demon kings. there is much in the qabalah about these kings and their dukes; it never meant much to me, somehow. but 51 is 1 short of 52. 100 52. aima, the fertilised mother, the phallus (hb:yod) thrust into ama. also bn, the son. note 52= 13 x 4, 4 being mercy and the influence of the father. 60. samekh, which in full spells 60 x 2= 120 (q.v, just as yod, 10 in full spells 10 x 2= 20. in general

dle pillar. 474. dvth, weh note: sic, should be doth in the substitutions used in text knowledge, the sephira that is not a sephira. in one aspect the child of chokmah and binah; in another the eighth head of the stooping dragon, raised up when the tree of life was shattered, and macroposopus set cherubim against microposopus. see 4= 7 ritual "supra" also, and very specially, liber 418. it is the demon that purely intellectual or rational religions take as their god. the special danger of hinayana buddhism. 480. lilith, the demon-queen of malkuth. 543. ahih ashr ahih "i am that i am" 666. last of the mystic numbers of the sun. svrth, the spirit of sol. also ommv sthh, ommo satan, the satanic trinity of typhon, apophis, and besz; also shm ihshvh, the name of jesus. the names of nero, napole

a soul even by allowing him to pass through the "houses of sin? mr waite blasphemes if he denies it. as a practical example, i know of a man who took up the blackest magic from sheer hatred of god and christ, a hatred shelleyan and thomsonian. what happened? he found by practice that to call forth an evil spirit you must identify yourself with the god that commands him. he then saw no use for the demon, and continued with the god. reason next said" if with the small god, why not with the great god of all" and in the upshot he found himself practising exactly the same method as molinos, st teresa, buddha, father poulain, st paul, meredith starr, a. e. waite, aleister crowley, and the rest- and getting the very same results. oh, my dear sir, a man is a man, and if you give whisky to a, b, an

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909. 10.10-11.35 p.m. in nomine babalon amen. restriction unto choronzon. the tenth aethyr is called zax. this aethyr being accurs d, and the seer forewarned, he taketh these precautions for the scribe. first let the scribe be seated in the centre of the circle in the desert sand, and let the circle be fortified by the holy names of god- tetragrammaton and shaddai el chai and ararita. and let the demon be invoked within a triangle, wherein is inscribed the name of choronzon, and about it let him write anaphaxeton- anaphaneton- primeumaton, and in the angles mi-ca-el: and at each angle the seer shall slay a pigeon, and having done this, let him retire to a secret place, where is neither sight nor hearing, and sit within his black robe, secretly invoking the aethyr. and let the scribe perfor

t the scribe perform the banishing rituals of the pentagram and hexagram, and let him call upon the holy names of god, and say the exorcism of honorius, and let him beseech protection and help of the most high. and let him be furnished with the magick dagger, and let him strike fearlessly at anything that may seek to break through the circle, were it the appearance of the seer himself. and if the demon pass out of the triangle, let him threaten him with the dagger, and command him to return. and let him beware lest he himself lean beyond the circle. and 92 since he reverenceth the person of the seer as his teacher, let the seer bind him with a great oath to do this. now, then, the seer being entered within the triangle, let him take the victims and cut their throats, pouring the blood with

ecret place covered completely by a black robe, in the position called the "thunderbolt. he did not move or speak during the ceremony) next the scribe was hallucinated, believing that before him was a beautiful courtesan whom previously he had loved in paris. now, she wooed him with soft words and glances, but he knew these things for delusions of the devil, and he would not leave the circle. the demon then laughed wildly and loud (upon the scribe threatening him, the demon proceeded, after a short delay) they have called me the god of laughter, and i laugh when i will slay. and they have thought that i could not 94 smile, but i smile upon whom i would seduce. o inviolable one, that canst not be tempted. if thou canst command me by the power of the most high, know that i did indeed tempt t

to obedience in the holy names, i cannot swerve therefrom, for their first whispering is greater than the noise of all my temptests. bid me therefore come unto thee upon my hands and knees that i may adore thee, and partake of thy forgiveness. is not thy mercy infinite (here choronzon attempts to seduce the scribe by appealing to his pride. but the scribe refused to be tempted, and commanded the demon to continue with the aethyr. there was again a short delay) choronzon hath no form, because he is the maker of all form; and so rapidly he changeth from one to the other as he may best think fit to seduce those whom he hateth, the servants of the most high. thus taketh he the form of a beautiful woman, or of a wise and holy man, or of a serpent that writheth upon the earth ready to sting. an

ray thee, one drop of water from the pure springs of paradise, that i may quench my thirst (the scribe refused) sprinkle water upon my head. i can hardly go on (this last was spoken from the triangle in the natural voice of the frater, which choronzon again simulated. but he did not succeed in taking the frater's form- which was absurd! the scribe resisted the appeal to his pity, and conjured the demon to proceed by the names of the most high. choronzon attempted also to seduce the faithfulness of the scribe. a long colloquy ensued. the scribe cursed him by the holy names of god, and the power of the pentagram) i feed upon the names of the most high. i churn them in my jaws, and i void them from my fundament. i fear not the power of the pentagram, for i am the master of the triangle. my na

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to create magical images is still with me. 11.40- hanged man posture. will invoke adonai once more 12.0. by pure thought. got into a very curious state indeed; part of me being quite perfectly asleep, and part quite perfectly awake. 2.10. have slept, and that soundly, though with many dreams. awaking with the utmost horror and loathing of the path of the wise it seemed somehow like a vast dragon-demon with bronze green wings iridescent that rose up startled and angry. and i saw that 19 2.10. the littlest courage is enough to rise and throw off sleep, like a small soldier in complete armour of silver advancing with sword and shield at whose sight that dragon, not daring to abide the shock, flees utterly away. 2.15. lunch, 3 garibaldis and 3 gaufrettes. wrote two letters. 2.50. going out w

of the cross" or points upon his mystic journey. he must assuredly drink blood for the sacrament ah! now i see it all so well! the initiator must kill him, osiris; he must rise again as horus and kill the initiator, taking his place in the ceremony thence to the end. a bit awkward technically, but 'twill yield to science. they did it of old by a certain lake in italy! well, all this is dog-faced demon, ever seducing me from the sacred mysteries. i can't go out and kill anybody at this time o'night! we might make a start, 48 though, with a little scourging, torturing, and branding by fire. anything for a quiet life! 11.0. but scourging oneself is not easy with a robe on; and though one could take it off, there is this point to be considered: that one can never (except by a regrettable acci

so called. not 70 evil in truth, because only that is evil (in one sense) which does not lead to adonai.(in another sense, all is evil which is not adonai. and of course i had the insane idea that this ritual would serve to stimulate my devotion. for the information of the z.a.m. i may explain that this ritual pertained to saturn in libra; and, though right enough in its own plane, is a dog-faced demon in this operation. is it, though? i am so blind that i can no longer decide the simplest problems. else, i see so well, and am so balanced, that i see both sides of every question. in chess-blindness one used to abjure the game. i never tried to stick it through; i wish i had. anyhow, i have to stick this through! o lord of the eye, let thine eye be ever open upon me! for he that watcheth is

"dr. m. d. eder in "the new age""yours also is the reincarnation and the life, o laughing lion that is to be!"here you have distilled for our delight the inner spirit of the tulip's form, the sweet secret mystery of the rose's perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst preserving all that is sensual.'so also the old mystics were right who saw in every phenomenon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery. yes, but the phenomenon shall it be as another sacred mystery; the force of attraction still to be interpreted in terms of god and the psyche? we shall reward you by befoulment, by cant, by misunderstanding, and by understanding. this to you who wear the phrygian cap, not as symbol of liberty, o ribald ones, but of sacrifice and victory, o

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en moon, send thy ray-dews after; turn the dolorous tune to soft ambiguous laughter! 214 mourn, o maenads, mourn! surely your comfort is over: all we laugh at you lorn. ours are the poppies and clover! o that mouth and eyes, mischevious, male, alluring! o that twitch of the thighs dorian past enduring! where is wisdom now? where the sage and his doubt? surely the sweat of the brow hath driven the demon out. surely the scented sleep that crowns the equal war is wiser than only to weep- to weep for evermore! now, at the crown of the year, the decadent days of october, i come to thee, god, without fear; pious, chaste, and sober. i solemnly sacrifice this first-fruit flower of wine for a vehicle of thy vice as i am thine to be mine. for five in the year gone by i pray thee give to me one; a lo

he eagle is the higher and divine nature yet to be found herein, the alchemical eagle of distillation, the renewer of life. as it is said "thy youth shall be renewed like the eagle's" great indeed and many are the mysteries of this terrible key! after explaining a symbol of typhon the associate adept turns to the 15th key of the tarot. the 15th key of the tarot represents a goat-headed satyr-like demon standing upon 286 a cubical altar. in his left hand, which points downwards, he holds a lighted torch, and in his right hand, which is elevated, a horn of water. the cubical altar represents the universe. the whole figure shows the gross generating powers of nature on the material plane, and is analogous to the pan of the greeks and the egyptian goat of mendes. as his hands bear the torch an

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al training, your results will be invalid" 53 and he smiles gently "patient experiment will prove to you that the microscope is reliable" and i smile gently "patient experiment will prove to you that meditation is reliable" so there we are. x "stay not on the precipice with the dross of matter, for there is a place for thine image in a realm ever splendid" zoroaster "when thou seest a terrestrial demon approaching, cry aloud and sacrifice the stone mnizourin- zoroaster as a boy at school i enjoyed a reputation for unparalleled cowardice; in the world i am equally accused of foolhardiness. the judgment of the boys was the better. the truth is that i have always been excessively cautious, have never willingly undertaken even the smallest risk. the paradoxical result is that i have walked hun

d by the dragon down below death's horizon. iii i woke from this. i lay upon the lawn; they had thrown roses on the moss 93 with all their thorns; we came there at the dawn, my lord and i; god sailed across the sky in's galleon of amber, drawn by singing winds while we wove garlands of the flowers of our minds. iv all day my lover deigned to murder me, linking his kisses in a chain about my neck; demon-embroidery! bruises like far-ff mountains stain the valley of my body of ivory! then last came sleep. i wake, and he is gone; what should i do but weep? v nay, for i wept enough- more sacred tears- when first he pinned me, gripped my flesh, and as a stallion that rears, sprang, hero-thewed and satyr-lipped; crushed, as a grape between his teeth, my fears; sucked out my life and stamped me wi

tered saint, into the wood, my mind. the moon was staggered by the trees; with fierce constraint hardly one ray pierced to the ragged earth about their roots that lay. viii i wandered, crying on my lord. i wandered eagerly seeking everywhere. the stories of life that on my lips he squandered grew into shrill cries of despair, until the dryads frightened and dumfoundered fled into space- like to a demon-king's was grown my maiden face! xi at last i came unto the well, my soul. in that still glass, i saw no sign 95 of him, and yet- what visions there uproll to cloud that mirror-soul of mine? above my head there screams a flying scroll whose word burnt through my being as when stars drop in black disastrous dew. x for in that scroll was written how the globe of space became; of how the light

onfronted by a stern, grey figure, short, stout, and bearded, but of an indescribably majesty and force "he laid his hand unhesitatingly upon my shoulder 'unhappy man' he cried 'thou art sacrificing thy life to a phantom "look not" quoth zoroaster "upon the visible image of the soul of nature, for her name is fatality" what thou hast seen- i know not what it is, save that it is as 126 a dog-faced demon that seduceth thy soul from the sacred mysteries; the mysteries of life and duty"'let me tell my story' i replied 'and you shall judge- for, whoever you may be, i feel your power and truth"'i am eliphaz levi zahed- men call me the abbe constant' returned the other"'the great magician"'the enemy of the great magician "we went together to my house. i had begun to suspect some trick of hell. th

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a, who could and would have told the truth about it, had departed for a distant colony. so on arriving in paris, p. lured d.d.c.f. into telling the story, which was as follows: that he and i.a. had disagreed upon an obscure point in theology, thereby formulating the accursed dyad, thereby enabling the abramelin demons to assume material form: one in his own shape, another in that of i.a. now, the demon that looked like i.a. had a revolver, and threatened to shoot him (d.d.c.f, while the demon that resembled himself was equally anxious to shoot i.a. fortunately, before the demons could fire, v.n.r. came into the room, thus formulating the symbol of the blessed trinity, of which her great purity of character would naturally fit her to be a prominent member. now, the only probability about th

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"dr. m. d. eder in "the new age "yours also is the reincarnation and the life, o laughing lion that is to be "here you have distilled for our delight the inner spirit of the tulip's form, the sweet secret mystery of the rose's perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst preserving all that is sensual 'so also the old mystics were right who saw in every phenomenon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery' yes, but the phenomenon shall it not be as another sacred mystery; the force of attraction still to be interpreted in terms of god and the psyche? we shall reward you by befoulment, by cant, by misunderstanding, and by understanding. this to you who wear the phrygian cap, not as symbol of liberty, o ribald ones, but of sacrifice and victor

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ently occur and divide the intervals of stupor, during which you seek in vain to pull yourself together. the simplest words, the most trivial ideas, take on a new and strange physiognomy. you are surprised at yourself for having up to now found them so simple. incongruous likenesses and correspondences, impossible to foresee, interminable puns, comic sketches, spout eternally from your brain. the demon has encompassed you; it is useless to kick against the pricks of this hilarity, as painful as tickling 71 is! from time to time you laugh to yourself at your stupidity and your madness, and your comrades, if you are with others, laugh also, both at your state and their own; but as they laugh without malice, so you are without resentment. this gaiety, turn by turn idle or acute, this uneasine

t hashish is, in its immediate effect, much more vehement than opium, much more inimical to regular life; in a word, much more upsetting. i do not know if ten years of intoxication by hashish would being diseases equal to those caused by ten years of opium regimen; i say that, for the moment, and for the morrow, hashish has more fatal results. one is a soft-spoken enchantress; the other, a raging demon. 94 i wish in this last part to define and to analyse the moral ravage caused by this dangerous and delicious practice; a ravage so great, a danger so profound, that those who return from the fight but lightly wounded appear to me like heroes escaped from the cave of a multiform proteus, or like orpheus, conquerors of hell. you may take, if you will, this form of language for an exaggerated

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a fiend also of iron, white-hot and dazzling with the glory of the nether penetralia. a face that was theferreous incarnation of all imaginations of malice and irony looked on me with a glare withering from its intense heat, but still more from the unconceived degree of inner wickedness which it symbolised. i realised whose laughter i had heard, and instantly i heard it again. beside him another demon, his very twin, was rocking a tremendous cradle framed of bars of iron like all things else, and candescent with as fierce a heat as the fiend's. and now, in a chant of the most terrific blasphemy which it is possible to imagine, or rather of blasphemy so fearful that no human thought has ever conceived of it, both the 256 demons broke forth, until i grew intensely wicked merely by hearing i

asheesh life, until at length there was hardly a visible or tangible object, hardly a phrase which could be spoken, that had not some such infernal potency as connected with an earlier effect of suffering. slowly thus does midnight close over the hasheesh-eater's heaven. one by one, upon its pall thrice dyed in acharon, do the baleful lustres appear, until he walks under a hemisphere flaming with demon lamps, and upon a ground paved with tiles of hell. out of this awful domain there are but three ways. thank god that over this alluring gateway is not written "lasciate ogni speranza voi ch' entrate" the first of these exits is insanity, the second death, the third abandonment. the first is doubtless oftenest trodden 267 yet it may be long ere it reaches the final escape in oblivion, and it

reaches the final escape in oblivion, and it is as frightful as the domain it leaves behind. the second but rarely opens to the wretch unless he prises it open with his knife; ordinarily its hinges turn lingeringly. towards the last let him struggle, though a nightmare torpor petrify his limbs- though on either side of the road be a phalanx of monstrous afreets with drawn swords of flame- though demon cries peal before him, and unimaginable houris beckon him back- over thorns, through furnaces, but into- life! to the first restaurant at hand we hastened. passing in, i called for that only material relief which i have ever found for these spiritual sufferings- something strongly acid. in the east the form in use is sherbet; mine was very sour lemonade.1 a glass of it was made ready, and wi

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ll shaking his body. all death's doubt assails him. was it sleep or was it waking "by god, i care not, i (quod he "or wake or sleep, or live or dead, i will pursue this mystery. so help me grace of godlihead" ay! with thy wasted limbs pursue that subtle beast home to his den! who know but thou mayst win athrough, sir palamede the saracen? 80 xxxi from god's sweet air sir palamede hath come unto a demon bog, a city where but rats may breed in sewer-stench and fetid fog. within its heart pale phantoms crawl. breathless with foolish haste they jog and jostle, all for naught! they scrawl vain things all night that they disown ere day. they call and bawl and squall hoarse cries; they moan, they groan. a stone hath better sense! and these among a cabbage-headed god they own, with wandering eye a

e this petty man move on. relentless as thine own renown, careless of praise or orison, simply determined. wilt thou launch (this knight's presumptuous head upon) the devastating avalancehe? he knows too much, and cares too little! his wound is more than death can staunch. he can avoid, though by one tittle, thy surest shaft! and now the knight, breasting the crags, may laugh and whittle away the demon-club whose might threatened him. now he leaves the spur; and eager, with a boy's delight, 106 treads the impending glacier. now, now he strikes the steep black ice that leads to the last neck. by her that bore the lord, by what device may he pass there? yet still he moves, ardent and steady, as if the price of death were less than life approves, as if on eagles' wings he mounted, or as on an

"dr. m. d. eder in "the new age "yours also is the reincarnation and the life, o laughing lion that is to be "here you have distilled for our delight the inner spirit of the tulip's form, the sweet secret mystery of the rose's perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst preserving all that is sensual 'so also the old mystics were right who saw in every phenomenon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery' yes, but the phenomenon shall it not be as another sacred mystery; the force of attraction still to be interpreted in terms of god and the psyche? we shall reward you by befoulment, by cant, but misunderstanding, and by understanding. this to you who wear the phrygian cap, not as symbol of liberty, o ribald ones, but of sacrifice and victo

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aiden moon, send thy ray-dews after; turn the dolorous tune to soft ambiguous laughter! mourn, o maenads, mourn! surely your comfort is over: all we laugh at you lorn. ours are the poppies and clover! o that mouth and eyes, mischievous, male, alluring! o that twitch of the thighs, dorian past enduring! where is wisdom now! where the sage and his doubt? surely the sweat of the brow hath driven the demon out. 119 surely the scented sleep that crowns the equal war is wiser than only to weep- to weep for evermore! now, at the crown of the year, the decadent days of october, i come to thee, god, without fear; pious, chaste, and sober. i solemnly sacrifice this first-fruit flower of wine for a vehicle of thy vice, as i am thine to be mine. for five in the year gone by i pray thee give to me one;

s dr. m. d. eder in "the new age "yours also is the reincarnation and the life, o laughing lion that is to be "here you have distilled for our delight the inner spirit of the tulip's form, the sweet secret mystery of the rose's perfume: you have set them free from all that is material whilst preserving all that is sensual 'so also the old mystics were right who saw in every phenomenon a dog-faced demon apt only to seduce the soul from the sacred mystery' yes, but the phenomenon shall it not be as another sacred mystery; the force of attraction still to be interpreted in terms of god and the psyche? we shall reward you by befoulment, by cant, by misunderstanding, and by understanding. this to you who wear the phrygian cap, not as symbol of liberty, o ribald ones, but of sacrifice and victor

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rld, and be wedded to that blind creature of the slime" 38. i who am beyond wisdom and folly, arise and say unto you: achieve both weddings! unite yourselves with both! 39. beware, beware, i say, lest ye seek after the one and lose the other! 40. my adepts stand upright; their head above the heavens, their feet below the hells. 41. but since one is naturally attracted to the angel, another to the demon, let the first strengthen the lower link, the last attach more firmly to the higher. 42. thus shall equilibrium become perfect. i will aid my disciples; as fast as they acquire this balanced power and joy so faster will i push them. 43. they shall in their turn speak from this invisible throne; their words shall illumine the worlds. 44. they shall be masters of majesty and might; they shall

d and confident like a sea-captain. 10. also it straineth like a hound in the leash. 11. it hath pride and great subtlety. yea, and glee also! 12. let the magus act thus in his conjuration. 13. let him sit and conjure; let him draw himself together in that forcefulness; let him rise next swollen and straining; let him dash back the hood from his head and fix his basilisk eye upon the sigil of the demon. then let him sway the force of him to and fro like a satyr in silence, until the word burst from his throat. 14. then let him not fall exhausted, although the might have been ten thousandfold the human; but that which floodeth him is the infinite mercy of the genitor-genetrix of the universe, whereof he is the vessel. 15. nor do thou deceive thyself. it is easy to tell the live force from t

eople cannot do this. and when you urge your inability, the mystic is only too likely to shrug his shoulders and be done with you. this path is symbolised by the "fool" of the tarot, who is alike the mystic and the infinite. but apart from this question, it is by no means certain that the formula is as simple as it seems. how is the mystic to assure himself that "god" is really "god" and not some demon masquerading in his image? we find gerson sacrificing huss to his "god; we find a modern journalist who has done more than dabble in mysticism writing "this mystic life at its highest is undeniably selfish; we find another writing like the old lady who ended her criticism of the universe "there's only jock an' me'll be saved; an' i'm no that sure o' jock; we find another who at the age of ni

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ong 'if you can work magic and conjure up spirits as you claim, prove, it. goon' she dared 'bring one of your demons here, now. obediently he unsheathed his black-hilted knife, which was no longer kept hidden as it had been when his wife was at home. discomfited by his earnest manner, joan had second thoughts 'the joke's over, alex, i didn't mean to tease you' but alex ignored her. he commanded a demon to visit them, someone they both knew. hardly had the incantation ended when there was a loud knocking on the front door. horrified, joan begged him not to answer it. seconds later the knocking 33 was repeated, this time on the back door that led directly off the kitchen where they were sitting. she crept behind him as he opened the door. the visitor was an actor, a friend of their family 'i

AN INTRO TO STUDY OF THE KABALAH

rly universe, and from these our world was developed and now exists; then come seven hells, whose dwellers are evil beings representing all human sins; their rulers are samael or satan the angel of death, and lilith, the asheth zenunim, the woman of whoredom, and this pair of demons are also called "the beast" see zohar ii. 255; samael had also an incommunicable name, which was ihvh reversed; for demon est deus inversus. the whole universe only became complete with the creation of man, called the microcosm, the earthly adam; a copy of "the archetypal man" after another manner; he has principles and faculties and forms comparable to all the sephiroth and worlds, although his material body dwells on the assiatic plane. from god, the angels and the world, let us pass to consider more fully wh

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hich almost guarantees in european folk lore that one will return from the dead, is the mark of the vampyric aspect of lilith, the death-mask of awakening towards the nightside. the caul itself as described by adrien cremene gave the following account, published in vampires, burial and death by paul barber- such an infant is born to a woman who has drunk of impure water mixed with the saliva of a demon, or to a woman who, having gone out in the night, her head bare, met a demon which gave her a red cap (coiffe) like his own, which cap causes the child to be born with a caul. in an initiatory context which implies the connection of folklore with inspired magical practice, the caul introduced in ritual practice (by a blood coloured cloth, stained with menstrual blood or otherwise) is the mar

one reach the consort of ahriman, known as az. az, the primal lilith, the reason that they felt ill at ease was that by eating and drinking they laid themselves open to az-concupiscence: their bodies were no longer self-sufficient but depended on nourishment from outside, and this in turn ultimately led to their own wastage and death when they themselves are devoured by az, for az is not only the demon of gluttony and lust, she is also the demon of death who is never sated; she is the demon 'who swallows all things: the dawn and twilight of zoroastrianism, r.c. zaehner, new york, 1961 az, which is a female demon related directly to ahriman, is considered a harlot and goddess of death and blood. in this aspect az is related or a blue-print for, lilith, hecate and babalon. she is the vampyre

BELL CHRISTOPHER PAUL TSIU MARPO THE CAREER OF A TIBETAN PROTECTOR DEITY

oviding details on tsiu marpo s origins and iconography, though lacking in any detailed examination of his ritual and historical importance. todd gibson s dissertation "from btsanpo to btsan: the demonization of the tibetan sacral kingship" completed in 1991, is a much more recent survey on tibetan deities. this text 3 see de nebesky-wojkowitz [1956] 1998, pp. 166-176. 3 specifically explores the demon class called tsen (btsan; called "might demons" in this study, the class with which tsiu marpo is associated. gibson provides a brief examination of tsiu marpo as such.4 this examination lacks the descriptive accounts provided by de nebesky-wojkowitz, but provides much-needed textual analysis, placing tsiu marpo firmly within the evolution of the tsen deity class in tibetan history. by contr

degree of mobility between these classifications. this fluidity and its connection to the multiple layers of buddhist orientation will be examined further in the conclusion. in keeping with the theme of intersecting systems prevalent in the tibetan cultural consciousness, a further "demonic taxonomy" exists of the various deity classes within the universe that overlaps the above scheme. the term "demon" has become popular in referring to these deities, given their initial penchant for pernicious activity; de nebesky-wojkowitz s own book title illustrates this usage. this is unfortunate given the stigma and strong malicious nature associated with the word in the west. the term also suggests the linguistic difficulty inherent in translating these various spirit classes into english. while en

to english. while english has one overarching term for demons, there are several kinds that exist in tibet that are indicative of vastly different attributes and qualities both beneficent and malevolent. nonetheless, because most of these beings are in the habit of being angry, violent, and harmful, i have decided to continue the convention of the term. however, i have also developed a system for demon classification that assigns equivalent english terms in order to recognize their etymological distinctions. below i have provided the most important demon terms that we will encounter in this study. the system is imperfect, but it is nonetheless an attempt at remedying the inadequacy of past translations:17 16 see samuel 1993, pp. 161-167. samuel (1993, p. 167) relates the tibetan pantheon t

tions also depict serpent deities with human upper bodies and a snake tail instead of legs. 5. might demons (tib. btsan: these are indigenous tibetan deities who are known to be war-like and wrathful. they are red in color and inhabit mountains and rocks. they are generally believed to be the spirits of past monks who have rejected their buddhist vows; the life story of tsiu marpo, who is a might demon, will attest to this. once they are tamed, might demons are assigned as the protectors of temples, sanctuaries, and monasteries. 6. gods (tib. lha; skt. deva: this class of beings does not really fit in with the other "demons" gods, as discussed above, are the celestial beings that inhabit the heavenly realm; they are white in color. the use of the term in this study will refer exclusively t

to refer to different beings, including tantric and worldly deities. 13 7. savage demons (tib. dmu: these demons are somewhat obscure, though they are considered to be very ancient tibetan deities. they are extremely savage and noxious in nature, and cause dropsy and drought. one of the primeval clans of tibet was also called dmu. mythologically, there is some connection between the tribe and the demon, which is related to tibet s early history.18 8. conqueror demons (tib. rgyal po: conqueror demons are the spirits of evil kings or high lamas who have broken their vows. they are generally white in color. 9. violator demons (tib. dam sri: these are spirits who have violated their vows in past lives and who can inspire individuals to do the same. they are part of a larger class of ambiguous

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n tired of people like george w. bush) but overall, it is important for more demonolators and satanists to take an active role in the political process. get yourself registered to vote, and vote dammit! vote for candidates- for president, for senate, etc- who aren't concerned with revising the constitution, and who believe in upholding our current democratic system of government. another thing we demon and devil worshipers can do- and this is perhaps one of the most controversial ideas i've ever proposed- is to work on our public relations with people of other religions. many of my readers will probably find the following difficult to swallow, and many will think what i am proposing here is impossible. however, i have proven to myself that it can be done, and i am sure that if anyone else

at it can be done, and i am sure that if anyone else were to take some initiative in doing this, they would see for themselves that i am right. over the course of the past year and a half, i have devoted a great deal of time to conversing with people of other religions. some of these have been neopagans of various varieties. some of them have been atheists. it's especially important for devil and demon worshipers to make friends with atheists, because most of the people who debunked the "satanic ritual abuse" scare of the 1980's were atheists and secular humanists. normally, it is quite easy to become friends with people such as these, so long as one makes it clear to them that one is not interested in converting or proselytizing to them. forming alliances with atheists and people in other

y gave speeches about satanism in their church services, telling their fellow christians about how satanism is not the baby-murdering nightmare it's often considered to be. there is no doubt that many of the people at these services did not agree with the speeches, but the fact of the matter is that there are christians- however few- who would be willing to set the record straight about devil and demon worship. someone just needs to reach out to them. each individual counts. if more demonolators and satanists took an interest in doing what i do- i.e, reaching out to christians, even the more fundamentalist kinds, and discussing our beliefs with them in a friendly manner- i believe that we can form alliances with some of them. now, do not mistake me for thinking that we can form alliances w

llows a few drops of his/her blood to fall upon the ground around these dates, belphegore and the other earth-based daemons will look kindly upon the practitioner for an entire year. magick for new jobs, letting go of the past, stability, and help with mundane issues (i.e. finding a new place to live, house blessings etc) can be done during the rites to belphegore. belphegore/belphegor has been a demon of discovery, invention, riches, and sloth (one of the deadly sins. originally an assyrian god, baal poer, he ruled over lust. in kabbalistic writings he was the opposite polarity of the sixth sephiroth. he is an earth daemon. in the dukante hierarchy he is listed as a weapons master, a war daemon, and a daemon to be called on for gain in the material world. artwork by l. breton from diction

omething. 9. an elevated place or structure before which religious ceremonies may be enacted. 10. daemoness of hatred 11. we to the demonic plane by way of a meditation practice. 12. the philistine god of the ocean (serpent) 13. a ritual implement used to invoke. 14. one that performs the duties of a servant to another; an attendant. 15. a song of praise or thanksgiving to god or a deity down 9. demon of lust 16. in the dukante hierarchy he is twin to lucifer and a militant, controlling daemon. 17. the nine divinities represent the natural in the universe. 18. priestess of battle. 19. daemoness of herbal knowledge. 20. depictions representing a daemonic entity. a signature.(plural) 21. a latin name for satan 22. an offering to lucifer 23. reversed satan 24. bringer of light and enlighten

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er of the seed of light in our being. through cain did his lineage survive and continue on spiritually to this present time. lilith, being the bride of the devil, is one part of the adversary as being the dark instinctual side of man and woman, feminine, yet horrific and loving all within the same breath. lilith is known by the semitic layil which a word is meaning night, but also the name of the demon of the storm. lilith is associated with the screech owl and other beasts of the wild, as it is where she went after she left heaven to wander the earth. she is considered one of the three assyrian demons being ardat lilit, lilit and lilu, but rather these may be just variations of her name. it is suggested by some hebrew scholars that lilith was worshipped by exiled jews from babylon as a go

e, the adversary. that by both sabbat rites does the cup of heaven (aethyr, luciferian sabbat) and hell (infernal, chthonic sabbat) are filled. cain was the son born of by some accounts samael (the devil) and lilith (through eve, the first satanist and witch. it is said within the dark traditions that the bible is mistaken with regards to cain s true parentage. cain was in fact a half human, half demon bastard child of adam and lilith. it was for this reason that the lord would not accept his offerings and prayers, rather than any specific demands of animal sacrifice. the tale continues with cain being cursed to wander the earth as a vagabond, with the ground he tills never giving bounty. nathaniel j. harris, the mark of cain, the first satanist and first murder. in certain rabbinical lite

o the sons of god, being the watchers, that they should go forth and copulate with 9 the daughters of cain. gadreel taught unto man, woman and child the blows of death and creation of armor and weapons. penemue taught unto the wise the art of ink and writing, as well as the bitter and the sweet, good and evil. this is the spirit who gave unto the cunning the book of arte, which brought forth both demon and angel, those hidden therionick forms of darkness-made-flesh, the art of lycanthropy. kasdeja taught men the art of working with demons and spirits, as well as abortions and the secret art of the noon tide serpent, tabaet. the angelick spirit kasbeel was the bringer of the oath, when he was with the heavens, his name was known as biqa. i seek to mark an emphasis on the eclectic conceptual

nning and end which is also the primal current of the serpent, or az azhi dahaka, the dragon king of persian sorcerous lore. the great work as within the model of the witches sabbat proves a challenging and darksome journey wherein the initiate drinks deep from 10 the skull cup filled with the venom d blood of seth-an, who then eats of the flesh of abel and whose blood is offered to his own angel-demon, the very essence and representation of the great work itself. the sabbat as being a dual participation of both dreaming and ceremonial/solitary ritual is represented as the fleshing of desire and belief, wherein the arcana of cain is revealed to the intiate, where there is no further difference between the great whore lilith-az and samael as the adversary, all are one through the expanding

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overb. when draco ceased to be the lode-star, the guiding sidereal divinity, it shared the fate of all the fallen gods. seth and typhon was at one time, bunsen tells us "a great god universally adored throughout egypt, who conferred on the sovereigns of the 18th and 19th dynasties the symbols of life and power. but subsequently, in the course of the 20th dynasty, he is suddenly treated as an evil demon, insomuch that his effigies and name are obliterated on all the monuments and inscriptions that could be reached" the real occult reason will be given in these pages* sukra is the son of bhrigu the great rishi, and one of the seven prajapati, the founder of the race of bhargavas, in which parasu rama is born[[vol. 2, page] 33 parent stars and sister planets. that occult mysticism has to deal

ths. one can trace therein the biographies of all the planets by the history of their gods and rulers. usanas (sukra, or venus, the bosom-friend of soma and the foe of brihaspati (jupiter) the instructor of the gods, whose wife tara (or taraka) had been carried away by the moon, soma "of whom he begat budha- took also an active part in this war against "the gods" and forthwith was degraded into a demon (asura) deity, and so he remains to this day* here the word "men" refers to the celestial men, or what are called in india the pitar or pitris, the fathers, the progenitors of men. this[[footnote(s* usanas-sukra or venus is our "lucifer" the morning star, of course. the ingenuity of this allegory in its manifold meanings is great indeed. thus brihaspati (the planet jupiter) or brahmanaspati

id of an individual ego, and having merely the passive capacities. brahma, therefore, commands him to create (in the exoteric texts; when, obeying the command, he made "inferior and superior (avara and vara) progeny (putra, bipeds and quadrupeds; and by his will, gave birth to females. to the gods, the daityas (giants of the fourth race, the snake-gods, animals, cattle and the danavas (titans and demon magicians) and other beings "from that period forward, living creatures were engendered by sexual intercourse. before the time of daksha, they were variously propagated- by the will, by sight, by touch, and by yoga-power* and now comes the simply zoological teaching- 29. animals with bones, dragons of the deep and flying sarpas (serpents) were added to the creeping things. they that creep on

s exposition. we may believe the man (of the third round) evolved 'by gradual modification of an (astral) mammal of ape-like organization' still easier when we remember that (though in a more condensed and less elegant, but still as comprehensible, phraseology) the same theory was said by berosus to have been taught many thousands of years before his time by the man-fish oannes or dagon, the semi-demon of babylonia (though on somewhat modified lines "but what lies back of the darwinian line of descent? so far as he is concerned nothing but 'unverifiable hypotheses' for, as he puts it, he views all beings 'as the lineal descendants of some few beings which lived long before the first bed of the silurian system was deposited* he does not attempt to show us who these 'few beings' were. but it

not of manes, or "ghosts" as some believe (see "pneumatologie, but of actual living devas (or demi-gods or angels, again) who had assumed bodies to rule over them, and who, in their turn, instructed them in arts and sciences. only, as they were rupa or material spirits, these dhyanis were not always good. their king thevetata was one of the latter, and it is under the evil influence of this king-demon that. the atlantis-race became a nation of wicked magicians "in consequence of this, war was declared, the story of which would be too long to narrate; its substance may be found in the disfigured allegories of the race of cain, the giants, and that of noah and his righteous family. the conflict came to an end by the submersion of the atlantis, which finds its imitation in the stories of the

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ii. the lotus as a universal symbol. 379 exoteric and esoteric. 381 the purity of early phallicism. 383 the egyptian lotus. 385- ix. deus lunus. 386 a glance at the lunar myth. 387 a key-note to the moon. 389 copies and originals. 393 the moon bi-sexual. 397- x. tree and serpent and crocodile worship. 403 degeneration of the symbol. 405 the seven-headed dragons. 407 dragon and crocodile. 409- xi. demon est deus inversus. 411 death is life. 413 the fall of the angels. 418 transformation of the legend. 421- xii. the theogony of the creative gods. 424 the point within the circle. 426 the logos or verbum. 429 the factors of creation. 432 identity of the hierarchies in all religions. 438 difference between the aryan and semitic systems. 444[[vol. 1, page] xiv contents. page. xiii. the seven cre

. as real occultism had been prevalent among the mystics during the centuries that preceded our era, so magic, or rather sorcery, with its occult arts, followed the beginning of christianity. however great and zealous the fanatical efforts, during those early centuries, to obliterate every trace of the mental and intellectual labour of the pagans, it was a failure; but the same spirit of the dark demon of bigotry and intolerance has perverted systematically and ever since, every bright page written in the pre-christian periods. even in her uncertain records, history has preserved enough of that which has survived to throw an impartial light upon the whole. let, then, the reader tarry a little while with the writer, on the spot of observation selected. he is asked to give all his attention

opened; and then they may comprehend better than they do now, that verse in the gospel of john that says "and the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehendeth it not" they will see then that the word "darkness" does not apply to man's spiritual eyesight, but indeed to "darkness" the absolute, that comprehendeth not (cannot cognize) transient light, however transcendent to human eyes. demon est deus inversus. the devil is now called darkness by the church, whereas, in the bible he is called the "son of god (see job, the bright star of the early morning, lucifer (see isaiah. there is a whole philosophy of dogmatic craft in the reason why the first archangel, who sprang from the depths of chaos, was called lux (lucifer, the "luminous son of the morning" or man[ footnote(s* see "k

ided by the insinuations of the spirit (not the divine breath but the astral spirit, which by its double essence is already tainted with matter; and the offer of the mother being accepted, the spiritus conceives "seven figures" and the seven stellars (planets) which represent also the seven capital sins, the progeny of an astral soul separated from its divine source (spirit) and matter, the blind demon of concupiscence. seeing this, fetahil extends his hand towards the abyss of matter, and says 'let the earth exist, just as the abode of the powers has existed' dipping his hand in the chaos, which he condenses, he creates our planet "then the codex proceeds to tell how bahak-zivo was separated from the spiritus, and the genii or angels from the rebels* then mano (the greatest, who dwells wi

l light stands in the same relation to akasa and anima mundi, as satan stands to the deity. they are one and the same thing seen from two aspects: the spiritual and the psychic- the super-ethereal or connecting link between matter and pure spirit, and the physical. see for the difference between nous, the higher divine wisdom, and psyche, the lower and terrestrial (st. james iii. v. 15- 17. vide "demon est deus inversus" part ii. of this volume* ilda-baoth is a compound name made up of ilda[[hebrew "a child" and baoth; both from[[hebrew] the egg, and[[hebrew] baoth "chaos" emptiness, void, or desolation; or the child born in the egg of chaos, like brahma[[vol. 1, page] 198 the secret doctrine. creative spirits, and one of the lower sephiroth. he produces from himself seven other gods "stel

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as alone before thee. 33. i trembled at thy coming, o my god, for thy messenger was more terrible than the death-star. 34. on the threshold stood the fulminant figure of evil, the horror of emptiness, with his ghastly eyes like poisonous wells. he stood, and the chamber was corrupt; the air stank. he was an old and gnarled fish more hideous than the shells of abaddon. 35. he enveloped me with his demon tentacles; yea, the eight fears took hold upon me. 36. but i was anointed with the right sweet oil of the magister; i slipped from the embrace as a stone from the sling of a boy of the woodlands. 37. i was smooth and hard as ivory; the horror gat no hold. then at the noise of the wind of thy coming he was dissolved away, and the abyss of the great void was unfolded before me. 38. across the

t and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. who is the author of this order? it is the father of jesus christ .i and my father are one. it is therefore the god of wilhelm von hohenzollern, the american people (if their newspapers lie not, and a very few particularly troglodytic englishmen of whom mr. t. b. bishop is a striking .survival of the meanest. mr. bishop really believes that this tribal demon designed butterflies, and put the rainbow in the sky as a guarantee that the world would never be destroyed by water. he even thinks that it once was destroyed by water! when any student of nature discovers beauty, or design, or evidence of intelligence, mr. bishop falls into a senile rage. he is not content with destroying his fellowman, with his wife, children, cattle, and so on; mr. bisho

is absurd to call this light .evil. in any commonplace sense. it is the two-edged sword, flaming every way, that keeps the gate of the tree of life. and there is a further arcanum connected with this which it would be improper here to divulge. 33. the moth attracted to the dazzling flame of thy nightlamp is doomed to perish in the viscid oil. the unwary soul that fails to grapple with the mocking demon of illusion, will return to earth the slave of mara. the result of failing to reject rewards is the return to earth. the temptation is to regard oneself as having attained, and so do no more work. 34. behold the hosts of souls. watch how they hover o.er the stormy sea of human life, and how exhausted, bleeding, broken-winged, they drop one after other on the swelling waves. tossed by the fie

undry, but of his own nature, the sacrifice may be accomplished. so, as previously explained, it is important not to keep on worrying about one.s progress; otherwise all the concentration is lost, and a mood of irritability rises, work is given up, and the student becomes angry with his teacher. his mind-soul becomes as a mad elephant that rages in the jungle. he may even obtain the vision of the demon crowley. but by persistence in the appointed path, by avoiding disappointment through not permitting the fiend hope to set its suckers on your soul, by quietly continuing the appointed discourse in spite of mara and his hosts, the wheel comes full circle, the hour strikes, the talipot palm blossoms, and all is fun and feasting, like alice when she got to the eighth square. it is my daily pra

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on 5. tzelmoth- the shadow of death 6. shaari moth- the gates of death 7. gehinnom- hell the evil and averse powers beneath the feet of the four cherubim lilith babel machaloth jonia samael media rehab edom 'splendour on every side fire endfolding whirlwind' these are from cherubic expressions of force and the evil and averse powers broken beneath their feet are: rahab, whose symbol is a terrible demon leaping upon an ox; machaloth, a form compounded of a serpent and a woman, and she rideth upon a serpent scorpion; and lilith, a woman outwardly beautiful but inwardly corrupt and putrefying, riding upon a strange and terrible beast. to these four (babel, jonia, media, edom) are attributed four kingdoms. 1. bairiron- so called because they are derived from the fourth evil, namely samael, the

that of a dragon- lion. 2. adimiron- whose colors are like blood mixed with water, a dull yellow and grey. their form is that of a lion-lizard. 3. tzelladimiron- whose colors are like limpid blood, bronze and crimson. they are like savage triangular-headed dogs. 4. schechiriron- whose colors are black, and their form blended of reptile, insect and shell-fish, such as the crab and the lobster, yet demon-faced withal. 5. tzephariron- whose colors are fiery and yellow, and their form like merciless wolves and jackals. 6. obiriron- whose colors are like clouds, and their form like grey, bloated goblins. 7. necheshethiron- whose color is like copper, and their form is like that of a most devilish and almost human-headed insect. 9. nachashiron- whose colors are like serpents, and their form like

or burners with fire, otherwise called zaphiel, and their forms are those of enormous black heads like a volcano in eruption. the fourth palace containeth tiphereth whereunto are attributed zamiel, and they are great black giants, ever working against each other. the fifth palace containeth netzach, whereunto are attributed the ghoreb zereq, or dispersing ravens. their form is that of the hideous demon-headed ravens issueing from a volcano, also called getzphiel. the sixth palace containeth hod, whereunto are referred the samael or deceivers [jugglers, whose form is that of a dull demon-headed, dog-like monsters. the seventh palace containeth yesod and malkuth. unto yesod are referred the gamaliel, or obscene ones, whose form are those of corrupting, loathsome bull-men, linked together. th

g-like monsters. the seventh palace containeth yesod and malkuth. unto yesod are referred the gamaliel, or obscene ones, whose form are those of corrupting, loathsome bull-men, linked together. thereunto are also referred nachashiel, evil serpents, and obriel. thereunto belongeth the blind dragon-force. unto malkuth is attributed lilith, the evil woman, afterwards changing to a black, monkey-like demon. the name of the serpent, nachash, hath the same number as that of the messiah, who will root out the qliphoth from the world. these are the evil chiefs: 1. kether satan or moloch 2. chokmah beelzebub 3. binah lucifuge 4. chesed ashtaroth 5. geburah asmodai 6. tiphereth belphegor 7. netzach baal 8. hod adramalach 9. yesod lilith 10. malkuth nahemah behemoth and leviathan are two evil forms

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o, for in all creation are light and darkness mixed, and, their equilibrium is the mystery of mystery. one, and not two, is the beginning and end of all; but two are the aspects it presenteth to mankind, because men are subject to the illusion of duality. 6 i, the lord, destroy with darkness, but with darkness do i also create. the wise discern this. fools, deluded by outward appearance, create a demon out of the web of their folly. in the last day shall the demon be cast into a lake of fire; but to each man there is appointed a last day, and none knoweth the time save he who hath appointed it [149] t h e book of t o k e n s 7 the lake of fire is that divine understanding which cometh to a man who succeedeth in contemplation. as did our father abraham, and the last day is the time of that

h e book of t o k e n s 7 the lake of fire is that divine understanding which cometh to a man who succeedeth in contemplation. as did our father abraham, and the last day is the time of that achievement. then shall all things pass away for that man. and he shall behold all things anew. and the prince of darkness shall be cast into the lake of fire. for then shall that enlightened one see that the demon is but the shadow of the lord [150] comment on ayin* a y i n, pronounced ahyin. transcribed as" o. the number 70. meaning: eye. the renewing intelligence. 4 "the darkness is the fountain of existence" is based on a secondary meaning of ayin, o i n, which is "well, fountain, or spring. 5 "five-score and thirty, 130, is the numeration of ayin, o i n, which is here called" the wellspring of out

t will be interested in this comment on the relation between tzaddi and the 17th key, called the star "the application to the tarot is that to the selfcontemplation of spirit the universe appears as it really is. the divine mother is always unveiled before her lord. to man, except in those rare moments when he participates in the divine meditation, she is at best the veiled isis, and at worst the demon of the 15th key, the devil "a great silence" in hebrew is domam, d v m m, which adds to 90, the value of the letter tzaddi "the pillar of establishment" is jakin, i k i n, which also adds to 90 [165] the meditation on qoph* 1 i am the knot in the endless cord of life, binding past to future in the eternal present. i am aleph and tav, beginning and end. all that was, and all that shall be, no

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

ether it be god, goddess or spirit, good or evil. evocations were performed by medieval practitioners of magick to summon up angels (and sometimes demons) and bind them to perform tasks, rather like the middle eastern djinn, or genie, who, in faerie tales, would appear from a magick lamp or corked bottle and grant wishes. incense would be used to give substance to the etheric form of the angel or demon concerned (modem magick tends to be a little wary of calling up spirits, however, whose malevolent energies may cause harm) in contrast, invocations were used to endow the practitioner with the power to carry out magical purposes through a form of possession, with the angel or god acting directly from within the practitioner's body. elementals have also been associated for hundreds of years

hemselves, are the forces or energies that give shape to living things. they also bring thoughts and desires into actuality, invoked by symbols. thus medieval occultists sought mastery over the elemental beings that they fashioned by their incantations. sometimes, if practitioners used the elemental forces for negative purposes, they would create a tulpa, or thought form, that became an elemental demon. this was hard to banish, even though the magicians worked within a square enclosed by two magick circles -hence the origins of warnings about magical effects coming back threefold. the goddess and the horned god in wicca neither evocation nor invocation is part of modern witchcraft, however, and white witches do not recognise any demonic figures in their religion. when we refer to the godde

CHAOS MAGICK AND LUCIFERISM

ginal meaning may become lost or buried, while later being activated through the replaying of the sound. the same can be true for those just hearing the sounds for the first time. several experiments have led me to the conclusion that certain avenues of musickal creation, depending on the tones and tempo approach, will led the listener to assume something, to invariably come into contact with the demon or angel in question. this is activated by his/her subconscious alone, and is even more so on governmental levels. science and government have used many of these methods long ago to uncertain ends. chaos magick teaches the individual the price of knowledge, and the pleasure of seeking the hidden light of prometheus. the rise of godhood through many of the chaos magick methods is only strengt

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

art being drawn, and when i applied the second cloth it completely left. i have not felt the hurting any more. i thank the lord for being healed"[41 "casting out" various ailments from the bodies of the sick was another practice that was widely utilized in the ministries of pentecostal faith healers. elder lucy smith, a preacher in depression-era chicago\ 111\ told how she once rebuked the "death demon" of a woman who was "past talking or seeing" the performance of this "work of deliverance" as such spiritual traditions came to be known, strongly resembled the ritual gestures of conjurers, who made a common practice of extracting afflictions in the form of small animals or objects from their patients. similarly, pentecostal healers claimed power over diseases that they literally delivered

COLLIER IRENE CHINESE MYTHOLOGY

skills, monkey loved to show off in front of the other disciples. one day, the immortal caught him changing into a pine tree. angered that monkey would squander his valuable magic by showing off, the immortal promptly banished monkey from the cave. the first return home so the monkey king returned to his home on the mountain of fruit and flowers. his subjects greeted him noisily, reporting that a demon was robbing their cave. catching this demon had proven futile. each time the demon had appeared, he had grabbed a few of their monkey children and held them prisoner until he was ready to eat them. immediately, the monkey king issued a challenge to the demon. when the demon heard his cries, he laughed at the bellowing monkey. he put away his sword, and hurled himself at the skinny creature

n was robbing their cave. catching this demon had proven futile. each time the demon had appeared, he had grabbed a few of their monkey children and held them prisoner until he was ready to eat them. immediately, the monkey king issued a challenge to the demon. when the demon heard his cries, he laughed at the bellowing monkey. he put away his sword, and hurled himself at the skinny creature. the demon and monkey fought for hours, dealing each other glancing chinese mythology 98 blows, great jabs, and swift kicks. finally, monkey remembered one of the tricks he had learned from the immortal. quickly, he pulled out a clump of hair from his head, bit the hairs into small pieces, spat them out in the air, and shouted change! at once, the bits of hair turned into several hundred little monkeys

hours, dealing each other glancing chinese mythology 98 blows, great jabs, and swift kicks. finally, monkey remembered one of the tricks he had learned from the immortal. quickly, he pulled out a clump of hair from his head, bit the hairs into small pieces, spat them out in the air, and shouted change! at once, the bits of hair turned into several hundred little monkeys, all of whom startled the demon with their piercing screams. the little monkeys pummeled the demon until they knocked him out. then monkey changed the little monkeys back into hair. he freed the imprisoned children and returned them to their parents. to celebrate their king s return, the cave monkeys feasted on dates, fruit, and grape wine. the visit to the dragon king monkey decided that the demon was right to have laughe

y, but joyful, curious, and extremely popular with the other animals. q: what made monkey afraid? a: he realized he would soon face yen-lo, the king of death. q: what did monkey learn from the immortal? a: he learned to study the teachings of taoism, to write and speak properly, how to fly, and how to transform himself into other natural forms, such as trees or rocks. q: how did monkey defeat the demon who had been robbing his cave? a: he pulled out a clump of his hair and transformed the pieces into hundreds of little monkeys, who helped him defeat the demon. q: what did monkey seek from the dragon king? a: he wanted new suitable clothing, shoes, and a weapon worthy of a king. 104 q: why did the demons drag monkey to the underworld? a: he was so troublesome that the gods wanted to impriso

DARK GODS

power (kthunae) to be vibrated to bring forth this entity. budsturga: a blue, aetherial entity related to 13th. path. tradition relates it as a dark god, of female aspect, trapped in the vortex between the causal and acausal spaces. in one sense represents hidden wisdom but generally dangerous to sanity. partially manifest when nemicu vibrated. gaubni: related to 2nd path. often called the great demon repulsive smell and appearance. may manifest when nythra vibrated. sapanur: form along the 11th. path. the sudden fire of destruction. a primal atavism of human origin not related to dark gods. darkat: goddess, associated with lunar aspects. the name is traditionally regarded as pre-sumerian in origin of the myth of lilitu/lilith the female counterpart of dagon, remembered as one of the dark

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rk, 1996 "not only among the zulu, but the dogon, and many widespread african tribes, there are stories of the nommo, who resemble the king of the water people in our legend. they are said to be intelligent beings who have visited the earth several times. they are usually described as somewhat like human beings, but with skins like reptiles. i have heard them described as a cross between a little demon and a dolphin."36 the translations of the sumerian tablets by zecharia sitchin claim that the anunnaki came from a planet called nibiru, which, he says, has a vast elliptical orbit that takes it way out beyond pluto and back between mars and jupiter every 3,600 years. the idea of nibiru referring to a planet has never felt right to me. a massive comet, maybe. but either way there is a fundam

ed as a live snake after his death and, according to legend, king kadmus shape-shifted into a live snake when he died.14 the symbolism of the serpent lineage of the ancient royal bloodlines can be found on every continent. iran is another example. the arab poet firdowsi, in his shahnemeh or book of kings, the legendary history of iran completed in ad1010, tells the story of the birth of zal, the "demon" or "watcher" offspring, whose appearance horrified his father, king sam. according to firdowsi, this watcher hybrid called zal married a foreign princess named rudabeh, a descendant of the "serpent king, zahhak, who was said to have ruled iran for a thousand years. rudabeh is described as tall as a teak tree and ivory-white. these are the familiar features of the "watcher" offspring in this

vites made their invented character of abraham hail from "ur of the chaldees. the chaldeans were serpent worshippers, the valkyrs. el also came from ur according to the edda, and she was known as hrimni in the edda and ahriman, or "great serpent" by the persians. this is fascinatingly close to the biblical "abraham. they associated ahriman with aeshma. he was the origin of asmodeus, the christian demon accused of possessing nuns and young women to make them lustful.38 asmodeus is also the "devil" character mysteriously placed at the entrance to the church at rennes-le-chateau in provence, southern france, which is a mass of illuminati symbolism and includes references to the priory of sion, the secret society of the merovingians. the little church at rennes-le-chateau is dedicated to mary

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

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

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47in the shahnemeh or book of kings, the legendary history of iran completed in 1010ad by the arab poet, firdowsi, he describes the birth of a baby called zal, the son of aking called sam. again the king is horrified by the unearthly appearance of his child whohas a very large body as clean as silver, hair as white as an old mans and like snow,and a face compared with the sun. sam calls his son a demon child, a child of the daevas- the watchers. like the patriarchs of the old testament, the iranians appeared to have anaversion to children born with extremely white features. and who is said to be extremelywhite, albino white? the royal hierarchy of the draco.the text of the shahnemeh says of zal:no human being of this earthcould give such a monster birth,he must be of the demon race,though

e watchers. like the patriarchs of the old testament, the iranians appeared to have anaversion to children born with extremely white features. and who is said to be extremelywhite, albino white? the royal hierarchy of the draco.the text of the shahnemeh says of zal:no human being of this earthcould give such a monster birth,he must be of the demon race,though human still in form and face,if not a demon, he at least,appears a party-coloured beast.48zal later marries a foreign princess called rudabeh, thedaughter of mehrab, the king of karbul, and a descendantof the serpent king, zahhak, who was said to have rulediran for a thousand years. this was one of the reptilianbloodlines and in keeping with this, rudabeh is describedas tall as a teak tree, ivory white etc, the familiar featuresof the

the scales in egypt to be weighed for judgement by thegoddess, maat. this is the real meaning of the woman with the sun crown holding thescales of justice which you see on so many court buildings. in the ancient world, thebrahmin fakirs in india and other mystery schools knew of drugs, torture rituals andmagic which created hallucinations. silly fakirs. hypnosis was widely used in thetemples. the demon worshippers of bel/baal/nimrod in canaan, babylon andphoenicia engaged in human sacrifice, cannibalism, and child murder in the name ofmoloch or molech, an aspect of nimrod/baal, as part of their religious rituals.8 baal(lord or ruler, the supreme god of the canaanites and phoenicians, was said to be thegiver of life and moloch was the destroyer of life. both demanded appeasement bysacrifice

agram in its instructions of how to invokedemons and make sacrifices to demons. such ancient works provide the foundations for296the same rituals in each generation. the inner core of the knights templar was involved inblack magic ritual and the templars were accused of what today we call satanism and ofrejecting christianity by denying christ and spitting on the cross. they were said toworship a demon power called baphomet, a black magic symbol, also known as the goatof mendes. capricorn (the goat, also symbolised by the unicorn) is the sign of the initiateand it represents political power, while leo (the sun, the lion) represents royal power.hence the lion is the king of the jungle and is the main symbol on the flag of the britishroyal family. the planet saturn rules capricorn while the

y the roman church satanists, theinquisition. but not all of these reports were gleaned in this way and the themes are sostrong, and the story so consistent, that it would be ridiculous just to dismiss them all. andone thing is quite provable. these very ceremonies involving the ritual murder of children,and the use of women called breeders to produce babies and aborted foetuses for sacrificeto a demon god, are most certainly performed today and this satanic structure of abuseand ritual murder is controlled by the very secret society network the templars helped toexpand. the testimony of one templar, squin de flexian, said they all had to swear neverto leave the order and to further its interests by any means, right or wrong. no crimecommitted for the honour or benefit of the order was con

DEITUS

n, unobserved, wherever we aththelema, xeper, deitus by magus tsirk susej the purpose of this thesis is to elucidate upon the meaning and significance of the word of the aeon of lucifer, deitus, and the law of the aeon of lucifer, thelema, xeper, deitus or will to come into being as a god. in so doing, i will also discuss the demonic bible, the system of magic revealed to me by my unholy guardian demon, the spirit azael, and the embassy of lucifer, the vehicle for the advancement of deitus as the word of the aeon of lucifer. this thesis may, therefore, serve as a commentary on the demonic bible as well as an exposition on deitic philosophy and magic. as stated in the preface to the 2nd edition, the demonic bible is not a work of fiction but is rather the foundation of what is now known as

y rather than spirituality, life rather than death, and indulgence rather than repression. in the magical art, i make brief mention of the magician s ability to impose a thought-form onto an object which can influence anyone who comes in contact with it. i suggest that this form of magnetism or mesmerism which is responsible for a place or object developing an aura makes it possible that a god or demon will take on an identity, apart from the magician, as a thought-form. this is essentially a subjective existence, rather than objective existence, and the spirit is fundamentally archetypal in nature, but through the magician s subconscious mind the spirit may assume an identity separate from the magician who summons him and act independent of the magician s will. it is for this reason that

a little at his strength of will and faith in his ability thus acting against the magician. the demonic bible provides invocations for many demons. these spirits are treated, however, as archetypal forms and no attempt is made to force the spirit to appear visibly or to speak with the operator. neither is any demand made of the spirit. if you lust after a certain woman and call upon a particular demon to bring her to you, you may very well enjoy that which you have asked of the spirit at least for a time. but my experience has been that most relationships do not last. people change, grow, improve themselves, and they move on to new and greater experiences. it may happen even that you do not get the thing you demanded of the spirit. failure in this matter is not an option. the magician mus

as his ability grows, the magician begins to exercise his will in the world in, at first, minor ways and then in major ways. this, however, is what is, traditionally, called lesser magic since it involves the direct application of the will rather than the performance of a ritual or ceremony. greater magic, magic involving the invocation of spirits, should not be abused. rather than commanding the demon to bring you the woman you desire, learn from the spirit and attempt to become more like it. eventually you will become a living demon of lust and will enjoy the pleasure of many women. i say, therefore, that ritual magic should be used only for the invocation of spirits and for increasing your knowledge and power (through identification with the spirits that you invoke) and not for the conj

ies. this is a general rule and there may be extreme occasions when it is absolutely necessary to perform a ritual of destruction or a ritual of compassion. a ritual may be performed to enhance the operation of lesser magic but must never be used in place of lesser magic. if the magician performs a ritual to obtain his desire and then does nothing himself to make his wish a reality, expecting the demon to bring it about independent of his own actions, he will surely fail in his endeavor. near the end of the demonic bible is an invocation entitled the general invocation for calling any of the spirits and a listing of the archetypal devils, demons, and dark gods i have invoked using this formula. the wording of the invocation is not important and sigils, or seals, for the spirits are not nec

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t fully realized and will not be fully realized until the end of the aeon. the law of the aeon of lucifer is will to come into being as a god. once we have fully accepted the reality that we are god and assumed our place as gods upon the earth then we will say xem, deit sthe demonic bible by magus tsirk susej, antichrist servant& disciple of the dark lord as revealed to him by his unholy guardian demon the spirit azael 1999, 2004, the embassy of lucifer a new and numinous art the reality of the present is that personal feelings, based on relationships, and the personal struggles and/or sufferings of individuals, have all been described by artistic means in the past two millennia or so. there are centuries of work concerning and created because of personal love and personal relationships- a

hurch of satan. he had also been a member of the temple of set, the order of the left-hand-path, and the order of nine angles. he had studied at length the literature of these and other satanic organizations. in the embassy of lucifer he brought together the philosophy of all these groups and combined this unified satanic philosophy with the system of ritual revealed to him by his unholy guardian demon, the spirit azael. the declaration of deitus as the word of the aeon of lucifer can be seen as an indication that the embassy of lucifer is the natural successor to the tos, cos, and oto/aa, since the aeon of lucifer succeeded the aeon of set and the previous aeon of horus. unlike most satanic rituals, which invoke demons as beings or forces alien to the magician, the rituals presented in th

ioner's mind) which accounts for magical powers and not the particular deities or spirits called upon. many spirits are accredited with giving knowledge of "arts and sciences. the "lesser key of solomon, a book of goetic sorcery, lists 72 demons which solomon allegedly bound inside a brazen vessel. this cabalistic tale has its origin in the babylonian legend of the 72 lords of the djinn. the word demon comes from the greek "daemon, an influencing spirit of intelligence. djinn (or genie) is also the root of the word "genius" although the word "genius" is often used by the mundane, he who is called a "genius" is said to be under the influence of an intelligence, daemon, or genie. if demons do not exist objectively (only subjectively, then the question arises: how can we explain sudden knowle

ge revealed to dee during his scrying experiments is written in an ancient script which has been passed down for centuries by practitioners of the black arts (many of them unaware of its origins. this script has been called by various names, but is most commonly known today as the "theban script" or the "witch's alphabet. the formulas in this book were revealed to me in part by my unholy guardian demon, the spirit azael, and also in part by astaroth, asmodeus, moloch, and beelzebub. this book includes many of the formulas given in the demonic bible but is not the entire demonic bible, the unholy book being thousands of pages in length in its entirety. when originally revealed to me by the spirit azael, this work included only the crossing of four gates, corresponding with the four "princes

his book provides you with the means to acquire these things yourself. initial to performing these rituals, you must take a "bath of purification, a bath in salt water. the reason for this is that salt is a universal purgant. taking a bath in salt water will eliminate any psychic influence, either "positive" or "negative. this will remove any curse or blessing and temporarily banish any spirit or demon. fill your bath with hot water, throw a cup of rock salt or sea salt into the bath, and then enter into the water. you must submerge your entire body in the water to ensure that all psychic influence is eliminated. once done, you will be in a "neutral" starting position from which to begin these rites. it is important that you only do this once, preliminary to performing these rites. if you

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nce and importance within the practice of yatuk-dinoih, there are specific demons of the evil eye. this may be considered in the context of powerful consciousness, the will in consistent motion; thus therein a part of the adversary. consider also the nature of the other demons, savar, who is the leader and may be corresponded to the hebrew belial, the angel of lucifer, as well as taromat who is a demon of disobedience, thus antinomian in purpose and practice. in the context of the presented essay, the reader or practitioner of magick may by this find the associations to the grimoires of the luciferian path1 and how this form of practice manifests from mythological and historical sources. another question may be asked, what is the purpose of the adversary? in my years of practice and develo

the sun god. while set has been considered for being a beneficial god, his darker side lays foundations of power and awe, from which lived on even beyond his name being denounced and demonized. the names of the form of set as apep are indeed many, some of which are saatet-ta (darkener of the earth, hau-hra (backward face, tutu (doubly evil one, hemhemti (devourer, all of which describe the storm demon who is called also kharebutu the fourfold fiend. in the gnosis of set who overcame the serpent for apep to become him presents a powerful gnosis for the aspiring sorcerer. apep also bore the name of rerek, a monster serpent form of set who had many helpers being serpents, noxious creatures and demons. it is further connected that thoth was said to have gotten the knife to slay the bull from

t has a hawk s head and a pair of wings, which come forth from the back of a two headed serpent. the symbolism of the hawk and the twin serpents are later presented in the persian descriptions of the adversary, firstly a symbol of ahriman was a hawk attacking a sparrow and the twin serpents appearing from an ahrimanic kiss on the shoulders of the king zohak, who later became azi dahaka, the storm demon. while these similarities cannot be assumed to be directly related, they are by all instances interesting. the constellation of the bull or bull s thigh is related to set. often called bull of double brilliance, this is perhaps the brightest constellation around the north celestial pole otherwise known as the great bear or little dipper. the mummified hawk that is called the lord of the sout

cted with set in this aspect. this is the seker god who early on was considered close to set before his transformation in accordance with osiris. the home of set is khepesh, the constellation. set was considered the eighth child of the gods of annu, and was of nuit. as the god of darkness and storms he was alone the one who could withstand the stare of the serpent apep, thus controlling the storm demon and later it becoming a part of sethan himself. set as being not only the lord of the south, he later was associated with the north, becoming the lord of the northern sky in the egyptian book of the dead. his primary associations were hostility, war and storms. thus set may be viewed as a deific force of motion and opposition. the combat which took place on the day when horus fought with set

anius and angra mainyu, this sorcerous daemon was suggested by texts associated with zurvan to be the first born of the god zurvan, who is infinite time and space. his brother, ahura mazda is the christ like figure or opposite god who fought against ahriman for control of the world; it is this very balance which is kept in continual motion by the daeva lord of darkness. the word daeva is actually demon, announcing a path and spiritual aversion to the principles the zoroastrians held in honor. some myths mention that ahriman first saw the light across the void and so lusted for it, thus igniting the great wars between his children the daevas (demons) and druj (the word being associated with lie, also dragon. ahriman was initially defeated and cast down into the darkness of the void, unconsc

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gher self. clairvoyance: from the latin "clear seeing" a psionic (psychic (q.v) of: 1) the visual perception by the conscious mind through the unconscious mind of objects or scenes transmitted by an unknown entity. or 2) the visual perception by the conscious mind through the unconscious mind of objects or scenes as a natural function of the psychic (q.v) or sensitive (q.v) mind/ higher self. co, demon: a humorous reference to carbon monoxide. when charcoal for incense is burned, it can exhaust the oxygen in the air and replace it with carbon monoxide (chemical formula: co. a magician should always have plenty of air in a room when burning incense. conjure: from the old french language from the latin "com" meaning "together" and "jurare" meaning "to swear. thus to conjure literally means "

ystem might have died out with him, but was revived in part due to the work of an adversary (meric casaubon, d.d) who used dee's personal and magickal diaries as a basis for attacking those who practiced occult arts in his own treatise of 1659. the hermetic order of the golden dawn (q.v) found references to the enochian system, and greatly expanded it, making it the basis of their magical system. demon: from the greek meaning "spirit" in christian folklore, an evil spirit under the authority of satan (q.v. modern practice tends to distinguish "demon" from "daemon (q.v, the guardian angles (q.v) of the greeks. deosil: clockwise. the usual direction of movement in a magickal circle. the direction of circumbambulation (q.v) in the pathway of light. used to build energy. desire, ritual: a term

beyance and become subordinate to the subconscious mind of the one hypnotized- i- iao: pronounced "eee-ahh-ohh" the name of the supreme godhead in gnosticism. images, telesmatic: a system used by the hermetic order of the golden dawn [g.d (q.v) to develop images for visualization based on the letters of the name of the entity to be given an image. incubus: a spiritual entity classified as a minor demon (q.v) that comes in masculine shape/form to have sexual union with a mortal woman, often against her will and usually while she is asleep. the plural is incubi. initiate: a person who has undergone, or is about to undergo the primary rite of entry into an occult organization or current. instict: an innate, sub-rational and usually unconscious impulse, prompting living beings to act in given

uthor, theodore sturgeon. when asked by someone if ninety percent (90) of science fiction was garbage, his response was that ninety-percent (90) of everything is garbage. subliminal: literally "below the threshold" here applied to experience or knowledge which enters the psyche (q.v, and can even result in action without itself coming to consciousness. succubus: a spirit considered to be a lesser demon (q.v) that comes in a feminine shape/form to have sexual union with a mortal man, often against his will and usually while he is asleep. the plural is succubi. symbol: a sign or object that represents something else, especially what is obscure or hidden and cannot be expressed or manipulated directly. sympathetic magick: the term used by james g. frazer to describe the presumed mechanism of

DION FORTUNE PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE

. we may also remember that if margarita had not responded to the lure of the jewel song she would not have fallen a victim. the weak spot in the defence was after all in her own nature. we have considered the modus operandi of telepathic suggestion in detail because it forms the real basis of every kind of occult attack. whether it be a discarnate entity, a being of another order of evolution, a demon from the pit, or merely the panic-stricken soul of a selfish friend, clinging to the life of form regardless of consequences, in all cases the opening gambit is the same. until the aura is pierced, there can be no entrance to the soul, and the aura is always pierced from within by the response of fear or desire going out towards the attacking entity. if we can inhibit that instinctive emotio

ce a considerable degree of objective phenomena, such as noise, deposit of slime or blood, balls of light, and, above all, stenches of an amazing pungency. the ten divine emanations are personified as archangels, and the ten infernal emanations are personified as archdemons. it is these which are the names of power in magic. each sephira, then, has its obverse side in the corresponding qlippottic demon. the initiated adept always gains control over the demonic force before he attempts to utilise the angelic force which, by the appropriated means, can be contacted in each sephira. if he does not do so, he contacts them both simultaneously. moreover, the planets, the elements and the signs of the zodiac are all intimately connected with the sephiroth, being arranged upon the tree of life in

through a living sponge. whatever emotional state may arise within us is reinforced from outside. the subjective self only has the kindling, the cosmos supplies the fuel. once the fire is started, the cosmic forces of the appropriate type will stoke it. just as the devout catholic is inspired by the influences of his patron saint, invoked by prayer, so the neurotic is hag-ridden by his obsessive demon, invoked by the morbid broodings of the dissociated subconsciousness. the occultist maintains that the generalised principle of evil has its intelligent channels, just as the organised principle of good has its ministering spirits. any observer who considers the phenomena of mental disturbance will find much to support this hypothesis. 59 of 103 the question of obsession is an exceedingly im

l more than we do at present about the occult side of sex before we can answer that question. in the first place, what are the facts, or alleged facts, of the matter? the ancients held very definite beliefs upon the subject, and these beliefs can very often afford us a clue, even if we do not accept the very anthropomorphic explanations by which they are accompanied. it was believed that the arch-demon lilith had a very great deal to do with these matters. according to the qabalists, lilith was the first wife of adam, who used to visit him in his dreams while he was as yet alone in the garden of eden, and the lord god became so perturbed at these goings-on that he created eve as a counter- attraction. witches were the recipients of similar attentions from the devil. st. theresa of avila re

to keep the different levels of consciousness strictly separate and to use a specific method for opening and closing the gates. consequently one seldom gets spontaneous psychism. one's vision resembles the use of a microscope in which one examines prepared material. the general sense of vague uneasiness gradually matured into a definite sense of menace and antagonism, and presently i began to see demon faces in flashes, resembling those picture-images which psychologists call by the unpleasing name of hypnogogics, flashes of dream which appear upon the threshold of sleep. i was quite unsuspicious 69 of 103 of any particular individual, though i realised that my articles had probably stirred somebody up pretty thoroughly; what was my surprise, then, to receive from a person whom i looked up

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. the serpent told the truth. it was this obvious, but strangely, seldom acknowledged, truth, that led the gnostics, who began as serpent worshippers, to present the serpent in the garden as the savior of mankind, the benevolent being who began the process by which mankind would be restored to their rightful status as gods. the gnostics viewed the hebrew god of genesis as a kind of malicious evil demon who had kept man in a state of ignorance in the prison of the garden so that man would not realize his own innate divinity, and at the same moment recognize that he was superior to his spiteful master. how we regard coronzon thus depends on how we regard the serpent of genesis. if we are good, unquestioning christians and jews, we will look upon this serpent as the persecutor of mankind, the

ecret place covered completely by a black robe, in the position called the "thunderbolt. he did not move or speak during the ceremony) next the scribe was hallucinated, believing that before him was a beautiful courtesan whom previously he had loved in paris. now, she wooed him with soft words and glances, but he knew these things for delusions of the devil, and he would not leave the circle. the demon then laughed wildly and loud (upon the scribe threatening him, the demon proceeded, after a short delay) they have called me the god of laughter, and i laugh when i will slay. and they have thought that i could not smile, but i smile upon whom i would seduce. o inviolable one, that canst not be tempted. if thou canst command me by the power of the most high, know that i did indeed tempt thee

to obedience in the holy names, i cannot swerve therefrom, for their first whispering is greater than the noise of all my temptests. bid me therefore come unto thee upon my hands and knees that i may adore thee, and partake of thy forgiveness. is not thy mercy infinite (here choronzon attempts to seduce the scribe by appealing to his pride. but the scribe refused to be tempted, and commanded the demon to continue with the aethyr. there was again a short delay) choronzon hath no form, because he is the maker of all form; and so rapidly he changeth from one to the other as he may best think fit to seduce those whom he hateth, the servants of the most high. thus taketh he the form of a beautiful woman, or of a wise and holy man, or of a serpent that writheth upon the earth ready to sting. an

ray thee, one drop of water from the pure springs of paradise, that i may quench my thirst (the scribe refused) sprinkle water upon my head. i can hardly go on (this last was spoken from the triangle in the natural voice of the frater, which choronzon again simulated. but he did not succeed in taking the frater's form- which was absurd! the scribe resisted the appeal to his pity, and conjured the demon to proceed by the names of the most high. choronzon attempted also to seduce the faithfulness of the scribe. a long colloquy ensued. the scribe cursed him by the holy names of god, and the power of the pentagram) i feed upon the names of the most high. i churn them in my jaws, and i void them from my fundament. i fear not the power of the pentagram, for i am the master of the triangle. my na

ed and thirty and three, and that is thrice one. be vigilant, therefore, for i warn thee that i am about to deceive thee. i shall say words that thou wilt take to be the cry of the aethyr, and thou wilt write them down, thinking them to be great secrets of magick power, and they will be only my jesting with thee (here the scribe invoked the angels, and the holy guardian angel of the frater p. the demon replied) i know the name of the angel of thee and thy brother p, and all thy dealings with him are but a cloak for thy filthy sorceries (here the scribe averred that he knew more than the demon, and so feared him not, and ordered the demon to proceed) thou canst tell me naught that i know not, for in me is all knowledge: knowledge is my name. is not the head of the great serpent arisen into

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ful relation, and grant's nightside of eden. for an analysis of the numerical significance of coronzon's name, and how my interpretation differs from that of aleister crowley, see my response to a visitor's e-mail, what is coronzon, elsewhere on this site. return he home resources demons bios fiction tyson the truth about demons (beast with seven heads and ten horns from revelation) in general, a demon may be defined as a malicious spirit who does harm to human beings. in this sense, demons have been recognized since the time of the ancient sumerians and babylonians. the culture of the mesopotamian valley was particularly rich in demon lore. demons were usually the spirits of natural forces such as fire, plagues, droughts, infant crib death, and diseases, and often took the form of fantast

the mesopotamian valley was particularly rich in demon lore. demons were usually the spirits of natural forces such as fire, plagues, droughts, infant crib death, and diseases, and often took the form of fantastically-shaped creatures made up of a conglomeration of parts from dangerous or dreaded living things such as scorpions, serpents, lions, hawks, and so on. for example, pazuzu, the sumerian demon who attained celebrity status after his cameo appearance in the horror film the exorcist, is a demon of disease who has four wings, the clawed feet of a hawk, and a snarling lion-like face. the mesopotamians viewed themselves as under constant attack from demons on all sides. their only recourse was to fight against them with magic. they placed special bowls inscribed with potent word charms

vent them from entering the houses through the ground. they also made amulets with avertive verses against specific demons, such as those that might threaten the life of women during childbirth. during their period of babylonian captivity, the ancient hebrews absorbed many sumerian demons into their own folklore, and over time these were transmuted into uniquely jewish demons, such as lilith, the demon who strangles children in their cribs and visits solitary men in their beds to provoke nocturnal emissions. lilith began her life as a class of babylonian demon known as the lilitu. in addition to the direct personification of the forces of nature, demons were formed by the vilification of the gods and goddesses of other cultures. many of the medieval demons mentioned in the old testament, s

d goddesses of other cultures. many of the medieval demons mentioned in the old testament, such as ashtaroth and baal, are the gods of middle eastern peoples other than the hebrews. the modern concept of demons owes many of its key features to the influence of christian folklore and theological doctrine, which were heavily influenced by jewish beliefs through the old testament. in christianity, a demon is not just a malicious spirit, but a spirit of hell sent to earth by the devil to enforce his authority or to carry out his purposes. just as angels are the agents of god who act with divine authority to do good works among men, so demons are the agents of lucifer who act with infernal authority to do works of evil. indeed, in jewish, islamic and christian mythology, lucifer was himself onc

we are able to gather from other hints in the bible and in christian and jewish folklore that lucifer is free to suggest to human beings that they voluntarily defy god. once a person does so, he or she forfeits the protection of god. then lucifer is permitted to commit injuries upon the person. what is true of lucifer himself applies to his agents, the demons. in a nutshell, this is the christian demon myth. demons are tempters of men because they are forbidden to injure human beings who obey god. but if through the temptation of a demon a person can be induced to disobey god, that person is demon fodder. effectively, they join lucifer's army of apostate fallen angels, although at a very subordinate rank. from a fundamentalist christian point of view, all those who fail to worship christ a

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re a team, both working for the devil, bound together by the witch's unholy pact. the spirit who remained in close association with the witch was the familiar, not the cat or dog or other pet that was thought to be the spirit's physical host. when an old woman suspected of witchcraft was seen by her neighbors talking to her pet cat, the common opinion was that she was conversing with her familiar demon, and plotting evil for her neighbors. the years of the european witch-crazy were hard for elderly woman, and even harder for cats, particularly black ones. black cats were associated with satan because of their color. cats became the most popular suspect for a witch's familiar because of their uncanny manner of seeming to see things that are not there, and their knowing gaze- anyone who look

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and they are perhaps best described as the gods of an ancient discredited pantheon, who were in opposition to the deities of light, as represented by the tuatha d danann, who were worshipped by a later race. they are alluded to as monstrous and misshapen forms, deformed and frequently equipped with but one leg or arm apiece, and with the heads of bulls, horses or goats. the chief of this band of demon-like creatures was that balor, the one-eyed, of whom more than one mention has already been made. they appear to have waged continual war against the tuatha d danann, by whom they were conquered in the terrific battle of moytura. but they were by no means crushed by this defeat and continued to harass the gods of light for generations chiefly by employing their undoubted powers of sorcery (s

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is at the bottom, beneath the four other denser elements. in my opinion, a more important consideration is that the inverted pentagram has two points at its top, making duality and conflict supreme, whereas the upright pentagram has one point at its top, giving it unity and harmony. return ht home resources demons bios fiction tyson the truth about demonic possession (medieval magician evoking a demon outside the magic circle) possession by spirits is one form of a whole range of human interaction with incorporeal intelligences. none of these types of interaction is necessarily dangerous. all types occur frequently to ordinary people, but those affected are usually unaware of the true nature of their experience. at the bottom end of the scale is spirit perception. you may see a spirit in

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ottle into the sea (or by another account, into a deep lake. if this approach is used, be sure to put the object where no one will discover it by chance. there is a danger that anyone finding such a bound spirit may, without knowing what they are doing, release the spirit, and themselves become possessed by it. return hy home resources demons bios fiction tyson the truth about sigils (seal of the demon astaroth, showing his sigil, as drawn by s. l. macgregor mathers) sigils are graphic symbols that identify and represent spiritual beings. often, but not always, they are generated from the names of spirits using mechanical methods, so that each letter in the name gives rise to a particular part of the symbol. they are usually simple, two-dimensional abstract designs, and may be either black

s manipulated upon the living breath by means of chants, mantras, invocations, imprecations, execrations, prayers, hymns and similar vocal forms used in magic. the sigil is manipulated within the imagination by means of meditation, concentration, and creative visualization. it is important to distinguish between a number of common related terms that may have overlapping meanings (signature of the demon leviathan, from the black pact of urbain grandier, 1634) the signature of a spirit is exactly what you might expect- the actual name of the spirit written down by the spirit. spirits often use obscure alphabets or letter forms, and mirror-invert their names or sign them upside down to further disguise them. over time the signatures become corrupted by careless copying. often it is not possib

the average person's mind with the lower spirits and demons. no medieval grimoire, such as the goetia, would be complete without its set of demonic sigils. perhaps this is because the lower spirits, who were often summoned for mundane purposes such as causing injury to others or finding treasure, are more rebellious and require instruments of control and punishment. by inflicting injury upon the demon's inscribed sigil, the magician was able to cause discomfort or pain to the spirit it represented. this was done in such ways as piercing the sigil with a knife or pin, compressing it beneath a weight, placing it inside a bible, standing upon it, burying it, hanging it over rising incense smoke, binding it with cord, striking it with the flat of a sword blade, or subjecting it to the heat fr

pain to the spirit it represented. this was done in such ways as piercing the sigil with a knife or pin, compressing it beneath a weight, placing it inside a bible, standing upon it, burying it, hanging it over rising incense smoke, binding it with cord, striking it with the flat of a sword blade, or subjecting it to the heat from open flame. often the mere threat to destroy the sigil caused the demon to comply. at the top of this page is the seal of the demon astaroth, as drawn by s. l. macgregor mathers for his manuscript copy of the goetia. mathers' manuscript was edited by aleister crowley, who made only minor changes, and published by crowley in 1903. the sigil of astaroth appears in the center of the seal. to evoke astaroth into the triangle, it is necessary to draw this seal on new

EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PAPYRUS OF ANI MALESTROM

xvii. the chapter of not allowing the heart of a man to be taken from him in the underworld. p. xxxiv theban version: list of chapters. vignette: a man tying a heart to the statue of the deceased.[1] chapter xxviii [the chapter of] not allowing the heart of a man to be taken from him in the underworld. vignette: the deceased with his left hand touching the heart upon his breast, kneeling before a demon holding a knife. chapter xxixa. the chapter of not carrying away the heart of a man in the underworld. this chapter has no vignette. chapter xxixb. another chapter of a heart of carnelian. vignette: the deceased sitting on a chair before his heart, which rests on a stand. chapter xxxa. the chapter of not allowing the heart of a man to be driven away from him in the underworld. vignette: a he

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ctice of individualism, not demanding that all its members have some kind of lockstep sameness [18] the emperor s new religion copyright 2002 ole wolf page 5 of 30 different and contrary individual interpretations do not warrant religious unity, however. people do not unite in disagreement not unless they join hands in a shared disagreement with something entirely different, such as satanists pet demon: christianity. if the church of satan does indeed unite its followers despite opposing interpretations, their unity is not about its ideology at all. 1.3 satanic rituals and magic the satanic bible formally defines magic as: the change in situations or events in accordance with one s will, which would, using normally accepted methods, be unchangeable [6, p. 110] the statement echoes aleister

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va at the beginning of the fifth century. his book of horoscopes was translated into latin and published at venice in 1485, under the title de judiciis seu fatis stellarum. aben-ragel s predictions were known for their remarkable accuracy. abigor according to johan weyer, abigor is the grand duke of hades. he is shown in the form of a handsome knight bearing a lance, standard, or scepter. he is a demon of the superior order and responds readily to questions concerning war. he can foretell the future and instructs leaders on how to make themselves respected by their soldiers. sixty infernal regions are under his command. sources: weyer, johannes. witches, devils, and doctors in the renaissance: johann weyer, de praestigiis. edited by george mora. binghamton, n.y: medieval and renaissance te

s only a phantom sent to earth by him. they believed that his name contained great mysteries, as it was composed of the seven greek letters which form the number 365, the number of days in a year. abraxas, they thought, had under his command 365 gods, to whom they attributed 365 virtues, one for each day. the older mythologists consider abraxas an egyptian god, and demonologists describe him as a demon with the head of a king and with serpents forming his feet. ancient amulets depict abraxas with a whip in his hand, and his name inspired the mystic word abracadabra. sources: drury, nevill, and stephen skinner. the search for abraxas. london: spearman, 1972. abred the innermost of three concentric circles representing the totality of being in the cosmology of the celts. abred represents the

l man with a long, thin neck. to get rid of him, adam struck him a blow with his fist. the evil spirit shrank and took the stature and countenance of a little cloaked monk, with a glittering weapon under his garb. his little eyes could be seen darting and glancing under his cowl. he tried hard to strike the abbe with the sword he held, but adam repulsed the strokes with the sign of the cross. the demon became in turn a pig and a long-eared ass. the abbe, impatient to be on his way, made a circle on the ground with a cross in the center. the fiend was then obliged to withdraw a little distance. he changed his long ears into horns, which did not hinder the abbe from boldly addressing him. offended by his plain-speaking, the devil changed himself into a barrel and rolled into an adjoining fie

the rite of memphis in 1839. america founded the rite of the eastern star in five points. in these systems, admission was generally confined to the female relations of masons. the order of the eastern star and that of adoptive masonry were attempted in scotland but without success. adramelech according to johan weyer, adramelech is chancellor of the infernal regions, keeper of the wardrobe of the demon king, and president of the high council of the devils. he was worshiped at sepharvaim, an assyrian town, where children were burned on his altar. rabbis of the period said that he showed himself in the form of a mule or sometimes of a peacock. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. adramelech 11 sources: weyer, johannes. witches, devils, and doctors in the renaissance: johann wey

unending dances to the sound of flute and drum, for ten days to two weeks, engaging in much eating and drinking all at the expense of the patient s relatives. the patient at some point danced, usually feigning madness, until the epileptic attack came on accompanied by a frenzied stare, convulsed limbs, the gnashing of teeth. the man s actions at this point were not ascribed to himself, but to the demon that had control of him. when a cure, real or pretended, had been effected the patient built a little house for the spirit image, avoided certain kinds of food, and performed certain duties. sometimes the process terminated in the patient s insanity; some were known to run away to the bush, hide from all human beings, and live on the roots and berries of the forest. one european writer obser

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close of the last ice age are related to magic is a question on which there is no general agreement. it is significant, however, that several carved ornaments bearing animal figures or enigmatic symbols are perforated as if worn as charms. on a piece of horn found at lorthet, hautes-pyrenees, are beautiful, incised drawings of reindeer and salmon, above which appear mystical symbols. an ape-like demon carved on bone was found at mas d azil. etched on a reindeer horn from laugerie basse is a prostrate man with a tail, creeping on all fours toward a grazing bison. these artifacts strengthen the theory that late paleolithic art had its origin in magic beliefs and practices.that hunters carved on the handles of weapons and implements, or scratched on cave walls, the images of the animals they

issued edicts to prohibit the magonians from troubling the air and provoking storms. issues of magonia have covered such subjects as glossolalia, ouija boards, pagan occultism, coincidences, spiricom, earth lights, psychic research, bigfoot, and other fortean topics. address: john rimmer, john dee cottage, 5 james terrace, mortlake churchyard, london, sw14 8hb england. website: http//www.magonia.demon.co.uk. sources: magonia. http//www.magonia.demon.co.uk. march 8,2000. magpie the chattering of a magpie was formerly considered a sure omen of evil. another folk belief was that the croaking of a single magpie around a house signified that one of the inhabitants would soon die. in parts of britain and ireland it was believed that evil could be averted by being respectful to a magpie. bowing

is assistance is invoked. he is entitled by custom to certain small fees; thus, after a good harvest he is allowed in some villages five gantangs of padi, one gantang of rice (beras, and two chupaks of emping (a preparation of rice and cocoa-nut made into a sort of sweetmeat) from each householder. the pawang used to regulate taboos, and employ a familiar spirit known as hantu pusaka.a hereditary demon. he also acted as a medium and divined through trance. to become a magician, you must meet the ghost of a murdered man. take the midrib of a leaf of the ivory cocoa-nut palm (pelepah niyor gading, which is to be laid on the grave, and two midribs, which are intended to represent canoe-paddles, and carry them with the help of a companion to the grave of the murdered man at the time of the ful

tertain a doubt. they investigate not only the methods employed to effect various kinds of mischief, but also the counter-charms and exorcisms that may be used against them. they likewise tell, from their own experience, the dangers to which the inquisitors were exposed, and exult in the fact that they were a class of men against whom sorcery had no power. these writers actually tell us, that the demon had tried to frighten them by day and by night in the forms of apes, dogs, goats, etc; and that they frequently found large pins stuck in their night-caps, which they doubted not came there by witchcraft. when we hear these inquisitors asserting that the crime of which the witches were accused, deserved a more extreme punishment than all the vilest actions of which humanity is capable, we ca

rs were carried bodily through the air to the place of meeting, or whether it was an imaginary journey, suggested to their minds by the agency of the evil one. the authors of the malleus decide at once in favour of the bodily transmission. one of them was personally acquainted with a priest of the diocese of frisingen, who declared that he had in his younger days been carried through the air by a demon to a place at a very great distance from the spot whence he had been taken. another priest, his friend, declared that he had seen him carried away, and that he appeared to him to be borne up on a kind of cloud. at baldshut, on the rhine, in the diocese of constance, a witch confessed, that offended at not having been invited to the wedding of an acquaintance, she had caused herself to be car

EVIL AND UNCLEAN SPIRITS

ld a whirlwind come forth out of the north; a great cloud and a fire enfolding itself, and a splendour on every side, and the brilliance of the innermost flame in the midst of the fire" 4 there are the four kerubic expressions of force, and the evil and adverse powers broken beneath their feet 1. rahab (bahar) whose symbol is a woman riding upon an ass. 2. samael (lams) whose symbol is a terrible demon leaping upon an ox. 3. macholoth (twlwjam) a form compounded of a woman and a serpent, and she rideth upon a serpent scorpion. 4. lilith (tylyl, a woman outward beautiful but inwardly corrupt and putrefying, riding upon a strange and terrible beast. j bwlwg wryrgt qrz bru laylmg lams k b j laymwat layrts laygwu hlkcug g t h n m y tylyl 5 the evil and averse powers beneath the feet of the fou

e colors are like \d (blood, mingled with n, a sickly yellow and grey. their form is that of a lion-lizard, for b. wrymylylx (tzelilimiron: whose colors are like limped blood lwlx bronze and crimson. they are like two savage triangular-headed dogs, for c. wryrjyc (shichiriron: whose colors are black and their form blended as of a reptile, insect and shellfish such as the crab and the lobster, yet demon faced withall, for d. wrybhlc (shalhebiron: whose colors are fiery and yellow, their form is like merciless wolves and jackals, for e. wryrpx (tzaphiriron: whose colors are like those of l, and their form is like partially living yet decaying corpses, for f. wryrybu (abiriron: whose colors are like clouds, and their form is like grey bloated goblins, for g. wrytcjn (necheshthiron: whose colo

ck giants ever working against each other. the fifth palace containeth the evil jxn and to it are attributed the qrz-bru 'areb- zereq, the ravens of death, or of dispersion. their form is that of hideous demonheaded rams issuing from a volcano. also, they are called laypxg, getzephiel. 10 the sixth palace containeth dwh whereunto are referred the lams or jugglers whose form is that of dull yellow demon-headed monsters like dogs. the seventh palace containeth dwsy and twklm. unto dwsy are referred the laylmg (gamaliel) or obscene ones, whose forms are those of corrupting loathsome bull-men linked together. thereunto are also referred the laycjn (nachashiel, the evil serpents, and the a'briel layrbu. hereunto also belongeth the (blind) dragon-force. unto twklm is attributed tylyl, evil woman

e referred the laylmg (gamaliel) or obscene ones, whose forms are those of corrupting loathsome bull-men linked together. thereunto are also referred the laycjn (nachashiel, the evil serpents, and the a'briel layrbu. hereunto also belongeth the (blind) dragon-force. unto twklm is attributed tylyl, evil woman, with the appearance of a beautiful woman, but then changing into a black, monkey-looking demon. the name of the serpent cjn (nachash) has the same number as that of hycm the messiah; who will root the twpylq out of the world. these are the evil chiefs: 1. rtk- satan and moloch 2. hmkj- lucifuge 3. hnyb- beezelbulb 4. dsj- ashtaroth 5. hrwbg- asmodeus 6. trapt- belphasor 7. jxn- baal 8. dwh- adramalech 9. dwsy- lilith 10. twklm- nahemah these names can hardly be referred to any one sep

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

leiadian named quetzal told meier that bell could not possibly be telling the truth because semjase and ptaah had never been to america. moreover, the pleiadians entered into physical contact only with meier, and nobody else. quetzal was among the extraterrestrials with whom bell supposedly interacted. one fundamentalist christian writer holds that meier got the name semjase from the fallen angel/demon shemyaza, described in the apocryphal book of enoch. or it might be the semjase, a real entity, that is one of satan s emissaries, one of the many evil deceptive forces at work in the world right now( billy meier and the swiss ufo case, n.d. see also: contactees; meier, eduard billy further reading billy meier and the swiss ufo case, n.d. http/ netpci.com/-tttbbs/articles-ufo/semjase.html. m

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

. 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 sai was taken to a false healer who poured acid on his head. devi ammachi was sent away from her home as a youth to survive alone without support. and in every instance, these exalted beings demonstrated

