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or destruction, but rarely. it can also mean some fluctuation or physical pain, spiritual or mental pain. death -reversed this can mean stagnation, not moving forward, staying in one place and degression. temperance this is a combination of energies, a realization of an action, unlikely things coming together. it can also mean moderation. temperance -reversed a clashing of energies or interests. devil this is materialism and material force. it can also can mean temptation in the area of materiality. in some means it can represent that somebody is coveting your possessions or that you are coveting theirs. it can also mean obsession. devil -reversed something is going to happen, something is going to come up, but it will not be for the good, it will be for evil. tower fighting, war, power

18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

of olives, 61= oil. hans sachs freqiiently has' den olgotzen tragen' for doing house drudgery, i. 5, 418'i 528. iii. 3, 24* 49^ iv. 3, 37^ 99^ the o.h.g. coz, simpuvium numae (juvenal 6, 343, which graff 4, 154 would identify with gotze, was a vessel, and belongs to giozan=fundere. 2 such a fear may arise from two causes: a holy name must not be abused, or an unholy dreaded name, e.g, that of the devil, has to be softened down by modifying its form; see chap.'xxxiii, how the people call formidable animals by another name, and for donner preier to say donnerwetter (dan. tordenveir for thursday, donnerwettstein (wetterstein or wetzstein 1, donnerkeil, donnerwasche, dummer. in fornm. sog. 10, 283 we have oddiuer for osinn; perhaps wuotansheer (woden's host) was puqiosely changed into muteshee

f) the asynior; stem. 31. heill scaltu agnarr, allz jjic lieilan bisr vera tyr vera! srem. 40. in the same way the name of the omniscient god emphasizes an assurance of knowledge or ignorance: daz weiz got unde ich; trist. 4151. den schatz weiz nu nieman wan (except) got unde mill; nib. 2308, 3^ this comfortable combination of/ with god has for its counterpart the opprobrious one of a tjioii with devil, ch. xxxiii. here too the got alone is enough: ingen vet min sorg utan gud; svenska visor 2, 7. that we are fully justified in 1 the dmission of and between the two datives is archaic, conf. zeitschr. f. d. a. 2, 190. 2 bilge waz primi, gralva venus! frauend. 192, 20; conf. 177, 14. 3 hie haert uns anders nieman dan got unde diu waltvogelltn; ecke 96. niemen bevinde daz wan er und ich und ei

ded jealous god" a wicked man was in the mid. ages called gotc hide, loathed by god. one form of imprecation was to consign a man to god's hatred: uz in gotes haz! trist. 5449. liz strtchet (sheer off) balde in gotes haz! trist. 14579. nu vart den gotes haz alsam ein boeswiht von mir hin! frauend. 109, 12. mich hat der gotes jmz bestanden; kl. 518. inch hat rehtfe gotes haz (al. foul weather, the devil &c) daher gesendet beide; iw. 6104. so miieze ich haben gotes lioz; altd. w. 3, 212. varet hen an godes haz i wiggert 2, 47. nu mueze er gewinnen gotes haz; eoth 611. in like manner the mlg. godsat liebbe! huyd. op st. 2, 350. eeinaert 3196^ but, what deserves particular notice, this fornmla' in gotes haz' or in ace. without prepos' gotes haz varn, strichen' has a perfect parallel in another

gothland, acted by young fellows in disguise, who blacken and rouge their faces (see ch. xvii, sub fine. one, wrajdt in fur, sits in a chair as the victim, holding in his mouth a bunch of straw-stalks cut fine, which reach as far as his ears and have the appearance of sowbristles: by this is meant the boar sacrificed at yule, which in england is decked with laurel and rosemary (ch. x, just as the devil's offering is with rue, rosemary and orange (ch. xxxiii. the great sacrificial feast of the ancient saxons was on oct. 1, and is traced to a victory gained over the thuringians in 534 (see ch. vi; in documents of the mid. ages this high festival stills bears the name of the gemcinwoche or common week (see ch. xiii, zisa, wiirdtwein dipl. magimt. 1 praef. iii-v. scheffers haltaus p. 142' conf

ar (omnis generis' is here added, it seems to include goats. the sacrifice of he-goats (hircos) is spoken of in the above-quoted epist. bonif. 82. in the swedish superstition, the water-sprite, before it wiu teach any one to play the harp, requires the sacrifice of a llach lamb; svenska folkv. 2, 128. gregory the great speaks once of she-goats being sacrificed; he says the langobards offer to the devil, i.e.,io one of their gods, caput caprae, hoc ei, per circuitum currentes, carmine nefando dedicantes; dial. 3, 28. this head of a she-goat (or he-goat) was reared aloft, and the people bowed before it. the halloiclng of a he-goat among the ancient prussians is well known (luc. david 1, 87, 98. the slavonian god triglav is represented with three goats' heads (hanka's zbjrka 23. if that lango

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

an organised male medical profession, women healers who had acted as herbalists and midwives became a threat. this was not least because their skills ensured less painful childbirth, which was considered contrary to the curse of god that the daughters of eve should bear children in sorrow. so midwives were a prime target for the new persecutions and were often accused of sacrificing babies to the devil. given the high rate of infant mortality, this allegation was hard to refute, and a grieving mother might easily blame the midwife for the death of her infant. at a time of appropriation of common land and the enclosure of smallholdings, especially in europe, such accusations were a popular way of removing peasants, particularly elderly widows or spinsters, reluctant to give up their land ri

ersecution. even faeries became associated with witchcraft. the bean-tighe, a faerie housekeeper, popular in the mythology of ireland and scotland, was said to reside with the village wise woman and assist her with chores; in the worst of the wave of hysteria over witchcraft, if an old women had an immaculate house, it was claimed she had faerie help- and so by implication was consorting with the devil. under torture, even the innocent would admit to the vile deeds suggested by their inquisitors. many of the confessions now appear to be remarkably uniform and come straight from the pages of the works on demonology, with which the members of the inquisition would be familiar. simple village circle dances performed at the time of the full moon and the old rituals performed to bring fertility

s regarded as precious because it was the main preservative of food through the long winter months for early settlers around the globe. in formal magick, it represents the element of earth. in modern protective and banishing rituals, a salt circle is created to keep out harm. many of us still adhere to the old practice of throwing a pinch of spilt salt over our left shoulder 'into the eyes of the devil. salt was also added in the making of holy water to ward off evil and increase physical strength as well as powers of fertility. salt is still added to water in casting a triple circle in more formal magick. on a less formal level, small quantities of salt can be empowered and used for all kinds of domestic protection. to empower salt, pass a clear quartz or crystal pendulum over it deosil

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s 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 effects to those there celebrated. for example, the ninth chapter of

which are given in the twenty-first chapter of our third book. again these chapters will recall to many of my readers the extraordinary magical effects which faust is said to have produced; who, by the way, as i have before remarked, was in all probability contemporary with abraham the jew. introduction xvi but the mode of their production as given in this work is not the black magic of pact and devil-worship, against which our author so constantly inveighs, but instead a system of qabalistic magic, similar to that of the key of solomon the king and the clavicles of rabbi solomon, though differing in the circumstance of the prior invocation of the guardian angel once for all, while in the works i have just mentioned the angels are invoked in each evocation by means of the magical circle

ts of the terrible end which befel him, may the lord god of his mercy preserve us from such a misfortune. this should serve us as a mirror of warning to keep far from us all evil undertakings and pernicious curiosity. in austria i found an infinitude, but all were either ignorant, or like unto the bohemians, the sacred magic 12 in the kingdom of hungary i found but persons knowing neither god nor devil, and who were worse than the beasts. in greece i found many wise and prudent men, but, however, all of them were infidels, among whom there were three who principally dwelt in desert places, who showed unto me great things, such as how to raise tempests in a moment, how to make the sun appear in the night, how to stop the course of rivers, and how to make night appear at mid-day, the whole b

ect 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 chapters; and let us not walk in another path, whether of the devil, or of men, or of books which boast of their magic; for in truth i declare unto thee that i had so great a quantity of suc

ic, 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 locked-up rooms, he knew our greatest secrets, and once he told me things which god alone could know. but his art cost him too dear, for the devil had made him swear in the pact that he would use all his secrets to the dishonour of god, and to the prejudice of his neighbour. ultimately his body was found dragged through the streets, and his head without any tongue therein, lying in a drain. and this was all the profit he drew from his diabolical science and magic. in austria i found an infinitude of magicians who only occupied themselv