FLY THE LIGHT

to discover the inner fire (black flame) of self-consciousness and divinity, to then mutate and transform into something godlike. this model is loosely attributed to the averse or black tree of life known as black eden or the qlippoth. songs such as chaos unveiled and fleshstretcher with their violent patterns and machine like rhythms are attributed to the qlippothic sphere of geburah averse, the demon of the sphere is asmoday who origins are ancient persian as aeshma (demon of the wounding spear. the song angel of prostitution ii is connected with yesod- the moon and the averse sphere of lilith, the bride of satan who is represented of the instinctual, dark side of humanity. she was originally called az and had taught the fallen angels how to take form and copulate to produce dragon child

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

ion, its ecstatic initiation or illumination, its egyptian colouring, is like the mood of the hermetic writings. though apuleius was not really the translator of the asclepius, that work would certainly have appealed to him. augustine calls apuleius a platonist, and he attacks him for the views on airy spirits or daemones which he held to be intermediaries between gods and men in his work on the "demon" of socrates. augustine regards this as impious, not because he disbelieves in airy spirits or demons but because he thinks they are wicked spirits or devils. he then goes on to attack hermes trismegistus for praising the egyptians for the magic by which they drew such spirits or demons into the statues of their gods, thus animating the statues, or making them into gods. here he quotes verba

corpus hermeticum. the name of hermes trismegistus was well known in the middle ages and was connected with alchemy, and magic, particularly with magic images or talismans.4 the middle ages feared whatever they knew of the decans as dangerous demons, and some of the books supposedly by hermes were strongly censured by albertus magnus as containing diabolical magic.5 the augustinian censure of the demon-worship in the asclepius (by which he may have meant in particular, decan-worship) weighed heavily upon that work. however, mediaeval writers interested in natural philosophy speak of him with respect; for roger bacon he was the "father of philosophers",6 and he is sometimes given a genealogy which makes him even more ancient than ficino or the designer of the siena mosaic thought. in the pr

julian, works, loeb edition, i, pp. 405, 407. 3* 59 hermes trismegistus and magic sorcery rather than christianity, and believe in an unlimited number of daemons rather than in the self-evident, and manifest supreme god' writing after the pagan reaction, augustine cannot accept lactantius' hopeful view of hermes trismegistus as the holy prophet of christianity, and utters his warning against the demon-worship of the asclepius. yet even augustine lent his support to the colossal misdating of that work, by which hermes appears as prophesying the coming of christianity, though he had this knowledge through the demons. believing in the immense antiquity of the corpus hermeticum and the asclepius, and following lactantius' estimate of their holy and divine character, the pious christian, ficin

ions against such risks as these. for some of the star demons were good but others bad, hence it was better not to attempt to do anything more than spiritus magic. although pico's higher magic is angelic and divine, he is not altogether safe, for there are bad angels as well as good angels. unpleasant though it might be to encounter face to face the tall dark man with red eyes, the egyptian decan demon for the first face of aries, it might be even worse to be devoured by this terrible jewish bad angel, azazael! in the forty-eighth cabalist conclusion, pico shows that he fully understands that there is a relationship between the ten spheres of the cosmos the seven spheres of the planets, the eighth sphere or the firmament of fixed stars, the empyrean, and the primum mobile and the ten sephi

demonic side of this magic by aiming only at attracting stellar influences and not the influences of spiritual forces beyond the stars. for you can draw down in this way, says agrippa, not only celestial and vital benefits (that is benefits from the middle or celestial world) but also intellectual and divine gifts (that is benefits from the intellectual world "mercurius trismegistus writes that a demon immediately animates a figure or statue well composed of certain things which suit that demon; augustine also mentions this in the eighth book of his city of god."1 agrippa fails to add that augustine mentions this with strong disapproval "for such 1 ibid, i, i i j ed. cit, p. 18. 2 ibid, loc. cit; ed. cit, p. 19. 3 ibid, i, 14; ed. cit, p. 23. 4 he is quoting from de vita coelitus comparand

FRATER ELIJAH ANGELS OF CHAOS

gil [2] was revealed tonight and is a fusion of heaven and earth. i have not found any "practical" use of these sigils yet, but they have brought me in contact with, what i firmly believe to be my hga, the "perfected" form of me "in the future" of whom i am grendel/ we and will become as/ a. i have never heard of a. before, but it does bear a resemblance to azathoth. i heard a somewhere before, a demon maybe, babylonian, i'll research this. in final note. magick is the ultimate communication and it is right to say that things are playing. all of this is play, a big game. the void was not. nice place to visit but cthulhu wants to live there (this is supposition on my part. i do not know if "cthulhu" was there, but there were these things, unwholesome things. this is very much "real" and i e

ding i am the living sigil. iii the binding of the heart- this was both recognition of the absolute falsity and truth of human love in respect to one another, self and divinity. this included the summary of love under will, relationships and other issues. iv the binding of the mind- the binding of the mind was the longest running initiation. this being a categorization of any, and every, personal demon that the magician has spawned over his life, a monumental if not impossible task. i categorized legions (ha) and sigilized and bound each one with name. this process is as a declaration to the sub-mind for regaining control over demonic factors. the binding ceremony was the close of this phase after months of intensive labor and self analysis. this was very tedious as discovery of one little

sence is revealed; abraxis. revelation is the annihilation of self- law of addiction well, there are many types and varieties, legion to be exact. in one facet they are base atavisms, some have evolved to incorporate higher integration to further their base nature. they have grown through repression, neglect and other shadows and manipulate through secret and urges. in more extreme cases when the demon is very powerful it can possess an individual. this possession occurs in an enrapture of the demons sphere of influence. like being filled with lust or as ritualistic possession where the monster is drawn up and takes over. the above exposition deals with the internals of origin, which come from urges. desires are commanders which suckle and feed the urges. and at other times fear causes the

influence. like being filled with lust or as ritualistic possession where the monster is drawn up and takes over. the above exposition deals with the internals of origin, which come from urges. desires are commanders which suckle and feed the urges. and at other times fear causes these blacker pathways. the gate is opened, the bag of black flesh sewn, and the puss of desire fills the sack, and a demon is born. 6c some journal entries the following journal exerts are examples of the stages in these initiations and notes. 8/1/99 very strange evening/ morning. started out with stupid ego issues then given up and everything flowed more naturally. i started the dance for the dances sake and people progressed to get me things) i ran into this foreign couple from the netherlands and was treated

of it s own way. a few phrases represent personal demons which may come to the fore. the picture is of a point surrounded by a menacing skull face with 22 teeth. ii/11a: being an exploration of binah, attempted in words. with a possible avenue of metaphor in physical objects. a glyph shown is a 4 part eye, reflected throughout 4 directions (see appendix iv. a warning on the bottom left (a mental demon, and the bottom right refers to obverse ways. ii/11b: advice of numbers and tarot to invoke. he being a multiple reference. an ax is shown. the chariot being cheth (pathway 18 between binah and geburah, a drawing out of hidden causes. reference is given to a avenue of sexual magick. elijah comments with his typical tongue in cheek. chapter three consists of 7 pages and one ending page is giv

FRATER U D PRACTICAL SIGIL MAGIC

general, people think of''correct' and gincorrect h sigils. the grimoires of the late middle ages were often little else but gmagical recipe books (the frequently criticized sixth and seventh books of moses basically applies the same procedure of''select ingredients, pour in and stir h, and these practitioners believed in the following principle: to know the gtrue' name and the''true' sigil of a demon means to have power over it. pragmatic magic, which developed in the anglo-saxon realms, completely tidied up this concept.6 often crowley's revolt in the golden dawn.at first in favor of but soon against mathers.is seen as the actual beginning of modern magic. it would certainly not be wrong to say that crowley himself was an important supporter of pragmatic thought in modern magic. but in

alphabet with its cal values is as follows: th c e assigned numeri constructing sigils with planetary cameas/ 107 these letters are arranged in nine gchambers h according to their decimal values: depending on the appropriate magical camea, sometimes it is necessary to reduce a numerical value so that the pertinent number in the camea can be touched when drawing the sigil. for example, look at the demon bartzabel of the mars sphere, following regardie(p.15. in hebrew this name is written (from right to left: lamed aleph beth tzaddi resh beth 30 1 2 90 200 2 108/ practical sigil magic ters: the magical camea of mars follows, one version in numbers, the other in hebrew let ou will note that the numbers 200, 90 and 30 do not ap e, two rcs are drawn. let fs have a look at this sigil in its came

not ap e, two rcs are drawn. let fs have a look at this sigil in its camea figure 27. in this example, the traditional sigils really have een constructed consciously. ng pages gether with the sigils of their intelligences and demons, as well as the planetary seals, which have been developed with a very similar but slightly different method. y pear in the magical square; deleting the zeros in our demon fs name gives us 2, 9 and 3. thus, we get the following order of numbers (again from right to left: 3/1/2/9/2/2. usually the sigil begins with a curlicue and ends with a stroke. if any one number is covered twic a in b to complete the picture, the followi consist of the magical cameas of the planets to constructing sigils with planetary cameas/ 109 figure 27 110/ practical sigil magic beside

ise you to redraw the sigils and correct them where necessary. th a r constructing sigils with planetary cameas/ 111 the magical cameas of the planets( gtables h) and the seals and sigils of the planetary powers, intelligences and demons (following agrippa of nettesheim, de occulta philosophia, vol. 2, 1533) table of saturn numbers hebrew letters seals or characters of saturn his intelligence his demon divine names in accord with the numbers of saturn numbers divine names in hebrew 3. ab. 9. hod. 15. yah. 15. hod. 45. ext. tetragrammaton. 45. agiel, intelligence of saturn. 45. zazel, demon of saturn. 112/ practical sigil magic table of jupiter numbers hebrew letters seals or characters of jupiter his demon his intelligence divine numbe e names in hebr. 1 f. 1 f. namombers of ju es in acc r

hebrew letters seals or characters of jupiter his demon his intelligence divine numbe e names in hebr. 1 f. 1 f. namombers of ju es in acc rd with the nu piter rs4. divinabba ew. 16. 16. 34. el ab. 36. iophiel, in telligence o jupiter emon o 36. hismael, d jupiter. constructing sigils with planetary cameas/ 113 table of mars numbers hebrew letters seals of characters of mars his intelligence his demon divine names in accord with the numbers of jupiter numbers divine names in heb he, letter of the holy name 2 a 325. graphiel, intelligence of. 325. b mon of mars. rew 5. 5. 65. donai. mars artzabel, de. 114/ practical sigil magic table of the sun numbers hebrew letters seals or characters of the sun his intelligence his demons divine names in accord with the numbers of jupiter n d vau, lette

FREEMASONS SATANISM AND SYMBOLISM

ram above. the first six is formed by the sides of each triangle facing the clockwise direction; the second six is formed by the sides of each triangle formed by facing the counterclockwise direction; the third six is formed by the sides of the inner hexagon. the hexagram was used as a "stand-by for magicians and alchemists. the sorcerers believed it represented the footprint of a special kind of demon called a 'trud, and used it in ceremonies both to call up demons and to keep them away [gary jennings, black magic, white magic, eau claire, wi, the dial press, 1964, p. 51. also harry e. wedeck, treasury of witchcraft, new york, philosophical library, 1961, p. 135] the hexagram is used to conjure up demons, making them appear in this dimension to do the bidding of the witch. doc marquis (fo

re in the coming aquarian age [masonry in the new age, p. 56] then, on pages 55-56, perkins says that today's mason has no idea that freemasonry comes from such an ancient, esoteric source. most masons today understand that the roots of their organization are in satanism. when perkins said that freemasonry had its origins in shamballa, he just identified masonry as satanic. alice bailey, with her demon master- master d.k- writing through her, stated that "shamballa is the mythological place where the 'lord of the world, sanat kumara, or shiva, is supposed to live [discipleship in the new age lucis/lucifer publishing, 1955, 135-36. masonic author, perkins, has just admitted that freemasonry originated in the place where shiva (satan) lives. since the bib le clearly, boldly, and unequivocall

ippers of satan, and the rosicrucians who have so desecrated the precious cross of jesus christ with pentagrams and hexagrams as to make you sick. hall's major revelation was that freemasonry is the son of samael. being careful not to confuse samael with the beloved prophet samuel. samael is one of the infernal names of satan. in fact, house of theosophy author, writing under the influence of her demon possessing her- master d.k- identifies samael as satan [the secret doctrine, p. 378] in fact, satanists have a symbol of samael. the pentagram on the left with the one point up represents the divine man specifically and lucifer the good god generally; the pentagram on the right with two stars up and the goats head is called the goats head of mendes by most satanists, but black magick satanis

FULL MOON RITUALS

shapes in the air- first, the shadow of an owl, then the visage of a hawk, and finally as the smoke begins to calm, the voices of the wind speak clearly "we are here" carielle nods her head in greeting, lights the quarter candle and then turns and carries the incense back to the altar. as she moves back toward her place in the circle, her eyes seek out and meet those of her beloved husband, typo demon. she passes him the castle candle before retaking her place in the circle. a soft smile escapes her as she watches him move to his place in the south. typo stands silenty in the circle, barely aware of the events around him, contemplating the nature of elemental fire. rebirth, like the legendary phoenix who was reborn from its own ashes to live again. the warmth of small fire burning in the

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

ntire universe. 19 though the qabalah recognizes but one primordial cause, it also recognizes two complementary elements: the one incorruptible and vital which reveals itself as a spiritual energy, and the other corruptible and inert, always tending to dissolve and return to its original atoms. the first is bliss, the second is hate: the first is symbolized by the angelic hosts, the second by the demon hordes- good and evil; for, as isaiah says: gi form the light, and create darkness: i make peace, and create evil :i the lord do all these things. h 20 the spirit which we sense through our third eye is not god as the primordial cause, or no-thing, but as it were the thought of this cause. ghe constituted in the first place a point of light, which became the divine thought. h 21 our consciou

qadmon three times removed; he is the gdark shadow of the manifestation of the great androgene of good h. 15 he is metatron in an active form, just as when in yetzirah he is metatron in a passive form- the serpent above and the serpent below. he is tetragrammaton reversed; and this was grasped by picus de mirandula when he wrote in his kabbalistic conclusions. the letters of the name of the evil demon who is the prince of this world are the same as those of the name of god. tetragrammaton- and he who knows how to effect their transposition can extract one from the other. 16 in brief, as the sorcerers were wont to proclaim: daemon est deus inversus. like adam qadmon, the evil sammael is androgenous, for his female companion, or counterpart, is esheth zenunim (ashth17 znvnim) the harlot, or

the infernal branches and digesting these fruits can adam compel the central trunk to grow, and only when its topmost branches are climbed will adam realize the nonexistence of good and evil, and discover the world of spirit and clothe himself in immortality. the relationship between tetragrammaton and humanity the flesh cells, so to speak, of adam qadmon- creates the potentialities of satan (the demon hordes; and as tetragrammaton is possessed of a horror (a void) when he contemplates the loss of his identity, in order to maintain it secret he forbids adam to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, because its fruits are death, that is they lead to passivity- the magical recoil which threatens the active existence of satan. next eve, the female counterpart of adam, is formed, and t

? ever, as before, does madness remain a mysteriousterrific, altogether infernal boiling up of the nether chaotic deep, through this fair-painted vision of creation, which swims thereon, which we name the real. was luther's picture of the devil less a reality, whether it were formed within the bodily eye, or without it? in every the wisest soul lies a whole world of internal madness, an authentic demon-empire; out of which, indeed, his world of wisdom has been creatively built together, and now rests there, as on its dark foundations does a habitable flowery earth-rind. 17 both are right, carlyle in that madness is a mystery, and the doctors in that mystery is often madness to the sane. the key of passivity has three flanges, namely equilibrium of body, of soul, and of mind. as the qabalis

GILBERT THE GOLDEN DAWN TWILIGHT OF THE MAGICIANS

aelic,greek, hebrew orgerman-andsome, such as blackden's'mawahanu thesi' and pamela carden's 'shemeber, were quite incomprehensible.itwas also common practice to contract the motto to its initials or to use only the first word when referring to fellow members; thus vestigia was mina mathers' name rather than the full 'vestigia nulla retrorsum' and yeats''demonest deus inversus' became simp255 ly 'demon. westcott was invariably s.a. rather than 'sapere aude. but before they obtained their mottoes, before even entering the order, candidates had to be approved by thechiefs-whodid not approve of spiritualist mediums orofany others who 'allow themselves to fall into a complete passive condition ofwill'255and were made to sign a pledgeofsecrecy in all things concerning theorderand an acceptance

and most of those who remained have the fact of their mem255 bership as their only claim upon posterity. but some of the members were more interesting; some were lesser literary and artistic figures, numbers of them achieved fame or notoriety in the occult world, a few were scientists. and there was w. b. yeats. yeats was initiated at mina mathers' studio on 7 march 1890, when he took the motto 'demon est deus inversus (the devil is the converse of god, and was entered as number 78 on the outer order roll.hewas already deeply immersed in the occult, having helped to found the hermetic society in dublin in1885and joining the esoteric section of the theosophical society in 1888. eastern theosophy, however, held little for him at this time and he was ever suspicious of madame blavatsky'smaha

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

are declared concerning demons. they have three points in common with men, and three with ministering angels. they eat and drink, propagate and die like men. they have wings, they fly and they know future events like the angels. codexchagija cap. ii.p,16. the names of several female demons are commonly noted; lilith said to have been adam's first wife, naamah and agereth. samael is the chief male demon; he has many of the characters of the christian satan; he is often called the angel of death, but it was alleged that he had no power over true hebrews. the proper abode of demons is gai hinnom, and there are seven portions in hell, each part named and having its special qualities and inhabitants. the original rosicrucians of medieval europe and their successors through recent centuries, hav

mjaphet-fourteen;from ham, thirty; and from shem, twenty-six. each had its own language originating at the confusion of tongues. so that all beside the jews have a taintofthedevil and his works. concerning lilith or lilis there is an immense collection of fables, in some she is a woman of pre-adamite race, whom adam found, and she was his first wife, and she begat demons; in others she is a queen demon who seduces adam and brings forth devils; again she is a general succubus at all times. another idea is that she is constantly on the watch to do evil to the new-born babe who is not protected by jewish theological rites: again that she is a vampire always seeking to kill infants, and again that she seeks to kill men also, and no man is safe who sleeps in a house alone, for he may be thus ca

eking to kill infants, and again that she seeks to kill men also, and no man is safe who sleeps in a house alone, for he may be thus captured as adam was. she is also commonly called the wife of samael and thethedevil, and evil spirits137mother of shedim, and the ensnaress, maziquism. lilith meant a dust-cloud,butwas also translated as an owl, and as a screeching bird of night. naamah, the female demon, is the mother of many devils, her name means pleasure. she is said to have led astray uzza and azael, two of the beni elohim angels. asimon, the un-named one, is another devil of some repute, and no sex is apparent, in this case.thedevils are also said to have a special home in the moon; for evil spirits, night apparitions, and devils abide there. while on the other planets are the dead sou

s gotoparadise.inanother place the seventy princes before mentioned are said to be also the rulers over planets and great stars of the firmament, for every nation and city is relatedtothe prince of some star in the firmament. a further assortment of the race of devils is of animal type; the chief allusions aretothe goat, the ox, and the ass, with of course the serpent or dragon, rahab, the harlot demon was said to ride an ass, samael an ox, machalath was carried by a scorpion, and lilith by an un-named dragon. it is not meant that the ox and ass are demonic oftheir race, but that some demons resemble such animals. the kabalists wrote of different types of demons existing as the opposites of the angelic beings of each sephira or eman255 ation from god, and they also described a series of de

ing god, the 'divine spirit, and is used at times very nearly as the theosophist uses the word atma, our highest conception. calmet, the author of thebible dictionary,remarks that 'ruach' means spirit, and may be:1.thethird person of the trinity. 2. breath of animal life. genesis vii. 12; numbers xvi. 22; jobxii.10. 3.therational soul capable of choosing eternal happiness. 4.thewind. 5. an angel, demon, ghost, or soul, asi.samuel xvi. 14. 6.thebreath. genesis vi. 17. 7.thedisposition of mind, as in numbers v. 14,'thespirit146themagical masonof jealousy; and in isaiahxi.2, we find ruach meaning alternately the 'spirit of thelord',of 'wisdom, of 'understand-ing, of 'counsel, of 'might, and of 'knowledge. this confusion is fatal to any clear conception of meaning. we must so often be in doubt

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rcavah in the mercavah vision of ezekiel it is written 'and i looked and behold a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire enfolding itself and a splendour on every side, and hashmal the brilliance of the innermost flame in the midst of fire' these are from cherubic expressions of force and the evil and averse powers broken beneath their feet are:rahab,whose symbol is a terrible demon leaping upon an ox;machaloth,a form compounded of a serpent and a woman, and she rideth upon a serpent scorpion; andlilith,a woman outwardly beautiful but inwardly corrupt and putrefying, riding upon a strange and terrible beast. to these four (babel, ionia, media, edom) are attributed four kingdoms, and they are also classed under the sephiroth as shewn.thetwelve princes of the qliphoth who

erer and his apprentice"(2) adimiron'-whose colours are like blood mixed with water, a dull yellow and gray. their form.isthatof a lion255 lizard.(3)tzelladimironwhose colours are like limpid blood, bronze and, crimson. they arelikesavagetriangular-headeddogs (4) schechiriron, whose colours are, black, and their form blended of reptile, insect and shell-fish, such as the crab and the lobster, yet demon-facedwithal'(5)shelhabiron- whose colours.arefiery and yellow, and their form, like merciless wolvesand'jackals (6) tzephariron- whose colours are like those of earth, and their form like partially living yet decaying corpses.(7)obiriron-r-t-t-whose colours are like clouds, andtheirform like grey, bloated goblins (8) necheshethironwhose colour is like copper, and their form like that' of a m

eb, or burners with fire, otherwise called zaphiel, and their forms are those of enormous black heads like a volcano in eruption. the fourth palace containeth tiphereth whereunto are attributed zamiel, and they are great black giants, ever working against each other. the fifth palace containeth netzach, whereunto are attributed the ghoreb zereq, or dispersing ravens. their form is that of hideous demon255 headed ravens issuing from a volcano, also called getzphiel. the sixth palace containeth hod, whereunto are referred the samael or deceivers (jugglers, whose form is that of dull, demon- headed, dog-like monsters. the seventh palace containeth yesod and malkuth. unto yesod are referred the gamaliel, or obscene ones, whose forms are those of corrupting, loathsome bull-men, linkedtheqliphot

maliel, or obscene ones, whose forms are those of corrupting, loathsome bull-men, linkedtheqliphoth of the qabalah 29together. thereunto are also referred nachashiel, evil ser255 pents, and obriel. thereunto belongeth the blind dragon255force.unto malkuth is attributed lilith, the evil woman, and the appearance is that of a woman, at first beautiful but afterwards changing to a black, monkey-like demon. the name of the serpent, nachash, hath the same number as that of messiah, whowillroot out the qliphoth from the world. these are the evil chiefs: 1. kether- satan or moloch 2. chokmah- beelzebub 3. binah- lucifuge 4. chesed- ashtaroth 5. geburah- asmodeus 6. tiphereth- belphegor 7. netzach- baal 8. hod- adramalech 9. yesod- lilith 10. malkuth- nahemah-accordingto the opinion of some, but t

his legs a cross above it (two sacks or weights are attached to his armpits) he symbolisessacrifice. 13. death.a skeleton armed with a scythe (wherewith he mows down heads in a meadow like grass. he signifiestransformation,orchange. 14. temperance.an angel with the sign of the sun on her brow pouring liquid from one vessel into another. she representscombination. 15. the devil.a horned and winged demon with eagle's claws (standing on an altar to which two smaller devils are bound by a collar and cord. inhis.left hand he bears a flame255 headed sceptre. he is the image offateorfatality,good or evil.16. the lightning-struck tower.a tower whose upper part is like a crown, struck by a lightning-flash (two men fall headlong fromit,one of whom is in such an attitude as to form a hebrew letterayi

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t mind and existed independently from the natural order and roused all other fallen angels to stand strong. in this context, lucifer was creating order from chaos. this is a seeming model of the initiate, that we work towards recognizing our own sense of being, and to expand the circle of control. the daimons/djinn of the goetia are initiatory forces as well. consider the definitions of angel and demon. the significance is beneficial in the context of this grimoire. angelic spirits are solar/air based spirits who posses a higher articulation of being, that is, they resonate with the more developed aspects of the self i.e. communion with the initiatic guide/holy guardian angel. demons are spirits/fallen angels which proceed to grow in shadows and the darkness of the earth, but are as signif

ial north (from bliol, a wicked one. belial is the spirit of the earth, created second after lucifer/azazel as a powerful angel. belial is a powerful daemonic and angelick spirit and initiator, and is associated with both the infernal and celestial) the sub-princes are (and should be considered shadow forms of the infernal princes) samael east (being the angel of fire who is azazel. samael is the demon prince who is married to lilith and father of tubal-cain. the root word of samael is sml, which translates idol or image) azael west (associated with azrael, the angel of death or the egyptian anubis, the god of the dead. azael represents the west and the realm of twilight) azazel south (associated with the element fire, as azazel is the fire djinn of islamic sufism. in hebrew azazel is the

hat you are in the dark aspects, that which drives you and your deep desires. your form will change in the mirror, begin shaping it unto what shadow form you wish. now close your eyes and begin to enflesh the body of shadow. visualize yourself summon a great blackened shadow, which is fiery and violet in the fire of spirit. the shadow has long beast like talons, a face which becomes both a horned demon head, scaled with serpent skin and a wolf head arising further from the shadows, growling in a human and beast union. your shadow grows and expands, and may change form according to your will and desire. descend below the earth, allowing your ahrimanic shadow to absorb and associate with other demonic elementals, feelings and emotions. understand that this shadow is you, it is the darkness c

ping men. the black mirror is considered also a tool for atavistic resurgence that the demons of the mind or the lycanthropic state may be brought out by enchanting the self to open the imagination to images in the reflection. the black mirror in the work of the goetia is used as a tool to communicate with the bound spirit or familiar after initial evocation. the sorcerer who summons the angel or demon may bind it accordingly to the vessel, and at a later time evoke the spirit again and use the black mirror to visualize its form and impressions it may send. if a specific goetic spirit is bound with the magician as a familiar/famulus, then the black mirror is ideal in communication. some have used divination boards in front of black mirrors to communicate with spirits, this techniques prove

mostly as a shadowed man. this spirit reveals hidden aspects of the self through initiatory experience. as a cursing tool, one may evoke marbas in the mind, and his 36 legions of spirits to manifest in the enemy as a disease. he may be used also to improve the ability to will immune system to work more efficiently, thus a beneficial spirit/angelic familiar. f valefor valefor is a vampyric spirit/demon, which initiates through the astral body and dreams. this spirit may be willed and bound to guard one s sleeping chamber and feed from any forms which come near you. valefor has 10 legions of spirits, often appearing through the mirror as a lion with the head of an ass. valefor may also be a guide to the necromantic arts, communion with the dead, ect. 39 g amon amon, the devourer, a werewolf

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e: salt. balzarg: steward. balzarg: steward/ stewards/ presidents. balzizras: judgement (cf. balt. bamasan: name of a guardian angel. bamnode: prince, associated with saturn of luna (49. bams: forget/ let them forget. bapnido: prince, associated with mars of venus (3. barfort: prince, associated with mercury of luna (48. bariges: prince, associated with sol of mercury (33. barma/barman: name of a demon. barnafa: prince, associated with sol of jupiter (27. bartiro: prince, associated with jupiter of saturn (41. basgim: day (cf. bazm. 11 basledf: prince, associated with luna of venus (7. basmelo: prince associated with jupiter of sol (10. baspalo: prince, associated with luna of mercury (31. bataivah: elemental king of air, associated with sol. bazchim: governor of the third division of the

de. cordiziz: the reasonable creatures of the earth or man. cordziz: man/ men/ reasonable creatures. corfax: name of a guardian angel. cormf: number. cormfa: number(s (n. cormpt: number (v/ count/ be numbered. cormp: numbered. cormpo: hath yet numbered/ be numbered/ count/ number (v. cormpo crp l: hath yet numbered but one. cormpt: be numbered/ numbered/ to be numbered. coronzon: name of a mighty demon (perhaps= lucifer) who rebelled against god. cors/ corsi: such. cors ta: such as. cors: such. corsca: such as. corsi: of such. corsv: such. cos: cacodemon of air angle of fire tablet. coto: subservient angel of air angle of water tablet. cox: cacodemon of water angle of fire tablet. cpa: cacodemon of earth angle of water tablet. cpao: subservient angel of water angle of air tablet. cpc: caco

aiol: five lettered holy name of god, ruling the element of water. gal: name of the enochian letter representing d. galaas: name of jupiter perimeter. galas: name of jupiter (corrected) perimeter. galethog: name of luna perimeter. galgol (meaning unknown) galsuagaph (meaning unknown) galvah: name of an angel who appeared to dee and kelley on june 14, 1583. his name means "end" ganislay: name of a demon. ganiurax (meaning unknown) ganr: subservient angel of earth angle of fire tablet. gaolo: demonic name (reversal of oloag) commanding garmal (meaning unknown) garnastel (meaning unknown) garp (meaning unknown) gascampho (meaning unknown: the word has 64 significations) gassagen: the divine power creating the angel of the same. gazavaa: name formed of the angels ga, za, vaa. gbal: subservient

ing unknown) ger: name of the enochian letter representing q. geta: out of him. gethog: name of mars perimeter. gevamna: beginning. ggom: subservient angel of water angle of earth tablet. gi: with. gi gi par: of living breath. gigipah: breath/ living breath/ of living breath. gil: we want) gima: angel companion of magl. gisa/ gisg: name of the enochian letter representing t. githgulcag: name of a demon (perhaps lucifer. giui: stronger. givi: stronger (cf. drilpa, canse. gizyax/ gizyaz: earthquake/ mighty earthquakes. glma: kerubic angel of earth angle of water tablet. glo: all things, also see tofglo glo marb: things according to. gmdnm: angel, also known as gmnm. gmicalzo: in power and presence. gmicalzoma: with a power understanding. gmma: subservient angel of water angle of water tablet

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ith perfection the adept must realize that the lower is only made perfect by the higher. career obsession the adeptus must avoid thinking of himself as his career. this is the habit of the natural man leading to disillusionment when one eventually realizes that a career is something you do, not something you are. knowledge obsession while learning is important, st. francis reminds us that a lowly demon posseses more knowledge than all of humankind combined. thus, knowledge not applied is a vain endeavor. obsessions are best conquered through regular and continous effort to maintain guidance from the higher will and the use of the pentagram rituals. g.h. frater n.o.e.l- 7= 4/ 1 7u7 liber hodos chameleonis r. r. e t a. c. z e l a t o r a d e p t u s m i n o r this material is private and has

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symbol. it is a positive symbol that represents man with his arms and legs extended, adoring the lord of the universe. it also represents the domination of the higher will of the ruling over the elements. another way of putting this is mind over matter. when the pentagram has a single point downward, it is then known to be a negative or evil symbol. it becomes representative of a goat's head or a demon's head. this is a representation of the abasement of reason and the loss of reason beneath the blind force of matter. notice that we didn't say beneath the blind force of. it is beneath the blind force of gross matter. the inverted pentagram is also a representation of the elevation or adoration of anarchy above order. it is also the elevation of conflicting forces driven simply by chance or

GREENFIELD ALLEN SECRET CIPHER OF THE UFONAUTS

physical contactee and founder of the first ufo conclave, the long-defunct giant rock conventions. van tassel also engaged in psychic communications and was closely associated with the earliest new age groupings, which, to some extent, started at giant rock. of particular interest is that, beginning in 1952, van tassel was in communication with a being calling itself ashtar the name of a medieval demon said, in the old magical texts, to have relocated to america. ashtar has shown up in many subsequent cases. williamson, george hunt( ric, claimed a doctorate in anthropology and was a one-time follower of guy ballard s i am movement, an organization with an unsavory reputation for overlap with the pro-nazi silver shirts, an american subversive body broken up by the u. s. government after ame

at they disclosed a long series of repeated motifs, patterns and themes spanning the history of humanity and our interaction with alien beings. we long puzzled, for example, that a name such as ashtar seemed to show up in contact case after case in the modern lore of ufology, but this name also has shown up throughout human history as the name of a fearsome alien being, sometimes referred to as a demon. when the cipher of the ufonauts came along, the name ashtar suddenly became less mysterious and more revealing. prior to the discovery of the cipher, however, one public stab was made at developing a decoding formula, and it came very early in the development of ufology. the source was richard s. shaver, a blue-collar worker who, beginning in the 1940s, authored a vivid, evocative and extra

ion into arbitrary concepts such as good and evil as these are commonly understood. and they also become closer and closer in form and content to our own mundane reality, though in the relativity of things, these higher intelligences may seem unspeakably powerful, mythic and divine. the gnostic view has tended to be that what the external world of the conventional person understands as god, devil demon, angel or, more recently, extraterrestrial beings are, in fact, such emanations of the unspeakable ultimate. indeed, the ancient gnostics saw the god and devil of conventional theology as an ego-maddened entity under the delusion that it, indeed, is the ultimate being! the late phil dick, in his last gnostic allegorical fiction, eventually settled on the name v.a.l.i.s. or vast active living

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ngel rzla (ra-zodiah) who in turra governs the four squares in the file or column below the first square. ezlar (eh-zod-lahrah) is the archangel who governs zlar (zod-lah-rah) in the second le. the 16 lower squares are called the 52 lesser squares of air of air. the first of these squares is governed by the rul ing lesser angel xkzns (tz-kehzoden-seh) and the lesser angel kzns (keh-zoden-seh. the demon xkz (tzkeh- zod) is also in this square. as another example, look at figure 12, appendix b. you should see that the square t of stim (reference figure 6, appendix a, foz letters) is governed by the ruling lesser angel atims (ah-tee-meh-seh) and the lesser angel tims (teemeh- seh. the demon ati (ah-tee) is also in this square which is presided over by the kerubic angel aomi (ah-oh-mee) and th

sthe yoni. in enochian magick the cup is the magical symbol of water and is especially used in operations involving the watchtower of water. the sword. the sword symbolizes your ability to reason. the magical sword is the analytical faculty of the mirad. as your mental faculties dissect complex iideas and theories, so the sharpness of the sword will cutand pierce through things. when you pierce a demon with your sword, you simultaneously strike iit with rational logical thought. the sword thus aids to see through illusion and complexity. the nature of this weapon is destructive. it is also divisive. the blade should be steel, the metal of mars. it is considered a crude weapon and its use is usually restricted to the watchtowers and lower aethyrs. its primary use is to free you from emotion

ccompany.your tracing of pentagrams and/or hexagrams to banish all foreign elements and influences from your cirde. a method used in tibetan yoga, which is quite effective, is to imagine millions of tiny rays of light emanating from your subtle body outward in all directions. the length of each ray is equal to the radius of your circle. at the end of each ray you must imagine the head of a fierce demon (a 'wrathful' deity) facing outward and snarling with protective power. let these demon heads form a strong protective shell around you. onl y when you can" fee l" thi s prot e ct i ve wal l surrounding you will your circle truly be consecrated and offer effective protection. 62 figure 4. typical circle for conducting enochian magick. 63 names of power it may be conceded in any case that the

ft foot and stand upright. let your normal perceptions slowly return. take your time. never vibrate the mames of power quickly. although these steps may seem awkward at first, with practice you will see that the procedure has a certain grace and natural ease associated with it. speaking the name of a deity aloud is not sufficient to effect the desired results. by vibrating the name of a deity (or demon) in accordance with this procedure you will establish an occult link with that deity which is essential for success. if properly done, a single vibration will leave you exhausted and drained of energy. 65 egyptian deities the egyptian theogony is the noblest, the most truly magical, the most bound tome (or ratherl to it) by some inmost nstinct, and by the memory of my incarnation as ankh f n

u are sincere. this can take place inwardly as a simple mental and personal commitment to yourself, or outwardly in a magical ceremony saying the appropriate words aloud. a new oath should be taken at each step of your magical development. one well-known magical oath is the oath of the abyss. this oath must be taken by any magician who desires to cross the great outer abyss, the realm of the arch-demon khoronzon. the words of this oath are "i swear to interpret every phenomenon as a particular dealing of god with my soul" this means that you promise to view everything that happens to you from that moment on as the direct intercession of your inner god (your holy guardian angel. this oath has many terrible consequences but is essential for one to cross the abyss safely. you are well advised

GRIFFIN DAVID MAGICAL EVOCATION OF THE AVERSE FORCES

less light up an entire city. likewise, although they are extremely dangerous, the magician with proper insulation may safely handle the averse forces. 8 ibid, p. 36. 6 in a ritual of magical evocation, the magician organizes his or her defenses to provide sufficient insulation for complete safety. the magician's first line of defense is the triangle of art. this is the space wherein to evoke the demon to visible appearance and to constrain it during the ritual. according to rosicrucian tradition, another alternative instead of a triangle is to employ polygons whose numbers of angles correspond to the nature of the force. for example, the evocation of the qlippoth of hod could employ an octagon, that of the spirit of jupiter, a square, and so forth. in practice, however, the traditional tr

cially prepared for the ritual, is generally quite sufficient. the adept may nonetheless wish to experiment with polygons other than a triangle for use as constrainment devices, since there exists historical precedent in the rosicrucian tradition for this variation. place the triangle of art in the east of the temple or in the direction usually associated with the force. for example, to evoke the demon of air, set up the triangle of art in the west, the quarter toward which the magician should face to skry to the plane of air. one line of tradition then suggests the use of vast amounts of thick, smoky incense for the entity to use as a material basis to appear. in recent decades, however, research has suggested that the smoke method is but a blind, or "smokescreen" for the actual procedure

other easily removable material before each ritual. in the following illustration, the triangle of art bears the names and sigil appropriate for the evocation of zazel, the demonic spirit of the planet saturn, which follows in this chapter. the divine name, archangel, angel, intelligence, and sphere appear in hebrew in the outer triangle. the inner triangle contains the name and the sigil of the demon. the names in the outer section constrain the spirit within the inner triangle. for the spirit to escape, it must first pass by all the divine and angelical forces of saturn that constrain it. the magician's second line of defense is the magic circle. the r. r. et a. c. magic circle shown below is suitable to evoke any averse force from 9 this method was apparently rediscovered by "poke" run

magician. the energy of any unbalanced force, even if it somehow managed to penetrate these defenses, would become so balanced in the process as to render it completely harmless. the magician's third and final line of defense is the invocation ritual preceding the evocation summoning the light forces of the same category. thus the divine, archangelical, and angelical forces that correspond to the demon protect the sphere of sensation of the magician. during the evocation the magician affects the averse force, constrained within the triangle of art, through sympathy with the lamen that he or she wears. this lamen contains all the relevant colors, geometrical figures, names, and sigils of the entity's hierarchy of forces, including the name and sigil of the averse force itself. a complete se

t in the dark slime. our fear and condemnation of the dark and demonic in the west have led to a condition wherein the 9 unconscious, instinctual aspects of the divine have been diabolized, shunned, and feared. thus repressed, these forces take on a twisted sort of autonomy and indeed manifest in a fashion disruptive to consciousness. therefore, the magician extracts an oath of obedience from the demon as the climax of the evocation. in rosicrucian magic, the demon does not swear this oath to the ego of the magician. such an oath would be like the demonic pacts described in certain grimoires and would place the magician's ego in great peril, likely leading to inflation, obsession, or to a state of mind once described as demonic possession. furthermore, unlike the abra-melin system, the dem

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t easily arise out of this; or it might be regarded as a prerogative of the higher being to transform himself into an animal for a time. the devil in retiring is compelled unawares to let his horsefoot be seen (p. 326; a kobold (home-sprite) is also horse footed (p. 511. to the water-sprite the whole or half of a horse's figure is attributed; that is why horses are sacrificed to rivers. a british demon grant, possibly connected with grendel (p. 243, shewed himself as a foal, gerv. tilb. in leibn. 980. loki changed himself into a mare, and bore sleipnir to svasilfori, sn. 46-7. the devil appears as a horse in the stories of zeno and of brother eausch, and in legends (zappert pp. 68 71; black steeds^ this many-handedness agrees with that of giants, but i do not remember to have seen the devi

in this, that the heathen view makes the spirits operate purely from without, while in jewish, oriental and christian doctrine the devils take up their abode in a man's body, and for the abnormal condition to cease, they must be formally cast out. an actual incarnation took place (p. 338, and we speak of devils incarnate. saul is possessed by the evil spii'it. when nalas had defiled himself, the demon kalis entered into him, but retired at length, and passed into a tree (bopp's nalas pp. 234. 267. 196-8. even our early mid. ages furnish examples: carl, son of king ludwig, was a demoniac (pertz 1, 1 nib. 1682' ich bringe iu den tiuvel' means i bring you none at all, as we say' the devil a bit' etc. but also the simple indefinite pronoun is intensified by the addition of devil' welcher teii

quid enim tales faciunt, nisi quod inibi meisque principibus deserviunt? idulolatrae enim sunt, vix enim aliquos tanto jure possidere possumus quanto hujusmodi vitiis irretitos; numquid ign^ras quod inter mille incantatrices aut diviiws vix una invenitur quae vel qui yelit hoc vitium confiteri? sic enim ora ipsorum claudimus, ut de talibus loqui nihil valeant quovis modo' the bishop casts out the demon. et sic spiritus ille malignus abscessit,_et mulier ut mortua cecidit. sed vir sanctus subito earn erexit, erecta vero publice vitium incantationis, quod dudum multoties perfecerat, cum lacrymis est confessa, quam et vir sanctus solvit. 2 a deserted castle possessed by the devil, greg. mag. dial. 3, 4. like tormenting sprites, the de\il tltiows stones, conl greg. tur. vitae patr. l,vita heim

et gehad' hostis me ludibrio habuit (see suppl. grendevs diabolic nature resembles that of bloodthirsty watersprites (p. 494; he lives too in moors and fens, and comes up at night to haunt sleeping mortals' com of more gangan' beow. 1413; ho flies 'under fen-hleo'su^ 1632. he drinks men's hlood out of their veins 1478, like vampires whose lips are moist with fresh blood. an on. saga has a similar demon, called grimr oegir because he can walk in water as on land, he spits fire and poison, sucjcs the hlood out of man and beast (fornald. sog. 3, 241-2. about when in the mid. ages did the idea spring up of formal covenants and treaties which the devil concludes with men? to the unfortunate, the desperate, he promises temporal blessings for a number of years, but bargains for their souls at the

ibes such a flight; a listener mounted on a bench gives chase, and in a twinkling gets from the fulda buchenwald to madgeburg cathedral. initiation. 1071 horses that come out of the ground. older accounts have it, that the devil takes her inside his cloalc, and carries her through the air, whence she is called mantelfahre, mantelfahrerln. at the trysting-place are^many more witches, each with her demon lover; they are mostly neighbour women, often such as have long been dead, some (the superior sort) muffled and masked. but their wooers are mere servants of the chief devil, who in goat-shajje, but with black human face, sits silent and solemn on a high chair or a large stone table in the midst of the ring, and all do him reverence by kneeling and kissing. when the chief devil takes a parti

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suis clamoribus cwljuvaret. 3 the same laborans (in distress) is used by juvenal 6, 442: jam nemo tubas, nemo aera fatiget; una laboranti poterit succurrere lunate.4* i may safely assume that the same superstitious notions and practices attend eclipses among nations ancient and modern.5 the indian belief is, that a serpent eats up the s4in and moon when they are eclipsed (bopp s gloss. 148a, or a demon (rahus) devours them (bopp s nalas, pp. 153. 272. somadeva2, 15. 187. l i add from fischart^ garg. 130b: sah den wolf des&gt; monss kabelais 1, 11 has: la kine des tiovps. in old calendars, eclipses are represented by two dragons holding the sun and moon in their mouths, moae s untersueh. p. 183. 2 this would be in ohg. karih mano! in goth. jiukai mena! but we find nothing of the kind ev

machinations of a dragon. nearly all the populations of northern asia hold the same opinion: the tchuvashes use the phrase vubur siat/ daemon coinedit (guil. schott de lingua tschuw, p. 5; the finns of europe have a similar belief, the esthonians say the sun or moon( is being eaten/ and formerly they sought to hinder it by conjuring spells (thorn. hiarn, mitau 1794 p. 39. the lithuanians think a demon (tiknis or tiklis) attacks the chariot of the sun, then darkness arises, and all creatures are in fear lest the dear sun be worsted; it has been staved off for a long time, but it must come to that at the end of the world (nat-butt 1, 127. 142. in eclipses of the moon, the greenlanders carry boxes and kettles to the roofs of their houses, and beat on them as hard as they can (cranz s gronlan

learly in many of these expressions night is regarded as a hostile, evil power, in contrast to the kindly character of day, who in tranquil ease climbs slowly up above the mountains; hence night is as leisurely about ending, as she is quick in setting in: e diu naht gemechlich ende nam/ slowly the night took ending, frauend. 206, 21. night is no man s friend says the proverb, as though she were a demon (see suppl. between day and night there is perennial strife. night does not rule till day has given up the contest: unz der tac liez smen strit, parz. 423, 15. der tac nam ein ende, diu naht den sige gewan/ the victory won, wolfd. 2025. do der tac verquam, und diu naht daz lieht nam/ en. 7866 &lt;nu begunde ouch struchen der tac, daz sin schin vil nach gelac, unt daz man durch diu wolken

hat very dominica lsetare, a puppet to represent the oldest woman in the village, which is carried out by the people, especially children, and sawn through the middle. this is called segare la vecchia. at barcelona the boys on that day, in thirties and forties, run through all the 1 creuzer s symb. 2, 429. 494, following hermann s interpret, of names, makes of the giant briareus a fighting winter-demon, summee and winter. streets, some with saws, some with billets of wood, and some with napkins in which people deposit their gifts. they declare m a song, that they are looking for the very oldest woman in the town, to saw her through the body; at last they pretend they have found her, and begin sawing something, and afterwards burn it. 1 but the same custom is also found among the south slav

jacere. the same munich codex fol. 95b furnishes another remarkable phrase: nil hie expavescimus preter hashardi minas/ the threatenings of the die; yet hasehart/ which is known to mhg. poets also, 3 can only be traced to the fr, hasart, hasard, whose own origin is obscure, whose wider meaning brings it sooner to the verge of personification. add to all this, that the indian myth makes dvdpara, a demon, squeeze himself into the dice, and that these come in the shape of birds, bopp s nalus pp. 38-9. 50 (see suppl. scarcely will a deification grow out of notions of place; on the other hand, the idea and name of a deity can be transferred to space. thus from the heathen hali, hel, arose the christian hell; the on. laufey (p. 246) is perhaps another instance, and the idea of a god often mingle

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

eth. a story recorded in the first millennium bce tells how the wicked god seth disguised himself as a leopard to approach the body of osiris. he was seized by anubis and branded all over with a hot iron. this, according to egyptian myth, is how the leopard got its spots. anubis then flayed seth and wore his bloody skin as a warning to evildoers. by this era, anubis was said to command an army of demon messengers who inflicted suffering and death. anubis remained an important funerary god in the roman period, but his cult was singled out for abuse by roman writers. this may have been partly because of his popularity with necromancers. demotic spells explain how to summon anubis, the keeper of the keys to the underworld, by methods such as drawing his image in the blood of a black dog. when

saliva of the goddess neith when she was still in the primeval waters. her spit became a snake 120 yards long. he 106 handbook of egyptian mythology was the great rebel, the evil one who led the forces of chaos against the sun god ra. the idea of the apophis snake may have come from the african python, which can open its mouth wide enough to swallow a person. apophis is probably the unnamed snake demon who tried to swallow the nun, the primeval waters, but was forced to cough them up again. the eyes of apophis seem to have been particularly feared, and he was said to make a terrible roaring sound. the movement of his body could cause earthquakes, and he was associated with the hidden sandbanks that were a danger to boats on the nile. it has been suggested that a combination of the snake an

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

HEAVEN HELL

later, all the principal books relating to the tuat were profusely illustrated. in the copies of them which were painted on the walls of royal tombs, each division of the tuat was clearly drawn and described, and each gate, with all its guardians, was carefully depicted. both the living and the dead could learn from them, not only the names, but also the forms, of every god, spirit, soul, shade, demon, and monster which they were likely to meet on their way, and the copious texts which were given side by side with the pictures enabled the traveller through the tuat--always, of course, provided that he had learned them--to participate in the benefits which were decreed by the sun-god for the beings of each section of it. in primitive times each great city of egypt possessed its own other w

f power, and magical names. we are thus taken back to a very remote period by these ideas, and to a time when the conceptions as to the abode of the blessed were of a purely magical character; the addition of pictures to the formulae, or names, belongs to a later period, when it was thought right to strengthen them by illustrations. the deceased, who not only possessed the secret name of a god or demon, but also a picture of him whereby he could easily recognize him when he met him, was doubly armed against danger. p. 38 in addition to the seven arits, and the ten, fourteen, or twenty-one gates (according to the manuscript authority followed, the sekhet-hetepet possessed fourteen or fifteen aats, or regions, each of which was presided over by a god. their names, as given in the papyrus of

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

other learned yamabooshis; and though well awarehow useless it was in my case to seek efficient cure from any other "adept" my excellent old friend dideverything he could to help me in my misfortune. but it was to no purpose, and the canker-worm of my life'sdespair could not be thoroughly extricated. i found from them that not one of these learned men couldpromise to relieve me entirely from the demon of clairvoyant obsession. it was he who raised certaindaij-dzins, calling on them to show futurity, or things that had already come to pass, who alone had fullcontrol over them. with kind sympathy, which i had now learned to appreciate, the holy men invited me tojoin the group of their disciples, and learn from them what i could do for myself "will alone, faith in yourown soul-powers, can he

mischief" they added "a daij-dzin is easily dislodged in the beginning; if left alone, he takespossession of a man's nature and it becomes almost impossible to uproot the fiend without killing his victim" persuaded that there was nothing but this left for me to do, i gratefully assented, doing my best to believe inall that these holy men believed in, and yet ever failing to do so in my heart. the demon of unbelief andall-denial seemed rooted in me more firmly ever than the daij-dzin. still i did all i could do, decided as iwas not to lose my last chance of salvation. therefore, i proceeded without delay to, free myself from theworld and my commercial obligations, in order to live for several years an independent life. i settled myaccounts with my hamburg partners and severed my connection

the latter the aura was silveryand transparent, but the cloud which enveloped the former was red and sinister. approaching nearer to theplatform the magician beat a louder roll upon the drum, and this time the echo caught it up with terrificeffect! it reverberated near and far in incessant peals; one wail followed another louder and louder, until thethundering roar seemed the chorus of a thousand demon voices rising from the fathomless depths of the lake.the water itself, whose surface, illuminated by many lights, had previously been smooth as a sheet of glass,became suddenly agitated, as if a powerful gust of wind had swept over its unruffled face. another chant, anda roll of the drum, and the mountain trembled to its foundation with the cannon-like peals which rolledthrough the dark and

, whose exceptional voices struck the hearers with superstitious admiration, havenot escaped a like accusation. pasta's splendid voice was attributed in her day to the fact that, three monthsbefore her birth, the diva's mother was carried during a trance to heaven, and there treated to a vocal concertof seraphs. malibran was indebted for her voice to st. cecilia while others said she owed it to a demon whowatched over her cradle and sung the baby to sleep. finally paganini- the unrivalled performer, the meanitalian, who like dryden's jubal striking on the "chorded shell" forced the throngs that followed him toworship the divine sounds produced, and made people say that "less than a god could not dwell within thehollow of his violin- paganini left a legend too. the almost supernatural art o

s and requirements of the black art.exaggerated as this idea may seem to some, it has nothing impossible in it; and it is more than probable that itwas this legend that led to the extraordinary events which we are about to narrate. human organs are oftenused by the eastern black magicians, so-called, and it is an averred fact that some bengali tantrikas(reciters of tantras, or "invocations to the demon" as a reverend writer has described them) use humancorpses, and certain internal and external organs pertaining to them, as powerful magical agents for badpurposes. however this may be, now that the magnetic and mesmeric potencies of hypnotism are recognized as facts bymost physicians, it may be suggested with less danger than heretofore that the extraordinary effects ofpaganini's violin-pla

HINE PHIL ASPECTS OF EVOCATION

ival demons. such as hunger or thirst, working up towards .ego. demons- the need for self-respect or a particular self-image, and more abstract conceptions: the hunger for knowledge or wisdom. the deeper the level of the hierarchy, the more primal the desires and urges. the techniques: flooding and vomiting (eating and excreting- to flood awareness with specific images, to bring forth (evoke) the demon, giving it form .flesh. and eventually a name or a 9 sigil. the scrambled personality tapes were to act as auditory sigils- storms of emotion whipped up by intensive remembering (replaying) sets of memories. letting loose the hyenas of cynicism on a cherished ideal or goal. the means of gnosis: sensory overload, hyperventilation, old favourites such as hunger, thirst, exhaustion. 120 hours w

army at war with itself. in contrast, the babblogue is a trial by catharsis, to understand and unify the dwellers within, rather than deny or subjugate them. the shaman.s journey the central theme of all .magical retirements. of this nature is the journey within. shamans world-wide, and the most powerful religious myths are concerned with this descent into chaos- the confrontation with death, the demon feast, trial by fire, communion with the dead- and the subsequent return- the realisation of power, and the subsequent return to human affairs as an initiate. the core elements in this process can be summarised as follows: phase of departure: summons to depart, seperation from mundane life, descent. phase of initiation: ordeals, the labyrinth, womb, whales. belly, guides and allies. illumina

e magical dynamics of sound are also a factor, in terms of both the psycho-physical effects upon the participants, and the effect upon external energy sources. as to the entity yog-sothoth, who.s appearance in the mythos triggered this lengthy chain of synthesis; some modern magicians, notably those drawing heavily upon the ideas of kenneth grant, have drawn a parallel between yog-sothoth and the demon choronzon, evoked by aleister crowley and victor neuburg in the gobi desert. again, the dunwich horror provides us with a key passage: 39 .the old ones were, the old ones are, and the old ones shall be, not in the spaces we know, but between them. they walk serene and primal, undimensioned, and to us unseen. yog sothoth knows the gate. yog-sothoth is the gate. yog-sothoth is the key and guar

HINE P OVEN READY CHAOS

are interested in reading more about someone else s approach to chaos magick, and most definitely not to pad out an otherwise slim volume. most have appeared in nox magazine or somewhere else, so if you ve seen em before, go and watch a video or something. 50 phil hine fracture lines if will stops and cries why, invoking because, then will stops& does nought. liber al,ii,30. i lay possessed by a demon. obsession. twisted by talons; self-love& hatred knotting my guts. howling frustration into the night, the broken dream heaped around my bed. later. a shaft of light burns through the brooding darkness; my cloak of night, my self-sewn shroud. knowledge. insight. wild laughter. a strange way into gnosis. a self-wounding, stretching back into my personal time. i crawl into my centre, my circle

e work of psychologist abraham maslow, that ranged from survival demons- hunger, thirst etc, ego demons- self-esteem, selfimage etc, and more abstract conceptions such as the hunger for knowledge or wisdom. the deeper the level of hierarchy, the more primal the desires. the techniques: flooding and vomiting (eating and excreting- to flood awareness with specific images, to bring forth (evoke) the demon, giving it form, flesh, and eventually a name or a sigil. the scrambled personality tapes were to act as auditory sigils- storms of emotions whipped up by intensive remembering (replaying) sets of memories. letting the hyenas of cynicism loose on a cherished idela or goal. the means of gnosis: sensory overload, hyperventilation, old favourites such as hunger, thirst, exhaustion. 120 hours wi

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

quietly from the village because of the reporters who still lingered about after the eldritch panic of a month before- the nightmare creeping death. later, i thought, they might aid me; but i did not want them then. would to god i had let them share the search, that i might not have had to bear the secret alone so long; to bear it alone for fear the world would call me mad or go mad itself at the demon implications of the thing. now that i am telling it anyway, lest the brooding make me a maniac, i wish i had never concealed it. for i, and i only, know what manner of fear lurked on that spectral and desolate mountain. in a small motor-car we covered the miles of primeval forest and hill until the wooded ascent checked it. the country bore an aspect more than usually sinister as we viewed i

sion, which crowned the high but gradual eminence whose liability to frequent thunderstorms gave it the name of tempest mountain. for over a hundred years the antique, grove-circled stone house had been the subject of stories incredibly wild and monstrously hideous; stories of a silent colossal creeping death which stalked abroad in summer. with whimpering insistence the squatters told tales of a demon which seized lone wayfarers after dark, either carrying them off or leaving them in a frightful state of gnawed dismemberment; while sometimes they whispered of blood trails toward the distant mansion. some said the thunder called the lurking fear out of its habitation, while others said the thunder was its voice. no one outside the backwoods had believed these varying and conflicting storie

villages had caved in after a lightning stroke, destroying several of the malodorous shanties; but upon this property damage was superimposed an organic devastation which paled it to insignificance. of a possible seventy-five natives who had inhabited this spot, not one living specimen was visible. the disordered earth was covered with blood and human debris bespeaking too vividly the ravages of demon teeth and talons; yet no visible trail led away from the carnage. that some hideous animal must be the cause, everyone quickly agreed; nor did any tongue now revive the charge that such cryptic deaths formed merely the sordid murders common in decadent communities. that charge was revived only when about twenty-five of the estimated population were found missing from the dead; and even then

t mountain, casting the beams of an electric torch on the spectral grey walls that began to appear through giant oaks ahead. in this morbid night solitude and feeble shifting illumination, the vast boxlike pile displayed obscure hints of terror which day could not uncover; yet i did not hesitate, since i had come with fierce resolution to test an idea. i believed that the thunder called the death-demon out of some fearsome secret place; and be that demon solid entity or vaporous pestilence, i meant to see it. i had thoroughly searched the ruin before, hence knew my plan well; choosing as the seat of my vigil the old room of jan martense, whose murder looms so great in the rural legends. i felt subtly that the apartment of this ancient victim was best for my purposes. the chamber, measuring

e window three rope ladders which i had brought with me. i knew they reached a suitable spot on the grass outside, for i had tested them. then the three of us dragged from another room a wide four-poster bedstead, crowding it laterally against the window. having strewn it with fir boughs, all now rested on it with drawn automatics, two relaxing while the third watched. from whatever direction the demon might come, our potential escape was provided. if it came from within the house, we had the window ladders; if from outside the door and the stairs. we did not think, judging from precedent, that it would pursue us far even at worst. i watched from midnight to one o'clock, when in spite of the sinister house, the unprotected window, and the approaching thunder and lightning, i felt singularl

HP LOVECRAFT AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

l things i have been keeping back relate to the bodies, and to certain subtle points which may or may not lend a hideous and incredible kind of rationale to the apparent chaos. at the time, i tried to keep the men s minds off those points; for it was so much simpler- so much more normal- to lay everything to an outbreak of madness on the part of some of lake s party. from the look of things, that demon mountain wind must have been enough to drive any man mad in the midst of this center of all earthly mystery and desolation. the crowning abnormality, of course, was the condition of the bodies- men and dogs alike. they had all been in some terrible kind of conflict, and were torn and mangled in fiendish and altogether inexplicable ways. death, so far as we could judge, had in each case come

g and screaming and displaying signs of a panic really surprising in view of their relatively minor confusion when we had passed them. once more came that sinister, wide-ranged piping "tekeli-li! tekeli-li" we had been wrong. the thing was not wounded, but had merely paused on encountering the bodies of its fallen kindred and the hellish slime inscription above them. we could never know what that demon message was- but those burials at lake s camp had shown how much importance the beings attached to their dead. our recklessly used torch now revealed ahead of us the large open cavern where various ways converged, and we were glad to be leaving those morbid palimpsest sculptures- almost felt even when scarcely seen-behind. another thought which the advent of the cave inspired was the possibi

HP LOVECRAFT BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP

arcturus, and dwelt in the bodies of the insect-philosophers that crawl proudly over the fourth moon of jupiter. how little does the earth self know life and its extent! how little, indeed, ought it to know for its own tranquility "of the oppressor i cannot speak. you on earth have unwittingly felt its distant presence- you who without knowing idly gave the blinking beacon the name of algol, the demon-star it is to meet and conquer the oppressor that i have vainly striven for eons, held back by bodily encumbrances. tonight i go as a nemesis bearing just and blazingly cataclysmic vengeance. watch me in the sky close by the demon-star "i cannot speak longer, for the body of joe slater grows cold and rigid, and the coarse brains are ceasing to vibrate as i wish. you have been my only friend

HP LOVECRAFT THE CALL OF CTHULHU

ertake the alert until steam was fully up, he resolved on a desperate chance; and, setting the engine for full speed, ran lightning-like on deck and reversed the wheel. there was a mighty eddying and foaming in the noisome brine, and as the steam mounted higher and higher the brave norwegian drove his vessel head on against the pursuing jelly which rose above the unclean froth like the stern of a demon galleon. the awful squid-head with writhing feelers came nearly up to the bowsprit of the sturdy yacht, but johansen drove on relentlessly. there was a bursting as of an exploding bladder, a slushy nastiness as of a cloven sunfish, a stench as of a thousand opened graves, and a sound that the chronicler would not put on paper. for an instant the ship was befouled by an acrid and blinding gre

HP LOVECRAFT THE LURKING FEAR

quietly from the village because of the reporters who still lingered about after the eldritch panic of a month before- the nightmare creeping death. later, i thought, they might aid me; but i did not want them then. would to god i had let them share the search, that i might not have had to bear the secret alone so long; to bear it alone for fear the world would call me mad or go mad itself at the demon implications of the thing. now that i am telling it anyway, lest the brooding make me a maniac, i wish i had never concealed it. for i, and i only, know what manner of fear lurked on that spectral and desolate mountain. in a small motor-car we covered the miles of primeval forest and hill until the wooded ascent checked it. the country bore an aspect more than usually sinister as we viewed i

sion, which crowned the high but gradual eminence whose liability to frequent thunderstorms gave it the name of tempest mountain. for over a hundred years the antique, grove-circled stone house had been the subject of stories incredibly wild and monstrously hideous; stories of a silent colossal creeping death which stalked abroad in summer. with whimpering insistence the squatters told tales of a demon which seized lone wayfarers after dark, either carrying them off or leaving them in a frightful state of gnawed dismemberment; while sometimes they whispered of blood trails toward the distant mansion. some said the thunder called the lurking fear out of its habitation, while others said the thunder was its voice. no one outside the backwoods had believed these varying and conflicting storie

villages had caved in after a lightning stroke, destroying several of the malodorous shanties; but upon this property damage was superimposed an organic devastation which paled it to insignificance. of a possible seventy-five natives who had inhabited this spot, not one living specimen was visible. the disordered earth was covered with blood and human debris bespeaking too vividly the ravages of demon teeth and talons; yet no visible trail led away from the carnage. that some hideous animal must be the cause, everyone quickly agreed; nor did any tongue now revive the charge that such cryptic deaths formed merely the sordid murders common in decadent communities. that charge was revived only when about twenty-five of the estimated population were found missing from the dead; and even then

t mountain, casting the beams of an electric torch on the spectral grey walls that began to appear through giant oaks ahead. in this morbid night solitude and feeble shifting illumination, the vast boxlike pile displayed obscure hints of terror which day could not uncover; yet i did not hesitate, since i had come with fierce resolution to test an idea. i believed that the thunder called the death-demon out of some fearsome secret place; and be that demon solid entity or vaporous pestilence, i meant to see it i had thoroughly searched the ruin before, hence knew my plan well; choosing as the seat of my vigil the old room of jan martense, whose murder looms so great in the rural legends. i felt subtly that the apartment of this ancient victim was best for my purposes. the chamber, measuring

window three rope ladders which i had' brought with me. i knew they reached a suitable spot on the grass outside, for i had tested them. then the three of us dragged from another room a wide four-poster bedstead, crowding it laterally against the window. having strewn it with fir boughs, all now rested on it with drawn automatics, two relaxing while the third watched. from whatever direction the demon might come, our potential escape was provided. if it came from within the house, we had the window ladders; if from outside the door and the stairs. we did not think, judging from precedent, that it would pursue us far even at worst. i watched from midnight to one o'clock, when in spite of the sinister house, the unprotected window, and the approaching thunder and lightning, i felt singularl

HP LOVECRAFT THE MUSIC OF ERICH ZANN

below, and no friendly lights gleamed from remembered streets, but only the blackness of space illimitable; unimagined space alive with motion and music, and having no semblance of anything on earth. and as i stood there looking in terror, the wind blew out both the candles in that ancient peaked garret, leaving me in savage and impenetrable darkness with chaos and pandemonium before me, and the demon madness of that night-baying viol behind me. i staggered back in the dark, without the means of striking a light, crashing against the table, overturning a chair, and finally groping my way to the place where the blackness screamed with shocking music. to save myself and erich zann i could at least try, whatever the powers opposed to me. once i thought some chill thing brushed me, and i scre

HP LOVECRAFT THE TOMB

n the thing happened, and i was borne away to this accursed abode of sorrow and monotony. i should not have ventured out that night; for the taint of thunder was in the clouds, and a hellish phosphoresence rose from the rank swamp at the bottom of the hollow. the call of the dead, too, was different. instead of the hillside tomb, it was the charred cellar on the crest of the slope whose presiding demon beckoned to me with unseen fingers. as i emerged from an intervening grove upon the plain before the ruin. i beheld in the misty moonlight a thing i had always vaguely expected. the mansion, gone for a century, once more reared its stately height to the raptured vision; every window ablaze with the splendor of many candles. up the long drive rolled the coaches of the boston gentry, whilst on

IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY

off, and there was no hair left on his body. no doubt he would have died had he not been warned by a maid- servant of what was happening, in consequence of which be had forcibly possessed himself of his wife's keys, and had opened some chests in which be found a sackful of horrible and detestable things which he transmitted to the bishop by the hands of two priests. 7. the said dame had a certain demon, an incubus, named son of art, or robin son of art, who had carnal knowledge of her, and from whom she admitted that she had received all her wealth. this incubus made its appearance under various forms, sometimes as a cat, or as a hairy black dog, or in the likeness of a negro( thiops, accompanied by two others who were larger and taller than he, and of whom one carried an iron rod. accordi

as scarce swallowed by her, but she began to be tortured in the bowels, to tremble all over, and even was convulsive, and in fine to swoon away as dead. the doctor used remedies on the 9th of may 1698, at which time it happened, but to no purpose, the child continued in a most terrible paroxysm; whereupon they sent for the minister, who scarce had laid his hand upon her when she was turned by the demon in the most dreadful shapes. she began first to rowl herself about, then to vomit needles, pins, hairs, feathers, bottoms of thread, pieces of glass, window-nails, nails drawn out of a cart or coach-wheel, an iron knife about a span long, eggs, and fish-shells p. 196 and when the witch came near the place, or looked to the house, though at the distance of two hundred paces from where the chi

ISIS UNVEILED

bmef if tbey answer us tbat it is in tbe apocalyjae (zz, 10, we are prepared to demonstrate wbenoe tbe tbeologist jobn himself derived tbe idea "and the dmu tbat deceived tbem was cast into tbe lake of fire and brimstone, wbere the beaet and tbe false prophet are and shall be tonnented day and night for ever and ever" he says. laying aside the esoteric interpretation tliat the "devil" or tempting demon meant our own earthly body, which after death will surtjy dissolve in the fiery or ethereal elements" tbe word 'eternal' by which our theologians interpret the words 'for ever and ever' does not exist in tbe hebrew language, either as a word or meaning. there is no' hebrew word which propeiiy expresses eternity; chvf, tnilam, according to le clerc, only imports a time whose beginning or end

olics piling up their p^chological phenomena to prove the existence of a personal devil, and the count de gasparin, an ancient minister of louis philippe, collecting volumes of other facts to prove the contrary, the spiritists of france have contracted an everlast- ing debt of gratitude toward the disputants. the existence of an unseen spiritual universe peopled with invisible beings has now been demon- strated beyond question. ransacking the oldest ubraries, they have dis- tilled from the historical records the quintessence of evidence. all epochs, from the homeric ages down to the present day, have supplied their ehoicest materials to these indefatigable authors. in trying to prove the authenticity of the miracles wrought by satan in the days preceding the christian era, as well as throu

r ehoicest materials to these indefatigable authors. in trying to prove the authenticity of the miracles wrought by satan in the days preceding the christian era, as well as throu^out the middle ages, thqr have simply laid a firm foundation for a study of the phenomena in our modem times. though an ardent, uncompromising enthusiast, des mousseaux un- wittingly transforms himself into the tempting demon, or as he is fond of calling the devil the "serpent of genetu" in his desire to demon- strate in every manifestation the presence of the evu one, he only suc- ceeds in demonstrating that spiritualism and magic are no new things in the world, but very ancient twin-brothers, whose origin must be sought for in the earliest infancy of ancient india, chaldaea, babylonia, egypt. persia, and greece

nturies of our era, and contrast the so-called 'heathenism' of the third neo-platonic eclectic school with the growing christiamty, the result may not be favorable to the latter. even at that early period, vhm the new religion had hardly outlined its contradictory dogmas; when the diampiods of the bloodthirsty cyril knew not thetoselves whether mary was to become' the mother of god' or rank as a 'demon' ia company with isis; when the memory of the meek and lowly jesus still lingered lovingly in every christian heart, and his words of mercy and charity still vibrated in the air, even then the christians were outdoing the pagans in every kind of ferocity and religious intolerance. and if we look still farther back, and seek for examples of true chrimtum, in ages when buddhism had hardly supe

been prepared in secret for his 6rst commu- nion by the chaplain of the palace, who was apprised of the plot, and at midnight of the appointed day, in the chamber of the sick man and in presence only of catherine and a few of her confederates, the 'devil's mass' was celebrated. let us give the rest of the story as we find it in one of levi's works "at this mass, celebrated before the image of the demon having under his feet a reversed cross, the sorcerer consecrated two wafers, one black and one white. the white was given to the child, whom they brought clothed as for baptism, and who was murdered upon the very steps of the altar immediately after his communion. his head, separated from the trunk by a single blow, was placed all palpitating upon the great black wafer which covered the bott

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stages are precious, and also to remind us that there is one multi-faceted goddess, always present, always sacred. then we have some of the hindu goddesses who the hindu s believe are all aspects of the one divine mother goddess. durga. also called devi in india where all goddesses are one as all are different aspects of the divine feminine. devi took the name of her enemy after she slew the evil demon durga in battle while riding on a tiger. lakshmi. goddess of abundance, the shakti force of vishnu. kali. the triple goddess of creation, the animating force of shiva, the destroyer. kali s role is to face our fears. shakti. the animating force of the universe, shakti unites us with the divine, cosmic, orgasmic energy of life. next we have some of the celtic goddess. the lady of the lake. ce

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ians. flambeaux ardents qu on y entretenait toute la nuit,l incube n en persistait pas moins lui appara tre comme de coutume sous la forme d un tr s-beau jeune homme. enfin, parmi les doctes personnages consult s ce propos, se trouva un th ologien d une grande rudition: lequel, observant que la jeune fille tent e tait d un temperament tout fait flegmatique, conjectura que cet incube devait tre un demon aqueux (il y a en effet, comme en temoigne guaccius, des demons ign s, a riens, flegmatiques, terrestres, souterrains, ennemis du jour) we may here remark that the above expresses some of the notions of the rosicrucians in regard to those that they denominate les enfans a riens et les enfantes a riennes: their ondins and ondines, their sylphs and sylphides, their gnomes and gnomides, their k

as it was supposed or assumed, perhaps wrongfully) de la plus ravissante beaut; caresses, baisers, embrassements, sollicitations, cette diablesse (or temptress) mit tout en oeuvre, ut secum ce qu elle ne put toutefois obtenir de ce vertueux jeune homme. a worthy example to youth: especially in this generation, will be an exclamation vividly rising to the mind of the reader. d autres fois aussi le demon, soit incube, soit succube, s accouple avec des homines ou des femmes dont-il ne re oit rien des hommages, sacrifices ou offrandes qu il a couturne d imposer aux sorciers et aux sorcier s, comme on l a vu plus haut. c est alors simplement un amoureux passionn, n ayant qu un but, un d sir: poss der la personne qu il aime. ii y a de ceci une foule d exemples, qu on peut trouver dans les auteur

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aeon unremembered in the minds of men and angel, the silver moon was torn out and set to ever turn across the sky, illumining the night with silver light. there, held with bands of adamantine, does leviathan forever sleep until, once more, do the stars conjoin with planets, unrecorded and invisible, in the most portentous placement. then, by algol's unholy light, the star of piled-up corpses, the demon's head, 19 shall she burst her bonds, her mighty flanks rippling with potency like a great river in flood, and, as a tree new-sprouted reaches, through dark soil, to the brightness of the sun, seek the ocean's ceiling of the playing waves to wreak, upon the elohim, her vengeance and fury at her epoch-abiding prisonment. all heaven rang with such horns, the cerulean dome of the sky and the so

n unremembered in the minds of men and angel, the silver moon was torn out and set to ever turn across the sky, 80 illumining the night with silver light. there, held with bands of adamantine, does leviathan forever sleep until, once more, do the stars conjoin with planets, unrecorded and invisible, in the most portentous placement. then, by algol's unholy light, the star of piled-up corpses, the demon's head, shall she burst her bonds, her mighty flanks rippling with potency like a great river in flood, and, as a tree new-sprouted reaches, through dark soil, to the brightness of the sun, seek the ocean's ceiling of the playing waves to wreak, upon the elohim, her vengeance and fury at her epoch-abiding prisonment. all heaven rang with such horns, the cerulean dome of the sky and the soil

not i too did eat of the fruit, knowledge of consequences, and found it most sweet and delightful. more yet than this, at the moment of the first bite i did perceive that raphael hid much from us and invented from fancy and deceit much guidance that he declared to us as truth. there was more in his embassy than he did tell and if any of what we have known was false, rendered to our senses by some demon's guile, then it was raphael himself and not those memories that i hold from my first sight. all the world is now different to my eyes and i do see what lies beyond apparences. if that dread apparition warned against this fruit it is because he himself does fear our taking it and not because he fears for us. how can i convince of the truth of what i speak? as indeed i was myself persuaded i

ery place the disciples of gabriel's hatred. 375 the shedim also went about berlin and sought out for themselves gabriel that his fires of hatred might be quenched forever. fast within his fastness found was hitler by my own eye. i came upon the prophet of gabriel and looked upon the shameful one. he perceived me not but i gazed deep within the recesses of his soul. what did i see? no monster nor demon did i descry within that barbarous soul. no terrible, rav'ning thing but just a man made weak with hate. did you think to find a fiend? evil is not such a thing as you imagine. darkness is but an absence of light so is evil but virtue's absence. your famed abomination, hitler, was a most piteous wretch of spirit, not black with wrong, but withered and scorched by its own hate. hate is but a

LETTER FROM A LUCIFEREAN

ons of the celebrants, specific demons made themselves known (by name and form, all too eager to effect the formalized magical intentions of the celebrants (i.e. in contemporary parlance, the statement of intent. as has been pointed out on a number of occasions by a variety of writers, the spirits known as demons become individuated by identification with human beings. thus one acquires one s own demon familiars, each of whom has a particular provenance. any process by which the passions are intensified is central to this pact between human and spirit. to this end, certain sexual acts can be specified as sacred- in the sense that they are only performed within particular ritual circumstances, thus retaining their emotional associations with taboo, forbidden pleasures and heightened sensual

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

v. 9:10) and the angel who ties up the devil for a millennium (rev. 20. different sources speak of abaddon, such as the thanksgiving hymns (a dead sea scroll document, which mentions the sheol of abaddon, and the torrents of belial that burst into abaddon, as well as the first-century the biblical antiquities of philo, in which abaddon is used as a place name for hell rather than as the name of a demon or an angel. abaddon is also referred to as a place the pit in milton s paradise regained (iv, 624. alternately, abaddon is identified with a demon, or the devil himself, in the third-century acts of thomas, as well as in john bunyan s puritan classic, pilgrim s progress.within modern ceremonial magic, it constitutes the name for god invoked by moses to bring down the rain over egypt, as rep

ithin modern ceremonial magic, it constitutes the name for god invoked by moses to bring down the rain over egypt, as reported by samuel liddell mathers in the greater key of solomon. there is also a reference to abaddon as the sixth of the seven lodges of hell in the work of the cabalist joseph ben abraham gikatilla. in various sources,abaddon is identified as the angel of death and destruction, demon of the abyss, and chief of the demons of the underworld. see also demons;magic and magical groups for further reading: davidson, gustav. a dictionary of angels including the fallen angels. new york: the free press, 1967. strayer, joseph r. dictionary of the middle ages. vol. 1. new york: charles scribner s sons, 1982. the abbey of thelema the abbey of thelema is an independent initiatory mag

ld and who act as guardians preventing the sparks of light (i.e, the divine essence of individual human beings) from returning to the pleroma.abraxas appears to have originally referred to the great unknown out of which the aeons and the pleroma itself emerged. however, in later cabalistic thought, abraxas becomes the designation of the chief aeon. yet other ancient writers portrayed abraxas as a demon and/or as an archon who ruled other archons. abraxas was also associated with magic, and was said to be the source of the familiar term abracadabra. see also archon; demons; gnosticism for further reading: davidson, gustav. a dictionary of angels including the fallen angels. new york: free press, 1967. robinson, james m. the nag hammadi library. 1977. new york: harper& row, 1981. adramelechk

deployed such images. thus in an 1880 french caf ad, parisians are invited to a party in hell. the poster s graphics showed an enthroned, smiling satan overlooking a grand dance by citizens who were obviously members of the upper crust of society. one early television commercial drew from the same association. this 1950s era ad for cosmetics shows a rather demure housewife transformed into a sexy demon after a couple of drops of perfume. she curls up with her husband (the 1950s was not ready for portrayals of unmarried seductiveness on tv, who is obviously highly responsive. the commercial ends by asserting that even the most quiet woman should get in touch with her dark side every once in a while. a more long-standing tradition has been to portray one s enemies as aligned with the prince

nal imagery makes for a humorous ad. playing on the theme that everyone s punishment in hell is unique to the individual, an advertisement for british knights athletic shoes features a basketball player s nightmare in which derrick coleman dreams about a dark realm in which a group of overweight over-forties play as well as coleman because they are wearing this specific brand of shoes. a smirking demon laughs at the basketball player who wakes up abruptly from his nightmare. the devil s laughter, however, still echoes in his bedroom. another amusing ad using the theme of damnation is one of the creative got milk? tv commercials. as a heartless business executive is on a cell phone firing his own mother from her job, he is hit and killed by a bus. awakening in the next life, a soft unseen v

LIBER 141

y for the physical task, robust, vigorous, eager, sensible, hot and healthy; flesh, nerve and blood being tense, quick, and lively, easily enflamed, and nigh inextinguishable. xi of certain rites analogous to that of the ix it is said by certain initiates that to obtain spiritual gifts, and to aid nature, the sacrament should be as it were a nuptial of the folk of earth; but that magick is of the demon, and that by a certain perversion of the office, may be created elementals fit to perform the will of the magician. now herein is a difficulty, since in this case the matter of the sacrament cannot exist, for that there is no white eagle to generate the gluten. howbeit, we hold that in this rite is great efficacy; it may be that for certain operations it is equal or superior to that explaine

from the rejoinder of samson "if ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle" xiii of certain jewish theories among the jews are certain instructed initiates of their qabalah who hold, as we understand, the view that in the zraa or semen itself lies a creative force inherent which cannot be balked. thus they say that before eve was made, the dreams of adam produced lilith, a demon, and that from his intercourse with her sprang evil races. now then they mine the roads of the harbour of conjugal love with many restrictions: as these (1) it must be an holy act, preceded by ablutions, and by prayer (2) all lustful thoughts must be rigidly excluded (3) the purpose must be solely that of procreation (4) the blessing of god must be most earnestly invoked, so that the child s

LIBER 777

cret names of the four words. lxv. secret numbers corresponding. lxvi. spelling of tetragrammaton in the four worlds. 11 hryxy yetrizah, formative world hm mah 45 ah waw ah dwy 23 hayrb briah, creative world gs seg 63 ah waw ah dwy 31 twlyxa atziluth, archetypal world bu aub 72 yh wyw yh dwy 32 bis hycu assiah, material world b ben 52 hh ww hh dwy 31 bis. lxvii. the parts of the soul. lxviii. the demon kings. lxix* the alchemical elements. lxx. attribution of pentagram. 11 jwr ruach oriens h left upper point 23 jmcn neshamah ariton g right upper point 31 hyj chiah paimon f right lower point 32 bis cpn nephesh amaimon g left lower point 31 bis hdyjy yechidah. topmost point table of correspondences 19 lxxi. the court cards of the tarot, with the spheres of their celestial dominion wands. lxx

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lso it straineth like a hound in the leash. 11. it hath pride and great subtlety. yea, and glee also! 12. let the magus act thus in his conjuration. 2 liber a fash vel capricorni pnevmatici 13. let him sit and conjure; let him draw himself together in that forcefulness; let him rise next swollen and straining; let him dash back the hood from his head and fix his basilisk eye upon the sigil of the demon. then let him sway the force of him to and from like a satyr in silence, until the word burst from his throat. 14. then let him not fall exhausted, although the might have been ten thousandfold the human; but that which floodeth him is the infinite mercy of the genitor-genetrix of the universe, whereof he is the vessel. 15. nor do thou deceive thyself. it is easy to tell the live force from

LIBER ALEPH

use not, he is self-poisoned, even as any organ of the body that refuseth its function. so then his cure is in his ally the lion, that feareth not the crocodiles, nor hideth himself, but leapeth eagerly forward. the path of the mystic hath this pitfall; for though he unite himself with his god, his mode is to withdraw from that which him seemeth is not god. whereby he affirmeth and confirmeth the demon, that is duality. be thou instant therefore, o my son, to turn from every act of love at he moment of full satisfaction, flinging the invoked might hereof against a new opposite; for the formula of every dragon is perpetual motion or change, and therefore to dwell in the satisfaction of thy nature is a stagnation, and a violation thereof, making the duality of conflict, which is the falling

LIBER ASTARTE

tter of thine obligation. for thy spiritual sight is closed, and to trust it is to be led unto the precipice, and hurled therefrom. 29. further of this matter. now also subtler than all these terrors are the illusions of success. for one instant.s self-satisfaction or expansion of the spirit, especially in this state of dryness, and thou art lost. for thou mayst attain to the false union with the demon himself. beware also of even the pride which rises from having resisted the temptations. but so many and so subtle are the wiles of choronzon that the whole world could not contain their enumeration. the answer to one and all is the persistence in the literal fulfilment of the routine. beware, then, last, of that devil who shall whisper in thine ear that the letter killeth, but the spirit gi

time believe in his particular deity. but let him (1) consider that this belief is only a weapon in his hands (2) affirm sufficiently that his deity is but an emanation or reflection or eidolon of a being beyond him, as was said in paragraph 2. for if he fail herein, since man cannot remain permanently in samadhi, the memorized image in his mind will be degraded, and replaced by the corresponding demon, to his utter ruin. therefore, after success, let him not delight overmuch in his deity, but rather busy himself with his other work, not permitting that which is but a step to become a goal. as it is written also .liber 185 .remember that. philosophy is the equilibrium of him that is in the house of. love..1 44. concerning secrecy, and the rites of blood. during this practice it is most wis

LIBER CORDIS CINCTI SERPENTE

ng, o my god, for thy messenger was more terrible than the death-star. liber cordis cincti serpente svb figvra ynda 19 34. on the threshold stood the fulminant figure of evil, the horror of emptiness, with his ghastly eyes like poisonous wells. he stood, and the chamber was corrupt; the air stank. he was an old and gnarled fish more hideous than the shells of abaddon. 35. he enveloped me with his demon tentacles; yea, the eight fears took hold upon me. 36. but i was anointed with the right sweet oil of the magister; i slipped from the embrace as a stone from the sling of a boy of the woodlands. 37. i was smooth and hard as ivory; the horror gat no hold. then at the noise of the wind of thy coming he was dissolved away, and the abyss of the great void was unfolded before me. 38. across the

LIBER CXCVII STORY OF SIR PALAMEDES

t assails him. was it sleep or was it waking .by god, i care not, i (quod he .or wake or sleep, or live or dead, i will pursue this mystery. so help me grace of godlihead. sir palamedes, the saracen knight 71 ay! with thy wasted limbs pursue that subtle beast home to his den! who know but thou mayst win athrough, sir palamede the saracen? 72 xxxi from god.s sweet air sir palamede hath come unto a demon bog, a city where but rats may breed in sewer-stench and fetid fog. within its heart pale phantoms crawl. breathless with foolish haste they jog and jostle, all for naught! they scrawl vain things all night that they disown ere day. they call and bawl and squall hoarse cries; they moan, they groan. a stone hath better sense! and these among a cabbage-headed god they own, with wandering eye a

ee this petty man move on. relentless as thine own renown, careless of praise or orison, simply determined. wilt thou launch (this knight.s presumptuous head upon) the devastating avalanche? he knows too much, and cares too little! his wound is more than death can staunch. he can avoid, though by one tittle, thy surest shaft! and now the knight, breasting the crags, may laugh and whittle away the demon-club whose might threatened him. now he leaves the spur; and eager, with a boy fs delight, treads the impending glacier. now, now he strikes the steep black ice that leads to the last neck. by her that bore the lord, by what device may he pass there? yet still he moves, ardent and steady, as if the price liber cxcvii 94 of death were less than life approves, as if on eagles. wings he mounted

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points upon his mystic journey. he must john st. john 41 assuredly drink blood for the sacrament.ah! now i see it all so well! the initiator must kill him, osiris; he must rise again as horus and kill the initiator, taking his place in the ceremony thence to the end. a bit awkward technically, but .twill yield to science. they did it of old by a certain lake in italy!1 well, all this is dog-faced demon, ever seducing me from the sacred mysteries. i can.t go out and kill anybody at this time o.night! we might make a start, though, with a little scourging, torturing, and branding by fire. anything for a quiet life! 11.0. but scourging oneself is not easy with a robe on; and though one could take it off, there is this point to be considered: that one can never (except by a regrettable acciden

, so called. not evil in truth, because only that is evil (in one sense) which does not lead to adonai (in another sense, all is evil which is not adonai) and of course i had the insane idea that this ritual would serve to stimulate my devotion. for the information of the z.a.m, i may explain that this ritual pertained to saturn in libra;1 and, though right enough in its own plane, is a dog-faced demon in this operation. is it, though? i am so blind that i can no longer decide the simplest problems. else, i see so well, and am so balanced, that i see both sides of every question. in chess-blindness one used to abjure the game. i never tried to stick it through; i wish i had. anyhow, i have to stick this through! o lord of the eye, let thine eye be ever open upon me! for he that watcheth is

LIBER DCLXXI VEL PYRAMIDOS

through eternity; arise and follow me! the candidate still, bound and hoodwinked: asar un-nefer! i invoke the fourfold horror of the smoke. unloose the pit! by the dread word of power.that set-typhon hath heard. sazaz sazaz adnatsan sazaz1 the fear of darkness and of death. the fear of water and of fire the fear o. the chasm and the chain the fear of hell and the dead breath. the fear of him, the demon dire that on the threshold of the inane stands with his dragon fear to slay 1 (pronounce this backwards. but it is very dangerous. it opens the gates of hell) liber dclxxi vel pyramidos 5 the pilgrim of the way. thus i pass by with force and care, advance with fortitude and wit, in the straight path, or else their snare were surely infinite. the passing of the second pylon (stagger and fall

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of consciousness exist and can be obtained through the use of these substances. the skilled practitioner also recognizes that there exists a difference between use and abuse of a chemical substance. the former is a state in which you are in control, the latter a state in which you have surrendered your control to addiction. in the author fs estimation, gaddiction h is nothing more than a personal demon run amuck. it isn ft a gdisease h or a gtragedy. h it is a personal failing that can be corrected through the direct application of will. chemical dependency (addiction) to any substance listed below is considered a disqualifying factor to an aspirant seeking the 3rd degree. the iot desires individuals who are proactive and in control of their own wictthe animal soul cpn 10 xx 300 sh c 31 xx

LIBER LVII

one of our english brethren is making,31 will enable him to discover a very great deal of matter for thought in these poems which an untutored person would pass by. to return to the general dogma of the qabalists. the figure of minutum mundum will show how they suppose one quality to proceed from the last, first in the pure god-world atziluth, then in the angel-world briah, and so on down to the demon-worlds, which are however not thus organised. they are rather material that was shed off in the course of evolution, like the sloughs of a serpent, from which comes their name of shells, or husks. apart from silly questions as to whether the order of the emanations is confirmed by palaontology, a question it is quite impertinent to discuss, there is no doubt the sephiroth are types of evolut

emolish in turn the qabalistic methods of exegesis; and then, if we can, discover a true basis upon which to erect an abiding temple of truth. 1. gematria. the number 777 affords a good example of the legitimate and illegitimate deductions to be drawn. it represents the sentence \yyj \yhla jwr tja .one is the spirit of the living god. and also twplqh \halo .the world of the shells (excrements.the demon-world. now it is wrong to say that this idea of the unity of the divine spirit is identical with this idea of the muddle of chaos.unless in that exalted grade in which .the one is the many. but the compiler of liber 777 was a great qabalist when he thus entitled his book; for he meant to imply .one is the spirit of the living god. i.e. i have in this book unified all the diverse symbols of t

he created world. 45. hm, a secret title of yetzirah, the formative world \da, adam, man, the species (not .the first man. a is air, the divine breath which stirs \d, blood, into being. 49. a number useful in the calculations of dr dee, and a mystic number of venus. 50. the number of the gates of binah, whose name is death (50= n= by tarot .death. 51. a, pain. an, failure \wda, the country of the demon kings. there is much in the qabalah about these kings and their dukes; it never meant much to me. but 51 is 1 short of 52. 52. amya, the fertilised mother, the phallus (y) thrust into ama. also b, the son. note 52= 13 4, being mercy and the influence of the father. 60. samekh, which in full spells 60 2= 120 (q.v, just as yod, 10, in full spells 10 2= 20. in general, the tens are .solidificat

s. wand, a rod of almond. 3+ 60+ 400, the paths of the middle pillar. 474. tod, knowledge, the sephira that is not a sephira. in one aspect the child of chokmah and binah; in another the eighth heads of the stooping dragon, raised up when the tree of life was shattered, and macroprosopus set cherubim against microprosopus. see 4= 7 ritual supra.57 also, and very specifically, liber 418. it is the demon that purely intellectual or rational religions take as their god. the special danger of hinayana buddhism. 480. tylyl, the demon-queen of malkuth. 666. last of the mystic numbers of the sun. twrc, the spirit of sol. also tc wmmo, ommo satan, the satanic trinity of typhon, apophis and besz;58 also hwchy \c, the name of jesus. the names of nero, napoleon, w. e. gladstone, and any person that y

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

h .holy virgin of god. said he .what dost thou here? what wilt thou with thy servant. at that she stank so that the air gasped about her, like a fish brought out of the sea. so she told him she was gathering simples for her daughter that had died to bury her withal. now no simples grew in the desert. therefore our father drew with his sword lines of power in the sand, so that a black and terrible demon appeared squeezing up in thin flat plates of flesh along the sword-lines. so our father cried .simples, o axcaxrabortharax, for my mother. then the demon was wroth and shrieked .thy mother to black hell! she is mine. so the old hag confessed straight that she had given her body for love to that fiend of the pit. but our father paid no heed thereto and bade the demon to do his will, so that h

anged not on his face, and the whole grove was filled with sweet and subtle perfumes. now on the 71st day arose there a great dispute about his body; for the angels and spirits and demons did contend about it, that they might possess it. but our eldest brother v. n. bade all be still; and thus he apportioned the sacred relics of our father. to the angel agbagal, the fore part of the skull; to the demon ozoz, the back left part of the skull; to the demon olcot,1 the back right part of the skull; to ten thousand myriads of spirits of fire, each one hair; to ten thousand myriads of spirits of water, each one hair; to ten thousand myriads of spirits of earth, each one hair; to ten thousand myriads of spirits of air, each one hair; to the archangel zazelazel, the brain; to the angel usbusolat

left part of the skull; to the demon olcot,1 the back right part of the skull; to ten thousand myriads of spirits of fire, each one hair; to ten thousand myriads of spirits of water, each one hair; to ten thousand myriads of spirits of earth, each one hair; to ten thousand myriads of spirits of air, each one hair; to the archangel zazelazel, the brain; to the angel usbusolat, the medulla; to the demon ululomis, the right nostril; to the angel opael, the left nostril; to the spirit kuiphiah, the membrane of the nose; to the spirit pugrah, the bridge of the nose; to eleven thousand spirits of spirit, the hairs of the nose, one each; to the archangel tuphtuphtuphal, the right eye; to the archdevil upsusph, the left eye; the parts thereof in trust to be divided among their servitors; as the r

LIBER TZADDI

ature of the slime. h 38. i who am beyond wisdom and folly, arise and say unto you: achieve both weddings! unite yourself with both! 4 liber tzaddi vel hamvs hermeticvs 39. beware, beware, i say, lest ye seek after the one and lose the other! 40. my adepts stand upright; their head above the heavens, their feet below the hells. 41. but since one is naturally attracted to the angel, another to the demon, let the first strengthen the lower link, the last attach more firmly to the higher. 42. thus shall equilibrium become perfect. i will aid my disciples; as fast as they acquire this balanced power and joy so faster will i push them. 43. they shall in their turn speak from this invisible throne; their words shall illumine the worlds. 44. they shall be masters of majesty and might; they shall