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be true that he desireth to be subjected to the day and hour which men would wish to prescribe for him; seeing that he is the master to elect such days as he himself wisheth, and also may they be sanctified! flee also all such books as those whose conjurations include extravagant, inexplicable, and unheard-of words,15 and which be impossible to understand, and which be truly the inventions of the devil and of wicked men. it is well also to recall that which i have said in the first book, viz, that in the greater part of their conjurations there was not the slightest mention made of god almighty, but only of invocations of the devil, together with very obscure chaldean words. surely it would be a rash thing of a man who should deal with god by the intermediary of his holy angels, to think t

t as regardeth the familiar spirits you shall tell them that at the time when they are on guard-duty they shall remain near you visible or invisible, in whatever form shall please you, in order to serve you during the destined six hours& of abramelin the mage 75 the seventeenth chapter. what we should answer unto the interrogations of the spirits, and how we should resist their demands. he wicked devil knoweth full well that you are in no way obliged unto him, and that you have commenced this operation under the grace and mercy of god, and under the protection and defence of the holy angels; nevertheless, he will not fail to try his fortune, and he will seek to turn you aside from the veritable path; but be you constant and courageous, and swerve not in any way, either to the right hand or

ertain stone which cut ordinary stone as a diamond will glass. belzebud: also written frequently beelzebub, baalzebub, beelzebuth, and beelzeboul. from hebrew, bol= lord, and zbvb= fly or flies; lord of flies. some derive the name from the syriac beel d bobo= master of calumny, or nearly the same signification as the greek word diabolos, whence are derived the modern french and english diable and devil. oriens: these four names of oriens, paimon, ariton and amaymon,are usually allotted to the evil kings of the four quarters of the world. oriens, from latin, oriens= rising or eastern. this name is also written uriens, from latin, uro= to burn, or devour with flame. it is probably from uriens that a mediaeval title of the devil, viz, sir urien, is derived. the name is also sometimes written

in the working of evil; it is to be wished that they were as much so for the good. however, take heed that you be upon your guard. and remember, that as there is a god to write these aforesaid symbols, there is no particular preparation necessary of pens, of ink, and of paper; nor yet of elections of particular days, nor other things to be observed, which the false magicians and enchanters of the devil would have you believe. it sufficeth that the symbols should be clearly written with any kind of ink and pen, provided that we may easily discern unto what operation each sign appertaineth, the which also you can easily do by means of a properly arranged and drawn up register of them. but the greatest part of the symbols of the third book i counsel you to make before commencing the operation

ic, is that which hath not been entirely lost, but the greater part hath been hidden and built up within a wall, and this hath happened by order of the good spirits, who have not permitted this art to altogether perish, being willing that he who should (desire the same) should employ honourable means to obtain the same from the true and only god, and not from that perfidious one and deceiver, the devil, and his following. this operation being completed in the proper manner, you will be able to see and to read these books; but it is not permitted unto you to copy them, nor to keep them in your memory more than once. as for myself, i have made every effort to copy them, but as fast as i wrote, the writing used to disappear from the page; whence you may conclude that the lord knowing our natu

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ali, a certain bearli, a peter d abano,6 and many others. ah! how many of them do but deceive themselves! i do not say that these men did not perform extraordinary things; but it is necessary to note their manner of working, for their science is imperfect, and their authority proceedeth not from god by the intermediation of his holy angels, but proceedeth directly from express pacts made with the devil,7 and (acteth) by means of consecrated books full of thousands 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

ADDTLS

ol geomantic figure w h a fool a fort. min. s.c. chokmah b magician b s.c. binah g h. priestess y s.c. chesed d empress c y y h emperor a puer h h w hierophant b amissio w w z lovers c albus h y j chariot d populus y h f strength e fort. maj. h w y hermit f conjunctio s.c. kether k wheel/fort. k w y l justice g puella h h m h. man c via h h n death h rubeus y w s temperance i acquisitio h y u devil j carcer s.c. geburah p tower f w h x star k tristitia h q moon l laetitia s.c. tiphareth r sun a y h c l. judgem. d cauda drac. h h t universe l (b) caput drac. s.c. stands for sephirotic cross. 26 the following is the enochian alphabet (this sometimes, though wrongly, was called theban) together with the english equivalents of its letters and the enochian titles enochian title english b