LINDOW JOHN NORSE MYTHOLOGY A GUIDE TO THE GODS HEROES RITUALS AND BELIEFS

124 norse mythology the tale ogmundar thattr dytts gives information on what a high medieval icelandic audience thought about the worship of frey in uppsala. ogmund, an icelander, has fled the court of olaf tryggvason in norway because he is falsely suspected of the murder of one of the king fs men. coming to sweden, he meets and befriends a priestess of frey. the god is a statue, inhabited by a demon and pulled about on a cart. ogmund wrestles away the demon through the divine intervention of king olaf and thereafter impersonates frey. the swedes are delighted that their god deigns to eat and drink with them and are impressed when his priestess becomes pregnant. unlike before, frey is now willing to be propitiated with gold and fine clothing. times are good until king olaf arrives to bri

of the characters named in the title (itself an invention of modern editors. the link between the tales is a cloak, which ogmund borrows from gunnar and wears when he carries out a vengeance killing at the court of king olaf. mistaken for the killer, gunnar flees the court for sweden. there he meets the woman who has been chosen by the pagans to serve as the wife of frey, actually a statue with a demon in it. in a humorous series of dialogues, she allows gunnar to stay with her longer and longer, each time warning him of frey fs displeasure, which gunnar says he will gladly endure if he has her good wishes. then the time arrives for the pagan ceremonies, and gunnar must pull frey fs wagon. when he tires of that, he wrestles with frey. things are going badly until he calls on olaf tryggvaso

rous series of dialogues, she allows gunnar to stay with her longer and longer, each time warning him of frey fs displeasure, which gunnar says he will gladly endure if he has her good wishes. then the time arrives for the pagan ceremonies, and gunnar must pull frey fs wagon. when he tires of that, he wrestles with frey. things are going badly until he calls on olaf tryggvason, at which point the demon abandons the statue and runs off. gunnar now decides to impersonate frey. the swedes are impressed that their god can eat and drink, and they are especially happy that his wife is pregnant, although they do wonder somewhat at his now wishing to be propitiated with gold and silver, fine clothing, or other precious things. times are good, and the fame of frey spreads to norway. olaf suspects w

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its essence. consider the egregore of luciferian spirits, those that speak to us through dreams and conclaves on the astral plane. essentially, we are they and once we have learned the techniques of mental freedom, are then we able to be truly alive! the spirit, which may be separated during sleep through dream magick, allows the soul to shape shift into any desire it seeks be it animal, shadow, demon it is up to the imagination and desire of the individual. this would present the vampiric aspect of the craft, when the nightside waking dreamer transforms the dream body and those of his/her familiar into the night owl, go forth to feed quietly from the profane sleeper. the ritual of going forth by night announces the separation of the spirit from the flesh, thus the witches sabbat is the s

oman as holding their own infinite potential. the light of knowledge which depicts good and evil is a great wisdom few may handle responsibly, it allows one to create and destroy. the devil is defined as the personification of evil, or the inverse ideology of whatever moralistic system is popular at the time. the word devil derives from the greek diabolos, which originally meant accuser. the word demon is derived from daimon, meaning a guardian spirit. a demon in modern context (according to toph) is a spirit or intelligence which can be related to ones evil genius, or hidden self, or the holy guardian angel, which is a perfected manifestation of the self in anthropomorphic form. the devil would not lead us to death and fire, but to life, creation, pleasure, ecstasy and wisdom. lucifer has

irection of not only cain as the lord of horsemen, but also of set-heh the adversary. set is the egyptian god of chaos, storms and darkness. the isolator, set is the adversarial god of change, strength and sufficiency through the will. set is the mask of azazel, the lord of flame. within witchcraft cain is considered the offspring of samael and lilith, thus being the same as baphomet. the angelic/demon higher spirit of cain is azal ucel, which is reflected in this very rite of self-empowerment. it is through set that all upon the luciferian path pass through, in the skin of cain or otherwise. 32 west a calling to leviathan, the dragon essence which is immortal, or eternal. the encircling of leviathan is a will directed focus of the individuals being or i announcing the forced antinomianian

n via sex magick. enflame the self through invocation, all the while focusing upon the luciferian aspects of self, the light and the darkness. glossary of termsakhu the ka and ba in union, the holy guardian angel and evil genius joined. this is the great work defined, the union of opposites. in thelemic view this would be the beast 666 and babalon conjoined. algol from the arabic al ghul, meaning demon star. algol is symbolized as the chaos star with an averse pentagram in it, representing the individual star or consciousness through black magick awakening. algol itself is the image of set in the aspect of the prince of darkness, being the manifestation of the black sun or opposite force of creation. through algol one may project any magical force necessary based on ones experience. algol

gift of set or azazel. chalice the magickal cup used for philters and ceremonies. while some covens and individuals use the silver cup, one may use a kapala as well, which is a human skull cap often imported from tibet. coven a small group of magickal practitioners. often 13 in number. covens may be of a smaller size as well. daemon from the greek daimon, meaning spirit. the daemon is the root of demon therefore represents the spirit of the sorcerer and the exterior spirits on the astral plane. djed egyptian, represents stability and strength, associated with the backbone in the funerary cult. in the union of the circle, djed is the holy aspect in union with the shadow of the magician, the very aspect of initiation towards the great work. evocation the act of calling the spirit into and ar

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e, his forms many and his will and hunger to exist was greater than the efforts of his enemies to destroy him. set is called the personification of the dark waters and the desert, his two-fold essence of being is central to his role as the tester and sorcerous initiator. all predators of the spirit who devoured the dead were reposed in the darkened pits of the tuat. aapep, apep or apophis was the demon serpent of chaos who devoured many, battled often by set, later apep was conquered and mastered by set, soon apep merged into set. just as the most common form of apep was a crocodile, this was also a form that sutekh or set took as well. suti (set) was also often a god of death, devouring spirits or befriending them as well. predatory spiritualism had its roots in the world in ancient egypt

nquered and mastered by set, soon apep merged into set. just as the most common form of apep was a crocodile, this was also a form that sutekh or set took as well. suti (set) was also often a god of death, devouring spirits or befriending them as well. predatory spiritualism had its roots in the world in ancient egypt, from what the gods practice shall some adepts practice as well. in the tuat, a demon-serpent called sati-temui who was seventy cubits long and was said to grow strong from devouring the souls of the dead who were there. there is also a mention of a serpent called akriu who was also an enemy of ra as well. there was a place of fire in the tuat as well, where there was a lord in the form of a giant serpent who held the power of the evil eye. this serpent would seduce his prey

nd angels of the self as familiars or guides are all an expression of owns being. before one becomes cloudy in the waters of wicca, the pure source must be revealed. to better explain the luciferian path in the terms of which is offered in luciferian witchcraft, liber hvhi and book of the witch moon, an assessment of the basic tools, god forms and models of belief are given here: apep the serpent-demon of chaos and the abyssic waters of the tuat. apep is the early embodiment of the sumerian tiamat or the sevenheaded dragon of the apocalypse. in early persian manifestation, ahriman and the archdaevas. in egyptian lore, apep is by cipher and study nothing more than set revealed, his primal draconian aspect of self. apep embodies the very essence of set and may even be considered associated w

LUCIFERIAN WITCHCRAFT AN INTRODUCTION

oman as holding their own infinite potential. the light of knowledge which depicts good and evil is a great wisdom few may handle responsibly, it allows one to create and destroy. the devil is defined as the personification of evil, or the inverse ideology of whatever moralistic system is popular at the time. the word devil derives from the greek diabolos, which originally meant accuser. the word demon is derived from daimon, meaning a guardian spirit. a demon in modern context (according to toph) is a spirit or intelligence which can be related to ones evil genius, or hidden self, or the holy guardian angel, which is a perfected manifestation of the self in anthropomorphic form. the devil would not lead us to death and fire, but to life, creation, pleasure, ecstasy and wisdom. lucifer has

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lysms which sank atlantis began. the initiate-priests of the sacred feather who promised to come back to their missionary settlements never returned; and after the lapse of centuries tradition preserved only a fantastic account of gods who came from a place where the sea now is. h. p. blavatsky thus sums up the causes which precipitated the atlantean disaster "under the evil insinuations of their demon, thevetat, the atlantis-race became a nation of wicked magicians. in consequence of this, war was declared, the story of which would be too long to narrate; its substance may be found in the disfigured allegories of the race of cain, the giants, and that of noah and his righteous family. the conflict came to an end by the submersion of the atlantis; which finds its imitation in the stories o

rmit the evil senses to control the bodies of those who love me, nor will i allow evil emotions and evil thoughts to enter them. i become as a porter or doorkeeper, and shut out evil, protecting the wise from their own lower nature. but to the wicked, the envious and the covetous, i come not, for such cannot understand the mysteries of mind; therefore, i am unwelcome. i leave them to the avenging demon that they are making in their own souls, for evil each day increases itself and torments man more sharply, and each evil deed adds to the evil deeds that are gone before until finally evil destroys itself. the punishment of desire is the agony of unfulfillment" hermes bowed his head in thankfulness to the great dragon who had taught him so much, and begged to hear more concerning the ultimat

ermes bowed his head in thankfulness to the great dragon who had taught him so much, and begged to hear more concerning the ultimate of the human soul. so poimandres resumed "at death the material body of man is returned to the elements from which it came, and the invisible divine man ascends to the source from whence he came, namely the eighth sphere. the evil passes to the dwelling place of the demon, and the senses, feelings, desires, and body passions return to their source, namely the seven governors, whose natures in the lower man destroy but in the invisible spiritual man give life "after the lower nature has returned to the brutishness, the higher struggles again to regain its spiritual estate. it ascends the seven rings upon which sit the seven governors and returns to each their

he year had 360 days. the five extra days were gathered together by the god of cosmic intelligence to serve as the birthdays of the five gods and goddesses who are called the sons and daughters of ham. upon the first of these special days osiris was born and upon the fourth of them isis (the number four shows the relation that this goddess bears to the earth and its elements) typhon, the egyptian demon or spirit of the adversary, was born upon the third day. typhon is often symbolized by a crocodile; sometimes his body is a combination of crocodile and hog. isis stands for knowledge and wisdom, and according to plutarch the word typhon means insolence and pride. egotism, selfcenteredness, and pride are the deadly enemies of understanding and truth. this part of the allegory is revealed. af

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

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lways be obtained if you happen to subscribe to the religion from which your words of power derive, in the case of the cabala, judaism, or maybe unorthodox christianity. however, always remember, it is only the awe, the shiver of emotional excitement, aroused by the name or quotation, which is its chief magical value. if you can do this with an arabic name of god, roman catholic saint, or tibetan demon, so much the better. go ahead and use it. likewise, the name of your husband, wife, lover, favourite politician, film star, or most hated dictator will all be equally magically potent, so long as they give you that extra little kick to stir your deep mind out of its usual sluggish sleep. so much for barbarous cabalistic words of evocation! usually, therefore, you will find it advantageous to

s. the triangle is a very old witch symbol, and represents the crystallization of form out of chaos. you will find it employed throughout witchcraft whenever some type of physical or magnetic manifestation is required. some cabalistically inclined witches surround the triangle with a double circle, and between the two circles they inscribe the names and seals of the seven planetary angels and the demon kings of the four quarters of the earth, while others seek to enhance the potency of the figure by fortifying the sides of the triangle with the hebraic divine names primeumaton, anaphaxeton, tetragrammaton and placing the name of michael, leader of the heavenly host, within; but none of these things is strictly necessary. all you basically need is the triangle prepared with intention which

e of protection on your breast (it can be tucked into the same chamois or silk sachet) the words of power in this process are "themesho- masanin" conjuring to visible appearance is most inadvisable. it is unnecessary in most cases and quite undesirable in this one. if ever a demonic manifestation could be classified as satanic, that of flauros can. in order to further enforce the obedience of the demon, after performing the initial identification ritual with fire, water, and wand, many practitioners incorporate into the spell part of the initiation ritual to be found in the last chapter. the sigil is taken from the operator's breast, bound with the cingulum and "hooded" with a black cloth, and then carried around to the various quarters of the circle to the "challenged" with the sword, or

"hooded" with a black cloth, and then carried around to the various quarters of the circle to the "challenged" with the sword, or athame, at each quarter. it receives further consecration of fire and water and is finally unveiled and placed within the altar triangle, at which point flauros himself is constrained to concentrate his presence within the triangle of manifestation. after charging the demon with his mission of destruction, the operator should not only "licence him to depart" but follow this up with a thorough purification of the room with fire and water, burning in his thurible one of the exorcism incenses mentioned in chapter 5. i treat this conjuration sketchily, as it pertains to the field of study of an advanced practitioner, who should be more equipped by dint of experienc

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 1

l compel ye, both ye and the prince of darkness. come ye, come ye, angels of darkness; come hither before this circle without fear, terror, or deforthe key of solomon page 34 mity, to execute our commands, and be ye ready both to achieve and to complete all that we shall command ye. come ye, then, by the crown of the chief of your emperors, and by the sceptres of your power, and of sid, the great demon, your master; by the names and in the names of the holy angels who have been created to be above you, long before the constitution of the world; and by the names of the two princes of the universe, whose names are, ioniel and sefoniel; by the rod of moses, by the staff of jacob; by the ring and seal of david, wherein are written the names of sovereign god; and by the names of the angels by w

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adramelech. the ninth number is nine. the ninth sephira is yesod, or the fundamental principle. the spirits of yesod are the cherubim or angels, those powers which fecundate the earth, and which are represented in hebrew symbolism under the form of bulls. their empire is that of fecundity. they correspond to true ideas. they have for adversaries the gamaliel or obscene, whose queen is lilith, the demon of debaucheries. the tenth number is ten. the tenth sephira is malkuth, or the kingdom of forms. the spirits of malkuth are the ischim, or the virile ones; they are the souls of the saints whose chief is moses (let us not forget that it is solomon who speaks. eliphaz levi) they have for adversaries the wicked ones who obey nahema, the demon of impurity. the wicked are symbolized by the five

MICHAEL FORD A RITE OF THE WEREWOLF

thrones! ohrmazd sought to free all limitations, yet space could not recount ahriman. it was shadow and darkness, nourished in the abyss, with the violet light of the black sun, called al ghul, the point of all hunger known as az, the crowning of the beast. this night, as candle burns and my vessel of darkness is prepared, shall i go forth to the gathering of our spirits thou yatus and wondering demon kin of mine. druj, descend, i shall become as dragon of flesh and seed, fire, smoke and soul. come forth now! so it is done further reading- yatuk dinoih (second edition) the book of cain the toad rite nox umbra azot rthe book of cain by akhtya seker arimanius michael w. ford february-march 2003 succubus publishing phosphorus inner publishing this inspired text was created under meditative a

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ere, encircled in sacred communion. azazel spoke of perception and what they wished to become and do as their own desire, they were free. did his mind become as the serpent, isolate and independent that as flame which was sacred and beautiful, azazel now could understand both good and evil, the darkness and the light. lucifer, my angelick initiator, my soul and father, understood that he was both demon and angel, that he was beauty and ugliness. all of those in the circle of spirits made a sacred pact to go forth into the world of horrors and do their will. azazel, who refused to bow before common clay, the profane image of flesh known as man and woman, and then found them more appealing. some were indeed fair, their women sensuous and their men showing a primitive potential of being. with

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n feeding. when the nachzehrer was exhumed, it was found to be resting in its own blood and a half devoured grave shroud. a peculiar thing about the nachzehrer is that this creature sleeps with it's left eye open and holding it's thumb. it was not rare that this creature would begin to eat its own flesh. when the nachzehrer would leave it s tomb it would sometimes climb the tower of a church. the demon would then ring the bells in the dead of night, which was said to cause death to any who would be unfortunate enough to hear the ghostlike callings in the night. it was the belief in bavaria that the nachzehrer could be created if an individual was born with a caul or second skin, an unfortunate circumstance for many an innocent child born with such a birth defect. this vampire was often con

itle by the belief that it takes nine full days for the vampire to develop in it's coffin or tomb. found in saxony, the neuntoter was recognized as being a severe carrier of the plague. the alp is a vampire like spirit associated with the incubus/succubus who would torment the dreams of men, women and children alike. the alp is considered often to be that of a recently deceased person, or often a demon of the tomb- that which is bred from the darkest aspects of magick and the astral plane. the alp can take the form of a cat, pig, dog and other creatures such as a werewolf and demonic beasts which resemble rabid, black dogs. this spirit is also known to wear a hat and use its powers to fly the night sky. its methods of feeding include entering the mouth of the victim through a long serpent

tones and through the yard. she then lost sight of it and in puzzlement went to sleep. she awoke some time later to a scratching at the window, in fear she froze, not being able to scream or even move. the vampire then tore away the lead of the window pane until the glass crashed to the floor. a necrotically gray hand reached in towards her and entered her chamber. she fell under its spell as the demon drew closer to her. the being was pale and thin, almost skeleton like. its mouth and eyes were crimson red; she felt an overwhelming sense of fear and even lust. 12 12 at some point she was able to regain her senses and scream aloud for help. once her brothers reached her bed chamber and entered they found their sister lying on the bed, blood pulsating from her throat and the white sheets co

hey would attain a mental-shamanistic balance of beast and with a mind sigil of odin and wotan ascend to the battle which would last to the death. their ferocity was legendary and these warriors, who had no one sided concepts of good or evil, found a balance for the love of their culture and family. they fought in harmony with nature. there was however a shadowside within their culture: the great demon-wolf fenrir which devoured the sun; and the woods of "jarnskogarna, which were feared because of the 13 13 supposed werewolf tribes there, which were led by mane-garm, they too were said to devour the sun. this was due to mane-garm's everlasting hunger for flesh and power. many werewolves of this culture had titles as sinfjotle (he with yellow paws, hjarulv (sword wolf) and kveldulf (evening

entals are different from spirits in that they will often take the form of desires and what we call atavisms, they take the form of urges within the psyche and rarely can be 18 18 made to assume visible appearance. austin spare was said to be able to do such at certain times however his witch mother yelg paterson was said to do such at will. da ath is guarded by choronzon, who is regarded as both demon and vampire. some texts have presented choronzon as not a demon at all, however but a guardian of this hidden sphere who is only considered 'evil' due to it's alien nature to conscious or even subconscious human thought patterns. i am presenting choronzon as a demon, a vampire spirit. now am i defining it as 'evil, no. my reasoning is that evil is only a closed term defining already pre-dogm

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

(ezekiel 5:17) it appears, after all, that the words of madame helena blavatsky, who spent her liferesearching the actual origins of mankind, are more than appropriate: the appellation satan, in hebrew, and adversarybelongs by right to the first and cruelestadversary of all other gods jehovah, not in the serpent which spoke only words of sym-pathy and wisdom. under the evil insinuations of their demon thevetat, the atlantis race became a nation ofevil magiciansthe giants and magicians and all flesh died and every man.and author jack barranger also expresses the travesty of mans perplexity:we have been lead to believe that the entity that the old testament describes as a mass mur-derer and heinous leader is the god of the universe. we have been lead to think that theslaughter of human bein

pest fire arose.it split the earth asunder to the great deeprain poured down from heaven, and water cov-ered the earth (from destruction of atlantis by ignatius donnelly) bolivian records going back 5,000 years tell of the destruction of civilization in far offtimes as the result of a conflict with some non-human race whose blood was not redlike ours. the y urucare indians of bolivia speak of the demon aymasune whodestroyed plants, animals, and man by causing fire to fall from heaven. the algonkian indians relate:long ago, two powerful manitous felt themselves insulted by the hero wisaka. this put theminto a fearful passion and intending to kill their enemy, they raged and roared over theearth, which heaved and shook under their angry steps. from the norse edda, we read:then saw she wade i

s (see celtic myth and legend by charles squire.)the greeks and teutons, as so many others, also have records of hybrid beings thathad the countenance of either great beauty or ugliness (see clash of the titans, jasonand the argonauts, the odyssey, and the amazing v oyages of sinbad) atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation43 the world falls dead the hindu srimad bhagavatam tells of a demon race which invaded the three plane-tary systems. opposing the demons was the god shiva, who, it is recorded, possessed apowerful weapon that he fired at the enemy airships from his own. in the ancientramayana, there is mention of an iron thunderbolt capable of killing hundreds of thou-sands of humans. it was also said to be so powerful that it could have destroyed theearth. these weapons cou

hoolswere antagonistic (madame helena blavatsky, the secret doctrine, v ol. 3)many cryptic terms are used to describe the adversaries and their conflict. many seem-ingly incomprehensible motifs and anecdotes from the worlds legends can be madelucid once the reader knows what is really being implied. and this was comprehendedby the american master of the pre-diluvian epochs, ignatius donnelly, who demon-strated his discernment, concerning the terrestrial tribulations, when he wrote:it sounds like the cry not of a man but of a race, a great, religious, civilized race, who couldnot understand how god could so cruelly visit the world. this fact can be corroborated by a close reading of the old testament. in it, we hear ofthe strange meeting moses had at the burning bush. this has long been a p

tants or even by compliant adams who stillremained in the ignorant state. they periodically demanded live sacrifices to be madeto them and would go in search of the enemies of their masters. some of these geneticcreations had wings, others were polymorphic. so, we have it contained and recited inmost of the myths that the archetypal hero comes into conflict with a beast, a greatserpent, or hybrid demon. their combat is the staple method of proving prowess. itbecame a custom that when a prospective hero did overcome one of the dragons, thatthey would wear the symbol of the serpent on their heraldic shield or banner, in thesame manner as the native indians collected and wore human scalps. the hero wasthen also considered blooded. many of the demeaning hazing rituals of so-calledupper-classme

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moon. we drink from the 14 ecstasies of the qlippoth, and leave strengthened and whole. we seek to go forth in the night in the form of the beast, drinking from the waters under the moon. we devour paradise and bath in the blood of the moon. our brothers are yatus, sorcerers of ahrimanic witchcraft; our sisters are pairikas, daughters of az. we are the people of the lie (druj, we are the those of demon-flesh awakened and ancient, forever seeking to further illuminate the black flame. our religion is sorcery, that which is ensorcelled by our practice of yatuk-dinoih (witchcraft. life is the great gift of ahriman, as isolate consciousness (the soul or psyche) is separate from the natural order. the black order of the dragon is entirely spiritual in nature, aimed at the theory of gaining immo

e is the pathway to initiation. look for wisdom from experience, always test yourself in this way long trips, extensive exercise to your capacity, college or specific areas of learning in short, challenge yourself. building the mind builds the immortal spirit. 3. qi or life energy is around all of us. drain it and grow strong from it. you absorb energy from focus itself using aighash, the persian demon of the evil eye the eye represents the soul, use this to mentally connect with everything around you. one of our 18 symbols, aapep or apophis, is the devil serpent of ancient egypt. we seek to feast and drain on life force, on the astral plane and in the flesh. to join us is to be hidden mostly in society, to be the wolf among sheep. humanity seeks eternally a safety net; a god to believe wi

r tagaririm (tgrrm: taumeshriel+ gobraziel+ raqueziel+ rebrequel+ mephisophiel 55 these demons are known as zamiel, and they are great black giants, opposing each other. they relate to creative chaos. venus netzach baal harab-serapel (hrb-srral: helebriel+ reteriel+ baruchiel+ satoriel+ refreziel+ reptoriel+ astoriel+ labreziel ghoreb zereq, or dispersing ravens. their form is that of the hideous demon-headed ravens rising from a volcano, also called getzphiel. shapeshifting into black ravens, the flight of the bird in the night, the element of fire and air with regards to initiation. mercury hod adramalech samael (smal: sheoliel+ molebriel+ afluxriel+ libridiel deceivers [jugglers of skulls, whose forms are that of a dull demon-headed, dog-like beasts. the moon yesod lilith gamaliel (gmli

alled nachashiel, evil serpents, and obriel. the spirits of this sphere are of the blind dragon-force called leviathan or 56 ourabourus. in qlippothic workings, this sphere relates to lilith. the earth malkuth nahemah nahemoth (nhmath: nobrexiel+ heteriel+ molidiel+ a'ainiel+ thauhedriel lilith, the evil woman, who has many forms, changes afterwards to a black skinned and fur covered, monkey-like demon whose eyes are pitch black. these are the names of the twelve princes and tribes of the qlippoth who are the heads of the months of the year. bairiron aries (march 20 april 19th -active fire they are from the dragon spirit, the one of flames, the fourth evil force; samael the black. their colors are black and they appear as a dragon-lion. adimiron taurus (april 20 may 20 -fixed earth whose c

of those in nightmares. this is restrained desires they are given substance by such shells. vampyres may enter the nightmare of another by evoking these spirits, sending and binding dog form-sigils and draining life energy in the nightmare. schechiriron cancer (june 21 july 22 -active water spirits whose forms are black their form blended of reptile, insect and like the crab and the lobster, yet demon-faced. the vampyre magickian may seek atavistic knowledge through dreams with these demons, also draining emotions from others when sleeping. shelhabiron leo (july 23 august 22 -fixed fire spirits whose colors are fiery, yellow and they appear as merciless wolves and jackals, howling among flames and seeking to devour those in their path. master these spirits by evoking shelhabiron and enter

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

hosen one s reappearance--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 11 in mythology, and perhaps a bit of philosophical commentary. luckily a few occultists have given me some insight on this subject (in a most annoyingly hushed-mouth manner. they speak of him as though he represented a major set-back to the plan. and where was the lord those 18 years? was he on a mission of initiation, civilizing, and demon hunting? they speak of him as though he did take a huge risk in coming here, as if jesus guaranteed trip back to heaven is only a myth. i have even heard jesus spoke of as a renegade; a police-like figure who hunted demons. more on this later. if mythology is in fact eccentric tales created to explain creation itself, then why so many corresponding details? if the evolutionists are correct r

rule heaven, poseidon would rule the sea, and hades would rule the underworld, which was the land of the dead. although the greek traditions do not mention a conflict between the two brothers zeus and hades, satanists do. i suspect that this is just another god and his evil brother story. satanists also refer to satan as azazel. azazel, according to jewish lore and the bible, is a fallen angel or demon who is described as an outcast. he, like the egyptian god set, is associated with the desert. although azazel was mentioned in the bible, his most famous appearance was in the book of enoch. the book of enoch is considered an apocryphal text, which means that it did not receive entry into the bible. the book of enoch s exclusion from the canon (bible) is truly a tragedy, and the fact that ch

these entities and human beings usually happens in dreams. it is believed by many members of the occult, and the members of islam, that each human being in assigned both a demonic counterpart, and an angelic counterpart. spirits of this kind, those assigned to you at birth, are often called tutelary spirits. it is true, however, that all humans are subject to the whisperings of not only their own demon, but demons and spirits who roam freely. after a vampiric spirit latches on to a human they become increasingly difficult to remove. the spirit will feed from the negative thoughts of the individual, and continue to further induce the very thoughts that feed it. many of the worst, most inhumane crimes ever committed were likely to be the result of possession from a demonic spirit; in fact th

he mirror image of the celestial universe, an anti-universe if you will. the kabalistic tree of life represents the celestial realms, while the tree of knowledge of good and evil represents the qliphoth, this anti-universe. if you recall, these are the two trees adam and eve encountered in the garden of eden. the demons, or qliphothic spirits, represent another classification of spirits. the word demon has come to mean any negative spirit which is hostile to mankind. these beings are extremely chaotic and may not always have a conception of the consequences of their actions. demons are adverse to humans, and are either in the qliphoth, or roaming the earth feeding life-force and causing strife and illness among mankind. they are also highly impulsive and violent, reveling in only base emot

hly impulsive and violent, reveling in only base emotions like lust, fear, and anger. they, like many spirits, possess the minds of human beings so that they may derive pleasure from our world. evidence of their presence is intense feelings of fear and perhaps disgusting odors. demons are exclusively vampiric in nature, and feed from the lifeforce of humans, and it is our lifeforce that gives the demon substance and energy. these spirits can become powerful if allowed to continue feeding in the material plane. although capable of wearing many forms, demons tend to prefer arriving as hideous forms, with voices and odors that humans find disagreeable. the jinn [2.6] the word jinn is arabic for demon, and it is where we get the word genie. unlike many religions (christianity to name one, musl

MICHAEL W FORD NOX UMBRA

k. alas, in this darkness was found a light- the black flame of individual being. the vampyre sorcerer indeed loves life, and the realms of ghosts and shades, we find nourishment in their tombs and black earth. yet when we emerge in the light of shaitan in the noon tide sun, we can appreciate it more. we explore the dreaming sabbat as wolf and blackened shadow, as ahriman the lord of darkness- as demon and dragon, yet in the dawn light we arise and face the beauty of nature. by the antinomian path of self-deification (separation of the natural order) we are able to observe and enjoy the breathtaking world around us- the forests, the water, the night sky- all of this pleasures many take for granted. we are awake and nothing can stand in the way of that. we begin to understand who and what w

hment ones shadow name (for instance, akhtya seker arimanius, the present author) in the blood of the sorcerer, along with the sigil of binding. consider the vampyric fetish to house the greater shadow familiar, which is essentially an exteriorization of your own being. one will use the magickal aspects of obsession and will- desire- belief to set in motion the essence of self-transformalion, the demon emerging in flesh. the chamber should be adorned in the elements of death, of vampyrie design with such implements, fetishes and elements of ahriman, lilith, dracul or any night born ghost or image which relates therein. one should dress in the black robe of passing through shadows, a crimson lining if possible to indicate ones rebirth in the bloodied caul of lilith. the sigil of binding sho

night and becoming. formula of the binding of earth i summon now those guardians of the path whom are the initiators of death and rebirth- ahriman, shadow form. daemon and sorcerer- i call you, forth to this circle (imagine a great shadow with many bestial and infernal aspects, the form encircles you and you welcome it) i summon now lilith, whose caul shall bless me with reawakening (imagine the demon-goddes lilith come forth in sinister manner,forming both the grotesque and beautiful in one being, this is lilith in her vampyric aspect) i summon now cain who first tasted the blood of abel in initiation (imagine the first born of witch blood, cain who tasted the shadow knowledge of the skull of abel- cain is wrapped in a great shroud in this vampyric aspect) i summon now hecate- who blesse

hich almost guarantees in european folk lore that one will return from the dead, is the mark of the vampyric aspect of lilith, the death-mask of awakening towards the nightside. the caul itself as described by adrien cremene gave the following account, published in vampires, burial and death by paul barber "such an infant is born to a woman who has drunk of impure water mixed with the saliva of a demon, or to a woman who, having gone out in the night, her head bare, met a demon which gave her a red cap (coiffe) like his own, which cap causes the child to be born with a caul. in an initiatory context which implies the connection of folklore with inspired magical practice, the caul introduced in ritual practice (by a blood coloured cloth, stained with menstrual blood or otherwise) is the mar

aciph ashara, human bone necklace in ashes, evocation dagger, thigh bone trumpet (kangling. circle placed in middle of room, surrounded with the implements of death and azrail. incense- frankinsense, necromancy oil. the main instrument of which the fetish would be consecrated further is the horned brazilian mask of belial. i call it such as it was made from a large bull/cow skull, clayed formed a demon visage, five horns which make an averse pentagram, a third eye and teeth made of crystals. at the top of the fetish there is a place for a large machete to be held, from which the blade is a bit rusty- held in by a back of snake skin. this has been an ongoing work to awaken the spirit within, a join in union with a new famulus bound within. holding the kangling, facing the west i called "i a

MIDNIGHTS CIRCLE A COMMENTARY OF AZOTHOZ

the holy guardian angel or angelic familiar. this is the essence of the great work, the bare root or essence of what the focus of black magick and luciferian witchcraft/sorcery entails. a study of the janus-headed adversary is essential in the context of the sabbatic/luciferian path as well as others. in the brotherhood of saturn the god of the saturnian sphere is baphomet temohpab, being a angel-demon of both a positive and negative side. in azothoz, lucifer is the baphometic spirit which presents in lyrical prose the sides of the adversary, in terms of sethanic (of set) witchcraft and the left hand path. set is presented in azothoz as the egyptian godform of chaos, darkness and storms. he is in this sigillic mask the initiator and tester, the opposer and flame giver. it is indeed the mas

aches towards the light again. it is a process of coming into being as the adversary, horned and crowned in the midnight sun, thus emerging shaitan of midnight.[4] the 17th and 18th section of the poem displays the alphabet of desire which presents the language of making and the subconscious spells made flesh. the sigils are aligned within two trapezoids crowned by cain the adversary and the apep demon of chaos, surrounded by sigillic formulas of antinomian self-deification; the making of the luciferian mind through solitude and isolation. this is a process of developing the self through the mark of cain[5] and the declaration of separation from the natural order. this allows the magician to grow without outside and society crippling dogma. the sigillic drawings of lilith and samael-asmoda

MOODY RAYMOND A LIFE AFTER LIFE

erson involved does and says after his experience. god, i suppose, would try to get those to whom he appears to be loving and forgiving. satan would presumably tell his servants to follow a course of hate and destruction. manifestly, my subjects have come back with a renewed commitment to follow the former course and to disavow the latter. in the light of all the machinations which a hypothetical demon would have to have carried out in order to delude his hapless victim (and to what purpose, he certainly has failed miserably-as far as i can tell-to make persuasive emissaries for his program! natural (scientific) explanations i. the pharmacological explanation some suggest that near-death experiences are caused by the therapeutic drugs administered to the person at the time of his crisis. t

MORALS AND DOGMA

re invulnerable all over, even in the heel, against logic. the martel or mace, the battle-axe, the great double-edged two-handed sword must deal with follies; the rapier is no better against them than a wand, unless it be the rapier of ridicule. the sword is also the symbol of _war_ and of the _soldier. wars, like thunder-storms, are often necessary to purify the stagnant atmosphere. war is not a demon, without remorse or reward. it restores the brotherhood in letters of fire. when men are seated in their pleasant places, sunken in ease and indolence, with pretence and incapacity and littleness usurping all the high places of state, war is the baptism of blood and fire, by which alone they can be renovated. it is the hurricane that brings the elemental equilibrium, the concord of power and

hension! there is no human soul that is not sad at times. there is no thoughtful soul that does not at times despair. there is perhaps none, of all that think at all of anything beyond the needs and interests of the body, that is not at times startled and terrified by the awful questions which, feeling as though it were a guilty thing for doing so, it whispers to itself in its inmost depths. some demon seems to torture it with doubts, and to crush it with despair, asking whether, after all, it is certain that its convictions are true and its faith well founded: whether it is indeed sure that a god of infinite love and beneficence rules the universe, or only some great remorseless fate and iron necessity, hid in impenetrable gloom, and to which men and their sufferings and sorrows, their ho

t dance in the sunshine; or a being that amuses himself with the incredible vanity and folly, the writhings and contortions of the insignificant insects that compose humanity, and idly imagine that they resemble the omnipotent "what are we" the tempter asks "but puppets in a show-box? o omnipotent destiny, pull our strings gently! dance us mercifully off our miserable little stage "is it not" the demon whispers "merely the inordinate vanity of man that causes him now to pretend to himself that he is like unto god in intellect, sympathies and passions, as it was that which, at the beginning, made him believe that he was, in his bodily shape and organs, the very image of the deity? is not his god merely his own shadow, projected in gigantic outlines upon the clouds? does he not create for hi

f god's power and justice. god, it is said "stirs the sea with his might--by his understanding he smote rahab--his breath clears the face of heaven--his hand pierced the crooked serpent. god withdraws not his anger; beneath him bow the confederates of rahab" rahab always means a sea-monster: probably some such legendary monstrous dragon, as in almost all mythologies is the adversary of heaven and demon of eclipse, in whose belly, significantly called the belly of hell, hercules, like jonah, passed three days, ultimately escaping with the loss of his hair or rays. chesil, the rebellious giant orion, represented in job as riveted to the sky, was compared to ninus or nimrod, the mythical founder of nineveh (city of fish) the mighty hunter, who slew lions and panthers before the lord. rahab's

absolutely necessary that there should be a cause for the evil, as there is one for the good" this doctrine, he adds, has been generally received among most nations, and especially by those who have had the greatest reputation for wisdom. all have admitted two gods, with different occupations, one making the good and the other the evil found in nature. the former has been styled "god" the latter "demon" the persians, or zoroaster, named the former ormuzd and the latter ahriman; of whom they said one was of the nature of light, the other of that of darkness. the egyptians called the former osiris, and the latter typhon, his eternal enemy. the hebrews, at least after their return from the persian captivity, had their good deity, and the devil, a bad and malicious spirit, ever opposing god, a

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

-that our talisman, one microscopic serpent of which can build for itself such a house as to rule men's bodies for a generation like alexander, or their minds for an epoch like plato, cannot be destroyed or diminished by any conceivable force. when this talisman comes forth from its fortress, its action begins. the ancient jewish rabbins knew this, and taught that before eve was given to adam the demon lilith conceived by the spilth of his dreams, so that the hybrid race of satyrs, elves and the like began to populate the secret places of the earth which are not sensible by the organs of the normal man. i take it as certain that every offering of this talisman infallibly begets children on one plane or another of this our cosmos, whose matter is so varied in kind. such a child must partake

om. consequently, they knuckle under the influence of the "black brethren" and through the harm this influence does them, they slowly purify and equilibrate the sheaths of the self, start aspiring to emancipation, and eventually become capable of facing the horror, the abomination of desolation their own selves. thus, from the point of view of the supernals, although the "black brother" becomes a demon, this demon bows its head to choronzon 333 and becomes a blind instrument of destiny. his activity helps the work of the masters of the temple. he is forced to work for mankind in spite of himself "choronzon" is that influence that destroys the ego which is precisely what the aspirant to true initiation desires. students are advised to read liber 156 with extreme care, and to consult liber 4

ugh this "god of war and of vengeance" is then merely one who shall cause men to do their own wills by going as gods do, instead of trying to check the irresistible course of nature. p.s. el ouid, algeria, an xx: the terror of syria in the reign of oman was the great soldier and administrator melekh-al-astar. possibly jewish mothers used to scare their crying babies by threatening them with this "demon of the desert" and the rabbins incorporated the "bogey man" in their adverse hierarchy. 4. choose ye an island! verses 4-9: this is a practical instruction; and, as a 'military secret, is not in any way soever to be disclosed. i say only that the plans are complete, and that the first nation to accept the law of thelema shall, by my counsel, become sole mistress of the world. oh, brother. fo

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

in chains, and kept him in prison for thirteen months. ares is represented as a man of youthful appearance; his tall muscular form combines great strength with wonderful agility. in his right hand he bears a sword or a mighty lance, while on the left arm he carries his round shield (see next page. his demoniacal surroundings are terror and fear;[44] enyo, the goddess of the war-cry; keidomos, the demon of the noise of battles; and eris (contention, his twin-sister and companion, who always [114]precedes his chariot when he rushes to the fight, the latter being evidently a simile of the poets to express the fact that war follows contention. eris is represented as a woman of florid complexion, with dishevelled hair, and her whole appearance angry and menacing. in one hand she brandishes a po

t the royal palace, and begged her sister agraulos to favour his suit; but, being of an avaricious turn of mind, she refused to do so without the payment of an enormous sum of money. it did not take the messenger of the gods long to obtain the means of fulfilling this condition, and he soon returned with a well-filled purse. but meanwhile athene, to punish the cupidity of agraulos, had caused the demon of envy to take possession of her, and the consequence was, that, being unable to contemplate the happiness of her sister, she sat down before the door, and resolutely refused to allow hermes to enter. he tried every persuasion and blandishment in his power, but she still remained obstinate. at last, his patience [123]being exhausted, he changed her into a mass of black stone, and, the obsta

NAGEL CARL AMAZING SECRETS OF OCCULT POWER

s that really work thank you letter #1 practical witchcraft the magic word that will bring money to you the green candle spell thank you letter #2 the magic power of chants the golden square spell spell brings needed money the devil s treasurer thank you letter #3 what will happen after casting your spells and working your rituals? 4: sex magic today the mark of the beast< thank you letter #4 the demon of lust thank you letter #5 the occult seduction spell thank you letter #6 a magical threesome thank you letter #7 magical aphrodisiacs the black candle of love thank you letter #8 sex magic for couples 5: ancient secrets of the cabala the tree of life the power of the spheres the sacred names of power the middle pillar circulation ritual using the middle pillar ritual to obtain money the ul

to you. the best example of sympathetic magic in witchcraft is the mandrake plant. a rather mysterious plant whose main use in the middle ages was as an aphrodisiac due to its shape, which resembles a certain part of the male anatomy. the powdered root of the mandrake was burned over a fire with some of the witch s pubic hair. at the same time, the witch s lustful desires were spoken, invoking a demon to draw the desired person to the witch s embrace. occult tradition has it that you can t harvest the mandrake plant in the normal way as the scream it gives as it leaves the ground will kill you or drive you mad. the shriek is supposedly the cry of jealous spirits who dwell within. instead you tie it to a dog s collar and, when out of earshot, whistle the dog to come to you. witchcraft made

rked well. the girl in question i had not seen for 18 months it s a long story, but i could not believe my luck. i thought a couple of years ago i would never score with her, and for that alone i thank you. i hope the dark forces continue to give you more spells, because it s these that seem to work best. once again, i just wanted to thank you for your spells. signed: c.l, leicester, england. the demon of lust the clavis magica artium describes asmodeus as a demon of sensuality and luxury. he is also well versed in the sexy art of occult ribaldry, i.e. how to cause a young girl, however prudent she may be, to become maddened and inflamed with lust. here is an arcane truth: more people have been seduced and influenced by the occult without their knowledge than by any amount of good looks, w

tly as i have written them. if you stumble over a name the first few times, don t worry, but practice it until you can say it clearly treat these names with care. they are ultimately powerful, and should be respected. keep them secret from people who do not know about the magic power of the occult. the word spirit, which is derived from the latin spiritus, refers to any disembodied entity, devil, demon or angel; invoked, coerced or otherwise called forth by the magician through the application of those things which are harmonious with it and reflect certain parts of its nature. and if all is propitious assume an aerial body, be visible to sight and reply to questions. the difference between those spirits willing to help you and those that won t, is invariably fear. if spirit invocation is

all this notebook your personal grimoire. modern day witches make loud noises about how straight-laced there ceremonies are, but witches from all times and all places have always recognized the enormous level of magical power contained in the sex act. sex magic rituals and ceremonies are still secretly practiced today. sexual offerings are made to the dark spirits attracted to the ceremonies. the demon of lust is summoned on the night of the new moon. the occult seduction spell is best worked on the night of the new moon, and requires a photo of the person to be seduced. in witchcraft, red is the traditional color used by witches in sexual matters. the conjuration to summon the incubi and succubi works best if it is first worked three days before the new moon. aphrodisiac foods are ruled b

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

hows the god mithras slaying the bull. the end of all things as the end of time draws near, the savior, saoshyant, will arise. he will prepare the world to be made new, and help ahura mazda to destroy ahriman. in the time of saoshyant, people will grow pure. they will stop eating meat, then milk, then plants, then water, until at last they need nothing. then there will be no more sin, and az, the demon of lust created by ahriman, will starve. she will turn on her creator, and try to swallow him up. ahriman will beg ahura mazda to save him, and ahura mazda will cast him from creation, through the very hole he made when he broke in. then time will be at an end, and the world will begin again. saoshyant will raise the dead, and ahura mazda will marry body to soul. first to rise will be gayoma

rning the ocean, which soon became milky and turned into butter. the gods continued churning and gradually fourteen precious things came forth, including the sun, the moon, vishnu s wife lakshmi, and finally, dhanvantari, the god s physician, carrying the amrita. the devas and the asuras clamored to taste it but vishnu tricked the asuras out of drinking it, and only rahu, the grasper, a monstrous demon, had a sip. to prevent the whole of him from achieving immortality vishnu cut off his head. this remained immortal and declared war on the moon god, soma, alternately swallowing and regurgitating him, in an attempt to find more of the immortal elixir (also called soma. cosmic ocean in the beginning, according to the holy book rig veda, there was neither being nor non-being, just darkness swa

e shape to make the world. the name of kasyapa, the father of the asuras, also means tortoise. in hindu mythology, the world rests on a giant tortoise. lakshmi lakshmi, sitting near a conch shell, a symbol of vishnu, has already been pulled from the ocean. the female in front of her is busy pulling out chandra, the moon (who is also known as soma. this indian ivory shows durga killing the buffalo demon. durga and the buffalo durga, the warrior goddess, is a form of the indian mother goddess, mahadevi. other forms include gentle parvati, wife of shiva (see pp. 112 13. durga was created by the gods when they were deposed by the asuras from their home on mount meru. arising from the flames of their fury, she rode into battle on a lion, killing every demon in her path, until she faced their le

e buffalo durga, the warrior goddess, is a form of the indian mother goddess, mahadevi. other forms include gentle parvati, wife of shiva (see pp. 112 13. durga was created by the gods when they were deposed by the asuras from their home on mount meru. arising from the flames of their fury, she rode into battle on a lion, killing every demon in her path, until she faced their leader, mahisha, the demon buffalo. after a terrible fight, durga defeated him and, her foot on his neck, forced the spirit from his mouth, and cut off his head. as he died, all the gods, and all the creatures in the world shouted victory! and a great lamentation arose from the demon hordes. vishnu vishnu, seen here directing the churning of the ocean, is recognizable by his four hands, holding his kaumodaki, or mace

upturned mountain the gods uprooted mount mandara to use as their churning stick. afterward, when the devas had beaten the enraged asuras in battle, the gods replaced the mountain in the himalayas. asuras the anti-gods known as asuras were the enemies of the gods, or devas. the two groups are locked in constant warfare, but neither side can triumph. asura originally meant god, but mutated to mean demon. world snake the serpent vasuki, with which the gods churned the ocean, is the king of all the serpents or nagas. he is also known as shesha and ananta. he lives in the primal ocean, wrapped around the earth, and serves as a bed for the god vishnu. one thousand mouths even the endless energy of the asuras was sapped by the heat and flames issuing from vasuki s 1,000 mouths. whenever one of t

PHOSPHORUS

east in flesh spectral shadow who is lucifugus, bless my rites with the astral shape of the toad and the serpent dragon open thy eye as algol! i do affirm lucifer azazel, fire born angel of the abyss, who comes forth in the earth as the devil and djinn of flame before me is algol my essence, my desire, my will within me sparks the black flame of set, the forge of cain! within me now is algol this demon star is my image of becoming! i summon this flame to encircle me, immolate me and open the ways of below and above! by phosphorus shall i become! by phosphorus shall the devil s mark bless me! by phosphorus shall i go forth to the sabbat as above, so below! 17 by phosphorus, lucifer and the soul of cain become as me! unto az lilith, whore, demon-mother and initiator of the nightpath! so it i

PHOSPHORUS THE SHADOWING FORTH OF LUCIFER

world can be ours under our light..awake" the fallen seraphim began to rise and take shape. they would scatter unto the various parts of the earth and abyss. from the ashes must the gods and goddesses rise. some descended further, some became as angels of light. leviathan and samael descended, lucifer became and angel of light. belial would become an earth bound spirit who would transform into a demon. astaroth, wandering the earth on a great dragon. leviathan, a daemon who became of the ocean and would exist simultaneously with the astral plane and the depths of the sea. leviathan along with the other fallen angels became an ideal, a focus of strength whose power still remains within all of us. awaiting the moment of becoming, these daemonic atavisms exist on subconscious levels of the m

PRELUDE TO THE BLACK ARTS

er all, we are not dealing with guardian angels here. relationships on any level take time to form. do you want to be able to command the forces of darkness? well, wouldn't you suppose it would be a good idea to get to know some of them first? i mean, why in the hell should they listen to you? what have you done for them lately? i know, you are going to draw a pentagram in the air and expect some demon to jump through it while you cower in or out of a different pentagram, drawn on the floor. well, i don't know about you, but the demons i deal with could care less about pentagrams, crosses and other such storybook silliness. in fact, unless you have an awfully good reason, it might be best not to attract their attention at all. if you want success and predictable results, it is best to star

by some talisman or trick as that sort of thing only angers them and makes them resent you. it's better to work in partnership with your demons than to force them to do your bidding by some sort of magical chicanery. all you would have to do under those circumstances is drop a "p" or "q" in the script, and the demons would be on your face. revenge is sweet. it is said that a. crowley picked up a demon under such adverse circumstances and never did shake it. the grimories are full of crap. so, if you can't favorably command demons by hook and crook, what do you have that could persuade a demon to help you by choice? why should they be attracted to you? what could you tempt them with? the simple answer is energy. humans can generate appreciable quantities of the type of energy that demons c

hat could persuade a demon to help you by choice? why should they be attracted to you? what could you tempt them with? the simple answer is energy. humans can generate appreciable quantities of the type of energy that demons crave. what kind of energy is that? why, my dear, it is emotional energy, of course. they lap it up. the human brain is a veritable dynamo, capable of outputting lots of good demon food, and they want it. the trick is to provide them some of this excess spurious energy without draining yourself dry as an empty wineskin. the energy of hatred, sex, desire, fear, nervousness, apprehension or sorrow are all tasty morsels to them, and once they get used to feeding at your trough, they will come back for more. of course, if you are a really dark magician, then your victims w

ore than he/she can chew until he/she develops a certain measure of control. that is the ability to do and not do by choice. in magic, control is everything. there is doing and not doing. both have a proper place in the magickal universe, and there is a right time for each. tell me, if you can't control yourself, how are you going to control another? more than that, how are you going to control a demon? preparation for magic think about it. it's hard as hell to program a computer without a purpose in mind, as you haven't yet decided what you want the machine to do. likewise, in order to perform magickal acts, you first need a purpose or reason for doing them. after that, you need to develop your focus, your intent, your will, perfect control and develop a workable technique to succeed. man

ood. after all, the lamp of truth has burned pretty dim over this last age. the object here is to remove all of the built-up trash that can be a hang up such as old guilts, limitations and religious snags. all you need is to lose your confidence as one of these weaknesses catches in your throat, and you will have failed in your purpose. all you would then have to show for your trouble is a hungry demon with which to contend. of course, you can skip this section it you want. removing mental mine fields yes, all of your life, you have been fed a steady stream of pap, designed to control you, keep you in check, and make you subservient to the will of mother, father, teacher, preacher and cop. how tiresome. but, just think what would happen if at the wrong time, a bunch of that goop, upchucked

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

ng was diminished and therefore no longer spiritual enough to encompass them, they simply flew away from him. the rest of the souls were eventually rectified, however, as we will [now] explain, please g-d. these souls left [the diminished being of adam] by way of seminal emissions, for [as we are taught, adam] sired evil spirits. this happens when the drop of seminal emission impregnates a female demon. the soul [that has thus become entrapped in evil] must be reincarnated afterwards in order to be rectified. we are taught in the talmud1 that during the 130 years adam separated from eve (after the sin until he fathered seth, he suffered from seminal emissions (the hebrew term for gseminal emission, h keri, applies both to intentional and involuntary seminal emissions. although voluntary em

sed holy energy in the world) and ideally, physical offspring as well. however, evil can also entice or trick a man to transmit his creative flow to it, by deceiving him into thinking that some holy purpose (or some cheap imitation of the exhilaration and excitement of holiness, i.e, ephemeral excitement or fulfillment) will come of this. in this case, the recipient of his vital seed is a gfemale demon, h whether that be an actual human being, a mental fantasy, or in the most general, philosophical sense, any false ideal or substitute for holiness that man may fall prey to dedicating his energies to. the result of this unholy union is that, temporarily, vital energy has been added to the side of unholiness, and unholy energy has been propagated. the mechanism g-d set up to rectify this is

l hei [shalem hei. h this is a manifestation of [g-d fs] mercy. the [opposite] manifestation, i.e, of judgment [is when the evil malchut] is called samlah, which can be read as gthe samael hei. h shelomo: shin-lamed-mem-hei. shalem hei: shin-lamed-mem hei. the letter hei is here taken to allude to the final hei of the name havayah, which indicates malchut. samael, as we have seen previously, is a demon. when malchut is filled, instead of the holiness of yesod, with the emptiness of evil, it is an expression for the demonic forces of evil. samlah: sin-mem-lamed-hei. samael hei: sin-mem-alef-lamed hei. the alef is one of the letters that often elides, so samlah can justifiably be considered a contraction of samael hei. the sixth king was shaul from rechovot hanahar. this is [the evil] gevura

d his two maidservants, sagrirah and tzariah, who attach themselves [parasitically] to eve. he introduced pollution into eve. 1 leviticus 13:1-2. 2 negaim 1:1. 3 habakkuk 1:7. 4 genesis 2:18; rashi ad loc. 5 it is customary not pronounce the names of demons (or their wives, etc, so as not to lend strength to the evils they personify. the arizal on parashat tazria (3) 460 samael is the name of the demon (i.e, angel whose task is to promote evil) who is the general personification of evil. he appears in history first as the primordial snake, who raped eve and thereby introduced the seminal evil of self-consciousness and self-orientation into humanity. elsewhere,6 the two principle wives of samael are given as na famah and lilith, and his secondary wives are their maidservants garirah and tza

piritual worlds. this imperfection has repercussions throughout all creation and must therefore be rectified. the torah refers to the incense that nadav and avihu offered as a gstrange fire. h the linguistic and thematic connected between gfire h and gwoman h will be explained presently. 1 leviticus 16:1-2. 2 ibid. 10:1-2. 3 genesis 2:23. the arizal on parashat acharei mot 478 lilith4 is a female demon. just as an angel is the personification of some holy emotion, a demon is the personification of some evil emotion. in this case, lilith (whose name is related to the hebrew word for gnight, h lailah) is the personification of man fs sexual lust as divorced from any context of true love or desire to increase gdliness in this world. in other words: raw, self-indulgent, self-serving sensual pl

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ed rites- since, ever dragging down the soul and leading it from the sacred things, from the confines of matter, arise the terrible dog-faced demons, never showing true image unto mortal gaze. so therefore first the priest who governeth the works of fire must sprinkle with the lustral water of the loud, resounding sea. labour thou around the strophalos of hecate. when thou shalt see a terrestrial demon approaching, cry aloud and sacrifice the stone mnizourin. change not the barbarous names of evocation, for they are names divine, having in the sacred rites a power ineffable. and when <103> after all the phantoms have vanished, thou shalt see that holy and formless fire- that fire which darts and flashes through the hidden depths of the universe, hear thou the voice of fire. hereunto is the

he limit of your strength. heg. returns to altar. 3rd ad. descends and leads phil, with sol to w. hiereus going to n. bars their way. heireus (knocks) by the power of pan and the goat of mendes, stand. 3rd ad. thus far and no farther are you permitted to penetrate the path of ayin, whose mysteries may now be partially revealed to you. the 15th key of the tarot represents a goat-headed, satyr-like demon whose legs are hairy-his feet and claws, standing upon a cubical altar. he has heavy bat-like wings. in his left hand, which points downwards, he holds a lighted torch, and in his right, which is elevated, a horn of water. the left hand points downwards to show that it is the infernal and burning, not the celestial and life-giving flame which is kindled in his torch-just as when the sun is i

. on the human plane, it would represent a person who was a lunatic and at times given to frightful fits of mania. translated to the elemental plane, it would represent a form whose body fluctuated between a man and an animal, and 490 the golden dawn: volume n book seven indeed, the assiatic form would be a most evil type with a force something like that compounded of that of a bird and that of a demon- an altogether horrible result. the letter aleph represents spirituality in high things, but when translated to the plane contiguous to or below assiah is usually <68> something horrible and unbalanced, because it is so opposed to matter that the moment it is involved therein, there is no harmony between them. radiating forces of divine light, otherwise called angelic forms, have not gender

ments through it. the pentagram with a single point- eagle upwards is called the "sign of the microcosm" and is a good symbol, representing man with his arms and legs extended adoring his creator, and especially the dominion of the spirit over the four elements, and consequently of reason over buu lion mattebru. t with the single point downwards it is a very@ evil symbol. the head of the goat, or demon's head, representing the abasement of reason beneath the blind forces of matter, the elevation of anarchy above order, and of conflicting forces driven by chance above god. it represents the concentrated force of the spirit and the four elements governed by the five letters of the name of the restorer of all things yhshvh, and it is especially attributed to the planet mars. it also shows the

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ses the word and the creation of the word. two affirmations make two corresponding denials either possible or necessary. the fact of being is affirmed, and that of nothingness is denied. affirmation as word produces affirmation as realization or incarnation of the word, and each of these affirmations corresponds to the denial of its opposite. thus, in the opinion of the kabalists, the name of the demon or of evil is composed of the same letters as the name of god or goodness, but spelt backwards. this evil is the lost reflection or imperfect mirage of light in shadow. but all which exists, whether of good or evil, of light or darkness, exists and manifests by the tetrad. the affirmation of unity supposes the number four, unless it turns in unity itself as in a vicious circle. so also the t

representing a horrible and deformed ancient, who is termed vulgarly the devil. hence an initiate has been bold enough to say: the devil is god, as understood by the wicked; while another has added, in words more bizarre but no less energetic: the devil is composed of god's ruins. we may sum up and explain these strikingly novel definitions by remarkthe kabalah 47 ing that in symbolism itself the demon is an angel cast out of heaven for having sought to usurp divinity. this belongs to the allegorical language of prophets and makers of legends. philosophically speaking, the devil is a human idea of divinity, which has been surpassed and dispossessed of heaven by the progress of science and reason. among primitive oriental peoples, moloch, adramelek, baal, were personifications of the one go

t, setting him free from a hostile action which destroys itself by unmeasured exaggeration. the term envoutement (bewitchment) so strong in its gaelic simplicity, expresses admirably what it means, the act of enveloping someone, so to speak, in a formulated will. the instrument of bewitchments is the great magical agent which, under the influence of an evil will, becomes really and positively the demon. witchcraft, properly so called, that is, ceremonial operation with intent to bewitch, acts only on the operator, and serves to fix and confirm his will, by formulating it with persistence and travail, the two conditions which make volition efficacious. the more difficult or horrible the operation, the greater is its power, because it acts more strongly on the imagination and confirms effort

and other monstrosities, which are the very essence and reality of goetia or nigromancy. such are the practices which from all time have brought down upon sorcerers the just repression of the laws. black magic is really only a graduated combination of sacrileges and murders designed for the permanent perversion of a human will and for the realization in a living man of the hideous phantom of the demon. it is therefore, properly speaking, the religion of the devil, the cultus of darkness, hatred of good carried to the height of paroxysm: it is the incarnation of death and the persistent creation of hell: the kabalist bodin who has been considered erroneously of a feeble and superstitious mind, had no other motive in writing his demonomania than that of warning people against dangerous incr

orce to its point of departure, thus explaining one of the strangest histories in a sacred book, that of the demons sent into the swine, which thereupon cast themselves into the sea. this act of high initiation was nothing else but the rupture of a magnetic current infected by evil wills. our name is legion, for we are many, said the instinctive voice of the possessed sufferer. possessions by the demon are bewitchments, and such cases are innumerable at the present day. a saintly monk who has devoted himself to the service of the insane, brother hilarion tissot, has succeeded, after long experience and incessant practice, in curing a number of patients by unconsciously using the magnetism of paracelsus. he attributes most of his cases either to disorder of the subjects' will or to the perv

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premeditated that terrible hour when he should cry, in the throes of his agony: emy god, my god, why hast thou forsaken me? f as the star of the morning goes before the sun, the rebellion of lucifer announced to new-born nature the coming incarnation of god. possibly lucifer, in his fall through night, carried with him a rain of suns and stars by the attraction of his glory. possibly our sun is a demon among the stars, as lucifer is a star among the angels. doubtless it is for this reason that it lights so calmly the horrible anguish of humanity and the long agony of earth -because it is free in its solitude and possesses its light. h such were the tendencies of the heresiarchs in the early centuries. some, like the ophites, adored the demon under the figure of a serpent; others, like the

heresiarchs in the early centuries. some, like the ophites, adored the demon under the figure of a serpent; others, like the cainites, justified the rebellion of the first angel and that of the first murderer. all those errors, all those shadows, all those monstrous idols of anarchy which india opposes in its symbols to the magical trimurti, have found priests and worshippers in christianity. the demon is mentioned nowhere in genesis; an allegorical serpent deceives our first parents. here is the common translation of the sacred text: gnow, the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the lord god had made. h but this is what moses says: this signifies, according to the version of fabre d'olivet: gnow, original attraction (cupidity) was the entraining passion of all elemen

of morning or evening. it is mary or lilith, victory or death, day or night. the pentagram with two points in the ascendant represents satan as the goat of the sabbath; when one point is in the ascendant, it is the sign of the saviour. the pentagram is the figure of the human body, having the four limbs and a single point representing the head. a human figure head downwards naturally represents a demon that is, intellectual subversion, disorder or madness. now, if magic be a reality, if occult science be really the true law of the three worlds, this absolute sign, this sign ancient as history and more ancient, should and does exercise an incalculable influence upon spirits set free from their material envelope. the sign of the pentagram is called the sign of the microcosm, and it represent

reveal no secrets of the order. it was more effectual than any oath and silenced religious objections. the name of the templar baphomet, which should be spelt kabalistically backwards, is composed of three abbreviations: tem. ohp. ab, templi omnium hominum pacts abbas, gthe father of the temple of peace of all men h. according to some, the baphomet was a monstrous head, but according to others, a demon in the form of a goat. a sculptured coffer was disinterred recently in the ruins of an old commandery of the temple, and antiquaries observed upon it a baphometic figure, corresponding by its attributes to the goat of mendes and the androgyne of khunrath. it was a bearded figure with a female body, holding the sun in one hand and the moon in the other, attached to chains. now, this virile he

of the sorcerers 87 the kabalah was in his opinion an invention of the devil and that the star of solomon was another diabolical device to persuade the world that satan was the same as god. observe what is taught seriously by those who are masters in israel! the ideal of nothingness and night inventing a sublime philosophy which is the universal basis of faith and the keystone of all temples! the demon setting his signature by the side of god's! my venerable masters in theology, you are greater sorcerers than you or others are aware, and he who said: gthe devil is a liar like his father, h would have had some observations to make on the decisions of your reverences. evokers of the devil must before all things belong to a religion which admits a creative devil, who is also rival of god. to

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lief system other than their own is "satanic" the ayatollah khomeini and saddam hussein referred to the united states as the "great satan" in the british parliament a protestant leader called the pope the antichrist. in a book titled prepare for war (1987, rebecca brown, m.d. has a chapter entitled "is roman catholicism witchcraft" dr. brown also lists among the "doorways" to satanic power and/or demon infestation the following: fortune tellers, horoscopes, fraternity oaths, vegetarianism, yoga, self-hypnosis, relaxation tapes, acupuncture, biofeedback, fantasy role-playing games, adultery, homosexuality, pornography, judo, karate, and rock music. dr. brown states that rock music "was a carefully masterminded plan by none other than satan himself (p. 84. the ideas expressed in this book ma

it, and what can you tell us about the author? 11. what is meant by "solve et coagula" 12. what are the three components of the alchemical stone, and what are the four steps of joining them? 13. explain what you can about the two solstices and the two equinoxes. 14. what does the word "satan" mean? 15. what is the difference between satanism and humanism? 16. what can you tell us about the word "demon" 17. please name and tell us something of the crown princes of hell. 18. what is the value (if any) in celebrating "le messe noir" 19. what is magick? 20. explain the difference between greater magick and lesser magick? 21. in your own words, describe what is meant by the "intellectual decompression chamber" 22. what is the difference between a ritual and a ceremony? 23. what is the greatest

e law. 78. what is meant by a "black brother" 79. what similarities can be noted between azazel and set? 80. explain the egyptian principle of crossing. 81. in your own words, interpret the symbolism of the pentagram. 82. what is meant by the term "the temple in man" 83. what is "sex magick" and its value if any? 84. what is the kundalini? the fire snake? 85. what is meant by the "ordeal with the demon crowley" 86. what was the secret seal of the a.a, and what did it mean? 87. what is the abyss? 88. when does human peak performance occur? why? 89. in alchemy, the mundane transmutation of metals was symbolic of what? 90. how can the rejection of gods aid setians in conquering death? 91. what are ley lines? 92. what constitutes a "school" in ouspenskian terms? 93. define "symbols" and "symbo

n there was no initiatory degree beyond that of magus v (alternately called "satanic master. the designation of "daimon" here may be considered comparable to what the temple of set would later recognize as the vi of ipsissimus. the word "daimon" comes from the greek daimon, meaning "divine spirit" or "tutelary divinity" it is, of course, the term which was later corrupted into the christian term "demon. the irony is not inappropriate. i cannot undo the hurt that has come of this, but i shall restore to anton szandor lavey his human aspect and his degree of magus in my order. thus all may understand that he is dearly held by me, and that the end of the church of satan is not a thing of shame to him. but a new aeon is now to begin, and the work of anton szandor lavey is done. let him be at e

at while these are separated, the fact they are not divided indicates each will impact on the other constantly. harwer, the living horus. as i see key #3, the subject of harwer is explained with a clarity that is quite pellucid. return to the key and begin reading, starting with the paragraph beginning "the placing of harwer within our setian philosophy" to the final paragraph of key #3. like the demon in niven& pournelle's inferno "i really don't know how to make it plainer" which translates to i can't make it plainer for you but you can make it plainer for you. the keys will not teach, but what they will do is open the way for breaking down one's own barriers to understanding. and on the other side of those barriers? actually, there's this horrible devil with a trident and meathooks, jus

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some devil has got into you and turned your wits. you who have been given so much: do you not feel you owe anything to anyone? to your country? to the memory of your dear mother? to your own mind? will you spend your life jiggling and preening under bright lights, kissing blonde women under the gaze of strangers who have paid to watch your shame? you are no son of mine, but a _ghoul, a _hoosh, a demon up from hell. an actor! answer me this: what am i to tell my friends" and beneath a signature, the pathetic, petulant postscript "now that you have your own bad djinni, do not think you will inherit the magic lamp" o o o after that, changez chamchawala wrote to his son at irregular intervals, and in every letter he returned to the theme of demons and possession "a man untrue to himself becom

e, sometimes for a month at a stretch, just to be alone. his name: a dream-name, changed by the vision. pronounced correctly, it means he-for-whom-thanks-should-be-given, but he won't answer to that here; nor, though he's well aware of what they call him, to his nickname in jahilia down below _he-who-goes-up-and-down-old-coney. here he is neither mahomet nor mochammered; has adopted, instead, the demon-tag the farangis hung around his neck. to turn insults into strengths, whigs, tories, blacks all chose to wear with pride the names they were given in scorn; likewise, our mountain-climbing, prophetmotivated solitary is to be the medieval baby--frightener, the devil's synonym: mahound. that's him. mahound the businessman, climbing his hot mountain in the hijaz. the mirage of a city shines be

lid shouts _unthinkable. refuse. faithful bilal admonishes him: do not lecture the messenger. of course, he has refused. salman the persian asks: what sort of deal. mahound smiles again "at least one of you wants to know "it's a small matter" he begins again "a grain of sand. abu simbel asks allah to grant him one little favour" hamza sees the exhaustion in him. as if he had been wrestling with a demon. the water--carrier is shouting "nothing! not a jot" hamza shuts him up "if our great god could find it in his heart to concede- he used that word _concede- that three, only three of the three hundred and sixty idols in the house are worthy of worship "there is no god but god" bilal shouts. and his fellows join in "ya allah" mahound looks angry "will the faithful hear the messenger" they fal

eapon, and young persons were jailed, even deported, for possessing the small glass spheres. the presiding judge in the case of the grosvenor marbles was this same henry (thereafter known as "hang"em) higham, and to be his niece had been a further burden for a young woman already weighed down by her right-wing voice. now, warm in bed in her temporary castle, pamela chamcha rid herself of this old demon _goodbye, hang"eni, i've no more time for you; and of her parents' ghosts; and prepared to be free of the most recent ghost of all. sipping cognac, pamela watched vampires on tv and allowed herself to take pleasure in, well, in herself. had she not invented herself in her own image? i am that i am, she toasted herself in napoleon brandy. i work in a community relations council in the borough

eauty and her air of staring into another world, the object of many young men's desires, it began to be said that she was looking for a lover from heaven, because she thought herself too good for mortal men. her rejected suitors complained that in practical terms she had no business acting so choosy, in the first place because she was an orphan, and in the second, because she was possessed by the demon of epilepsy, who would certainly put off any heavenly spirits who might otherwise have been interested. some embittered youths went so far as to suggest that as ayesha's defects would prevent her from ever finding a husband she might as well start taking lovers, so as not to waste that beauty, which ought in all fairness to have been given to a less problematic individual. in spite of these

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onjure. anma-el: made a sexual pact with a mortal woman to reveal the secret names of god. araqui-el/saraqa-el: taught the signs and secrets of the earth (geography and/or geomancy. araziel/arazyael: god is my noon. asael: made by god. asbeel: god s deserter. it is he who sowed the first seeds of dissention and lead the others astray. azael/azazel: possibly from the babylonian arsiel, who was the demon of the bottomless pit and whose name meant black sun, although usually translated to mean whom god strengthens. he was supposedly the first to descend, and later becomes ibliss. according to rabbinical texts, he is also satan, who refused to bow before the son of clay. with naamah, sister of cain, he fathered azza the strong one, who later revealed the heavenly arcana to solomon. baraqijal:

ay be found. the reader is directed to these sources, where they will find the traditional rites and prayers of evocation, and the signs and seals by which they may be summoned. yet it should be known that these rituals are far from the only way in which such spirits may be called upon. for example paul huson s controversial and influential work mastering witchcraft include a formula by which the demon agares is called upon. this author has come across and worked many other formulae that deviate from those of the classical grimoire and yet call upon the same spirits detailed within them, and affirms that such is not unusual in the practice of black witchcraft. this list is extensive, yet by no means exhaustive. there are also many strange and unusual spirits that are known locally to vario

re are also many strange and unusual spirits that are known locally to various districts of england, or whose names have been passed as secrets amongst certain lineages of witchcraft. one or two of the better known of these are also included below, for the convenience of the reader. on the whole such spirits are also christianised and demonised forms of old pagan powers. abalim (hebrew, mourning. demon attendant upon paimon. abbadon (hebrew, downfall, ruin, probably from greek, apollyon, meaning destroyer. fallen angel, who is the destroyer, the place of destruction, the abyss (job 26:2;28:2. lord of the locust plague, angel of hell (revelation 9:7-11. whose name milton uses to describe the pit of hell. chief of the demonic locusts, whose faces are human and whose tails are scorpion. the n

anets. who has the head of a cockrel and snakes for legs (abrasax, abraxis, and in scientific literature, angnipede, meaning snake feet. abraxas is recognised as a devil of black witchcraft, and the name appears in various evocatory formulae. it is also applied as a title sometimes given to lucifer/satan. adramelech, adramelek (hebrew king of fire. an angel of the throne, now a fallen angel, arch-demon chancellor of the order of the fly, patron of hypocrites. manifests as a peacock or a mule, or as bearded, eagle winged, lion bodied. charged with the devil s livery. corresponds to the quabballistic sphere of yod. identified with sacrifices by fire. agares (goetic, from greek agreus meaning hunter, also the name of an avatar of dionysos. a duke ruling in the east. formerly of the angelic or

two stars on his forehead, who rides upon a viper, and carries a torch with which he sets aflame to great places. may answer truly about private matters, or make one witty. akephalos (hellenistic egyptian) the headless one. perhaps originally a manifestation of osiris, the akephalos appears in ancient hellenistic and egyptian papyri dealing in magick. the word also appears as a designation for a demon created from the spirit of a beheaded criminal. the rite of the bornless one is employed in goetic evocation, chiefly through the innovation of aliester crowley. alloces (goetia, 52nd spirit. duke commanding 36 legions. a soldier with a red face and flaming eyes, with a huge and course voice, riding a horse. teaches astronomy and liberal arts, gives good familiars. the name possibly has its

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and esoteric gibberish by chroniclers of magical lore unable or unwilling to present an objective view of the subject. writer after writer, in efforts to state the principles of "white and black magic, has succeeded instead in clouding the entire issue so badly that the would-be student of sorcery winds up stupidly pushing a planchette over a ouija board, standing inside a pentagram waiting for a demon to present itself, limply tossing i-ching yarrow stalks like so many stale pretzels, shuffling pasteboards to foretell a future which has lost any meaning, attending seminars guaranteed to flatten his ego- while doing the same to his wallet- and in general making a blithering fool of himself in the eyes of those who know! the true magus knows that occult bookshelves abound with the brittle r

elf, in fearing "god- why praise his true self in praising "god- why remain externalized from "god" in order to engage in ritual and religious ceremony in his name? man needs ritual and dogma, but no law states that an externalized god is necessary in order to engage in ritual and ceremony performed in a god's name! could it be that when he closes the gap between himself and his "god" he sees the demon of pride creeping forth- that very embodiment of lucifer appearing in his midst? he no longer can view himself in two parts, the carnal and the spiritual, but sees them merge as one, and then to his abysmal horror, discovers that they are only the carnal- and always were! then he either hates himself to death, day by day- or rejoices that he is what he is! if he hates himself, he searches ou

ificed to a god. the devils of mankind are many, and their origins diversified. the performance of satanic ritual does not embrace the calling forth of demons; this practice is followed only by those who are in fear of the very forces they conjure. supposedly, demons are malevolent spirits with attributes conductive to the deterioration of the people or events that they touch upon. the greek word demon meant a guardian spirit or source of inspiration, and to be sure, later theologians invented legion upon legion of these harbingers of inspiration- all wicked. an indication of the cowardice of "magicians" of the right-hand path is the practice of calling upon a particular demon (who would supposedly be a minion of the devil) to do his bidding. the assumption is that the demon, being only a

ght, life, and goodness; and ahriman, the serpent, the god of darkness, destruction, death, and evil. these, and countless other examples, not only depict man's devils as animals, but also show his need to sacrifice the original animal gods and demote them to his devils. at the time of the reformation, in the sixteenth century, the alchemist, dr. johann faustus, discovered a method of summoning a demon- mephistopheles- from hell and making a pact with him. he signed a contract in blood to turn his soul over to mephistopheles in return for the feeling of youth, and at once became young. when the time came for faustus to die, he retired to his room and was blown to bits as though his laboratory had exploded. this story is a protest of the times (the sixteenth century) against science, chemis

denying them. a large percentage of these people have special "attributes" which make their dependence upon you more feasible and much more effective. many psychic vampires are invalids (or pretend to be) or are "mentally or emotionally disturbed" others might feign ignorance or incompetence so you will, out of pity- or more often, exasperation- do things for them. the traditional way to banish a demon or elemental is to recognize it for what it is, and exorcise it. recognition of these modern-day demons and their methods is the only antidote for their devastating hold over you. most people accept these passively vicious individuals at face value only because their insidious maneuvers have never been pointed out to them. they merely accept these "poor souls" as being less fortunate than th

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ight we ask thy unfailing assistance in this particular need (here is mentioned the special purpose for which the mass is offered. in the unity of unholy fellowship we praise and honor first thee, lucifer, morning star, and beelzebub, lord of regeneration; then belial, prince of the earth and angel of destruction; leviathan, beast of revelation; abaddon, angel of the bottomless pit; and asmodeus, demon of lust. we call upon the mighty names of astaroth, nergal and behemoth, of belphegor, adramelech, and baalberith, and of all the nameless and formless ones, the mighty and innumerable hosts of hell, by whose assistance may we be strengthened in mind, body and will [the celebrant then extends his hands, palms downward, over the offerings on the altar and recites the following [the gong is so

ch bear great harvest. all: grant us, dark lord! celebrant: for leisure time in pleasure's own pursuit, in which we may all things eschew that speak of vile necessity. all: sustain us, dark lord! celebrant: for thou art a mighty lord, o tchort, and unto thee is all power, honor, and dominion. let our bright visions be transformed into reality and our works be enduring. for we are kindred spirits, demon brothers, children of earthly joy, who with one voice proclaim: so be it! slava tchortu [priest lifts arms high with fingers spread (incendi] celebrant: arise, invoke the blasphemous name the lord of sodom, the god of cain joy to the flesh forever! ogon! ty tchortu ogonyok! razgoraisa poskorei [priest empties powder into brazier, instantaneous to striking of gong, and shouts] sabatan [congre

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lack magician expresses his deepest desires. though this act of sacred symbolism, the emotions involved may be (sporadically) relieved. concerning the reverent the conducting of a ritual of black magick also, of course, presupposes a personal commitment to realizing one s desires outside of and sometime after ritual. the act of kissing, licking, sucking and fucking one s love object by proxy (the demon-lover in a fantasy/ritual context) is only satisfactory for the moment; and if one s desire is long-term, the act will most likely happen again. such a fantasy and its on-going moments of expressed desire parallel emotional expression as if the desired situation were actual. regarding curses: depending on the given situation and the kind of magickal techniques employed, the desired destructi

satanagram. creative darkness this is the most important part of the satanic ritual. maximizing the dark element within is paramount to the success of the working (refer to book iii: creative darkness. the evocation of demons in satanic magick, the evocation and direction of demonic forces adds power and support to the potential of the working. legend: invisible angles of the pentagonia -24- each demon has a specific function and nature. therefore, evoke the appropriate demons for each ritual. demons are evoked after the partaking of the chalice of change. the rituals contained herein may be performed alone or with others who, if utilized, would give support and act as assistants to the priest. special note: the effectiveness of these magickal arts, to a large extent, depends upon the rece

als of satanic proper -30- the pact of satan membership with most elite organizations or private societies usually require an initiation rite and/or formal membership document which is signed by the initiate. this tends to be true (though in varying forms) also with regard to satanic organizations and realms. historically speaking, black arts practitioners seeking satanic alliance would call up a demon, or satan himself, to make a pact in exchange for power of various sorts instead of joining a satanic group. moreover, hundreds of years ago, such groups weren t open or well-known, now were devil s books readily available to the general public through retailers, as any kind of satanic worship was considered a crime punishable by death. thank the devil and enlightenment for our freedom from

and the powers of the infernal one! accept me as your evil ally by this name_ initiate dated this night_ witness_ priest/priestess of satan -33- the ritual of antichrist the sigil of antichrist if you truly have a darkness to your soul then this ritual will be both inspiring and self-fulfilling. however, by the same token, if you re attempting to become something you re not, it can bring forth a demon of self-destruction. therefore, know thyself! the main focus of this ritual 1 to purge any residual xian influence from the essence of the celebrant s being. 2 to cause the essential darkness of the celebrant to grow, thus expanding the sixth sense. 3 to strengthen the will to oppose the xian doctrines. the ritual represents the forces of darkness and their emergence in the age of evil. duri

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

ites of passage the major rites of passage for ancient mesopotamians were the same as those for people in many other cultures: birth, marriage, and death. families were nuclear, that is, they consisted of a father, mother, and children. the father was accepted as head of the household. birth was an occasion for much religious care. women giving birth wore special ornaments to scare off the female demon lamashtu, who was said to kill or kidnap children. the moon god, nanna, was called upon to help the woman in labor. the earliest lullabies, or soothing songs sung to babies, were adapted from incantations, or sung prayers, to protect the infant. the next major rite of passage, marriage, was both a religious and a legal matter. law codes that survive show that marriage was celebrated in a cer

the universe, and the eight immortals, or ba xian (also spelled pa-hsien, are popular gods modeled on historical persons who reached worldly perfection. religious daoists believe that after death they may become important ancestors, just like those they worshipped during their lifetimes. there is also a form of hell, with nine different stages of punishment, each of which is ruled by a different demon king. prayers, however, can help get a person out of hell. magic rites, exorcism (or ridding the body of evil spirits, and communication with the spirit world are all duties of the daoist priest. it is important to understand, however, that daoism, as it is viewed in the west, is mainly the philosophical branch of the belief system. the major themes of that sort of daoism include quiet actio

n to remove obstacles and cast blessings. he is shown with an elephant s head, a large belly, and four arms. hanuman: known for his courage and bravery. hanuman is loyal to rama and represents devotion and hope. hanuman is depicted as a monkey and holds a mace (staff) in one hand. kali: the goddess of destruction. kali is a dark-skinned goddess with eight hands, usually shown atop the corpse of a demon. she is a form of parvati. krishna: a manifestation of vishnu, krishna is a popular figure of worship. krishna is known for his bravery and fight against evil. he is often depicted in images as playing a flute, sometimes accompanied by his friend radha. lakshmi: the goddess of beauty, prosperity, and good fortune. lakshmi emerged from the milk ocean and is married to vishnu. she has four han

a meal with gentile christians. perhaps because of this disagreement, paul set out on his second missionary journey, revisiting some of the towns that he had visited on his first journey. his travels took him through asia minor and into macedonia, where he established the first christian church in philippi. in this city he was imprisoned for theft because he supposedly exorcized, or drove out, a demon from a slave woman. the woman s owner claimed this reduced her value to him because she had supposedly been able to read fortunes before the exorcism, but could not afterwards. after his release paul traveled to athens, greece, and then to the greek region of corinth, where he wrote 1 thessalonians, the first of his surviving epistles. in corinth, paul once again encountered legal difficulti

of zarathushtra, cattle were very important to survival. every part of the cattle could be used for food, clothing, or other purposes. people were very dependent on cattle, and the animals, in turn, were also dependent on the people for their wellbeing. the ox-creator, representing the most valued creature of the time, asks ahura mazda for protection from the surrounding violence. the daevas are demon spirits who follow angra mainya, or ahriman, the devil. they have rushed together to violence. zarathushtra taught that there was both a good and a bad and that people could choose the good. the daevas did not choose correctly. to fight against the daevas, one needs to exercise asha, which includes truth, order, and discipline. zarathusthra is telling his followers that by this behavior, the

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rt description of these figurines, doresse concludes "there is no doubt about the identification of the god worshipped in this guise, as one of the great figures of gnosticism: the pedestal is engraved with the name aberamentho, which denoted jesus (p. 105. finally, in order "to show what relations already existed between gnosticism and the more confused magical literature in which this fantastic demon appears, doresse refers to an incantation known as the stele of jeou the painter, where the headless god, akephalos, is said to be osiris- onnophris, i.e "osiris the beautiful being. among his names, doresse counts "arbathiao, seth, iao, sabaoth and abrasax (p. 105. let us consider doresse's evidence and arguments. to begin with, it must be pointed out that there is no evidence to the effect

of peterson's article; cf. r. kotanski "incantations and prayers for salvation on inscribed amulets" in magika hiera, ed. c.a. faraone and d. obink (new york-oxford 1991) 137, n. 110. 7 although seth in ancient egypt could be reconciled with horus and seen as the defender of the solar bark, his cult seems to have disappeared after the assyrian period and the god himself began to be turned into a demon; see h. te velde, seth, god of confusion, probleme der agyptologie 6 (leiden 1967) 139-151. 88 jarl fossum and brian glazer two points only need to be made in this connection. firstly, typhon in the spell contained in pgm iv.154-285 is not equated with seth, adam's son; in fact, the name of seth does not occur in the spell. secondly, the two prayers "in which adam plays the leading part" men

as well as the name of ichthys denotes the good shepherd surrounded by the twelve apostles. cf. also his discussion on p. 270-272. 21 see worrell "a coptic wizard's hoard, american journal of semitic languages and literatures 46 (1930) 239-262. standing in the tradition inaugurated by wunsch (see n. 5, worrell says that the god is "set- typhon-seth.the good, the evil, the powerful god, the storm demon, the hebrew patriarch, the gnostic christ, the ass-headed on the crucifix (255. as for the theory that the famous palatine graffito is a christian gnostic work showing an identification of christ and the egyptian seth, see already the refutation in procope- walter "iao und set (above n. 15) 50-51. 22 see mirecki "the coptic 'wizard's hoard, to be published in the proceedings of the conferenc

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

re, loved her dearly, but who was in no way calculated to instruct her. dame gionetta was every inch italian and neapolitan. her youth had been all love, and her age was all superstition. she was garrulous, fond, a gossip. now she would prattle to the girl of cavaliers and princes at her feet, and now she would freeze her blood with tales and legends, perhaps as old as greek or etrurian fable, of demon and vampire, of the dances round the great walnut-tree at benevento, and the haunting spell of the evil eye. all this helped silently to weave charmed webs over viola's imagination that afterthought and later years might labour vainly to dispel. and all this especially fitted her to hang, with a fearful joy, upon her father's music. those visionary strains, ever struggling to translate into

in a strange and confused kind of melee, but the prince and myself only sought each other. the noise around us, the confusion of the guests, the cries of the musicians, the clash of our own swords, only served to stimulate our unhappy fury. we feared to be interrupted by the attendants, and fought like madmen, without skill or method. i thrust and parried mechanically, blind and frantic, as if a demon had entered into me, till i saw the prince stretched at my feet, bathed in his blood, and zanoni bending over him, and whispering in his ear. that sight cooled us all. the strife ceased; we gathered, in shame, remorse, and horror, round our ill-fated host; but it was too late, his eyes rolled fearfully in his head. i have seen many men die, but never one who wore such horror on his countenan

s heart, and he felt no jealous pang at the thought that she had been saved by zanoni, that at that moment she was perhaps beneath his roof. whoever has, in the course of his life, indulged the absorbing passion of the gamester, will remember how all other pursuits and objects vanished from his mind; how solely he was wrapped in the one wild delusion; with what a sceptre of magic power the despot-demon ruled every feeling and every thought. far more intense than the passion of the gamester was the frantic yet sublime desire that mastered the breast of glyndon. he would be the rival of zanoni, not in human and perishable affections, but in preternatural and eternal lore. he would have laid down life with content nay, rapture as the price of learning those solemn secrets which separated the

of those long, desolate, gloomy villages which are found in the interior of the neapolitan dominions: and now he came upon a small chapel on one side the road, with a gaudily painted image of the virgin in the open shrine. around this spot, which, in the heart of a christian land, retained the vestige of the old idolatry (for just such were the chapels that in the pagan age were dedicated to the demon-saints of mythology, gathered six or seven miserable and squalid wretches, whom the curse of the leper had cut off from mankind. they set up a shrill cry as they turned their ghastly visages towards the horseman; and, without stirring from the spot, stretched out their gaunt arms, and implored charity in the name of the merciful mother! glyndon hastily threw them some small coins, and, turni

irst boasts of marvellous results, and refuses to explain the causes "well said, o logician of the schools; but think again. suppose we were to impart all our knowledge to all mankind indiscriminately, alike to the vicious and the virtuous, should we be benefactors or scourges? imagine the tyrant, the sensualist, the evil and corrupted being possessed of these tremendous powers; would he not be a demon let loose on earth? grant that the same privilege be accorded also to the good; and in what state would be society? engaged in a titan war, the good forever on the defensive, the bad forever in assault. in the present condition of the earth, evil is a more active principle than good, and the evil would prevail. it is for these reasons that we are not only solemnly bound to administer our lor

SIR WALLIS BUDGE EGYPTIAN MAGIC

om which the word for "nurse (menat) is derived; see the article by lefebure "le menat et le nom de l'eunuque" in proc. soc. bibl. arch, 1891, p. 333 f. 61:1 see papyrus of ani, 2nd edit, plates 33, 31. 62:1 see papyrus of ani, 2nd edit, plate 35. 63:1 see lanzone, dizionario, p. 853. p. 65 chapter iii. magical figures. it has been said above that the name or the emblem or the picture of a god or demon could become an amulet with power to protect him that wore it, and that such power lasted as long as the substance of which it was made lasted, if the name, or emblem, or picture was not erased from it. but the egyptians went a step further than this, and they believed that it was possible to transmit to the figure of any man, or woman, or animal, or living creature, the soul of the being wh

is heart i mean to burn. but the person's heart i wish to turn, wishing them neither rest nor peace till they are dead and gone" at intervals her son george sprinkled salt on the fire which added greatly to the weirdness of the scene, and at length, when the roasting had been continued until far into the night, a black cat jumped out from somewhere and was, of course, instantly declared to be the demon which had been exorcised. again, in october, 1882, a heart stuck full of pins was found in a recess of a chimney in an old house in the village of ashbrittle; and in 1890 another was found nailed up inside the "clavel" in the chimney of an old house at staplegrove. the art of making such figures king james i. attributes to the "divell" and says in describing the p. 101 things which witches a

ut a talisman, or a gigantic amulet engraved with magical figures and words of power, and it was, undoubtedly, placed in some conspicuous place in a courtyard or in a house to protect the building and its inmates from the attacks of hostile beings, visible and invisible, and its power was believed to be invincible. there is not a god of any importance whose figure is not on it, and there is not a demon, or evil animal or reptile, who is not depicted upon it in a vanquished state; the knowledge of the ancient egyptian mythology p. 152 and the skill shewn by the designer of this talisman are very remarkable. the small cippi of horus contain nothing but extracts from the scenes and texts which we find on the "metternichstele" and it, or similar objects, undoubtedly formed the source from whic

em to choose from among their number a man "wise of heart and cunning of finger" that he might send him to bekhten; they did so, and their choice fell upon one tehuti-em-heb. this sage having come before the king was ordered to set out for bekhten in company with the ambassador, and he departed; and when they had arrived there the egyptian priest found the lady bent-ent-resht to be possessed of a demon or spirit over which he was powerless. the prince of bekhten, seeing that the priest was unable to afford relief to his daughter, sent once again to the king, and entreated him to send a god to his help. when the ambassador from bekhten arrived in egypt the king was in thebes, and on hearing what was asked he went into the temple of khonsu nefer-hetep, and besought that god to allow his coun

ef to his daughter, sent once again to the king, and entreated him to send a god to his help. when the ambassador from bekhten arrived in egypt the king was in thebes, and on hearing what was asked he went into the temple of khonsu nefer-hetep, and besought that god to allow his counterpart khonsu to depart to bekhten and to deliver the daughter of the prince of that country from the power of the demon that possessed her. it seems as if the sage tehuti-em-heb had been sent to bekhten by the advice of the god, for the king says, in addressing, the god "i have come once again into thy presence; but in any case khonsu nefer-hetep agreed to his request, and a fourfold measure of magical power was imparted to the statue of the god which was to go to bekhten. the god, seated in his boat, and fiv

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ndent works of the temple. telling also of the authorities they wield against men, and by what angels these demons are brought to naught. of the sage solomon. blessed art thou, o lord god, who didst give solomon such authority. glory to thee and might unto the ages. amen. 2. and behold, when the temple of the city of jerusalem was being builded, and the artificers were working thereat, ornias the demon came among them toward sunset; and he took away half of the pay of the chief-deviser's) little boy, as well as half his food. he also continued to suck the thumb of his right hand every day. and the child grew thin, although he was very much loved by the king. 3. so king solomon called the boy one day, and questioned him, saying "do i not love thee more than all the artisans who are working

the temple of god, after sunset, when i lie down to rest, one of the evil demons comes and takes away from me one half of my pay and one half of my food. then he also takes hold of my right hand and sucks my thumb. and lo, my soul is opressed, and so my body waxes thinner every day" 5. now when i solomon heard this, i entered the temple of god, and prayed with all my soul, night and day, that the demon might be delivered into my hands, and that i might gain authority over him. and it came about through my prayer that grace was given to me from the lord sabaoth by michael his archangel [he brought me] a little ring, having a seal consisting of an engraved stone, and said to me "take, o solomon, king, son of david, the gift which the lord god has sent thee, the highest sabaoth. with it thou

emons of the earth, male and female; and with their help thou shalt build up jerusalem [but] thou [must] wear this seal of god. and this engraving of the seal of the ring sent thee is a pentalpha" 6. and i solomon was overjoyed, and praised and glorified the god of heaven and earth. and on the morrow i called the boy, and gave him the ring, and said to him "take this, and at the hour in which the demon shall come unto thee, throw this ring at the chest of the demon, and say to him 'in the name of god, king solomon calls thee hither' and then do thou come running to me, without having any misgivings or fear in respect of aught thou mayest hear on the part of the demon" 7. so the child took the ring, and went off; and behold, at the customary hour ornias, the fierce demon, came like a burnin

then do thou come running to me, without having any misgivings or fear in respect of aught thou mayest hear on the part of the demon" 7. so the child took the ring, and went off; and behold, at the customary hour ornias, the fierce demon, came like a burning fire to take the pay from the child. but the child according to the instructions received from the king, threw the ring at the chest of the demon, and said "king solomon calls thee hither" and then he went off at a run to the king. but the demon cried out aloud, saying "child, why hast thou done this to me? take the ring off me, and i will render to thee the gold of the earth. only take this off me, and forbear to lead me away to solomon" 8. but the child said to the demon "as the lord god of israel liveth, i will not brook thee. so c

t the demon cried out aloud, saying "child, why hast thou done this to me? take the ring off me, and i will render to thee the gold of the earth. only take this off me, and forbear to lead me away to solomon" 8. but the child said to the demon "as the lord god of israel liveth, i will not brook thee. so come hither" and the child came at a run, rejoicing, to the king, and said "i have brought the demon, o king, as thou didst command me, o my master. and behold, he stands before the gates of the court of thy palace, crying out, and supplicating with a loud voice; offering me the silver and gold of the earth if i will only bring him unto thee" 9. and when solomon heard this, he rose up from his throne, and went outside into the vestibule of the court of his palace; and there he saw the demon

SORCERIES OF ZOS

ive, the ain: the eye of infinite potential. the new sexuality is, simply, the manifestation of non- manifestation, or of universe 'b, as bertiaux would have it, which is equivalent to spare's nei-ther neither concept. universe 'b' represents the absolute difference of that world of 'all otherness' to anything pertaining to the known world, or universe 'a. its gateway is daath, sentinelled by the demon choronzon. spare describes this concept as 'the gateway of all inbetweenness. in terms of voodoo, this idea is implicit in the petro rites with their emphasis upon the spaces between the cardinal points of the compass: the off-beat rhythms of the drums that summon the loa from beyond the veil and formulate the laws of their manifestation. spare's system of sorcery, as expressed in zos kia cu

TELESMATIC FIGURES

feminine, a spiritual figure hardly visable at all. headdress is winged. body clouded, veiled in mist. legs and feet are not seen. yeziratic world- warrior type with winged helmet, face angelic, yet fierce. body& arms mailed and child-like. legs and feet, mailed with buskins, and wings are attached to them. assiatic plane- lunatic at times given to fits of mania. evil! bordering between bird and demon. angelic and spiritual forces of divine light have no gender in the grosser understanding of the term. thou mayest classify them according to masculine or feminine sides. gender is stronger in the lower forms such as elemental spirits, planetary spirits, olympic spirits, kerubic forms, fays, etc. thou wilt observe that in the higher forms, gender is correlated by either steady, firm or rushi

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

ight out and identify the one whom they serve, we who have long studied these maladjusted rulers and their psychophants need not dodge the issue. without question, a great many of the illuminati know without a doubt whom they serve: satan, also called lucifer, the devil, the adversary. their secret hand signs and grips, their symbols and their logos, indisputably prove this is so. invocation that demon principalities are invoked in the rendering of masonic signs and other magical operations by the elite is a clear indication that these men are involved in witchcraft. it is not believed that the universe is some neutral machine, operating in a non-theological, pure, mechanical manner. rather, there are believed to exist certain otherworldly spiritual hierarchies, entities that aid the eliti

te god made up of three subordinate deities. the masonic material identifies the three as yah (or yahweh, baal, and osiris. logically, the name should be spelled yah-baal-on, but duncan's masonic ritual and monitor admits that over the years the spelling has been "corrupted" by freemasonry until it reached its current form.1 decker correctly asserts that "what these men are doing is worshipping a demon god so far removed from the real god that this worship must surely defile the holiness of god and guarantee those who pronounce that name in such a ceremony a swift ride to hell."2 c.c zain, a freemason who is part of a group called "the brotherhood of light" is developer and author of an entire course on ancient masonry having to do with "the spiritual significance of masonic rituals, degre

shurst, in his highly thought of (by masons) the meaning of masonry, proclaims this degree so vital to the transformation of the candidate's life. he even suggests that in attaining this degree, one "exhibits the attainment of a new order of life."4 the royal arch degree, wilmshurst emphasizes, provides "a supremely high level of thought and instruction" for the mason attaining it.5 born again or demon-possessed? what does wimshurst mean when he says the adept has attained a "new order of life" i believe the candidate receives a counterfeit born again experience, receiving the very spirit of lucifer into his bosom as a result of conforming to the requirements of this degree. in accepting the devil god jahbuhlun as the sacred name of god the man rising to this level in masonry or a similar

ed? what does wimshurst mean when he says the adept has attained a "new order of life" i believe the candidate receives a counterfeit born again experience, receiving the very spirit of lucifer into his bosom as a result of conforming to the requirements of this degree. in accepting the devil god jahbuhlun as the sacred name of god the man rising to this level in masonry or a similar sect becomes demon possessed, full of the devil, headed for hell, prepared to do the most wicked and foul deeds possible for his hidden deity, baphomet, aka lucifer, aka satan, aka jahbuhlun. now, the fatal (ending in spiritual death) sign that is taught for this degree is the one you will find men giving in the photographs in this chapter. notably, only higher-level initiates and adepts will typically be seen

ed for hell, prepared to do the most wicked and foul deeds possible for his hidden deity, baphomet, aka lucifer, aka satan, aka jahbuhlun. now, the fatal (ending in spiritual death) sign that is taught for this degree is the one you will find men giving in the photographs in this chapter. notably, only higher-level initiates and adepts will typically be seen giving this evil sign stamping them as demon-possessed disciples of satan. i call this sign the hidden hand of the men of jahbuhlun. from washington to rothschild regrettably, america's first president, george washington, exhibited this sign, if the 56 codex magica painter of one of his most famous portraits is to be believed. subsequent presidents, men like franklin pierce and rutherford hayes, were disciples of jahbuhlun, as was pres

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sleep, they must undoubtedly still be lurking near the body to seize new victims. therefore, the practical thing to do was to bury or burn or otherwise dispose of the body, thereby removing both the dead and the demons at the same time. the australian aborigines showed their fear of the dead by burning all the deceased s property and running away to establish a new village. they believed that the demon resided not only in the dead body, but in all the deceased s belongings. early tribes in greenland threw everything out of the house that had been owned by the dead person. at batta funerals, the natives marched behind the body, brandishing swords to frighten away the death demons. the galibis of guiana dance on the newly covered grave to stamp down the spirits. the winnebago tribe had a fea

it world, become greatly elevated in spiritual awareness. the concept of a spirit guide goes back to antiquity. the philosopher socrates (c. 470 b.c.e. 399 b.c.e) furnishes the most notable example in ancient times of an individual whose subjective mind was able to communicate with his objective mind by direct speech stimulus. socrates referred to this voice as his daemon (not to be confused with demon, a fallen angel or a negative, possessing entity. daemon is better translated as guardian angel or muse, and the philosopher believed that his guardian spirit kept vigil and warned him of approaching danger. parapsychologists have suggested that the spirit guide may be another little-known power of the mind which enables the medium s subjective level of consciousness to dramatize another per

possessed might be tied to chairs and subjected to teams of exorcists praying and screaming for the demons to retreat. some observers have compared the techniques of some of the more elaborate exorcisms to a kind of psychodrama in which the possessed is able to enact a kind of release of guilt and feel reborn and freed of sin. while not all contemporary clergypersons believe in the possibility of demon possession, but prefer to speak of mental health problems that may trouble certain parishioners, most still concede that there appears to be an intelligence of some kind that directs evil in the world. they caution that those who suspect possession in themselves or others are not gullible or that they open themselves to the suggestion of demonic possession when other mundane explanations may

elievers into forsaking good for evil. since they are such skilled deceivers, it is nearly impossible to develop an adequate litmus test that will unfailingly distinguish between good spirits and bad ones. unless one is truly pure in heart, mind, and soul and has the ability to maintain only clean thoughts and good habits, it is very difficult to discern with unfailing accuracy the true nature of demon spirits. theologians remind their followers that as mortal beings they are in the midst of a great spiritual warfare between the angels of light who serve god and the fallen angels who serve the forces of darkness and that their souls may be the prize for the victors. accomplished spiritual teachers of all faiths advise their congregants that the good spirits will never try to interfere with

r souls may be the prize for the victors. accomplished spiritual teachers of all faiths advise their congregants that the good spirits will never try to interfere with the free will of humans or seek to possess their bodies. on the other hand, the evil spirits desire the physical host body of a human being. in fact, they must have such a vehicle if they are to experience earthly pleasures. when a demon invades a human body, it is said that possession has occurred and an exorcism by a priest or shaman may be required to free the victim from the evil spirit s grasp. demonic entities are credited with will and intellect, but these attributes are invariably directed toward evil as they exert their malevolent powers. when these evil spirits penetrate the material world and the circumstances of

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s. from humankind s earliest records to today s newspaper story, every reported poltergeist case follows the same basic patterns. cultural influences seem to matter little, if at all. a poltergeist manifestation is similar in character whether it takes place in indonesia, iceland, or long island. only the interpretation of the disturbance varies. what is attributed to the destructive impulse of a demon to one people, is attributed to the destructive impulse of a fragmented psyche to another. according to many contemporary psychical researchers poltergeist manifestations are dramatic instances of psychokinesis (pk (the mind influencing matter) on the rampage. although the pranks of the poltergeist were formerly attributed to malicious tricks perpetrated by demons and disembodied spirits, th

which had invaded his rectory. he sent for mr. hoole, the vicar of hoxley, and told him the whole story. the vicar said that he would lead devotions that night and see if the thing would dare to manifest itself in his presence. the thing was not the least bit awed by the vicar of hoxley. in fact, it put on such a good show that night that the clergyman fled in terror, leaving wesley to combat the demon as best he could. the children had overcome their initial fear of the invisible being and had come to accept its antics as a welcome relief from the boredom of village life. old jeffery, as they had begun to call their strange guest, had almost achieved the status of a pet, and it was soon observed that it was quite sensitive. if any visitor slighted old jeffery by claiming that the rappings

ation one of america s most haunted. ghosts of the prairie [online] http//www.prairieghosts.com/myrtles.html. turnage, sheila. haunted inns of the southeast. winston- salem, mass: john f. blair, 2001. the tedworth drummer the bizarre haunting phenomena that beset the family of john mompesson of tedworth, england, in march of 1661 had overtones of witchcraft and the fixing of a terrible curse. the demon of tedworth is so much a part of the legend and folklore of england that ballads and poems have been written in celebration of the incredible prowess of the pesky ghost. john mompesson, a justice of the peace, had brought before him an ex-drummer in cromwell s army, who had been demanding money of the bailiff by virtue of a suspicious pass. the bailiff had believed the pass to be counterfeit

these blood-hungry creatures when they also had the ability to shapeshift into bats, wolves, and luminous fogs? and then there were the supernatural beings, such as the incubus and the succubus, who were more interested in seizing human souls than in sucking human blood. it is difficult for those living in the modern world to imagine the night terrors of our ancestors as they prepared to face the demon- and monster-riddled world after sundown. today, vampires, werewolves, and creatures of the dark have become the subjects of entertainment, scary movies, and thrilling television programs that bring relief from the tensions of the real world of homework, peer acceptance, work-related stress, taxes, and providing for one s children. yet there seems within each human being a desire to be frigh

ewolves, and creatures of the dark have become the subjects of entertainment, scary movies, and thrilling television programs that bring relief from the tensions of the real world of homework, peer acceptance, work-related stress, taxes, and providing for one s children. yet there seems within each human being a desire to be frightened safely frightened, that is by those dormant memories of those demon-infested nights when the creatures waited in the shadows to seize their victims. as one watches the late-night creature feature on television and hears that strange sound outside the window, the thought pops uneasily into the mind that all things are possible even those things that everyone knows cannot possibly exist. 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

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL

rn italy fs greatest nightmare. thunderer could lead raids in several different places at the same time. he also had his personal bodyguard outfitted in devilish costumes, complete with horns and tails, to perpetuate the belief that he had the power to command and control demons. neither any of his men nor any of the villagers dared to speak a word against annunchiarico for fear that an invisible demon lurking nearby would report such an abuse and bring retribution upon them. and then there were reports of his terrible thunderbolts, which he was said to be able to hurtle at his enemies just as jupiter had flung the deadly bolts in ancient times. when annunchiarico informed the village clerics that he had now achieved divinity and that only he could celebrate mass, they all immediately ceas

pt that the universe is teeming with hordes of angels and demons that interact with human beings on many levels. all the vast array of phenomena on earth are produced by the demonic entities, who are under the control of the angels. humans are somewhere midway between the angelic and the demonic intelligences on the spiritual scale, and each human entity has both a guardian angel and a malevolent demon that hover near him or her from birth until death. abramelin magick provides instruction to the initiates of the gmagic of light h that will enable them to achieve mastery over the demons and place them under their control. abramelin the great magus learned how to accomplish such a difficult task by undergoing a process of spiritual cleansing and the development of a powerful will. in additi

form of worship. drawing upon ancient gnostic magical texts, crowley added to an old graeco-egyptian text and performed the rite of liber samekh, celebrating sexual release and the passage of the spirit from a lower level of consciousness to a higher one. crowley added his own contributions to the original gnostic text, some of which were ghigh supernatural black magic h and gintercourse with the demon. h according to crowley the ritual was the one to be employed by the beast 666 for the attainment of knowledge and conversation with his holy guardian angel. in the black arts (1968) richard cavendish comments on the liber samekh: gto know the angel and have intercourse with the demon. means to summon up and liberate the forces of the magician fs unconscious. the performance of the ritual is

lly obsessed madmen who took delight in inflicting sadistic tortures on their victims. a person being put to torture could be made to confess to any charge, scot argued. and if the witches were really so powerful, he questioned why had they not enslaved the human race centuries ago? scot fs book so infuriated king james vi of scotland (1566.1625) that he himself wrote a treatise on the reality of demon worship and the power of witches entitled demonologie to refute the discovery of witchcraft. a few years later, when he ascended the throne of england, one of king james f first official acts was to order the public burning of scot fs book. the last witch in the whole of the british isles to be executed was jenny horn of sutherland, scotland, who was burned at the stake in 1722. horn had bee

22 inches. deity from late latin deitas gdivine nature, h and deus ggod. h a divine being or somebody or something with the essential nature of a divinity, such as a god, goddess. when the term is capitalized, it refers to god in monotheistic belief or religions. demarcation the process of setting borders, limits or marking boundaries. from the spanish demarcacion, literally meaning, marking off. demon possession when low-level disincarnate spirits invade and take over a human body. 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 glossary 283 g l o s s a r y desecration when something sacred is treated in a profane or damaging manner. discarnate the lack of a physical body. coined from dis- and the latin stem carn, meaning flesh. the dispersion fro

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

form as a sphinx with a sword: head cloth, stern male face and woman's breasts, winged. the sword is hilt to wheel and up to left "archee" is written over the wing to the left. risking on the right of the wheel is a hermanubus or variation of serapis: dog's head, human body, carries a caduceus half hidden behind head and wheel, legs before wheel "azoth" is written above the head of this figure. a demon reminiscent of proteus descends the wheel on the left. his head is bearded and horned, his legs are tentacular and finned. he carries a trident below "hyle" is written below his head. that substance is one which is heaven and earth; that is to say, according to its degrees of polarization, subtle or fixed. 108 this substance is what hermes trismegistus calls the great "telesma" when it produ

wards. this, for the initiate, is a complete revelation of the mysteries of the tetragram. in fact, the order of the letters of that great name indicates the predominance of the idea over form, of the active over the passive, of cause over effect. by reversion that order one obtains the contrary. jehovah is he who tames nature as it were a superb horse and makes it go where he will; chavajoh (the demon) is the horse without a bridle who, like those of the egyptians of the song of moses, falls upon its rider, and hurls him beneath it, into the abyss. the devil, then, exists really enough for the qabalists; but it is neither a person nor a distinguished power of even the forces of nature. the devil is dispersion, or the slumber of the intelligence. it is madness and falsehood. thus are expla

mbols of some initiates, those of the templars, for example, who are much less to be 203 blamed for having worshipped baphomet, than for allowing its image to be perceived by the profane. baphomet, pantheistic figure of the universal agent, is nothing else than the bearded devil of the alchemists. one knows that the members of the highest grades in the old hermetic masonry attributed to a bearded demon the accomplishment of the great work. at this word, the vulgar hastened to cross themselves, and to hide their eyes, but the initiates of the cult of hermes-pantheos understood the allegory, and were very careful not to explain it to the profane. mr. de mirville, in a book to-day almost forgotten, though it made some noise a few months ago, gives himself a great deal of trouble to compile an

ouch are those who make part of a fluidic association, or who either voluntarily or involuntarily make use of a current of astral light which has gone astray. those, 251 for example, who live in isolation, deprived of all communication with humanity, and who are daily in fluidic sympathy with animals gathered together in great number, as is ordinarily the case with shepherds, are possessed of the demon whose name is "legion" in their turn they reign despotically over the fluid souls of the flocks that are confided to their care: consequently their good-will or ill-will makes their cattle prosper or die; and this influence of animal sympathy can be exercised by them upon human plastic mediums which are ill defended, owing either to a weak will or a limited intelligence. thus are explained t

THE LUCIFERIAN PATH THE WITCHES SABBAT MICHAEL W FORD

thrones! ohrmazd sought to free all limitations, yet space could not recount ahriman. it was shadow and darkness, nourished in the abyss, with the violet light of the black sun, called al ghul, the point of all hunger known as az, the crowning of the beast. this night, as candle burns and my vessel of darkness is prepared, shall i go forth to the gathering of our spirits thou yatus and wondering demon kin of mine. druj, descend, i shall become as dragon of flesh and seed, fire, smoke and soul. come forth now! so it is done further reading- yatuk dinoih (second edition) the book of cain the toad rite nox umbra azothoz 22 coven maleficia this work was chartered by coven maleficia of houston, texas and the body of initiates, the order of phosphoru o the magician's kabbalah by fp the classica

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

nty-two tarot cards have been linked (in various formats) to the paths, and the planets, elements, stages of alchemy and other aspects of esoteric teachings have been linked to the sephiroth. the majority of these attributions are derivations and permutations of those developed by medieval hermeticists, who painstakingly produced pseudo-scientific tables of every angelic hierarchy, every grade of demon, and even the occult connections between rocks and stars. the "magus; celestial intelligencer (published 1801) of francis barrett is an example of these tables of correspondence and the occult dictionary "777" by crowley provides a synopsis of the major systems of magical correspondence (i.e. deities, zodiacal signs, planets, perfumes, colours, numbers, mythical animals etc. the basic elemen

THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES

ompanied by loud noises, hums, buzzes and, apparently, rumbles from the infrasonic and ultrasonic levels. known as piasa to the indians of the dakotas, it was supposed to have terrifying red eyes and a long tail. we are dealing with three types of phenomena in these cases. the first is the winged man; the second is a giant bird, so huge it is a biological impossibility; third, we have a monstrous demon with red eyes, bat's wings, and a body closely human in form. all three are probably interrelated. research is still fragmentary but there is journalistic evidence that the winged man of 1880 was not confined to coney island. his activities there were just a publicity gambit, attracting the notice of the staid new york times and thus attaining a measure of respectability so that when anyone

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

ations, showing that the sumerians definitely recognised a yin-yang composition if the universe (the "male moon" idea is, the editor is given to understand, common to so-called aryan mythologies. there is also evidence to show that every god and goddess also had both a good and an evil nature, and evil gods were banished in the exorcism formulae of that civilisation as well as the lesser forms of demon. the horned moon as mentioned, the god of the moon was called nanna by the sumerians. by the later sumerians and assyrians, he was called sin. in both cases, he was the father of the gods (of the planetary realm, the zonei, and was depicted as wearing horns, a symbol familiar to the witches as representative of their god. the horn shaped crown is illustrative of the crescent phases of the mo

en, many of whom has been pressed into his service at a young age by their parents, who wished to see their sons brought up well-fed and educated in those uncertain times, where the church was the sole power and refuge. the frustration at being "condemned" to a life that demanded the abandonment of society and a "normal" life led many priests to express their hostilities through the office of the demon, the black mass. often, this was also a means of political demonstration, as the church controlled virtually all the political life of the period. in a way, as though in a test tube at a philosophical laboratory, aleister crowley was brought up under similar circumstances- although ver far removed in time from the days of the church's immense temporal power. coming from a fanatically religio

cipants in a rite of indian or chinese tantricism, or the shadow and the anima of jungian depth psychology. for many years, the moon remained the prime deity of the sumerians, constituting the essential personum of a religious and mystical drama that was performed roughly 3000 b.c. amid the deserts and marshes of mesopotamia. side by side with the worship of the moon, nanna, there was fear of the demon, pazuzu, a genie so amply recreated in the book and the movie by blatty, the exorcist, and similarly recognised as the devil himself by the church. pazuzu, the beast, was brought to life by aleister crowley, and the demon walked the earth once more. with publicity provided by h.p. lovecraft. the devil pazuzu was a prime example of the type of devil of which the sumerians were particularly aw

ication of this book, sumerian may become as popular among magicians as the strange, angelic language of enochian, discovered by dr. dee in elizabeth england. in greek, in the original ms, a common incantation would look something like this (using roman characters for the greek 'o kakos theos 'o kakos daimon 'o daimon pneuma tou ouranou thumethere! pneuma tes ges thumethate (o wicked god o wicked demon o demon spirit of the sky, remember! spirit of the earth, remember) yet, a word like shammash, the name of the solar deity, would read samas or sammas, and in the text of the necronomicon we would make the word read like its original. the "conjuration of the watcher" follows the fire god conjuration. the word "watcher" is sometimes used synonymously with "angel, and sometimes as a distinct r

njuration, the word for mountain is shadu- shaddai? the old serpent kur is, of course, invoked every day by the christians: kyrie eleison) common sumerian words and phrases in english sumerian english akhkharu vampire alal destroyer alla xul evil god barra! begone! dingir xul evil god edin na zu! go to the desert (a form of exorcism) gelal incubus gigim xul evil spirit gidim xul evil ghost idimmu demon idpa fever kashshaptu witch lalartu phantom lalssu spectre lilit succubus maskim xul evil fiend (ambusher, lier-in-wait) mulla xul evil devil rabishu (same as maskim xul) telal wicked demon (warrior) uggae god of death uruku larvae utuk xul evil spirit zi dingir anna kanpa! spirit, god of the sky, remember! zi dinger kia kanpa! spirit, god of the earth, remember! a word concerning the origin

THE SHADOWED ONES

joy through the respect of the land, and those creatures which dwell upon it. araqiel communicates the wisdom of a balanced mind to work according to his or her own design. by dream and by waking do we hear the voice of araqiel. sariel knows the motions and phases of the moon, and by seeking him one may know the path of the goddess in her beautiful and horrifying aspects. always know, we are both demon and angel in the skull of man, we are of beast and of higher spirit. it is our duty to balance and seek a perfection of both according to the path of lucifer, who holds the mask of the devil. know all forms and choices accordingly. kokabel knows too the stars and the great seven heads of the dragon. by your initiation seek him in that which is brought by trance and dreaming dominion. seek az

assions of the soul! listen well to your consciousness and seek to expand it, never unify your divine being in a faith not heeded by the instincts of yourself. dissent from the paths all torn by the death of the soul, by a cross way can you fully recognize your potential as a god or goddess. by this path you must seek that wisdom not yet known, by journeying into the unknown and feared. i am that demon which is of hell, yet in the pleasures of hell the very hidden nature of mankind can you recognize an angel of light. every being which fell from the limitless nothingness of what you call god offers only self-possibility once you have moved beyond it. as our wings blackened we so then awoke to a new way that of the consciousness. enshrine the possibility, not the moment in question. by moti

THE SIGIL OF ADVERSARY

draconian shadow path such as yatuk dinoih, azothoz, nox umbra, book of cain and many others. michael ford is also the founding musician of psychonaut 75. www.psychonaut75.com succubus publishing http//algol.chaosmagic.uta description and purpose of the sigil of the adversary, set-heh by akhtya seker arimanius iv, botd/toph sigil illustrated by soror azhdeha iii, botd/toph the twelfth is when the demon of the noon tide sun comes forth from the desert, shaitan. this sigil is the empowerment of the fiery will and that of the other demon of the noon hour, keteb. used in daylight initiation rites focusing towards the eye of set-heh, the fire of iblis, shaitan. the sigil may be scribed alone on a parchment and invoked at the noon day when the sun is highest. it may be used to empower the body o

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

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

icent lyrics, flashing like a ruby, warm and flaming in the glowing gold of this drama. and thus does his song end: whose long-drawn curse runs venom in my veins? what dragon spouse consumes me with her breath? what passionate hatred, what infernal pains, mixed with thy being in the womb of death? blistering fire runs. scorching, terrific suns, through body and soul in this abominable marriage of demon power subtle and strong and sour, a draught of ichor of the veins of hell! curses leap leprous, epicene, unclean, the soul of the obscene incarnate in the spirit: and above hangs sin, vast vampire, the corrupt, that swings her unredeeming wings over the world, and flaps, for lust of death. and love *tannhauser, vol. i. p. 239. gkill me, h cries tannhauser. gin the kiss, h answers venus: thus

ever, as before, does madness remain a mysterious-terrific, altogether infernal boiling-up of the nether chaotic deep, through this fair-painted vision of creation, which swims thereon, which we name the real. was luther fs picture of the devil less a reality, whether it were formed within the bodily eye, or without it? in every the wisest soul lies a whole world of internal madness, an authentic demon-empire; out of which, indeed, his world of wisdom has been creatively built together, and now rests there, as on its dark foundations does a habitable flowery earth-rind. h .sartor resartus *2. the sword of song, vol. ii, pp. 203-205. this not only carries out the philosophy of fichte, but also that of paracelsus when he said, there is gnothing in heaven or earth which does not exist in man

THE WITCH CULT OF ZOS VEL THANATOS

ginal meaning may become lost or buried, while later being activated through the replaying of the sound. the same can be true for those just hearing the sounds for the first time. several experiments have led me to the conclusion that certain avenues of musickal creation, depending on the tones and tempo approach, will led the listener to assume something, to invariably come into contact with the demon or angel in question. this is activated by his/her subconscious alone, and is even more so on governmental levels. science and government have used many of these methods long ago to uncertain ends. chaos magick teaches the individual the price of knowledge, and the pleasure of seeking the hidden light of prometheus. the rise of godhood through many of the chaos magick methods is only strengt

THE ABYSS AND TABAET

s the initiate in question. the primal abyss she filled their bodies with venom instead of blood. she cloaked ferocious dragons with fearsome rays and made them bear mantles of radiance, made them godlike, whoever looks upon them shall collapse in utter terror! their bodies shall rear up continually and never turn away' she stationed a horned serpent, a mushussudragon, and a lahmu-hero, an ugallu-demon, a rabid dog, and a scorpion-man,aggressive umu-demons, a fish-man, and a bull-man bearing merciless weapons, fearless in battle -enuma elish the dragon of the primal oceans of the abyss opened her veins and filled her children with venom as blood, with a spell cracking the sky with the blackened flame of her will. to raise them as gods which shall master all forms of wolves, serpents and th

nother plot with marduk to capture and slay her. when she was cut open, the north wind bore her blood to secret places. gunkel and bousset describe that tiamat who was the queen of the abyss and darkness, supported by her infernal spirits rebelled against the higher gods of which marduk was of. tabaet is said to be the name of tiamat, the book of enoch mentions this serpent to not just an abyssic demon, rather a fallen angel who beholds power in the noon tide sun. the serpent later with the use of seduction, tempted mankind to accept the gift of the black flame in the form of an apple, leading to the possibility of mankind being as gods if they chose to. tiamat may be a etymological form of what would become the adversary as ahriman/jahi or samael/lilith, the name itself being the enemy of

ntral to initiatory development. my grimoires or books of the adversary, luciferian witchcraft and liber hvhi deal exclusively with the dark feminine and masculine as equal forms of the adversary and luciferian practice, something which requires more discipline to work with in terms of initiation as it requires balance and the application of reason to achieve magical results. one may consider the demon of the void mentioned in john dee s diaries who is called coronzom, known by modern enochian and thelemic students as choronzon. this demon is considered a madness inspiring beast, causing fragmentation of the mind and the loss of mental vitality. choronzon in the black temple rites of the characith lunar lodge, from which the author was personally involved in the late 1990 s draw on the ene

frequency is the actual difference of the two different frequencies in each ear. the use of sound in ritual is empowering, it activates the imagination and allows belief to fully overtake and thus command. the chanting within the circle of art is merely the self awakening into gnosis and directly ensorcelling the self in belief of the act from which magick occurs. the druj came rushing along, the demon buiti, who is deceiving, unseen death avesta venidad buiti is a daeva which is the manifestation of idolatry and selfdeification, associated with buddha in ancient times. as liber hvhi presents the path of meditation, self-mastery through ahrimanic yoga, buiti is the herald of that path of magick. if one wishes to master elements of such antinomian magick, it is suggested to study the techni

nt religious texts such as the avesta and various cabbalistic writings. the result is a powerful luciferian ideology and methodology of ritual and daily-life practice which transforms the mind into the spirit of the adversary. liber hvhi: magick of the adversary liber hvhi explores the qlippothic spheres, ritual sorcery based on the ancient cults mentioned in the avesta of yatuvidah, daeva-yasna (demon-worshippers) persecuted by the zoroastrians. the roots of the adversary as the masculine and demonic feminine are explored from hebrew and ancient persian sources, to a living and potent left-hand-path initiatory system. beginning with an inversion of the catholic rite to instead practice exorcism, the inverted and created rite is aimed at possession or liberating the shadow self into a viab

THE BINDING OF SHADOWS

ircle of the dead upon the altar a pre-created nganga should be with you (creation of ngangas involves the use of human and animal bones-called a fetish spirit- your blood, sigil, grave soil and snake skin. this nganga will contain active fetish spirits related to the dead. you will use items of the dead which may bring shades or manes of the dead which will allow you to form from your own desire demon servitors of protection. one may fuse animal remains with human to form half beast elementals, or shades that prove useful in defense. do not allow conversation of any kind with such created servitors, for that is the road of insanity. command and will and allow no argument or discussion with such spirits. facing the nganga on the altar, take gravesoil and toss a small amount in the nganga

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

t (as he could theoretically do by virtue of his apostolic power) did, as he thought, defile that body by using it as the object and vehicle of lust. heroic children of liberty, but thrice blind! samsons that perish with the philistines! for if the ecclesiastical theory be true, in fact they do incur damnation, if false, verily they lose their labour. but at least they set up man against the foul demon of the christians, and let this be accounted unto them for righteousness. but see, my brethren perfectly illuminated adepts, how great is their error, that they revolt who should be kings. for it is in truth not the apish antics of the priest that consecrate the bread, but his male power that should make holy all his deeds. consider of this. v of the sabbath of the adepts in the black hours

acious tribes, leap lightly and lustfully through their legends. again we have the loves of fairies for mankind, and the commerce of the beni elohim with the daughters of men; and yet again the marriage of orpheus with eurydice a nymph, and the fatal nets that laura, melusina, the sirens, lilith and many another cast for men. it is even said that to every neophyte of the order of a\a\ appeareth a demon in the form of a woman to pervert him; within our own knowledge have not less than nine brethren been utterly cast out thereby. there are also vain loves, as that of ixion for hera, of actaeon for artemis. consider of this. vii of certain greek rites among the peoples of the balkan peninsula and especially the greeks, beneath the bush of their false christianity, is hidden the wheat of demet

upon you, and all the fortresses, that your inheritance of god, and your own holy art, have built about you are of no force to resist this treasonable assault. be wary therefore, for obsession, bodily wasting and disease, madness and even murder upon you may be inflicted by the engines that ye, having forged for the service of mankind and for the glory of the lord, leave to the malignancy of the demon that he may turn them to your own destruction. xiv a reproof hear then, dearly beloved, this reproof. first, strengthen to the uttermost the power of restraint by daily practice as is taught by the hindus and arabs, masters of this science, in their books file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p3c2.html (9 of 12 [12/28/2001 2:05:25 pm] the secret ri

ights! now ye know soothfast that our law is joy, that by virtue we deny not manhood, but in this ye err that in your sport ye look not beyond to the mighty work of the vow. is not this the essence of the proof? the substance of the ordeal? whether therefore ye foin or joust (as saint paul the good knight sayeth in his epistle) do all to the glory of god. even at the moment when the device of the demon grippeth at his strongest, play the man, aspire fervently toward the grace of our lord jesus christ, considering his crucifixion between two thieves (is not the lance that pierced him in my charge) and giving up the ghost to the father either by action or by passion. say we not non nobis domine, non nobis? and again accendat in nobis dominus ignem sui amoris et flammam aeternae caritatis. th

tic paradox; and he that hath ears to hear, let him hear. there is therefore one magick act that leadeth into life, another that abutteth upon death. and the first ultimateth (sic) and the second returneth unto itself. yet therefore is the last perfect, a true rite of the highest, too exalted for the vulgar even of our holy and illuminated brethren. and in its profanation it cometh forth from the demon and is manifested in all uncleanness, even as it is written demon est deus inversus. yet is it, albeit limited and unable to proceed from life to life, the highest of all means of grace, for as wine is to water so is it unto the others in its exaltation of the soul of man; and whoso mastereth the same, even he is found worthy of rule. this was the secret of the strength of our grand master c

THOUGHTS ON SETH

orus could ever completely defeat and destroy seth is nonsense anyway. seth is the foundation of the material realm. seth is form and structure. he unlies malkuth in such a way that were he removed, reality itself would collapse into the primal chaos. according to his legend, every night seth rides the barque of millions of years the solar boat and every morning before the dawn he slays apep, the demon of chaos and entropy who blocks its passage, so that the barque may rise aga in. without seth, the sun would never rise and the darkness would be eternal) so meditating on what i know of the godform, i come up with. material world as has been said, seth grounds the temple in the material realm, in malkuth, which is where his throne is on the tree of the 0=0 temple. in fact, he sits in the bl

s a twofold significance for the seeker of xeper. firstly this represents the slaying of old thought patterns, the dethroning of those internal gods that we have received from society. on a second level this was the act by which set, alone of all the gods of ancient egypt, became deathless. the left hand path is a quest to become an immortal, potent, and powerful essence. set's other enemy is the demon of mindless chaos, apep. set is said to slay this creature every night just before dawn. this symbolizes overcoming self doubt and delusion, of acting at the times of greatest despair, or not being lulled to sleep by the powerful self- hypnotizing engines of mankind. set achieves (on a divine level) this isolation from the universe so that he may say 'xeper 'i have come into being' each of t

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

stra sunt ad similitudinem hominum, quorum forma ab humana effigies incipit, sed bestiali extremitate terminatur, vel sunt d mones incubones, vel satyri, vel homines silvestres. mamotrectus in isaiam, xiii, 21. 4 see plate xxxvi, fig 5. from a copy of the black-letter ballad in the libray of the british museum, 5 plate xxxvii, fig. 2. from the same ballad. 154 on the worship of the assumed by the demon at the sabbath of the witches, of which we shall have to speak a little further on. the romish church created great confusion in all these popular superstitions by considering the mythic persons with whom they were connected as so many devils; and one of these priapic demons is figured in a cut which seems to have been a favorite one, and is often repeated as an illustration of the broadside

s, or ghosts;1 or the cat may have been an allusion to the belief that in their secret meetings they worshipped that animal. this sect must have been very ignorant and superstitious if it be true which some old writers 1 propter nocturnas coitiones, a voce germanica caters, id est, feles seu lemures. see ducagne, sub v. cathari. generative powers 179 tell us, that they believed that the sun was a demon, and the moon a female called heva,1 and that these two had sexual intercourse every month. like the other heretical sects, these cathari were accused of indulging in unnatural vices, and the german words ketzerie and ketzer were eventually used to signify sodomy and a sodomite, as well as heresy and a heretic. the waldenses generally, taking all the sects which people class under this name

of orleans a society consisting of members of both sexes, who assembled at certain times in a house there, for the purposes which are described rather fully in a document found in the cartulary of the abbey of st. p re at chartres. as there stated, they went to the meeting, each carrying in the hand a lighted lamp, and they began by chaunting the names of demons in the manner of a litany, until a demon suddenly descended among them in the form of an animal. this was no sooner seen, than they all extinguished their lamps, and each man took the first female he put his hand upon, and had sexual intercourse with her, without regard if she were his mother, or his sister, or a consecrated nun; and this intercourse, we are told, was looked upon by them as an act of holiness and religion. the chil

ars were charged, it is a subject involved in great obscurity. the cat is but little spoken of in the depositions. some italian knights confessed that they had been present at a secret chapter of twelve knights held at brindisi, when a grey cat suddenly appeared amongst them, and they worshipped it. at nismes, some templars declared that they had been present at a chapter at montpellier, when the demon appeared to them in the form of a cat, and promised them worldly prosperity, but they appear to have been visionaries not to be trusted, for they stated that at the same time devils appeared in the shape of women. an english templar, examined in london, deposed that in england they did not adore the cat, or the idol, but that he had heard it positively stated that the cat and the idol were w

error that he hardly knew where he was.1 another, ralph de gysi, who held the office of receptor for the province of champagne, said that he had seen the head in many chapters; that, when it was introduced, all present threw themselves on the ground and adored it: and when asked to describe it, he said, on his oath, that its countenance was so terrible, that it seemed to him to be the figure of a demon using the french word un mauf, and that as often as he saw it, so great a fear took possession of him, that he could hardly look upon it without fear and trembling.2 jean taylafer said that, at his reception into the order, his attention was directed to a head upon the altar in the chapel, which he was told he must worship; he described it as of the natural size of a mans head, but could not

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

but let the fools be foolish and the wise be wise. the truth was always understood by adepts of the highest attainment. it is written in the ancient magical manuscript of abramelin the mage: whenever ye shall see tables which do mark the days and their differences, the celestial signs, and other like matters, pay no attention thereto, because herein is a very great sin hidden, and a deceit of the demon; it being one of his many meth- ods of endeavouring to confound the true wisdom of the lord with evil matters. because this true wisdom of the lord can operate and perform its effects every day, and at any moment and second. the gates of his grace are daily open, he wisheth, and it is pleasing unto him to aid us, as well on this day as on the mor- row; and in no way could it be true that he

ed. in modern magic, the kabbalah is used as a kind of mega filing system. it is concerned almost exclusively with the tree of the sephiroth and its aspects. the tree provides a schematic pattern that organizes and relates the many disparate subsystems of magic, such as astrology, the tarot, the occult elements, the angelic hierarchy, numerology, the hebrew letters and their many occult uses, the demon- ic hierarchy, the ritual instruments, the various levels of human awareness, the four worlds or planes of being, and so on. in the traditional jewish kabbalah, attention is focused mainly on the use of holy names of god as mantras, and the numerical manipulation of sacred texts for the purpose of achieving a transcendent awareness of divinity. rabbis have employed the kabbalah for the attai

s. both equations show the trinity manifesting on the physical circle as duality. creation is seen as a hostile balance of good and evil. this is the world viewed through the eyes of the persian mystic zoroaster, who saw it as the divided kingdom of ahura mazda (ormazd) and angra mainyu (ahriman, two equally powerful and independent gods. zoroaster has ahura mazda say: table of hendecagram w ci 0 demon function substance disorder i baphomet behemoth lucifuge leviathan zephas belphegor ashtaroth beelzebub asmodeus lilith abbadon idolatry blasphemy pride envy anger sloth creed gluttony lust fornication soul death semen gas mucus pus adrenaline bile saliva vomit urine excrement putrefaction delirium hysteria narcissism paranoia mania depression kleptomania bulimia t satyriasis x e m nymphoman

obscene ones)-lilith 10. malkuth: nahemoth (dolorous ones)-nahema this list differs slightly from that published in israel regardie's the golden dawn.18 regardie gives the order of qlippoth associated with malkuth as lilith. this might better be written in its babylonian plural form as lilitu, which is an order of succubi or night hags. there is sometimes confusion in ancient magic over whether a demon represents an entire class or a single individual. this confusion arose because individual demons, such as satan, were supposed capable of being in sever- al places at once. thus, during the witch-craze of the middle ages the devil was thought by some able to copulate with more than one witch in different places at the same instant. it is not really made clear in ancient texts whether there

e triggers an irrational act that is manifestly out of proportion to its cause. it is the common practice in religions for a conquering people to take over and absorb into its pantheon the gods of the conquered. since these gods were wor- shipped by their foes, they tend to become demonized by the victors. many of the familiar demons of the middle ages were once gods and goddesses. ashtaroth, the demon of chesed who is associated with a lack of charity, is a degraded form of the ancient phoenician goddess of the moon, astarte. baal, the demon of netzach who is linked with rape and pillage, gets his name from a phoenician word meaning "lord" and is a solar fertility god. beelzebub, the demon of chokmah associated with obstruction, was originally beelzeboul "lord of the earth" however, do no

TYSON DONALD SOUL FLIGHT

ls and demons can meet and interact on the base astral level, which is the reflection and close correspondent to the physical world. when we see an angel while awake, we see the angel on this level, which sometimes overlaps the physical world to our waking perception. the angel appears to be in the physical world, but it is still on the astral level. 284 soul flight the same is true when we see a demon during ordinary waking consciousness-something that happens with gratifying infrequency. it never actually reaches the physical world, but remains on the base level of the astral world and only seems present in the physical world. there is really not such a great difference between the physical world and the base level of the astral world. both exist within the mind. when i assert that the p

unks who suffer the horrible effects of delirium tremens experience vivid, tangible, real hallucinations, often of a horrifying kind. the creatures of these hallucinations are not physical in nature, but have risen to the base astral level, which the alcohol craving allows the sufferer to perceive by altering his mental state. demons make even poorer astral guides than angels. here i use the term demon to refer to infernal spirits in general. they may be of some use when exploring the lower levels that lie beneath the base plane of the astral world, and indeed may even be necessary for this work, but they are not to be trusted. those who are able to form a close personal bond of friendship with an infernal spirit may find that the spirit will help them to the best of its ability, and will

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

ot of god. it may be conjectured by combining the descriptions of the throne in the two legends that each step had the carved figures of beasts on the left and right side. it may be further speculated that these animals were, right to left and bottom to top (1) a ram and a panther (2) a lamb and a wolf (3) a gazelle and a bear (4) a deer and an elephant (5) a unicorn and a griffin (6) a man and a demon (see raphael patai, gates to the old city [new york: avon, 19801, pp. 335-8. it should scarcely be necessary to point out the magical significance of these twelve beasts, six benevolent to bless on the right side and six malevolent to curse on the left side. besides the four winds, the birds, and the beasts, solomon also commanded the spirits called jinn by the arabs (the singular form is ji

temple without iron tools (see 1 kings 6:7. they told him there was a thing called a shamir, which moses had used to cut the stones on the breastplate of aaron. to discover where this magical object lay hidden, solomon caused the king of all the demons, ashmodai, to be bound with a ring and a chain inscribed with tetragrammaton. after learning from ashmodai how to get the shamir, solomon kept the demon prisoner to build the temple (see patai, gates to the old city, pp. 185-7. it is easy to see how the diamond might be confused with a creature who can melt through stone, since the diamond is the hardest substance known and was used in ancient times to inscribe and carve other gemstones. couple this with the fable that the temple was built without iron tools (in fact, the stones were probabl

ing of solomon involves the time it was stolen. there are several versions of this tale. in the talmud, after ashmodai completed the temple for solomon, he tricked the king into handing over his magic ring. at once ashmodai swallowed the ring and hurled solomon a vast distance away from jerusalem, then took up the throne in his place under a false appearance. no one recognized solomon because the demon had changed his features; moreover, the king was prevented by the magic of ashmodai from telling anyone his identity. he wandered a long time as a beggar (some say for forty years) and eventually made his way back to jerusalem. the rabbis became suspicious of him because he ceaselessly repeated a verse from the torah "i, koheleth, was king over israel in jerusalem (eccles. 1:12. they did som

's mother, bathsheba, in violation of jewish law. the rabbis gave the beggar a ring and a chain engraved with ihvh, and as soon as ashmodai saw solomon enter the palace, he flew away, releasing solomon from his enchantment. the ring of solomon 93 in a slightly different arab version of the theft of the ring, solomon took it off while bathing and entrusted it to a favorite concubine named amina. a demon named sakhar approached her cloaked in the appearance of the king and tricked her into giving him the ring. at once he assumed the throne, and solomon, his features changed by magic, was forced to beg for forty days while the demon did anything he desired. at the end of this time, the demon threw the ring into the sea. it was swallowed by a fish, where solomon found it when he cut the fish o

he throne, and solomon, his features changed by magic, was forced to beg for forty days while the demon did anything he desired. at the end of this time, the demon threw the ring into the sea. it was swallowed by a fish, where solomon found it when he cut the fish open. by means of the power of the ring he regained his kingdom. he captured sakhar, tied a great stone around his neck, and threw the demon into a deep lake. throughout the stories about the ring runs a swallowing motif. ashmodai swallows the ring to keep it from solomon. in the arab version, it is the fish who swallows the ring. according to a story in the zohar, solomon would ride on the back of an eagle to the dark gathering place of evil spirits, where the fallen angels uzza and azael lay bound in vast iron chains that were

UNLEASHING THE BEAST

x times that of uranium that element could be produced."lix in crowley's revised system, however, the o.t.o.'s nine degrees were expanded to eleven. the eighth, ninth and eleventh of these focused on more explicitly transgressive sexual rites of auto-erotic and homosexual intercourse. as peter koenig summarizes the upper degrees, crowley's viiith degree unveiled. that masturbating on a sigil of a demon or meditating upon the image of a phallus would bring power or communication with a divine being..the ixth degree was labeled heterosexual intercourse where the sexual secrets were sucked out of the vagina and when not consumed..put on a sigil to attract this or that demon to fulfill the pertinent wish..in the xith degree, the mostly homosexual degree, one identifies oneself with an ejaculat

VOX SABBATUM

level of consciousness you will find it easier to label it an exterior force. the definition of angel is a higher facility of man, it is intelligence and matured control, the very careful planning and stillness of being which is both energetic and vox sabbatum the witches sabbat 4 solar, strong and the very fountainhead of self-development and progressive being. it is the seat of the psyche, the demon genius of man and woman. the definition of daemon or beast is the shadowed and animalistic instinctual, impulsive side. it is the djinn (spirit daemon) of pleasure, desire, lust and sexual passion. it is the animalistic and passionate essence which resides in the skull of man. it is the continual goal and point of the left hand path to develop both aspects and unite them as a developed lucif

eir circle dance, from when the primal and bestial atavism is brought to the surface, they may unite in congress. demons have always been viewed as being able to participate in sabbatic rites throughout the middle ages. while this may indeed only be imagined in old christian levels, those initiated to these mysteries may understand the reality of this via the succubi and incubi. the member of the demon in the rite is always considered cold. in 1572 eva of kenn admitted she had intercourse with a demon, and that it was as cold as an icicle. johan klein in 1698 suggested women believed this as it was happening in dreams, and guazzo suggested that the cold semen was actually taken from other night revelers of the sabbat. sylvine de la plaine who was twenty three vox sabbatum the witches sabba

jected ice cold semen. when it was withdrawn it burned her like fire. others had suggested the devil or black man of the sabbat had other talents. a description of the devil s member was that it was sinuous, pointed and snake like. sometimes it was made half or iron and half of flesh. it could also be made completely of a horn as well, sometimes forked as a tongue. there were suggestions that the demon could perform coitus and pederasty (i.e. sodomy) at once, with a third member in his lovers mouth. as described in a rite of the werewolf 14 the definition of the infernal sabbat is, the infernal sabbat, being the antinomian self-love rite of sexual and psyche oriented self-deification, allows the passing of the shadow of the witch into an averse and more powerful state of being. the inferna

and incubi to copulate with by dreams. this is done simply by creating a sigil or image which represents the form you desire. the more advanced sorcerer may invoke by some means of ritual a daemon or spirit intelligence. you visualize the sigil and then forming the body according to your carnal desire. you will then masturbate or use other means of self-stimulation, all the while focusing on the demon in question. at the moment of ejaculation or organism anoint the sigil with the elixir. you may bind the sigil with a pouch or some way of cover, along with proper oils attributed to the daemon. you may also bury the pouch if you wish, when seeking copulation or inspiration; simply focus upon the sigil itself. you will notice dreaming sexual congress, which may awaken you aroused. to destroy

of cover, along with proper oils attributed to the daemon. you may also bury the pouch if you wish, when seeking copulation or inspiration; simply focus upon the sigil itself. you will notice dreaming sexual congress, which may awaken you aroused. to destroy the spirit, burn and cover the pouch and contents with salt. if one is conducting the sabbat rite with a partner, a fellow coven member, the demon may be as the self. the black man of the sabbat is also able to take the role, or vise versa depending on the situation. however this is done, great care should be made in keeping the gnosis itself pure, that by night or noctanter16 shall the sabbat be made flesh. focusing on the purpose of the rite is essential no matter what you feel or sense around you in the widdershins dance of ecstasy

WALLIS BUDGE E A LEGENDS OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS

bout through her town uttering cries [for help, there was none who came at [the sound of] her voice. now mine own heart was grievously sad for the sake of the child, and [i wished] to make to live [again] him that was free from fault [thereupon] i cried out to the noble lady "come to me. come to me. verily my mouth) possesseth life. i am a daughter [well] known in her town [and i] can destroy the demon of death by the spell (or, utterance) which my father taught me to know. i am his daughter, the beloved [offspring] of his body" then isis placed her two hands on the child in order to make to live him whose throat was stopped [and she said "o poison of the scorpion tefent, come forth and appear on the ground! thou shalt neither enter nor penetrate [further into the body of the child. o pois

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

star of five points. brain and sex live in an eternal struggle. brain must control sex. when sex overcomes the brain, then the star of five points (the human being) falls into the abyss with the feet pointing upwards and the head pointing downwards; this is the inverted star, the male goat of mendes. a human figure with the head aiming downwards and the feet aiming upwards naturally represents a demon. the entire science of gnosis is found summarized within the flaming star. many bodhisattvas (human souls of masters) have fallen inverted, like the five pointed star, with the superior ray aiming downwards and the two inferior rays aiming upwards. arcano v bienamados hermanos de mi alma: hoy vamos a estudiar el arcano cinco del tarot. este arcano es el pentagrama flameante, la estrella flam

ated its return towards the great light and in these moments we have to define ourselves by becoming eagles or reptiles, angels or demons. we are before the philosophical dilemma of to be or not to be. the arcanum five of the tarot is represented by the hierophant. the fifth sphere is definitive because here the human being holds in his hands the reins of his own destiny and becomes an angel or a demon. the great hierophant of the tarot also appears seated between the two columns of the temple making the sign (the pentagram) of esotericism. necesitamos ser humildes para alcanzar la sabidur a y despu s de alcanzarla, debemos ser todav a m s humildes. los bodhisattvas de los maestros se caen por el sexo. los bodhisattvas de los maestros se levantan por el sexo. el sexo es la piedra filosofal

hich join or separate love, are the two shuttles with which the ineffable mystery of eternal life in the loom of god is woven or unwoven. the upper triangle symbolizes kether (the father who is in secret, chokmah (the son) and binah (the holy spirit of each human being. the lower triangle represents the three traitors of hiram abiff; those three traitors are inside of us. the first traitor is the demon of desire; that traitor lives within the astral body. the second traitor is the demon of the mind; that traitor lives within the mental body. the third traitor is the demon of evil will; that traitor lives within the body of willpower (causal body. the bible cites these three traitors in the apocalypse of saint john [in revelations: 16: 13-14: and i saw three unclean spirits like frogs come

re, entonces nos convertimos en demonios. ahora comprender is por qu la serpiente del caduceo es siempre doble. la fuerza sexual es el hile de los gn sticos. 41 when the students spill the cup of hermes during their practices with the arcanum a.z.f. they commit the crime of the nicholaitans7, which used a system in order to make the serpent descend. this is how the human being is converted into a demon. the complete and positive development of the serpent is only achieved by working with the philosophical stone within the sexual laboratory of the practical alchemist. the superior triangle is the center of the alchemist s microcosmos and the alchemist s macrocosmos. the sign of the mercury of the secret philosophy (the ens seminis) cannot be missed in the center of the triangle. man and wom

sexual organs. in synthesis, we can state that the caduceus of mercury represents the sexual organs. every alchemist needs to work with the caduceus of mercury. this work is performed by means of the transmutation. the five pointed star shines when we steal the fire from the devil. we need to develop the kundalini and to dissolve the i, only in this way can we attain liberation. the work with the demon the initiates of the fourth path, which is the path of the astute man, choose to work with the devil on the process of the dissolution of their i. the tenebrous ones violently attack anyone who works in the dissolution of their i; this is why even though they are not demons they are, however, usually surrounded by demons. when non-initiated clairvoyants see a man like this, they mistakenly m

WHO ARE THE DRACONIANS

milated into their hive via psionic implants just as they have done with many other humans beyond this world, many within the underground military-industrial networks, and with many of the "abductees" of recent years. and not only psychic assimilation, but also supernatural possession [by repoltergiest parasites] and also genetic assimilation as well. what if these "wer-dracs "repti-poltergiests "demon-aliens, or whatever one might wish to call these serpentine sorcerers, had became adept over time at superficial molecular shape shifting as the indwelling "poltergiest" or "astral parasite" literally absorbed, consumed, devoured, or assimilated the reptilian "host" from the inside out? what if in addition to this they were able to project some type of who are the draconians file//d /my docu

the bavarian illuminati. the paedophile murder ring which came to light in belgium in 1996 is but one part of the satanic network operating from and in that country. it was organised by marc dutroux, who is connected to the satanic order, of abrasax, based in the village of forchies-la-marche near charleroi in southern belgium not far from the castle of darkness. abrasax is abraxas, a fat-bellied demon from whom, it is likely, the magicians term, abracadabra, originated. dutroux buried alive an accomplice, bernard weinstein, and a mong weinstein's effects was a letter from the abrasax group signed by someone describing himself as the egyptian god, anubis. it ordered him to provide 'presents' for the high priestess of the order and apparently gave specific details of, the age and sex the vi

h talked of 1,000 points of light, he was speaking in code about this place of initiation for the highest initiates of the satanic pyramid. in this satanic cathedral is the throne of the high priestess of the upper hierarchy, a position known as the queen mother" every day, apparently, a child is sacrificed in the basement" ceremonies are performed here to the satanic 'goddess' known as lilith, a demon in the hebrew cabala. in ancient sumer the reptilian bloodline, as passed on through the female, was symbolised as lily and the main reptilian gene carriers were given names like lilith, lill, lilutu and lillette. another demon used by some 'mothers' is called bilair, bilar, and bilid, cabalistic names for the force others call satan, etc" it is from these lands in belgium and northern franc

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ifery. this tripartite symbolism was occasionally expressed by saying that brigit had two sisters, also named brigit (incidentally, another form of the name brigit is bride, and it is thus she bestows her special patronage on any woman about to be married or handfasted, the woman being called 'bride' in her honor) the roman catholic church could not very easily call the great goddess of ireland a demon, so they canonized her instead. henceforth, she would be 'saint' brigit, patron saint of smithcraft, poetry, and healing. they 'explained' this by telling the irish peasants that brigit was 'really' an early christian missionary sent to the emerald isle, and that the miracles she performed there 'misled' the common people into believing that she was a goddess. for some reason, the irish swal

WICCA WITCHCRAFT TODAY

een. most likely she was in communication with an irish branch of the fairy or little people who celebrated rites similar to those used in england and to those of dionysus in ancient rome. the second charge against her was that 'she was wont to offer sacrifices to devils, live animals which she and her company tore limb from limb, and made oblation by scattering them at the crossways to a certain demon called robin, son of artes, or robinartison. as remarked above, the name robin was a common one for a spirit, this time perhaps an artful or tricky one('artes. the action seems like a description of a number of bacchantes who used to tear animals in pieces in the dionysian frenzies, since the devouring of an animal victim was supposed to symbolise the incarnation, death and resurrection of t

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

is presumably wrong, in their opinion. on the 7th day of the month, adar, moses died and the rain of manna ceased, says the talmud, but this appears to be contradicted in joshua v. verses 10-12. he was born on the same day of the same month. 82. the bava kama says that after 7 years a male hyena becomes a bat, in another 7 years a vampire, after another a thorn, and after another is turned into a demon. if a man fails to pray devoutly for 7 years, his spine after death becomes a serpent. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott besides those who prophesized for israel, there were 7 other prophets, beor, balaam, job, eliphaz, bildad, zohar, and elihu the son of barachel the buzite. the bava bathra says that 7 men form an unbroken series to this day. adam wa

on says that by it we know the bodies of devils and their nature; the jews understand by it lilith, adam s first wife, a she-devil, dangerous to women in confinements; hence they wrote on the walls -adm chvh chvo lilit, that is, adam, eve, out of doors lilith. jesus, in matt. xii. 43, plainly allows the doctrine that evil spirits may haunt fields, which grotius says the jews think; and their word demon and field are similar, being shdim (fields) and shdim (evil deities; the siddim are mentioned in psalm cvi. 37. it is called the number of sins and the penitent, because it exceeds the number of commandments and is less than twelve, which is the number of grace and perfection. but sometimes even eleven receives a favor from god, as in the case of the man who was called in the eleventh hour t

WORKBOOK FOR GRADE 0 VOID AND THE ABYSS

rue will and show the benefits of this. this represents your desired direction of life, magicial ability and growth, ect. the true will is not a mere mystic truth, but a reality of the luciferian will. the ritual of the invocation of the holy guardian angel should be performed with ecstasy and excitement, as crowley wrote "enflame thyself in invocation. allow the sight of this exteriorized shadow demon and solar angel to unite within yourself, thus embarking clearly on the path of cain -note by fra. akhtya commentary to the rite of azal'ucel by michael ford with regard to 'an invocation to the holy guardian angel, the spirit of the adversary who resides in darkness and light, azal'ucel, the system employed is one of summoning up the angelic and daemonic spirit within the self- the "true wi

irection of not only cain as the lord of horsemen, but also of set-heh the adversary. set is the egyptian god of chaos, storms and darkness. the isolator, set is the adversarial god of change, strength and sufficiency through the will. set is the mask of azazel, the lord of flame. within witchcraft cain is considered the offspring of samael and lilith, thus being the same as baphomet. the angelic/demon higher spirit of cain is azal'ucel, which is reflected in this very rite of self-empowerment. it is through set that all upon the luciferian path pass through, in the skin of cain or otherwise. west- a calling to leviathan, the dragon essence which is immortal, or eternal. the encircling of leviathan is a will directed focus of the individuals being or "i" announcing the forced antinomianian

s the hidden one, asmodeus is the fountainhead for the art of encircling energy, the very act of sorcery itself. samael is the fallen angel, the god of fire and manifestation that fell as a seraph. it is considered that samael, as being asmodeus has developed through hebraic times through daemonic appearance, confronting even solomon the mage. samael represents the earthly devil of the tarot, the demon of lust whom resides within each individual, the dark side from which all desire, positive or negative, manifest. the mysteries of samael as the devil of the tarot are within the tract 77, as commented on originally by aleister crowley. this focus point, known as oz is the creation source of each individual, from birth to the manifestation of ones will. samael is further the concept of samae

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flux of severity and the tree of the knowledge of good and of evil shall it be until it is united with the supernals in daath. but the good which is under it is called the archangel metatron, and the evil is called the archangel samael, and between them lies the straight and narrow way where the archangel sandalphon keeps watch. the souls and the angels are above its branches, and the qlippoth or demons dwell under its roots. let the neophyte enter the pathway of evil. kerux: takes his place in front of neophyte, leads him in a n.e. direction towards the hiereus, halts and steps out of the direct line between hiereus and neophyte. hiereus: whence comest thou? kerux: i come from between the two pillars and i seek the light of the hidden knowledge in the name of adonai. hiereus: and the grea

s neophyte, but does not stand in front of him. hiero: frater, as in the grade of neophyte, you came out of the world to the gateway of hidden knowledge, so in this grade you pass through the gateway and come into the holy place. you are now in the court of the tabernacle, where stood the altar of burnt offering, whereon was offered the sacrifices of animals, which symbolized the qlippoth or evil demons who inhabit the plane contiguous to and below the material universe. dad: makes cross in air with censer, and censes neophyte in silence with three forward swings. hiero: between the altar and the entrance into the holy place, stood the laver of brass wherein the priests washed before entering the tabernacle. it was the symbol of the waters of creation. stol: makes cross with water on neoph

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nse- it was also a wise or politic measure to preserve many heathen sites and temples by simply turning them, when suitable, into christian ones, and assigning to them anotlier and equally sacred meaning. tlie heathen gods even, though represented as feeble in comparison with the true god, were not always pictured as powerless in themselves; they were perverted into hostile malignant powers, into demons, sorcerers and giants, who had to be put down, l)ut were nevertheless credited with a certain mischievous activity and influence. here and there a heathen tradition or a superstitious custom lived on by merely changing the names, and applying to christ, mary and the saints what had formerly been related and believed of idols (see suppl. on the other hand, the piety of christian priests supp

er) blotskapar skrimsl, bsesi hamra ok horga, skoga, votn ok tre ok oil onnur blot, baesi meiri ok minni. but we can conceive of another reason too, why on such occasions the heathen gods, perhaps still unforgotten, are passed over in silence: christian priests avoided uttering their names or describing their worship minutely. it was thought advisable to include them au under the general title of demons or devils, and utterly uproot their influence by laying an interdict on whatever yet remained of their worship. the merseburg poems show how, by way of exception, the names of certain gods were still able to transmit themselves in formulas of conjuring. pictures of heathenism in its debasement and decay have no right to be placed on a level with the report of it given by tacitus from five t

the amputation of the huge giant-hand seems therefore part of an ancient myth, and to have been fitly loki, grendel, saturn. 241 retained in the name of a broad-leaved vegetable; there is also a plant called devivs-liancl, and in more than one legend the evil one leaves the print of his hand on rocks and walls. if these last allusions have led us away from the beneficent deities rather to hurtful demons and malignant spirits, we have here an easy transit to the only god whom the teaching of the edda represents as wicked and malevolent, though it still reckons him among the ases. 5 (loki, grendel, saturn. lofji, as we have seen, was a second son of forniotr, and the three brothers hler, logi, kari on the whole seem to represent water, fire and air as elements. n"ow a striking narrative (sn

is worth noticing, that thorkill plucks out one of ugarthilocus's huge spear-like hairs, and takes it home with him (saxo 165-6. the titgarcpar were the uttermost borders of the habitable world, where antiquity fixed the abode of giants and monsters, i.e, hell; and here also may have been present that notion of the bar, closing up as it were the entrance to that inaccessiljle region of ghosts and demons. whether in very early times there was also a saxon loico and an alamannic lohlio, or only a grcndil and krentil; what is of capital importance is the agreement in tlie myths themselves. to what was cited above, i will here add something more. our nursery-tales have made us familiar with the incident of the haii plucked off the devil as he lay asleep in his grandmother's lap (kinderm. 29. t

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seat in the west between himself and hiereus and facing hierophant, takes pyramid from him. hiero: stoop not down into the darkly splendid world, wherein continually lies a faithless depth, and hades wrapped in clouds, delighting in unintelligible images, precipitous, winding, a black ever rolling abyss ever espousing a body unluminous, formless and void. nature persuadeth us that there are pure demons, and that even the evil germs of matter may alike become useful and good. but these are mysteries which are evoked in the profound abyss of the mind. such a fire existeth extending through the rushings of air or even a fire formless whence comes the image of a voice or even a flashing light abounding, revolving, whirling forth, crying aloud. also there is the vision of the fire flashing cou

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corey, was apparently an innocent witness at the trials at first. however, he himself was accused of witchcraft and was pressed to death- a torture in which heavy stones were placed on the victim's chest and which took three days to kill them- rather than confess, for if he had, his property would have been taken from his descendants. high-ranking practitioners of magick who attempted to conjure demons were usually male, and included both popes and royalty. they generally escaped censure, however. the folk religion of the countryside was an easier target. in december 1484, the bull of pope innocent vii was published, appointing heinrich kramer and jakob sprenger as inquisitors against witchcraft and heresy. these two clerics wrote the malleus maleficarum, the notorious hammer of the witch

peat the whole ritual a moon cycle later for as long as is necessary. there may be a lot of negative vibes swimming the other way, so persevere and be patient. incense magick incense has formed a central part of religious and magical ceremonies for thousands of years in lands as far apart as india and north america. it has been used for purification purposes, to invoke angels and to bind or repel demons by medieval magicians. it is said to release specific energies contained in its fragrance and to carry prayers and petitions to the god or goddess figure being invoked. since the 1960s, incense sticks, cones and burners have increased in popularity for home use, to create an atmosphere of calm, to induce love and cleanse negativity. many people use them for meditation as well as for rituals

phere. in celtic myth these were the times when the twin gods of light and darkness fought each other for control. esbat: a monthly coven meeting traditionally held 13 times a year during each full moon. evil eye: a way of transmitting negativity to another person, not as a deliberate curse, but through feelings of envy, jealousy or resentment. evocation: the summoning-up of angels (and sometimes demons) in order to bind them to perform tasks. fixed: in astrology, a term applied to the signs of leo, taurus, aquarius and scorpio because the sun enters them in the middle of a season. those born under these signs exhibit stability and a tendency to continue in a predetermined path. see also cardinal, mutable. the goddess: the archetype or source energy of the feminine ultimate power or princi

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condemned to the service of the initiates of the magic of light (this idea is to be found also in the koran or, as it is frequently and perhaps more correctly written, qur-an (g) as a consequence of this doctrine, all ordinary material effects and phenomena are produced by the labour of the evil spirits under the command introduction ix usually of the good (d) that consequently whenever the evil demons can escape from the control of the good, there is no evil that they will not work by way of vengeance (e) that therefore sooner than obey man, they will try to make him their servant, by inducing him to conclude pacts and agreements with them (z) that to further this project, they will use every means that offers to obsess him (h) that in order to become an adept, therefore, and dominate th

thereby and thereafter we may obtain the right of using the evil spirits for our servants in all material matters. this, then, is the system of the secret magic of abra-melin, the mage, as taught by his disciple abraham the jew; and elaborated down to the smallest points. except in the professed black magic grimoires, the necessity of the invocation of the divine and angelic forces to control the demons is invariably insisted upon in the operations of evocation described and taught in mediaeval magical manuscripts and published works. so that it is not so much, as i have before said, this circumstance, as the mode of its development by the six moons preparation, which is unusual; while again, the thorough and complete classification of the demons with their offices, and of the effects to b

; this branch alone is a most complicated study, and it will be foreign to our purpose to go into it here; the more so as my work, the kabbalah unveiled, treats at length of all these points. the so-called practical qabalah is the application of the mystic teachings to the production of magical effects. for the classification of divine and angelic names; of hosts and orders of angels, spirits and demons; of particular names of archangels, angels, intelligences, and demons, is to be found carried out even to minute detail in the qabalah, so that the knowledge hereof can give a critical appreciation of the correspondences, sympathies, and antipathies obtaining in the invisible world. therefore what abraham means is, that this system of sacred magic is thoroughly reliable, because correct in

, or rather does not describe that vast race of beings, the elemental spirits, who in themselves comprise an infinitude of various divisions of classification, some of these being good, some evil, and a great proportion neither the one nor the other. evidently, also, many of the results proposed to be attained in the third book, would imply the use of the elemental spirits rather than that of the demons. no advanced adept, such as abraham evidently was, could possibly be ignorant of their existence, power, and value; and we are therefore forced to conclude either that he was unwilling to reveal this knowledge to lamech; or, which is infinitely more probable, that he feared to confuse him by the large amount of additional instruction which would be necessary to make him thoroughly understan

nd five persons who were esteemed and reputed as wise men, among whom were four, namely, horay, abimech, alcaon, and orilach, who performed their operations by the means of the course of the stars and of the constellations, adding many diabolical conjurations and impious and profane prayers, and performing the whole with great difficulty. the fifth, named abimelu, operated by the means and aid of demons, to whom he prepared statues, and sacrificed, and thus they served him with their abominable arts. in arabia they made use of plants, of herbs, and of stones as well precious as common. the divine mercy inspired me to return thence, and led me to abramelin, who was he who declared unto me the secret, and opened unto me the fountain and true source of the sacred mystery, and of the veritable

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ic battery, which nearly threw him down, struck the magical sword from his hand, and sent him staggering back to the centre of the circle. compare also with this incident allan fenwick s experience in the strange story, when his hand accidentally went beyond the limits of the circle when he was replenishing the lamps during the evocation. 96 viz: lucifer, leviathan, satan, and belial. 97 i.e, the demons and evil spirits generally. 98 the demons generally. 99 in the original: demandes etapparitions. the sacred magic 116 100 let me here once again insist on the absolute necessity in occult working of being courteous, even to the evil spirits; for the operator who is insolent and overbearing will speedily lay himself open to obsession by a spirit of like nature, the which will bring about his

eme end of the third book, ie, the magical squares with the names adam and uriel returned therein, and of which the squares of numbers above are evidently intended for the reverse sides; adam being applied to the child, and uriel to the guardian angel of lamech. 136 again let the practical occultist remember that this counsel applies principally to adepts; for the ordinary man can not command the demons' seeing that he has not yet learned to understand and control even all his thoughts; and the adept can only command such beings through the knowledge of his higher self, and of his guardian angel. 137 i.e. of the second book. 138 i think this system of substitution should be very rarely actised. he must be a very spiritless person who would be dissuaded by the prospect of fasting for a day

an only command such beings through the knowledge of his higher self, and of his guardian angel. 137 i.e. of the second book. 138 i think this system of substitution should be very rarely actised. he must be a very spiritless person who would be dissuaded by the prospect of fasting for a day or two. 139 before alluded to in several places. 140 this would apparently apply to a command given to the demons, and not to an aspirant for the sacred wisd fthe sacred magic of abramelin the mage book iii translated by s.l. mac gregor mathers the book of the sacred magic of abramelin the mage: book three translated by s.l. macgregor mathers this adobe acrobat edition contains the complete and unaltered text and illustrations of the corresponding sections in the second (1900) edition published by john

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ns hereof by means of their common ministers (c) the familiar spirits do not execute the operations of this chapter (d) take the symbol in the hand, and name the spirit desired, who will appear in the form commanded (e) it will be noticed at once that of the four symbols of this chapter, the first has the name of the archangel uriel, and the three others those of three of the chief princes of the demons, viz. lucifer, leviathan, and satan. no b is an acrostic of c f squares. uriel from hebrew auriel= light of god. ramie from hebrew rmih= deceit. imimi is either from imm= the sea, or great waters, or from imim= mules. eimar is probably from amr or imr= to speak. leiru is the reverse of uriel, ie, uriel written backwards. this formula seems to show that the symbol should be numbered c instea

ir quality, and a distinction should be made between a great spirit and one of a vile or insignificant nature, but thou shouldest nevertheless alway conserve over them that domination which is proper unto him who operateth. in speaking unto them thou shalt give them no title; but shalt address them sometimes as you, sometimes as 12. meaning apparently the four princes and eight sub-princes of the demons, before so often alluded to. 13. viz: lucifer, leviathan, satan, and belial. of abramelin the mage 218 thou; and thou shalt never seek out expressions to please them, and thou shalt always have with them a proud and imperious air.14 there be certain little terrestrial spirits that are simply detestable; sorcerers and necromantic magicians generally avail themselves of their services, for th

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fe. for, despite its ending, which hath put many wise men to shame, it was to me even as an eternity of rapture, of striving and of attainment beyond that which most mortals- and they initiates even- call divine. now first let it be understood what is the ritual of adoration of our lady the veiled one. first, the priestess performs a mystical dance, by which all beings whatsoever, be they dogs or demons, are banished, so that the place may be pure. next, in another dance, even more secret and sublime, the presence of the goddess is invoked into her image. next, the priestess goes a certain journey, passing the shrines of many great and terrible of the lords of khem, and saluting them. last, she assumes the very self of the goddess; and if this be duly done, the veil glittereth responsive

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the law. the actual meaning of this phrase has taken volumes to explain, but roughly it concerns the uniting of the conscious self, a process of individuation which culminates in a rite called "knowledge and conversation of the holy guardian angel; the angel signifying the pure, evolved self. yet, there are many terrors on the way to the self, and an abyss to cross before victory can be declared. demons, vampires, psychic leeches, ghastly forms accost the aspiring magician from every angle, from every quarter around the circumference of the magick circle, and they must be destroyed lest they devour the magician himself. when crowley professed to have passed the obstacles, and crossed the abyss of knowledge, and found his true self, he found it was identical with the beast of the book of re

ha epishia u mushtepishti-ia is mass-ssarati sha mushi lipshuru ruxisha limnuti pisha lu-u zal.lu lishanusha lu-u tabtu sha iqbu-u amat limutti-ia kima zal.lu litta-tuk sha ipushu kishpi kima tabti lishxarmit qi-ishrusha pu-uttu-ru ipshetusha xulluqu kal amatusha malla-a sseri ina qibit iqbu-u ilani mushitum. the conjuration "xilqa xilqa besa besa" or "a most excellent charm against the hordes of demons" etc. arise! arise! go far away! go far away! be shamed! be shamed! flee! flee! turn around, go, arise and go far away! your wickedness may rise to heaven like unto smoke! arise and leave my body! from my body, depart in shame! from my body flee! turn away from my body! go away from my body! do not return to my body! do no come near my body! do not approach my body! do not throng around my

the material alone, or within a western ceremonial structure (such as the golden dawn system) we came upon startling discoveries in both cases: there are no effective banishings for the forces invoked in the necronomicon itself! the rituals, incantations, formulae of this book are of ancient origin, comprising some of the oldest written magickal workings in western occult history. the deities and demons identified within have probably not been effectively summoned in nearly six thousand years. ordinary exorcisms and banishing formulae have thus far proved extremely inadequate: this, by experienced magicians. hence, the following recommendations. the religion of the ancient sumerian peoples seems to have been lunar-oriented, a religion- or religion- magickal structure- of the night, of dark

d banishing formulae have thus far proved extremely inadequate: this, by experienced magicians. hence, the following recommendations. the religion of the ancient sumerian peoples seems to have been lunar-oriented, a religion- or religion- magickal structure- of the night, of darkness in a sense. invocations using solar formulae have proved thus far effective in successfully banishing necronomicon demons and intelligences. for instance, the kaddish prayer of the jewish faith contains some solar elements that have proved resilient to inimical genii, and the vibration of the lord's prayer for christians is also a workable method. we suggest that individual operators utilise an equivalent solar (i.e, positive light) invocation from their own religion or the religion of their ancestors, should

dless acolyte at the alters of madness. for this is the book of the dead, the book of the black earth, that i have writ down at the peril of my life, exactly as i received it, on the planes of the igigi, the cruel celestial spirits from beyond the wanderers of the wastes. let all who read this book be warned thereby that the habitation of men are seen and surveyed by that ancient race of gods and demons from a time before time, and that they seek revenge for that forgotten battle that took place somewhere in the cosmos and rent the worlds in the days before the creation of man, when the elder gods walked the spaces, the race of marduk, as he is known to the chaldeans, and of enki our master, the lord of magicians. know, then, that i have trod all the zones of the gods, and also the places

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her by his hair and slaying him lign-aloes foi lori gaxisphilium 26 a man holding a book which he opens and shuts assafoetida colophonum cubel pepper 28 a small-headed man dressed like a woman, and with him an old man euphorbium stammonia rhubarb 29 a man of grave and thoughtful face, with a bird in his hand, before him a woman and an ass thyme coxium santal alb table v (continued) 28 clv. goetic demons of decans by day (ascendant. clvi. magical images of col. clv. 15 1! lab bael cat, toad, man, or all at once. 16 4= ygymg gamigina little horse or ass. 17 7= wma amon (1) wolf with serpent s tail (2) man with dog s teeth and raven s head. 18 10# rawb buer probably a centaur or archer. 19 13! talb beleth rider on pale horse, with many musicians [flaming and poisonous breath] 20 16$ rpaz zepa

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

nd bears firebrand. 25 26 \yb bim dragon with 3 heads a dog s, man s, and gryphon s. 26 29$ twrtca asteroth hurtful angel or infernal dragon, like berot, with a viper [breath bad. 28 32! yadmsa asmoday 3 heads (bull, man, ram, snake s tail, goose s feet. rides, with lance and banner, on a dragon. 29 35= cwjrm marchosias wolf with a gryphon s wings and serpent s tail. breathes flames. clix. goetic demons of decans by day (cadent. clx. magical images of col. clix. 15 3& wgacw vassago like agares. 16 6$ rplaw valefor lion with ass s head, bellowing 17 9! wmyap paimon crowned king on dromedary, accompanied by many musicians. 18 12& yrfyc sitri leapard s head and gryphon s wings. 19 15$ cwgyla eligos a knight with a lance and banner, with a serpent. 20 18$ ytab bathin a strong man with a serpen

, with a serpent. 20 18$ ytab bathin a strong man with a serpent s tail, on a pale horse. 22 21% and# aram marax human-faced bull. 24 24= rbn naberius a black crane with a sore throat he flutters. 25 27% and= wwnyr ronove a monster [probably a dolphin. 26 30= canrwp forneus sea monster. 28 33 [ug gaap like a guide. to be kings. 29 36& cwlwfcy stolas raven. table of correspondences 29 clxi. goetic demons &c. by night (ascendant. clxii. magical images of col. clxi. 15 37= nap phenex child-voices phoenix. 16 40 \war raum crow. 17 43 ]wnbc sabnock soldier with lion s head rides pale horse. 18 46% wrpyb bifrons monster. 19 49$ lkwrk crocell angel. 20 52 ]wla alloces soldier with red leonine face and flaming eyes; rides great horse. 22 55& bwarwa orobas horse. 24 58# wa amy flaming fire. 25 61!

. 18 46% wrpyb bifrons monster. 19 49$ lkwrk crocell angel. 20 52 ]wla alloces soldier with red leonine face and flaming eyes; rides great horse. 22 55& bwarwa orobas horse. 24 58# wa amy flaming fire. 25 61! and# gaz zagan bull with gryphon s wings. 26 64$ rwah haures leopard. 28 67 ]wdma amdusias (1) unicorn (2) dilatory bandmaster. 29 70& rac seere beautiful man on winged horse. clxiii. goetic demons &c. by night (succedent. clxiv. magical images of col. clxiii. 15 38 [lah halphas stock-dove with sore throat. 16 41$ rwlkwp focalor man with gryphon s wings. 17 44= c shax stcck-dove with sore throat. 18 47$ lawa uvall dromedary. 19 50 ]wp furcas cruel ancient, with long white hair and beard, rides a pale horse, with sharp weapons. 20 53# yak camio (1) thrush (2) man with sharp sword seeme

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the file which reads t(o)ilvr. these angels are most mighty and benevolent. they are ruled by names of god formed by prefixing the appropriate letter from the black-cross to their own names. 6. beneath the bar of the calvary cross remain 16 squares not yet accounted for. here, beneath the presidency of the kerubim, rule four mighty and benevolent angels ingm laoc vssn rvoi 7. trilateral names of demons or elementals are to be formed from these 16 squares, uting the two letters on either side of the upright of the cross with a letter chosen crom the central tablet or black cross in accordance with rules which will be given in their due place.10 thus gm in oc la et cetera, form bases for these trilateral names. the symbolic representation of the universe 14 the following rules explain how t

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assume that the magician has succeeded in developing his body of light until it is able to go anywhere and do anything. there will, however, be a certain limitation to his work, because he has formed his magical body from the fine matter of his own element. therefore, although he may be able to penetrate the utmost recesses of the heavens, or conduct vigorous combats with the most unpronounceable demons of the pit, it may be impossible for him to do as much as knock a vase from a mantelpiece. his magical body is composed of matter too tenuous to affect directly the gross matter of which illusions such as tables and chairs are made<physical" operation which the body of light can perform is "congressus subtilis. the emanations of the "body of desire" of the material bei

d and consecrated instruments into that cleansed and consecrated place, and there proceeds to repeat that double ceremony in the ceremony itself, which has these same two main parts. the first part of every ceremony is the banishing; the second, the invoking. the same formula is repeated even in the ceremony of banishing itself, for in the banishing ritual of the pentagram we not only command the demons to depart, but invoke the archangels and their hosts to act as guardians of the circle during our pre-occupation with the ceremony proper. in more elaborate ceremonies it is usual to banish everything by name. each element, each planet, and each sign, perhaps even the sephiroth themselves; all are removed, including the very one which we wished to invoke, for that forces as existing in natu

y. a general curse may be pronounced against the forces hindering the operation (for "ex hypothesi" no divine force can be interfering) and having thus temporarily dislodged them- for the power of the god invoked will suffice for this purpose- one may proceed with a certain asperity to conjure the spirit, for that he has done ill to bend before the conjurations of the black brothers. indeed, some demons are of a nature such that they only understand curses, are not amenable to courteous command "a slave whom stripes may move, not kindness" finally, as a last resource, one may burn the sigil of the 135 spirit in a black box with stinking substances, all having been properly prepared beforehand, and the magical links properly made, so that he is really tortured by the operation<
ata on which these considerations are ultimately based. it was said by the sorcerer of the jura that in order to invoke the devil it is only necessary to call him with your whole will. this is an universal magical truth, and applies to every other being as much as to the devil. for the whole will of every man is in reality the whole will of the universe. it is, however, always easy to call up the demons, for they are always calling you; and you have only to step down to their level 193 and fraternize with them. they will tear you in pieces at their leisure. not at once; they will wait until you have wholly broken the link between you and your holy guardian angel before they pounce, lest at the last moment you escape. anthony of padua and (in our own times "macgregor" mathers are examples o

of a suicide, or of one violently slain or suddenly dead. of what use is such an operation, save to gratify curiosity or vanity? one must add a word on spiritism, which is a sort of indiscriminate necromancy- one might prefer the word necrophilia- by amateurs. they make themselves perfectly passive, and, so far from employing any methods of protection, deliberately invite all and sundry spirits, demons, shells of the dead, all the excrement and filth of earth and hell, to squirt their slime over them. this invitation is readily accepted, unless a clean man be present with an aura good enough to frighten these foul denizens of the pit. no spiritualistic manifestation has ever taken place in the 198 presence even of frater perdurabo; how much less in that of the master therion<ear

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hed (more or less) is the middle ages- read your erdmann if you want the gruesome details. but why should you? the model for mr. sludge was david dunbar? douglas) home, who was really quite a distinguished person in his way, and succeeded in pulling some remarkably instructed and blue-blooded legs. personally, i believe him to have been genuine, getting real results through pacts with elementals, demons or what not; for when he was in paris, arrangements were made for him to meet eliphas l vi; forthwith "he abandoned the unequal contest, and fled in terror from the accursed spot" what annoyed browning was that he had added to his collection of "femora i have pulled, those appendages of elizabeth barrett; and where r.b. was there was no room for anyone else- as in the case of allah! r.b. wa

se to begin one's work with axioms and postulates which are inherently dangerous. the whole controversy might be expressed as a differential equation. their curves become identical only at infinity, and there is no doubt, at least to my mind, that the curve of magick follows a more pleasant track than that of yoga. to take one point alone: it is evidently more satisfactory to have one's malignant demons external to oneself. as i have written it has become clearer to me that this is the case, magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 334 but i should not like you to arise from its perusal with any idea that i have been in some way derogating yoga. i would not like to maintain that it is necessary to magick because there have been many very great magicians who knew nothing

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e, be "moved" it is even written that "torsion about a point is iniquity< but if the point itself could be moved it would cease to be itself, for position is the only attribute of the point. the magician must therefore make himself absolutely free in this respect. it is the constant practice of demons to attempt to terrify, to shock, to disgust, to allure. against all this he must oppose the steel of the sword. if he has got rid the ego-idea this task will be comparatively easy; unless he has done so it will be almost impossible. so says the dhammapada: me he abused, and me he beat, he robbed me, he insulted me; in whom such thoughts find harbourage, hatred will never cease to be. and th

he has willed is willed to a purpose. it is the same as if he had taken an oath to perform some achievement. now this book must be a holy book, not a scribbling-book in which you jot down every piece of rubbish that comes into your head. it is written, liber vii, v, 23 "every breath, every word, every thought, every deed is an act of love with thee. be this devotion a potent spell to exorcise the demons of the five" this book must then be thus written. in the first place the magician must perform the practice laid down in liber cmxiii so that he understands perfectly who he is, and to what his development must necessarily tend. so much for the first page of the book. let him then be careful to write nothing therein that is inharmonious or untrue. nor can he avoid this writing, for this is

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loud; murrain rbd they of the world mlw( ymy to see, observe, perceive; to consider h)r 207 a scorpion (cf. 372) b)rg) lord of the universe mlw( nwd) light (aur is the balanced light of open day; cf. 9& 11) rw) limitless pws ny) ate hrb walled, fenced rdg that which cuts rbh the elders (deut. 21:19) mynqz melt, fuse qqz the crown of the ark; strange, foreign; border rz to grow great, multiply hbr demons; injurers myqyzm 208 feather hrb) a cistern rwb bowed rhg to make strife; contend hrg locusts hbr) to kill grh abominable )rz multitude bwr hole rx cedar zr) 209 chief seer or prophet (hence abra-melin) h)rb) reward, profit, prize hrg) to delay, tarry; behind (prep) rx) way xr) dispersed rzb sojourned, dwelt; whelp rwg oppressed brz ornament, splendour, honour; the supernal benignity; hadar

(cf. 346) h#wm hiram-abif (a cunning artificer at the temple of solomon in the legend) pyb) mryx 352 the exalted light hl(m rw) long of nose (i.e. merciful: a title of the supreme god (cf. 362) myp) kr) lightnings, flashings myqrb an approach nbrq 353 five h#mx the secret of hwhy is to his fearers (ps. 25:14) wy)ryl hwhy dws delight, joy hxm# 354 grew fat; anointed n#d a temporary remitting h+m# demons myd# 355 thought; idea hb#xm year; sleep hn# pharaoh (derived from the egyptian for ggreat house h) h(rp sphere; number; emanation hryps 356 expiations, atonements myrwpk a young mule rpw( spirits of the living nyyxd nyxwr 357 iniquity)#wn 358 shame hn#g shiloh shall come (gn. 49:10) hly )by gmessiach h: the messiah xy#m the serpent that initiated eve #xn (taking the three hehs in hwhyh) as

arrangement of the sephiroth: 3-6-1 lord of earth (referred to malkuth; cf. 65& 155) cr)h ynd) folk, people (ar; gimpurities h. from #n, gto be weak, sick h) y#n) foundations (ch) ny) the mountain zion nwyc rh 362 long of face: a title of kether (cf. 352) myp) kyr) 363 the almighty and ever-living god: the divine name of yesod yx l) yd# 364 the hidden light: a title of kether )lpwm rw) satan n+#h demons nyd# opposition; resistance hn# 365 an uncovering, exposing h(yrp 367 black (scil. of eye-pupil; middle; homunculus nw#y) 368 the spirit of the gods of the living myyx myhl) xwr boils nyx# 369 the world of briah (creation; referred to binah) h)yrbh mlw( 370 a foundation, basis rq( creation( willows of the brook (lev. 23:40) lxn ybr( white lead, tin )r+sq to rend, cut, blame, curse (rq green

int of a sword brx txb) by-paths (see 1351) twxrw) 622 blessings tkrb the depths of the sea (samael and his wife) my twlwcm breadths twbwxr 623 holy spirit #dqh xwr the nose *m+wx 624 the number of letters in the great table of enoch (not counting the black cross of union: 12 13 4 his covenant (ps. 25:14) wtyrbw liberty twryx 625 weasels and other terrible animals *myxw) 626 the qliphoth: shells, demons twpylq 628 light (spelt in full, vau )w; cf. 633 and 643 :r:w) blessings twkrb to be wise *mkx life *myyx 629 the great trumpet lwdg rpw# nations; gentiles *myywg 630 the holy spirit)#ydq )xwr seraphim, flaming ones: the angelic choir of geburah mypr# hairy ones; he-goats; demons myry# drill, coarse linen; a triad #l# adam and eve *hwxw md) thine eye( gis h written. see 160& i.r.q. 652 *kny

ess, image *nwymd at the end of the days; the right hand *nymy wings *mypnk bone; substance, essence; body *mc( divination; witchcraft *msq 761 ruin, destruction, sudden death *ns) 762 a structure; mode of building *nynb apertures *mybqn 764 gracious, obliging, indulgent *nwnx brains *nyxwm 765 and god blessed them myhl) mt) krbyw 766 they of the world *mlw( ymy 767 the elders (deut. 21:19 *mynqz demons; injurers *myqyzm 768 coppery, brassy yt#xn the high priest *lwdg nhk 770 going forth (said of the eyes of hwhy; lit. fem. gwanderers h) tw++w#m unfruitful, barren trq( strengthening *nykm a name of god *n( points, pricks, dots *mydwqn giants *mylpn thine enemy *kr( 771 the bearded countenance: a title of tiphareth nypn) ry# 772 seven years myn (b# 773 the stone (or stone channel) of drinki

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ho dwelt in the high house were veiled whenever they appeared, in order to prevent it being known that they were of the same appearance in all respects as their inferiors. this ordinance had been made after the great conspiracy, with which i shall deal in the chapter on history .pa vi. of the underground gardens of atlas, and of the alleged commerce of the atlanteans with incubi, succubi, and the demons of darkness. i have referred to the contempt with which the atlanteans were prone to regard the vegetable kingdom. animals, including man, shared their scorn. the idea may have been that with their advantages they ought to have done much better for themselves. minerals, however, were regarded as helpless; and hence the extraordinary attention paid to them. beneath the houses the rock had be

fitted the workers to return to labour. now of these workings in the gardens strange tales are told. it is said that the inhabitants falling to repose were visited in sleep by incubi and succubi (whatever the nature of these may be, and i by no means concur in the opinion of sinistrari, and that they welcomed such with eagerness. nay, darker legends tell of infamous commerce and intercourse with demons foul and malicious, and pretend that the power of atlas was devilish, and that the catastrophe was the judgement of god. these mediaeval fables of the debased and perverted phallicism miscalled christianity are unworthy even to be refuted, founded as they are on hypotheses contrary to common sense. nor would they who knew themselves masters of the earth have deigned to degrade themselves, a

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-assiah, the world of action, called also the world of shells, twpylqh \lwu, olahm ha-qliphoth, which is this world of matter, made up of the grosser elements of the other three. in it is also the abode of the evil spirits which are called the shells by the qabalah, twpylq, qliphoth, material shells. the devils are divided into ten classes, and have suitable habitations (see tables in 777).23 the demons are the grossest and most deficient of all forms. their ten degrees aswer to decad of the sephiroth, but in inverse ratio, as darkness and impurity increase with the descent of each degree. the two first are nothing but absence of visible form and organization. the third is the abode of darkness. next follow seven hells occupied by thoe demons which represent incarnate human vices, and tort

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-day is the dawn, tomorrow the night of weeping. gird up your loins and speed to the hills; and perchance on the way under the cedars and the oaks ye meet god face to face and know. but be not downcast if ye find not god in the froth or the dregs of the first cup: drink and hold fast to the sword of resolution- onwards, ever onwards, and fear not! devils shall beset the path of the righteous, and demons, and all the elemental spirits of the abyss. yet fear not! for they add grandeur and glory to the might of god's power. pass on, but keep thy foot upon their necks, for in the region whither thou goest, the seraph and the snake dwell side by side "sume lege" open the book of thyself, take and read. eat, for this is thy body; drink, for this is the blood of thy redemption. the sun thou seest

ood wherein are all things unmindful of the crown, and where there is darkness and corruption, and where lives the tyrant of the world clothed in a robe of fantastic desires. yet it is here that the golden key has been lost, where the hog, the wolf, the ape, and the bearded goat hold revel. here are set the pavilions of dreams and the tented encampments of sleep, in which are spread the tables of demons, and where 218 feast the wantons and the prudes, the youths and the old men, and all the opposites of virtue and of vice. but he who would wear the crown must find the key, else the door of the palace remains closed, for none other than he can open it for him. and he who would find the key of gold must seek it here in the outer court of the world, where the flatterers, and the parasites, an

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e world of action, called also the world of shells, ovlm hqlipvth, olahm ha-qliphoth, which is this world of matter, made up of the grosser elements of the other three. in it is also the abode of the evil spirits, which are called "the shells" by the qabalah, qlipvth, qliphoth, material shells. the devils are also divided into ten classes, and have suitable habitations (see tables in "777) 81 the demons are the grossest and most deficient of all forms. their ten degrees answer to the decad of the sephiroth, but in inverse ratio, as darkness and impurity increase with the descent of each degree. the two first are nothing but absence of visible form and organisation. the third is the abode of darkness. next follow seven hells occupied by those demons which represent incarnate human vices, an

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d the voice, i would know if these things be of the essence of the aethyr, or of the essence of the seer. and he answers: it is of the essence of him that is called nemo, combined with essence of the aethyr, for from 80 the 1st aethyr to the 15th aethyr, there is no vision and no voice, save for him that is called nemo. and he that seeketh the vision and the voice therein is led away by dog-faced demons that show no sign of truth, seducing from the sacred mysteries, unless his name be nemo. and hadst thou not been fitted, thou too hadst been led away, for before the gate of the 15th aethyr, is this written: he shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie. and again it is written: the lord hardened pharaoh's heart. and again it is written that god tempteth man. but thou h

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o cause bleeding at the nose, familiar to us from the writings of macgregor mathers. 3 the universe of magic is in the mind of a man: the setting is but illusion even to the thinker. humanity is progressing; formerly men dwelt habitually in the exterior world; nothing less than giants and paynim and men-at-arms and distressed ladies, vampires and succubi, could amuse them. their magicians brought demons from the smoke of blood, and made gold from baser metals. in this they succeeded; the intelligent perceived that the gold and the lead were but shadows of thought. it became probable that the elements were but isomers of one element; matter was seen to be but a modification of mind, or (at least) that the two things matter and mind must be joined before either could be perceived. all knowle

t" the cakkr m, i saw that. query: what is the connection, which appeared absolute and essential? i had been specially impressed by that gate two days ago, with its knot of mourners. could the scene have been recorded in a brain-cell adjoining that which records the visuddhi-idea? or did i at that time unconsciously think of my throat for some other reason? bother! these things are all dog- faced demons! to work! 11.17. work: meditation an mantra. 11.35. no good. went off into a reverie about a castle and men-at-arms. this had all the qualities of a true dream, yet i was not in any other sense asleep. i soon will be, though. it seems foolish to persist. 22 11.35. and indeed, though i tried to continue the mantra with its high aspiration to know adonai, i must have slept almost at once."the

e visconti will cheer me up in the evening; and i shall get a good day in to-morrow. 6.35. still at liber dcccclxiii.[to be published shortly by "the equinox. ed. i should like to write mantrams for each chapter. 7.20. still at liber dcccclxiii. i need hardly say that i am perfectly aware that in one sense all this working and ritual making and copying and illuminating is but a crowd of dog-faced demons, since the one thought of unity with adonai is absent. but i do it on purpose, making each thing i do into that magic will. so if you ask me "are you correcting liber dcccclxiii. i reply,"no! i am adonai! 7.50. arrival of the visconti. 8.50. departure of the visconti. really a necessary rest: for my head had begun to ache, and her kiss, half given and half taken, much refreshed me. 9.50. ha

he crazy bark holds way, steered by the oar of discipline yea, he holds his course. adonai! adonai! is not the harbour yet in sight? 6.7. he has returned home and burnt (as every night since its arrival) the holy incense of abramelin the mage. the atmosphere is full of vitality, sweetened and strengthened; the soul naturally and simply turns to the holy task with vigour and confidence; the black demons of doubt and despair flee away; one respires already a foretaste of the perfume, and obtains almost a premonition of the vision. so, let the work go on. 6.23. 7 breath-cycles, rather difficult. clothes are a nuisance, and make all the difference. 6.31. john st. john is more broken up by this morning's 104 failure than he was ready to admit. but the fact stands; he cannot concentrate his min

andwich, 2 coffees. concentrating "off" the work as well as possible. 10.10. arrived at brenner's studio. the rest has produced one luminous idea: why not end it all with destruction? say a great ritual of geburah, curses, curses, curses! john st. john ought not to have forgotten how to curse. in his early days at wastdale head people would travel miles to hear him! curse all the gods and all the demons all those things in short which go to make up john st. john. for "that" as he now knows is the name of the great enemy, the dweller upon the threshold. it was that mighty spirit whose formless horror beat him back, for it was he! so now to return to concentration and the will toward adonai. 10.20. one thing is well; the vow of "interpreting every phenomenon as a particular dealing of god

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e clouds arise still further to obscure our path. what is the use then of doing anything if we are but as drops of water which are splashed between the wanton hands of the sun, the wind, and the ocean- indeed the ways of god are inscrutable and past finding out. thus the unobtainable tempts us, and the little segments of god that we see become to us the fiercest and most terrible of the dog-faced demons which seduce us from the path. he is always at our elbow, whispering, tempting, jeering, advising and helping us; he it is that casts despair upon us when we have done nothing wrong, and elation when we have done nothing right; he it is who is ever rising before us like a mist to obscure our path or to magnify our goal; yet nevertheless he is not only the cloud but that ultimate fire- if we

ted below_ diagram 14. the hermetic cross. the neophyte then retires for a short time before commencing the second ritual of this grade, which consists chiefly of symbolic explanations: the "hierophant" says "while the 0= 0 grade represents the portal of the temple, the 1= 10 grade of zelator will admit you into the holy place. without, the altar of burnt offering symbolises the qliphoth- or evil demons. between the altar and the entrance to the holy place stood the laver of brass, as a symbol of the waters of creation" illustration on page 264 approximated below. 31st. 32nd. 29th_ hb:shin hb:taw hb:qof_ hierophant/ red/ lamp_ banner of the west\ banner of the east water=\air_ t o_ a f stolistes dadouches b_ l e_ e a hegemon t r_ t facing east h_ table of seven shew bread branched candlest

might be expected that these difficulties would gradually lessen, but this is far from being the case; for, as we have seen, the complexities already involved by the introduction of ancient egyptian deities, concerning whom it is probable the candidate has but little knowledge, are further heightened by a general intrusion on the part of hebrew, christian, macedonian and phrygian gods, angels and demons, and a profuse scattering of symbols; which, unitedly, are apt either so to bewilder the candidate that he leaves the temple with an impression that the whole ritual is a huge joke, a kind of buffoonish carnival of gods which in the sane can only provoke laughter; or, on account of it being so utterly incomprehensible to him, his ignorance makes him feel that it is so vastly beyond him and

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sun, and spirit of the moon! ye, ye are the leaders of air "the principles, which have understood the intelligible works of the father, he hath clothed in sensible works and bodies, being intermediate links existing to connect the father with matter, rendering apparent the images of unapparent natures, and inscribing the unapparent in the apparent frame of the world "there are certain irrational demons (mindless elementals, which derive their subsistence from the aerial rulers; where- fore the oracle saith, being the charioteer of the aerial, terres- trial and aquatic dogs "the aquatic when applied to divine natures signifies a government inseparable from water, and hence the oracle calls the aquatic gods, water walkers "there are certain water elementals whom orpheus calls nereides, dwel

ture. we understand the precept "visita interiora terrae rectificando invenias occultum lapidem; and harnessing to our triumphal car the white eagle and the green lion we voyage at 63 our ease upon the path of the chameleon, by the towers of iron and the fountains of supernal dew, unto that black unutterable sea most still. xiii "from the cavities of the earth leap forth the terrestrial dog-faced demons, showing no true sign unto mortal man "go not forth when the lictor passeth by "direct not thy mind to the vast surfaces of the earth; for the plant of truth grows not upon the ground. nor measure the motions of the sun, collecting rules, for he is carried by the eternal will of the father, and not for your sake alone. dismiss (from your mind) the impetuous course of the moon, for she movet

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es of the past, it simply set them squabbling and fighting over petty and absurd points of morals and law. a fair specimen of the magical powers displayed by the order after the fall of d.d.c.f. is to be found in the above "statement. the most serious charge that soror f.e.r. has brought against soror s.s.d.d. is that she has conducted the examinations unjustly" s.s.d.d.'s 50 presumably abramelin demons. reply was "that she has no time, even if she had the inclination, to indulge in futile acts of spite or favouritism" whilst revolt was simmering in the pot of dissatisfaction, it appears that d.d.c.f. was residing in paris, reviving the mysteries of isis at the bodini re theatre.51 here he and 254 his wife lived under a variety of pseudonyms such as "the hierophant rameses" and the "high p

e vision of the fire flashing courser of light, or also a child, borne aloft on the shoulders of the celestial steed, fiery, or clothed with gold, or naked, or shooting with the bow shafts of light, and standing on the shoulders of the horse; then if thy meditation prolongeth itself, thou shalt unite all these symbols into the form of a lion"(to be continued" 280 79 on this occasion the abramelin demons appeared as misty forms filling the whole house with a pernicious aura, which was still noticeable three years after they had been attracted. whether these demons are to be considered as material or mental beings depends upon the philosophic outlook of the reader. nevertheless, let it be understood that abramelin is not a work to be taken lightly. the obsession of these demons was probably

ch followed immediately upon this operation, suffered terribly on their account. frater ae.a. fled secretly from his house in terror; his gardener, a teetotaller for twenty years, went raving drunk, as did nearly every one who lived on the estate_ we could continue examples for pages. his clairvoyants became drunkards and prostitutes, while later a butcher upon one of whose bills the names of two demons had been casually jotted down, viz, elerion and mabakiel, which respectively mean "a laughter" and "lamentation (conjoint "unlooked-for sorrow suddenly descending upon happiness) whilst cutting up a joint for a customer accidentally severed the femoral artery and died in a few minutes. these mishaps are most likely mere coincidences, but a coincidence when it happens is quite as awkward as

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s of ralph waldo trine, the philosophising of the rev. r. j. campbell, the poetry of ella wheeler wilcox? the prototypes of these people are utterly, or almost utterly, forgotten. one recalls now with how much difficulty the names of the rev. h. r. haweis, of a. h. davis, of lizzie doten! for there is no virtue in those who have strayed from the path to linger among the shells of the dead and the demons of matter. the line of tradition is unbroken, and the way is straight and hard; too hard for "mediums" and new thoughtists, whose spiritual capital consists of falsehood, and sentimentality, and sham humanitarianism. sir oliver lodge is always careful and painstaking and entirely honest; he is probably as well fitted to carry on his s.p.r. work as any student in england. and to those who ar

ation "in every way worthy of study_ christian world. the wisdom of plotinus. a metaphysical study, by c. j. whitby, m.d. 120 pp. crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 2s. net. a treatise on the metaphysical doctrines of the great neoplatonic philosopher. contents_ life of plotinus. ancient and modern methods. neoplatonism. matter. the universe. individuality. the problem of evil. providence and the individual. demons and the demonic faculty. concerning love and emotions. substance or corporeal essence. time and eternity. doctrine of the soul. individuality. incarnation or descension. intelligence, and the intelligible world. primal categories or elements of the notion. universal number. number and unity. time and space in eternity. ideal functions of time and space. universal differentiation. intelligen

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v.a) in that of d.d.c.f. their 176 bodies were in prison; but their spirits were in the house of the fallen chief of the golden dawn. at first frater p. was seized with horror at the sight, he knew not whether to direct a hostile current of will against d.d.c.f. and v.n.r, supposing them to be guilty of cherishing within their bodies the spirits of two disincarnated vampires, or perhaps abramelin demons under the assumed forms of s.v.a. and m.s.r, or to warn d.d.c.f; supposing him to be innocent, as he perhaps was, of so black and evil an offence. but as he hesitated a voice entered the body of the sibyl and bade him leave matters alone, which he did. not yet was the cup full. in april he journeyed to london, and the month of may 1903 once again found him amongst the fastnesses of the nort

cle, and the nails of the dead man's fingers pierced 254 his palms with the desperate clinch of one who has yielded not without agonising resistance. two tapers at his head, two at his feet, with their tall and unsnuffed wicks, made the ghastliness of the bier more luminously unearthly, and a smothered laugh of derision from some invisible watcher ever and anon mocked the corpse, as if triumphant demons were exulting over their prey. i pressed my hands upon my eye-balls till they ached, in intensity of desire to shut out the spectacle; i buried my head in the pillow, that i might not hear that awful laugh of diabolic sarcasm. but- oh horror immeasurable! i behold the walls of the room slowly gliding together, the ceiling coming down, the floor ascending, as of old the lonely captive saw th

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cstasy. but echoing from the central roar reverberates many a mournful moan, and shapes more mystic than before baffle its formless monotone! ah! mocks him many a myriad vision, warring within him masterless, turning devotion to derision, beatitude to beastliness. 65 they swarm, they grow, they multiply; the strong knight's brain goes all a-swim, paced by that maddening minstrelsy, those dog-like demons hunting him. the last bar breaks; the steel will snaps; the black hordes riot in his brain; a thousand threatening thunder-claps smite him- insane- insane- insane! his muscles roar with senseless rage; the pale knight staggers, deathly sick; reels to the light that sorry sage, sir palamede the lunatick. 66 xxv a savage sea without a sail, grey gulphs and green a-glittering, rare snow that f

of his blood joins in that cry's soul-shaking flood. for many a chiliad counted well his soul stayed in its proper hell. then, when sir palamedes came back to himself, the shrine was dark. cold was the incense, dead the flame; the slain babe lay there black and stark. what of the beast? what of the quest? more blind the quest, the beast more dim. even now its laughter is suppressed, while his own demons mock at him! 74 o thou most desperate dupe that hell's malice can make of mortal men! meddle no more with magick spells, sir palamede the saracen! 75 xxix ha! but the good knight, striding forth from set's abominable shrine, pursues the quest with bitter wrath, so that his words flow out like wine. and lo! the soul that heareth them is straightway healed of suffering. his fame runs through

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ngs around me were surrounded by silver flashes or streaks. but about the human corpse which i saw before me was a pyramid of flashing light, and around me purple hangings. five silver candlesticks were brought in, and then i saw a throne with pentagram in white brilliance above it. there was a rose of five by five petals within; and above qesheth the rainbow. rising from the ground were formless demons- all faces! even as x. a. r. p.189 etc, are evil. above were the gods of e. h. n. b; and above them svastika wheels whirling, and again above this the light ineffable. illustration on page 119 approximated_ air e x a r p_ water h c o m a_ spirit n a n t a_ dee b i t o m< air water spirit dee diagram 87. the spirit table 24th. green ankh. 7 m. poor. worked at 5= 6 explanation. cross in brill

ind all things, behind each in the highest worlds, the highest of all."209 once logically having crushed out the idea of an individual soul, a personal god and then an impersonal god had to be set aside and with them the idea of a first cause or beginning; concerning which question buddha refused to give an answer. for, he well saw, that the idea of a supreme god was the greatest of the dog-faced demons that seduced man from the path "there is no god, and i refuse to discuss what is not" cries buddha "but there is sorrow and i intend to destroy it" if i can only get people to start on the upward journey they will very soon cease to care if there is a god or if there is a no-god; but, if i give them the slightest cause to expect any reward outside cessation of sorrow, it would set them all

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he invoking druse on lebanon. moreover pylon shouldered round to pylon an unearthly tune, like phantom priests that strike and sound sinister sistrons at the moon. and death's insufferable perfume beat the black air with golden fans as turkis rip a nubian's womb with damascened yataghans. also the taste of dust long dead of ancient queens corrupt and fair struck through the temple, subtly sped by demons dominant of the air. last, on the flesh there came a touch like sucking mouths and stroking hands that laid their foul alluring smutch even to the blood's mad sarabands. 8 so did the neophyte that would gaze into dead pharaoh's awful eyes start from incalculable amaze to clutch the initiate's place and prize. he bore the blistering thought aloft: it blazed in battle on his plume: with sage

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er and her grandmother before her as a witches' high altar and now it served alex. by the light of candles he described a magic circle with his 34 sword, excludingjoan. when she made as if to speak he told her to keep quiet or get out. the air became heavy with incense as he worked the spells and recited the words that would lead him from white witchcraft to black 'by all the powers i command the demons to bring me wealth, riches, power' joan sobbed quietly, not understanding all that was going on but realizing that her beloved brother was bargaining for his soul with the devil and that, in the end, someone would have to pay. 35 5 rsewftcbeb for two days life went on as before. alex was negotiating the sale of some formulae used by his firm to a freelance traveller who was planning to set

party was held, the room was exactly as it had appeared in alex's visions. the pillars supporting the ceiling were each draped with a differentcoloured length of silk; a bar was built across one end of the room; and right in the middle of the parquet floor had been painted a huge magic circleadorned with the cabalistic symbols handed down from the ancient hebrews. the wild life had come true; the demons had done their work. money begets money; now that alex had all that he wanted, and more, he was in great demand as a model for 39 leading photographic agencies. under the name of paul dallas, he sported the latest fashions and posed as the escort of beautiful women. he became the darling of the local 'jet. set. when his companions heard that he dabbled in magiche still kept his secret-s-the

view. as soon as he entered the building he felt at home. built as a memorial to a lancashire 61 cotton merchant who was a devout christian, the library was a monument of stone and wood. while at first appearance it looked like a church, a keener glance recognized the hallmark ofa stonemason trained in witchcraft. peering out from the top ofpillars were little stone mice with devils' faces; cats, demons, imps and dragons crouched in corners and crevices, in the boardroom where the interview took place, alex had difficulty keeping his eyes off the magnificent framed papyrus specimens on the walls and the egyptian. bills of sale for servants. the wages, explained the library official, were very low; only eight pounds a week which, in 1963, was about the lowest rate for any job. alex assured

ches each take a weapon from the altar, ready to pass to the high priestess so that she, in tum, can hand it to the initiate. he passes them back to her and she replaces them on the altar 'i now present you with the working tools of a witch. they are also the magic weapons. first, the magic sword. with this thou canst form all magic circles, dominate, subdue, and punish all rebellious spirits and demons and even persuade angels and good spirits. with this in your hand you are the ruler of the circle 'next i present the athame, this is the true witches' weapon and has all the power of the magic sword 'next i present the white-handled knife. its use is to form all instruments used in the art. it can only be used in a magic circle 'next i present the wand. its use is to call up and control ce

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chant besom, besom long and lithe made from ash and willow withe tied with thongs of willow bark in running stream at moonset dark. with a pentagram indighted as the ritual fire is lighted; sweep ye circle, deosil, sweep out evil, sweep out ill, make the round of the ground where we do the lady's will. besom, besom, lady's broom sweep out darkness, sweep out doom rid ye lady's hallowed ground of demons, imps and hell's red hound; then set ye down on her green earth by running stream or mistress' hearth 'till called once more on sabbath night to cleans once more the dancing site. notes i understand that this chant was written by lady tamara of the wcc (however, i have no evidence for this except hearsay, and the fact that the wcc appears to use it, so i may be wrong) l there is absolutely

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ells and "mara-rupas" i.e. bodies doomed to annihilation. all these are (1 "rupa-devas" dhyan chohans, having forms. e x-men (2 "arupa-devas" dhyan chohans, having no forms. ex-men (3 "pisachas (two-principled) ghosts (4 "mara-rupa" doomed to death (three principled (5) asuras elementals having human form. f uture men (6) beasts elementals second class animal elementals. future men (7) rakshasas (demons) souls or astral forms of sorcerers; men who have reached the apex of knowledge in the forbidden art. dead or alive they have, so to say, cheated nature; but it is only temporary until our planet goes into obscuration, after which they have nolens volens to be annihilated. it is these seven groups that form the principal divisions of the dwellers of the subjective world around us" mahatma l

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es, the planets, over the elemental forces, and over seasons, times, etc; they are the officers of the great arch-angels. the hosts of angels of the sephiroth are chaioth ha kodesh, auphanim, arelim, chashmalim, seraphim, melakim, elohim, beni elohim, cherubim, and tenthly the ishim who are the beatified souls of men and women. the fourth world of assiah is filled with the lowest beings, the evil demons, kliphoth or qliphoth, the cortices or shells, and with all so-called material objects, and to this world belong men, the egos or souls imprisoned in earthly human bodies. this world also has its ten grades, each one more far from the higher forces and forms, each one more dark and impure. first come thu, tohu, the formless; and bhu, bohu, the void, thirdly chshk, the darkness, of the early

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wer over all of these: michael, ouriel, asmenedas, saphasatoel, aarmouriam, richram, amiorps. and the ones who are in charge over the senses (are) archendekta; and he who is in charge over the receptions (is) deitharbathas; and he who is in charge over the imagination (is) oummaa; and he who is over the composition aachiaram, and he who is over the whole impulse riaramnacho "and the origin of the demons which are in the whole body is determined to be four: heat, cold, wetness, and dryness. and the mother of all of them is matter. and he who reigns over the heat (is) phloxopha; and he who reigns over the cold is oroorrothos; and he who reigns over what is dry (is) erimacho; and he who reigns over the wetness (is) athuro. and the mother of all of these, onorthochrasaei, stands in their midst

ter. and he who reigns over the heat (is) phloxopha; and he who reigns over the cold is oroorrothos; and he who reigns over what is dry (is) erimacho; and he who reigns over the wetness (is) athuro. and the mother of all of these, onorthochrasaei, stands in their midst, since she is illimitable, and she mixes with all of them. and she is truly matter, for they are nourished by her "the four chief demons are: ephememphi, who belongs to pleasure, yoko, who belongs to desire, nenentophni, who belongs to grief, blaomen, who belongs to fear. and the mother of them all is aesthesis-ouch-epi-ptoe. and from the four demons passions came forth. and from grief (came) envy, jealousy, distress, trouble, pain, callousness, anxiety, mourning, etc. and from pleasure much wickedness arises, and empty prid

, for it belongs with the seven senses, ouch-epi-ptoe "this is the number of the angels: together they are 365. they all worked on it until, limb for limb, the natural and the material body was completed by them. now there are other ones in charge over the remaining passions whom i did not mention to you. but if you wish to know them, it is written in the book of zoroaster. and all the angels and demons worked until they had constructed the natural body. and their product was completely inactive and motionless for a long time "and when the mother wanted to retrieve the power which she had given to the chief archon, she petitioned the mother-father of the all, who is most merciful. he sent, by means of the holy decree, the five lights down the apocryphon of john http//www.pseudepigrapha.com

surpassed him in thinking, and that he will not be able to seize them "he made a plan with his authorities, which are his powers, and they committed together adultery with sophia, and bitter fate was begotten through them, which is the last of the changeable bonds. and it is of a sort that is interchangeable. and it is harder and stronger than she with whom the gods united, and the angels and the demons and all the generations until this day. for from that fate came forth every sin and injustice and blasphemy, and the chain of forgetfulness and ignorance and every severe command, and serious sins and great fears. and thus the whole creation was made blind, in order that they may not know god, who is above all of them. and because of the chain of forgetfulness, their sins were hidden. for t

'who is it that calls my name, and from where has this hope come to me, while i am in the chains of the prison' and i said 'i am the pronoia of the pure light; i am the thinking of the virginal spirit, who raised you up to the honored place. arise and remember that it is you who hearkened, and follow your root, which is i, the merciful one, and guard yourself against the angels of poverty and the demons of chaos and all those who ensnare you, and beware of the deep sleep and the enclosure of the inside of hades "and i raised him up, and sealed him in the light of the water with five seals, in order that death might not have power over him from this time on "and behold, now i shall go up to the perfect aeon. i have completed everything for you in your hearing. and i have said everything to

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eat aid to popularity. 29 i conjecture that this is wild poppy. the poppy was specially sacred to ceres, but also to thenight and its rites, and laverna was a nocturnal deity a play on the word paura, or fear. page 78 13 this appears from very early ages, as in roman times, to have been regarded as gifted withmagic properties, and was used in occult ceremonies. 14 that is, dianais invoked to send demons with the very life of the fire of hell to still moreincrease that of the sun to intensify the wine.chapter vi. 15 the beginning of this spell seems to be merely a prose introduction explaining the nature of theceremony.chapter vii. 16 this refers to a small ceremony which i have seen performed scores of times, and have indeedhad it performed over me almost as often, as an act of courtesy co

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m of the luciferian path is a resounding voice of the king and queen of witchblood, being samael and lilith[5. the key to the gnosis of the fallen angels is within their very essence, being of the sun and the moon. the sorcerer may seek the sexual union of both within his or her self, allowing the pleasure of the waking and waning moon to be brought forth through the sun, which is the gateway for demons and angels in copulation. if one seeks not the sexual genii, the antinomianian path is brought forth by a solitary and capable mind, which is beheld by the sethian psyche, or kingdom of shadows. the luciferian essence is found within the eyes of cain, the father of witchblood, buried deep within the dark well of the watchers, from which our mind is of the deep. leviathan the serpent guards

e much of all western culture. in our primal selves, the forgotten areas deep within the mind, from which christianity could not pervert, leviathan guarded the gateway, and soon lilith and samael again emerged from the light of azazel, called lucifer, the bringer of light. that the challenge of the initiate to the adept is the very self, that the dark wells of the watchers were guarded by our own demons and angels, and that we must unite the worlds to create the ecstasy of the self. the left hand path itself is the path of disunion from the natural order or objective universe. witches, are considered wise unto their very name, which indicates and objective view of their own surroundings and life. life is a great gift, even more so is the gift of freedom. freedom is the chance to progress a

BELL CHRISTOPHER PAUL TSIU MARPO THE CAREER OF A TIBETAN PROTECTOR DEITY

tra with accompanying s.dhanas (dmag dpon gyi rgyud sgrub thabs dang bcas pa bzhugs so. in the great treasury of termas (rin chen gter mdzod chen mo, vol. 62. jamg n kongtr l lodr tay( jam mgon kong sprul blo gros mtha yas; 1813-1899, pp. 299-332. nbgl lozang penden yesh (blo bzang dpal ldan ye shes; 1738-1780. 18th century. the perfect feast petition offering for tsiu marpo, king of the violence demons and war gods (gnod sbyin dgra lha i rgyal po tsi u dmar po la gsol mchod rdzogs ldan dga ston. scbd u.a. u.d. the lightning garland of quick amending and restoring liturgies for the oath-bound dharma protectors of the subjugating and wrathful lands that agitate the mind (bsam lcog dbang drag gling gi dam can chos srung rnams kyi bskang gso myur mgyogs glog gi phreng ba. ix abstract i propos

monastic community relies materially on the lay community, while the latter relies spiritually on the former. nonetheless, the goals of these communities are different, with the monastic community concerned with enlightenment and the lay community concerned with more pragmatic interests.1 the tibetan cultural landscape is overrun with the lives, adventures, and influences of innumerable gods and demons, both foreign and autochthonous. these deities play a significant role in shaping the religious history of tibet and continue to have a strong presence in the daily practice and worship of tibetans. as such, to better understand tibetan religious history and practice it is important to study these deities, where they come from, and how they evolve. despite this importance, very little resea

, this study aims to illustrate more broadly how deities like tsiu marpo are necessary elements of the tibetan socio-religious landscape. we will see that deities are instrumental in strengthening social cohesion on multiple levels and in multiple contexts. 2 review of the literature the available research on tibetan deities is scant. to this day, the most comprehensive treatment of tibetan gods, demons, and oracles is oracles and demons of tibet: the cult and iconography of the tibetan protective deities by r ne de nebesky-wojkowitz, which was first published in 1956. this early date does not necessarily make the text obsolete, as its approach is synchronic and descriptive, but it severely dates it. the text contains obscure or incorrect information that has since been responsibly clarifi

organized descriptions of these deities s attributes. there is no grand unifying methodology tying these descriptions to the greater cultural and ritual traditions of tibet and thus there is no concise statement on their importance and relationship to tibetan religion. the book, like its individual chapters, starts and ends abruptly with no solid connections. despite these weaknesses, oracles and demons of tibet provides a wealth of information and is groundbreaking in its depth. it continues to be the springboard from which later works on tibetan protector deities, including this one, begin their investigation. it is also one of only three english-language works that explicitly discuss tsiu marpo, dedicating an entire chapter to him and his cohorts.3 of these three sources, de nebesky-woj

blondeau.6 this is an excellent multi-lingual resource with the majority of articles taking a more limited approach and exploring individual deity cults in various tibetan localities. other significant resources include works by john bellezza, anne-marie blondeau, eva dargyay, samten karmay, b la kel nyi, russell kirkland, and kevin stuart.7 bellezza s book is in many ways similar to oracles and demons of 4 see gibson 1991, pp. 200-211. 5 see kalsang 1996, pp. 114-116. 6 see blondeau 1998. 7 see blondeau 1971; bellezza 1997; dargyay 1985; karmay 1998c, d, e, and f; kel nyi 2003; kirkland 1982; and stuart 1995. blondeau s article is an outline of a prominent tibetan text on the various classes of tibetan deities 4 tibet, with the advantages of being more recent and organized. it also attem

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onolatry.org this symbol 2000-2006 c. ortiz 4 rite to lucifer basic rite to lucifer this rite is from the book modern demonolatry by s. connolly( 1999) and may not be reproduced in any form without prior written consent from the author. it has been reproduced here with permission. the altar must face the east most point of the ritual chamber. a candle is set at each elemental point. the elemental demons are invoked by use of the enns with the dagger. flereous first, work clockwise leaving lucifer for last. an incense of sorcery invokes atmosphere. light the candles from flereous to lucifer. then- carrying an incense wand or burner in one hand and a dagger in the other (doesn't matter which) approach each point and kneel reciting the enn for lucifer and wave the dagger through the smoke. fi

some sects choose to sing hymns and go into longer durations of prayer before the ritual closing. the ritual is closed as thus "hail lucifer. lord and master of air. we thank thee for being present at our ritual. we bid you, go in peace" oleum and incense of the quarter: lucifer by j. thorp an oleum is a specialized oil made with herbs, flowers, roots, and resins that are used as offerings to the demons/deities. incense is an herbal mixture that is used in ritual for a purpose, adoration/worship, or meditation. it is made of whole herbs, flowers, roots, and resins and is non-combustible. lucifer oleum olive oil black mustard seed lemon peel poppy seed alum lucifer incense benzoin resin wormwood goldenrod lavender cinquefoil 5 close the ritual as normal. if practicing solitary- change all "

no desire for your private religious beliefs to go beyond the conversation. 3. do not share your religion with the christians no matter how much fun you think it would be to scare them. 4. when people bring up religion or ask you about religion, politely tell them you make it a point to stay away from discussing religion and politics in the workplace. 5. do not threaten to cast spells on, or send demons after, co-workers. if you think you have been unjustly terminated due to your religious beliefs, and have kept good records of the incidents, you might consider contacting your lawyer, or the aclu. only a qualified professional can tell you whether or not you have a case. 11 are we headed for a theocracy? by geifodd ap pwyll the growing threat of a christian theocracy, and what demonolators

"word of god" they are also postmillennialists, meaning they believe jesus christ will only return to earth after most of the world has been converted to christianity. under a dominionist society, mainline and liberal christian churches would be prohibited from holding services or proselytizing. all non-religious groups would also be prohibited from such. perhaps you might be able to worship the demons inside the privacy of your own home, but if you even breathe a word of it outside your home, you would be tried for idolatry and put to death. likewise for committing acts of magic, homo/bisexuality, adultery, sodomy, prostitution, or even pre-marital sex (and of course, one can only imagine what kinds of breaches in privacy a dominionist society would entertain to "protect the moral fiber"

e key to finding the right group is to keep looking and to not be discouraged. 20 a pantheon of dark gods by- s. connolly first published as "eon pantheon van duistere goden" in religie& mystiek magazine, 1998 not surprisingly, perhaps one of the most common questions posed to people practicing traditional left hand path religions is "why would anyone choose to work with such dark gods; such evil demons" the answer is simple and at the same time quite complex. the darkest of gods allows us to explore, vicariously, the things we do not understand. they provide us the spiritual opportunity to allow our most carnal, instinctive nature to flourish. they do not condemn us for sin, nor do they disallow us earthly pleasures or anger or many of the other so-called "imperfections" that plague manki

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name matanbuchus, being a form of angro-mainyush or ahriman. here does the circle become closed and the nature of the first angel become perceived or sensed. in ongoing ritual work, the magician begins identifying his or herself with samael (and lilith) within the parameters of their own life and initiation. the lord of the earth, being a name ascribed to samael (satan) and his fallen angels and demons, are but considered astral spirits, that which no longer take physical form, but may become manifest through the magician or witch who may make a pact with them, being initiation and dedication to the left hand path. samael is the patron spirit of the left hand path, as his word is what formed our thoughts and gave us the inner fire of the black flame, our individual process of thought and

demons, she went to the caves near the red sea and copulated with fallen angels to beget other demons, she also taught (according to manichaean lore az) the fallen angels how to form bodies and have sexual relations to give life to other dragon children. she was said to have been the reunited with her mate samael (ahriman) after the fall, when he would not be roused by his fellow fallen ones and demons, only the words of az (lilith) could rouse him. he then kissed her form and caused menstruation, which was passed on to all women as lilith is directly connected with their fiery and dark sides. the goddess of luciferian witchcraft is lilith or babalon, as described previously. she is also hecate, the darkened moon goddess of the cunning circle, whose blessing is both youth, imagination and

haniel j. harris, the mark of cain, the first satanist and first murder. in certain rabbinical literature, the daughters of cain were those who joined in sexual union with the fallen angels, the watchers, and gave birth to the nephilim, the giants who were war like and brutal. they were said to have populated the earth in plenty, and attacked the children of seth. in manichaean lore, the queen of demons and spiritual initiator of cain, lilith az, taught the fallen angels to form physical bodies and join with others sexually. it is suggested also by writers 7 kaufmann kohler, w.h. bennett and louis ginzberg that the children of cain spent their days at the foot of a mountain (eden) practicing in wild orgies with the music of lucifer through that created by jubal. women, the first pairikas o

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, was moon-coloured; the second yellow like gold; the third red; the fourth brown, which became black with sin. the first seven human shoots were all of one complexion. the next seven began mixing. 40. then the fourth became tall with pride. we are the kings, it was said; we are the gods. 41. they took wives fair to look upon. wives from the mindless, the narrow-headed. they bred monsters. wicked demons, male and female, also khado (dakini, with little minds. 42. they built temples for the human body. male and female they worshipped. then the third eye acted no longer- xi. 43. they built huge cities. of rare earths and metals they built, and out of the fires vomited, out of the white stone of[[vol. 2, page] 21 the slokas of "dzyan" the mountains and of the black stone, they cut their own i

invested by three qualities* it is said "in this manner, maitreya, jyotsna (dawn, ratri (night, ahan (day, and sandhya (evening twilight) are the four bodies of brahma (p. 81, vol. i, wilson's translation. as parasara explains it, when brahma wants to create the world anew and construct progeny through his will, in the fourfold condition (or the four orders of beings) termed gods (dhyan chohans, demons (i.e, more material devas, progenitors (pitris) and men "he collects yoga-like (yuyuje) his mind" strange to say, he begins by creating demons, who thus take precedence over the angels or gods. this is no incongruity, nor is it due to inconsistency, but has, like all the rest, a profound esoteric meaning, quite clear to one free from christian theological prejudice. he who bears in mind tha

xplains as the "manifested omniscience- the "first product" of pradhana (primordial matter) as vishnu purana says, but the first cosmic aspect of parabrahm or the esoteric sat, the universal soul* as occultism[[footnote(s* this has in esotericism a direct bearing upon the seven principles of the manifested brahma, or universe, in the same order as in man. exoterically, it is only four principles* demons is a very loose word to use, as it applies to a great number of inferior- i.e, more material- spirits, or minor gods, who are so termed because they "war" with the higher ones; but they are no devils* the same order of principles in man- atma (spirit, buddhi (soul, its vehicle, as matter is the vahan of spirit, and manas (mind, the third, or the fifth microcosmically. on the plane of person

" with the higher ones; but they are no devils* the same order of principles in man- atma (spirit, buddhi (soul, its vehicle, as matter is the vahan of spirit, and manas (mind, the third, or the fifth microcosmically. on the plane of personality, manas is the first[[vol. 2, page] 59 the bodies of brahma. teaches- is at the root of self-consciousness, will understand the reason why. the so-called "demons- who are (esoterically) the self-asserting and (intellectually) active principle- are the positive poles of creation, so to say; hence, the first produced. this is in brief the process as narrated allegorically in the puranas "having concentrated his mind into itself and the quality of darkness pervading brahma's assumed body, the asuras, issuing from his thigh, were first produced; after w

f great passivity prevailed, which is also (negative) goodness, and from the side of that personage issued the pitris, the progenitors of men, because, as the text explains "brahma thought of himself (during the process) as the father of the world* this is kriya-sakti- the mysterious yoga power[[footnote(s* thus, says the commentary, the saying "by day the gods are most powerful, and by night the demons" is purely allegorical* this thinking of oneself as this, that, or the other, is the chief factor in the production of every kind of psychic or even physical phenomena. the words "whosoever shall say to this mountain be thou removed and cast into the sea, and shall not doubt. that thing will come to pass" are no vain words. only the word "faith" ought to be translated by will. faith without

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danavas and gandharvas, etc, etc, have all their synonyms in our secret doctrine, as well as in the kabala and the hebrew angelology; but it is useless to give their ancient names, as it would only create confusion. many of these may be also found now, even in the christian hierarchy of divine and celestial powers. all those thrones and dominions, virtues and principalities, cherubs, seraphs and demons, the various denizens of the sidereal world, are the modern copies of archaic prototypes. the very symbolism in their names, when transliterated and arranged in greek and latin, are sufficient to show it, as will be proved in several cases further on. the "sacred animals" are found in the bible as well as in the kabala, and they have their meaning (a very profound one, too) on the page of t

* this was the symbol of the "holy of holies" the 3 and the 4 of sexual separation. nearly every one of the 22 hebrew letters are merely phallic symbols. of the two letters- as shown above- one, the ayin, is a negative female letter, symbolically an eye; the other a male letter, tza, a fish-hook or a dart[[vol. 1, page] 115 manifested symbols. and astronomical truths* their rishis and gods, their demons and heroes, have historical and ethical meanings, and the aryans never made their religion rest solely on physiological symbols, as the old hebrews have done. this is found in the exoteric hindu scriptures. that these accounts are blinds is shown by their contradicting each other, a different construction being found in almost every purana and epic poem. read esoterically- they will all yie

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

n fallen into the phenomenal creation it got mixed up with evil, chaos, with latent theos in it, and before kosmos was evolved. hence, one finds vishnu- standing here for eternal law- periodically calling forth kosmos into activity "churning out of the primitive ocean (boundless chaos) the amrita of eternity, reserved only for the gods and devas; and he has to employ in the task nagas and asuras- demons in exoteric hinduism. the whole allegory is highly philosophical, and we find it repeated in every philosophical system. plato, having fully embraced the ideas of pythagoras- who had brought them from india- compiled and published them in a form more intelligible than the mysterious numerals of the greek sage. thus the kosmos is "the son" with plato, having for his father and mother the div

late swami dayanand sarasvati, in his unpublished polemics with professor max muller. as said in the vishnu purana "intellect (mahat. the (unmanifested) gross elements inclusive, formed an egg. and the lord of the universe himself abided in it, in the character of brahma. in that egg, o brahman, were the continents, and seas and mountains, the planets and divisions of the universe, the gods, the demons and mankind (book i, ch. 2) both in greece and in india the first visible male being, who united in himself the nature of either sex, abode in the egg and issued from it. this "first born of the world" was dionysius, with some greeks; the god who sprang from the mundane egg, and from whom the mortals and immortals were derived. the god ra is shown in the ritual (book of the dead, xvii, 50)

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ise and then drop it is worse than useless, for it is unbalancing. now, as any probationer knows, as soon as one sets out to do the simplest task regularly and with magical intent, that task becomes not only difficult, but well nigh impossible of performance. this is just what v.i.o. found, and no sooner had his task been set than all kinds of difficulties presented themselves, like the dog-faced demons mentioned by zoroaster, to prevent its fulfilment. he tried, but at the end of january he writes .i cannot get on under these conditions. had plenty of time to do exercises this morning, but was continually interrupted. did not robe myself as i have no place fit to call a temple. how little did he know at that time how well off he really was in the latter respect! he was living in comfort i

ss space. this verse may be again dismissed as too easily indulgent in poetic diction. a properly controlled mind should not be subject to these illusions. and although it may be conceded that these things, although illusions, do correspond with a certain reality, anything objective should have been dismissed at an earlier stage. in the mental struggles there the equinox 98 should be no place for demons. unless my memory deceives me, that was just the one trouble that i did not have. the reason may possibly have been that i had mastered all external demons before i took up meditation. 47. hold firm! thou nearest now the middle portal, the gate of woe, with its ten thousand snares. no explanation is given as to why the fifth should be called the .middle portal. of seven. 48. have mastery o

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ning of their rising, because they did not come out at their proper times. 18.16] and he was angry with them, and bound them until the time of the consummation of their sin, in the year of mystery. 19.1] and uriel said to me: the spirits of the angels who were promiscuous with women will stand here; and they, assuming many forms, made men unclean and will lead men astray so that they sacrifice to demons as gods. and they will stand there until the great judgment day, on which they will be judged, so that an end will be made of them. 19.2] and their wives, having led astray the angels of heaven, will become peaceful. 19.3] and i, enoch, alone saw the sight, the ends of everything; and no man has seen what i have seen. 8) the angels who keep watch (pages 35-37) here we are introduced to some

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by an ox and an ass. at the north-west angle is a gigantic scorpion with a fearful countenance, but standing upright as it were, and formed of putrefying water. after him cometh the un-nameable one (abaddon) and his appearance and symbol is that of a closelyveiled black gigantic figure, covered with whirling wheels and in his hand is a vast wheel whence issue as it whirls, multitudes of cat-like demons. behind cometh maamah like a crouching woman with an animal s body, crawling along the ground and eating the earth. and at the south-east angle are the winged lion and a winged horse drawing in a chariot the younger lilith, the wife of asmodai. she is dark, a woman to the waist and a man below it, and she appears as dragging down with her hands small figures of men into hell. of the three e

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igures are usually referred to as shiela-na-gigs. the god is shown as a horned head surrounded by foliage; known as a "foliate mask, and also sometimes referred to as "jack of the green" or "robin o' the woods. incidentally, these carvings of the old god should not be confused with gargoyles. the latter are the hideous faces and figures carved on the four corners of church towers to frighten away demons. in those early days, when christianity was slowly growing in strength, the old religion the wiccans and other pagans was one of its rivals. it is only natural to want to get rid of a rival and the church pulled no punches to do just that. it has frequently been said that the gods of an old religion become the devils of a new. this was certainly the case here. the god of the old religion wa

, as of this writing. not very old when we look at the whole picture of witchcraft. so if a gardnerian initiation (for example) can be considered "valid, then so can yours. circles a roman ambassador in a foreign country would draw a circle around himself with his staff, to show he should be safe from attack; the babylonians drew a circle of flour on the floor round the bed of a sick man, to keep demons away; german jews, in the middle ages, would draw a circle round the bed of a woman in labor, to protect her from evil spirits. the use of a circle to mark the boundary of an area which is sacred, is very ancient (e.g. stonehenge. but the circle not only keeps the unwanted out, it also keeps the wanted the raised power; the magickal energy in. the dimensions of the circle depend entirely on

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corey, was apparently an innocent witness at the trials at first. however, he himself was accused of witchcraft and was pressed to death- a torture in which heavy stones were placed on the victim's chest and which took three days to kill them- rather than confess, for if he had, his property would have been taken from his descendants. high-ranking practitioners of magick who attempted to conjure demons were usually male, and included both popes and royalty. they generally escaped censure, however. the folk religion of the countryside was an easier target. in december 1484, the bull of pope innocent vii was published, appointing heinrich kramer and jakob sprenger as inquisitors against witchcraft and heresy. these two clerics wrote the malleus maleficarum, the notorious hammer of the witch

peat the whole ritual a moon cycle later for as long as is necessary. there may be a lot of negative vibes swimming the other way, so persevere and be patient. incense magick incense has formed a central part of religious and magical ceremonies for thousands of years in lands as far apart as india and north america. it has been used for purification purposes, to invoke angels and to bind or repel demons by medieval magicians. it is said to release specific energies contained in its fragrance and to carry prayers and petitions to the god or goddess figure being invoked. since the 1960s, incense sticks, cones and burners have increased in popularity for home use, to create an atmosphere of calm, to induce love and cleanse negativity. seite 81 wicca01.txt many people use them for meditation a

phere. in celtic myth these were the times when the twin gods of light and darkness fought each other for control. esbat: a monthly coven meeting traditionally held 13 times a year during each full moon. evil eye: a way of transmitting negativity to another person, not as a deliberate curse, but through feelings of envy, jealousy or resentment. evocation: the summoning-up of angels (and sometimes demons) in order to bind them to perform tasks. fixed: in astrology, a term applied to the signs of leo, taurus, aquarius and scorpio because the sun enters them in the middle of a season. those born under these signs exhibit stability and a tendency to continue in a predetermined path. see also cardinal, mutable. the goddess: the archetype or source energy of the feminine ultimate power or princi

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f sight through art. musick and the creative act of sound production. letter manipulations can be a useful method of enfleshing desires, creating servitors or elementals or to cast hexes or witch-spells. the medieval system of magic and invocation used sigils in this form extensively and almost exclusively. this can be found in various grimoires from the grimorium verum to abramelin the mage. the demons, angels and other spirits are bound and called by their symbols and signs, from which they may be understood and communicated with via ritual and syntax. the medieval systems only understood demons as exterior while beginning with spare and crowley proved that they are primarily interior looking outwards, our greatest and worst of selves hidden and buried. aleister crowley s edited goetia p

of quite colorful work. the staunch and focused liber null (weiser) addresses the nature of evocation as: the art of dealing with magical beings or entities by various acts which create or contact them and allow one to conjure and command them with pacts and exorcism. these beings have a legion of names drawn from the demonology of many cultures: elementals, familiars, incubi, succubi, bud-wills, demons, automata, atavisms, wraiths, spirits and so on. carroll broke down the facets and avenues of various cultures integrated within occultism and delivered a concise definition-such is a must for any student. musick may be created in the same instance, knowing the concept while recording various sound waves and tones. over a period of time the original meaning may become lost or buried, while

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

glo-american christians utilized a colorful language of "wonder" and "remarkable providences" to bear witness to the proximity of the supernatural in their lives, africans depicted the universe in myth and beckoned the timeless inhabitants of the spiritual world with ritual. in some cases, images from european folklore wove their way into the cosmologies of africa. the earthly reality of witches, demons, and other purveyors of misfortune underwrote the oral traditions and beliefs of both races. stories passed on of restless souls and apparitions.such as "raw head and bloody bones" a fiendish specter appearing in africanand anglo-american folklore traditions.demonstrate the assimilation of european and african supernatural motifs into a shared complex by whites and blacks.[20] while the two

edominantly white pentecostal healing ministries that enjoyed popularity in the middle of the twentieth century "early pentecostals were never reluctant to claim incredible healings, including resurrections from the dead, but the mid-century evangelists routinely claimed as healings that seemed not so much miraculous as simply preposterous. decayed teeth were filled, halos photographed, screaming demons tape-recorded, and bloody cancers coughed up and put on display [a minister] told of one woman whose stomach had been surgically removed (wacker "the pentecostal tradition" in caring\ 194\ and curing: health and medicine in the western religious traditions, ed. ronald numbers and darrel amundsden [new york: macmillan, 1986, pp. 523.24; cf. anderson, vision of the disinherited, pp. 95.98; an

n languages, witness healings and the exorcising of devils, and examining the collection of misshapen potatoes and crooked roots which the elder called examples of the emystical wonder of god' when mason was criticized for bringing magic into the church, he provided his justification by pointing to the scriptures, which, he said, made it clear that jesus himself believed in healings, spirits, and demons" 44. annie foster, testimonial, the grace magazine 7, no. 18 (december 1941: 6. other testimonial accounts of the miraculous healing powers of bishop grace can be found in georgia writers' project, drums and shadows, p. 45; rawick, american slave, georgia narratives vol. 4, s.s. 1, pt. 2, pp. 3.4; and albert whiting "the united house of prayer for all people: a case study of a charismatic s

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tions and maintaining proper conduct. although confucianism is not a religion, its influence is deeply ingrained in chinese ideas about behavior and government. between 600 300 b.c. taoism emerged. at first, it was a philosophy that encouraged people to seek harmony with the tao, or the way, a nature force. later, it evolved into a religious system involving many gods, goddesses, spirits, ghosts, demons, magical powers, and the quest for immortality. 7 preface in a.d. 67 buddhism was introduced to china from india. it contributed two powerful religious and mythical figures: the buddha, a real, historical person who later became a divinity, and kuan yin, the goddess of mercy. it also introduced the concept of reincarnation, the idea that a person may be reborn into another life. myths might

aks of noninterference, or wu-wei, with living creatures and forces. from a philosophy, taoism gradually grew into a religion. temples were built, and monks were given the task of overseeing these places of worship. the taoist heaven was soon populated with a ruler, the jade emperor, who was assisted by eighty gods and goddesses. likewise, hell was also ruled by an emperor, yen-lo, with a host of demons to oversee its functions. taoists became fascinated with immortality, spells, elixirs, alchemy, and magical powers such as flying and transformation (from one shape to another).1 fifteen centuries later, a government official named wu ch eng-en wrote a popular novel entitled journey to the west. the following myth retells the first part of that novel. it features the most well-known charact

he clouds. finally, he shrank the iron staff into a tiny embroidery needle and tucked it behind his ear, grinning at his astonished subjects. with his fine clothes and new weapon, monkey proclaimed himself the equal of any god in heaven. monkey gets a job in heaven soon the gods in heaven became irritated with monkey s behavior and decided to capture the insolent character. the gods convinced two demons from the underworld to tie up monkey and take him before the ten judges of the dead. monkey made a commotion and bitterly protested his capture. he demanded that the judges check the ledger of the dead, which recorded the life span of every creature on earth. as he upbraided the judges, monkey quickly crossed out his name in the ledger of the dead with a thick black brush. without his name

tie up monkey and take him before the ten judges of the dead. monkey made a commotion and bitterly protested his capture. he demanded that the judges check the ledger of the dead, which recorded the life span of every creature on earth. as he upbraided the judges, monkey quickly crossed out his name in the ledger of the dead with a thick black brush. without his name in the ledger, the underworld demons had no choice but to let him go. since the gods were unsuccessful in sending monkey to the underworld, the jade emperor decided to keep an eye on monkey in heaven. he summoned the monkey king and gave him the job of stable master. monkey was to feed, chinese mythology 100 groom, and water the thousand horses of heaven. monkey was so insulted at having been given this menial job that he left

the greater part of the novel.1 another important buddhist figure, kuan yin, the goddess of mercy, appears in the story as a guide to san zang and his pilgrim followers. she is very powerful and can break the chains of prisoners, remove venom from snakes, and deprive lightning of its power. 2 although the travelers are guided by the goddess kuan yin, they must use their own cunning to outwit the demons and dangers they encounter. the previous chapter depicts monkey s taoist powers. in this chapter, monkey converts to buddhism, but he continues to use the knowledge gained from his taoist training to combat evil. 109 after monkey outlasted the axes, sticks, swords, and lances of the gods, he boldly announced his plan to depose the jade emperor, the ruler of heaven. the gods and goddesses ga

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ould look at mother, tell her i wasn't well and she would take my temperature, frown slightly and tell me i wasn't going to school that day. the hard part was spacing the days off so the school nurse wouldn't want to start poking at me. then, when i was fifteen i got my ouija board. calm down! nothing terrible has ever happened because of it. in fact it is standing next to the wall near me and no demons have ever come roaring out of it, which is a pity because that would be really cool. but it was very useful for finding out which girls were attracted to me and thus i could save myself a lot of work chasing the ones who found me repulsive, like most of them. when i was sixteen i made rocket fuel. well, i didn't know that. i sort of took up alchemy for the fun of it and got this terrible ba

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inal judgement after this deluge is witness to your inability to keep quenched the spark within man, and the spirits of nephilim and gibborim and watchers shall return to inspire man lest he again become as the beasts of the field "our sons gibborim shall incarnate in the bodies of man, of those who are mighty and wise, to inspire and counsel them. they shall come to be called 'evil spirits' and 'demons' by the ignorant and fearful, but the wise they shall be known as 'daimons, for these shall be the guardian geniuses of the great of earth, who shall inspire the best among man to great heights, to beautiful works of art, and to further discoveries of earth and kosmos. the gift of civilization shall not be obliterated "man shall turn from you again and again, as our spirit abideth with him

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ss in itself but represented by vibration of word. works of terror and sinister destruction. shugara: one of the most hideous intrusions possible on the causal level and very dangerous. g major key for invoking chant. manifestations often are accompanied by a smell similar to rotting flesh. aosoth: dark female force. works of passion and death. the name should be vibrated. azanigin: mother of all demons who lie waiting in earth. key of b minor. very useful to invoke in works of personal destruction. shaitan: long held to be an earth bound representative for the dark gods. perfume/incense sulphur. name to be vibrated. stone opal. nekalah: collective name for race of dark gods. name to be vibrated in manner similar to atazoth. ga wath am: vibration of this releases powerful energies. a key (

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the centuries. i bring you a positive and primeval fact, magic by name; and with this i will build me a new heaven and new earth. i want none of your faint approval or faint dispraise; i want blasphemy, murder, rape, revolution, anything, bad or good, but strong" crowley left his former tutor, macgregor mathers, a broken man as he embarked on a psychic war against him. they both conjured up the 'demons' to attack the other, but mathers lost out. such psychic wars are very much part of the brotherhood today. crowley's communicator, the prison warder consciousness, would also take over the psyches of adolf hitler and the other architects of nazism. long after his death, crowley would become a hero to many involved in the 'flower power' period of the 1960s, when the young were calling for lo

ut moved to germany in 1882. he married eva, the daughter of richard wagner, in 1908 and became a prestigious writer. his best known work was foundations of the nineteenth century which ran to twelve hundred pages and sold more than 250,000 copies. it made him famous throughout the country. he was, however, a troubled man who had a series of nervous breakdowns. he felt himself to be taken over by demons and his books were written in a trance and a fever, which suggests that he was locked into another highly negative consciousness. the prison warder consciousness again. in his autobiography, he said he did not recognise much of his writing as his own. the themes of his work are very familiar: all civilisation comes from the aryan race and the germans were the purest of all; jews were the en

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phibious beings from sirius, the nommo or "masters of the water. the accounts of this extraterrestrial race are widely supported by ancient reports. the sumerians claimed that strange beings from the sea founded their civilisation. the historian, alexander polyhistor (born 105bc) wrote that these beings were amphibious and were happier to go back to the sea at night.29 they are described as "semi-demons (half human, half not human) and animals endowed with reason.30 other legends say that they were superhuman in their knowledge and their length of life. they were "the immortals" and returned to "the gods" in a ship, taking with them examples of the earth's fauna. interestingly, the dogon call sirius "the land of the fish" and "the pure earth, and the day the nommo landed on our earth is kn

eat. the interbreeding has supposedly led to a wide variety of forms, ranging from completely reptilian to nearlyhuman in appearance. among their many devices are 'death rays' and 'vimana, or flying, disk-shaped aerial craft. these craft are described at length in many ancient vedic texts, including the bhagivad-gita and the ramayana. the naga race is related to another underworld race, the hindu demons, or rakshasas. they also possess, as individuals "magical stones, or a 'third eye' in the middle of their brows, known to many students of eastern mysticism today as a focal point for one of the higher chakras, or energy channel-points, of the human(oid) nervous system- the chakra associated with 'inner visions, intuition, and other esoteric concepts."10 the theme of ruling "royal" families

nce to show that the basis of what john rhodes suggests is true. i had a strange meeting with him in las vegas and his family background apparently connects into the cia airline during the vietnam war, air america. i am wary of his agenda to be honest, but his themes, as quoted, are supported by endless evidence. the fairy folk the tales of underground worlds inhabited by fairies, elves, goblins, demons, dragons, and other non-human communities abound in folklore across the world and they were often known as the "shining ones, the same as the anunnaki and the "gods" under other names in ancient texts. even a brief glance at the basic themes of these stories confirms that they are talking about the same "extraterrestrials" that abductees and researchers of today's underground bases are desc

a vampire, was adam's first wife. this is symbolism, of course, but symbolising what? lilith (also lillibet and elizabeth) is one of the code names for the bloodlines on the female side to this day. she was known as lil to the sumerians and lilitu in babylon. hebrew traditions say that lilith rebelled against adam and his god and fled to a cave after eating her own child. there she lived with the demons of the underground world and bred with them. she told adam and eve that she and her offspring would always abduct human children and take them to their subterranean world. the roman church savagely suppressed the gnostics, not least because they did not believe that people needed a middleman between themselves and god. went down very well with the christian priests, that one. hippolytus, an

at; be master of all in the brightness, the shadow will soon disappear. hear ye, and heed my wisdom, the voice of light is clear, seek the valley of shadow and light only will appear" those who dabble in what has become known as the "occult" open themselves to manipulation by the lower fourth dimension, that home for many misguided, malevolent, entities, and the origin of the legends and tales of demons and "evil" 142 children of the matrix spirits. in fact, the word "occult" has been given an unfairly bad name. it merely means "hidden" and the same knowledge can be used for good or ill. again vibrations are the key. if you use the "occult" knowledge with love in your heart and with positive intent, you maintain a high vibration and so connect with that level of consciousness. if you use i

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hysically the descriptions of gods which dominated many ancient societies.the central american cultures had their winged serpent god, quetzalcoatl; the hopiindians had the plumed serpent god, baholinkonga, and the native american culture isawash with serpent imagery, including the mysterious serpent-shaped mound in ohio;the east indians speak of the reptilian gods, the nagas (these were a race of demons inindian legend and their name means those who do not walk, but creep; theegyptians had their serpent god, kneph, and pharaohs were often pictured withserpents; the phoenicians had agathodemon, another serpent figure; the voodoo peoplehave a god they call damballah wedo, who is depicted as a serpent; and the hebrewshad nakhustan, the brazen serpent. the ancient british god, known as the dra

whole spectrum ofattitudes from love to hate, freedom to control. i am identifying a particular group ofthem, not the whole species- i cannot emphasise this enough. this controlling groupcame here from the draco constellation and elsewhere, and this is the origin of termslike draconian, a word which sums up their attitudes and agenda. they love toconsume human blood and they are the blood-sucking demons of legend. thevampire stories are symbolic of this and what is the name of the most famousvampire? count dracula! the count symbolises the aristocratic reptile-humancrossbreed bloodlines which the reptilians possess from the lower fourth dimensionand dracula is an obvious reference again to draco. the recent reports of the blood-27sucking chupacabra in puerto rico, mexico, florida and the p

was definitely radiation, she said,and the next day all the plants in the room were dead. she grabbed the couple and tookthem outside where they talked for a while. they said they had been making love whenthe incident began and this is very significant because the reptilians feed off humanemotional and sexual energy which is one reason why sex is so fundamental to satanicrituals performed for the demons- this reptilian group. the couple said they saw aflash of light and then they were pulled from the bed. the man still had a palm print onhis side made by fingers that must have been ten inches long with claws that burnedinto his skin. the next day that spot was so painful he couldnt touch it and alexchristopher has video footage of this. when the couple had calmed down and alexwent back to

he eyesthat give them away. they are dark, piercing and cold. the reptile full-bloods are notattached to their bodies like humans. they are knowingly using them as space suits tooperate in this world, and when one wears out they simply occupy another. it is fromthis process of possession by the reptilians and other low vibrational entities that wehave the ancient tales, indeed modern ones too, of demons, devils and evil spirits takingover a human mind and body. it is the reptilians and other consciousness of the lowerfourth dimension, the cesspit vibration as i call it, which are summoned during satanic,black magic rituals and it is during these rituals that many unsuspecting puppets areplugged in to the reptilian consciousness and taken over. so it was in babylon and soit is today. as i r

three syllables in sol-om-on are allnames for the sun in three languages. manly p hall wrote that solomon and his wives andconcubines were symbolic of the planets, moons, asteroids and other receptive bodieswithin his house- the solar mansion.15 solomons temple is symbolic of the domain ofthe sun. in talmudic legend, solomon is presented as a master magician who understoodthe cabala and cast out demons. this is more symbolism of the secret knowledge heldwithin the fabricated stories of hebrew history. the books of kings and chronicles,which recount the building of solomons temple, were written between 500 and 600years after the events they are supposed to be describing. hebrew chroniclers of thetemple of solomon are so over the top, its hilarious. it was supposed to occupy 153,600workmen

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ellious spirits, i adjure thee to leave thine abode, in what-ever quarter of the world it may be situated and come hither to communicate with me. i command and i conjure thee in the name of the mighty living god, father, son and holy ghost, to appear without noise and without" page 244 'the secret teaching of all ages' by manly palmer hall 33 "i hereby promise the great spirit lucifuge, prince of demons, that each year i will bring unto him a human soul to do with as as it may please him, and in return lucifuge promises to bestow upon me the treasures of the earth and fulfil my every desire for the length of my natural life. if i fail to bring him each year the offering specified above, then my own soul shall be forfeit to him. signed. invocant signs pact with his own blood" page civ 'the

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lace. every society has invented a deity who represents the carnal; in this particular society this being is called satan. the satanist does not worship satan, but he chooses satan as an archetype of carnality. the god of the satanist is within his own flesh and bone, within his skin tissues and muscle fibers. he is the god of life and the god of the flesh he is the dark lord, satan. the gods and demons which the satanist may invoke, in the performance of satanic rituals, are archetypes associated with the dark side. these beings represent carnality rather than spirituality, life rather than death, and indulgence rather than repression. in the magical art, i make brief mention of the magician s ability to impose a thought-form onto an object which can influence anyone who comes in contact

ugh the magician s subconscious mind the spirit may assume an identity separate from the magician who summons him and act independent of the magician s will. it is for this reason that certain repressed individuals who have experimented casually with the occult have had horrific experiences and, abandoning further experimentation, fled to the nearest church to seek forgiveness for their sins. the demons they encountered were the product of their own repressed emotions and fears of the unknown. if faced, with courage and fortitude, the demons would have vanished and become once again shadows. the satanist has no need for ouija boards or spirit cards since he has exercised the shells embedded in man s subconscious. neither does the satanist require protective pentagrams and names of god to p

, east, south, and west. above the earth are the seven planetary spheres: the moon, mercury, venus, the sun, mars, jupiter, and saturn. beyond the planetary spheres are the fixed stars and the primum mobil, the twelve signs of the zodiac, and the heavenly spheres. beneath the earth lies the land of the dead (hades, the tartaran abode (hell, and the realm of the abominations of chaos. all spirits, demons, angels, and other beings of an archetypal nature are said to reside in one of the archetypal spheres. there are, for example, many ranks or orders of angels such as seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominions, powers, virtues, archangels, etc. each angelic choir is said to reside in a particular heavenly sphere. similarly, the fallen angels may reside in earth, air, fire, water, or in the tarta

more fervent prayer to god. to any sane mind it is clear that the formula of the grimoires can only lead to the ruin of the operator. when the magician reaches the point of total insanity he will finally hear the voices of the spirits and enjoy the treasures he has longed for, but he alone will hear the voices and his gold pieces will be bottle-caps and his diamonds rocks from the ground, and the demons will laugh him to scorn for his greed as he dies alone and miserable, a wretch of a man. the rituals of the grimoires are a trap to ensnare the deluded. they set the magician upon a downward cycle of self-destruction. the flaw inherent in every grimoire is that the magician is instructed to command the spirit to appear visibly and to satisfy his demands. in order for the operator to see the

he archetypes may be similar in nature and others may be wildly different, but each is unique. asmodee, asmoday, and asmodius; astarot, astaroth, astarte, and ishtar; satan, shaitan, shiva, and set are each unique archetypal forms. the archetypal spheres and archetypal spirits i have described thus far exist (subjectively) because man has defined them to exist. some will argue that these gods and demons are real beings who have revealed their existence in the past and that the knowledge of these beings together with the knowledge of the astral planes on which they dwell has been passed down in religion and mythology. it is more likely, however, that these beings take on an apparent existence because people believe in them. the psychologist carl jung, fascinated with metaphysics, alchemy, a

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lopment of monotheism and mysticism occurred simultaneously among the egyptians and israelites. taken alone, the cabala is purely a mystical system but it lent itself well to magical application. words held the power to change reality and names compelled obedience from elemental beings. grimoires, or books of ceremonial magic based on cabalistic belief, cataloged the names and sigils of countless demons over which it was said the magician could exercise power. many of these books were attributed to biblical figures such as solomon, moses, or enoch. the enochian system of magic adopted by the golden dawn was based on the enochian evocation of dr. john dee. dee, an elizabethan astrologer and magician, working with another man, edward kelly, produced a series of 18 keys in what they claimed w

ourse of a man's life, there are moments of clarity and there are moments of darkness. at his mental peak, he experiences great clarity of thought and profound realization. and at his low, he experiences depression, anger, or melancholy. drugs, chemicals, foods and lifestyle changes may affect his thought processes in various ways. disregarding for the moment the objective existence of spirits or demons, ritual magic is a way to control the mind. without the use of drugs or chemicals, the magician controls directly his level of conscious awareness. he experiences "being awake" mentally, a state which the mundane only experience after large amounts of coffee or other stimulants. the spirits or demons he calls upon exist within his subjective mind and respond to his invocations. as a magicia

reness. he experiences "being awake" mentally, a state which the mundane only experience after large amounts of coffee or other stimulants. the spirits or demons he calls upon exist within his subjective mind and respond to his invocations. as a magician progresses in the magical art, he gains control over his emotions and experiences more "peaks" than "lows. the objective existence of spirits or demons does not need to be proven in order to show the effectiveness of magic. parapsychologists have shown, through years of research and investigation which only the most cynical will deny, the definite existence of telepathy or mental communication. the human brain operates, like a radio, receiving the brain waves "broadcast" by others of similar frequency. for this reason, telepathy is most co

ully active, invoke a spirit of destruction (create the mental image of the spirit within his subjective mind, and command the spirit to go forth and destroy his enemy (send out the mental "transmission" of hate) it matters not weather spirits exist objectively or not. they are real to the magician who invokes them and to the victim who suffers the force of the mental "transmission. if spirits or demons exist objectively, as actual intelligent beings, then one might think that they would have more important things to do than appear before a "magic circle" and serve the whims of mere mortals. one might also think that there would then be one "correct" tradition of magic and one "true" pantheon of deities. this is not at all the case. all systems of magic use similar techniques and work rela

an and, from the image of the man in her mind, imagines him as a spirit. in dealing with the question of "acquired" knowledge, we may consider that all knowledge humankind has acquired resides in someone's mind. reading the mind of an unknown subject thousands of miles distant, the magician may acquire instant knowledge of various "arts and sciences. this does not prove the objective existence of demons, only the ability of the human mind to become a powerful "receiver" and "transmitter" of telepathic signals. unlike the mundane, who are influenced continuously by thoughts which are not their own, the magician may "receive" the information he desires without being controlled by the desires or aims of others. there is an interesting phenomenon which occurs in magic and which involves the cr

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be judged within a spectrum of the zoroastrian religion this gnosis is other and stands outside within practice. to make proper reference; and by their devotion to witchcraft (yatuk-dinoih) he seduces mankind into affection for himself and disaffection to ohrmazd, so that they forsake the religion of ohrmazd, and practice that of ahriman. the bundahishn, from on the evil-doing of ahriman and the demons, sacred books of the east, oxford university press, 1897 here lies the very foundation and cipher of the averse magical practice of satanic and luciferian magick it is other and exists outside any other religion, despite having inverse practices of traditional right hand path religions. sorcery is a religion, and its doctrines are written in the will and works of the magician his or herself

rhaps history s most elaborate and evasive within the conception of their opposing powers. the egyptian god of chaos and storms, set, called also sutekh, set-heh or seth-an was revered in the 3rd millennia b.c. and forward, originally as a positive force of movement and foreign lands. it was later on that set became a form of the opposer, with red being a sacred color and his minions being actual demons who tested or destroyed others. set was commonly perceived as a god of war, who taught some pharaohs the art of shooting the bow and arrow, etc. the egyptian book of the dead presents set as the lord of the northern sky, who is over storms, cold weather and darkness. set was perhaps the most significant egyptian god in that he alone was the god of mystery and the unknown, both the shadow an

while in sexual congress. the most important figure which not only inspired ahriman, but empowered him was the whore jeh or az. in manichaean religious lore, az is considered the great whore who played a very important role to her mate, ahriman. in manichaean traditions az was a spirit which made he home in the caves and dark places of the earth, as well as hell. az was considered to have taught demons and arch-fiends how to copulate and act in lewd ways, later teaching the fallen angels how to excite themselves and others sexually. az used her sorceries to produce dragon-children and to then create other demons and daughters who were of her own blood. az was known to have devoured her children and their children, then create more to later devour them as well. and he kissed jeh upon the h

he left hand path as a rite of passage of becoming. continued existence is essentially the survival of the psyche or essential self; there is no union with the natural order that which can eliminate the mind. the practitioner does not seek to join with it; rather he or she seeks to remain separate from it in their own self-created subjective world. as with the manichaeans, az is the mother of all demons, thus a powerful hidden light behind ahriman. as the devil s bride she inspires and equally commands her presence, manifests her will and accomplishes that which other demons could not. ahriman was taken with her. az within zoroastrianism is not by any mentionable gender, but ahriman s assistant if you will is called in the pahlavi books called jeh, which means roughly whore. she would corr

age. and he put him, naked as he was behind satan so that the women should see him, desire him and ask satan for him. the women lifted their hands up towards satan and said: satan, our father, give us the god narseh as a gift. the original union of az and satan came from the devil falling into a deep slumber for three thousand years. unconscious, ahriman would not awaken for any reason. numerous demons and shadows tried to awaken ahriman by telling of their deeds, nothing would stir him to consciousness. after three thousand years the whore came unto ahriman and said to him- arise o our father, for in the battle to come i shall let loose so much affliction on the righteous man and the toiling bull that, because of my deeds, they will not be fit to live. i shall take away their dignity, i

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the pathway of light. used to build energy. desire, ritual: a term used by don tyson to define the emotional motivation that gives rise to and drives a particular ritual expression. the ritual desire is what the ritualist seeks to fulfill by conducting the ritual. destiney: the complete and perfect fulfillment of human potential. devil, the: see satan. devils: an alternate name for the legions of demons in hell that serve satan. dialectic, hegelian: see thesis-antithesis-synthesis theory. directive: a sample or representative of what is sought, used as an aid in dowsing (q.v. sometimes, especially in dowsing with a pendulum (q.v) this substance/material is called a witness. discarnate: without physical body. discarnate beings can have become separated from their physical (e.g, human souls

ne. these entities feed off of the energy given to them by persons who believe that they are communicating with the spirits of deceased family members and friends. goetia: howling. a popular grimoire (q.v) with instructions for evoking (q.v) nonphysical entities. a part of the lesser key of solomon. often mistakenly thought of as that entire book. high magick (q.v) that is involved with so-called demons (q.v. gnomes: the elemtaries (q.v/ elementals (q.v) of earth (q.v. the good spirits (q.v) that live in the depths of the earth. traditionally, they are said to guard buried treasure. gnosis: greek for "knowledge" a total gestalt comprehension of the universe and the relationship between divinity (god) and humanity. the goal of members of gnostic sects that flourished in the early centuries

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tree by the fall, and the coils of the stooping dragon arising from the world of shells, the kingdoms of unbalanced force, separate it from its brethren. behind the shoulder of the queen, the bride of microprosopos (malkuth, the serpent rears his head, and here is said to be the place of severest judgments. the sphere of malkuth abuts upon the hells of the averse sephiroth, the qliphoth, or evil demons. it is the firmament whereby elohim separated the supernal waters of binah from the infernal waters of leviathan. 32. the signification of the qliphoth must be considered flilly in due course; but having referred to them here in order to explain the position of malkuth, we must say something further in order to render the explanation intelligible. 33. the qliphoth (singular qliphah, an immo

anges of blood-pressure is attached to the arm of a suspect while he is being questioned by the police, and the name of the dead man, and other words connected with the crime, are suddenly whispered in his ear, and if these are "words of power" for him, the instrument registers it beyond all question. 71. it is popularly believed that names of power exercise direct influence over spirits, angels, demons and such-like, but this is not so. the name of power exercises its influence upon the magician, and by exalting and directing consciousness enables him to get into touch with the chosen type of spiritual influence; if he has had experience of that particular type of influence, the word of power will stir potent subconscious memories; if he has not, and approaches the matter in the unimagina

e of a coin of which the obverse is a sephirah. whoever uses the tree as a magical system must perforce know the spheres of the qliphoth, because he has no option but to deal with them. 7. it is only upon the plane of atziluth that there is but one name of power associated with a sephirab, and that is the deity name. to the archangel corresponds the devil, and to the choir of angels the cohort of demons, and the sephirothic spheres have their correspondence in the infernal habitations. 8. the student must carefully distinguish between what the occultist calls positive and negative evil. this is a very important point in esoteric philosophy, and a failure to realise its significance leads into far-reaching practical errors and cripples the whole life and work of the initiate, or, for the rn

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interesting to note that neither the mental healer or myself ever visited the house or were within twenty miles of it; for it shows in what way these unseen forces can be manipulated from a distance. a final example, taken from the confessions of aleister crowley, will serve to show the nature of a haunting produced by ceremonial magic in which the forces invoked are not adequately dispersed "the demons connected with abramelin do not wait to be invoked, they come unsought. one night jones and i went 32 of 103 out to dinner. i noticed on leaving the white temple that the latch of its yale lock had not caught. accordingly i pulled the door to, and tested it. as we went out, we noticed semi-solid shadows on the stairs; the whole atmosphere was vibrating with the forces we had been using (we

life. we now find the answer to the eternal riddle as to why god tolerates the devil. the devil is the cosmic thrust-block and scavenger of the gods. it is this aspect of evil which is given a more detailed symbolism in the pantheons of other faiths, having its shiva and kali, or its pluto and hecate aspects. we can now see why these resistive and destructive forces are classed as gods and not as demons, for they are reactions according to cosmic law, not anarchical and chaotic forces. we now come to the consideration of positive evil. this again has a "negative's and "positive's aspect. its "negative's aspect is pure chaos, unformed substance and unco-ordinated force. it has been aptly called the cosmic abortion. to drift into the sphere of "negative" positive evil is like being caught in

ow come to the consideration of positive evil. this again has a "negative's and "positive's aspect. its "negative's aspect is pure chaos, unformed substance and unco-ordinated force. it has been aptly called the cosmic abortion. to drift into the sphere of "negative" positive evil is like being caught in a psychic quicksand. we are now ready to consider the sphere of "positive" positive evil, the demons themselves, or the qlippoth, as they are called in the qabalah. in order to understand their significance we must make a further excursion into qabalistic philosophy. the creator is conceived of as bringing the universe into manifestation through a series of divine emanations, ten in number. these are called the ten holy sephiroth, and are represented in a diagram as arranged in a particula

es. 42 of 103 the initiated adept is exceedingly careful what he does when he is working with these potencies because he knows that he has always got the qlippoth in the background. the uninitiated occultist goes ahead gaily, juggling with such names of power as he has picked up from the innumerable books on the subject now available for the general reader, thinking that if he does not invoke the demons he will not get them. he forgets that every planet is a jekyll and hyde. consequently, ceremonial magic has got a bad name owing to the unpleasant frequency of untoward results, just as surgery got a bad name before the days of lister. it is the imperfect technique that is the trouble. i was once doing some experimental work with geomancy, which is a method of divination belonging to the el

dical men, and they, naturally, keep silence. the catastrophes are of varying degrees of severity, ranging from a bad fright to a fatality. i cannot say much upon these subjects, for they are among the most secret paths of occult lore. enough must be hinted, however, to reveal what, under certain circumstances, may be experienced. i do not think it in the least likely, however, that the qlippotic demons will be encountered save through the use of ceremonial magic. they are as rare as anthrax in england, but it is as well to know the manner of their manifestation so that, when encountered, they may be recognised. the great majority of dabblers in occultism are protected by their own ineptitude. they fail to get results, and consequently come to no harm; but if they should succeed in getting

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my maiden name of violet m. firth, will, i think, be found a useful general introduction to modern psychology. let us approach the subject of modern witchcraft neither in a spirit of incredulity nor of superstition, but from the standpoint of the psychologist, seeking to understand the workings of the mind and prepared to discover much that had hitherto passed unsuspected. 103 of thome resources demons bios fiction tyson truth about aiq beker, the kabbalah of nine chambers (francis barrett's table of the aiq beker, which he derived from agrippa's occult philosophy) the aiq beker, also known as the kabbalah of nine chambers is a tic-tac-toe grid into which the twenty-two hebrew letters, along with the five final forms of some of the letters, are inscribed. the letters are entered in sequen

letters in a cell was intended by these graphic symbols was indicated by means of dots place at the tops of the angles. one dot meant the letter on the right, two dots the letter in the middle, and three dots the letter on the left side of the cell in question. when these angles of the grid were combined, it was possible to produce elegant sigils representing the names of gods, angels, spirits or demons. in the example provided in the illustration at the top of this page, which was given by cornelius agrippa in book iii, chapter xxx of his three books of occult philosophy, the name of the archangel michael has been converted into angles on the aiq beker grid, and these angles have been combined to yield the attractive sigil inside the circle. in modern times, the aiq beker became a form of

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et writing used by freemasons and other esoteric societies. through overuse, the method became so well known that it has now degenerated into a plaything for children, who insert the letters of english into the grid to make a form of secret writing. however, the method has immense power, and is still in serious use among kabbalists and magicians. return to magic alphabets return homhome resources demons bios fiction tyson the truth about the black mass (black mass as celebrated in the french court of louis xiv) the notorious black mass was supposedly a blasphemous parody of the catholic mass celebrated by witches or sorcerers for the purpose of defiling the most holy beliefs and practices of the church, and thereby pleasing the devil, who would as a reward grant to them the power to do evi

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has lost so much of its spiritual and temporal power, there is very little reason for any group to perform the black mass. it will probably always remain merely an anomaly in the history of the occult. those interested in this subject may wish to read h. t. f. rhodes' the satanic mass, published by rider and company in 1954, and reprinted by arrow books of london in 1973. return h hhome resources demons bios fiction tyson the truth about chakras (traditional interpretation of the chakras on the body) the word chakra means wheel. in the esoteric systems of hindus and buddhists, the chakras are power centers within the human body that can be activated by specific exercises. usually there are said to be seven chakras, but in traditional hindu philosophy there are really only six- what is rega

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vidently this is untrue, since i have never had a teacher, other than the ancient sages who wrote the tantric texts that i have studied. i should qualify this remark by saying that i have never had a living, corporeal teacher. i have been guided in my practices by spiritual intelligences. perhaps in this sense i have a guru, or gurus, but my teachers lack physical bodies. return hcahome resources demons bios fiction tyson the truth about coronzon (aleister crowley's drawing of coronzon at lunch) coronzon (more commonly, but perhaps less correctly, spelled choronzon) is an angelic being first named in the transcripts of the conversations that took place between the elizabethan mathematician and magician dr. john dee and the hierarchy of spiritual beings who identified themselves as the ange

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formed and base. lucifer seeks to harass god by plaguing mankind with a multitude of troubles, and by inciting human beings to defy god. he uses his fallen angels as his agents, sending them abroad across the face of the world to incite and commit evil. every time he succeeds in inducing a human to defy god, lucifer gains another soldier in his rebellious army. it is not always made clear how the demons of lucifer can appear upon the earth when they have been cast down and bound in hell. apparently, as we may gather from the book of job, lucifer is able to walk upon the surface of the earth but is not permitted to directly injure human beings. he is even able to enter heaven! it is written in the first chapter of job that when the sons of god, who are the good angels of heaven, present the

y are forbidden to injure human beings who obey god. but if through the temptation of a demon a person can be induced to disobey god, that person is demon fodder. effectively, they join lucifer's army of apostate fallen angels, although at a very subordinate rank. from a fundamentalist christian point of view, all those who fail to worship christ are disobedient to god, and therefore prey for the demons who walk and swim and fly upon the earth. much the same belief concerning those of other religions is held by fundamentalist islamics and jews. in a broader inter-religious sense, anyone of any religion who strives to do good is afforded protection against the injuries of demons by god; but anyone who knowingly commits acts of evil loses that protection and becomes beelzebub's chew-toy. thi

the earth. much the same belief concerning those of other religions is held by fundamentalist islamics and jews. in a broader inter-religious sense, anyone of any religion who strives to do good is afforded protection against the injuries of demons by god; but anyone who knowingly commits acts of evil loses that protection and becomes beelzebub's chew-toy. this is more or less the modern view of demons held by those who believe that traditional demons actually exist. we see this belief surfacing again and again in all sorts of folk forms. the ouija board is thought by some to open a doorway to hell, allowing demons to possess those who unwittingly use the board. however, these unfortunate dabblers in the occult, who in films always seem to be teenagers guilty of drinking beer and necking

on of them seems ridiculous, at least consider the possibility of changing your concept of what a demon is. demons in one form or another have been a constant fixture of folklore and myth in all cultures around the world since the dawn of history. while this is not proof that these folk beliefs are literally true, it suggests that a core of truth exists that has sustained and defined the myths of demons over the centuries. it is nothing short of intellectual arrogance to leave unexamined so universal an aspect of human experience. return hcehome resources demons bios fiction tyson the truth about elementals (salamanders were believed to be invulnerable to flames) elementals are spirits connected with the four elements of ancient philosophy and traditional western magic. the ancient greeks

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use destruction to a specific place or person, a salamander may be sent, but there is always the danger of backlash. salamanders do not like being told what to do, and must be compelled with words of power and the sigils of superior spirits. they resent this control. i should emphasize this point: salamanders are dangerous! leave them alone, and they will leave you alone. return hethome resources demons bios fiction tyson the truth about the evil eye (magic charm in the shape of a hand gesture to ward off the evil eye) the evil eye does exist. your eighty-five year old sicilian grandmother was right after all. but it doesn't function in quite the way she imagined. the true evil eye is not in the head of some elderly woman who casts her malicious, bloodshot glance your way- it is the eye th

cle merely because that person looked at the sufferer in an unfriendly manner. indeed, many who suffer from the effects of the evil eye can not even blame it on the malicious wishes or intentions of another person. they are so predisposed to look for the evil eye in every sidelong glance from a stranger, that they bring misfortune upon themselves by imagining an evil glance where none exists. the demons they battle are inside them, and require no assistance from outside to cause misfortune. it was common in ancient times for anyone who could not defend himself, particularly for elderly women who mumbled and had cataracts, to be accused of the evil eye without the slightest provocation, without even so much as a hard look cast upon their neighbors. strangers, those who lived alone, or those

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hrough the middle of the eye on the paper, and at the same time say these words "the eye is blind, it cannot find me" repeat the words three times. understand in your heart that you are now free from the curse. fold the paper twice, dig a hole in the ground, and bury the paper under the earth where it will lie undisturbed in darkness. your will suffer no more misfortunes. return h nhome resources demons bios fiction tyson the truth about familiars (names of familiar spirits residing in animal hosts) as is true of so many aspects of western occultism, the witch's familiar had its origin in shamanism. every shaman has his own totemic beast, with whom he believed himself to be related by blood. the great spirit of that animal's species, a larger all-white beast that possessed the power of spe

man has his own totemic beast, with whom he believed himself to be related by blood. the great spirit of that animal's species, a larger all-white beast that possessed the power of speech, watched over the shaman and protected him from harm, and also taught the shaman occult secrets. in the middle ages, the inquisitors of the catholic church believed the pets of accused witches to be possessed by demons. a witch was supposed to feed her familiar spirit with her own blood, which the animal sucked from her body at a special nipple that became known as a witch's mark. this nipple might be anywhere on the body. it was identifiable to the witch-finders of the inquisition because it was completely insensitive to pain. a long needle might be thrust into it without the awareness of the witch, if h

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or a familiar's hand upon their shoulder, as i have done, will understand that this statement is completely and literally accurate. there is nothing intangible, ghostly, vague, uncertain, or equivocal about a familiar spirit. they are as real as the shoes on your feet or the hair on your head (which will probably stand on end, the first time you feel a familiar touch you. return hrnhome resources demons bios fiction tyson the truth about ghosts (famous ghost photograph taken in newby church, yorkshire) do ghosts exist? of course they do. why else would tens of thousands of people from all nations around the world and all periods in human history report seeing them under more or less similar circumstances? the question you should be asking yourself is, granted that ghosts exist- what are th

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itate dead people are seeking attention and love. if you wish to give them this love (as i often do, fine; but if you do not wish to be deceived and bothered by them, turn your mind away from them and focus it firmly on some other task, such as reading a book or washing your hair. they may persist for a time, but eventually they will give up in disappointment and go away. return hayhome resources demons bios fiction tyson the truth about miracles st. joseph of copertino (1603-63) levitates in rapture: 1735 bookplate "miracle" is a general term for any event that transcends the accepted laws of nature. in this loose sense, all true magic, be it black or white, is miraculous, since none of it can be explained by modern physics. stage magic is not miraculous, although it has been mistaken for

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will never be understood. they leap over the boundaries upon which science and philosophy are founded. they mock causality and the experimental method. they can sometimes be induced by devotion, sometimes by magic, but they can never be comprehended. for this reason, they will never be accepted by rationalists, no matter how many eye-witnesses testify to their existence. return hn home resources demons bios fiction tyson the truth about necromancy (edward kelley and paul waring raising the dead) necromancy is the magic of communicating with the souls of the dead for the purpose of obtaining useful information. the word literally means corpse (nekros) divination (manteia. it is one of the most ancient forms of magic. a large part of primitive shamanism, from which all forms of magic derive

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ecuted or lay buried, it was universally abhorred and condemned. if for no other reason, it should be outlawed because it desecrates the remains of the departed and causes grief to the families of the disinterred or otherwise disturbed bodies. it is one of the darker and more sinister branches of western magic, best left sleeping in the past beside the shades of the dead. return h hhome resources demons bios fiction tyson the truth about the necronomicon (head and tail of the dragon, used with incantations to yog-sothoth) thenecronomicon is a supposedly ancient book, invented by the fantasy and horror writer h. p. lovecraft (1890-1937) as a plot device for some of his stories. lovecraft first used the title in his story the festival, written in 1923, but two years earlier he had included t

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the hermetic order of the golden dawn, the magician and great beast aleister crowley, the dreamer and writer h. p. lovecraft, and the writer and magician kenneth grant (and perhaps i should not exclude myself from this list) read the essay "dr. john dee, the necronomicon, and the cleansing of the world- a gnostic trail" by colin low, to be found at a miscellany of essays. return h ahome resources demons bios fiction tyson the truth about pentagrams (eliphas levi's interpretation of the pentagram) the pentagram is a graphic symbol composed of five interlocking line segments in the shape of a five-pointed star. it was also known as the pentalpha because it resembles the uppercase letter a repeated five times and arranged radially so that the legs of the letter overlap (pente is the greek wor

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evoke a lower spirit and expect to see it standing within the triangle and to talk to it as they would converse with another human being are mistaking the legends and fables of evocation for the reality of evocation. myths are always true, but their truth is symbolic. higher spirits are sometimes called angels, especially by magicians with a christian heritage. lower spirits are sometimes called demons. in actuality, there is no clear dividing line between good and bad spirits. the personalities of spiritual beings have the same broad range as the personalities of human beings. some are very bad, or very good. most are somewhere in between, neither wholly good nor wholly evil. as a general rule of magic, it is best to evoke all spirits not of a very high order. unless you know that the sp

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ame (ouroboros, ancient emblem of eternity, from speculum veritatis, 17th century) an emblem is a graphic symbol employed in magic and alchemy to express an abstract idea or principle. an example of an emblem is john dee's famous hieroglyphic monad. other example are the representation of a serpent nailed to a cross, or a green lion devouring the sun. personal symbols of gods, angels, spirits and demons are usually not called emblems (lamen of the golden dawn office of kerux, from israel regardie's golden dawn) in the western tradition, the magician often has a personal symbol known as a lamen that expresses his or her higher or magical identity. when constructed correctly, it links the magic name of the magician with the supreme name of divine authority recognized by the magician, allowin

witchcraft. in the golden dawn ritual of evocation, mathers advised that the seal of the spirit to be evoked be kept covered with black cloth in the initial stages of the ritual. as the ritual progressed, the seal was unbound and gradually uncovered in stages, to symbolize the gradual materialization of the spirit within the triangle. care must always be exercised when working with the sigils of demons. mathers only uncovered the seal after intimidating the evoked spirit into obedience by repeatedly striking the seal with his sword. many of those who practice this ancient and honorable art believe that merely by gazing overlong at demonic sigils, the demons themselves will be attracted, and will cause trouble or bad luck in the life of the person who disturbs them. there may be some truth

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the person who disturbs them. there may be some truth in this folklore. i found that during the period when i was devoting intense study to the sigils of the goetia, i began to see them in my dreams and was subject to nightmares in which the sigils themselves writhed and twisted as though alive. this was disturbing enough to cause me to suspend my research, at that time. return h, home resources demons bios fiction tyson the truth about ufos (ufos seen over nuremberg on april 14th, 1561) the term ufo is an acronym for "unidentified flying object" throughout human history there have been sightings of things in the sky that could not be identified. most are astronomical, but some are atmospheric. the qualifier "flying" implies that ufos are objects unknown to their observers that travel thr

value of anything lacking a physical body. or course it is impossible for me to state categorically that not a single ufo sighting or photograph represents evidence of a physical alien visitation. but i find the arguments in favor of this explanation quite unconvincing. my own belief is that the modern eye-witness accounts of alien visitors are merely a resurgence of similar sightings of angels, demons, gods, spirits and ghosts that have occurred throughout human history in every culture around the world. this similarity begs a number of important questions. is there a race or hierarchy of noncorporeal intelligent beings seeking communication and interaction with the human race through the medium of the human unconscious mind? have they been trying to establish this link for thousands of

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y safely be discounted- i have yet to see a convincing alien artifact, or hear an alien abduction story that seems plausible as a physical event. this is not to say that all those who claim to have been abducted by aliens are lying. many are telling the truth as they know it, but they have misinterpreted their experiences as physical episodes, rather than mental episodes. return hodhome resources demons bios fiction tyson the truth about vampires (vampire arising from the grave, by the painter eduard munch) there are four types of vampire. three kinds are real, and one is fictional. the fictional type of vampire is the count dracula variety popularized by folk tales, books, fantasy magazines and movies. this type is supposed to be a reanimated corpse of someone who has previously been bitt

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aries are created which the spirit vampire cannot pass; or it is imprisoned within a particular object such as a ring or medallion, or a tree, or in a specific place such as a stone or pond (depending on its elemental nature and its natural affinities. it is more difficult, but possible, to destroy the spirit vampire, but this drastic course of action is seldom necessary. return hy.home resources demons bios fiction tyson the truth about werewolves (european werewolf attacking a villager) most people know nothing about werewolves other than what they've seen in old lon channy jr. movies, and their modern-day imitations. the modern cinematic myth of the werewolf states that a person bitten by a werewolf who lives becomes under the light of the full moon a werewolf, which is to say a creatur

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dawned upon me. despite my care, an apache warrior had stolen upon me from the rear, without detection. he had struck me a stunning blow as he leaped upon my shoulders and bore me to earth, where his comrade deprived me of my pistol. the stinging, ringing pain in my head told me that the blow which brought me down was a fierce one. what impressed me as beyond explanation was that these two dusky demons had failed to kill instead of taking me prisoner. in that campaign against geronimo and his band, it was not the custom on either side to take prisoners. this was specially true of the apaches. they delighted too much in torture, outrage and suffering to let any opportunity for such dreadful work pass. when i became certain that only two captors were with me, i resolved to seize the first o

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ligion copyright 2002 ole wolf page 4 of 30 author, and effectively virtually any behavior is inherently satanic. 3. three recipes for magic focusing on aggression, lust, and compassion. the magic in the third section obviously appeals to people that enjoy magic settings, but the church of satan accepts that some followers do not feel so inclined. the church of satan states that belief in literal demons is permitted within the confines of the ritual chamber and abandoned outside of the chamber. presumably this argument also holds in rituals such as the satanic baptism [15, p. 212] which directly refers to the literal satan. it is a valid argument, but the dual acceptance of belief and non-belief is also an effective tool for appealing to such strongly diverging groups of people as theists

on the person s life. the satanic rituals includes the following rituals: 1. le messe noir a rite of passage intended to rid the follower of catholic christian dogma. 2. l air epais an initiation ritual in which the participant symbolically dies and is reborn as a satanist. 3. das tierdrama a reminder of one s animal heritage. 4. homage to tchort draws inspiration from russian folklore of various demons, which are summoned during the ritual. 5. the ceremony of the nine angles inspired by h. p. lovecraft, it is intended to emphasize potential. 6. the call to cthulhu also inspired by h. p. lovecraft, it reflects the dimness of an almost forgotten past. 7. the satanic baptisms baptism rituals for children and adults. rituals 4, 5, and 6 have no clear purpose. michael aquino, the author of rit

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physical eye but can be seen by an inner spiritual vision and/or grasped by psychic intuition. the occult is the opposite of apocalypse, which means to uncover. the last book of the christian bible is alternatively called the apocalypse or the revelation. to many religious people, the term occult denotes that which is opposite of what god has revealed; hence, the realm of satan and his legions of demons. some substance for this observation has been provided by religious leaders who combine an exploration of the occult with open opposition to the more traditional religions and religious institutions. as used in eop, however, occultism stands for (1) the broad area of human experience (now called extrasensory perception, or esp) that goes beyond the five senses (2) the philosophical conclusi

nth was supposed to bring sickness. ancient texts state that if a man should eat the flesh of swine on the thirtieth day of ab, he will be plagued with boils. ab is also an ancient egyptian term for the heart. since the heart was the seat of the conscience, its preservation was a crucial part of the mummification process. abaddon the destroyer, from a hebrew word meaning destruction. chief of the demons of the seventh hierarchy. abaddon is the name given by st. john in the apocalypse to the king of the grasshoppers. he is sometimes regarded as the destroying angel or prince of the underworld, also synonymous with apollyon (rev. 9:11 (see also black magic) sources: barrett, francis. the magus. london, 1801. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1967. 1 abadie, jeannette see jeannet

have set up an altar in his own name. the small amount of biographical information that exists tells of miraculous powers bestowed by an angel at his birth. adalbert was accused of showing to his disciples a letter that he declared was brought to him from jesus christ and delivered by st. michael. adalbert was also accused of composing a mystical prayer invoking uncanonical angels believed to be demons. in 744 c.e. a church synod denounced him. a year later, after appealing to pope zacharius, adalbert was deprived of priestly office. later he was condemned to perpetual imprisonment in the monastery of fulda. adam, book of the penitence of a manuscript in the library of the arsenal at paris that deals with kabalistic tradition. it recounts how the first two sons of adam, cain and abel, res

ces and reproduced from original news sources. aeromancy the art of foretelling future events by the observation of atmospheric phenomena, as, for example, when the death of a great man is presaged by the appearance of a comet. francois de la tour blanche stated that aeromancy is the art of fortunetelling by means of specters that are made to appear in the air, or the representation by the aid of demons, of future events, which are projected on the clouds as a film is projected onto a screen. as for thunder and lightning, he adds, these are concerned with auguries, and the aspect of the sky and of the planets belonging to the science of astrology. sources: waite, arthur edward. the occult sciences. 1891. reprint, secaucus, n.j: university books, 1974. the aetherius society founded by sir g

k and ill, and at another tall and strong, so that her head seemed to touch the clouds. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. agaberte 15 she effected these transformations without the smallest effort or trouble. people believed her capable of overthrowing the mountains, tearing up the trees, drying up the rivers with the greatest of ease. they held that nothing less than a legion of demons must be at her command in order for her to accomplish her magic feats. she seems to be like the scottish cailleach bheur, a nature hag. agapis according to ancient tradition, this was a yellow stone said to promote love or charity; it also cured stings and venomous bites when dipped in water and rubbed over the wound. agares according to johan weyer, agares is grand duke of the eastern regi

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ed, the women of some tribes mutilated the little fingers of daughters in order to influence their future lives. apparently the finger-chopping customs of paleolithic times had a magical significance. on some of the paintings in the aurignacian caves appear symbols that suggest the slaying and butchering of animals. other symbols are enigmatic. of special interest are the figures of animal-headed demons, some with hands upraised in the egyptian posture of adoration; others posed like the animal-headed dancing gods of the bushmen. in the marsonlas paleolithic cave, there are humanlike faces of angry demons with staring eyes and monstrous noses. in the spanish cave at cogul, several figures of women wearing halflength skirts and shoulder shawls are represented dancing around a nude male. the

several figures of women wearing halflength skirts and shoulder shawls are represented dancing around a nude male. these females so closely resemble those of bushman paintings that they might, if not for their location, be credited to this interesting people. religious dances among the bushman tribes were associated with marriage, birth, and burial ceremonies; they were also performed to exorcise demons in cases of sickness. dances are to us what prayers are to you, an elderly bushman once informed a european. whether the cave drawings and wood, bone, and ivory carvings of the magdalenian or late paleolithic period at the close of the last ice age are related to magic is a question on which there is no general agreement. it is significant, however, that several carved ornaments bearing ani

deer horn from laugerie basse is a prostrate man with a tail, creeping on all fours toward a grazing bison. these artifacts strengthen the theory that late paleolithic art had its origin in magic beliefs and practices.that hunters carved on the handles of weapons and implements, or scratched on cave walls, the images of the animals they desired to capture.sometimes with the secured cooperation of demons and sometimes with the aid of magic spells. a highly developed magic system existed in ancient egypt, as in babylonian (see semites) and other early cultures. from these cultures the medieval european system of magic is believed to have evolved. greece and rome also possessed distinct magic systems that were integrated into their religious practice and thus, like the egyptian and babylonian

persecution that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of individuals accused of practicing the religion of witchcraft, as opposed to merely practicing malevolent magic (i.e, sorcery, which had long been illegal. this work is in three parts. part i fulminates against the evil of witchcraft, which is characterized as renunciation of the catholic faith, homage to the devil, and carnal intercourse with demons. even disbelief in the existence of witches and witchcraft was declared a grave heresy. part ii details the specific practices of witches. part iii sets forth rules for legal action and conviction of witches. the antiquary thomas wright, in his book narratives of sorcery and magic (2 vols, 1851, stated: in this celebrated work, the doctrine of witchcraft was first reduced to a regular syste

f witches. the antiquary thomas wright, in his book narratives of sorcery and magic (2 vols, 1851, stated: in this celebrated work, the doctrine of witchcraft was first reduced to a regular system, and it was the model and groundwork of all that was written on the subject long after the date which saw its first appearance. its writers enter largely into the much-disputed question of the nature of demons; set forth the causes which lead them to seduce men in this manner; and show why women are most prone to listen to their proposals, by reasons which prove that the inquisitors had but a mean estimate of the softer sex. the inquisitors show the most extraordinary skill in explaining all the difficulties which seemed to beset the subject; they even prove to their entire satisfaction that pers

EVIL AND UNCLEAN SPIRITS

y an ox and an ass. at the northwest angle is a gigantic scorpion with a fearful countenance but standing upright, as it were, and formed of putrefying n. after him cometh the unnamable one, wmysa (asimon) and his appearance and symbol is that of a cloudy, veiled, black, gigantic figure covered with whirling wheels and in his hand is a vast wheel which issues, as it whirls, multitudes of cat-like demons. behind him cometh hmun, nahimah, like a crouching woman with an animal's body, crawling along the ground and eating l. lmcj twklm jxn dwh d wsy hlwd g hrwb g trapt rtk hm kj hnyb lb b wy ydm \wda hwyj brqycjn ruc rwmj tylyl tljm lams bhr 8 at the southwest angle are a winged lion and a winged horse drawing in a chariot the younger tylyl, the wife of yadwmsa. she is dark, a woman to the wai

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

r, when jacobs put her under hypnosis, ma rtinson saw the individual she had thought was her brother as, in ja c o b s s w o rds, a person without clothes, small, thin, no hair, and large eyes. he calls such individuals as ma rtinson u n a w a re abductees. un a w a re abductees explain their strange experiences in ways acceptable to society, interp reting the entities they see as ghosts, angels, demons, or even animals. see also: abductions by ufos further reading jacobs, david m, 1998. the threat. new york: simon and schuster. 18 aliens and the dead allingham s martian according to flying saucer from mars (1954, englishman and author cedric allingham witnessed the landing of an extraterrestrial spacecraft while vacationing in scotland in february 1954. a tall man, human in all ways excep

library of books and newsletters. over the course of the next few years, other contactees rose to occult celebrity. many were physical contactees, but, in time, channelers and automatic writers most of whom did not seek publicity or profit dominated the ranks. not everyone was willing to take the space people at their word. channeling contactee trevor james constable warned that some of them were demons in disguise. some years later, occult-oriented ufologist john a. keel wrote, the demons, devils, and false angels were recognized as liars and plunderers by early man. these same impostors now appear as long-haired venusians (keel, 1970. christian fundamentalist authors of ufo books expressed similar suspicions. adamski s death in april 1965 marked the passing of the era of the physical con

: channeling further reading et civilizations germane, 1994. http//www. lemuria.net/article-et-civilizations.html goblin universe goblin universe is a kind of catchall phrase some people use to characterize the realm of fantastic but, according to some, real entities and creatures that seem out of place in our ordinary understanding of reality. the goblin universe is said to house everything from demons and fairies to ghosts, humanoids, and monstrous beasts. it is an explicitly paranormal or occult concept, rejected by some anomalists who insist that the objects of their investigations whether ufos or unknown animals such as sasquatch or the loch ness monster are simply so far undocumented aspects of this universe or planet. to its proponents, however, the goblin universe is a deeply myste

g. but if natural cataclysms threaten human existence, the kantarians will perform a rescue operation. mostly, though, they hope that humans will reform themselves, develop wisdom and kindness, and join their space brothers in the cosmos one day. further reading montgomery, ruth, 1985. aliens among us. new york: g. p. putnam s sons. kappa in traditional japanese lore the kappa are malicious water demons shaped like monkeys with scales. they lure the unsuspecting into ponds and rivers, then devour them. one japanese writer, komatsu kitamura, has theorized that the kappa were extraterrestrials who came to japan sometime between the ninth and eleventh centuries. others have picked up on this speculation, suggesting that the ostensibly scaly skin was actually a spacesuit. alleged sightings con

l theorist in some ufological and fortean circles. his critics have charged him with careless writing and credulity, but his admirers prefer to think of him as a bold, even outrageous, iconoclast. see also: contactees; men in black; mothman; ultraterrestrials further reading chorvinsky, mark, 1990. cryptozoo conversation with john a. keel. strange magazine 5: 35 40. clark, jerome, 1997. spacemen, demons, and con- spiracies: the evolution of ufo hypotheses. mount rainier, md: fund for ufo research. keel, john a, 1970. ufos: operation trojan horse. new york: g. p. putnam s sons, 1971. our haunted planet. greenwich, ct: fawcett publications, 1975. the eighth tower. new york: saturday review press/e. p. dutton and company, 1975. the mothman pro p h e c i e s. new yo rk: sa t u rday re v i ew p

FAUST

te. i forgot the warder s duty and the horn i swore to wind. threaten to destroy me! beauty doth all anger ever bind. helena the ill that i occasioned i dare not to punish. woe is me! that fate austere pursues me, everywhere the breasts of men so to infatuate that they themselves spare not nor aught else worthy. ravishing, seducing, fighting, harrying hither, thither, demigods, heroes, gods, aye, demons also, to and fro they led me ever wandering. my first estate confused the world, my second the more, my third and fourth bring woe on woe. remove this good man, let him now go free; let no disgrace befall the god-befooled! faust astonished, i behold alike, o queen, the unerring archer and the stricken one; i see the bow which hath the arrow sped that wounded him. arrows on arrows fly, me do

eauty never lastingly unite. the bond of life is rent no less than that of love; bewailing both, i say with sorrow: fare thee well! and cast myself once more, once only, in thine arms. receive, persephone, receive the boy and me. she embraces faust, she herself vanishes, robe and veil remain in his arms. phorkyas [to faust. hold fast what now alone is left to thee! let not the garment go. already demons are twitching at its skirts and they would like to snatch it to the lower world. hold fast! it is no more the goddess whom thou lost, but godlike is it. make use of the high and priceless boon, and rising soar aloft. swift over all things common will it bear thee away through ether while thou can st endure. we ll meet again, far, far away from here. helena s garments dissolve into clouds, s

noble one from evil machination; who e er aspiring, struggles on, for him there is salvation" and if to him celestial love its favouring grace has given, the blessed host comes from above and welcomes him to heaven. the younger angels. roses sainted women spended, penitent through mercy glorious, helped to make the fight victorious, that the lofty work be ended, that be won this spirit-treasure. demons shrank in sore displeasure, devils fled the roses flinging. not with wonted hell-pangs stinging, love-pangs brought them to disaster even the old satan-master by sharp pain was penetrated. shout with you! it s consummated! the more perfected angels. still earthly rests remain which have oppressed us; they d not be pure of stain, though of asbestos. when every element strong spirit-forces ha

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

e message of a messiah is their divine life. messiahs also perform other important functions. the deterioration of righteousness is often paralleled by deterioration in the gatekeepers, who have the responsibility of echoing the message of the messiahs and pointing humanity to the open gate. sometimes, messiahs wind the clocks i.e. lead the transition from one age to another, or vanquish powerful demons that threaten the stability of the small face universe. 2" 2' 8: some messiahs appear to be completely or partially veiled from awareness of their true identity until awakened to it by a perfect master who has incarnated to do so, or through a supra-conscious experience of the divine. master mosheh was dramatically changed by his experience of the burning bush. the qur an also tells us that

left-handed path, and those who traverse it are often called black magicians or sorcerers. they engage in disciplines, routines of behavior, and rituals intended to cultivate hatred of the lord hvhy-as-adversary, sinfulness, and impurity in order to pass the flaming swords of the kerubim who guard the column of the left. black magicians use the name hvhy and other divine names to invoke powerful demons (jinn) i.e. destructive angels, and to manifest and use destructive powers. attachment to their unrighteousness, hatred, and ritualistic :2% e= i2 0 process keeps them in the column of the left, and preempts them from moving into the central column. the black magician thinks that through rituals, talismans, and force of personal will that he/she can actually gain control over elemental spir

. attachment to their unrighteousness, hatred, and ritualistic :2% e= i2 0 process keeps them in the column of the left, and preempts them from moving into the central column. the black magician thinks that through rituals, talismans, and force of personal will that he/she can actually gain control over elemental spirits and the jinn, and direct them to act in accord with his/her beckoning. since demons want to feed on the valuable shells of these magicians when they break up at death, in order to get the power to incarnate physically themselves or gain access to deeper hells, they go along with the game. hence, the jinn are often quite willing to give the sorcerers low level occult powers, coveted material prizes, or apparent control over elemental spirits, which the demons see as having

a term for the four sefiroth at the center of the three-dimensional form of the tree of life, two of which move into the side columns on the flat version of the tree. ishvara (sanskrit: a principal name of small face in the vedas. japa (sanskrit: continuous repetition of a mantra in the hindu tradition. corresponds to zakhor in the qabalah and dhikr in sufism. jinn (hebrew: angels of destruction, demons. jivashakti (sanskrit: energy of consciousness manifest in the embodied soul. jnana (sanskrit: knowledge: the path of direct perception of vast face in the hindu system of yoga. kahuna (hawaiian: one who holds the hidden knowledge. kalah (hebrew: bride: a synonym for shekhinah as the bride of the lord hvhy on shabat. kali (sanskrit: dark one: a principal name of small face in the tantric tr

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

the oracula sibyllina. see m. j. lagrange, le judaisme avant jesus-christ, paris, 1931, pp. 505-11; a. puech, histoire de la ihtirature grecque chretienne, paris, 1928, ii, pp. 603-15; and the note by g. bardy in oeuvres de saint augustin, desclee de brouwer, vol. 36, i960, pp. 755-9- 8 hermes trismegistus general passages lactantius condemns the worshipping of images, and he also thinks that the demons used by magi are evil fallen angels.1 these things are, however, never associated by him with trismegistus, who always appears as a revered authority on divine truths. it is no wonder that lactantius became a favourite father for the renaissance magus who wished to remain a christian. augustine was, however, a difficulty for the renaissance magus who wished to remain a christian, for august

hen discusses the prophecy that the egyptian religion will come to an end, and the lament for its passing, which he interprets as a prophecy of the ending of idolatry by the coming of christianity. here too, therefore, hermes trismegistus is a prophet of the coming of christianity, but all credit for this is taken away by augustine's statement that he had this foreknowledge of the future from the demons whom he worshipped. hermes presages these things as the devil's confederate, suppressing the evidence of the christian name, and yet foretelling with a sorrowful intimation, that from it should proceed the wreck of all their idolatrous superstitions: for hermes was one of those who (as the apostle says "knowing god, glorified him not as god, nor were thankful, but became vain in their imagi

reply to scholarios in f. masai, plethon et le platonisme de mistra, paris, 1956, pp. 136, 138. for a valuable study of ficino's genealogies of wisdom, see d. p. walker "the prisca theohgia in france, j. w.c.i, 1954 (xvii, pp. 204-59. 2 vita di ficino, published from a manuscript of circa 1591 in marcel, op. cit, p. 716. is hermes trismegistus not know this through the stars or the revelation of demons, but lactantius does not hesitate to place him among the sibyls and the prophets.1 these remarks (which we have paraphrased, not fully translated, from the argumentum) show ficino's effort to avoid augustine's condemnation of his hero for the egyptian idolatry in the asclepius, which he does by emphasising the favourable view of lactantius. he next goes on to say that of the many works whic

ptian genesis the newly created man, seeing the newly created seven governors (the planets) on whom all things depend, wishes to create, to make something like that. nor is this treated as a sin of disobedience.1 he is allowed into the society of the seven governors who love him and impart to him their powers. this egyptian adam is more than human; he is divine and belongs to the race of the star demons, the divinely created governors of the lower world. he is even stated to be "brother" to the creative word- demiurge son of god, the "second god" who moves the stars. it is true that he falls, but this fall is in itself an act of his power. he can lean down through the armature of the spheres, tear open 1 festugiere thinks that though man's desire to create was not a fault, since permission

body. and this divinity, this power, he recovers in the vision of the divine mens, which is like his own divine mens, shown him by pimander. pimander leaves trismegistus after he has been "invested with powers and instructed in the nature of the all and the supreme vision" in short, the egyptian genesis tells the story of the creation and fall of a divine man, a man intimately related to the star-demons in his very origin, man as magus. the egyptian genesis tallies well with that famous outbreak in the asclepius on man as the magnum miraculum (with which pico della mirandola was to open his oration on the dignity of man: what a great miracle is man, o asclepius, a being worthy of reverence and honour. for he passes into the nature of a god as though he were himself a god; he has familiarit

FRATER ELIJAH ANGELS OF CHAOS

word, that s what you ve come for. my advice is, don t ask! do as i do! seek out gold- but not my gold- and guard it- the dragon (grendel) contents introduction- 0 theory- 1 the formulation of the rite of godhood- 2 rite of godhood/ grendels had an accident- 3 results of the rite of godhood- 4 the summation of the techniques- 5 the bindings- the rite of suffering- 6 6a) the bindings 6b) what are demons? 6c) some journal entries the scarlet brotherhood- 7 phuture- 8 even the gods deserve their pain- the lady s law appendices i notes on chrnzn ii commentary on liber chrnzn iii the nature of babalon iv some notes on i v the binding of the i vi results of the binding of the i vii god-forms viii bibliography 0 introduction one thing which i seemed to have lost at first was trust; trust in myse

e. this process is as a declaration to the sub-mind for regaining control over demonic factors. the binding ceremony was the close of this phase after months of intensive labor and self analysis. this was very tedious as discovery of one little monster leads to an entire nest of related infections. to the end of this i used mathematical laws for binding chains of these programs numerically. these demons are enclosed in my personal grimoire entitle, the demonology of elijah aka the rite of suffering. v the binding of the will- the binding of the mind included the complete demonic bindings and oaths of the infernal princes dictated under the traditional abramelin operation. the sigils of this section were given by the princes of hell themselves in recognition of divine right. vi the binding

complicated initiation to explain. it is the summary of all the work to date. it represents the ascension of a master to the temple in one aspect, as well as unity of the angel with it s inverse in another aspect. the initiation took place across time. the specific rite itself is in appendix v, and is a modified mass of chrnzn (with corrections and modifications. see also appendix vi. 6b what are demons? your essence is revealed; abraxis. revelation is the annihilation of self- law of addiction well, there are many types and varieties, legion to be exact. in one facet they are base atavisms, some have evolved to incorporate higher integration to further their base nature. they have grown through repression, neglect and other shadows and manipulate through secret and urges. in more extreme

will and focus was welcome after the flux i just came from 11/6/99 the binding of the will. bearing witness to the obsession which is the small fraction of evil. the princes themselves. humanities vilest parts honed and chiseled into an ingot of fine malevolent intelligence (evocation) here and now do we bind them, the sublime well spring of hope. creation they bow before it s might a note of the demons- the identification and sigilization of as many demons as possible is necessary to get a grasp on this. many times these nasty bug s form circuits and feedback loops to enhance and keep their reigns of control. rigid self analysis and control must endure, sometimes just making a note of a circuit is enough to temporarily diffuse it. journal exert *b1 (babalon) there are many faces to the la

FRATER TENEBROUS CULTS OF CTHULHU

image- an image (or picture) of the law of the dead. in a brochure entitled, chronology of the necronomicon, published in 1936, lovecraft gives a suggested history of the damned book. according to this essay, the original text was transcribed by the poet alhazred at damascus in 730 a.d. the title, al azif, refers to the nocturnal sounds made by insects, and supposed by arabs to be the howling of demons (by the numerology of the qabbalah, its number is 129, which represents amongst other things, a place of ravenous creatures, and corresponds with the egyptian word, atem, to annihilate) alhazred had spent ten years alone in the great southern desert of arabia, the roba-el-ehaliyeh or empty space of the ancients, which was rumoured to be inhabited by evil spirits. he had explored the ruins o

FRATER U D PRACTICAL SIGIL MAGIC

s respect, a single glance at other standard works about magical symbols will show that most magicians and alchemists in the middle ages (the supposed gpeak h of occidental magic) largely developed their own sigil language using a rather small number of well.established symbols. the myth that there is a small number of gcorrect h sigils and a great variety of gwrong h ones for entities (generally demons, whose names are often little else but mutilations of misunderstood older terms,1 has confused the minds of even highly experienced old hands. such misinformation should no longer be tolerated. of course, even gwrong' dogmas can develop their own, definitely real, magical egregore in the course of time. but we should no longer be interested in struggling with the astral garbage which others

oing off on their own, etc, like amulets, magical daggers, and the like are sometimes wont to do. now, what about controlling your own success? basically, the same rules are applicable here as in more the magical trance/ activating the sigils/ 41 moment you realize your s sman spare could bring forth a cloudburst within inutes with the aid of sigils. he also succeeded, using is method, in evoking demons at a flinch. nevertheless, would be presumptuous to ascribe this to sigil magic nd its techniques alone. certainly, the magician fs ersonal talent, the power of his/her own magis, the inner onsistency of his/her magical universe, the qualities of agical time (which shamans label gmoments of power h) nd some degree of probability may play an important art in instant magical phenomena, which

rite aphorisms: ghe who knows the how does not care about the why. h you can achie mainly through practice.and practice is much more productive anyway than vague speculations of dubious value. chapter 9 constructing sigils with planetary cameas magical squares, or cameas, are often used as a basis for the construction of individual sigils. in fact, the traditional sigils for planetary spirits and demons have been cabbalistically construed with the help of these cameas. since this technique belongs to yet another important branch of sigil magic and is relatively unknown, it shall be covered here. the following explanations are based on israel regardie fs excellent book how to make and use talismans, which contains a very clear summary, though the author refers to the older material of the g

ique deus. 123 glossary a. a..astrum argentum or silver star. a magical group founded by aleister crowley based on the teachings of the hermetic order of the golden dawn. abramelin system.a potent cabbalistic system of magic. it involves six months in prayer, following which you achieve gthe knowledge and conversation of your holy guardian angel h this angel provides information on how to control demons so that they will bring you whatever you desire. agrippa.henry cornelius theophrastus bombastus agrippa von nettesheim (1486-1535) was a famous alchemist, astrologer and magician. his three books of occult philosophy or magic is considered to be a classic work. aiwass-revelation.in 1904, aleister crowley greceived h the book of the law, a revelation from an entity referring to itself as aiw

FREEMASONS SATANISM AND SYMBOLISM

d to keep them away [gary jennings, black magic, white magic, eau claire, wi, the dial press, 1964, p. 51. also harry e. wedeck, treasury of witchcraft, new york, philosophical library, 1961, p. 135] the hexagram is used to conjure up demons, making them appear in this dimension to do the bidding of the witch. doc marquis (former illuminist satanist) confirms that hexagrams are used to call forth demons to place spells and curses on the intended victim. the word "hex" comes from this practice. the hexagram is also a symbol of the sex act and reproduction. masonic author, albert g. mackey provides us with the occult explanation in his book, the symbolism of freemasonry [p. 195, 1869 a.d] the triangle pointing downward "is a female symbol corresponding to the 'yoni' and the upward pointing t

of a paganist in romans 1:25 "because they exchanged the truth of god for a lie and worshipped and served the creature rather than the creator" speaking of the sexual connotation of the hexagram, another witch revealed "when the male triangle penetrates the female triangle, it produces the six pointed crest of solomon or hexagram, the most wicked symbol in witchcraft [david j. meyer, dancing with demons: the music's real master] the hexagram is the sign used in the royal arch in freemasonry. masonic author wes cook, writing in did you know? vignettes in masonry from the royal arch mason magazine [missouri lodge of research, 1965, p. 132] stated that the hexagram represented "balance and harmony" in all facets of the world. another masonic publication links the hexagram with the infamous ch

32] stated that the hexagram represented "balance and harmony" in all facets of the world. another masonic publication links the hexagram with the infamous chinese yang and yin symbol["the significant numbers, short talk bulletin, september, 1956, vol. 34, no. 9, p. 5] in summary, the hexagram is the most wicked, and one of the most powerful, of all symbols in witchcraft. it is used to call forth demons into this dimension, to communicate with the dead, to describe sex acts, and to represent false and pagan gods such as brahma, vishnu, and shiva [masonic and occult symbols illustrated, dr. cathy burns, p. 39] educate yourself so that you can recognize their "plan" for the new world order- kingdom of antichrist- in the daily news. freemasonry proven to worship lucifer part 3 of 5 once you u

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

ting or print, the hebrews considering them too secret and sublime a wisdom for the common eye. this wisdom is formed within a vast number of doctrines, such as the nature of god; the mystical cosmogony of the universe; the destiny of the universe; the creation of man; the immutability of god; the moral government of the universe; the doctrine of good and evil; the nature of the soul, angels, and demons; the transcendental symbolism of numbers and letters; the balancing of complementary forces, etc, etc. all these many problems are divided under two main headings, the theoretical and the practical qabalah; the first being again divided into the symbolical, dogmatic, and speculative branches. the first main division, that is the theoretical, is philosophical; the second is magical and is la

es: and above the cloud is the merkabah, the chariot throne, therefore it is said [isaiah xix, i: gbehold yhvh rideth upon a swift cloud and shall come into mitsraim [egypt. h and so the holy, blessed be he! rules mitsraim. 23 this world is seemingly the abode of tetragrammaton (4) assiah or the assiatic world, the world of action, also called the world of qliphoth, that is the world of shells or demons. in its ten sephiroth lives the actual material substance of the universe. it is the abode of sammael, the prince of darkness. it is subject to change, birth, death, corruption and re-birth, yet not anything in it is considered as ever totally annihilated or destroyed in essence or atom. it is the abode of the evil spirit and his demonical forces. 24 such are the four worlds. in the simple

, that is trinity set between two unities, the whole adding up to 5- the microcosm. his world is now the yetziratic world reversed; that is to say assiah is the simulacrum, shadow, or image, of yetzirah. its three supernal sephiroth are tohu, the formless, bohu, the void, and chshk- darkness. its seven lower sephiroth are seven hells. each of these ten infernal sephiroth is inhabited by a host of demons, of which the first two orders are without form, the third is of darkness, and the remaining seven represent all human vices (activities. these seven infernal halls [or hells] are sub-divided into endless compartments, so as to afford a separate chamber of torture for every species of sin. the prince of this region of darkness is called satan in the bible. he is the same evil spirit, satan

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l society devoted to occult pursuits on the part of clergymen without a masonic background. besides communication with the departed there were other aspectsofspiritualism which were well known and enthusiasti255 cally supported not only by spiritualists at large but also within the confinesofthe s.r.i.a. clairvoyance (the ability to 'see' distant events by extra-sensory means) had been frequently demons255 trated in the1840sby proponents of mesmerism who claimed to obtain starding results from subjects placed in a trance. another, and far older, method ofinducing clairvoyantvision was by means of gazing into a mirror or a crystal ball, bothofwhich were employed by frederick hockley, the rosicrucian seer. hockley's researches into crystal vision began in1824and continued up to the time of h

1898 asthebookofthesacredmagicofabra-melinthemage.thiswork hadbeenfraught with peril; mathers sent the translation to f.l.gardner, who was arranging for its publication, and warned him to be careful with both text and artwork:'theshapeofthe casket presented by the headofthe lower triadofdemonsin the drawing was altered completely in the pencil sketches, and that by no mortal hand.>11noabra-melin demons came to bother the order,butoneoftheir disciples did.on18 november 1898 a neophyte was initiated into theouterorderatmarkmasons' hall, where the meetings were regularly held, who took the nameoffrater perdurabo. in the outside world he was aleister crowley and was soon to be athornin the fleshofmathers, whom he was to rival, and eventually to surpass, in magical prowess. by 1900, as theirch

current' dion fortune, however, thought that working any kind of magical, as opposed to initiatory, rituals was always fraught with danger 'i cannot say much upon these subjects, for they are among the most secret paths of occult lore. enough must be hinted, however, to reveal what, under certain circumstances, may be experienced. i do not think it in the least likely, however, that the qlippotic demons will be encoun255 tered save through the use of ceremonial magic.theyare as rare as anthrax in england, but it is as well to know the manner of their manifestation so that, when encountered, they may be recognized.'7most magical work in the second order did not, however,involvethe risk of meeting with demons from the qlippoth and was a good deal more prosaic.itwas concerned with the making

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:itis a work showing profound contemplation. then followed his greatest taskthe historyofthe macrocosm and the microcosm, metaphysical, physical and technical:this appeared in four parts, the first part of the first volume treats of god and the macrocosm; of man as an image of god; of god before creation, of the heavens, of creation, of the music of the spheres, of archangels, angels, and of evil demons, of the soul of the world and of the soul of man: and ends with chapters on the minerals, vegetables and animals, and notes on clouds, thunder and winds. the second half of part one of thehistorytreats of the sciences, mathematics, geometry and music, with chapters on pictorial art with perspective, on military arts, on modes of recording time, and on geography: there are also chapters on d

article, stn,i1=h=5; s=300; t=9; final n=50,=364. this is the computation called gematria. see talmud, treatise yoma, fol. xx. col. 1.thetreatise chagijah states that the devils have wings and fly, and know something of future events; they take food and drink, beget like men, and they die (see folio xvi. col. 1)thegreat solomon is said in the talmud to have been able to coerce ashmodai, a king of demons, to procure for him, the shamir, a stone of intense hardness, diamond or emery possibly, with which the stones of the temple were cut and hewn without noise of hammer .insome references this shamir is called symbolically an 'insect. this quaint conceit expanded into a narrative formed at one time a lecture in the english royal arch masonic rite; of this i have an original mss dated about 18

thegeneral tendency was to consider these animal forms of devils as of a hairy type, the seirim. some of the occult schools give in their rituals long lists of names for all these varieties of the devil world. i think, however, that this study may well be avoided, in this agreeing with the late supreme magusdrwm. robert woodman. other teachers of magic have gone farther and illustrated the use of demons for purposes of occult power; they profess to coerce them into useful purposes, but we fear that a bitter retribution would be forthcoming upon any who could so use them, which we donotassert to be practicable.thelate madame blavatsky warned one friend of my own against such pretensions, and she was a most learned occult student, even if somewhat erratic.138themagical masonmanyofthegreat oc

alists. plutarch, an eclectic platonist, said the soulis,the instrument of god, just as the body is of the soul.theneo-platonists, plotinus and porphyry, restored the faith in! all divinations, saying they were based on cosmic sympa255 thies: they had great faith in the revelations of ecstasy andofdreams. the early christian authors recognised the powersofdivination but said they sprang from evil demons. modem research into ancient literature has shown thatnotonly the heavenly bodies, but almost every object on land andaat sea have been at some time or other, and in some place, used) as means to foretell the future, or to discover the unknown. the earliest and most widely practised divinatory artwas,based upon observation of the sun, moon and stars, and so' important did the results appear

n ireland: this system of divination is also practised for gain in little rooms in the neighbourhood of new bond street in london. omens and presages we moderns have inherited a vague belief in many omens from the ancient greeks and romans who paid great attention to presages, such as sudden emotions or alarms without appre255 ciable reason; these were deemed sent by the great god pan, or by evil demons, as were cramps and palpitation of the heart. a twitching of the right eye was a good omen; sneezing was very much noticed and commented on; the greek hearer exclaimed:'zethi-'may you live',or'zeusoson-'god save you.'itwas considered fortunate to sneeze between noon and night. to sneeze on the left hand was unlucky, but on the right hand was fortunate.theflushing of one ear is said to indic

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n by an ox and an ass. at the north-west angle is a gigantic scorpion with a fearful countenance,butstanding upright as it were, and formed of putrefying water. after .267him cometh. the un-nameable one (abaddon) and his appearance and symbol is that of a closely-veiled black gigantic figure, covered with whirling wheels and in his hand is avast wheel whence issue asitwhirls, multitudesofcal-like demons. behind comethmaamahlikeacrouching. woman with an animal's body, crawling along thegtoundandeating the earth. and at .the south-west angleare'a winged lion and a winged horse drawing in a chariotthe younger lilith, the wife of asmodai, she is dark, a woman to the waist and a man. below it,andsheappears as dragging down withherhands small figures of men into hell.ofthethreeevil forces before

er gods,theone supreme, the all-father, neter, whose worship was pre-dynastic,beingsymbolized by an axe, whose head inthetomb paintings is bound to the shaft by thongs, proving that it was a flint head.thelater symbol had the shaft wedged into a socket in the head,showingthatmetalhadsuperseded flint.thenext book of the papyrus directs the exorciser to writedownthe namesofall the male. and female. demons of which his heart is afraid, and to wrap these in a coverlid, together with a figure of apophi, to tie. them round tightly andputin a fire, to spit foul' times, and stamp withtheleft foot.'thedoing of this' says the papyrus,'hathgreat effect on earth, and inthenether world.'136 the sorcererand his apprenticethenether world here clearly means that which we call the astral, and is a recognit

pyrus,'hathgreat effect on earth, and inthenether world.'136 the sorcererand his apprenticethenether world here clearly means that which we call the astral, and is a recognition of the fact, well known to occultists, though for the most part only empirically known, that to control the manifestation of many potent forces it is necessary to employ both material and astral means. the expression 'the demons of which his heart is afraid' is unfamiliar to us now. butastudy of the minor evil gods of egypt show that their manifestation in the human body is in bodily weaknesses, such as the craving, chronic and uncon255 trollable, for alcohol or hypnotic drugs such as hashish, or'sucha weakness as fear, violent anger, jealousy, or the like, the attacks of which are sudden and involuntary. these wea

e of which seems to take us very much further thanegyptian ritual and modern witchcraft 137the old theory of obsession,butenables the scientist to evade the use of a much-dreaded term, and to present a demi-semi255 materialistic theory, even if it be an unaccountable one. there seems some reason to believe that the ancient egyptians were well acquainted with hypnotism, as a means 267of exorcizing demons. this part of the papyrus of nesi amsu concludes with a long list of the titles and offices of the scribe, but whether these are intended to be recited for the terrorizing of apophi, or are simply given as warrant for the ritual which he sets forth, is not clear. probably the latter, but possibly also it may be a hint to any exorciser to state during the performance of the ritual his own qu

ock' lnight267be-usedbyanyone.a tutor gravely recordsthatas some boys were playing beside a church oneofthem cried 'horse and hattock with my top, whereupon his top was carried up in the air and dropped the other side of the church.thatthe same applies also to names,anyonewho pleases can test for himself, mariy books on ceremonial magic give the152 the sorcererand his apprenticenames of angels or demons governing certain moods and emotions, as anger, revenge, jealousy, love, etc. when the particular emotion is rising, or stirred up, repeat the name emphatically, try to visualize a figure intensifying and carrying out that emotion. after a while the name will involuntarily rouse the emotion, and in some cases the name, even silently uttered, will rouse the emotion in another. this may, of c

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rms and real fallen astral entities. these fields (probably a better description than forms) allow these entities to interface with our own unconscious. accordingly they can change form according to the language of the culture they communicate though and being a mixture of our own thoughtforms and fallen spirits can mimic our own hidden desires and needs. while in medieval periods we may have has demons, incubus and succubus, in the present we have aliens, ufo abductions and medical experiments by creatures we cannot see. in the modern mode, these archons are sometimes called ultraterrestrials. however we must realize that these forms are spiritual in origin. sure, they may be other races within our universe, assuredly so, but it does seem that the majority of ufo sightings and experience

they are not. there are many partial spirits (such as fire sprites etc) which can only work in a restricted way and hence can appear evil only because we do not understand their limited focus and purpose. 2. ethical evil is created through ignorance (which creates attachments to matter, greed, etc etc. this can infect not only human but spirit beings of varying degrees. hence there can be angels, demons etc which are destructive but this is of ignorance not out of cosmological design. 3. since thoughts have power, mans ignorance has dire effects. it is capable of creating thought vibrations which congregate in the collective unconscious and then if given enough power can move into the lower astral plane. these forms (archons and dominions etc) also collect ignorant astral forms and create

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

reated and sustained by a system that is totally alien to our life-stream. accordingly, when the real truth became obvious to us it was a shock- quite a shock! particularly because it was so radically different from everything we had assumed was correct. i realise that starting this volume by discussing "the battle" will immediately turn people off. what are you talking about, you may ask? satan? demons? ufo's? before we answer that you will have to study this text and reach an understanding of a new worldview, a gnostic worldview. preconceptions and gnosis when we consider lanuage and knowledge, an important issue arises. the issue is that many (perhaps most) of the concepts, beliefs and mental structures mankind has are artificial, they have evolved as the "powers that be" would like the

plane of virgin spirits. atziluth. gods. plane of divine spirit. briah. arch angels. plane of life spirit. briah. arch angels. plane of thought. yetzirah. angels. desire plane. yetzirah. angels. physical world. assiah. human spirits. from briah through to assiah there are mixtures of light and darkness due to the alpha event. accordingly there are destructive as well as constructive arch angels, demons as well as angels and fallen spirits as well as human spirits. fig 5 gnostic theurgy page 28 the plane of virgin spirits this is also known as the monadic plane. from this plane the true self (yechidah) or the pneumatic light self operates in the present cycles, though in most of humanity it is in a embryonic form only. in the cycles of creation this is the plane from which polarisation and

world is known as the world of the archons. fig 8 gnostic theurgy page 37 primary. the seven planes. four worlds. lifeforms. rosicrucian kabbalah traditional static. divine plane. atziluth. source. static. plane of virgin spirits. atziluth. gods. static. plane of divine spirit. briah. arch -angels. static. plane of life spirit. briah. arch -angels. dialectic. plane of infernal spirit. briah. arch-demons dialectic. plane of death spirit. briah. arch-demons static. plane of thought. yetzirah. aeons. dialectic. plane of thought. yetzirah. archons. static. desire plane. yetzirah. angels. dialectic. desire plane. yetzirah. archons. static physical world. assiah. human spirits. dialectic. physical world. assiah. fallen forces. fig 9 static systems mixed systems chasm gnostic theurgy page 38 this

arlier model of the nature of man, we can see what a central role the psyche has. if the brain-mind complex is the matrix that radiates energy into the various physical and etheric bodily systems, then its importance cannot be underplayed. at the same time, we must be cautious. in the twentieth century there has been a tendency to psychologise everything, whether it be alchemy, gnosticism, magic, demons, gods or spirits, there has been an attempt to interpret everything as products of the mind. while certainly the mind does play a paramount part in the gnostic tradition, it is ridiculous to assume everything exists in the mind alone. just as there are forces within the psyche, there are forces outside of it and psychology must be seen in this context. to create a psycho-centric system is a

eggregores, so that contact with the desired forces can be made. for the gnostic, ritual allows the true self time to work unimpeded in the consciousness of the evolving soul (psyche. ritual can have many varied uses, it can be used to explore the unconscious or delve into other dimensions of reality, it can be used to process psychological aggregates such as engrams or archetypes and to contact demons, gods or spirits. ritual offers a vehicle for a temporary change of reality, a place where we may transform our experience of the world; and possibly even the world itself. there are three basic types of ritual and ceremony. instinctive rituals. these types of ritual are best illustrated by animal behaviour. animals behave in certain ways due to instinct, with little cognitive content. whil

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r daemon/angel would seek to further become like lucifer and be independent, isolate and separate from the ain soph, or limitless light. one should remember, it is the limitless light from which azazel lucifer sought to be independent from. the goetia is indeed a tough, powerful and to some a dreadful real grimoire. those who have hissed and vibrated the sacred names and candle lit summons of the demons of this book have empowered it to heights which revival the legends of faust and even horror fiction author h.p. lovecraft and his tales of the macabre. with aleister crowley, whom, in his youth brought forth the shades of the goetia into boleskine and other homes, he did so in an experiment of will. while on the surface, he had appeared to consciously evoke the goetic spirits to appease hi

elated directly to the self. the shadow is significant as the adversary as it is the dreamin body with sloughs off the waking physical body for the dreaming or astral plane to go forth to the sabbat, or the darkness of night. this is the immortal and fiery eye of shadow, 15 which aligned with the body of light, grows eternal and is able to separate from the physical body. when working with goetic demons or angels, allow the shadow and light aspects of the self to invoke them and gain their knowledge and attributes, that under willed association, you will grow in the perception of self. that which you seek from such contact you will ultimately grow in self by doing such. the body of shadow is developed by the following techniques: decorate your temple or chamber in a visually appealing mann

els, allow the shadow and light aspects of the self to invoke them and gain their knowledge and attributes, that under willed association, you will grow in the perception of self. that which you seek from such contact you will ultimately grow in self by doing such. the body of shadow is developed by the following techniques: decorate your temple or chamber in a visually appealing manner, dragons, demons, the popular image of set, lilith, babalon upon the dragon, ect. the dark consciousness should be emanated within your black temple and that the demonic force of which you shall become by this work. you may anoint yourself in hecate oil, lucifer oil or even abramelin oil. sit quietly on a comfortable spot, facing a black or fogged mirror if possible. begin first by staring into the mirror a

e meeting place of spirits. asmoday may be summoned by self-enchantment as in karezza (karezza is masturbation without climax, always willed) or other means. a sex magickal operation involving the consecration of his sigil with secretions/fluids of both male and female will create asmoday, as suggested rightly so by aleister crowley. qabalistic lore has long warned of such, as it is said to breed demons. in a self-initiatory sense, it is ideal and powerful. asmoday/asmodeus grants 72 legions of spirits, and shows one where treasure may be found. this translates to the treasure of self from which one may obtain an area of individual and mental achievement. after creating/summoning/invoking asmodeus, follow your instinct accordingly. 52 g gaap gaap is a mighty prince and angelic ruler who go

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he tetragrammaton as they are attributed to the four watchtowers in specific detail. make certain to examine the arrows closely to better understand the order of reading the hebrew letters. thou shall not confuse the hebrew letters with the order of the angelic names on the tablets. like english, these names are always read from left to right, for to do otherwise is to invoke evil forces and caco demons. key of attributions w h attribution of the great name to the four lesser angles 23 let the following diagrams aid thee in comprehension of the tetragrammaton on the tablets as well as their pyramidal nature. thou will remember that in the 4= 7 grade the pyramid was the admission badge of the 28th path. the pyramid, having a square base and four sides, is composed of equilateral triangles c

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ody of man which was offered upon the cross for the service of man. i heard the voice of the holy one proclaim 'thou art my son. this day have i begotten thee. thou shalt rule the nations with a rod of iron. thou shalt break them in pieces as a potter's vessel' let therefore the elements obey the voice of yhvh. o ye spirits of flashing fire, and air, spirits of water and earth, even ye legions of demons who dwell in the land of twilight, recognize in me your master and in this creature of talismans one whom ye are powerless to hurt or touch. turn ye, o ye creatures of night and the darkness. come and obey my will. serve and fear me. i bind even ye to help me in the works of the magic of light. i bind ye by the curse of elohim gibor, by the power of kamael, by the overwhelming powers of geb

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or powder shall be of magical virtue in accordance with its natukez-3 the symbolism of the admission of the candidate r. r. e t a. c. z e l a t o r a d e p t u s m i n o r 2 the admission of the candidate the candidate is waiting without the portal under the care of the sentinel the watcher without, that is, under the care of the form of anubis of the west. symbolically he keeps off the dog-faced demons, the opposers of anubis, who rise from the confines where matter ends to deceive and drag down the soul. the ritual of the 31st path says: since ever dragging down the soul and leading it from sacred things, from the confines of matter arise the terrible dog-faced demons never showing a true image unto mortal gaze. the hierophant gives a single knock to announce the just commencement of a v

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ents of the body of man which was offered upon the cross for the service of man. i heard the voice of the holy one proclaim 'thou art my son. this day have i begotten thee. thou shalt rule the nations with a rod of iron. thou shalt break them in pieces as a potter's vessel' let therefore the elements obey the voice of hwhy. o ye spirits of flashing o, and m, spirits of n and l, even ye legions of demons who dwell in the land of twilight, recognize in me your master and in this creature of talismans one whom ye are powerless to hurt or touch. turn ye, o ye creatures of night and the darkness. come and obey my will. serve and fear me. i bind even ye to help me in the works of the magic of light. i bind ye by the curse of rwbg \yhla, by the power of lamk, by the overwhelming powers of hrwbg

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ft the talisman with the left hand high, and point blade of sword downward. say: i heard the voice of the holy one proclaim, thou art my son. this day have i begotten thee. thou shalt rule the nations with a rod of iron. thou shalt break them in pieces as a potter s vessel. let therefore the elements obey the voice of hwhy. o ye spirits of flashing o, and m, spirits of n and l, even ye legions of demons who dwell in the land of twilight, recognize in me your master, and in this creature of talismans one whom ye are powerless to hurt or touch. turn ye, o ye creatures of night and of darkness; come and obey my will; serve and fear me. i bind even ye to help me in the worlds of the magic of light. i bind ye by the curse of rwbg \yhla and by the power of lamk, and by the overwhelming powers of

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initiate of the toadsman rite. as can be seen, this is not a simple procedure and will inevitably place its operant in a position requiring independence and courage. using the same principle is a solitary mystery-rite of the crooked path called 'the wreath of seven laughing skulls. this requires the practitioner to deliberately seek out lonely and frightening places, and there to call forth the 'demons' which produce the sensations of terror and danger. these demons are then ritually confronted, the task of the practice being to transform the apparent 'poisons' or mis-aligned sentiences into 'nectars' or benefic states of potent magical gnosis: to realise the union of purity and perfidy. oneiric initiation and transmission: the silver thread and road of green a principal way in which know

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ticci returned. with a number of attendants; con ticci then summoned his followers, who were called viracocha; con ticci commanded all but two of the viracocha to go east. 15; there came forth from a lake a lord named con ticci viracocha bringing with him a certain number of people. 16; thus those viracochas went off to the various districts which viracocha had indicated for them .17 the work of demons? the ancient citadel of sacsayhuaman lies just north of cuzco. we reached it late one afternoon under a sky almost occluded by heavy clouds of tarnished silver. a cold grey breeze was blowing across the high-altitude tundra as i clambered up stairways, through lintelled stone gates built for giants, and walked along the mammoth rows of zig-zag walls. i craned my neck and looked up at a big

arcilaso de la vega, for example, who came here in the sixteenth century, had spoken with awe about the fortress of sacsayhuaman: its proportions are inconceivable when one has not actually seen it; and when one has looked at it closely and examined it attentively, they appear to be so extraordinary that it seems as though some magic had presided over its construction; that it must be the work of demons instead of human beings. it is made of such great stones, and in such great number, that one wonders simultaneously how the indians were able to quarry them, how they transported them. and how they hewed them and set them one on top of the other with such precision. for they disposed of neither iron nor steel with which to penetrate the rock and cut and polish the stones; they had neither w

om it protruded a forked handle. the right-hand object was roughly cylindrical, narrow in the centre where it was held, wider at the shoulders and at the base, and then narrowing again towards the top. it appeared to have several different sections, or parts, fitted over and into one another, but it was impossible to guess what it might represent. 12 ibid. 13 jeremy black and anthony green, gods, demons and symbols of ancient mesopotamia, british museum press, 1992, pp. 46, 82-3. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 87 assyrian relief of fish-garbed figure. images of extinct species leaving the fish-garbed figures, i came at last to the gateway of the sun, located in the north-west corner of the kalasasaya. it proved to be a freestanding monolith of grey-green andesite about 12 feet wid

h monster. quetzalcoatl seized cipactli s limbs as she swam in the primeval waters and wrenched her body in half, one part forming the sky and the other the earth. from her hair and skin he created grass, flowers and herbs; from her eyes, wells and springs; from her shoulders, 25 stephanie dalley, myths from mesopotamia, oxford university press, 1990, p. 326; jeremy black and anthony green, gods, demons and symbols of ancient mesopotamia, british museum press, 1992, pp. 163-4. 26 gods, demons and symbols of ancient mesopotamia, p. 41. 27 mysteries of the mexican pyramids, p. 169; the god-kings and the titans, p. 234. 28 new larousse encyclopaedia of mythology, pp. 53-4. 29 ibid, p. 54. 30 ibid. see also gods, demons and symbols of ancient mesopotamia, p. 177. graham hancock fingerprints of

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shaver in? trw: that d be 1961 or 62. anyhow, ray palmer was then reprinting a lot of the shaver stuff from the 1940s, about the hidden world, which shaver claimed was the survival of an antediluvian civili- zation that had moved inside the earth, while palmer and others thought this was more esoteric, something fourth dimensional or whatever. ahg: i thought it was charming mythology, kind of the demons of the shadow mind vs. the self in jungian terms. nicap told me it was all bunk, so, naturally, i wrote the guy. trw: well i read the stuff palmer was publishing, plugged into you, and you were by then corresponding with dick. you also had a collection, as i recall, of old amazing stories with shaver stuf ahg: no, the collection was later, late sixties. trw: anyhow, dick got into trouble wi

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hat like physical water. for example, it is reflective, and expressive. both can be easily molded into any desired shape. but the similarities can only be stretched so far. the golden dawn taught the qabalistic doctrine of four worlds or planes as follows: 1. atziluth, the divine world of archetypal ideas. 2. briah, the creative world of the archangels. 3. yetzirah, the astral world of angels and demons. 4. assiah, the physical world, the lowest and most material. these bear striking sinnilarities to the enochian earth, water, air, and fire tablets. you must always remember that the earth tabeet refers to the etheric plane rather than to our physical world. in the same way, the hebrew qabalah equates the lowest sephira, malkuth, with our planet earth. the lowest of the enochian aethyrs, ho

er world is a macrocosm of man the microcosm. whatsoever is in the world of man has its counterpart somewhere within man himself. whatsoever is in the world which is not within man, will not be encountered by man. this theorem holds trae for all energies, forces, beings, and things throughout the universe. the practice of enochian magick will demonstrate the truth of this theorem. the deities and demons encountered in the watchtowers and aethyrs will appear to be independent, of you, the magician. however, in the same way that dream images appear autonomous but are actually dependent, so are the deities of enochian magick. it is only after you become conscious of these esoteric correspondences that you can hope to control the watchtower deities. there is a mystical relationship between the

gick is the science of understanding oneself and one's conditions. it is the art of applying that understanding in actian. aleister crowley,magick in theory and practice there are three primary magical operations. 1. invocation/evocation. the f irst consists of invoking or evoking enochian forces, intel l igent or otherwise. this involves those t radi t ional magical operations wherein deities or demons are brought into material izat ion or physical embodiment under your conscious control. 2. out of body traveling. the second operation consists of leaving the physi cal cosmic plane and traveling through the subtle cosmic planes that surround the earth in your subtle body. this is sometimes called traveling in the astral body, or astral traveling. however, the enochian system views the astr

remember that these drawings are only crude representations of the watchtowers. for example, the actual watchtowers are not twodimensional like the f at paper of this book but extend in at least five dimensions: height, 33 width, depth, time, and consciousness. each watchtower square represents a specific area or region of the inner worlds. each is controlled by a hierarchy of deities. some have demons, and some are associated with key egyptian deities and corresponding sphinxes. sorne squares are associated with astrology signs and tarot cards. a detailed analysis of the many forces and currents that flow through these squares is described in enochian magic. the detailed results are induded in the appendices of this manual (see appendices a through d. they are not haphazard, but represen

tablet of union. the name is derived from the fact that the black cross joins all four watchtowers together into a single tablet as shown in figure 1, appendix a. the letters of the tablet of union are used to prefix the names of specific watchtower angels (see appendix b. the resultant names are the names of the archangels. the letters of the tablet of union are also used to prefix the names of demons. this is shown in the sixteen figures of appendix b. each square of figure 3, appendix a, can be made into a truncated pyramid. the result is shown in figure 15, appendix a. knowing how the four cosmic elements are combined within a square will usually shed light on the characteristics of that region. each row of the tablet of union is under the influence of the cosmic element whose name is

GRIFFIN DAVID MAGICAL EVOCATION OF THE AVERSE FORCES

tia, the lesser key of solomon, trans. s. l. macgregor mathers and ed. aleister crowley (chicago: the occult publishing house, 1903. 4 the grimoire of armadel [17th century, trans. s.l. macgregor mathers, new ed (york beach: weiser, 1995. 5 the book of the sacred magic of abra melin the mage [1458, trans. and intro. s.l. macgregor mathers (chicago: de laurence, 1932. 6 norman cohn, europe's inner demons, the demonization of christians in medieval christendom (pimlico: london, 1975) provides an excellent historical analysis of this phenomenon. 2 at the close of the twentieth century, as well as of the millennium, we live under very different conditions than did the magicians of earlier times. science has greatly diminished the power of dogma to determine how we see the world, and psychology

ow we see the world, and psychology has emerged to fill the role once played by theurgy. we live in an age of religious tolerance, wherein christians may again begin to embrace the value of magic. indeed, christ the magus is the ideal of christian magicians. let the intolerant and the self-righteous remember that the religious leaders of his day accused christ himself of evil magic, of commanding demons by the power of the prince of demons. hierarchies of demons an important obstacle to overcome in the practice of magical evocation is the difficulty to find a suitable hierarchy of averse forces. the hierarchies in most of the grimoires are hopelessly corrupt, largely due to the practice of young religions to demonize gods and angels from the pantheons of pre-existing and contemporaneous sp

rchy of averse forces. the hierarchies in most of the grimoires are hopelessly corrupt, largely due to the practice of young religions to demonize gods and angels from the pantheons of pre-existing and contemporaneous spiritual traditions. for example, baal and astarte, the great god and goddess of the caananites, appear diabolized in the infernal hierarchy of the goetia, in the lemegeton, as the demons beelzebub and asteroth. other grimoires even include isis, the sublime mother goddess of egypt, as one of the denizens of hell. fortunately, however, the hierarchies of forces attributed to the qabalistic tree of life by the hermetic order of the golden dawn provide a perfect vehicle for magical evocation. these hierarchies descend through all four of the qabalistic worlds and onward into t

rstand the function of magical evocation within rosicrucian magic from a psychological perspective. modern psychology offers the magician important insight into processes known to theurgists for thousands of years. the notion of the unconscious, an aspect of the psyche lying beneath the threshold of conscious awareness, provides new insight into the nature of the entities previously understood as demons. israel regardie suggested that "the term 'complex' has achieved a fairly wide notoriety during the last quarter century since the circulation of the ideas of freud and jung. it means an aggregation or group of ideas in the mind with a strong emotional charge, capable of affecting conscious thought and behavior."7 living in the dark realm beyond the light of consciousness, the complexes enj

notoriety during the last quarter century since the circulation of the ideas of freud and jung. it means an aggregation or group of ideas in the mind with a strong emotional charge, capable of affecting conscious thought and behavior."7 living in the dark realm beyond the light of consciousness, the complexes enjoy a sort of semiautonomy within the psyche. whether the magical forces, angels, and demons exist objectively or rather merely subjectively within the psyche of the magician is an epistemological question that goes beyond the scope of the present discussion. for practical purposes, it is quite useful to consider the forces at 7 israel regardie, the art and meaning of magic (toddington: helios, 1964, p. 32. 4 times as though they were objective and in other instances to treat them

GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 3

nd new t. use alternately with aarav, crarava (arabic shaitan) or sai/xovtov (usually for hebr. shed l^j. after the captivity the jews were more familiar with the idea of dualism, and in n.t. times their whole demonology had largely expanded; beelzebub is spoken of as prince of all evil spirits, whom the 0. t. knows merely as a heathen idol: so that, even as early as that, false gods come to mean demons or devils. it pertains to the history of christianity to explain how there came to be added the notion of lucifer^ a rebel spirit of light who took up arms against god, and with his adherents (in matth. 25, 41 the devil has already 'his angels) was banished into darkness. luke 10, 18: ioewpovv top a-aravav? aatpairrjv ix rov ovpavov iteaovta, as the lightning darts into the ground, whereas

ctantius. even jerome and augustine never call the devil lucifer. 986 devil. hands of tlie heathen a twofold enlargement: heathen gods and spirits already malign and gloomy in themselves readily dropt into the christian category of devilish beings; with greater difficulty and more resistance from public opinion, was effected nevertheless the transmutation of the good gods of old into spectres and demons. in this process names for the most part got suppressed or disguised; myths and stories were not so easily to be abolished. in not a few cases the devil may be regarded as a parodi/ or aping of the true god, as the left or wrong-side (taken mildly, the foil p. 515) of the divine being ^i he wants to have the same power, enjoy the same honour, and mimic god in everything; but his contrivance

. ought to bo so in matt. 9, 33. a fem. unjwlps occurs, always for 8at/jb6viov, in mk. 7, 26-9. 30. lu. 4, 33. 7,33. john 7,20. 8,48-9.52. 10,20-1. the plur. baifjlovta is only once rendered by masc. vnhulpans, lu. 8, 33, and everywhere else by fem. unhujpons, mat. 7, 22. 9, 34. mk. 1, 32- 4-9.3,15. 5,12. 6,13. 9,38. 16,9. lu.4,41. 8,27.30-5-8. 9,1. 49. the inference is, that the notion of female demons was the favourite one with the goths, and very likely with other germans, for in hymn. 24, 3 the word for diabolus is the ohg. fem. unholdd if as heathens they had worshipped a goddess holda, how natural, in contrast with her mildness, to regard a malignant being as a female unholda! thus ulphilas's preference for the term goes far to prove a gothic worship of hul]?6; and the translation of

rimm, grimmig' these they reserve for death (p. 8i9j. but in as. i liud grendel called' se grimma gast' beow. 20-1. names taken from his nature. 991 103, 10 stands for hell. of judas at tlie last supper receiving the sop and taking it into his mouth, the hel. 141, 11 says 'so afgaf ina tho thiu godes craft, gramoii in-gewitun an thene lichamon, leda wlhti/ so forsook him then the strength of god, demons and devils lodged themselves in his body' gramon habdun thes mannes hugi undergripan' demons had got the mastery over his mind 157, 19'^m/uo(no) barn, fiundo barn' are the devils' household 161, 23. 157, 18' gramono' or' luretharo willio' devils' will and pleasure log, 3' modaga wihti' are uiiholdd 120, 8, conf. modage 157, 18. this application of gra7n, wreth, muodag to daemons is, to my m

jupiter, mercury, mars and venus as diabolic beings, how could the converters, preaching christianity to our forefathers, have set donar, wuotan, zio, frouwa and the rest in any other point of view? what is said and sung of the breaking of heathen images of gods entirely confirms the fact that the false gods were credited with some degree of diabolic activity. when thrown down, they complain, as demons, of the violence of the intruders (p. 498-9: ferun's image, which the men of novgorod dragged through their streets and flung into the volkhov, broke into wailings on the faithlessness of his former adorers. olaf talks to the statue of freyr (p. 657, and with thorr he has to stand a regular contest (p. 177. st. geoi'ge compels apollo's image to walk and speak, geo. 33 35. mars, a miigeliche

HAMIL THE ROSICRUCIAN SEER

sesses elementary powers whichitwould be far wiser to attempt to explain than to deny" in this mode of divination, crystal has not solely been used; its scarcity and the difficulty of cutting having caused it, from the earliest ages, to be superseded by olive-oil, black liquids, glass, and particularly by bottles and basins of water. porphyry, under the heads of hydro- and lecano-mancy, says that demons were compelled by invocatory songs to enter a vessel filled with water, and give answers to the questions propounded, or represent therein the issue of any required event. psellus also states that the assyrians were much addicted to prophesying in a basin of water. anddrkerner relates] that the seeress of prevorst appeared to him to have had her inner or spiritual eye excited by soap-bubble

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

the pictorial element is dominant in most of the underworld books. with a few exceptions, the text is mainly in the form of captions to the images. underworld books such as the book of gates and the book of caverns are essentially more detailed forms of the maps of the underworld found on middle kingdom coffins. each hour or gate or cavern is represented by giant tableaux of hundreds of deities, demons, and monsters. some egyptologists have called such groupings image-clusters. individual symbols can modify their meaning when incorporated into one of these clusters. these secret books admit the vulnerabilty of the divine order and illustrate the ordeals faced by the creator sun god. virtually the entire cast of egyptian mythology is drawn in to crew the sun boat and defend the sun god fro

tude for humans by giving thanks to the gods even in adversity and by believing the serpent s message of hope. in most egyptian tales, intelligence and natural eloquence or book learning are more admired than feats of arms or willingness to die with honor. the main characters are often priest-magicians (see imhotep and magicians in deities, themes, and concepts) who deal with threats from ghosts, demons, and foreign sorcerers by using spells, amulets, and rituals. the ability to communicate with supernatural beings is the basis of their power. some stories feature magicians who are able to see the true forms of the gods or enter the duat while still alive, but egyptian literature is full of warnings about the misuse of such powers by the magicians or their royal patrons. magical tales were

afterlife was full of dangers and difficulties to be overcome, a belief that probably reflected the experience of life of the average ancient egyptian. after death each individual faced a journey through the underworld to reach the presence of one of the gods who could grant eternal life. the deceased would find themselves in an eerie landscape of rivers, deserts, and lakes of fire, inhabited by demons and monsters. the adventures of the soul in this landscape are similar to the fairy tales of other cultures, but the prize to be won was not a precious object or the hand of a princess, but eternal life. some deities were helpful to the dead, but others were hostile unless approached in the right way. the soul of the deceased had to act like a magician and overcome threats by knowing protec

83; herodotus h ii.73 bes and beset bes and beset were protective dwarf deities closely associated with childbirth and rebirth. a number of dwarf deities are known from egyptian art under the names of aha, hity (haty, or bes. they often appear in groups strangling snakes, waving knives, or playing musical instruments. aha, whose name means fighter, attacked and overcame the forces of evil such as demons, chaos serpents, and foreign sorcerers. hity was a kind of divine exorcist who drove away evil by stamping, dancing, and banging a drum or a tambourine. bes, and the female counterpart whom egyptologists call beset, performed similar functions. by the end of the second millennium bce, bes and beset were sometimes identified with the divine siblings, shu and tefnut. paradoxically, bes became

kings and commoners. bes and taweret were also the guardians of the divine infants worshipped in the birth houses of temples of the first millennium bce. temple and magical texts give bes or bes-shu the role of opening the womb to allow a child to be born. the symbolism of birth was reproduced in tombs to help the dead to new life. some royal tombs and sarcophagi show bes with hippopotamus-faced demons protecting the lion-shaped bed on which the deceased hoped to be reborn. a painted statue of bes dominates a tomb chamber in the recently discovered valley of the golden mummies. see also eye of ra; feline deities; hathor; hippopotamus goddesses; horus the child; shu and tefnut references and further reading: m. malaise. bes. in the oxford encyclopaedia of ancient egypt i, edited by d. redf

HEAVEN HELL

eve in the great god or make offerings, are hacked to pieces by the divine messengers of wrath, and their bodies, souls, and spirits are consumed by fire once and for all. the egyptians had no belief in a purgatory. the fires of the other world were, it is true, occupied daily in burning up the damned and the opponents of the sun-god, but each day brought its own supply of bodies, souls, spirits, demons, etc, for annihilation. in all the books of the other world we find pits of fire, abysses of darkness, murderous knives, streams of boiling water, foul stenches, fiery serpents, hideous animal-headed monsters and creatures, and cruel, death-dealing beings of various shapes, etc, similar to those with which we are familiar in early christian and medi val literature, and it is tolerably certa

with the idea of the absolute supremacy of that god in the realms of the dead, and to show that all the gods of the dead in every place of departed spirits throughout egypt rendered to him homage in one form or another, and in return received benefits from him. and in the second place, the book, being an actual "guide" to the underworld, with pictures of its various divisions and of the gods and demons of every kind that were to be met with in them, was invaluable for the faithful, who were able to learn from it, whilst they were living upon earth, how to find their way from this world to the next, and how to identify the beings who would attempt to bar their way, and what to say to p. 81 them. the book am-tuat was a very lengthy work, and a complete copy of it occupied much space whether

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

n the forests of the yogis. now, these forests had been inhabited by holy hermits, and devarata knew that there be would beunassailable and impregnable. he might be seen there, but no one could do him violence- not even the godvaruna himself. it was a simple solution. the religious austerities of the aranyakas (the holy men of theforests) several of whom were daityas (titans, a race of giants and demons, gave them such dominance thatall the gods trembled before their sway and their supernatural powers- even varuna, himself. these antediluvian yogis, it seems, had the power to destroy even the god himself, at will- possiblybecause they had invented him themselves. nightmare talesthe blue lotus22 devarata spent several years in the forests; at last he grew tired of the life. allowing it to b

or gods. the full meaning of the terms "atheism" and "scepticism"was beyond the comprehension of his otherwise extremely intellectual and acute mind. like certainreverential christians, he seemed incapable of realizing that any man of sense should prefer the wiseconclusions arrived at by philosophy and modern science to a ridiculous belief in an invisible world full ofgods and spirits, dzins and demons "man is a spiritual being" he insisted "who returns to earth more thanonce, and is rewarded or punished in the between times" the proposition that man is nothing else but a heapof organized dust, was beyond him. like jeremy collier, he refused to admit that he was no better than "astalking machine, a speaking head without a soul in it" whose "thoughts" are all bound by the laws ofmotion "fo

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

he great doctrine of wisdom in its primitive integrity. the narratives of the bible and the stories of the gods he considered to be allegories illustrative of the truth, or else fables to be rejected. as says the edinburgh encyclopedia: moreover, he acknowledged that jesus christ was an excellent man and the "friend of god" but alleged that it was not his design entirely to abolish the worship of demons (gods, and that his only intention was to purify the page 7 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt ancient religion -ooo- the wisdom-religion, esoteric in all ages q. since ammonius never committed anything to writing, how can one feel sure that such were his teachings? a. neither did buddha, pythagoras, confucius, orpheus, socrates, or even jesus, leave behind them any writings. yet most o

re more easily committed or more numerous than in christian lands. look at the long and ghastly annual records of crimes committed in european countries; and behold protestant and biblical america. there, conversions effected in prisons are more numerous than those made by public revivals and preaching. see how the ledger-balance of christian justice) stands: red-handed murderers, urged on by the demons of lust, revenge, cupidity, fanaticism, or mere brutal thirst for blood, who kill their victims, in most cases, without giving them time to repent or call on jesus. these, perhaps, died sinful, and, of course-consistently with theological logic-met the reward of their greater or lesser of fences. but the murderer, overtaken by human justice, is imprisoned, wept over by sentimentalists, pray

once in such a state the latter will do anything suggested to him by the hypnotist. unless produced for beneficial purposes, the occultists would call it black magic or sorcery. it is the most dangerous of practices, morally and physically, as it interferes with the nerve fluids. iamblichus a great theosophist and an initiate of the third century. he wrote a great deal about the various kinds of demons who appear through evocation, but spoke severely against such phenomena. his austerities, purity of life, and earnestness were great. he is credited with having been levitated ten cubits high from the ground, as are some modern yogis, and mediums. illusion in occultism everything finite (such as the universe and all in it) is called illusion or maya. individuality one of the names given in

HINE PHIL ASPECTS OF EVOCATION

time of writing this, i was very much into creating .theoretical models. prior to embarking on practical projects. in a way, i was prompted to .specialise. in methods of evocation by virtue of the fact that at the time, i hadn.t encountered much in the way of useful information concerning this magical practice. in the minds of some occultists, evocation seems inextricably linked with .calling up demons. and the notion that it constitutes .black magic- a notion much in favour with those who have been exposed to too many dennis wheatley novels! fortunately, the rise of a more eclectic approach to practical magic, in which i feel the so-called chaos magic movement has palyed a significant part, has done much to banish the old dogmas surrounding what is after all, a very practical and useful

all, a very practical and useful set of magical techniques. phil hine, march 1998 7 howling .mayhem speaks louder than words. brother moebius b, l.o.o.n. the babblogue: a deliberate derangement of the senses- orchestrating a personal cacophony; a descent into the depths of the subconscious, to confront and bind the .lurkers. within. this essay is a short account of a personal exploration of the .demons. of my own psyche. rather than relying on existing approaches, for the reasons given below, i preferred to develop a purely personal approach. i give this account not to foist this particular approach onto others, but in the hope that it will assist those who are experimenting with different techniques. nor do i wish to invalidate the traditional systems of goetic magic, merely to say that

up, cuttings from school reports, photographs and letters which brought back painful memories. choice extracts from this catalogue were read onto tapes, and the tapes scrambled together to form cut-up sequences. a deliberate attempt at psychic surgery this- smashing the vessel in order to remould it. 8 then on to the mundane arrangements. seclusion from others, as of old, a necessity- that one.s demons do not trouble the unwary visitor, and more practically, that one is not chanced upon, mistaken for a psychotic, and incarcerated. as for food, i decided to rely on simple nutritious fare, sustaining and easy to prepare, with a stack of pot noodles as chemical aids. drugs? who needs them? still, a selection of natural substances can aid things along. the temple: black, unadorned, windowless

for the first time, sifting carefully through the mess, examining each half-finished piece as though it wasn.t anything to do with me. some i was able to give names to .you are uul, the fear of failure .you are hamal, guilt not yet erased. this was the beginning of the formation of an alphabet of binding. the second half of this operation consisted of experimenting with this alphabet, binding the demons into magical weapons for later use. when the initial phase of the work was done, i 10 slept for about 18 hours, and awoke clear of the frenetic delirium which had been built up. commentary the hierarchy of human needs traditionally, demons and devils are organised according to ranks and hierarchies with .princes. ruling lesser demons. the grimoires seem to imply that if hell exists, then it

to be given consideration esteem status, praise, belonging cognitive intellectual stimulation aesthetic culture, art self-actualization self-knowledge according to maslow, the needs at one level must be at least partially fulfilled before those on the next level become important- so aesthetic needs are not usually high on the list when one is starving. one can become .possessed. by one.s survival demons, and consequentially able to perform actions one would otherwise not consider. air crash survivors resorting to cannibalism is an extreme example of this. in attempting to strip away the layers of my own psyche in this way, i was struck by the .russian-doll. nature of the demons- that the roots of a cognitive value could be traced downwards into the levels of self-esteem, affiliation, and s

HINE P OVEN READY CHAOS

therwise, why do it? magical models the way that magick is generally conceptualised changes as general paradigm shifts in thinking occurr. until fairly recently 20 phil hine (in a broad historical sense, practitioners of magick subscribed to the spirit model of magick, which basically states that the otherworlds are real, and are inhabited by various pantheons of of discrete entities- elementals, demons, angels, goddesses, gods, etc. the task of the magician or shaman is to develop (or inherit) a route map of the otherworld- to know the short-cuts, and make a few friends (or contact relatives) over there. having done this, they have to interact with these spirits in a given way, to get them to execute your will. so clergymen pray, shamans stuff sacred mushrooms into their orifices in order

long came bulwer lytton and his idea of vril energy, eliphas levi and the astral light, mediums& ectoplasm, westernised popular accounts of prana, chakras, and kundalini, and eventually, wilhelm reich s orgone energy. the next development came with the popularisation of psychology, mainly due to the psychoanalytic fads of freud, jung& co. during this phase, the otherworlds became the innerworlds, demons were rehoused into the unconscious mind, and hidden masters revealed as manifestations of the higher self. for some later exponents of this model, tarot cards were switched from being a magical-divinatory system to being tools for personal transformation, just as the gods/ goddesses came to be seen as not real entities, but 21 oven-ready chaos psychological symbols or archetypes. the curren

arned to believe, and what you will to believe. some excellent pointers towards the process of deconditioning can be found in: liber null by pete carroll, magick by aleister crowley, and tantra magick, the collected grade papers of the east-west tantrik order, amookos. 10. keeping a diary despite the glamour of chaos magic as being spontaenous, do-what-you-like, smash-the-sephiroth and loose your demons git ard magic, it s generally considered that keeping a diary of experiences& magical experiments is essential. a magical record charters your progress, failures, experiments and insights. if after a brain-crunching ritual, you have a flash of illumination, and don t write it down, chances 46 phil hine are you ll forget it, and that particular pearl of wisdom will be lost forever. morever

r direct it onto others. apathy loss of control- loss of face and self-worth. the machine stops. regression adult, who me? a return to a child-like mien. cry hard enough 52 phil hine and someone will come and comfort us. perhaps we have learnt that through tears, we can control others. sublimation in other words, putting a brave face on it. re-directing the energy into a more acceptable form. but demons are cunning. kick them down the front stairs and they will come sneaking round the back, waiting with spider calm until you leave the door of your mind ajar. intellectualisation displacing feelings with words. a quick lie for the aesthetic becomes a fast buck for the lay analyst. such strategies are normal; that is until they become obsessive: a locked-up loop automatic as breathing. out of

nto a heap of mirrored shards. clues; i m still fitting them together, but the pictures they hint at aren t frightening any more. 55 oven-ready chaos howling the babblogue: a deliberate derangement of the senses- orchestrating a personal cacaphony; a descent into the depths of the subconscious, to confront and bind the lurkers within. this essay is a short account of a personal exploration of the demons of my own psyche. rather than relying on existing approaches, for the reasons given below, i preferred to develop a purely personal approach. i give this account not to foist this particular approach onto others, but in the hope that it will assist those who also experimenting with different techniques. nor do i wish to criticise or invalidate the traditional systems of goetic magic, merely

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

g detours just to avoid it "that is, sailors that didn't hail from innsmouth. one of the things they had against old captain marsh was that he was supposed to land on it sometimes at night when the tide was right maybe he did, for i dare say the rock formation was interesting, and it's just barely possible he was looking for pirate loot and maybe finding ft; but there was talk of his dealing with demons there. fact is, i guess on the whole it was really the captain that gave the bad reputation to the reef "that was before the big epidemic of 1846, when over half the folks in innsmouth was carried off. they never did quite figure out what the trouble was, but it was probably some foreign kind of disease brought from china or somewhere by the shipping. it surely was bad enough- there was rio

very queer, especially the elder ones; and it was said that their health was failing. one of the marsh daughters was a repellent, reptilian-looking woman who wore an excess of weird jewellery clearly of the same exotic tradition as that to which the strange tiara belonged. my informant had noticed it many times, and had heard it spoken of as coming from some secret hoard, either of pirates or of demons. the clergymen- or priests, or whatever they were called nowadays- also wore this kind of ornament as a headdress; but one seldom caught glimpses of them. other specimens the youth had not seen, though many were rumoured to exist around innsmouth. the marshes, together with the other three gently bred families of the town- the waites, the gilmans, and the eliots- were all very retiring. the

HP LOVECRAFT THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH

g detours just to avoid it "that is, sailors that didn't hail from innsmouth. one of the things they had against old captain marsh was that he was supposed to land on it sometimes at night when the tide was right maybe he did, for i dare say the rock formation was interesting, and it's just barely possible he was looking for pirate loot and maybe finding ft; but there was talk of his dealing with demons there. fact is, i guess on the whole it was really the captain that gave the bad reputation to the reef "that was before the big epidemic of 1846, when over half the folks in innsmouth was carried off. they never did quite figure out what the trouble was, but it was probably some foreign kind of disease brought from china or somewhere by the shipping. it surely was bad enough- there was rio

very queer, especially the elder ones; and it was said that their health was failing. one of the marsh daughters was a repellent, reptilian-looking woman who wore an excess of weird jewellery clearly of the same exotic tradition as that to which the strange tiara belonged. my informant had noticed it many times, and had heard it spoken of a. coming from some secret hoard, either of pirates or of demons. the clergymen- or priests, or whatever they were called nowadays- also wore this kind of ornament as a headdress; but one seldom caught glimpses of them. other specimens the youth had not seen, though many were rumoured to exist around innsmouth. the marshes, together with the other three gently bred families of the town- the waites, the gilmans, and the eliots- were all very retiring. the

INFERNAL UNION

s been found worthy of the process of crystallization. on the luciferian path we work with darkness instead of banishing it from our consciousness. one might ask whether there are polarities that can be discerned apart from the obvious, that of darkness with light. the answer is found in the essences of the witch-king and queen, samael and lilith. their sexual union produced the original spawn of demons and succubi. their continued union through us produces or brings to our awareness, the timeless treasures of knowledge and strength hidden only by our previously ignorant minds. samael is according to legend, the fallen angel taught by belial .he is also known as asmodeus or ashmodei, the yezidi archangel ashamdon, and is the solar aspect of ahriman it seems, whose other name is ashmedai. h

he is the subprince or shadow and fire of lucifer in the east being air. lilith is in jewish folklore, the first eve or wife of adam. she refused adams advances and attempts to subvert her power, independence and inherent equality. she would not lay beneath him in sexual congress by instead called upon the secret names of god and fled to the caves in the shores of the red sea where she mated with demons and spawned the lilim or lilitu, the succubi or sexual vampires.[it has also been said that lilith, adams first wife was the astral image of his desire (which apparently was more than he expected)(pg.270. the lilim were widely feared by the jews, patriarchic or not. mirrors were considered to be a possible point of access to the darkness of the place where lilith resides (apart from this oc

rap. charms were created to protect against the threat of succubus attacks (lilith is in the qlippothic sphere, lust) and infants from being killed by lilith or her children. her earlier origins are somewhat vague though she appears to have always been related somewhat to being a goddess/spirit of the night/air whether in sumerian/assyrian/babylonian or cainanite mythology. lilith is the queen of demons and the wife of samael, from whom came the succubi. she is the infernal moon and queen of the infernal sabbat. she does have a lighter side as well, that of being a protectress to mothers and children. her nature is that of feminine fertility,seduction ,the cycles of the moon, and perhaps one of the reasons she is considered evil being her ability to seduce, to take what she wishes, and dis

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

times, mankind has always believed in something beyond human understanding, something transcendental that he idolized no matter whether there was question of personified or unpersonified conceptions of god. anything man was unable to understand or to comprehend was imputed to the powers above such as his intuitive virtue admitted them. in this way, all the deities of mankind, good and evil ones (demons) have been born. as time went on, gods, angels, demiurges, demons and ghosts have been worshiped irrespective of their ever having been alive in reality or their having existed only in fancy. with the development of mankind, the idea of god was shrinking especially at the time when, with the aid of the sciences, phenomena were explained that previously were ascribed to the gods. a lot of bo

e beginning. the elementary created in this manner is instantly made ready and complete, its efficacy and power being increased by frequently repeating the projection of the elements. although this method is somehow more difficult, an experienced magician possessed of a good imagination will manage it very easily as well. in the orient, elementary yidams are created in this way, while pictures of demons and images of gods serve as patterns for their representation. all the other conditions such as duration, loading, naming, calling, preservation, sphere of activity, purpose and decomposition process are exactly the same as in the previous three methods. 2. magical animation of pictures the magical animation of pictures also belongs to the four methods concerning the creation of elementarie

bject, a talisman being in accordance with the laws of analogy concerning the desired strength, faculty and cause. the magician has to consider these rules of analogy when he is producing and loading such a pentacle, which he will always prefer to the talisman, especially if he wants to communicate with beings of other higher worlds, no matter whether good or evil entities are concerned, genii or demons. an amulet again is a divine, or a holy verse from the bible, a mantram, which is a sentence expressing the worship of a deity, written on parchment or paper. carrying around various magic herbs such as mandrake and the like which are believed to possess a kind of protective power belongs to this category of amulets too. furthermore, this category includes fluid condensers in solid or liqui

IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY

lly applied to p. 20 extract evidence, for in that year a jacobite gentleman was questioned by the boots. but scotland, even at its worst, fades into insignificance before certain parts of the continent, where torture was used to an extent and degree that can only be termed hellish; the appalling ingenuity displayed in the various methods of applying the "question extraordinary" seems the work of demons rather than of christians, and makes one blush for humanity. the repetition of torture was forbidden, indeed, but the infamous inquisitor, james sprenger, imagined a subtle distinction by which each fresh application was a continuation and not a repetition of the first; one sorceress in germany suffered this continuation no less, than fifty-six times. nor was the punishment of death by fire

had denied the faith of christ absolutely for a year or a month, according as the object they desired to gain through sorcery was of greater or less importance. during all that period they believed in none of the doctrines of the church; they did not adore the body of christ, nor enter a sacred building to hear mass, nor make use of consecrated bread or holy water. 2. they offered in sacrifice to demons living animals, which they dismembered, and then distributed at cross-roads to a certain evil spirit of low rank, named the son of art. 3. they sought by their sorcery advice and responses from demons. 4. in their nightly meetings they blasphemously imitated the power of the church by fulminating sentence of excommunication, with lighted candles, even against their own husbands, from the so

o the crown of their head, naming each part expressly, and then concluded by extinguishing p. 28 the candles and by crying fi! fi! fi! amen. 5. in order to arouse feelings of love or hatred, or to inflict death or disease on the bodies of the faithful, they made use of powders, unguents, ointments, and candles of fat, which were compounded as follows. they took the entrails of cocks sacrificed to demons, certain horrible worms, various unspecified herbs, dead men's nails, the hair, brains, and shreds of the cerements of boys who were buried unbaptized, with other abominations, all of which they cooked, with various incantations, over a fire of oak-logs in a vessel made out of the skull of a decapitated thief. 6. the children of dame alice's four husbands accused her before the bishop of ha

gged six times, and under the repeated application of this form of torture she made the required confession of magical practices. she admitted the denial of her faith and the sacrificing to robert, son of art, and as well that she had caused certain women of her acquaintance to appear as if they had goats' horns, she also confessed that at the suggestion of dame alice she had frequently consulted demons and received responses from them, and that she had acted as a "medium (mediatrix) between her and the said robert. she declared that although she herself was mistress of the black art, yet she was as nothing in comparison with the dame from whom she had learnt all her knowledge, and that there was no one in the world more skilful than she. she also stated that william outlawe deserved death

ways. consequently in several bulls he anathematised sorcerers, denounced their ill-deeds, excited the inquisitors against them, and so gave ecclesiastical authorisation to the reality of the belief in magical forces. indeed, the general expressions used in the bull super illius specula might be applied to the actions of dame alice and her party. he says of certain persons that "they sacrifice to demons and adore them. making or causing to be made images, rings &c, with which they draw the evil spirits by their magical art, obtain responses from them, and demand their help in performing their evil designs" 1 heresy and sorcery were now identified, and the punishment for the former was the p. 45 same as that for the latter, viz. burning at the stake and confiscation of property. the attitud

ISIS UNVEILED

rses. let us cull a few of the chosen terms used by this vice-regent of him who said that "whosoever shall say. thou fool, shall be in danger of hdl-fire" they are selected from authentic discourses. those who oppose the pope are "wolves, pharisees, thieves, bars, hypocrites, drop- sical, children of satan, of perdition, of sin and corruption, satellites of satan in human flesh, monsters of hell, demons incarnate, stinking corpses, men issued from the pits of hell, traitors and judases led by the spirit of hell, children of the deepest pits of hell" etc, etc; the whole piously collected and published by don pasquale di fraaciscis, whom gladstone has, with perfect propriety, termed "an accomplished profes- sor of flunkeyiam in things spiritual* since his holiness the pope has such a rich vo

unding in his mem- ory the audiences of the revivalists moody and sankey and the patrons of darkened aiance-tooms, he makes the unwarranted and fallacious as- sertion that "it has been proven that spiritualism, in the united states, has caused one-sixth of all the cases of suicide and insanity" he says that it is not possible that the spirits "teach either an exact science, because they are lying demons, or a useful science, because the character of the word of satan, like satan himself, b sterile" he warns his dear 0. don pmquale di pnncuda: diteorti id sommo ponufiee pio ix. i, p. 341. 10. w. b. glmdrtone: ronu aad iht nemti fomon* in bd^ioit, p. im(^wechea td pope piui dc: london, 1s75. digitizecoy google 8 isis unveiled couaborateara that "the writings in favor of spiritiialism are und

ers of the fourth century, the modem clerical persecutors of liberalism and 'heresy' would willingly' shut up all the heretics and their books in some modem serapion and bum them alive* the cause of this hatred is natural. modem re- search has mere than ever unveiled the secret "is not the worship of saints and angels now" said bbhop newton, years ago "in all respects the same that the worship of demons was in former times? the name only is different, the thing is identically the same. the very same temples, the very same images, which were once consecrated to jupiter and the other demons, are now consecrated to the virgin mary and the other saints. ajmost the whole of paganism is con- verted and api^ed to popery" why not be impartial and add that a good portion of it was adopted by protes

ere be enow: nace bairda of pildi uftm the fatal atake/ flmry vi. v, iv in that famous work of bodin on aoreery* a frightful story u tow about catherine de m^dicis. the author was a learned publiciat who, during twenty years of his life, collected authentic documents from the archives of nearly every important city of prance, to make up a complete work on aorceiy, magic, and the power of various 'demons' to use an expressioii of eliphas l^vi" his book offers a most remarkable collection of "bloody and hideouii facts; acts of revolting superstition, arrests, and executions of stupid ferocity 'bum everybody' the inquisition seemed to say 'god will easily sort out his own' poor fools, hysterical women, and idiots were roasted alive without mercy for the crime of 'majpc' but at the same time h

mesmeric power talked incessantly, and his loquacity prevented the eloquent saint from working out his mathematical problems. these heads and other talking statues, trophies of the magical skill of monks and bishops, were facsimiles of the 'animated' gods of the ancient temples. the accusa- tion against the pope was proved at the time. it was also demonstrated that he was constantly attended by 'demons' or 'spirits' in the pre- ceding chapter we have mentioned benedict ix, john xx, and the vlth and vllth gregory, who were all known as magicians. the last named pope moreover was the famous hildebrand, who was said to have been so expert at "shaking ughtning out of his sleeve" an expression 116. dofmt tt ritntl, etc^ loc dt. digitizecoy google popes. bishof& and priests as sobcebebs 57 whic

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

is none other than the history of alchemy originated in the cabala (with the secrets contained therein, and the rationale of that called the philosophers stone. it matters not to the question of these secrets fixed what religions be professed; whether christian, whether those of the sects whether infidel and heathen. that only is catholic which lies in the stone otherwise practical magic; whereby demons are commanded, good spirits evoked, and the innermost hidden resources of nature, and the spirits of nature, laid bare and availed-of. rosicrucian magic system. 339 secondly. when deity is said to be light pervading and vivifying all nature, he enters not in anything unless a mask of the object is adopted as the medium in which he fixes. this aura (or the deliquescence of the uproused light

eurs, la plupart peut tre, diront de moi ce que les epicuriens et bon nombre de philosophes sto ciens disaient de s. paul (actes des ap tres, c. 17, v. 18: ii semble qu il annonce des divinit s nouvelles, et tourneront ma doctrine en ridicule. mais ils n en exchange of sex, in dress, at carnivals. 357 seront pas moms tenus de d truire les arguments qui pr cedent, de nous dire ce que c est que ces demons incubes, vulgairement appel s follets, qui n ont peur ni des exorcismes, ni des objets sacr s, ni de la croix du christ; et enfin de nous expliquer les divers effets et ph nomenes relates par nous dans imposition de cette doctrine. the above passage is very curious, since it gives the key (a matter which has puzzled every speculator) as to the meaning of the masquerade and folly and antic s

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

on september 27, 1881 (not the concentration of these in 1881, like a comet but moving very rapidly. on august 28, 1883 captain noble saw something "like a comet, new and glorious" on the nights of september 11, and 13, 1883, professor swift, at rochester, saw an unknown object like a comet, and something was seen in puerto rico and about the same time in ohio. the most spectacular of these speed demons was seen by captain eddie, at his observatory in grahamstown, south africa, on october 27, 1890. it was called a comet, but almost certainly was not, for its description was much more like that of maunder's auroral object. in fact it has something of the appearance of an auroral arch bridging a quarter of the horizon, but moving with a deliberate speed very similar to the maunder thing. thi

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

slated. the qumran texts in english. leiden: e. j. brill, 1994. shanks, hershel (ed. understanding the dead sea scrolls. a reader from the biblical archaeology review. new york: random house, 1992. d. rabbinic and synagogue traditions bits and pieces of the gmystery h are scattered throughout the rabbinic writings following the themes mentioned (creation and chariot, along with others (angels and demons, mystical exegesis on various topics, etc) some material might be cast more into the category of glegend, h but here the allusions can often be suggestive and significant. it is difficult to pin down a few books to represent this phase of development; what with recent publications on midrashim and other rabbinic literature, a full list might have dozens of titles. given our track, however

ough many of the hermeneutic conventions concerning words and letters, such as gematria, are more accurately considered rabbinic, not kabbalistic. topics are diverse: the progression of cosmic cycles, mystical explanations of the mitzvot, the interplay of humankind with the ultimate god, the source and reason behind evil, creation and the end, the mystical significance of the holidays, angels and demons, the transmigration of souls.indeed, a ranging literature full of unpredictable interpretations of scripture. 11. idel, kabbalah: new perspectives (new haven: yale university press, 1988. see in particular chapters 6, 7, and 8. 12. on considering the german hasidim an important source for non-sefirotic kabbalah, see daniel abrams, gfrom germany to spain: numerology as a mystical technique

KETAB E SIYAH

in one more matter and well would you do to hear such advice for i am wise, as you, yet my knowledge far exceeds that which you, in your short time, have learnt and am most desirous of your happiness and would not see harm befall you. at this garden's very heart there grows a tree that bears a fruit of shining hue that is called knowledge of consequences. this fruit has been set upon the earth by demons most malicious and base as a snare for the incautious. if you would live eat not of its flesh for it is most venomous and would strike dead him that would eat of it in an instant. this fruit avoid by much distance for it seems, to the eye, most sweet and tender and its perfume does seduce the very soul. approach then not the tree or pass by but fly its very presence and hold here in the gar

most great, did counsel us they we submit to god ten thousand times as dreadful as his ambassador. he told us that he had come as teacher to our ignorance to school us in what knowledge we must know. this then is the root of all our woe. when man asked the spirit, raphael, of his creation as my eyes reported it the majestic spirit did teach us that it was not so and that my eyes where wronged by demons seeking to deceive me in my infancy yet unknowing of the true and false, unable to distinguish those glamours that they wove. this then is my dilemma and my undoing. am i to believe that which raphael has told and surrender up my liberty to his dread king thus evading the terrible fates he stores up for those who do transgress against him. if i must indeed pursue this course then i must dou

e wiles of your tongue. this fruit, of all the garden's fruit multitudinous and most glorious to see and smell, this one is most venomous and but a single drop of sap would slay that tongue it did alight upon, dew-like dripping from the high branches of the tree. raphael, glorious ambassador of heaven, did tell me of this tree's wrongful nature. it has been set within the beauty of this garden by demons as snare for those that would not take care. are you yourself such a malign spirit that would conspire against me whilst professing friendship? why have you brought me to this place and why do you counsel me to eat of poisoned fruit? 180 once i had thought you to be some friend that would yield answers to these riddles that vex me and do cause me sorrow for i have not the wit to untie such

he future might be perceived amongst the stars or in the entrails of beasts, cut open at the belly with a blade of bronze. in the art of the sorcerer they instructed the kings of men to command the spirits of the land and sky to make fertile the fields and bring forth rain that the harvest of the year might be trebly abundant. they tutored their disciples in the way of the staff and word by which demons might be convoked and abjured. thus did the children of satan learn their magicks and became magicians of power to rival angels. all this did heaven perceive and become dismayed. as mankind waxed great on earth so did heaven fade, eclipsed by the brighter star of satan's children. the elohim knew humanity to be a foe that, unconquered, would conquer them and thus they feared and hated the r

h the eye descried others entombed as now lamech was entombed within the earth, ancient beastlings of ancient days caught within the glassy sepulchre. when the body had been anointed with precious oils to preserve the noble flesh from death's corruption and rightful libations had been poured out to honour the spirit of the monarch then the tomb was sealed once more and drum-beating wizards chased demons from the door. thus was the manner of lamech's homecoming. now caravans were sent forth from the city's gates to bear to far shurupuk a wealth of riches by which to by the favour of the new king and thus honour the mercy he had shown to the armies that he had vanquished. a hundred mules bearing on their backs grain and wine, gold and silver and the hides of beasts. thus was the kindness of

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE TWO

erub of fire lion leo kerub of earth bull taurus kerub of water eagle scorpio tetragrammaton means 'four-lettered name' and refers to the unpronounceable name of god symbolized by 'jehovah. the laver of water of purification refers to the waters of binah, the female power reflected in the waters of creation. the altar of burnt offering for the sacrifice of animals symbolizes the qlippoth, or evil demons of the plane contiguous to and below the material universe. it points out that our passions should be sacrificed. the qlippoth are the evil demons of matter and the shells of the dead. the altar of incense in the tabernacle was overlaid with gold. ours is black to symbolize our work which is to separate the philosophic gold from the black dragon of matter. this altar diagram shows the ten s

the symbols of a bull--a virgin--a goat which stand for kerubic earth--mutable earth--cardinal earth. for the above ideas consult a simple astrology manual. make notes of the ideas and pictures which arise in your mind. the four worlds of the qabalah are: atziluth, archetypal pure diety twlyxa briah, creative archangelic hayrb yetzirah, formative angelic hryxy assiah, action matter, man, shells, demons hycu the ten houses, or heavens, of assiah, the material world, are: 1. primum mobile, rashith ha gilgalim \ylglgh tycar 2. sphere of the zodiac, mazloth twlzm 3. sphere of saturn, shabbathai yatbc 4. sphere of jupiter, tzedek 'qdx 5. sphere of mars, madim \ydm 6. sphere of the sun, shemesh cmc 7. sphere of venus, nogah hgwn 8. sphere of mercury, kokab bkwk 9. sphere of the moon, levannah h

LAITMAN M KABBALAH SCIENCE AND THE MEANING OF LIFE

quantum mechanics has thus far proven itself as the must successful scientific theory in the history of science, passing more rigorous tests than any other theory to date. hence, it is highly unlikely that it will be essentially refuted* at its origin, science was based upon a religious worldview, perceiving the world as a living entity where diverse spiritual forces operated, such as ghosts and demons. later on came modern mechanical science that determined that the previous theory was a complete fallacy, and that the world could best be understood by using the mechanical principles of physics and chemistry. mechanical science determined that there were no ghosts or demons that dwelled in, and operated, matter. instead, it postulated that matter is operated by cause and effect. chemical

e who come to the city of london in england see what is in the city and what is said in the city. baal hasulam, shamati, article 98 spirituality is that which will never be lost. pa r t i i: t h e e s s e n c e o f t h e w i s d o m o f k a b b a l a h 88 in addition to the ability to move in time, kabbalists discover other forces in reality. it is no coincidence that the legends speak of ghosts, demons, and angels. even though they actually have a very different meaning from what we presently ascribe them, such forces do exist. a kabbalist who researches the depths of nature begins to see its operating forces, connects to them, and uses them to benefit both self and all of humanity. admission to the study of reality does require certain efforts, but it also captivates one s whole inner li

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

e protected by a granted privilege when their religious confession is known to have been condemned by the law. 472. by a.d. 423 the penalties against those who clung to the old beliefs had become severe, for in a later edict of the same emperor we find: 473. although the pagans that remain ought to be subjected to capital punishment if at any time they are detected in the abominable sacrifices of demons, let exile and confiscation of goods be their punishment(*codex theodosianus xvi, 10, 14, 23, quoted in a source book for ancient church history. ayer, p. 371) 474. wherever possible the temples of the gods were destroyed, the ancient libraries were burnt, the statues and other relics were broken in pieces by the brutal hands of the savage christians- and what destruction remained to be acc

black cat. this traitor is still execrated in some of the masonic rituals, together with one noffo dei of florence, who, however had nothing to do with the matter. 682. these charges were accepted by philip with delight, and on friday, october 13th, 1307, all the templars throughout france were arrested without warning on behalf of the most infamous tribunal that has ever existed, a collection of demons in human form called in ghastly mockery the holy office of the inquisition, which at this time held plenary jurisdiction in this and other countries of europe. the templars were horribly tortured, so that many died, and the remainder confessed in set terms whatever the church required. the interrogations were concerned chiefly with the alleged denial of christ and the spitting on the cross

LEMEGETON

dependent on robert turner's translation; i have therefore used his 1657 edition as the primary source. variants from other manuscripts are noted in square brackets. also in square brackets are the folio numbers from sl. 3825. i have resisted the temptation to modernise the language. the parts of the lemegeton are as follows: goetia the first book, goetia, corresponds closely with the catalog of demons published by john wier (or johann wierus) as pseudomonarchia daemonum in his 1563 de praestigiis daemonum. in wier's text there are no demonic seals, and the demons are invoked by a simple conjuration, not the elaborate ritual found in the lemegeton. theurgia goetia this text has close parallels with book one of trithemius' steganographia. although the abundant spirit seals are not found in

LETTER FROM A LUCIFEREAN

he celebrant is able to tap the latent power within himself. thus, on an initial level (the stage of supplicant) satan embodies the power of discipline, lucifer, that of [personal] poise, and lilith, that of abandonment. as the celebrant s own development continues, his relationship with these powers or expressions also changes. one final point i will deal with is the relationship between man and demons. ancient hebraic lore states that mankind is a race of demons, and indeed that when adam fell, he spent 130 years engendering demons with lilith. in the brotherhood, i was taught to view the demonic legions as kith and kin, and the rite of the averse pentagram was used both to identify with the luciferean life-spark, and to attract demonic brethren who were willing to serve as effectors of

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

. the churchmen of the middle ages believed that witches, who were usually women, slipped out of their homes at night and gathered together at prearranged spots in forests, mountains, caves, or some other remote area, often by flying, to diabolical celebrations. satan himself presided over the assembly while seated on a throne. participants divested themselves of their clothing and copulated with demons. the core of the meeting often involved the sacrifice of a human being. babies were usually cooked and eaten. new witches signed a pact, renounced christianity, trampled on a cross, and received a mark on their bodies from satan s claw. although they are associated with the middle ages in most people s minds, the deadliest witchhunts were conducted in the twilight of the medieval world. it

moloch, is mentioned in various sources, such as in the history ofmagic, where seligmann pictures him in the shape of a horse; in 2 kings, where he is regarded as a god of the sepharvite colony in samaria to whom children were sacrificed; and in milton s paradise lost, where he is referred to as both an idol of the assyrians, and a fallen angel overthrown by uriel and raphael in combat. see also demons;milton, john for further reading: davidson, gustav. a dictionary of angels including the fallen angels. new york: the free press, 1967. seligmann, kurt. the history of magic. new york: pantheon, 1948. advertising although at first blush infernal images might not seem appropriate for advertising, the devil and hell have been trivialized enough in modern industrialized societies that advertis

m van. encyclopedia of hell. new york: thomas dunne books, 1998. ahriman ahriman (or angra mainyu) is the zoroastrian satan, and the prototype of satan for the judeo- christian-islamic family of religions. the central theme of zoroaster s religious vision is the cosmic struggle between the god of light, ahura mazda( wise lord) and his angels, and the god of darkness, ahriman( evil spirit) and his demons. unlike zoroastrianism s sister/brother religious traditions, in which the outcome of the war between god and the devil has already been decided, zoroastrianism portrays the struggle as more or less evenly matched (though many strands of the tradition would assert that ahura mazda s triumph is inevitable. individuals are urged to align themselves with the forces of light, as they will be ju

ever, not very creative in the sense that his evil creations are always responses to his brother s good creations. thus, for example, when ahura mazda created life, ahriman responded by creating death. ahriman also formed an infernal host as an inverted mirror image of the celestial host. for instance, in opposition to asha, the archangel of truth, he created the archdemon druj, the lie. see also demons; satan; zoroastrianism for further reading: eliade,mircea. a history of religious ideas. vol. 1. chicago: university of chicago press, 1978. noss, john b.man s religions. 1956. 4th ed. new york:macmillan, 1969. all dogs go to heaven charlie, this 1989 film s animated canine protagonist, gets killed by a big bad dog. after spending a short time in heaven, charlie becomes bored, and wants exc

ulture (koran, torah, bible) are considered to have protective powers. pieces of parchment with scripture quotes, carried in boxes or pouches, are amulets in various religions. amulets with inscriptions are sometimes called charms, a term that also applies to spoken incantations. yhwh, the hebrew name for god, appeared on many amulets and talismans in different spellings to help magicians conjure demons and protect them from attack by the spirits. the sator square consists of some magical words arranged in the pattern of a square. it was inscribed on walls and vessels as early as ancient rome (753 b.c. a.d. 476) and was considered to be an amulet against sorcery, poisonous air, colic and pestilence, and for protecting cow s milk from witchcraft. similarly, circles inscribed with the names

LIBER 141

e causes a magical disturbance in the aether or akasa of such a nature as to attract or create a disincarnate human spirit. all other sexual acts involving emission of semen therefore attract or excite other spirits, incomplete and therefore evil. thus nocturnal pollutions bring succubi, which are capable of separate existence, and of vampirising their creator. but voluntarily sterile acts create demons, and (if done with concentration and magical intention, such demons as may subserve that intention. thus, as levi testifieth, to graft a tree successfully, the graft is fixed by a woman while the man copulateth with her per vas nefandum. we also narrate for the sake of completeness their method- perfected by modern adepts- let us here give honour and worship to the name of our lay-sister id

LIBER 777

32 bis prithiva-bhawana [demeter[[gaia] 31 bis vision of the higher self, prana-yama. we have insufficient knowledge of the attributions of assyrian, syrian, mongolian, tibetan, mexican, zend, south sea, west african &c. iacchus table of correspondences 10 xxxv. some roman gods. xxxvi. selection of christian gods (10; apostles (12; evangelists (4) and churches of asia (7. xxxvii. hindu legendary demons. 0. 1 jupiter god the 3 in 1 2 janus[[mercury] god the father, god who guides parliament 3 juno, cybele, hecate &c. the virgin mary 4 jupiter[[libitina] god the rain-make (vide prayer-book, god the farmer s friend 5 mars christ coming to judge the world 6 apollo[[bacchus, aurora] god the son (and maker of fine weather) 7 venus messiah, lord of hosts (vide prayer-book, r. kipling &c) 8 mercu

his hair and slaying him lign-aloes foi lori gaxisphilium 26 a man holding a book which he opens and shuts assafoe tida colophonum cubel pepper 28 a small-headed man dressed like a woman, and with him an old man euphorbium stammonia rhubarb 29 a man of grave and thoughtful face, with a bird in his hand, before him a woman and an ass thyme coxium santal alb table of correspondences 28 clv. goetic demons of decans by day (ascendant. clvi. magical images of col. clv. 15 1! lab bael cat, toad, man, or all at once. 16 4= ygymg gamigina little horse or ass. 17 7= wma amon (1) wolf with serpent s tail (2) man with dog s teeth and raven s head. 18 10# rawb buer probably a centaur or archer. 19 13! talb beleth rider on pale horse, with many musicians [flaming and poisonous breath] 20 16$ rpaz zepa

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

nd bears firebrand. 25 26 \yb bim dragon with 3 heads a dog s, man s, and gryphon s. 26 29$ twrtca asteroth hurtful angel or infernal dragon, like berot, with a viper [breath bad. 28 32! yadmsa asmoday 3 heads (bull, man, ram, snake s tail, goose s feet. rides, with lance and banner, on a dragon. 29 35= cwjrm marchosias wolf with a gryphon s wings and serpent s tail. breathes flames. clix. goetic demons of decans by day (cadent. clx. magical images of col. clix. 15 3& wgacw vassago like agares. 16 6$ rplaw valefor lion with ass s head, bellowing 17 9! wmyap paimon crowned king on dromedary, accompanied by many musicians. 18 12& yrfyc sitri leapard s head and gryphon s wings. 19 15$ cwgyla eligos a knight with a lance and banner, with a serpent. 20 18$ ytab bathin a strong man with a serpen

anner, with a serpent. 20 18$ ytab bathin a strong man with a serpent s tail, on a pale horse. 22 21% and# aram marax human-faced bull. 24 24= rbn naberius a black crane with a sore throat he flutters. 25 27% and= wwnyr ronove a monster [probably a dolphin. 26 30= canrwp forneus sea monster. 28 33 [ug gaap like a guide. to be kings. 29 36& cwlwfcy stolas raven. table v (continued) 29 clxi. goetic demons &c. by night (ascendant. clxii. magical images of col. clxi. 15 37= nap phenex child-voices phoe nix. 16 40 \war raum crow. 17 43 ]wnbc sabnock soldier with lion s head rides pale horse. 18 46% wrpyb bifrons monster. 19 49$ lkwrk crocell angel. 20 52 ]wla alloces soldier with red leonine face and flaming eyes; rides great horse. 22 55& bwarwa orobas horse. 24 58# wa amy flaming fire. 25 61!

LIBER CCCXXXV ADONIS

earth fs wombs, through all sea fs waves, gigantic glooms, forgotten graves, i haunt the tombs of kings and slaves. i hush the babe, i wake the bird, i wander away beyond stars unstirred, soften the ripples of the tide, soothe the bruised nipples of the bride, adonis 31 help stars and clouds play hide-and-seek, wind seamen fs shrouds, bid ruins speak, bring dreams to slumber, sleep to dream whose demons cumber night fs extreme. and softer sped than dream or death quiet as the dead, or slain love.s breath, i sigh for loves that swoon upon the hanging groves of babylon. each terrace adds a shower of scent where lass and lad seduce content; each vine that hangs confirms the stress of purer pangs of drunkenness; each marble wall and pillar swerves majestical my course to curves subtle as breas

LIBER CHANOKH

watch-tower of the south, attributed to fire. plate vii. liber lxxxiv 11 the black cross, or table of union. attributed to spirit. plate viii. the symbolic representation of the universe 12 6. beneath the bar of the calvary cross remain 16 squares not yet accounted for. here, beneath the presidency of the kerubim, rule four mighty and benevolent angels. ingm laoc vssn rvoi 7. trilateral names of demons or elementals are to be formed from these 16 squares, using the two letters on either side of the upright of the cross with a letter chosen crom the central tablet or black cross in accordance with rules which will be given in their due place.10 thus gm in oc la et cetera, form bases for these trilateral names. the following rules explain how the sides of the pyramids of which the squares a

LIBER CLXV A MASTER OF THE TEMPLE

ise and then drop it is worse than useless, for it is unbalancing. now, as any probationer knows, as soon as one sets out to do the simplest task regularly and with magical intent, that task becomes not only difficult, but well nigh impossible of performance. this is just what v.i.o. found, and no sooner had his task been set than all kinds of difficulties presented themselves, like the dog-faced demons mentioned by zoroaster, to prevent its fulfilment. he tried, but at the end of january he writes: i cannot get on under these conditions. had plenty of time to do exercises this morning, but was continually interrupted. did not robe myself as i have no place fit to call a temple. how little did he know at that time how well off he really was in the latter respect! he was living in comfort i

LIBER CXCVII STORY OF SIR PALAMEDES

d ecstasy. but echoing from the central roar reverberates many a mournful moan, and shapes more mystic than before baffle its formless monotone! ah! mocks him many a myriad vision, warring within him masterless, turning devotion to derision, beatitude to beastliness. they swarm, they grow, they multiply; the strong knight.s brain goes all a-swim, paced by that maddening minstrelsy, those dog-like demons hunting him. liber cxcvii 58 the last bar breaks; the steel will snaps; the black hordes riot in his brain; a thousand threatening thunder-claps smite him.insane.insane.insane! his muscles roar with senseless rage; the pale knight staggers, deathly sick; reels to the light that sorry sage, sir palamede the lunatick. 59 xxv a savage sea without a sail, grey gulphs and green a-glittering, rar

f his blood joins in that cry fs soul-shaking flood. for many a chiliad counted well his soul stayed in its proper hell. then, when sir palamedes came back to himself, the shrine was dark. cold was the incense, dead the flame; the slain babe lay there black and stark. what of the beast? what of the quest? more blind the quest, the beast more dim. even now its laughter is suppressed, while his own demons mock at him! o thou most desperate dupe that hell fs malice can make of mortal men! meddle no more with magick spells, sir palamede the saracen! 67 xxix ha! but the good knight, striding forth from set.s abominable shrine, pursues the quest with bitter wrath, so that his words flow out like wine. and lo! the soul that heareth them is straightway healed of suffering. his fame runs through th

LIBER DCCCLX JOHN ST

who cause bleeding at the nose, familiar to us from the writings of macgregor mathers. the universe of magic is in the mind of a man: the setting is but illusion even to the thinker. humanity is progressing; formerly men dwelt habitually in the exterior world; nothing less than giants and paynim and men-atarms and distressed ladies, vampires and succubi, could amuse them. their magicians brought demons from the smoke of blood, and made gold from baser metals. in this they succeeded; the intelligent perceived that the gold and the lead were but shadows of thought. it became probable that liber dccclx 4 the elements were but isomers of one element; matter was seen to be but a modification of mind, or (at least) that the two things matter and mind must be joined before either could be percei

ok at the cakra, i saw that. query: what is the connection, which appeared absolute and essential? i had been specially impressed by that gate two days ago, with its knot of mourners. could the scene have been recorded in a brain-cell adjoining that which records the vi.uddhi-idea? or did i at that time unconsciously think of my throat for some other reason? bother! these things are all dog-faced demons! to work! 11.17. work: meditation and mantra. 11.35. no good. went off into a reverie about a castle and menat- arms. this had all the qualities of a true dream, yet i was not in any other sense asleep. i soon will be, though. it seems foolish to persist. 11.35. and indeed, though i tried to continue the mantra with its high aspiration to know adonai, i must have slept almost at once. the t

ed in equinox i (3, and formed the bulk of a volume questionably titled the pathworkings of aleister crowley (new falcon. t.s] john st. john 49 6.35. still at liber 963. i should like to write mantrams for each chapter. 7.20. still at liber 963. i need hardly say that i am perfectly aware that in one sense all this working and ritual making and copying and illuminating is but a crowd of dog-faced demons, since the one thought of unity with adonai is absent. but i do it on purpose, making each thing i do into that magic will. so if you ask me .are you correcting liber 963. i reply .no! i am adonai. 7.50. arrival of the visconti. 8.50. departure of the visconti. really a necessary rest: for my head had begun to ache, and her kiss, half given and half taken, much refreshed me. 9.50. have done

one used to abjure the game. i never tried to stick it through; i wish i had. anyhow, i have to stick this through! o lord of the eye, let thine eye be ever open upon me! for he that watcheth israel doth not slumber nor sleep! lord s.iva, open thou the eye upon me, and consume me altogether in its brilliance! 1 [this is obscure: saturn in libra suggests the three of swords (sorrow) and the goetic demons purson and gremory, but crowley.s reference is perhaps better explained by the entry for the second decan of libra in the golden dawn paper on the magical images of the decans (in regardie, complete g.d; abbreviated in 777 cols. cxlix-cli .a man dark and of unpleasant face. a .face. of ill-deeds yet of singing and mirth, gluttony, sodomy and following of evil pleasures. cf. the long note on

he crazy bark holds way, steered by the oar of discipline.yea, he holds his course. adonai! adonai! is not the harbour yet in sight? 6.07. he has returned home and burnt (as every night since its arrival) the holy incense of abramelin the mage. the atmosphere is full of vitality, sweetened and strengthened; the soul naturally and simply turns to the holy task with vigour and confidence; the black demons of doubt and despair flee away; one respires already a foretaste of the perfume, and obtains almost a premonition of the vision. so, let the work go on. 6.23. 7 breath-cycles, rather difficult. clothes are a nuisance, and make all the difference. 6.31. john st. john is more broken up by this morning.s failure than he was ready to admit. but the fact stands; he cannot concentrate his mind fo

LIBER LIBERI VEL LAPIDIS LAZULI

thought, every deed is an act of love with thee. 23. the beat of my heart is the pendulum of love. 24. the songs of me are the soft sighs. 25. the thoughts of me are very rapture. 26. and my deeds are the myriads of thy children, the stars and the atoms. 27. let there be nothing! 28. let all things drop into this ocean of love! svb figvra vii 21 29. be this devotion a potent spell to exorcise the demons of the five! 30. ah god, all is gone! thou dost consumnate thy rapture. falutli! falutli! 31. there is a solemnity of the silence. there is no more voice at all. 32. so shall it be unto the end. we who were dust shall never fall away into the dust. 33. so shall it be. 34. then, o my god, the breath of the garden of spices. all these have a savour averse. 35. the cone is cut with an infinite

s? 32. not i. 33. not thou, o god! 34. come, let us no more reason together; let us enjoy! let us be ourselves, silent, unique, apart. 35. o lonely woods of the world! in what recesses will ye hide our love? 36. the forest of the spears of the most high is called night, and hades, and the day of wrath; but i am his captain, and i bear his cup. 37. fear me not with my spearmen! they shall slay the demons with their petty prongs. ye shall be free. 38. ah, slaves! ye will not.ye know not how to will. 39. yet the music of my spears shall be a song of freedom. 40. a great bird shall sweep from the abyss of joy, and bear ye away to be my cup-bearers. 41. come, o my god, in one last rapture let us attain to the union with the many! 30 liber liberi vel lapidis lazuli 42. in the silence of things

LIBER LVII

ssiah, the world of action, called also the world of shells, twpylqh \lwo, olahm ha-qliphoth, which is this world of matter, made up of the grosser elements of the other three. in it is also the abode of the evil spirits which are called .the shells. by the qabalah, twpylq, qliphoth, material shells. the devils are divided into ten classes, and have suitable habitations (see tables in 777).23 the demons are the grossest and most deficient of all forms. their ten degrees aswer to decad of the sephiroth, but in inverse ratio, as darkness and impurity increase with the descent of each degree. the two first are nothing but absence of visible form and organization. the third is the abode of darkness. next follow seven hells occupied by thoe demons which represent incarnate human vices, and tort

LIBER SAMEKH

view that visible image of nature; fatal is her name! it fitteth not thy body to behold that living light of hell, the unluminous, dead flame, until that body from the crucible hath passed, pure gold! for, from the confines of material space, the twilight-moving place, the gates of matter, and the dark threshold, before the faces of the things that dwell in the abodes of night, spring into sight demons dog-faced, that show no mortal sign of truth, but desecrate the light divine, seducing from the sacred mysteries. but, after all these folk of fear are driven before the avenging levin that rives the opening skies, behold that formless and that holy flame that hath no name; the fire that darts and flashes, writhes and creeps snake-wise in royal robe, wound round that vanished glory of the g

LINDOW JOHN NORSE MYTHOLOGY A GUIDE TO THE GODS HEROES RITUALS AND BELIEFS

son and saxo grammaticus associate the legendary king frodi, grandson of frey according to snorri, with the peace that occurred when christ was on earth. and the translated lives of the saints put the norse gods (in place of jupiter, mars, diana, and other roman gods) in the time and space of early christianity.even if they are only for the most part envisioned in these texts as idols animated by demons. it is furthermore possible.perhaps likely.that ragnarok was seen by at least some christians as the demise not only of the pagan gods but of the belief in and worship of them. their day would have preceded that of christ, and it had a fiery and perhaps well-deserved end. certainly the famous stanza 65h of voluspa, found in the late-fourteenth-century redaction of the text, supports such a

n one branch of the manuscripts of snorri fs edda, and the fact that gylfi is reintroduced directly after it in the other manuscripts, suggests that it was not part of snorri fs original text but may have been added by a later scribe. if this passage is not from snorri fs pen, it is possible that whoever wrote it either knew about the gefjon-diana equivalence or took the view of the pagan gods as demons and therefore made a whore out of gefjon. however, lokasenna suggests that the notion of gefjon fs sexual activity was 136 norse mythology more widespread. since having children with a giant is ordinarily inconceivable for a goddess, as i have noted, perhaps in the end we must simply accept that there were shifting, sometimes contradictory conceptions of gefjon. references and further readi

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY

nd ravished upon ecstasy from the children who feed nightly the bed chamber welcomes your passion shall you reveal the hidden moon, which acts as a door for such sight and beauty? beast and angel, i seek the addiction of your sweet veins. leviathan 26 when silence is broken, yet the profound depths asleep shall i know the oceans calm violence from passion a struggle of life brings both angels and demons, which become separate and alone. those who dive the depths will become as draconis, the ourobouris eternal which dreams of enfleshing all desires. belial those who wear the cloak of wolves, given their blood to the ecstasy of ahriman the desire of flesh is our temple of heaven and hell, from which all desires may become. by facing the seraphim may armiluss al dajjal awaken within, the eart

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY AND SET TYPHON

y, it is considered by the initiatory focus into the symbol and traits of set, verily the greatest of the gods embodied many different aspects and forms in egyptian mythology. seker seems to also be a god associated with the early manifestation of set, in the tuat, one of the tunnels which were under the control of seker were guarded by a serpent with four legs, scorpions, vipers and other winged demons. the arabic word tawfan according to e.a. wallis budge may hold a connection to the name typhon, considering the arabic means storm. apep was known universally as the serpent-devil which held power over storms, darkness and night. set made his forms in darkness as well, yet as sutekh his adversarial nature was that he existed both in the tuat or underworld in the seeming form of apep (once

LUCIFERIAN WITCHCRAFT AN INTRODUCTION

darkside practices (2) the sethanic witchcraft current has been cultivated in europe through those who hold the key to the gnosis within their minds; it seems to speak through the blood. this unspoken aspect of the tradition of the old is known directly as witchblood, it is a silent, unspoken yet natural degree of the folk ability to practice magick. this is the inner magickal voice of angels and demons, the very core essence within each initiate that speaks to he/she of their own infinite potential. while the direction of those involved in the luciferian tradition in america are well aware of its context of approach, the defining state of consciousness must be adhered to. the union of some aspects of middle eastern practices such as sufism and the various parallel witch ways of tribes of

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

f acacia--the juice of the grape--the magical powers of the mandrake. 93 stones, metals, and gems prehistoric monuments--the tablets of the law--the holy grail--the ages of the world- talismanic jewels--zodiacal and planetary stones and gems. 97 ceremonial magic and sorcery the black magic of egypt--doctor johannes faustus--the mephistopheles of the grimores--the invocation of spirits--pacts with demons--the symbolism of the pentagram. 101 p. 8 the elements and their inhabitants. the paracelsian theory of submundanes--the orders of elemental beings--the gnomes, undines, salamanders, and sylphs--demonology--the incubus and succubus- vampirism. 105 hermetic pharmacology, chemistry, and therapeutics the healing methods of paracelsus--palingenesis--hermetic theories concerning the cause of dis

ntests with the apostle peter while the two were promulgating their differing doctrines in rome. according to the story that the church fathers have preserved, simon was to prove his spiritual superiority by ascending to heaven in a chariot of fire. he was actually picked up and carried many feet into the air by invisible powers. when st. peter saw this, he cried out in a loud voice, ordering the demons (spirits of the air) to release their hold upon the magician. the evil spirits, when so ordered by the great saint, were forced to obey. simon fell a great distance and was killed, which decisively proved the superiority of the christian powers. this story is undoubtedly manufactured out of whole cloth, as it is only one out of many accounts concerning his death, few of which agree. as more

rs of the letters forming the word abraxas when added together result in the sum of 365. the same author also notes that the name mithras when treated in a similar manner has the same numerical value. basilides caught that the click to enlarge the death of simon the magician. from the nuremberg chronicle. simon magus, having called upon the spirits of the air, is here shown being picked up by the demons. st. peter demands that the evil genii release their hold upon the magician. the demons are forced to comply and simon magus is killed by the fall. p. 26 powers of the universe were divided into 365 ons, or spiritual cycles, and that the sum of all these together was the supreme father, and to him he gave the qabbalistical appellation abraxas, as being symbolical, numerologically, of his di

ing climax to their offense burned the magnificent library which was housed within the lofty apartments of the serapeum. several writers have recorded the remarkable fact that christian symbols were found in the ruined foundations of this pagan temple. socrates, a church historian of the fifth century, declared that after the pious christians had razed the serapeum at alexandria and scattered the demons who dwelt there under the guise of gods, beneath the foundations was found the monogram of christ! two quotations will further establish the relationship existing between the mysteries of serapis and those of other ancient peoples. the first is from richard payne knight's symbolical language of ancient art and mythology "hence varro [in de lingua latina] says that coelum and terra, that is

ite beginning to an infinite end, for the beginning and the ending are in the same place and state "then the downward-turned and unreasoning elements brought forth creatures without reason. substance could not bestow reason, for reason had ascended out of it. the air produced flying things and the waters such as swim. the earth conceived strange four-footed and creeping beasts, dragons, composite demons, and grotesque monsters. then the father--the supreme mind--being light and life, fashioned a glorious universal man in its own image, not an earthy man but a heavenly man dwelling in the light of god. the supreme mind loved the man it had fashioned and delivered to him the control of the creations and workmanships "the man, desiring to labor, took up his abode in the sphere of generation a

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

en known as watchers, mighty ones, or gods by more classical- minded witches. these include the so-called witch deities habondia and cernunnos, whose acquaintance you will make on a later page. they are generalized powers existing within the deep minds of all of us, jungian archetypes, if you like, which can be contracted to bring a certain power to your rituals. then there are spirit entities or demons, halfway between men and gods in their constitution, traditionally predating us in their evolution, however the remnants of the nephelim, in fact. vassago, who you will also encounter in a later chapter, is one of these beings. finally, there are the spirits or shades of the dead themselves, such as will be dealt with in the rituals of necromancy in chapters 3 and 4. gods, demons, shades th

self create. any talisman, image, alraun, or mandragore you may make will partake of the nature of an elemental. they are unseen versions of the homunculi of alchemical legend, servants of your will, called into being by an application of your witch power for the performance of a task. as such, they should be treated with firmness, as opposed to the respect and deference you will show to gods and demons. they should never, under any circumstances, be let out of the command of their witch creator. mickey mouse's "fantasia" broomsticks were based on a very old magical legend incorporated into lucian's philopseudes and later into the lay of st. dunstan, which graphically illustrates what can happen psychically if you ever let your elemental servants get out of control! magical times and seaso

aper with your pen and ink of art, and place the paper and a small sachet of wormwood herb (artemesia) under your pillow. if the spell works, you should have your answer to the question in the morning. necromancy the summoning of the dead has always been considered by witches as among some of the most dangerous operations in the book, strangely enough, sometimes even more so than the summoning of demons. the truth of the matter is that it can be an extremely taxing operation to perform if the motivation is anything other than love, and if a physical manifestation is required, as is always the case when the shade is conjured to visible appearance. unless one who is suited to such energy transfers is present, that is, a materializing medium, the nervous and physical depletion visited upon th

the design on the third piece of paper must be written with your pen of art in blood- your own or that of a beefsteak, chicken, or lamb chop from the supermarket again will do. you should wipe your pen of art carefully free of all ink before you embark upon this. this last design is known as the secret seal of solomon and traditionally was the symbol by means of which the seventy-two lords of the demons or djinn were imprisoned in a brazen vessel by the magus-king and sunk beneath the ocean. they were later released, providentially it seems, by certain babylonian wizards. the legend probably stems from that of the drowned nephelim. when you have drawn the symbol and let it dry, retrace over it with your athame, charging it strongly with light and conjuring with these words: bound, bound, b

inn were imprisoned in a brazen vessel by the magus-king and sunk beneath the ocean. they were later released, providentially it seems, by certain babylonian wizards. the legend probably stems from that of the drowned nephelim. when you have drawn the symbol and let it dry, retrace over it with your athame, charging it strongly with light and conjuring with these words: bound, bound, bound be all demons and powers of adversity from the north, south, east, and west! bound, bound, bound be all ill-wishers and those that practise violence against the bearer of this! bound, bound, bound shall be all; bound and sealed from n [witchname, son of m [parent] and l [parent. bound and held subject to his will. having completed all three designs, sandwich the last, the secret seal, between the pentagr

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 1

plain to them all that they have to do and to observe; the which commands they should promise and vow to execute. let the master then repeat this prayer: prayer. when we enter herein with all humility, let god the almighty one enter into this circle, by the entrance of an eternal happiness, of a divine prosperity, of a perfect joy, of an abundant charity, and of an eternal salutation. let all the demons fly from this place, especially those who are opposed unto this work, and let the angels of peace assist and protect this circle, from which let discord and strife fly and depart. magnify and extend upon us, o lord, thy most holy name, and bless our conversation and our assembly. sanctify, o lord our god, our humble entry herein, thou the blessed and holy one of the eternal ages! amen. afte

that firmament which the very spirit of god hath moved; by the sun and by the stars; by the waters and by the seas, and all which they contain; by the winds, the whirlwinds, the key of solomon page 26 and the tempests; by the virtue of all herbs, plants, and stones; by all which is in the heavens, upon the earth, and in all the abysses of the shades. i conjure ye anew, and i powerfully urge ye, o demons, in whatsoever part of the world ye may be, so that ye shall be unable to remain in air, fire, water, earth, or in any part of the universe, or in any pleasant place which may attract ye; but that ye come promptly to accomplish our desire, and all things that we demand from your obedience. i conjure ye anew by the two tables of the law, by the five books of moses, by the seven burning lamps

conjure ye anew, apostates from god, by him who alone hath performed great wonders; by the heavenly jerusalem; and by the most holy name of god in four letters, and by him who enlighteneth all things and shineth upon all things by his venerable and ineffable name, eheieh asher eheieh; that ye come immediately to execute our desire, whatever it may be. i conjure ye, and i command ye absolutely, o demons, in whatsoever part of the universe ye may be, by the virtue of all these holy names- adonai, jah, hoa, el, eloah, elohinu, elohim, eheieh, maron, kaphu, esch, innon, aven, agla, hazor, emeth, yah, araritha, yova, ha-kabir, messiach, ionah, mal-ka, erel, kuzu, matzpatz el shaddai; and by all the holy names of god which have been written with blood in the sign of an eternal alliance. i conju

nd gained the victory; and by the name hoa, and in the name hoa, which david invoked, and he was delivered from the hand of goliath; and by the name yod, which solomon having named and invoked, he was found worthy to ask for and obtain in sleep the ineffable wisdom of god; and by the name yiai, which solomon having named and book one page 29 invoked, he was found worthy to have power over all the demons, potencies, powers, and virtues of the air. by these, then, and by all the other names of god almighty, holy, living, and true, we powerfully command ye, ye who by your own sin have been cast down from the empyreal heaven, and from before his throne; by him who hath cast ye down unto the most profound of the abysses of hell, we command ye boldly and resolutely; and by that terrible day of t

spirit to descend upon the universe, and will cast ye, ye rebellious spirits, and unclean beings, book one page 31 into the depths of the lake of the abyss, in misery, filth, and mire, and will place ye in impure and foul dungeons bound with eternal chains of fire. by these names then, and by all the other holy names of god before whom no man can stand and live, and which names the armies of the demons fear, tremble at, and shudder; we conjure ye, we potently exorcise and command ye, conjuring ye in addition by the terrible and tremendous paths of god and by his holy habitation wherein he reigneth and commandeth unto the eternal ages. amen. by the virtue of all these aforesaid, we command ye that ye remain not in any place wherein ye are, but to come hither promptly without delay to do th

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 2

undertake nothing unclean or impure, for then thy importunity, far from attracting them, will only serve to chase them from thee; and it will be thereafter exceedingly difficult for thee to attract them for use for pure ends. book two page 121 chapter xxii. concerning sacrifices to the spirits, and how they should be made. in many operations it is necessary to make some sort of sacrifice unto the demons, and in various ways. sometimes white animals are sacrificed to the good spirits and black to the evil. such sacrifices consist of the blood and sometimes of the flesh. they who sacrifice animals, of whatsoever kind they be, should select those which are virgin, as being more agreeable unto the spirits, and rendering them more obedient. when blood is to be sacrificed it should be drawn also

ine conceptions called the sephiroth is kether or the crown. the first category of the spirits is that of chaioth ha-qadesh or the intelligences of the divine tetragram, whose letters are symbolized by the mysterious animals in the prophecy of ezekiel. their empire is that of unity and synthesis. they correspond to the intelligence. they have for adversaries the thamiel or double-headed ones, the demons of revolt and of anarchy, whose two chiefs, ever at war with each other, are satan and moloch. the second number is two; the second sephira is chokmah or wisdom. the spirits of wisdom are the auphanim, a name which signifieth the wheels, because all acts in heaven like immense wheels spangled with stars. their empire is that of harmony. they correspond to the reason. they have for adversari

guide, for evil spirits obey no one, is beelzebub, whose name signifieth the god of flies, because flies haunt putrefying corpses. the third number is three. the third sephira is binah or understanding. the spirits of binah are aralim, or the strong. their empire is the creation of ideas; they correspond to activity and energy of thought. they have for adversaries the satariel, or concealers, the demons of absurdity, of intellectual inertia, and of mystery. the chief of the satariel is lucifuge, called falsely and by anti-phrase lucifer (as the eumenides, who are the furies, are called in greek the gracious ones. the fourth number is four. the fourth sephira is gedulah or chesed, magnificence or mercy. the key of solomon page 124 the spirits of gedulah are the chaschmalim, or the lucid one

furies, are called in greek the gracious ones. the fourth number is four. the fourth sephira is gedulah or chesed, magnificence or mercy. the key of solomon page 124 the spirits of gedulah are the chaschmalim, or the lucid ones. their empire is that of beneficence; they correspond to the imagination. they have for adversaries the gamchicoth or the disturbers of souls. the chief or guide of these demons is ashtaroth or astarte, the impure venus of the syrians, whom they represent with the head of an ass or of a bull, and the breasts of a woman. the fifth number is five. the fifth sephira is geburah or justice. the spirits of geburah are the seraphim, or the spirits burning with zeal. their empire is that of the chastisement of crimes. they correspond to the faculty of comparing and of choo

rits are the false gods whorm they adore. hell has then no other government than that fatal law which punishes perversity and corrects error, for the false gods only exist in the false opinion of their adorers. baal, belphegor, moloch, adramelech, have been the idols of the syrians; idols without soul, idols now destroyed, and of whom the name alone remaineth. the true god hath vanquished all the demons as truth triumphs over error. that is past in the opinions of men, and the wars of michael against satan are the symbols of movement, and of the progress of spirits. the devil is ever a god of refusal. accredited idolatries are religions in their time. superannuated idolatries are superstitions and sacrileges. the pantheon of phantoms, which are then in vogue, is the heaven of the ignorant

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. round the four sides of the square are the names of the angels: arehanah, rakhaniel, roelhaiphar, and noaphiel. the versicle is "a great god, a mighty, and a terrible" deut x. 17. figures 13 and 14. the key of solomon page 62 figure 16. the sixth pentacle of saturn. around this pentacle is each name symbolized as it should be. the person against whom thou shalt pronounce it shall be obsessed by demons. editor s note. it is formed from mystical characters of saturn. around it is written in hebrew "set thou a wicked one to be ruler over him, and let satan stand at his right hand" figure 17. the seventh and last pentacle of saturn. this pentacle is fit for exciting earthquakes, seeing that the power of each order of angels herein invoked is sufficient to make the whole universe tremble. fig

ures 25 and 26. the key of solomon page 68 editor s note. in the center is the great name agla; right and left, the letters of the name ihvh; above and below, el. round it is the versicle from psalm cx. 5 "the lord at thy right hand shall wound even kings in the day of his wrath" figure 29. the fifth pentacle of mars. write thou this pentacle upon virgin parchment, because it is terrible unto the demons, and at its sight and aspect they will obey thee, for they cannot resist its presence. editor s note. around the figure of the scorpion is the word hvl. the versicle is from psalm xci. 13 "thou shalt go upon the lion and added, the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet" figure 30. the sixth pentacle of mars. it hath so great virtue that being armed therewith, if thou art

(or protected" written in the secret alphabet of malachim, or the writing of the angels. the versicle is from psalm xxxvii. 15 "their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bow shall be broken" figure 31. the seventh and last pentacle of mars. write thou this upon virgin parchment paper with the blood of a bat, in the day and hour of mars; and uncover it within the circle, invoking the demons spirits of the nature of mars, especially those which are written in the whose names are therein written; and thou shalt immediately see hail and tempest. figures 27 and 28. the holy pentacles page 69 editor s note. in the center of the pentacle are the divine names, el and yiai, which have the same numerical value when written in hebrew. the letters in hebrew, and in the secret alphabet ca

MICHAEL FORD A RITE OF THE WEREWOLF

sheds the human form for that of a wolf. such a chant may be used in dreaming chants before sleep if the witch so desires lending to the dreaming flesh gathered by shadows. in the ancient lore of persian sorcery, with specifics to zoroastrianism, wolves were hated creatures which were said to be created by ahriman. the term khrafstra is a general word for noxious beasts, attributed to the druj or demons of the dragon ahriman. such imagery is used in the work of the black order of the dragon, a secret guild of witches and sorcerers who develop a left hand path initiatory guild based on (among others) persian sorcery and so-called black magick centered around the dragons ahriman and tiamat, who is of sumerian origin. the botd which is headed by a triad of witches called coven maleficia of th

k light/black flame. this is defined as the fire and perception of being, antinomianism. 11 the book of thoth weiser publications 8 opposer. set is also related to saturn. this planet, called also shabbathai, is the sphere of saturn and is considered a meeting place of the witches sabbat. the image of those leaving the flesh, to go forth in the name of the devil by flying with familiars and other demons is not too far from realistic workings in the present time. lucifer is found in the higher octave of the sphere of saturn. this mighty angel12 is a revealed source of black light, or intelligence/development/wisdom. lucifer is also a source of brilliance, a state of gnosis from which the sabbatic practitioner emerges. it is in this highest empyrean13 realms of which light is best experience

ncantation or spell of remembrance, such surged forth as a bestial atavism that which was dead now emerged as a 12 angels are considered by abu-hamid mohammed al-ghazali to be the higher faculties of man. 13 empyrean= highest heavens, heights, the astral plane which leads to the psyche or genius revealed. see the key of solomon the king by s.l. mathers, the symbolism of angels (higher octave) and demons (lower octave or infernal spirits. this term is inextricably the same as celestial, the sabbat of luciferian light. 14 baphomet is a magickal transformation of being. baphomet, being the head of wisdom, is related to cain in some sabbatic and luciferian circles. 15 the people of the lie, or practitioners of witchcraft, see yatuk dinoih by the present author. 9 necromantic shade. by the weal

egyptian mysteries, lucy lamie 22 a mask of dreaming is focusing and projecting the psyche or self into the mask of the god form in question, going forth to the sabbat masked in the cloak of the god form you are assuming. this is a development from older golden dawn practices and enables the mind to grow strong through understanding and experiencing on dreaming levels other significant god forms, demons and angelick spirits. 23 the egyptian book of the dead, the abode of the blessed, edited by e.a. wallis budge. 24 tubal-cain or cain, the son of samael and lilith, was the master of the forge i.e. initiation. 12 when one approaches the ancient masks of set, seker or the persian druj of the yatuk-dinoih understand that by diving in the black sun, becoming as a god in the darkness is but the

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was. i fell into oblivion. i woke then in the darkness of a cave, on a padded rock ground. i was aching yet slightly refreshed. i wondered so where i was, i had only a loin cloth to cover me, and was chilled in the damp cave air. i heard many voices and noises around me, i grew scared from this. before was she, beautiful and fiery, pale and raven haired. it was mother, lilith who was the queen of demons, yet she was so beautiful and full of life. my mother welcomed me, and her touch was cold. her waist was made of flames, yet she transformed into the bottom half of a beast. she spoke to me of what i was to become, and that i had passed through a rite of passage. i was to become immortal and forever a spirit who walked the path of the dragon, who was my father. in the darkness of the caves

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of ourselves- analyze and become stronger because of it. devoid of this, there would be no great pleasure of life, no reward for hard work and no point of building the greatest strength of all- that of the mind! presented in this grimoire is a formula of magickal growth, which, if practiced under will and with a sound mind will awaken a great beast willing it's flesh and spirit on the 8 8 earth. demons do exist, however it is not always their intent to harm innocent humans. our point is to destroy and create. the magick in these pages is of all colors, being that of significant power. law perceived as going forth by night and day, creating with love and joy and the destruction of that which is ill. the manifestation of both the black and red temple (that of death and sexual magick. there

a glimpse of the night of pan, to gather on the astral plane at the witches' sabbath. come close, if your will is against it much is deadly, however with pleasure and the glowing lamp of strength all is possible. come within the night side, where varcolaci await. vampirism, lycanthropy and european folklore for thousands of years there have been tales of beasts haunting the countryside by night, demons which stalk the roads and pathways of the forests. corpses who enter the chambers of the sleeping for sexual congress. the wild hunt which rides the northern skies in the autumn, searching for souls to join their ghastly celebrations. the undead in european folklore are immensely strong and colorful in their legend. walking corpses known as draugr, which is described as an animated corpse w

of da ath. if one is not prepared they will be brought forth to the gates and come face to face with choronzon, madness will grow until their reality is not his/her own. to evoke elementals who are already in existence, yet based in negative power zones is perhaps just as dangerous because one is attempting to control beings which exist outside 19 19 their own time and space. they are defined as 'demons' for this reason, being that nothing is sacred and your life is alien to theirs. the other significant point is that such spirits seek your life force; they literally want to "suck your blood. such demons are powerful during ongoing astral battles and defense; however they are nearly useless for positive workings. some exceptions can be made however not many are worth exploring. use other m

the stronghold of esoteric knowledge. when diving into da ath take a great astral weapon, as strong as your will and as swift as your mind. great afterlife survival techniques which have been discovered and remain as possibilities were obtained from the flight through the mouth of choronzon, through the abyss. qlipoth the qliphoth/qlippoth is a hebrew term for the region of the astral plane where demons, vampires, ghouls and other sinister spirits dwell. most of these beings, according to kenneth grant are "habitations of the phantom forms generated by sexual desires and morbid cravings constantly produced by dwellers of earth (8) within the realm of the qlipoth, subsisting through the plane of da'ath, is the greatest depth of night where the great red dragon sleeps. among the coils of the

y in this aspect, for the formula is of the blackest magick. from this region many vampiric elementals can be evoked to do the sorcerer's bidding, however the price is generally the gift of the sorcerer's own blood. the qlipoth are energy currents which spring from da ath, which lies within the heart of the desert of set (9. 29 29 tunnels which exist through da ath are where most of the qlipothic demons manifest. please note that this is not a 'satanic' plane, these entities are negations of the self in its primal aspect. such spirits, whose existence is not earth based but extra terrestrial, have no conception of the meaning of 'satanic. exploring these tunnels opens wide the doors of perception, as hinted in the theses of magick, and therein lie in wait devouring spirits and demons. it i

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

eat fire arose and raged for seven years and theearth was burned up. everything became sea. all the tungus were consumed except a boyand a girl who rose up with an eagle in the sky the world falls dead40atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation the persians bundahis relate in their legends:and ninety days and nights the heavenly angels were contending in the world with the con-federate demons of the evil spirit and there are the commentaries of more modern sources also, from those illustriousones who have contributed to our present civilization. here are just a few examples.from ovids metamorphosis: giants attacked the very throne of heavenjove struck them down. three times had poseidon (neptune, ventured with stern countenance to thrust his arms outof the water; three times he

or preferably, pan-dimensional beings, the archons.to do this, he invented what was known as enochian magic which, due to theiradroit camouflaging, has been misunderstood to this day. look through the quaint images and see the truth of this. these wizards and warlocks wereinvolved, and are still involved, with the summoning of pan-dimensional entities, who weremistaken in the days of antiquity as demons and angels (see the classic british sci-fi seriesdr. who, specifically the following episodes: planet of the spiders, daemons, masque of themandragora, snakedance, t error of the zygons, the silurians, face of evil, state of decay,return of the mara, pyramids of mars, horns of the nimon, nightmare in eden, etc. strangely, even with the brave attempts of writers and movie-makers, it still co

c, john and jesus, abrahamthe name means father is high)greeks (hesiod theogony, pindar. in plato, the deluge of deucalion)appendix b: book abstracts190atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation chinese (in the pwan-ku, or reign of chaos, states that people lived underground)babylonians and akkadiansindians (indra versus vritra and the battles between the asas and the asuras or gods and demons)russianscelts (in the deluge of ogyges and the journey of bran, of the coming of the tuatha de dannan, the creation of the isle of man, etc.scriptures and texts that mention earth devastationbooks of genesis, job, and revelationthe ramayana and the mahabharatathe shastrasthe v edasthe norse eddathe zed avesta (of the persians)the codex chimalpopoca (of the toltecs)welsh triads, visuddhi mag

of intelligent giants that must have been mortal since it is said that they perished also in the greatconflagrations. the norse custom of setting their dead onto the waters in a boat is a vestige of the timewhen the race sought the land of the gods, during or after the cataclysms.adima and hevathe primal couple in the bhagavad gita, created by brahma. when, under the inspiration of the prince of demons, adima and heva begin to wander, and desire toleave their island (p. 383)no sooner did they touch the shore, than trees, flowers, fruit, birds, all that they had seen from the oppo-site side, vanished in an instant, amidst terrific clamor; the rocks by which they had crossed sankbeneath the waves, a few sharp peaks alone remaining above the surface, to indicate the place of thebridge, which

eworthy to point out that there are no basic differences in the composition of asteroids, meteor-ites, meteorsregardless of whether they are big, little, in space, or on the earth. why there are so manynames for the same thing is beyond us (p. 51)space debristhere are other, much larger asteroids roaming around in our celestial backyard just waiting to maketheir presence known. some of these dark demons are hard to detect. these demons are called hermes,adonis, apollo, and eros.asteroidsan asteroid weighing some 150 million tons and travelling some 45,000 miles per hour came veryclose to earth on may 19, 1996, wrote editor brent raynes in alternate perceptions (p. 251)another asteroid approached earth in 1992. it has a destructive power of 20 million megatons, the forceof 1,600,000 hiroshi

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ns, and on his heads, blasphemous names. the beast which i saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. the dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. revelations the beast or dragon, much like the assyrian tiamat of old, can represent the luciferian who has mastered the aspects of ahrimanic yoga, that is the power of the demons of the flesh and mind. the control of demons in the body relate to the chakra points which can be focused to heighten individual mind and body power. this can be affected by astral energy life energy or chi as it is called. the sea is a source of evil as all is up to the taking reality can be shaped by dreams. think about that sentence carefully. what you think can be done today can be made

ways move forward. transformation over time will change the course and mode of initiation, but the aim will be the same power and spiritual continuation. qlippothic vampyrism holds relevance to the vampyre magickian as it is a state of delving the depths of the subconscious and as some considered the infernal realms from which the subconscious mind opens to. the archdemons and qlippothic servitor demons manifest in the earth in numerous ways; however the very role in which they manifest is different than the archdemons. for instance, the archdemons rule the specific qlippothic spheres in a transcendent manner, that is, invisible to us to us but relations are made through invocation and the assumption of the spirit. the qlippothic servitors or demons can be evoked and made visible or more a

demons can be evoked and made visible or more associative than the others. the reason for this is that they are more advanced and ascension oriented fallen or awakened powers. the qlippothic spirits are very powerful and beneficial to the vampyre magickian who can tap their powers, drain them or simply gain them according to utilizing 52 the archdemons and their spirits. these specific orders of demons rule 490 leagues of spirits. as lilith is the mother of demons and vampiric spirits, she has 480 spirits the moon is the sphere attributed to her. the sphere of the sun is said to have seven times the number of the other demons. the methodology of working with the qlippothic demons is to turn poison into a beneficial medicine of initiation. one must move through the averse sephiroth, the so

-called fallen restrictions of the universe, where there sleeps an ancient dragon. seven heads dwell there, yet through the seven the eight arises. this power is essential to the development and empowerment of the vampyre magickian. 53 the qlipphoth and their servitors: neptune kether satan or moloch thamiel (thamal: thadekiel+ abraxsiel+ mahaziel+ azaza l +lufugiel dual giants, bestial atavistic demons with bat wings. this is a form of the adversary. these spirits seek to continually join their bodies with other spirits and forces both sexual vampires, draining energy through the heat and desire built energy and by possession. working as a vampyre in this sphere represents that you must seek to understand the sexual desires within yourself, the fire of being and what your drives are. sata

o initiation. mercury hod adramalech samael (smal: sheoliel+ molebriel+ afluxriel+ libridiel deceivers [jugglers of skulls, whose forms are that of a dull demon-headed, dog-like beasts. the moon yesod lilith gamaliel (gmlial: gedebriel+ materiel+ lapreziel+ idexriel+ alephriel+ labraeziel gamaliel, or the obscene ones, whose form are those of corrupting, loathsome bull-men, joined together. these demons are also called nachashiel, evil serpents, and obriel. the spirits of this sphere are of the blind dragon-force called leviathan or 56 ourabourus. in qlippothic workings, this sphere relates to lilith. the earth malkuth nahemah nahemoth (nhmath: nobrexiel+ heteriel+ molidiel+ a'ainiel+ thauhedriel lilith, the evil woman, who has many forms, changes afterwards to a black skinned and fur cove

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new world, the mythologies of the mayans, aztecs, incas, and native americans is replete with serpent symbolism. hinduism, the prevailing religion of india, is yet another religion whose gods are consistently associated with snakes. in china, and the whole of the orient, the immortal gods are connected to, or described as, dragons and serpents. in islam, the serpent is associated with satan, and demons. in voodoo the gods are again associated with serpents. reptile gods are seen as far east as the pacific islands. no matter what place or age we examine, serpents provide a central theme in that region s mythological tales. serpents are also repeatedly associated with villains. story of the flood [1.3] even more frequent than the themes of serpentine gods is the theme of a global flood. the

m. the virgin s parents considered the pregnancy holy, and the child, who was in fact lone man reincarnated, was perfect in all his ways. after growing into a young man, the day came for an annual trip by boat, where lone man insisted the boat sail despite the presently bad weather, much to the protest of the 12 men already on board. yet the boat did set sail and during the voyage was attacked by demons. lone man made short work of these attacks, and when the boat was endangered by a whirlpool, lone man rose to his feet and reminded the whirlpool that it was he, lone man, that created the waters; the whirlpool promptly dissipated. one day lone man arrived to an island, proclaiming that a flood was soon to destroy the earth, and that a fortress must be built at the center of the village. he

rule for a 1,000 years, and afterwards he will live forever more with god. the hindus have the many incarnations of the most-high god vishnu. vishnu, who resides in heaven, came upon man in many forms and these forms are called avatars. an avatar is essentially a god in the flesh. for example, krishna, one of the 10 avatars of vishnu, was born from the womb of a human woman in order to fight the demons that plagued humanity. the first incarnation of vishnu was that of a fish-man. nine incarnations of vishnu have already arrived, whereas the tenth avatar will arrive to earth during the end of the world riding a white horse and fighting for righteousness. there is a similar account in the bible where a character who fights for justice and rides a white horse will arrive during the end times

edly reinforce this association, frequently suggesting that it was the serpent who was true father of cain, rather than adam (the first human. occultists will also freely refer to satan as ahriman (angra mainyu. ahriman is an ancient persian god who, according to legend, is wholly wicked and at war with his righteous brother ahura mazda. this ahriman resides in a gloomy underworld, and leads many demons. and then you have hades, from greek mythology. hades is the ruler of the underworld, and the brother of zeus. after a conflict where hades, poseidon, and zeus team up to defeat the titans (the older gods, these younger gods divided creation into three; zeus would rule heaven, poseidon would rule the sea, and hades would rule the underworld, which was the land of the dead. although the gree

ho throws lightning-bolts! but your own bible does indeed spell out the truth of the matter. in the book of revelation [9:11] we read; and they [the locusts] had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the hebrew tongue is abaddon, but in the greek tongue hath his name apollyon. in this verse we read that the locusts, which appears to be a reference to an army of demons, have a king over them who is an angel. this angel, along with his army of locusts, arrives from an extra-dimensional place called the bottomless pit. the verse also states that this angel has names in the mythologies of the neighboring peoples; the jews called this angel abaddon, and the greeks called this angel apollyon. but apollyon is what the ancient greeks called apollo, a sun god of

MICHAEL W FORD NOX UMBRA

rcana of i with the shadows i have created. i am born of witch blood, and hold the secrets of the grave i am vampyre, born again in the bloodied caul lilith and ahriman, shadow drinkers who walk the night in any form i so desire. that i shall remain in the night forever, developing and growing with time. by this sigil of binding, i announce my awakening unto the night path that vampyre shades and demons of the point embrace me as your own! so it is done! by the circle which i evoke nas, shade gateway of the dead- i will walk in the world of shadow and twilight embrace. by the circle of mitrokht, which i evoke vampyre spirit of the eye and the voice, i summon you to encircle my being so it is done! invocation of the vampyre queen lilith lilith is the mother of the vampyrie myth, as well as

children of lilith, thus by identifying and self-acknowledging this point will bless the self upon a determined journey of success. the caves of lilitu -a bestial rite of empowerment- the foundation for this working is in the zoharic myths of hebrew origin. the k'lifah (called husks of evil) is from which lilith emerges from. consider also the realm of husks or shells, the qlippoth, the place of demons. the legends of lilith portray her as having the body of a beautiful woman from head to navel, and below she is flaming fire. this is also comparable to lilith as having the continence of beautiful maiden, and below the navel being as a beast with owl claws for feet. babalon, the enochian goddess and reappearing as the whore who rides the beast in the bible, is revealed as lilith the goddes

tion of self against the natural order. the image or archetype through which self is in awakening is the image of ahriman, refer to the khorda avesta (book of common prayer) translated by james darmesteter, from "sacred books of the east, american edition, 1898. the ideal mind set of this ritual and any in the yatuk dinoih is one working with the most primordial forces of the earth. the daevas or demons of the yatuk dinoih are 'shades' of ahriman, which may be summoned and invoked and then absorbed and communicated within a dreaming gnosis. imagination, not only being shaitan/iblis as described by some areas of sufism, is the gateway to sorcerous art. the following working is a designed, inspired working to ahriman, through the shadows encircled by akhtya, the sorcerer mentioned in the mad

and az, serpent and wolf. this inversion leads to the strengthening of self under the activity of encircling belief into tangible form. one should prepare for the ritual of arezura by a deep introspection, becoming aware of what you wish to achieve and become. you master the self through the entry and exploration of the gates of hell- it is also the meeting place of sorcerers, witches and daevas (demons) of the fiery darkness. it is where dreams become flesh. the invocation- facing the north, the direction of arezura i summon thee, gateway of arezura that you shall open forth to me hail unto thee ahriman, lord of flame and shadow dweller in the dark places of the earth lord and creator of wolves, serpents and toads. as the night comes forth, you shall attend through me i open these gates a

MOODY RAYMOND A LIFE AFTER LIFE

onal conviction about the nature of the afterlife world seem to have moved away from it to some degree following their own brushes with death. in fact, in all the reports i have gathered, not one person has painted the mythological picture of what lies hereafter. no one has described the cartoonist's heaven of pearly gates, golden streets, and winged, harp-playing angels, nor a hell of flames and demons with pitchforks. so, in most cases, the reward-punishment model of the afterlife is abandoned and disavowed, even by many who had been accustomed to thinking in those terms. they found, much to their amazement that even when their most apparently awful and sinful deeds were made manifest before the being of light, the being responded not with anger and rage, but rather only with understandi

MORALS AND DOGMA

tion that i might be a philosopher at home, and abroad a narrator of apologues and parables. in fact, what can there be in common between the vile multitude and sublime wisdom? the truth must be kept secret, and the masses need a teaching proportioned to their imperfect reason" moral disorders produce physical ugliness, and in some sort realize those frightful faces which tradition assigns to the demons. the first druids were the true children of the magi, and their initiation came from egypt and chald a, that is to say, from the pure sources of the primitive kabalah. they adored the trinity under the names of _isis_ or _hesus, the supreme harmony; of _belen_ or _bel_ which in assyrian means lord, a name corresponding to that of adona; and of _camul_ or _cama l, a name that in the kabalah

ted under the influence of two opposing principles, the good and the evil: of which the good urged men toward truth, independence, and devotedness; and the evil toward falsehood, servility, and selfishness. masonry represents the good principle and constantly wars against the evil one. it is the hercules, the osiris, the apollo, the mithras, and the ormuzd, at everlasting and deadly feud with the demons of ignorance, brutality, baseness, falsehood, slavishness of soul, intolerance, superstition, tyranny, meanness, the insolence of wealth, and bigotry. when despotism and superstition, twin-powers of evil and darkness, reigned everywhere and seemed invincible and immortal, it invented, to avoid persecution, the mysteries, that is to say, the allegory, the symbol, and the emblem, and transmit

of intelligences from the bosom of the deity; the going astray in error and the sufferings of spirits, so long as they are remote from god, and imprisoned in matter; vain and long-continued efforts to arrive at the knowledge of the truth, and re-enter into their primitive union with the supreme being; alliance of a pure and divine soul with an irrational soul, the seat of evil desires; angels or demons who dwell in and govern the planets, having but an imperfect knowledge of the ideas that presided at the creation; regeneration of all beings by their return to the[[greek??s??t, kosmos noetos, the world of intelligences, and its chief, the supreme being; sole possible mode of re-establishing that primitive harmony of the creation, of which the music of the spheres of pythagoras was the ima

h the evils poured out upon it by the spirits of perdition, three prophets will come to bring relief to mortals. sosiosch, the principal of the three, will regenerate the earth, and restore to it its primitive beauty, strength, and purity. he will judge the good and the wicked. after the universal resurrection of the good, he will conduct them to a home of everlasting happiness. ahriman, his evil demons, and all wicked men, will also be purified in a torrent of melted metal. the law of ormuzd will reign everywhere; all men will be happy; all, enjoying unalterable bliss, will sing with sosiosch the praises of the supreme being. these doctrines, the details of which were sparingly borrowed by the pharisaic jews, were much more fully adopted by the gnostics; who taught the restoration of all

that of the parsees, or followers of zoroaster, or from some other source, it is certain that they had borrowed much of their doctrine from the persians. like them they claimed to have the exclusive and mysterious knowledge, unknown to the mass. like them they taught that a constant war was waged between the empire of good and that of evil. like them they attributed the sin and fall of man to the demons and their chief; and like them they admitted a special protection of the righteous by inferior beings, agents of jehovah. all their doctrines on these subjects were at bottom those of the holy books; but singularly developed; and the orient was evidently the source from which those developments came. they styled themselves _interpreters; a name indicating their claim to the exclusive posses

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to attain her is the sole satisfaction. it is the yearning itself that is beatitude. it may seem that in this verse the word 'death' is used in a sense somewhat other than that explained in the previous note. it is forbidden, observe, to 'man. that is, then, the formula must not be used by one who is still an imperfect being (nonsense. man is a star; most human beings function not as men, but as demons, that is to say, unbalanced minds. most of mankind has not reached the balancing and harmonization of tiphereth; many have not reached even the partial equilibration of tiphereth of malkuth 'man' in the verse refers to 666, who finished his work in his early forties, but for several magickal reasons was forced to keep his physical link with this plane for thirty years longer. of course, bei

f this verse is necessary. first, the injunction not to fear must be taken with the utmost seriousness, since fear, in one form or another, is the main element in an ordeal. aspirants will be put into situations of peril, will suffer threats from gods (note "gods" in miniscules; true gods never threaten you, or even speak to you, as a rule, from rich people, from the mob, from angels, animals, or demons. the fates themselves will seem to turn against them. aspirants must not heed any of this. see vii, iv, 48; liber tzaddi, vv. 15-17; lxv, iii, 29-33; iv, 33-41 "your arms" your magickal weapons, the wand, the cup, the sword and the disk. the god is then, of course, a form of adonai: see lxv, v, 14-16, 65. he is this as ra-hoor-khu. the mass of the phoenix liber 44 is t he fullest possible e

hen, along this time of day, she smiles back at you and tells you her cruelty is really kindness, and you can see it from her viewpoint and it's the right viewpoint" now we quote a passage of a. c.'s commentary to lxv, iv, 61 "apart from this general signification there is a personal allusion to 666 who is alastor, the spirit of solitude. foolish rabbins have included this symbol in their list of demons. to the well-fed pharisee as to the modern bourgeois nothing seems more frightful than solitude in which the mind is compelled to face reality. such people fear nothing so much as the wilderness. the very legend of their tribe deals with the 'land of milk and honey, the promised land, the wish phantasm of the sensual "observe that this is merely a matter of point of view. cap. v, vv. 59-62:

h seemed most practical. so far i have noticed nothing remarkable. 74. there is a splendour in my name hidden and glorious, as the sun of midnight is ever the son. i suspect some deeper and more startling arcanum than the old comment (published in the equinox i, 7) indicates; but i have not yet discovered it. one of the technical meanings of this verse is that darkness is not "evil. there are no "demons of the dark. there is no "absolute evil (of course, there is no "absolute good, either) the sun is not "dead" at midnight; it is shining on the other side of the world. this awareness, therefore, represents total annihilation of the theory of the "sacrificed god, dying and resurrecting, the "jesus" of the roman alexandrines. of course, this was already explicitly declared in verse 51. ra-ho

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on the sea-coast, where fish naturally formed a staple commodity of trade. he was supposed to vent his displeasure by sending disastrous inundations, which completely destroyed whole countries, and were usually accompanied by terrible marine monsters, who swallowed up and devoured those whom the floods had spared. it is probable that these sea-monsters are the poetical figures which represent the demons of hunger and famine, necessarily accompanying a general inundation. poseidon is generally represented as resembling his brother zeus in features, height, and general aspect; but we miss in the countenance of the sea-god the kindness and benignity which so pleasingly distinguish his mighty brother. the eyes are bright and piercing, and the contour of the face somewhat sharper in its outline

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ed, an assistant hands him the sacrificial knife, its blade shining in the silver moonlight. from out of the darkened wood another figure appears leading a goat that he takes to the side of the altar as the priest begins his litany. he calls out a list of demonic names and to them he addresses his earnest plea for them to bear witness to what is about to take place "astaroth, help us! he intones "demons, dagon, azazel, pan help us! asmodeus, we beseech thee! we are gathered here in thy honor, o great god, baal! we offer unto thee the body of the virgin, so that we may live eternally in the darkness of thy womb" then, with knife raised high, he walks slowly towards the goat and with quick, neat thrust slits its throat. an expectant hush falls as three hooded figures step forward to catch th

nd witchcraft have long been associated with the search for love. the warlock of medieval times, desiring to arouse love and passion in another, was required to make a figure of wax to represent the woman whose company he desired above all else. the preliminaries included burning frankincense, and the solemn lighting of two candles. the figure of wax, on which were inscribed the names of assorted demons, was passed back and forth through the fumes, while reciting the conjuration: i conjure and command thee, thou spirits, who have the power to disturb the hearts of women! by him who created thee and by this image, i conjure thee this night into my presence, so i may have the power to compel whomsoever i desire to love me. after this the figure of wax was taken to a place where three ways me

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is called sytry, who taketh the form of a great prince. he hath sixty legions and telleth the secrets of time yet to come. eligor is the fourth spirit; he appeareth like a red man with a crown of iron upon his head. he commandeth likewise sixty legions and giveth the knowledge of victory in war, and telleth of strife to come. the fifth spirit is called durson and hath with him twenty-two familiar demons and appeareth like a raven. he can reveal all occult secrets and tell of past times. the sixth is vual his form is of a dark cloud and he teacheth all manner of ancient tongues. the seventh is scor, who appeareth like a white snake, he bringeth money at your command. algor is the eighth spirit, he appeareth in the likeness of a fly. he can tell of all secret things and granteth the favours

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

orms: khepri, the scarab beetle, who was the rising sun; re, the sun s disc, who was the midday sun; and atum, an old man leaning on a stick, who was the setting sun. each evening, as the sun reached the westernmost peak of mount manu, the sky goddess, nut (see p. 13, swallowed it, whereupon the sun god journeyed perilously through a netherworld in his night barque (boat. here, he was assailed by demons led by the monstrous snake apophis, his enemy who, according to one myth, came into being at the very same moment as re himself. in the darkest hour before dawn, apophis made his most desperate attack. each night, re, in the form of a cat, would cut off the snake s head before being born once again in the east at dawn from nut, the universal mother. he would then rise and travel across the

ked in the dark, are in opposition. between them there was nothing but air. the twins were born from the god zurvan, time, the ultimate being who existed in the primal void. ahura mazda, the wise and all-knowing, created the sun, moon, and stars. he brought into being the good mind that works within man and all creation. ahriman (also known as angra mainya, meaning the destructive spirit) created demons and attacked ahura mazda. but ahura mazda sent him back into the darkness, saying neither our thoughts, teachings, plans, beliefs, words, nor souls agree. then ahura mazda created gayomart, the first man and the first fire priest. but ahriman renewed his attack and broke through the sky in blazing fire, bringing with him starvation, disease, pain, lust, and death. so ahura mazda set a limit

, emerging from the body of zurvan, the supreme god and personification of time. on either side stand figures representing the three stages of man youth, maturity, and old age. mithra mithra was a persian god who became widely venerated in the west, especially in the roman empire, as mithras. he was said to be the son of ahura mazda one of the seven divinities created by ahura mazda to oppose the demons created by ahriman. he was a god of order; but in the need to maintain order, became a god of war and warriors. he was seen as a more approachable god one who in a sense mediated between the pure goodness of ahura mazda and the pure evil of ahriman. his shrines depict him slaying a bull, a ritual act thought to ensure new life in the renewed creation; worshippers bathed in the blood from sa

balba, to a game of tlachtli, the mayan ritual ball game. but they were tricked, sacrificed, and buried under the ballcourt. when the twins grew up and learned of their father s fate, they traveled into the depths of xibalba past many dangers to wreak vengeance. when they arrived, they defeated the lords of xibalba at tlachtli and were thrown into the house of lances where they were stabbed at by demons. they escaped, but were then shut up in the houses of cold, jaguars, fire, and bats. surviving all these, the twins boasted that they were immortal and, to prove it, were sacrificed and had their bones ground like flour. when they came back to life, their enemies were so impressed that they wished to experience death and rebirth themselves. so the twins killed them but, as planned, did not

the goddess of good fortune. also known as padma, the lotus, she is one of the beings born from the churning of the ocean. others include chandra, the moon god, and varuni, the goddess of wine. in the holy book, rig veda, it is said of amrita (or soma, we have drunk soma, we have become immortal, we have entered into the light, we have known the gods. soma was a plant-based hallucinogen. cheated demons the devas persuaded the asuras to help them churn the ocean by promising that they, too, would share in the elixir of life but this was a trick, and only one of the asuras, rahu, got so much as a sip. for this, vishnu sliced off his head with his discus. upturned mountain the gods uprooted mount mandara to use as their churning stick. afterward, when the devas had beaten the enraged asuras

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t success and predictable results, it is best to start small and grow in stature by preparing yourself little by little to accept the responsibility of opening the gates of hell for your own purposes. then, over time, you will meet many denizens of the dark and make them your accomplices in your nefarious activities until mutual acceptance is achieved. by the same token, you don't want to command demons by some talisman or trick as that sort of thing only angers them and makes them resent you. it's better to work in partnership with your demons than to force them to do your bidding by some sort of magical chicanery. all you would have to do under those circumstances is drop a "p" or "q" in the script, and the demons would be on your face. revenge is sweet. it is said that a. crowley picked

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

tikunei zohar 2. the arizal on parashat vayigash 214 now, adam sinned by wasting his seed during the first 130 years of his life, as we have explained. after the sin, adam separated from eve for 130 years. although this was an act of penitence for his sin, it backfired, because during this time he succumbed to sexual fantasies and had seminal emissions, which the forces of evil used to propagate demons. wasting seed is described [in scripture] as gevil, h as in the verse, gand er, the firstborn of judah, was evil in the eyes of g-d. h6 he was called gevil h because he wasted his seed.7 it is also written, gand the imagination of his heart fs thoughts are only evil, the whole day. h8 this verse describes the state of humanity before g-d sent the flood. the generation of the flood was guilt

the wicked, the evil one. h10 in the zohar,11 this verse is interpreted to refer to someone who does not procreate, that is, does not utilize his sexuality properly [as we said] jacob set out to rectify the sin of sexual licentiousness, i.e, wasting seed and giving it over to lilith and na famah, who are termed gnakedness, h as is known. as we have seen previously, these are the archetypal female demons, i.e, the power of evil to receive life force from the realm of holiness. this feminine evil takes the vital force of wasted seminal emissions and impregnates itself with it, producing demons, or forces of evil, i.e, anti-divine consciousness. the idiom for gsexual licentiousness h (gilui arayot) is literally guncovering the nakedness h of a forbidden sexual partner. his first 130 years the

the kolel. as we have mentioned previously, adam separated from eve after the expulsion from the garden of eden, and did not return to her until 130 years later, when they together had their third son, seth. during this hiatus, he did not succeed in remaining celibate, but rather his sexual force was spent on succumbing to the fantasies offered him by samael fs wives, and he thus sired legions of demons who propagated the energy of selfish sensual fulfillment( gevil h) throughout reality. samael: samech-mem-alef-lamed: 60+ 40+ 1+ 30+ 131. the reason the torah uses the word adam for gman h in the phrase ga man on whose skin c h instead of [the more usual] word ish is because the sin [that causes tzara fat to appear on the skin is committed] because the individual is [in a sense reliving the

two common letters (alef-shin) spell the word for gfire, h and the two different letters (yud in ish and hei in ishah) spell the divine name kah (yud-hei. as the sages of the talmud point out,15 this means that the union of husband and wife should include the divine presence, and the when it does not, they are not really a true man and woman but just two fires, two opposing passions. this is why demons fly about in the air, for they are composed of the elements of fire and air. 9 genesis 2:21. 10 ibid. 32:5, rashi ad loc. 11 ibid. 32:26. see also v. 32. 12 ibid. 35:10. 13 see rashi on 33:18, that jacob was healed of his limp before he arrived in shechem. 14 genesis 2:23. 15 sotah 17a. the arizal on parashat tazria (3) 462 as we know, demons are produced by sexuality devoid of the presence

by the way adam reacts to eve when he first sees her. calling eve gthis one h implies that there had been another one who had not been worthy of being called gwoman. h our sages alluded to this when they said that adam stretched his membrane in order to cover his reproductive organ.6 this is a euphemism meaning that he copulated with his first geve h [i.e, lilith, and sired many evil spirits and demons through her. as we have explained previously, the purpose of circumcision is to reduce the raw, sensual titillation of intercourse and increase the sensitivity to the organ to that of the person fs partner. in this way, copulation becomes less of an exercise in self-indulgence and more an expression of true love and bonding (which, of course, serves ultimately to enhance the sensual side of

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ion-leo q kerub of earth-bull-taurus w kerub of water-eagle-scorpio tll or. tetragrammaton means four-lettered name and refers to the <121> unpronounceable name of god symbolised by jehovah. the laver of water of purification refers to the waters of binah, the female power reflected in the waters of creation. the altar of burnt offmmnfgo r the sacrifice of animals syrnbolises the qlippoth or evil demons of the plane contiguous to and below the material universe. it points out that our passions should be sacrificed. the qlippoth are the evil demons of matter and the shells of the dead. the altar of incense in the tabernacle was overlaid with gold. ours is black to symbolise our work which is to separate the philosophic gold from the black dragon of matter. this altar diagram (page 123) show

e symbols of a bull-a virgin-a goat-which stand for kerubic earthmutable earth-cardinal earth. for the above terms consult a simple astrology manual. make notes of the ideas and pictures which arise in your mind. the four worlds of the qabalah are <125> atziluth, archetypal-pure deity. nl??ll briah, creative-archangelic. 7n'lx yetzirah, formative-angelic. 71'y' assiah, action-matter, man, shells, demons. 7'wy the ten houses, or heavens, of assiah, the material world are: 1. primum mobile, rashith ha gilgalim. p9?1?27 vwnl 2. sphere of the zodiac, mazloth. m?m 3. sphere of saturn, shabbathai 'hllaw 4. sphere of jupiter, tzedelc. 373 5. sphere of mars, madim. p'713 6. sphere of the sol, shemesh. wdw 7. sphere of venus, nogah. 7113 8. sphere of mercury, kokab. 2313 9. sphere of luna, levanah

ee of life 1. kether thaumiel-the two contending forces, 2. chokmah ghogiel-the hinderers 3. binah satariel-the concealers 4. chesed agshekeloh-the breakers in pieces 5. geburah golohab-the burners 6. tiphareth tagiriron-the disputers 7. netzach gharab tzerek-the ravens of death 8. hod samael-the liar or poison of god 9. yesod gamaliel-the obscene ones 10. malkuth lilith-queen of the night and of demons <164> the seven palaces attributed to the ten sephiroth fifth knowledge lecture 83 <165> the astrological symbols of the planets these are derived from the three primary forms of the cross, the crescent and the circle, either singly or in combination. the circle denotes sun and gold; the crescent the moon and silver, respectively analogous to the red and white alchemical natures. the cross

and of evil shall it be until it is united with the supernals in daath. but the good which is under it is called the archangel metatron, and the evil is called the archangel samael, and between them lies the the golden dawn: volume ii book two hiero hiero hiero straight and narrow way where the archangel sandalphon keeps watch. the souls and the angels are above its branches, and the qlippoth or demons dwell under its roots. let the neophyte enter the pathway of evil. k m ta kes his place in front of neophyte, leads him in a n. e. direction towards the hiereus, halts, and steps out of the direct line behveen hiereus and neophyte. whence comest thou? i come from between the two pillars and i seek the light of the hidden knowledge in the name of adonai. hiereus and the great angel samael an

r and admits neo, but does not stand in front of him. frater.,as in the grade of neophyte, you came out of the world to the gateway of hidden knowledge, so in this grade you pass through the gate-way and come into the holy place. you are now in the court of the tabernacle, where stood the altar of burnt offering, whereon was offered the sacrifices of animals, which symbolised the qlippoth or evil demons who inhabit the plane contiguous to and below the material universe. dadouchos makes cross in air with censer, and censes neophyte in silence with three forward swings. between the altar and the entrance into the holy place, stood the laver of brass wherein the priests washed before entering the tabernacle. it was the symbol of the waters of creation. stol. makes cross with water on neophyt

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nt opinions and rites, from those which they originally professed and practised. fr. 1 fn. 1. mr. layard, in his "nineveh and its remains (vol. ii. p. 462) gives the annexed sketch of a bird from one of the slabs dug up at nimrood: thumb 12700 to which he subjoins the following note "the iynges, or sacred birds, belonged to the babylonian and probably to the assyrian religion. they were a kind of demons, who exercised a peculiar influence over mankind, resembling the ferouher of the zoroastrian system. the oracles attributed to zoroaster describe them as powers animated by god' greek noo menai ?uggec par en no ousi ka au?ta. greek boula c a?f gktoic kino menai w'?ote noh^sai/ cont (zoroaster, oracul. magn. ad calcem oracul. sybill. ed. gall. p. 80; and cary's fragments, p. 250) their image

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s in its increasingardour it reddens, glows, then whitens. mark the phantasms springing from the forge, as theponderous sledge strikes the anvil, or the burning wheel flashes out its subtle sparks, singly, in pairs,by scores, then by myriads hastening into space, like the flashing guns of contending infantry, or theclashing sabres of the fierce squadrons of horse; until in brief, armies of hungry demons in their wildcareer are seen it. their brilliancy, and then by an invisible agency are extinguished. behold aloft theglowing sky with myriad stars, a brilliant sea of reflecting flame. this latent heat or generic fire isfound in the coldest flinty stone, in the thinnest purest air, oxygen, azoth, ozone, in every and allthings, supernaturally magnificent, a royal element. this is natural or

congenial studies by being an activeparticipant you are entitled to rank as practicus.2nd alchemist:in continuation of your late instruction received from the four ancients, let me speak of our practicalexperience in this laboratory. your attention was drawn to the various phases of fire. weexemplify, that fire disjoints and unhinges all classes of matter, dark metals run like waters of light,the demons are conjured out of the minerals, and they are shown as angels white. by fire we lay ourhands upon the solids, part them, powder them, melt them, fine them, drive them out to delicate andrituals of the societas rosicrucianis in angliapracticus30 impalpable texture; firing them into cloud, mist, gas, into nothing. men of science cannot tell. uswhat is fire, but simply say, it is a phenomenon

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rce which attracts and that which repels. they exist alike in physics, in philosophy and in religion; in physics they produce equilibrium, in philosophy criticism, in religion progressive revelation. the ancients represented this mystery by the conflict between eros and anteros, the struggle between jacob and the angel, and by the equilibrium of the golden mountain, which gods on the one side and demons on the other encircle with the symbolic serpent of india. it is typified also by the caduceus of hermanubis, by the two cherubim of the ark, by the twofold sphinx of the chariot of osiris and by the two seraphim respectively black and white. its scientific reality is demonstrated by the phenomena of polarity, as also by the universal law of sympathies and antipathies. the undiscerning disci

its exterior, however, becoming solidified, like wax when exposed to air, in the colder realms of reasoning or of visible forms. these shells, envelopes petrified or carnified, were such an expression possible, are the source of errors or of evil, which connects with the heaviness and hardness of animal envelopes. in the book zohar, and in that of the revolution of souls, perverse spirits or evil demons are never called otherwise than shells cortices. the cortices of the world of spirits are transparent, while those of the material world are opaque. bodies are only temporary shells, whence souls have to be liberated; but those who in this life obey the flesh build up an interior body or fluidic shell, which, after death, becomes their prison-house and torment, until the time arrives when t

hose which the kabalists call elementary daimons, and they people the elements which correspond to their state of servitude. sylphs, undines, gnomes and salamanders really exist therefore, some wandering and seeking incarnation, others incarnate and living on this earth. these are vicious and imperfect men. we shall return to this subject in the fifteenth chapter, which treats of enchantments and demons. that is also an occult tradition by which the ancients were led to admit the existence of four ages in the world, only it was not made known to the vulgar that these ages are successive and are renewed, like the four seasons of the year. thus, the golden age has passed, and it is yet to come. this, however, belongs to the spirit of prophecy, and we shall speak of it in the ninth chapter, w

ere the doctrine becomes more popular, as it passes from the domain of the abstract: the grand hierophant intervenes. 24 v x e the pentagram geburah ecce hereunto we have exposed the magical dogma in its more arid and abstruse phases; now the enchantments begin; now we can proclaim wonders and reveal most secret things. the pentagram signifies the domination of the mind over the elements, and the demons of air, the spirits of fire, the phantoms of water and ghosts of earth are enchained by this sign. equipped therewith, and suitably disposed, you may behold the infinite through the medium of that faculty which is like the soul's eye, and you will be ministered unto by legions of angels and hosts of fiends. but here, in the first place, let us establish certain principles. there is no invis

elations when science intervenes to reveal us their body or light. the man of genius differs from the dreamer and the fool in this only, that his creations are analogous to truth, while those of the fool and the dreamer are lost reflections and bewrayed images. hence, for the wise man, to imagine is to see, as, for the magician, to speak is to create. it follows that, by means of the imagination, demons and spirits can be beheld really and in truth; but the imagination of the adept is diaphanous, whilst that of the crowd is opaque; the light of truth traverses the one as ordinary light passes through clear glass, and is refracted by the other, as when ordinary light impinges upon a vitreous block, full of scoriae and foreign matter. that which most contributes to the errors of the vulgar i

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do not designate spiritual unities but legions of impure spirits. gour name is legion, for we are many, h says the spirit of darkness in the gospel. number constitutes law, and progress takes place inversely in hell as the domain of anarchy. that is to say, the most advanced in satanic development and consequently the most degraded and the least intelligent and feeblest. thus, a fatal law drives demons downward when they wish and believe themselves to be ascending. so also those who term themselves chiefs are the most impotent and despised of all. as to the horde of perverse spirits, they tremble before an unknown, invisible, incomprehensible, capricious, implacable chief, who never explains his laws, whose arm is ever stretched out to strike those who fail to understand him. they give th

n the magical elements of peter of apono, or in the grimoires, whether printed or manuscript. that of the ggrand grimoire h, reproduced in the vulgar red dragon, has been altered wilfully and should be read as follows: gby adonai eloim, adonai jehova, adonai sabaoth, metraton on agla adonai mathon, the pythonic word, the mystery of the salamander, the assembly of sylphs, the grotto of gnomes, the demons of the heaven of gad, almousin, gibor, jehosua, evam, zariatbatmik: come, come, come" the grand appellation of agrippa1 consists only in these words: dies mies jeschet boenedoesef douvema enitemaus. we make no pretence of understanding their meaning; possibly they possess none, assuredly none which is reasonable, since they avail in evoking the devil, who is the sovereign unreason. picus de

ozia* hyn* teu* minosel* achadon* vay* vaa* eye* aaa* eie* exe* a el el el a hy! hau! hau! hau! hau! va! va! va! va! chavajoth. aie saraye, aie saraye, aie saraye! by eloym, archima, rabur, bathas over abrac, flowing down, coming from above aheor upon aberer chavajoth chavajoth! chavajoth! i command thee by the key of solomon and the great name semhamphoras. h the ordinary signs and signatures of demons are given in the next figure following: but they are those of inferior demons, and here follow the official signatures of 1. i.e. the so-called fourth book of occult philosophy, which was originally attributed to agrippa, but which is now believed to be by some unknown author. 90 the ritual of transcendental magic the princes of hell, attested judicially. judicially, o m. le comte de mirvil

permitted to deceive, torment, seduce and even kill the living creatures of god, poor human beings, so ignorant, as it is, so weak, scarce able to combat their own delusions! those who told you all this in your childhood, m. le comte, have deceived you, and if you were child enough once to listen, be man enough now to disbelieve. man is himself the creator of his heaven and hell, and there are no demons except our own follies. minds chastised by truth are corrected by that chastisement, and dream no more of disturbing the world. if satan exist, he can be only the most unfortunate, most ignorant, most humiliated and most impotent of beings. the existence of a universal agent of life, a living fire, an astral light, is demonstrated by facts. magnetism enables us to understand today the mirac

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are a specific race or order of life, halfway between humankind and angels. the similarity between this subterranean people and daemones is clearly defined, and reinforced by his description which follows (see pages 22-23. throughout the secret commonwealth kirk makes a distinction between fairies or subterraneans which have many similar attributes to daemones or advisory entities, and devils or demons, which are historically a later concept within developing christianity. at various stages in his exposition he suggests (page 57) that the nature of an otherworld or fairy contact is defined by the inner condition of the seer: evil or corrupt actions and thoughts will drive away a beneficial advisory entity or companion; conversely, evil, lustful or negative thoughts and emotions will attra

as known persistently, along with other examples of mimicry, from medieval literature onwards. although we do not subscribe to these crude examples as proof, the concept of elemental-reflection of entities, and of morphol-ogy or morphic resonance, has gained a new scientific stature in recent years. 16 the suggestion that the gaelic seers ascribed the orthodox religious definition of good and bad demons or angels to a misunderstanding of the perennial metaphysics of reflection and polarity is rather a startling one, for this same concept is taught in esoteric traditions, in which the crude notion of opposites is transcended through the understanding of harmonics, reflections, and relative modes of being. one simple approach to this relationship between beings and worlds in traditional meta

hich throughout their high places abound in troops of spirits who sympathize or rejoice with us as things go well or ill. they are accustomed to carry the prayers of men through the air and to beseech god to have mercy on them, and to bring back intimations of god's will, either in dreams or by voice or by other signs, through doing which they become wise. the space below the moon abounds in evil demons, who are skilled to cheat and deceive and tempt us; often they assume a body made of air and appear to us and many things often follow. they even hold intercourse with women and make them pregnant, generating in an appendix 7: the vita merlini cosmology 163 unholy manner. so therefore he made the heavens to be inhabited by three orders of spirits that each one might look out for something a

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anism re: the following of the right-hand path, which is essentially a deceiving of oneself by renouncing ultimate individual responsibility, and attributing one's life and experiences to all sorts of imaginary causes and effects, such as "god "karma "spirits "entities, etc, instead of acknowledging oneself as the creator and sole initiator of one's existence. while setians can speak of "spirits "demons "elementals, and various other sorts of beings and entities, they understand that these entities are derived from and exist within the subjective, not objective, universe. this is the fundamental mistake of the righthand path, which ultimately leads to the dissolution of the self by virtue of a distorted point of reference. in the philosophy of heidegger we see a strong concern with the rol

otest ages, mankind has always believed in something beyond human understanding, something transcendental he idolized, no matter whether there was question of personified or unpersonified conceptions of god. anything man was unable to understand or to comprehend was imputed to the powers above such as his intuitive virtue admitted them. in this way, all the deities of mankind, good and evil ones (demons) have been born. as time went on, gods, angels, demiurges, demons, and ghosts have been worshipped irrespective of their having ever been alive in reality or their having existed in fancy only. with the development of mankind, the idea of god was shrinking especially at the time when, with the aid of the sciences, were explained phenomena ascribed before to the gods. a lot of books would ha

the dark depths awe-full of his soul. my other children live their little lives, are born and reach their prime and slowly fail, and all their little leves are self-fulfilled; they die and are no more, content with age and weary with infirmity. but man has fear and hope and phantasy and awe, and wistful yearnings and unsated loves, that strain beyond the limits of his life, and therefore gods and demons, heaven and hell: this man, the admirable, the pitiable. antiarchal gnosticism gnostic groups were not known, for the most part, for their adherence to convention. they evolved in the genesis of the roman empire when radicals and rebels proliferated, when old cults were revived, and new cults and religions sprang up overnight. among these unconventional cults, the antiarchal gnostics were t

nic perspective. matthew 4:1 then was jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of satan. here what we find is a case where the author is really saying jesus had an experience of imagination, and must account for the experience by placing his guilt upon another, so who better than satan? mark 5:15 when they came to jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. classification: v4- 220.7- 1 author: larry evans i date: june 1, xxiii html revision: sept. 14, 1998 ce subject: bible analysis, satan reading list: here we learn that this large, strong, and crazy man lived like an animal. he had no clothes or shelter, and everyone, i mean everyone, was afraid of him. he usually just scar

k: only he who letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. this really says that your knowledge of the l.h.p. will cause you to part with the r.h.p. this parting will be the beginning of your remanifestation. satan will attract 1/3 of the angels in heaven. according to christianity, when lucifer departed heaven 1/3 of the angels left with him. from that time on, those angels were known as demons. in revelation 12:4 (above, it explains that another 1/3 of the remaining 2/3 angels in heaven will join satan. again in revelation 12:7 (above, we find two forces going into battle. this is where 1/3 of the angels in heaven join the departed angels (demons) to defend themselves from jehovah's forces. it seems the christian destiny is to loose the heavenly realm by attack on a stronger, bet

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their unnatural thirst for the light they believe to be found in churches formed as seedy dungeons. this will almost always be the case if the novice embarks on the road of in-between-ness forged by cain and upheld by lilitu in the double house of this cell. the sacred letters in this cell are as mentioned yud and also we have shin connected to this house, which is reminiscent of the fangs of the demons and the snakes and the vapours the y are ejecting are the very spirit of this aeon or in life itself. the fall has been introduced and this cell is setting forth the ultimate joining of eros and death in various hexes connected to our stellar source in the elder gods. cell 10 being the aat of the 11th and 22nd letter of the sacred alphabet for whosoever is wise practises no magic, but becom

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things, seemed to be sticking up through the atmosphere like a profusion of hot icebergs, and he had the idea that everything continued down below the surface of the soupy air: people, motor-cars, dogs, movie billboards, trees, nine-tenths of their reality concealed from his eyes. he would blink, and the illusion would fade, but the sense of it never left him. he grew up believing in god, angels, demons, afreets, djinns, as matter-of-factly as if they were bullock-carts or lamp-posts, and it struck him as a failure in his own sight that he had never seen a ghost. he would dream of discovering a magic optometrist from whom he would purchase a pair of greentinged spectacles which would correct his regrettable myopia, and after that he would be able to see through the dense, blinding air to t

ng in these letters altered over the years, changing from the florid confidence that had made it instantly identifiable and becoming narrower, undecorated, purified. eventually the letters stopped, but saladin heard from other sources that his father's preoccupation with the supernatural had continued to deepen, until finally he had become a recluse, perhaps in order to escape this world in which demons could steal his own son's body, a world unsafe for a man of true religious faith. his father's transformation disconcerted saladin, even at such a great distance. his parents had been muslims in the lackadaisical, light manner of bombayites; changez chamchawala had seemed far more godlike to his infant son than any allah. that this father, this profane deity (albeit now discredited, had dro

iends' assailants are unrecognizable behind their masks. it has been a night of masks. walking the debauched jahilian streets, his heart full of bile, hamza has seen men and women in the guise of eagles, jackals, horses, gryphons, salamanders, wart- hogs, rocs; welling up from the murk of the alleys have come two-headed amphisbaenae and the winged bulls known as assyrian sphinxes. djinns, houris, demons populate the city on this night of phantasmagoria and lust. but only now, in this dark place, does he see the red masks he's been looking for. the manlion masks: he rushes towards his fate. o o o in the grip of a self-destructive unhappiness the three disciples had started drinking, and owing to their unfamiliarity with alcohol they were soon not just intoxicated but stupid-drunk. they stoo

ooked to be a perfectly ordinary, if outsize, foot. then gibreel counted and counted again, from one to six "the same on the other foot" maslama said proudly "i never doubted the meaning for a minute" he was the self--appointed helpmate of the lord, the sixth toe on the foot of the universal thing. something was badly amiss with the spiritual life of the planet, thought gibreel farishta. too many demons inside people claiming to believe in god. the train emerged from the tunnel. gibreel took a decision "stand, six-toed john" he intoned in his best hindi movie manner "maslama, arise" the other scrambled to his feet and stood pulling at his fingers, his head bowed "what i want to know, sir" he mumbled "is, which is it to be? annihilation or salvation? why have you returned" gibreel thought r

her into their whore, ayesha remained chaste, her defence being a look of such fierce concentration on patches of air immediately above people's left shoulders that it was regularly mistaken for contempt. then people heard about her new habit of swallowing butterflies and they revised their opinion of her, convinced that she was touched in the head and therefore dangerous to lie with in case the demons crossed over into her lovers. after this the lustful males of her village left her alone in her hovel, alone with her toy animals and her peculiar fluttering diet. one young man, however, took to sitting a little distance from her doorway, facing discreetly in the opposite direction, as if he were on guard, even though she no longer had any need of protectors. he was a former untouchable fr

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jobertus said and confessed, under freely given oath. that for ten years and more he served a certain powerful man in bavaria who was called johannes cunalis, who is a priest and plebanus, in a city called munich. likewise he said and confessed that this johannes cunalis had in his possession a librum de nigromancia, and that when he who spoke opened this book at once there appeared to him three demons, one named luxuriosus, another superbus, and a third avarus, all of them devils k likewise, he said and confessed that he had proposed to blind johanneta, the widow of johannes paganus of the present place, because she displeased him. with two keys he had traced her image, in a manner and form which he explained in the examination; he did this on a sunday, depicting her image beneath the na

d him. with two keys he had traced her image, in a manner and form which he explained in the examination; he did this on a sunday, depicting her image beneath the names of devils, using implements, materials and techniques described in the examination k likewise, he said and confessed that poisons were made by the aid of devils, by which men could be killed, through their working or by the aid of demons k and taken from a basilisk, toad, serpent, spider or scorpion k k and that on the feast of saint john the baptist he gathered certain herbs for medicine, as specified in the proceedings, and on bended knee he first adored them, then extracting them in the name of his devils, and in despite of almighty god, the creator of all k in these terms the classical grimoire may be seen as presenting

ghty god, the creator of all k in these terms the classical grimoire may be seen as presenting a comprehensive and generally consistent pantheon of magical belief; masks beneath which the service of the old ones has been hidden. since the christian church has demonised the deity of the witches and magicians, so it is only natural that the witches response should be the deification of the church s demons. the result is an organic syncretism quite in keeping with the survival and evolution of witchcraft and sorcery throughout the ages and civilisations of mankind. when strangers ask me my religion, i often throw them off track by telling them i am catholic. someone told me that the etymology of this word traces back through the greek katholicus; meaning to believe in a little of everything

ing to be clever. this fluidity of expression is a central part of spiritist witchcraft. the gods and goddesses that are the mysteries couple and breed incestuously, and our familiars copulate with everything all the time. many of the genuinely old spells of english witchcraft call as readily on the power of odin as they do upon the saints, apostles and martyrs. hell, some even call on devils and demons as well. people are sometimes a little baffled by this. whatever our interests and spirituality as adults, most of us have been subjected to christian brainwashing of one sort or another since early childhood. as such, its iconography and mystery are imprinted quite thoroughly in our deeper minds. hence our asylums have more patients who believe themselves to be christ, or speaking to mary

study of the traditional grimoire is arthur edward waite s monumental text currently available as the wordsworth book of spells (isbn 1-85326-355-9. the picatrix this book was originally of arabic origin, being translated into european languages around the thirteenth century. it was amongst the most commonly owned by the cunning men and witches of the united kingdom. it deals less with devils and demons, and more with astrology and the making of talisman. the general attitude of the work is one of piety, and the secrets it contains are far more sacred than diabolist. much of its information, however, later becomes reproduced in those works that might more properly be described as works of necromancy. it had considerable influence upon the traditions of witchcraft and magick transmitted thr

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easier to control. occult lore states that only the most formidably "protected" or insanely foolhardy sorcerer would try to call forth the devil himself. the satanist does not furtively call upon these "lesser" devils, but brazenly invokes those who people that infernal army of long-standing outrage- the devils themselves! theologians have catalogued some of the names of devils in their lists of demons, as might be expected, but the roster which follows contains the names and origins of the gods and goddesses called upon, which make up a large part of the occupancy of the royal palace of hell: the four crown princes of hell satan (hebrew) adversary, opposite, accuser, lord of fire, the inferno, the south lucifer (roman) bringer of light, enlightenment, the air, the morning star, the east

ulsion. on the choice of a human sacrifice the supposed purpose in performing the ritual of sacrifice is to throw the energy provided by the blood of the freshly slaughtered victim into the atmosphere of the magical working, thereby intensifying the magician's chances of success. the "white" magician assumes that since blood represents the life force, there is no better way to appease the gods or demons than to present them with suitable quantities of it. combine this rationale with the fact that a dying creature is expending an overabundance of adrenal and other biochemical energies, and you have what appears to be an unbeatable combination. the "white" magician, wary of the consequences involved in the killing of a human being, naturally utilizes birds, or other "lower" creatures in his

rch was built over the spot. she is commemorated at various times, but principally on may 1st, her day taking the place of an earlier pagan festival. amazingly enough, all of this rigmarole was found necessary simply to condone the continuance of the most important pagan festival of the year- the grand climax of the spring equinox! the eve of may has been memorialized as the night that all of the demons, specters, afreets, and banshees would come forth and hold their wild revels, symbolizing the fruition of the spring equinox. halloween- all hallows' eve, or all saints' day- falls on october 31st or november 1st. originally, all hallows' eve was one of the great fire festivals of britain at the time of the druids. in scotland it was associated with the time when the spirits of the dead, th

mons, specters, afreets, and banshees would come forth and hold their wild revels, symbolizing the fruition of the spring equinox. halloween- all hallows' eve, or all saints' day- falls on october 31st or november 1st. originally, all hallows' eve was one of the great fire festivals of britain at the time of the druids. in scotland it was associated with the time when the spirits of the dead, the demons, witches, and sorcerers were unusually active and propitious. paradoxically, all hallows' eve was also the night when young people performed magical rituals to determine their future marriage partners. the youth of the villages carried on with much merry-making and sensual revelry, but the older people took great care to safeguard their homes from the evil spirits, witches, and demons who h

a black candle made from the fat of unbaptized babies, and a chalice containing the urine of a prostitute (or blood) reposing on her belly. an inverted cross hangs above the altar, and triangular hosts of ergot-laden bread or black-stained turnip are methodically blessed as the priest dutifully slips them in and out of the altar-lady's labia. then, we are told, an invocation to satan and various demons is followed by an array of prayers and psalms chanted backwards or interspersed with obscenities. all performed within the confines of a "protective" pentagram drawn on the floow. if the devil appears he is invariably in the form of a rather eager man wearing the head of a black goat upon his shoulders. then follows a potpouri of flagellation, prayer-book burning, cunnilingus, fellatio, and

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ould the loan be granted. otherwise he will wind up with bad credit (purgatory. the man (magician) who writes the desired amount on the blank check, assumes there will be delivery of the merchandise, and he pays no interest he is indeed fortunate-but he had better have sufficient funds (magical qualities) to cover the amount written, or he may wind up in far worse straits, and have his creditors (demons) out looking for him. magic, like any other tool, requires a skilled hand. this does not mean that one need be a magician's magician or an advanced scholar of occult teachings. but it requires an application of principles-principles (earned through study and experience. life itself demands application of certain principles. if one's wattage (potential) is high, and the proper principles are

the term standard sequence, or customary manner (or die equivalent, appears in the present text. accouterments necessary to all rites, as well as the enochian calls, are likewise given in the bible. as to the pronunciation of the names involved (despite some occultists who insist "you can't expect help from the forces you call upon if you can't pronounce their names right, assume that the forces, demons, or elementals have enough insight to judge a caller's worthiness on more profound criteria than his glib tongue or expensive shoes. pronounce the names as they sound best to you, but don't assume that you have the correct pronunciation, exclusive of all others. the "vibratory" rate of the names is only as effective as your own ability to "vibrate" while saying them, neither of which terms

this manner of operations can be employed for benevolent or amorous-rather than destructive-ends with equal success. the satanic bible states that the magician should treat the entities he calls upon as friends and companions, for even an "impersonal" device will respond better to a conscientious and respectful user. this principle is accurate for operating automobiles and power tools, as well as demons and elementals. it will be apparent to some readers that satanic rites of the type contained in this book can act as catalysts for the actions of great numbers of people, and indeed they have-acting, in the words of lovecraft, as the mind that is held by no head. whenever reference in this book is made to a priest, the role may also be taken by a woman who can serve in the capacity of pries

he altar and commence the ritual with the following verses and responses. celebrant: in nomine magni dei nostri satanas. introibo ad altare domini inferi. deacon and subdeacon: ad eum qui laefificat meum. celebrant: adjutorium nostrum in nomine domini inferi. deacon and subdeacon: qui regit terram. celebrant: before the mighty and ineffable prince of darkness, and in the presence of akl the dread demons of the pit, and this assembled company, i acknowledge and confess my past error. renouncing all past allegiances, i proclaim that satan-lucifer rules the earth, and i ratify and renew my promise to recognize and honor him in all things, without reservation, desiring in return his manifold assistance in the successful completion of my endeavors and the fulfillment of my desires. i call upon

th, and i ratify and renew my promise to recognize and honor him in all things, without reservation, desiring in return his manifold assistance in the successful completion of my endeavors and the fulfillment of my desires. i call upon you, my brother, to bear witness and to do likewise. deacon and subdeacon: before the mighty and ineffable prince of darkness, and in the presence of all the dread demons of the pit, and this assembled company, we acknowledge and confess our past error. renouncing all past allegiances, we proclaim that satan-lucifer rules the earth, and we ratify and renew our promise to recognize and honor him in all things, without reservation, desiring in return his manifold assistance in the successful completion of our endeavors and the fulfillment of our desires. we ca

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s upon belief. the existence and survival of man depends upon truth and realism. obviously the whole intent of the xian religion is compliance based on fear: if you don t worship their god and become moral you will perish. xians are eaters of flesh and blood of jesus; a representation of the feast of cannibals. xian clergymen is sexual deviance a consequence of chastity? apparently so. devils and demons exist to xians they are hypocrisy, weakness, guilt, ignorance devils and demons exist to the satanist they are pride, selfishness, strength, creativity to be a xian is to be doomed to have never lived. god s commandment states you shall not kill. contrary to this, xians and their parentage are responsible for millions of murders i.e, the xian crusades, the st. bartholomew s day massacre, th

f-love; pornography (sexual love felt towards another; fornication (love without a contractual vow; sodomy (variant intercourse; sad0-masochism (exaggerated/active dominant-passive love, and various other aberrations. beyond the pleasures cited, we may ritually engage in infernal bestiality and perverse fantasy lycanthropic sexual love between wolves and non-altered satanists; and pseudo-sex with demons popularly known as incubi and succubae. yes we are sexual beings, and the love-based creed of xianity chooses to impede those various, natural aspects of ourselves which serve to express our love to our greatest loves: our mates. sexual experience and pleasure has always been, and always will be, completely subject to one s personal needs and tastes and should in no way be regulated by a di

is the romance of devilry, which lives as desire within our dark utopia, our beloved place called hell eternally existing in the velvet darkness which surrounds and inflames our ritual being, our evil romance. hellscapes and the rise of evil man we ve all seen at one time or another, imaginative paintings and drawings depicting hell: darkened scapes ablaze, billowing sulphurous smoke; devils and demons, ravenous with immoral thoughts and actions, perpetrated against their adversaries who are consumed by fright, horror, and an obvious realization of helplessness. such is the natural and ever-enduring relationship between satanist/master and xian/slave; predator and prey. contrary to xianity s forbidden creationism stands righteous infernal creationism: the (re)creationism of one s infernal

the imagery is intense and abundant for the series of events that take place within the black magician s domain of darkness, the black chapel. anyone can be present, and anything can happen within the creative darkness of the celebrant s mind. caution: during creative darkness, the practitioner of satanicon magick may unknowingly subject himself to fits of infernal madness: conjuring darkness and demons may inadvertently cause a change in the psyche; a crossing of the boundary which separates control from chaos: images and objects present visually change, becoming disturbingly disordered; so much so that they become overbearing to the conventional mind. an impulse to flee the immediate area of the disturbance is likely in an attempt to restore equilibrium. the initiate, however, should dis

he order of natural behavior. the psycho-therapeutic term used to describe these ritualistic activities is psychodrama: a purging of the emotions; expression of the emotions through various forms of art. outer magical art: oma is executed after the ritual and continues until the desired effect is achieved. demonic forces have been evoked to bring about a desired outcome on the physical plane. the demons of pandemonium utilize three (3) basic elements which are the outer magickal art formulae: 1 the satanist(s) must have profound confidence in the efficacy of the spell or curse. 2 in most cases there must be inducement of strategically-placed suggestion on a repetitive basis. 3 there must be symbolism which reinforces the spell or curse. core theory and application of black magick satanicon

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trination and stigma. the actual ritual as laid out in the satanic rituals consists of a priest, who acts as the main celebrant, accompanied by two assistants, being referred to as the deacon and the subdeacon respectively, a nun adorned in habit and wimple and a naked female who serves as the altar and a congregation. the ritual begins with an invocation to the prince of darkness and his host of demons, followed by a renunciation of past allegiances and a dedication to satan-lucifer. the ritual progresses through the satanic offertory, canon and consecration of the host. the mass is completed with the recital of the fifth enochian key and the repudiation and denunciation, whereby the power and divinity of christ is denied and the power of satan is invoked to cause vengeance to christ and

man. this scares you and your immediate reaction is to leave. the analogy is simple, the light is the acquisition of knowledge. but once you have learnt something- seen the policeman's severed head on the table- you cannot unlearn it. therefore you have to live with that knowledge. the acquisition of occult knowledge concerning oneself and the world is not simply learning how to do spells, invoke demons or make a pact with the devil, rather it implies the acquisition of something that will drastically change the way the satanist sees the world. it is akin to the eastern concept that life as man knows it is an illusion and that magical traditions can take man from the falsehood of normal uninitiated life, to the truth and meaning of existence. renunciation, once one has begun to explore bot

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rger one. instead, they use the word sect. 10 world religions: almanac what is religion? christianity s favorite stories centers on the miraculous conception and birth of jesus to a young virgin. likewise, the buddha is said to have been conceived in a dream his mother had involving an elephant carrying a lotus. following his baptism, jesus spent forty days in the desert resisting temptation from demons. the buddha also struggled with demons and temptation before finally achieving enlightenment. the christian concept of salvation is is rooted in the redemption, or the forgiving of sins that the sacrificial death of christ brought about, and in the form of an afterlife in heaven. in buddhism, such salvation is the attainment of nirvana, a state free of wrong desires. sacred places, objects

marduk s task. in order to make marduk the most important god, the babylonians devised a new creation myth, the enuma elish( the epic of creation, literally meaning then up there. ritual became more important after the arrival of the babylonians. priests increasingly relied on rituals to ward off evil spirits and to foretell future events to ensure the good will of the gods and to protect against demons. astronomical (relating to the heavens) events took on major importance and astrology, the study of the influence of the stars and planets on human affairs, became nearly a science for the priests. organized mesopotamian religion collapsed after cyrus of persia, a zoroastrian, conquered the babylonian empire in 539 bce. history of ancient egyptian religion the official ancient egyptian reli

he tablets of destiny, on which the fate of everything on earth is written. ishtar: the goddess of love and war. she is also known as inanna. ishtar journeyed to the underworld to retrieve her love, tammuz. she is often described as very violent and is depicted holding several weapons and standing on a lion. marduk: the god of babylon who later came to be the supreme god. marduk fought an army of demons led by the goddess tiamat. the new year s festival celebrates the king s fitness to rule through a ceremony in which he bows to a statue of marduk. sin: the moon god. he is also known as nanna. he is lord of the calendar and oversees the seasons. sin wears a beard of the blue stone lapis lazuli and rides a winged bull. gods of the egyptian pantheon amen: called the king of gods. amen, also

healers, who had long been a part of chinese folk religion. he taught that salvation (freedom from suffering) and the curing of illness could come only with the confession of sins and strict moral behavior. for zhang daoling a purified soul meant good health, and this message quickly became popular with the people of what is now sichuan (also spelled szechwan) province. he replaced folk belief in demons with the images of three heavens. zhang daoling also established twenty-four governing areas, or parishes. his church used the dao de jing for religious instruction but also created its own holy texts and rules. daoist priests, who could be men or women, were called libationers. daoism, with its respect for the feminine, has always granted men and women equal standing. these early libatione

ccompanied by fireworks, chanting, and music. priests may also perform occasional rituals of exorcism, driving out evil spirits. such exorcisms can be done in homes or even outdoor spaces where it is thought evil spirits dwell. priests use a variety of religious tools, including flags printed with scripture, blessed water, incense, swords, and even whips made of peach wood with which to fight the demons. ritual words are chanted as the procession of priests passes through the home or outside area. home shrines less elaborate rituals are also held throughout the year. daoists are encouraged to worship on their own as well. most daoist families have a family shrine with a family tree of their ancestors and candles surrounding it. a shrine is usually a small area in or near the home where a p

SEVEN SHADES OF SOLITUDE

relations according to its own mystery s reflection in each and every soul. the one who dares surrender unto the sky-spacious abyss of the isolate shall find his self more in his own selflosing, for the vast profundities of the soul shall be surrender d unto him. yet he who fears the merely quiet and dark byways of the soul s unaccompanied wandering, does he not make himself the evoker of his own demons? if we are too plagued by the ghosts of our own making, how may we seek the good counsel of the spirits and gods which partake, in equal measure to ourselves, in the all-oneliness of existence? like a child, first gazing into a looking-glass, perplexed at the mimicking twin who dances and gestures- and lives- on the other side, we often mistake the reflections of our own spiritual condition

SIFRA DETZNIYUTHA

on are shrouded beneath his covering. yod y small in this very form he is found. but if judgments are to be mitigated, necessarily the ancient one is required. the serpent came upon the female and a nest of impurity was formed within her, establishing a dwelling for evil. thus it is written: and she conceived, and she gave birth to qain,103 the nest of the dwelling of the evil spirits, storms and demons, and blows to qain within hy. he formed in that adam(,da, by twos, by the general principle and the particular, which are contained in the particular and the general, legs and arms, right and left. it divides at its sides. male and female were established- vhy. yod y male, heh h female. vav v as it is written male and female created he them, and blessed them, 104 and called their name adam

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

she beholds her child! still with its wondrous, child-like beauty and its silent, wakeful eyes. but beside that cradle there sits cowering a mantled, shadowy form, the more fearful and ghastly from its indistinct and unsubstantial gloom. the walls of that chamber seem to open as the scene of a theatre. a grim dungeon; streets through which pour shadowy crowds; wrath and hatred, and the aspect of demons in their ghastly visages; a place of death; a murderous instrument; a shamble-house of human flesh; herself; her child; all, all, rapid phantasmagoria, chased each other. suddenly the phantom-zanoni turned, it seemed to perceive herself, her second self. it sprang towards her; her spirit could bear no more. she shrieked, she woke. she found that in truth she had left that dismal chamber; th

fidelity which the son had indeed committed, and went to the doom, exulting that his death saved the life he had given, not in vain! i saw women, young, delicate, in the bloom of their beauty; they had vowed themselves to the cloister. hands smeared with the blood of saints opened the gate that had shut them from the world, and bade them go forth, forget their vows, forswear the divine one these demons would depose, find lovers and helpmates, and be free. and some of these young hearts had loved, and even, though in struggles, loved yet. did they forswear the vow? did they abandon the faith? did even love allure them? mejnour, with one voice, they preferred to die. and whence comes this courage? because such hearts live in some more abstract and holier life than their own. but to live for

SIR WALLIS BUDGE EGYPTIAN MAGIC

he religious needs of such people the magician, and in later times the priest, found it necessary to provide pageants and ceremonies which appealed chiefly to the senses, and following their example, unscrupulous but clever men took advantage of the ignorance of the general public and pretended to knowledge of the supernatural, and laid claim to the possession of power over gods, and spirits, and demons. such false knowledge and power they sold for money, and for purposes of gain the so-called magician was ready to further any sordid transaction or wicked scheme which his dupe wished to carry out. this magic degenerated into sorcery, and demonology, and wit craft, and those who dealt in it were regarded as associates of the devil, and servants of the powers of darkness, and workers of the

64 erased from it. the use of amulets was common in egypt from the earliest times to the roman period, and when the egyptians embraced christianity, they, in common with the gnostics and semi-christian sects, imported into their new faith many of the views and beliefs which their so-called heathen ancestors had held, and with them the use of the names of ancient egyptian gods, and goddesses, and demons, and formula, which they employed in much the same way as they were employed in the days of old. footnotes 27:1 i.e, chapter xxiv, which is entitled "the chapter of bringing words of power unto osiris in the underworld" 27:2 ethnographie prehistorique, p. 144. 28:1 unas, ed. maspero, line 584. 28:2 teta, ed. maspero, line 351. 29:1 chapter xxvi, entitled "the chapter of giving a heart to th

d men of the enemy, and also of his own men and ships, he set them upon the water in the bowl, his men on one side, and those of the enemy on the other. he then came out, and having put on the cloak of an egyptian prophet and taken an ebony rod in his hand, he returned into the chamber, and uttering words of power he invoked the gods who help men to work magic, and the winds, and the subterranean demons, which straightway came to his aid. by their means the figures of the men in wax sprang into life and began to fight, and the ships of wax began to move about likewise; but the figures which represented his own men vanquished those which represented the enemy, and as the figures of the ships and men of the hostile fleet sank through the water to the bottom of the bowl, even so did the real

y in causing people to dream dreams, and having brought them back with him be squeezed the juice out of them. he then made the figure of a woman in wax, and wrote upon it the name of olympias, just as the priest of thebes made the figure of apep in wax and cut his name upon it. nectanebus then lit his lamp, and, having poured the juice of the herbs over the wax figure of the queen, he adjured the demons to such purpose that olympias dreamed a dream in which the god amen came to her and embraced her, and told her that she should give birth to a man-child who should avenge her on her husband philip. but the means described above were not the only ones known to nectanebus for procuring dreams, for when he wanted to make philip of macedon to see certain things in a dream, and to take a certain

ks the lady will come to him. in the second example the lover is ordered to make two waxen figures; one in the form of ares, and the other in the form of a woman. the female figure is to be in the posture of kneeling upon her knees with her hands tied behind her, and the male figure is to stand over her with his sword at her throat. on the limbs of the female figure a large number of the names of demons are to be written, and when this has been done, the lover must take thirteen bronze needles, and stick them in her limbs, saying as he does so "i pierce (here he mentions the name of the limb "that she may think of me" the lover must next write certain words of power on a leaden plate, which must be tied to the wax figures with a string containing three hundred and sixty-five knots, and bot

SOLOMON

ivered into my hands, and that i might gain authority over him. and it came about through my prayer that grace was given to me from the lord sabaoth by michael his archangel [he brought me] a little ring, having a seal consisting of an engraved stone, and said to me "take, o solomon, king, son of david, the gift which the lord god has sent thee, the highest sabaoth. with it thou shalt lock up all demons of the earth, male and female; and with their help thou shalt build up jerusalem [but] thou [must] wear this seal of god. and this engraving of the seal of the ring sent thee is a pentalpha" 6. and i solomon was overjoyed, and praised and glorified the god of heaven and earth. and on the morrow i called the boy, and gave him the ring, and said to him "take this, and at the hour in which the

to do. and this i did, because that fierce demon asmodeus knew even the future. and i solomon glorified god, who gave wisdom to me solomon his servant. and the liver of the fish and its gall i hung on the spike of a reed, and burned it over asmodeus because of his being so strong, and his unbearable malice was thus frustrated. 26. and i summoned again to stand before me beelzeboul, the prince of demons, and i sat him down on a raised seat of honour, and said to him "why art thou alone, prince of the demons" and he said to me "because i alone am left of the angels of heaven that came down. for i was first angel in the first heaven being entitled beelzeboul. and now i control all those who are bound in tartarus. but i too have a child, and he haunts the red sea. and on any suitable occasion

ed beelzeboul. and now i control all those who are bound in tartarus. but i too have a child, and he haunts the red sea. and on any suitable occasion he comes up to me again, being subject to me; and reveals to me what he has done, and i support him. 27. i solomon said unto him "beelzeboul, what is thy employment" and he answered me "i destroy kings. i ally myself with foreign tyrants. and my own demons i set on to men, in order that the latter may believe in them and be lost. and the chosen servants of god, priests and faithful men, i excite unto desires for wicked sins, and evil heresies, and lawless deeds; and they obey me, and i bear them on to destruction. and i inspire men with envy, and [desire for] murder, and for wars and sodomy, and other evil things. and i will destroy the world

and among the greeks it is emmanuel [1. and if one of the romans adjure me by the great name of the power ele th, i disappear at once [1. the text must be faulty, for the word emmanuel is the hebrew. the sum 644 is got by adding together the greek numbers] 30. i solomon was astounded when i heard this; and i ordered him to saw up theban [1] marbles. and when he began to saw the marbles, the other demons cried out with a loud voice, howling because of their king beelzeboul [1. we hear of pentelic marble in strabo, but the reference in the text may be to thebes in egypt] 31. but i solomon questioned him, saying "if thou wouldst gain a respite, discourse to me about the things in heaven" and beelzeboul said "hear, o king, if thou burn gum, and incense, and bulb of the sea [1, with nard and sa

ounter is fraught with harm. for i grasp in all instant a man's head, and with my hands, as with a sword, i cut it off, and put it on to myself. and in this way, by means of the fire which is in me, through my neck it is swallowed up. i it is that sends grave mutilations and incurable on men's feet, and inflict sores [1. this seems the sense of enodiais, unless understood, trivialibus dis "to the demons of the wayside or cross-road" hecate was such a goddess, and in c.i. 26 we have mention of a daimon enodia, the latin trivia. as a subst. the neut. plur. enodia= blisters caused by walking, in theophr, sud. 15] 45. and i solomon, on hearing this, said to him "tell me how thou dost discharge forth the fire? out of what sources dost thou emit it" and the spirit said to me "from the day-star [

SPENSER THE CULT OF THE ALL SEEING EYE 1960

gypt were nine in number. the chief among them was osiris, whose worship was universal. he was "the great deity of amenti or hades [hell" rawlinson described osiris' role as the judge of the dead "it was the universal belief that, immediately after death, the soul descended into the lower world and was conducted to the hall of truth, where it was judged in the presence of osiris and the forty-two demons, the 'lords of truth' and judges of the dead."54 (one of the divine names of the tetragrammaton consisted of 42 letters) osiris was called "the master of the gods" the name of osiris was expressed, most simply, by two hieroglyphs, one of which was the human eye (the left eye, as used on the reverse side of the great seal "sometimes, however, the human eye is replaced by a simple circle" osi

y over the dead. when represented as a man walking, he has the lappeted wig, crowned with two wavy horns, above which are. two feathers. the wavy horns are also found with the plumed crown above them, and serpents (uraei) on either side, surmounted by disks. isis, at one time his mother, at another his sister, at another his daughter, is always his wife, and their child is har or horus."55 the 42 demons who aided osiris in the infernal regions were known as "the assessors" and had such names as "eyes of flame "breath of flame "cracker of bones "devourer of shades "eater of hearts "swallower "white tooth" and "smoking face" they "lived by catching the wicked "fed off their blood" and "devoured their hearts before horus" they were judges, accusers and punishers of crime "guilty souls were ha

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of the shemhamphoresch, thy images will be opposite as these angelic beings are more severe terminating with la. the termination of the names in both cases terminate with the suffices for different reasons. therefore an angel of the shemhamphoresch that terminates with la does so for entirely different reasons than an angel of a sephiroth, planet, or even path. let the adept be reminded that even demons may have their name ending in la these beings also draw their power from the divine energies, therefore, the la is frequently added to the names of evil spirits. thou mayest build up an image astrally before thee or thou mayest construct a painting of the actual resemblance. let the adept be cautious to vibrate the hierarchy pertaining to thy force. always and especially when working with t

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es gods, spirits, or watchers; or depersonalize them as powers or forces."17 the hierarchy these gods, entities, powers, or forces are said to be hierarchically arranged: the megalomania and rage of the psychopaths 41 "at the top, we have great entities often known as watchers, mighty ones, or gods..which can be contacted to bring a certain power to your rituals. then there are spirit entities or demons halfway between men and gods in their constitution..of course there are many minor, elemental spirits."18 huston says that talismans, images, and symbols and hand and body signs and the positions and prescribed actions of body parts will "partake of the nature of a spirit or elemental" in other words, spirits are attracted and supposedly go to work on behalf of the person who wears or displ

greater the force of magic that will be applied. a great entity, perhaps a prince or other high-up territorial potentate in the demonic spiritual realm, is naturally thought to possess the power to force changes in the real world. it is no accident that in the bible, the last day, endtimes world ruler and his earthly human companions are said, to worship the "god of forces" ritual ceremonies and demons of secret societies the leaders of the secret societies of the illuminati would have to be supreme dullards not to recognize the demonic forces that are invoked in the ceremonial working of the various ritual degrees. c.w. leadbetter, a 33rd degree mason and occultist who was allied with annie besant and her theosophical society in the 1920s, is just one of many masonic leaders who have ack

ir life "i have something they don't" i thought proudly, in keeping with the indulgent philosophy of satanism. since that night i understood what it means to be a satanic witch, a woman who makes full use of her feminine wiles. throughout my life i would replay the words intoned during my baptism: the many footed walkers give you the strength, the power of red fang and claw, all the madly dancing demons fill you with the lost knowledge of ancient ones. small sorceress, the most natural and true magician, your tiny hands have the power to pull the living heavens down and from its shards build a monument to your own sweet indulgence. and with these others in the devil's fane, you will so cause the heads of men to reel and spin, you will fill them with desire. and so we dedicate your life to

it is abaddon. yes, abaddon is the sacred word for the masonic knights of east and west. and the holy bible reveals exactly who abaddon is in revelation 9:11: page 158 from richardson s monitor of freemasonry, detailing the ritual ceremony of the knights of the east and west. in this ritual, the sacred word abaddon is expressed. abaddon is a synonym for the name of the devil who leads millions of demons out of the pit of hell to torment earth in the last days. and they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the hebrew tongue is abaddon, but in the creek tongue hath his name apollyon. in richardson's monitor of freemasonry it is revealed that, following the announcement of the sacred word, abaddon, the lodge drama for this fateful degree provides a dem

on, but needs to be "realized" or awakened. devotion to the secret chiefs within the illuminati structure, the initiate is taught in no uncertain terms that he must devote his whole heart to the "secret chiefs" the top elite who comprise the inner circle. his life must be dedicated to the goals they have set, for they, in turn, are being directed by the hierarchy, the spirit beings (satan and his demons) who have given them the plan. in other words, the life of every illuminist is a divine temple, and through ritual, magic, and loyal devotion the great work of alchemical transformation is to be accomplished within the individual heart and within the world at large. ordo ab chao order must come out of chaos. a number of meanings as the evidence points out in the illustrations in this sectio

THE BLACK LODGE

ll hadit. ferocity, hatred, selfishness, cruelty, perversity, malignity, are mere projections, on certain sub-planes of the astral, of instincts which were developed by each and every form of life in their effort to assure individual survival and, through this, the survival and consequent evolution of the species. in those astral sub-planes, those qualities take shape, and manifest themselves as "demons. it is useless to discuss here the "real" or relative existence of those entities, for the same judgment would apply to our own selves. for instance, on the material plane we are normally sure of our individual existence and our personal interests; however, even the first step in initiation shows us that this awareness of "ourselves, which we considered so simple and solid, is but a reflect

ed by "abraham the jew" in the sacred magic of abramelin the mage exist, not only in the qliphoth but in ourselves; they make part of the forces that compose the structure of our brains. it would be extremely difficult to define here what faculties they especially stimulate or fight in us, for this depends on the plane where we try to consider their influence. let us merely assert tht they act as demons when they interfere with our initiatic progress, and act as servants of the logos when they cooperate with us in our spiritual evolution. please note that since those entities do exist as parts of ourselves, if we do not subordinate them in us to our true will they will hinder our initiatic process. if we "destroy" their manifestation within us, we will not be "purifying, but mutilating and

logos when they cooperate with us in our spiritual evolution. please note that since those entities do exist as parts of ourselves, if we do not subordinate them in us to our true will they will hinder our initiatic process. if we "destroy" their manifestation within us, we will not be "purifying, but mutilating and deforming ourselves (please note that it is perfectly possible to destroy these "demons, thus hindering your progress as indicated) these entities represent hatred, that is, separateness of existence in ourselves. thus in the act of casting the demons away from us in the subtlest manifestation of the subversive effect that their influence can have upon us. this is exactly the mistake which the "black brethren" make, another of the ways in which those misguided creatures seal t

tlest manifestation of the subversive effect that their influence can have upon us. this is exactly the mistake which the "black brethren" make, another of the ways in which those misguided creatures seal themselves off from the universe. always remember this dear brothers and sisters: the discipline which initiation imposes on all of our instincts and appetites is that same discipline which the "demons"so loath, fear and avoid above all else. this fact has a further implication: the forces which initiatic discipline concentrate around the attention of the "demons" and thus do they attempt to protect the consciousness of the cave dweller, the troglodyte which they have been protecting for millions of years. when we attempt to raise our consciousness above the evolutionary "norm (which thes

species as a whole. since the aim of the next step in human evolution is to flow into the crossroads of creation until matter and spirit flourish together in a living organism, it is fundamental that we should learn to coordinate all the forces that are part of our psychosoma, and apply them towards the manifestation of this new stage in the evolution of our species. we have established that the "demons" are neither bad nor good, but that they simply are. we infer from this that the usefulness or mischief of these "demons" depends entirely on our self-control. to this point in our discussion we have tried to equate our terms "black lodge" and "demons" with various psychological and evolutionary schemes and operations. thus we have defined, for our purposes, those terms, and having thus def

THE CANOPIC GODS SYMBOLISM

(the body of osiris was first laid in the chest or pastos whole. the division was into 14 parts, 1 plus 4= 5, the five wounds) for even as hwhy must be known before hwchy can be comprehended, and as moses must precede christ, so must the mysteries of osiris first be known. now, the guardian of the hall and of the neophytes against the twpylq (whose rtk is laymwat, the dual or two-headed one, the demons of corruption and 3 disintegration) is the hiereus or horus, and to the children of horus, who partake of his symbolism are the viscera committed, to guard them against the demons of disintegration and corruption. as the elements and the forces of the elements are to the world, so are the vital organs and the life which animates them, placed under the charge of the vice-gerents of the eleme

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soul. the highly respected alexandrian scholar origen (c. 185 c.e. 254 c.e) theorized that in the beginning, god had created a certain number of spirit entities who received physical bodies or spiritual bodies as determined by their respective merits. some might be appointed human forms, while others, according to their conduct, would be elevated to angelic status, or relegated to the position of demons. such a concept of the preexistence of souls seemed too close to reincarnation for those learned christian scholars assembled for the first council of constantinople in 543. by then, church doctrine had decreed that it was given each soul to live once, to die, and then to await the day of judgement when christ returned to earth. despite his prestige as a learned and wise church father, orig

he fiji islands believe that a human has two souls: the dark spirit and the light spirit. the nootkas of british columbia regarded the soul as a tiny facsimile of the person that lived in the crown of the head. early humans generally did not accept death as due to natural causes. death was either the result of acts of violence caused by human or animal enemies, or it was caused by evil and unseen demons. to the primitive mind, if a man or a woman, without wound or injury, fell silently asleep and never awakened, they had to have been the victim of malevolent spirits. some of the earliest rituals revolving around death concerned the interaction between the living and the body of the newly dead. some tribal cultures believed that an evil spirit inhabited the corpse, and it should not be touc

to the presidency, cleveland s plain dealer dealt the president-elect some harsh criticism for having consulted spooks. after death to be assured, holds that contact with departed mortals cannot be established and warns that those who attempt to establish communication with the dead may find themselves involved with deceptive evil spirits. the oft-quoted allegation that spiritualists consort with demons goes a long way toward preventing any sort of ecumenical movement between spiritualists and the conventional religious groups from developing. in an effort to clarify their theological position, the national spiritualist association adopted these following definitions of its belief in october 1914: 1. spiritualism is the science, philosophy, and religion of a continuous life, based on the d

swedenborg (1688 1772) emanuel swedenborg was perhaps the last of the renaissance men he was fluent in nine languages, wrote 150 works in 17 sciences, was expert in numerous crafts, and was a musician, a politician, and an inventor with dozens of major contributions attributed to his name. when his name is recalled today, it is usually as a swedish mystic and medium who courted angels and cursed demons. swedenborg claimed daily communications with the inhabitants of the unseen world, and his manifestations of remarkable psychic phenomena are well documented. emanuel swedberg was born in stockholm, sweden, on january 29, 1688. his father was a professor of theology at the university of upsala, who later became the lutheran bishop of scara in spite of certain opinions which appeared to chal

mystics 175 chapter 3 religious phenomena this chapter will explore a number of the phenomena that surround a great variety of religious beliefs, from the veneration of sacred objects to the expectation of miracles, from the power of prayer to heal to the judgment of ecclesiastical tribunals to cause suffering. 177 antichrist apocalypse apparitions of holy figures armaggedon cosmic consciousness demons devil s mark ecstasy exorcism faith healing guardian angels illumination inquisition miracles possession power of prayer the rapture shroud of turin 666 snake handling stigmata virgin of guadalupe visions weeping statues and icons introduction in recent years there has been a tremendous surge of interest in both organized religion and expressions of individual spirituality. people speak fre

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son, ivan t. abominable snowmen: legend come to life. philadelphia: chilton company, 1961. shermer, michael. why people believe weird things. new york: mjf, 1997. apelike monsters sightings of monstrous apelike creatures lurking in the darkness of forests and mountainous regions of the world have been reported since the middle ages. in 840 c.e, agobard, the archbishop of lyons, told of three such demons, giant people of the forest and mountains, who were stoned to death after being displayed in chains for several days. in his chronicles, abbot ralph of coggeshall abbey, essex, england, wrote of a strange monster whose charred body had been found after a lightning storm on the night of st. john the baptist in june 1205. he stated that a terrible stench came from the beast with monstrous lim

s that advancement in medical science helped to perpetuate the legend of the ghoul. m delving deeper fodor, nandor. between two worlds. new york: paperback library, 1967. the haunted mind: a psychoanalyst looks at the supernatural. new york: new american library, 1968. hurwood, bernardt j. vampires, werewolves, and ghouls. new york: ace books, 1968. mack, carol k, and dinah mack. a field guide to demons, fairies, fallen angels, and other subversive spirits. new york: henry holt, 1998. masters, r. e. l, and eduard lea. perverse crimes in history. new york: julian press, 1963. golem the golem is the frankenstein monster of jewish tradition, but it is created from virgin soil and pure spring water, rather than the body parts of cadavers. it is also fashioned by those who purify themselves spi

f jewish lore and legend. london and new york: thames and hudson, 1991. winkler, gershon. the golem of prague. new york: judaica press, 1994. imp in old english impe means a young plant shoot or a tree sapling. over the years, the word came to refer to smallish entities that were direct offspring of the devil and sent from hell to do evil deeds to humans on earth. imps might well be called junior demons, and one of their principal assignments, according to christian authorities, was to disguise themselves as black cats, owls, ravens, or some other animal and serve as a witch s familiar. in many of the transcripts of the european witchcraft trials, the demonic spirit given by the devil to a witch to do his or her bidding was referred to as an imp. in most of the descriptions of imps given b

suggests that they are mischievous, rather than malignant. m delving deeper larousse dictionary of world folklore. new york: larousse, 1995. michelet, jules. satanism and witchcraft. new york: citadel press, 1939, 1960. walker, barbara. the woman s dictionary of symbols& sacred objects. edison, n.j: castle books, 1988. incubus according to ancient tradition, there are two main classifications of demons that sexually molest humans the incubi that assault women and the succubi that seduce men. both sexual predators are said to have been born as a result of adam s sexual intercourse with lilith, a beautiful demonic entity, often said to have been his first wife, or in other traditions, a fantasy wife created to alleviate his loneliness before the advent of eve. the incubi were said to seduce

fashion temporary bodies out of water vapor or gases; they have no actual physical bodies, but they possess the power to create an illusion of corporeality; they inhabit recently deceased corpses and animate them for the purpose of sexual intercourse with the living; they actually have material bodies that they can manipulate into any shape they desire. father montague summers theorized that such demons as the incubi might be composed of that same substance known as ectoplasm from which the spirits of the dead draw their temporary body during materialization seances with mediums. he reasoned that such psychic drainage could occur if a frustrated young person encouraged the attentions of an evil entity by fantasizing about erotic materials. m delving deeper fodor, nandor. between two worlds

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s one of philip fs territories. then philip found the mysterious esquire de floyran, who claimed to have been a member of the knights templar. floyran said that the order had deceived the church and the people for more than a hundred years. what had begun as a pious service to pilgrims and defenders of the cross against the infidels had degenerated into a monstrous blood cult. principal among the demons they worshipped was baphomet, the three-headed god of the assassins, a heretical muslim sect. floyran swore that he had seen initiates into the order spitting upon crucifixes, participating in vile rites, even sacrificing babies to demons. there has never been any conclusive evidence to prove whether de floyran was a true member of the knights templar who had a personal grudge against the o

tely complied. taken completely by surprise, about 900 knights were arrested, and all their property and holdings in france were seized. when word of the arrests reached other countries, other nobles and priests quickly followed suit and imprisoned the templars wherever they might be found. the knights templar were accused of infidelity, muhammadanism, atheism, heresy, invoking satan, worshipping demons, desecration of holy objects, and uncleanness. the prosecution had difficulty proving such charges, so they were often forced to resort to torturing the prisoners to obtain confessions. in paris, the grand master of the templars, jacques de molay (1243.1314, pleaded the innocence of the order against all such charges. in spite of his personal friendship with de molay, who was the godfather

ose favor the alchemist sought to obtain for their transformation were michael, who was believed to transmute base metals into gold and to dissolve any enmity directed toward the alchemist; gabriel, who fashioned silver and foresaw the future; samuel, who protected against physical harm; and raphael, sachiel, ansel, and cassiel, who could create various gems and guard the alchemist from attack by demons. however, members of the clergy were skeptical that the alchemists were truly calling upon angels, rather than demons in disguise, and they recalled the words of the church father tertullian (c. 155 or 160.after 220, who confirmed earlier beliefs that the gsons of god h referred to in genesis were evil perverts who bequeathed their wisdom to mortals with the sole intention of seducing them

ir control. abramelin the great magus learned how to accomplish such a difficult task by undergoing a process of spiritual cleansing and the development of a powerful will. in addition to spiritual and mental exercises, abramelin discovered words of power that can be arranged in magic squares and written on parchment. with the proper application of these magical squares, the magus can command the demons and order them to assist him in the acquisition of earthly knowledge and power. by applying such magic words as gabracadabra, h abramelin magicians claim they can gain the love of anyone they desire, discover hidden treasures, become invisible, invoke spirits to appear, fly through the air and travel great distances in a matter of minutes, and animate corpses to create zombies to serve them

the glorification of their baser appetites, and the sowing of discord, discontent, and disease. the desire to use supernatural entities to wreak havoc upon one fs enemy or to acquire material wealth and power was in play during the time of the ancient egyptians and persians. the greeks and hebrews adapted many of the rituals and incantations, transforming the gods of the earlier cultures into the demons of their own time. this process of deity transmutation was continued into medieval times when the earlier gods of the middle east became devils, the ancient mysteries and fertility rites became orgies, and the orders of worship for the old hierarchy of gods and goddesses became patterns for sorcery. by the middle ages, belief in black magick and the powers of evil became so intense that the

THE GOD OF THE WITCHES

ebub the author and protector of all things. delancre,[9] the inquisitor in the pays de labourd (basses pyr351n351es, wrote in 1613 that there was "a greatdevil, who is the master of all, whom they all adore; he also recorded the evidence of one of his victims,[10]"the devil made them believe that he was the true god, and he gives as a general statement[11 "our witchesfor the most part hold these demons as gods. in orleans in 1614[25 "they say to the devil, we recogniseyou as our master, our god, our creator. at edmonton in 1621 elizabeth sawyer[12] confessed that "hecharged me to pray no more to jesus christ, but to him the devil" in lancashire in 1633 margaretjohnson[13 "met a spirit or devil in a suit of black tied about with silk points, he instructed her to call him the god of the wit

in the wind. the fairies of upper brittany[28] wore a kind the god of the witcheschapter ii. the worshippers21of cap "like a crown, which seemed to be part of their person" at hildesheim[29] the local goblin wasdressed like a peasant, but so invariably wore a hood that he was called hedekin or hutkin. even so far awayas eastern europe a slav story[30] gives an account of a man who saw "two little demons pulling each other'shair. by the cut of their short waistcoats, by their tight pantaloons and their three-cornered hats, he knew thatthey were inhabitants of the nether world."fairies of higher rank were naturally better dressed. the king and queen, when riding in procession, wore richgarments and were always crowned; on less solemn occasions they were dressed like their subjects though inr

, ho, ho' andimmediately we fly away wherever we would."one of the earliest references to the ritual riding of witches is in the decree attributed to the council ofancyra in the ninth century.[67] the decree does not mention that the witches flew through the air, but itstates definitely that they rode on animals "certain wicked women, reverting to satan, and seduced by theillusion and phantoms of demons, believe and profess that they ride at night with diana on certain beasts,with an innumerable multitude of women, passing over immense distances, obeying her commands as theirmistress, and evoked by her on certain nights. that such a decree should have been made is proof that ritualriding was well known and considered a heathenish practice.the first witch recorded to have been tried by the

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

cause of humanity safe, he departed, and on his way back to tours experienced a great agony. why had he had dealings with the ithacans? in a lonely place he pondered sadly. an angel spoke to him "martin, you do right to be sad, but it was the only way" never again did he go to any council. he was wont to say with tears that if he had saved the heretics he himself had lost power over men and over demons. they have outraged the meaning of the episode who explain martin's protest as merely against the surrender of the church to secular power. it was "lese-humanite" of which he held the ithacans guilty. st. martin of tours was often called martin the thaumaturgist. he was noted for his power over animals> and separated 9 himself from the communion of the tyrant who wished to impose faith by t

. de pene spoke of us as an unfrocked priest, and a bad catholic. we at least showed ourself a good christian in pitying and forgiving him, and as it is impossible to be an unfrocked priest without ever having been a priest, we let fall to the ground an insult which did not reach us. spooks in paris. mr. home, a week ago, was once more about to quit paris, that paris where even the angels and the demons, if they appeared in any shape, would not pass very long for marvellous beings, and would find nothing better to do than to return at top-speed to heaven or to hell, to escape the forgetfulness and the neglect of human kind. mr. home, his air sad and disillusioned, was then bidding farewell to a noble lady whose kindly welcome had been one of the first happiness which he had tasted in franc

tres did not fail to reply to this appeal, and the phenomena which habitually followed the evocations of the medium were fully manifested. this experience is sufficient of itself to convict of tiresome credulity and of formal error those who believe that spirits 228 intervene to produce these strange phenomena. that the dead may return, it is above all necessary that they should have existed, and demons would not so easily be the dupes of our mystifications. like all catholics, we believe in the existence of spirits of darkness, but we know also that the divine power has given them the darkness for an eternal prison, and that the redeemer saw satan fall from heaven like lightning. if the demons tempt us, it is by the voluntary complicity of our passions, and it is not permitted to them to

e become the actual body of jesus christ" we declared immediately, that it was equally impossible for us to pronounce in favour of such a blasphemy; and yet, as we demonstrated in our articles in the "estafette" the signs printed in bleeding characters upon the hosts of vintras, regularly consecrated by charvoz, were those which, in 229 black magic, are absolutely recognized for the signatures of demons. astral writings are often ridiculous or obscene. the pretended spirits, when questioned on the greater mysteries of nature, often reply by that coarse word which became, so they say, heroic on one occasion, in the military mouth of cambronne. the drawings which pencils will trace if left to their own devices very often reproduce shapeless phalli, such as the anaemic hooligan, as one might

erds, and the still quite recent phenomena of the presbytery of cideville. cideville is a little village of normandy, where a few years ago were produced phenomena like those which have since occurred under the influence of mr. home. m. de mirville has studied them carefully, and m. gougenet desmousseaux has reprinted all the details in a book, published in 1854, entitled "moeurs et pratiques des demons" the most remarkable thing in this latter author is that he seems to divine the existence of the plastic medium or the fluidic body "we have certainly not two souls" said he "but perhaps we have two bodies" everything that he says, in fact, would seem to prove this hypothesis. he saw a shepherd whose fluidic form haunted a presbytery, and who was wounded at a distance by blows inflicted on

THE LUCIFERIAN PATH THE WITCHES SABBAT MICHAEL W FORD

by elda isela ford, the witch artist known for her work in book of the witch moon, sabbatic sorcery, azothoz and yatuk dinoih. also featured are illustrations by british hereditary witch nathan 7 harris whose art along with elda s opens the gates of necroerotic dreams of those who dare to walk this path. the forbidden formula is presented within this grimoire as something which creates angels and demons. nox umbra unveils methods of creating vampyric familiars, night-born spirits which the initiate may create or bind to an object. the end result being a molding of the consciousness of the sorcerer with the spirit familiar, and the dreaming body taking the shape of whatever night form he or she wills. the illustrations of nox umbra are equally as a part of the grimoire as the text. each dra

d of 12 the toad rite on the antinomian way of the left hand path and luciferian witchcraft. yatuk dinoih persian sorcery of the adversary- second edition- new version, contents and illustrations by michael w. ford illustrated by elda isela ford the path of persian sorcery has long been overlooked and unknown since middle eastern and arabic grimoires emerged in western culture. the path of yatus (demons who wander the earth as nomads) as revealed through the yatuk dinoih (witchcraft and sorcery) is a lesser known and even lesser understood religion. the original first edition of yatuk dinoih by michael ford presented only a glimpse at this system of averse shadow sorcery. in the terms of sabbatic or luciferian sorcery, the yatuk dinoih provides a powerful model for initiatory practice of t

wolf and dragon. ahriman represents the sabbatic and luciferian adversary formula, the 13 initiatory state of transforming and becoming something other than being dissolved in the natural order. this grimoire presents systems of personal sorcery, in which through the individual works through the godforms of ahriman and az. presented also are goetic evocation and invocation formulas of the daevas (demons) and druj (lie meaning illusion, sorcery& dragon snake vampyre. completely re-illustrated by elda isela ford, the yatuk dinoih seeks to enflesh and materializes those druj and daemonic forces which have lied dormant, sleeping in the atavistic depths of mankind. night and the witches sabbat -the adversarial foundations of sorcery- by michael w. ford 14 to look into the possibilities of model

satan/set is the ass headed god of the desert, the lord of storms and desolate places. set is the tester of self, the adversary and opposer. set is also related to saturn. this planet, called also shabbathai, is the sphere of saturn and is considered a meeting place of the witches sabbat. the image of those leaving the flesh, to go forth in the name of the devil by flying with familiars and other demons is not too far from realistic workings in the present time. 1 luciferian is also relevant to the egyptian god set, sethanic= of set. 2 see iblis, the black light by peter lamborn wilson. the flame of isolate consciousness and being is the black light/black flame. this is defined as the fire and perception of being, antinomianism. 3 the book of thoth weiser publications 15 lucifer is found i

which was always slightly out of reach by dream, that fleeting moment of truth not so lightly fallen before you. 4 angels are considered by abu-hamid mohammed al-ghazali to be the higher faculties of man. 5 empyrean= highest heavens, heights, the astral plane which leads to the psyche or genius revealed. see the key of solomon the king by s.l. mathers, the symbolism of angels (higher octave) and demons (lower octave or infernal spirits. this term is inextricably the same as celestial, the sabbat of luciferian light. 6 baphomet is a magickal transformation of being. baphomet, being the head of wisdom, is related to cain in some sabbatic and luciferian circles. 7 the people of the lie, or practitioners of witchcraft, see yatuk dinoih by the present author. 16 there was a group of so-called

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

in recent times has repeated the aforementioned error, and has taken the concept of the klippoth into the realms of personified beings. once this has been done, it is easy to see how practitioners may attempt to work with the klippoth, and yet in reality be themselves worked by them! in the glossary of his magnum opus "magick in theory and practice, aleister crowley defines klippoth as "shells or demons, the excrement of ideas, and it is this definition that has permeated the workings of such groups as the typhonian ordo templi orientis with respect to the klippoth. indeed, in recent publications by the head of that order, kenneth grant, the klippoth are associated with the "shades of the dead whose names appear in the books of dyzan, or thoth, of the necronomicon" and other such fictional

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

o consciousness. instead of rejecting the shadow, its counterpart, the ego will be invigorated by it. if the shadow is not reckoned with, it runs the risk of becoming a vast dark forgotten expanse which blocks one's inner creativity from being fully available to the conscious mind. this is why some people strive with herculean strain to keep a tight lid on their shadows, concealing their private "demons" with a thin veneer of moral perfection. the spiritual fortress they construct around themselves is nothing more than a synthetic buttress held in place by force and ever in danger of structural failure should the wind change direction "mere suppression of the shadow is as little of a remedy as beheading would be for a headache."l7 it is for ths reason that confronting the shadow is the fir

the sum of its parts. spirit is the divine and guiding principle. this is one reason magicians stress that it is important to keep the spirit point of the pentagram facing upward. to reverse it would be to subject spirit to the governance of matter. thus the inverted pentagram signifies chaos and evil. levi states that: the pentagram signifies the domination of the mind over the elements, and the demons of air, the spirits of fire, the phantoms of water and ghosts of earth are enchained by this sip.10 elsewhere levi reiterates that "the elementary spirits are subservient to this sign when employed with understanding."i1 he continues: if it be asked how a sign can exercise so much power over spirits, we inquire in turn why the christian world bows before the sign of the cross. the sign is n

ficult for those who do not speak gaelic. it should sound something like "gy" 31 "aa" as in "awl" the pentagram 207 32. the "great spirit" of the lakota tribes, who was also known as wakan tanka "the power above" who was the source of all. 33. the "great hare" of the algonquin tribe, said to be the creator of the earth. 34. creator god of the iroquois and huron tribes, who was known for defeating demons, and giving magic. 35. the "peace goddess" of the dakota (sioux) tribes. 36. algonquin god of the east wind. 37. the "great spirit" known to many tribes. 38. algonquin god of the west wind. the son of the twilight. 39. the great spirit of the innuit (eskimo) peoples of the north. 40. eskimo god of the air, and the energy of the universe. 41. innuit sea god. 42. chickasaw god of fire. 43. al

be eagentic, the seneca's "ancient woman" or first mother) 20. a god of the crow tribe of the plains (an alternative deity for daath would be estsanatlehi, the navajo "woman who changes" a shape-shifter who signified transformation and immortality) 21. eskimo sea god who rules the waves and the tides. he also brings joy. 22. creator god of the iroquois and huron tribes who was known for defeating demons and giving magic. giver of the herb tobacco. 23. a healing spirit of the dakota (sioux) tribes (an alternative deity for tiphareth would be shakuru, the pawnee sun god) 24. eskimo goddess of game and hunting. 25. pawnee sky god who taught the skills of speech, fire-making, hunting, clothing, agriculture, and religious ceremonies (alternative deity for hod would be coyote, known to many trib

THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES

y culture. from the times of babylonia and the pharaohs, sculptors were preoccupied with putting wings on lions and unidentifiable beasts. although the angels of biblical times were never described as being winged, painters and sculptors have always persisted in giving them feathered appendages (actually, the old-time angels appeared like ordinary human beings. they even had supper with lot) when demons overran the planet during the dark ages they were also recorded as monstrous entities with bats' wings. remote areas of the world are still said to be inhabited by harpies and winged humans. on july 11, 1908, the famous russian traveler v. k. arsenyev was trekking along the gobilli river when he had this encounter. i saw the mark on the path that was very similar to a man's footprint. my do

ry b.c, observed that the ethiopians thought their gods were black and snub-nosed like themselves. today many of us no longer believe in direct visits with our god, so we have shaped a new mythology based upon the belief in spacemen carved in our own image. when the ancients sighted giant, shambling bipeds covered with hair, their eyes blazing like fierce coals, they assumed they were confronting demons. early investigators eventually concluded that such demons did not really exist, even though they often left footprints behind and caused physical damage. they coined the word khimaira (chimera) to describe them. others noted that the eerie aerial lights changed colors up and down the visual spectrum and the word specter was born. several times each year tall, hairy creatures with red eyes

ed impossibility in 1966-67. those who got a close look at it all agreed on the basic points. it was gray, apparently featherless, as large or larger than a big man, had a wingspread of about ten feet, took off straight up like a helicopter, and did not flap its wings in flight. its face was a puzzle. no one could describe it. the two red eyes dominated it (in a majority of the reports of angels, demons, and saucer spacemen the faces are also either covered in some manner or are nonexistent) the "ostrich" in pennsylvania and the big birds in ohio did not seem to fit into the picture. if they were real birds of some kind, where did they go? why weren't they seen again? on the evening of november 26, a housewife in st. al-bans, a suburb of charleston, west virginia, found mothman standing on

y figured out that it was from aphlogistic, a word derived from greek meaning "a lamp giving light without flame" woodrow derenberger's mr. cold did not fit this pattern. in fact, the name made me suspicious of woody's story and if i had not talked with others who had shared similar experiences on the same night, i might have rejected derenberger outright because of it. in earlier times, fairies, demons, and even human witches practicing their black sabbath rites, chose gravel pits, garbage dumps, cemeteries and crossroads for their appearances. modern hairy monsters and ufos select the same sites, and quite a few ufo contacts have occurred near crossroads or on highways still under construction at points where old highways once intersected. derenberger's first contact with cold was on a n

. fred miller, an elderly long island fanner who entertained men in shiny spacesuits in his kitchen, suffered a rash of mysterious fires. even the old devil and daniel webster theme was dusted off. harassed contactees were ordered to sign an impressive-looking piece of parchment, allegedly a contract for their beleaguered souls. i was caught up in the game, playing old daniel's role, arguing with demons to save the contactees. they let me win, of course, having proved their point. good and evil were synonymous in their phantasmagorical world. when linda scarberry gave birth to a baby girl that month she decided to name her daniella lia. no one other than a couple of contactees knew of the indian-like entity named lia. linda had just picked the name from left field because she liked it. lat

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

the law. the actual meaning of this phrase has taken volumes to explain, but roughly it concerns the uniting of the conscious self, a process of individuation which culminates in a rite called "knowledge and conversation of the holy guardian angel; the angel signifying the pure, evolved self. yet, there are many terrors on the way to the self, and an abyss to cross before victory can be declared. demons, vampires, psychic leeches, ghastly forms accost the aspiring magician from every angle, from every quarter around the circumference of the magick circle, and they must be destroyed lest they devour the magician himself. when crowley professed to have passed the obstacles, and crossed the abyss of knowledge, and found his true self, he found it was identical with the beast of the book of re

ha epishia u mushtepishti-ia is mass-ssarati sha mushi lipshuru ruxisha limnuti pisha lu-u zal.lu lishanusha lu-u tabtu sha iqbu-u amat limutti-ia kima zal.lu litta-tuk sha ipushu kishpi kima tabti lishxarmit qi-ishrusha pu-uttu-ru ipshetusha xulluqu kal amatusha malla-a sseri ina qibit iqbu-u ilani mushitum. the conjuration "xilqa xilqa besa besa" or "a most excellent charm against the hordes of demons" etc. arise! arise! go far away! go far away! be shamed! be shamed! flee! flee! turn around, go, arise and go far away! your wickedness may rise to heaven like unto smoke! arise and leave my body! from my body, depart in shame! from my body flee! turn away from my body! go away from my body! do not return to my body! do no come near my body! do not approach my body! do not throng around my

the material alone, or within a western ceremonial structure (such as the golden dawn system) we came upon startling discoveries in both cases: there are no effective banishings for the forces invoked in the necronomicon itself! the rituals, incantations, formulae of this book are of ancient origin, comprising some of the oldest written magickal workings in western occult history. the deities and demons identified within have probably not been effectively summoned in nearly six thousand years. ordinary exorcisms and banishing formulae have thus far proved extremely inadequate: this, by experienced magicians. hence, the following recommendations. the religion of the ancient sumerian peoples seems to have been lunar-oriented, a religion- or religion- magickal structure- of the night, of dark

d banishing formulae have thus far proved extremely inadequate: this, by experienced magicians. hence, the following recommendations. the religion of the ancient sumerian peoples seems to have been lunar-oriented, a religion- or religion- magickal structure- of the night, of darkness in a sense. invocations using solar formulae have proved thus far effective in successfully banishing necronomicon demons and intelligences. for instance, the kaddish prayer of the jewish faith contains some solar elements that have proved resilient to inimical genii, and the vibration of the lord's prayer for christians is also a workable method. we suggest that individual operators utilise an equivalent solar (i.e, positive light) invocation from their own religion or the religion of their ancestors, should

dless acolyte at the alters of madness. for this is the book of the dead, the book of the black earth, that i have writ down at the peril of my life, exactly as i received it, on the planes of the igigi, the cruel celestial spirits from beyond the wanderers of the wastes. let all who read this book be warned thereby that the habitation of men are seen and surveyed by that ancient race of gods and demons from a time before time, and that they seek revenge for that forgotten battle that took place somewhere in the cosmos and rent the worlds in the days before the creation of man, when the elder gods walked the spaces, the race of marduk, as he is known to the chaldeans, and of enki our master, the lord of magicians. know, then, that i have trod all the zones of the gods, and also the places

THE SHADOWED ONES

e will itself. belial a watcher who fell with azazel, who was given lordship of the gates of the hidden place, called hades or hell by some. in this inferno and darkened place does the spirit test itself, and is either illuminated and empowered by fire or consumed by it. those who are like azazel emerge as gods and goddesses, yet who find a new fear are torn apart and devoured by the serpents and demons which would bend to the will of the daring. belial grants the power of will to the knowledge of worldly power. shamsiel- a watcher who brings to man and woman the knowledge of the sun, both of inner wisdom to know the self and to seek the times of growth within the gardens we so seek to cultivate. know yourself in those mysteries, forever we seek them and as one reveals itself more appear

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

of events is now reversed, charicles a venomous adder, archais once again her own divine and glorious self. and this is how we find her the second time: it was a pinnacle of ivory whereon she stood, the loftiest of three fangs thrust up by magic, in the direst pangs of earth, when earth was yet a whirling cloud of fire and adamant, a ceaseless crowd of rushing atoms roaring into space, driven by demons from before the face *the tale of archais, vol. i, p. 17. so beautiful was she, that gthe sun forgot his chariot, nor would set h; and in this mystic hour, the marriage of day and night, she prayed fervently to aphrodite, fond goddess of lovers, and there amidst the thunder-smitten stone, beautiful and piteous, she waited, longing for that strong desire of love that had been so rudely snatc

THE WITCH CULT OF ZOS VEL THANATOS

ight through art. 3. musick and the creative act of sound production. letter manipulations can be a useful method of enfleshing desires, creating servitors or elementals or to cast hexes or witch-spells. the medieval system of magic and invocation used sigils in this form extensively and almost exclusively. this can be found in various grimoires from the grimorium verum to abramelin the mage. the demons, angels and other spirits are bound and called by their symbols and signs, from which they may be understood and communicated with via ritual and syntax. the medieval systems only understood demons as exterior while beginning with spare and crowley proved that they are primarily interior looking outwards, our greatest and worst of selves hidden and buried. aleister crowley s edited goetia p

of quite colorful work. the staunch and focused liber null (weiser) addresses the nature of evocation as: the art of dealing with magical beings or entities by various acts which create or contact them and allow one to conjure and command them with pacts and exorcism. these beings have a legion of names drawn from the demonology of many cultures: elementals, familiars, incubi, succubi, bud-wills, demons, automata, atavisms, wraiths, spirits and so on. carroll broke down the facets and avenues of various cultures integrated within occultism and delivered a concise definition-such is a must for any student. musick may be created in the same instance, knowing the concept while recording various sound waves and tones. over a period of time the original meaning may become lost or buried, while

THE ABYSS AND TABAET

ome strong in both a material sense (if desired) or a spiritual one. az or jeh, the whore or demonic feminine, was the 'weapon of concupiscence' which ahriman chooses it of his own free will 'as his very essence. the lightening which emerges from the abyss manifests upon earth, the storm bringing shadow called daemon can be only comprehended once the seeker enters the circle, wherein all gods and demons meet in the flesh! the adversary opens forth serpent eyes, finding all in the primal darkness and with an inner fire awakening the clay on man! yet it is the compliment of the masculine in lilith or az or the earlier jahi who is the fiery compliment which rouses her mate to manifest upon earth! the feminine which is the essence of lilith is just as her mate samael, in the form of leviathan

e of ahriman. and the seven planets oppress all creation and deliver it over to death and all manner of evil: for the twelve signs of the zodiac and the seven planets rule the fate of the world and direct it- the dawn and twilight of zoroastrianism ohrmazd and ahriman both had elements of their being in the creation and government of the physical and material universe, thus the angels and daevas (demons) were not only emanations from their source, they could be considered to act according to the attributes of their nature, spirit based daevas were unseen yet had very powerful hungers for the human spirit, vizaresh for instance had no specific physical attrtibutes but could detect spirits, sat at the mouth of hell and sought to drag souls into darkness. material based daevas such as druj na

al malchira and is a manifestation of angro mainyush or ahriman. in the ascension of isaiah, belial is called beliar; for the angel of lawlessness, who is the ruler of this world and is called mantanbuchus or ahriman. in another text, belial has seven spirits of deceit which emanate from his being, that is they are connected with his existence. in the testaments of the twelve patriarchs the seven demons are identical to the archdaevas of ahriman. what things i saw concerning the seven spirits of deceit, when i repented. seven spirits therefore are appointed against man, and they are the leaders in the works of youth [and seven other spirits are given to him at his creation, that through them should be done every work of man. the first is the spirit of life, with which the constitution (of

the adversary as a spirit of self-deification and self-mastery. samael is known in the talmudic texts as being the same as satan, the chief of evil spirits who is known as the venom of god. samael is said to have twelve wings rather than the six of normal angels, a favored assumption. as the angel of death, samael was the angel of poison which is sain ha-mawet, along with ashmodai, is the lord of demons. compare to ahriman and his created daeva eshm or aeshma, who controls and directs the seven powers of ahriman. samael as the angel of poison is to the luciferian as a symbol of self-mastery and using the world around us to grow in power and strength, always internal, sometimes external depending on the individual desire. luciferians seek to devour the essence of life, the essence of humani

the individual desire. luciferians seek to devour the essence of life, the essence of humanity. all life is made stronger by devouring another, this is the law of nature. to be honest to the self, to present challenge and overcome such is to attain a foundation upon the path of mastery. beelzebub is a name for satan mentioned in the new testament with regards to him holding the title of prince of demons. the name beelzebub or beelzebuth actually can be derived from baal zebub, baal meaning lord and zebub which holds reference in hebrew as hostility, thus baal zebub is the lord of hostility or they enemy, a title of the opposer. dominus muscarum is also a translation of the title of beelzebub, meaning lord of flies and relates to the adversary being in part a spirit of the air. baal-zebub a

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

TRUE HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT

l (or should that be the other way around, but what record, prior to the advent 50 years ago of modern wicca via gerald gardner, do we have of the survival of a mother goddess image from ancient times" wiccan apologists frequently refer to the (apparently isolated) tenth century church document which states that "some wicked women, perverted by the devil, seduced by the illusions and phantasms of demons, believe and profess themselves in the a true history of witchcraft get any book for free on: www.abika.com 5 hours of the night to ride upon certain beasts with diana, the goddess of pagans, or with herodias, and an innumerable multitude of women, and in the silence of the dead of night to traverse great spaces of earth, and to obey her commands as of their mistress, and to be summoned to

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orgie were either obscene or vulgarly ridiculous. the music was often drawn from burlesque 212 on the worship of the instruments, such as a stick or a bone for a flute, a horse's skull for a lyre, the trunk of a tree for a drum, and a branch for a trumpet. as they became excited, they became more licentious, and at last they abandoned themselves to indiscriminate sexual intercourse, in which the demons played a very active part. the meeting separated in time to allow the witches, by the same expeditious conveyance which brought them, to reach their homes before the cock crowed.1 such is the account of the sabbath, as described by bodin; but we have reviewed it briefly in order to describe this strange scene from the much fuller and more curious narrative of another frenchman, pierre de la

ssion to proceed against persons accused of sorcery in labourd, a district in the basque provinces, then celebrated for its witches, and apparently for the low state of morality among its inhabitants. it is a wild, and, in many parts, desolate region, the inhabitants of which held to their ancient superstitions with great tenacity. de lancre, after arguing learnedly on the nature and character of demons, discusses the question why there were so many of them in the country of labourd, and why the inhabitants of that district were so much addicted to sorcery. the women of the country, he says, were naturally of a lascivious temperament, which was shown even in their manner of dressing, for he describes their headdress as being singularly indecent, and describes them as commonly exposing thei

of the sabbath, one of the witches whom he had debauched, to whom he chose to give greater honour than to the others, and whom he decked in gay robes, with a crown on her head, to serve as a bait to the ambition of the rest. candles of pitch, or torches, yielded a false light, which gave people in appearance monstrous forms and frightful faces. here you see false fires, through which some of the demons were first passed, and afterwards the witches, without suffering any pain, which, as explained by de lancre, was intended to teach them not to fear the fire of hell. but we see in these the need-fires, which formed a part of the priapic orgies, and of which we have spoken before (p. 163. there women are presenting to him children, whom they have initiated in sorcery, and he shows them a dee

3 in this fair. of such objects, also, were composed the dishes served at the sabbath tables, at which no salt was allowed, because satan wished everything to be insipid, musty, and bad-tasted. here see people dancing, either in long, in couples, turned back to back, or sometimes in round, till turning their backs towards the centre of the dance, the girls and women each holding by the hand their demons, who teach them movements and gestures so lascivious and indecent that they would horrify the most shameless woman in the world; with songs of a composition so brutal, and in terms and words of such license and lubricity, that the eyes become troubled, the ears confounded, and the understanding bewitched, at the appearance of so many monstrous things ill crowded together. the women and girl

h them movements and gestures so lascivious and indecent that they would horrify the most shameless woman in the world; with songs of a composition so brutal, and in terms and words of such license and lubricity, that the eyes become troubled, the ears confounded, and the understanding bewitched, at the appearance of so many monstrous things ill crowded together. the women and girls with whom the demons choose to have connection are covered with a cloud, to conceal the execrations and ordures attached to these scenes, and to prevent the compassion which others might have on the screams and sufferings of these poor wretches. in order to mix impiety with the other abominations, they pretended to perform religious rites, which were a wild cieuse et commune marchandise qui s y trouve. et n ant

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urce of all power. it is neither good nor evil, but raw potential. into the blood of the all the magus dips a hand when he or she meditates, and from this reservoir of limitless possibility, draws words and signs of command. the whole of the art of magic is in learning to reach across the veil and bring the fire of the unmanifest into perceived existence. it is common in magic to speak of angels, demons, ghosts, elementals, and so on. opinions as to the nature of these various spirits differ, but generally they are regarded as possessing considerable powers of their own, which they occasionally choose to exhibit for the terror or delight of mankind. they are usually described as intelligent but lacking the spark of divinity in humans that enables them to ape the part of creator. many super

the spirits delude the fakir into thinking he is dependent on them. in fact, the truth is just the opposite: spirits are wholly dependent on the unconscious power of human beings when they wish to exercise their purposes in the human world. the buddhists of tibet have a somewhat clearer understanding of spirits than the hindu fakirs of india. they admit the existence of such things as angels and demons, but maintain that they are illusions composed by the human mind, even as humans are a dream in the mind of god. they do not dismiss spirits as unreal, for they understand full well that mental realities are no less potent than physical realities. both are founded ultimately in god. the western hermetic view is similar to the buddhist. the magus does not believe spirits are wholly independe

d in a coma or catatonic state. one can only try to imagine the horror, called up from the darkest depths of the subconscious, that causes such conditions. magic cannot be half real and half illusion. if power is to be gained inside the circle, it must be given up outside. if the angels of light are rendered tangible to the eyes of the magus, then he or she will also, perforce, be able to see the demons of the pit in all their loathsome detail. if the magus seeks to extract the good out of the art, he or she must also learn how to deal with the evil. in short, if the circle works at all, it works on both sides. all too often the talented beginner will succeed in pumping some measure of energy into the circle and then, through stupidity or pigheadedness, will violate its boundary. the least

t uses the symbolic tools and molds made by society-its forebears, its peers, its blood relations-to gain a measure of control over the vast and unmanageable world of emanations. in vulgar terms, it forces the lights of god into bottles and caps them, then stores them away where they can do as little vio- lence to its feelings as possible. this is one meaning of the myth of solomon, who bound the demons of the world by the power of his ring and commanded them to enter a vessel of brass. when something is gained, something is lost. in exchange for sanity and peace, the child gives up its perceptions of much of the subtler emanations of the all. its personal universe is always smaller than the real universe. it can only see as far as the crest of the surrounding hills of its world, for it ha

asize the origin of the octagram by first painting two crosses and then painting over them the double square. in this way the crosses are physically embodied in the charm, although partially hidden under the second layer of paint. the octagram has also been used as a devil trap to protect the home or other property against the hidden invasion of demonic forces. upon looking at the octa- gram, the demons are believed to become transfixed and bound up in the eight- sided center of the symbol. for this purpose, however, a spiral such as that used by the ancient babylonians is more effective. t he nonagram has three forms. the common nonagram is made up of three overlapping equilateral triangles rotated so that their nine points are equal- ly spaced. two unicursal nonagrams can be drawn, one w

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on from the novel of apuleius demonstrates. by the tenth century, the prevailing belief was that witches flew on the backs of beasts sacred to the lunar goddess diana. in the fanatical eyes of the medieval church, pagan diana was only one step away from satan, so it was maintained that witches flew on beasts controlled by the devil, or sometimes were carried through the air by the devil or by his demons. a later evolution gives the witch a stick to ride upon. this stick takes several forms. it can be a simple forked twig-forked to indicate duality and thus duplicity, after the manner of the forked tongue of the serpent. or it can be a homely farm implement such as a pitchfork, which had two prongs in early times, or a corn broom. witches are shown in old woodcuts straddling the broom or si

h. captured outside the city gates of compikgne by the french forces of the duke of burgundy, who was in alliance with the english against charles vii, she was sold to the english by the burgundians, interrogated by the inquisition, and put on trial for heresy. the voices in her head that had previously been accepted by the theologians as the voices of saints were now declared to be the voices of demons. she was accused of having consorted with fairies as a young girl, a common charge against witches. this contact with fairies supposedly took place at the site of a fairy tree, known as the charmed fairy tree of bourlemont, near joan's home village of domrkmy. it was a giant beech, also called the ladies' tree, located on the property of seigneur pierre de bourlemont, and accepted as the ga

yss i saw a place that had no firmament of the heaven above, and no firmly founded earth beneath it: there was no water upon it, and no birds, but it was a waste and horrible place."61 the hell of enoch appears to have been largely a zone of negation, where the good things of the world are not. much of what has been written concerning heaven with its choirs of angels, and hell with its legions of demons, has been obtained through soul flight.visions of both heaven and hell were common among the saints, who saw them firsthand, being present within the landscapes in the astral body. saint frances of rome (1384-1440, while in her cell at the convent, one day at around four in the afternoon fell into an ecstatic trance in which the archangel raphael came to her and carried her away on a guided

ithout repose."62 beyond the gates, she entered a deep abyss from which emanated cries and a terrible stench. hell was divided into three levels, the highest being the least unpleasant and the lowest the most horrifying. the lowest level was filled with damned souls of the worst kind who suffered intricate and imaginative forms of torture. usurers were stretched over tables of red-hot brass while demons poured molten metal down their throats. blasphemers had their tongues 60. barnstone, the other bible, 377. 61. charles, apocrypha and pseudepigraphia, vol. 11, p. 200. 62, brewer, dictionary of miracles, 412. 54 soul flight stretched out of their mouths on hooks. apostates were sawn in half. murders wandered forever from a bath of boiling blood to a bath of thick-ribbed ice, and back again

the living to communicate with the beloved dead. it is significant that almost all of the spirits who spoke through spiritualist seances identified themselves as souls of the dead. this is a departure from the spirit communications of preceding centuries. in earlier times, the spirits who communicated had identified themselves more frequently as angels, or spirits of the natural world, or even as demons, but seldom as the dead. however, the religion of spiritualism, and its french version known as spiritism, are based on the premise that the entities that communicate during the skances were once living human beings. those attending seances did not wish to communicate with the archangel gabriel; they wanted to talk to aunt flora and uncle jim, and the mediums, who conducted the seances as i

TYSON DONALD THE MAGICAL WORKBOOK

the commentary to the previous exercise, the ritual circle is only as real as you believe it to be in your own mind. when you simply step through it and forget about it at the end of rituals, you inevitably weaken its efficacy. in ceremonial magic, the circle is often projected using a tool such as the athame (a dagger used by witches for many functions) or the magic wand. during the evocation of demons or other potentially dangerous spirits, a ritual sword may be used to draw the circle upon the air. beginners should practice projecting the circle with the right index finger. this technique is frequently used by experienced magicians as well-i seldom employ an instrument when projecting the circle. once you have established a permanent temple in a room or part of a room dedicated to ritua

press the palms of your hands upon your face and slide them down as though drawing off a skin-tight mask. relax and stretch gently, then go on with your day. commentary higher spirits such as angels are invoked into the circle, which is an extension of the self; hence, these spirits are invoked into our own bodies and personalities, where for a time they become a part of us. lower spirits such as demons or elemental ar e evoked outside the circle, beyond the boundary of the self, usually into a triangle. we invoke spirits to acquire their wisdom and authority for the purposes of improving our nature and commanding lower spirits; we evoke spirits to use them for manifest or material ends. invocation of higher spirits elevates the soul, but invocation of lower spirits would degrade and endan

pirits of particular objects or places, such as spirits of woodlands, stones, trees, meadows, springs, rivers, buildings, and geographical regions. also classed as lower spirits are the spirits of the four lower elements, which may or may not have specific local habitations-the sylphs of air, the salamanders of fire, the undines of water, and the gnomes of earth. the infernal spirits, such as the demons of hell, who traditionally are supposed to dwell beneath the surface of the earth, are also lower spirits, as are the qlippoth or shells of kabbalistic doctrine. higher spirits are those that dwell in or above the sphere of the moon. they are associated with the spheres, successively, of the moon, mercury, venus, the sun, mars, jupiter, saturn, and the sphere of the fixed stars, or zodiac

undary of the magic circle where it can be used safely. it is the nature of lower spirits to be more material than higher spirits. the lower they are in the spiritual hierarchy, the denser and more tangible their evoked forms. it is necessary to learn evocation when seeking a complete understanding of the art of magic because evocation outside the circle is the only safe way to deal with infernal demons, and with the more dangerous elementals. undines can usually be summoned without the protection of a circle, provided the magician is mentally stable. often this is also true of sylphs. it is best to evoke gnomes, and salamanders should always be evoked. demons are best left alone entirely, but if they must be used for some grossly material purpose, they should always be evoked into the tri

he goetia: the lesser k q of solomon the king. lemegeton, book i, clavicuk salomonis regs. illustrated second edition, edited and introduced by aleister crowley. further editing by hymenaeus beta. york beach, maine: samuel weiser, 1995. first edition first published 1904. almost all the credit for this work belongs to mathers. crowley contributed very little, although he did add a few sketches of demons to the second edition. this is not really the lesser key or lemegeton, but only the first book of that large manuscript. since it is the best known and most widely available of the grimoires of suggested reading 323 demonic spirit evocation, it is worth studying for the practical insights into spirit evocation as a whole that it provides the serious practitioner. the k q of solomon the king

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moses called upon its authority to bring down the ten plagues on egypt. solomon used it to compel the spirits of the earth to build the first temple at jerusalem, then turned it upon them and sealed them beneath the sea in a prison of brass. prophets and exorcists used its fabled might to restore the dead to life, to rule storms and calm the seas, to turn back the course of the sun, and to drive demons out of those possessed. so revered was the name by the ancient jewish priests that they forbade anyone to speak it. after the fall of herod's temple to the romans in a.d. 70, its true pronunciation was lost to the general jewish population, but esoteric sects and solitary magicians continued to rely upon its potency as the foundation of all their works. in the middle ages, ba'alai shem, or

oid the awkward adonai-adonai. this continues to be the practice today. with such fanatical secrecy, it was inevitable that the true pronunciation of the name would be lost, but this did not take place overnight. as late as the fourth century, perhaps much later, it was known in babylonia, and the jewish magicians, who styled themselves ba'alei shem (masters of the name) used it widely in driving demons out of the possessed and healing the sick. among the kabbalists of the middle ages, it was handed down from master to disciple. much of the ire of the rabbis against these mystics may have been incited by the fear that they would misuse the name in secular magic and thus profane it. biblical tradition has it that the name was first revealed to moses when he went up upon horeb, the mountain

ers, tetragrammaton; and the third period, of grace and redemption, in which god revealed himself to the apostles through the name of five letters, yeheshuah. reuchlin held that with the birth of jesus, the name of four letters had been rendered powerless, its ability to cause miracles having passed into the name of jesus. this is why in the gospels the name of jesus has such force in casting out demons from the bodies of the possessed and in healing the sick. by using the holy tongue, hebrew, and the numerical methods of the kabbalah, reuchlin maintained that the truths of christian doctrine could be proved and, more than this, that all occult secrets could be laid bare. the importance of pentagrammaton was further enhanced by the venetian francesco giorgi (1456-1540, who, in his book de

ud and jewish folk tales, the koran and the book of a thousand nights and a night of the arabs, and the magical manuscripts of the ethiopians. this widespread fame of solomon as a magician may result from a confusion of names. arabian and persian legends speak of a prehistoric race ruled by seventy-two kings named suleiman. these kings were great masters of magic and commanded all the spirits and demons of the world. the last monarch ruled for a thousand years. some scholars believe that these mythical persian kings are unconnected with the biblical solomon but became merged with him due to the similarity of names. however it may have happened, the fables of solomon as a wonderworker have always been much more popular in islam than in judaism or christianity. according to arab and jewish l

king sealed them into brass vessels (richard f. burton's translation of the book of a thousand nights and a night says the vessels were of copper. these sealed vessels were cast into the sea, and from time to time they wash up on shore, giving rise to all the tales of jinn freed from lamps by fools. in modern popular stories, these "genies" are often good spirits, but in older tales they are evil demons-why else would solomon have imprisoned them? the instrument of solomon's power was his magic ring. there are various descriptions of this object. we know it was a seal ring because the king used it to seal the jinn into their prisons. the brass (or copper) vessels were stopped with lead caps into which was pressed the symbol of solomon's ring. some early accounts say that the pentagram was

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rict christian home, he would later turn to the occult arts and extremes of sexual excess. a prolific poet as well as an accomplished mountain-climber, crowley would also become one of the most reviled characters of the 20th century. he has been described variously as "the king of depravity, arch-traitor, debauchee and drug-fiend"xiv and "a perverse idealist, master of the occult and slave to the demons he liberated."xv yet, as his most recent biographer lawrence sutin argues, crowley was far more than a mere sadistic master of the black arts; not only was he a gifted poet, painter and "master modernist" in his prose style, but he was also one of the first western students of buddhism and yoga, and "one of the rare human beings to dare to prophesy a distinctive new creed and to devote hims

ion with a divine being..the ixth degree was labeled heterosexual intercourse where the sexual secrets were sucked out of the vagina and when not consumed..put on a sigil to attract this or that demon to fulfill the pertinent wish..in the xith degree, the mostly homosexual degree, one identifies oneself with an ejaculating penis. the blood (or excrements) from anal intercourse attract the spirits/demons while the sperm keeps them alive.lx in many ways, this secret of sexual magic was really the key to his entire vision of a new aeon based on the full affirmation of the will and the complete liberation from the repressive, oppressive religions of the past. indeed, crowley takes the "repressive hypothesis" and the urge to sexual freedom to its furthest extreme: for he not only proclaims the

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ds and sleeping beasts, it challenges and destroys those who flinch in the face of the adversary in short it is dangerous. the left hand path is indeed dangerous because it can destroy the perceptions of the condition of human belief structures it can free the psyche but the shock of this liberation is sometimes too much to bear. sorcery can destroy as it is rather simple to abuse, and invoke the demons of your extreme desires to devour you. the left hand path is not an easy one. let us first observe the nature of the left hand path. specifically, it is the antinomianian (non-union or isolation from the natural order) path of self- deification (self-godhood. by this definition, the individual views his or her self alone and able to rely only on his or her developing psyche for the creation

balance within the mind to destroy you. often, more so than not, we are our own worst enemy. as you adopt a model such as the witches sabbat as your initiatory focus, keep in mind the many origins which represent the foundation of the rite itself. christian witch hunters may have indeed fabricated many of the stories of the sabbat, much of the sexual manifestations of that time with accordance to demons and such, but do not loose the point of which we expand from their writings. if you are christian or not, by utilizing the imagination6 in adverse areas you are displaying to left hand path principles 1) the self described antinomian events which indicate isolate consciousness and intelligence, a sense of the forbidden 2) by inventing such aspects of the sabbat and the devil, they fleshed o

or not, by utilizing the imagination6 in adverse areas you are displaying to left hand path principles 1) the self described antinomian events which indicate isolate consciousness and intelligence, a sense of the forbidden 2) by inventing such aspects of the sabbat and the devil, they fleshed out a powerful and adverse initiatory model of luciferian self-deification. we have in fact become their demons by expanding from this practice. the same may be said in current times, those who walk secrecy in the religious path of self-destruction (i.e. christianity or the right hand path) laugh at those who point their fingers and invent our evils, have also a duty of fighting or toying with the religious nazis of christianity. we openly support same sex marriages7, the slow and careful destruction

to create or adopt a sigil which holds connection to the goal or it may represent the desire of the spell. you may also use a mantra or phrase which holds significance to the same. as you perform the rite, with the decorated chamber or even in the woods, 12 a grimoire of luciferian and nightside witchcraft and vampyric sorcery by the present author. vox sabbatum the witches sabbat 11 envision the demons and familiars in your company and the spirits carrying your will to become flesh. as your rite comes to a climax, loose all desire in the sigil at the moment of exhaustion. if you have a sigil for the working, destroy it and forget it the rite should then be enjoyed as a walking in the crossroads or inbetween worlds. the infernal sabbat and sexual magick sexual magick is significant in the

the werewolf 14 the definition of the infernal sabbat is, the infernal sabbat, being the antinomian self-love rite of sexual and psyche oriented self-deification, allows the passing of the shadow of the witch into an averse and more powerful state of being. the infernal sabbat is one when the witches and sorcerers take to masks and imagined or visualized lycanthropy, when they are joined with the demons and other familiars around the circle, by dream or waking sabbat such is a reality which is very pertinent to the practitioner it is a vivifying and realistic experience, with results ending in the success of the desire. as an early latin tract indicates, the arras witches held numerous sexual relations with demons as described in the following from 1460- at the sabbats of the vaudois, the

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and had grown round the chest and enclosed it on every side so completely that it was not to be seen. moreover, the king of the country, amazed at its unusual size, had cut the tree down, and made that part of the trunk wherein the chest was concealed into a pillar to support the roof of his house. these things, they say, having been made known to isis in an extraordinary manner by the report of demons, she immediately went to byblos, where, setting herself down by the side of a fountain, she refused to speak to anybody except the queen's women who chanced to be there. these, however, she saluted and caressed in the kindest manner possible, plaiting their hair for them, and transmitting into them part of that wonderful odour which issued from her own body. this raised a great desire in th

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sexual lingam (the phallus; the yoni is the uterus. normally the serpent is enclosed within the chakra muladhara (church of ephesus. the serpent slumbers in that coccygeal center entwined three and a half times. the serpent must inevitably leave from its church. if the serpent rises through the medullar channel we convert ourselves into angels and if the serpent descends we convert ourselves into demons. now you can comprehend why there are always two serpents around the caduceus of mercury. the sexual force is the hilum of the gnostics. los tres traidores constituyen el ego reencarnante. el yo psicol gico. el sat n que debe ser disuelto para encarnar al cristo interno constituido por kether, chokmah, binah. el tri ngulo superior es el resplandeciente drag n de la sabidur a. el tri ngulo i

ely achieving the union of the solar and lunar atoms in order to awaken the kundalini. the outcome of such black tantrism is the negative awakening of the serpent. therefore instead of ascending, the serpent descends downwards into the atomic infernos of the human being and becomes the tail of satan. this is how these black yogis end up separating themselves from their inner god forever; they are demons. so, that is the black magic. through this way the two witnesses of the apocalypse never resurrect because this way leads into the abyss and the second death. therefore, whosoever ejaculates his seminal liquor withdraws himself from his inner god. los gn sticos sabemos que el cad ver, la muerte de la octava llave de basilio valent n, representa a los dos testigos del apocalipsis que ahora e

humans are soulless creatures. when death arrives [for them, only the human specters continue! from this specter escapes the embryo of the soul. the post mortem states mentioned by occultists correspond to the embryo of the soul. this embryo returns to its true being that normally lives in the causal world. an in depth analysis takes us to the conclusion that the human specter is a den of filthy demons. the conclusion is that the human being becomes a legion of demons that continue on. indeed, the physical human person dies. the human being is not immortal nor powerful yet; however, the human beings believe themselves to be so, but the breaking point of arrogance is that the ray of death fulminates them and from the tower of babel they roll into the abyss. this is the fatality. arcano xvi

usian initiation has the bliss of incarnating the dragon of wisdom (the inner christ, the arcanum 17 represents the hope. the gnostic student should be very careful with the work in the laboratorium oratorium. since the betrayal of the sanctuary of vulcan, the doctrine of ahriman was spread everywhere; this is the doctrine of the nicholaitans that transforms human beings into disgusting sub-lunar demons. the adepts of the left hand color their doctrine a very beautiful hue filled with ineffable and sublime mysticism. many are the brethren of the path that have entered this tenebrous path. the basic foundation of the doctrine of the nicholaitans consists of spilling the cup of hermes. these offspring of darkness ejaculate the ens seminis during their practices of sexual magic. billions of s

dge is protected. during the degree of apprentice, the attention is focused on the astral plane. the inner lodge must be protected; the astral body must be clean from any type of animal passions and desires. in the second degree the mental lodge must be protected. thus, worldly thoughts must be cast out of the temple. it is necessary to protect the inner lodge very well so that doctrines, people, demons, etc. do not penetrate inside the inner sanctuary and thus sabotage the great work. in practical life, we may see that students (apparently very serious) when they became careless, when they could not protect their own inner lodge, were invaded by people and strange doctrines. often times they continue working in the flaming forge of vulcan, but they mixed many different methods and systems

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e reptilians and other consciousness of, the lower fourth dimension. this is the dimensional field, also known as the lower astral to many people, which resonates to the frequency of low vibrational emotions like fear, guilt, hate and so on. when a ritual focuses these emotions, as satanism does, a powerful connection is made with the lower fourth dimension, the reptilians; these are some of the 'demons' which these rituals have been designed to summon since this whole sad story began thousands of years ago. this is when so much possession takes place and the reptilians take over the initiate's physical body. the leading satanists are full-blood reptilians cloaked in human form. these rituals invariably take place on vortex points and so the terror, horror, and hatred, created by them ente

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of eleven feet. when drawn, this circle is carefully purified, as also are all who celebrate the rites. watches attach great importance to this, for within the circle is the gods' domain. it is necessary to distinguish this clearly from the work of the magician or sorcerer, who draws a circle on the ground and fortifies it with mighty words of power and summons (or attempts to summon) spirits and demons to do his bidding, the circle being to prevent them from doing him harm, and he dare not leave it. the witches' circle, on the other hand, is to keep in the power which they believe they can raise from their own bodies and to prevent it from being dissipated before they can mould it to their own will. they can and do step in and out if they wish to, but this involves some loss of power, so

in were noted magicians and astrologers. they might easily have protected a fellow-worker and picked his or her brains; so, while i am very much interested in mr. hughes's theory and would like to know that it was true, i can only say that as far as i am concerned it is 'not proven. to recapitulate, ritualistic magic, kabalistic magic, art magic or black magic are alike attempting to evoke genii, demons or elemental spirits and forcing or bribing them to cause events to occur, the practitioner believing that such spirits have the power to alter nature, to cause storms, floods or earthquakes for instance. they often use blood, skulls and other nasty things for this purpose. the witch dislikes these methods and thinks her ways are best. true, in the past there have been many cases of sorcere

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skeptics and reason confutes the dogmatists. blaise pascal a man said to the universe, sir, i exist. however, replied the universe, the fact has not created in me a sense of obligation. stephen crane indeed i now realize that a man requires intimate and solitary contact with the wild places if he is to survive. when he is deprived of this state he begins to withdraw into himself, a prey to inner demons and the psychic wallpaper that passes for his estrangement from any genuine inner life. james cowan, letters from a wild state if my decomposing carcass helps nourish the roots of a juniper tree or the wings of a vulture that is immortality enough for me. and as much as anyone deserves. ed abbey. earth-wise, we are as altars on which the divine fires can burn. the stone of the druids is sti

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

passions, the ishmaelites, the chaldeans and the captivity. god has made only 4 women perfect in beauty; sarah, abigail, rahab and esther; eve is not included because she was not born of woman. esther is said to have had golden colored hair. of the 4 cardinal points, god left the north pole unfinished, saying, if there be any my equal let him finish it like the others. this corner is the home of demons, ghosts, devils and storms. pirke of rabbi eleazar, cap. 3. the number 4 is related to jacob, the lesser light, which is the moon. jacob was spelled ioqb, and its initials are those of epithets, iutzr, the former; oushh the maker, quna the possessor, and bvra, the creator. see amos vii. 2, where jacob is called the small. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes

woman in the street; to talk at table with the ignorant; to wear ragged shoes, and to be late at the house of prayer. berachoth, 43. 2. six things lay up capital for hereafter, and also bear interest in this world. hospitality well ordered; comfort to the sick; prayerful meditation; early instruction of children; training in the mosaic law, and charitable treatment of neighbor. sabbat 127. i evil demons have 6 characters; like men, they take food and drink, they beget and they die; like angels, they have wings, they pass from one end of the world to the other, and they can learn the future. talmud. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott solomon is called by six names; solomon, jedidiah, koheleth, son of jakeh, agur and lemuel. see the fathers, aboth, by

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briah (crown) divine forces binah chokmah (intelligence (wisdom_ geburah chesed world of yetzirah tiphereth or of formation hod netzach yesod_ malkuth world of assiah ruled by material form. adonai melekh_ the earth-matter chald an scheme of beings. representatives of the previous classes guiding our universe. i. hyperarchii archangels ii. azon i unzoned gods iii. zon i planetary deities_ higher demons: angels_ human souls_ lower demons, elementals fiery 4 of 13 airy earthy watery_ evil demons lucifugous; the kliphoth_ chald an theology contemplated three great divisions of supra-mundane things: the first was eternal, without beginning or end, being the "paternal depth" the bosom of the deity. the second was conceived to be that mode of being having beginning but no end; the creative worl

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natures are centered around the phases of the moon. lilith is thus a night daemon, considered such because of he ability to seduce, take what she wishes, and disregard those whom displease her. lilith is the goddess whose top half is feminine beauty, her bottom half is that of an animal with bird like feet. the torah mentions lilith in an interesting phrase, wildcats shall meet with hyenas, goat-demons shall call to each other; there too lilith shall repose, and find a place to rest. there shall the owl nest and lay and hatch and brood in its shadow (isaiah 34:14) jewish folklore mentions that lilith resides in caves in another plane of existence, much different from her original journey to the red sea caves in which she bred demons. the mirror itself is the gateway for her home and from

as not a happy or unified couple. she wished independence and to be equal with mate, and adam was not pleased. lilith refused to lay beneath and in a moment of anger and disgust, rose to the air and called the secret magickal name of god, from which she fled to the shores of the red sea. adam called upon angels to find her and they did locate her, in the caves on the red sea. there she mated with demons and produced 100 lilim or lilitu, succubi and children spawn of her blood. needless to say, the angels felt little security in trying to persuade her back to adam. considering the lunar qualities and the connection to screech owls, lilith is the queen of witches. by witch i do mean cunning woman who is able, by the abilities of command to look, by her own dayside attributes and her concise

considered is not that samael (or ashmodai) are considered evil in any moralistic way, however that samael is the solar and aggressive force of becoming. when one invokes samael, they become the dragon of darkness. the dragon is in reference to the primal force of the reptilian mind, cold and calculating while the darkness is itself the hidden source of knowledge. lilith is known as the queen of demons in hebrew lore, but also she has manifested throughout different cultures and times. kali is one of the 17 names of lilith, represented as the devouring black mother of india, who absorbs through time itself. kali is the proactive female, the mother which devours its young. while lilith is itself, a force of the subconscious, lunar and fluid sense of self, something so very real as lilith m

roughout different cultures and times. kali is one of the 17 names of lilith, represented as the devouring black mother of india, who absorbs through time itself. kali is the proactive female, the mother which devours its young. while lilith is itself, a force of the subconscious, lunar and fluid sense of self, something so very real as lilith may manifest to the sorcerer. lilith is the mother of demons, spawning lilitu or succubi, in the caves of the red sea. lilitu and succubi are essential in the magical awakening process of the sorcerer. while many might view such as dangerous, it is rather essential in the becoming or initiation period of the individual. lilith and her home of desolation is located near the red sea, which is first described in the old testament. this demonic area is f

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en names are those of the planets, given earlier. th cross of levanael is shown in figure 15. on the back of the seal i the sigil shown in figure 16. in the golden dawn, the word agla describes the nort and the element of earth. agla is notariqon for "thou ai mighty forever, 0 lord" agla is an angel in its own right and i 17 the rites of exorcism; the vibration of it is used for the exorcising of demons and any negative spirits. its place here, though, should not be associated to earth, but to its powers of exorcism in keeping any unwanted force out of the crystal that was placed on top of the seal. pr a c t i ca l us e of the seal dei aemeth as stated at the beginning of this paper, in the original dee manuscripts, the holy seal, or the sigillum dei aemeth, was used as a form of contact f

sons of light" being one such example) while others do not consider them so. the definition of good and evil, as far as the angelic entities goes, seems to depend entirely on the author of the text one is reading. most if not all of the names given in the seven tablets can be found in old grimoires, such as black magic and pacts by waite, dictionary of angels by gustav davidson, and dictionary of demons by fred gettings. these three books contain bibliographies which contain more than enough material to do research on this subject. we now come to the planetary associations of the seven tablets presented in rudd's manuscript. upon close inspection, you will find that there are a number of different planetary considerations in each tablet, and that no one entity governs them. the rudd manusc

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f good: a limiting, restricting and binding force without which you cannot have form on the higher planes. it is only in the worlds of yetzirah and assiah that the analogue of this principle becomes absolutely evil. this idea was first expressed by the gnostics, when they said that achamoth attempted to comprehend the pleroma, but could not understand it, and from the grief of her were formed the demons and evil spirits. if therefore we seek to institute an analogy concerning the microcosm, it will be seen the nephesch refers to malkuth and assiah; ruach will refer to yetzirah, which is the world of formation. therefore, the formative principle operating in the ruach gives form to all ideas, and is that which weighs, balances and works in things. ruach can also have an evil side. neschamah

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