ALEISTER CROWLEY EIGHT LECTURES ON YOGA

atever to do, as i said before, with what we are trying to talk about. 9. the various postures recommended by the teachers of yoga depend for the most part upon the hindu anatomy for their value, and upon mystic theories concerning the therapeutic and thaumaturgic properties ascribed to various parts of the body. if, for instance, you can conquer the nerve udana, you can wlk on water. but who the devil wants to talk on water? swimming is much better fun (i bar sharks, sting-rays, cuttle-fish, electric eels and picanhas. also trippers, bathing belles and mr. lansbury) alternatively, freeze the water and dance on it! a great deal of hindu endeavour seems to consist in discovering the most difficult possible way to attain the most undesirable end. 10. when you start tying yourself into a knot

his shallow fashion, always contends that this training is the abnegation of mental freedom. on the contrary, it is the only way to obtain that freedom. in the same society the training in obedience is based on a similar principle. the priest has to do what his superior orders him 'perinde ac cadaver' protestants always represent that this is the most outrageous and indefensible tyranny "the poor devil' they say 'is bludgeoned into having no will of his own' that is pure nonsense. by abnegating his will through the practice of holy obedience his will has become enormously strong, so strong that none of his natural instincts, desires, or habits can intrude. he has freed his will of all these inhibitions. he is a perfect function of the machinery of the order. in the general of the society i

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christian dogma; yet, as a priest and former monk, i believe it is fair to say that this dogma is unfortunately very far removed from the majority of the faithful to be of much consequence. the idea of a war against satan, and of the entities of good and evil having roughly equivalent powers, is perhaps best illustrated by the belief, common among the orthodox churches of the east, in a personal devil as well as a personal angel. this concept has been amplified by the roman catholic church to such an extent- perhaps subconsciously- that a missal in the editor's possession contains an engraving for the feast of st. andrew, apostle, for november 30, that bears the legend "ecce qui tollis peccata mundi- behold him who taketh away the sins of the world- and the picture above it is of the atom

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 revelation, 666, whom christianity considers to represent the devil. indeed, crowley had nothing but admiration for the shaitan (satan) of the so-called "devil-worshipping" cult of the yezidis of mesopotamia, knowledge of which led him to declare the lines that open this introduction. for he saw that the yezidis possess a great secret and a great tradition that extends far back into time, beyond the origin of the sun cults of osiris, mithra and christ; even

sometimes a tail. the church's use of the horns as a sort of archetype of evil is quite similar to the feeling many people have today with regards to the swastika used by the nazis, a symbol which has become the archetype of an evil sigil in the west. the fact that it is a highly valued mystical and religious symbol in the east is something that is not well-known. what is worse, the image of the devil as perpetrated by the church is simultaneously representative of sexual energy, and can be safely compared to jung's archetype of the shadow, the psychic repository of a man's innate maleness, as the anima represents that part of a man which is feminine. truly, the pictures painted of a satanic ritual by the pious catholic clergymen was one of sexual orgies and "perversions, and the handbook

mein kampf- is full of detailed sexual imagery and reveals the nature of the souls of the monks who wrote it, rather than of the innocents it was used to massacre. eventually, satanism, protestantism and judaism were inextricably woven together to form a patchwork quilt of evil that the church attempted to destroy during the middle ages, with fire and sword. as a matter of fact, a certain type of devil worship did exist during those times but, ironically, the acolytes of hell were usually never brought to trial; something which stems from the fact that many of those who celebrated and attended the infamous black masses of the period were roman catholic clergymen, 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

he 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 aware, and which they depicted constantly in their carvings and statues. the purpose of this iconography was to ward off the sp

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

ity; and it is lost within the body of our lady of the stars. i am not i; i am but an hollow tube to bring down fire from heaven. mighty and marvellous is this weakness, this heaven which draweth me into her womb, this dome which hideth, which absorbeth, me. this is the night wherein i am lost, the love through which i am no longer i [40] commentary( iota-epsilon) the card 15 in the tarot is "the devil, the mediaeval blind for pan. the title of the chapter refers to the phallus, which is here identified with the will. the greek word pi-upsilon-rho-alpha-mu-iotasigma has the same number as phi-alpha-lambda-lambda-omicron-sigma. this chapter is quite clear, but one my remark in the last paragraph a reference to the nature of samadhi. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 39 as

the letter tau, the phallus in manifestation; hence the title "the blind webster. the universe is conceived as buddhists, on the one hand, and rationalists, on the other, would have us do; fatal, and without intelligence. even so, it may be delightful to the creator. the moral of this chapter is, therefore, and exposition of the last paragraph of chapter 18. it is the critical spirit which is the devil, and gives rise to the appearance of evil. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 51 [53] 22 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta kappa-beta the despot the waiters of the best eating-houses mock the whole world; they estimate every client at his proper value. this i know certainly, because they always treat me with profound respect. thus they have flattered me into praising them

in the fourth section is shown that there is no return for one that has started on this path. the word out is then analysed, and treated as a noun. besides the explanation in the note, o is the yoni; t, the lingam; and u, the hierophant; the 5th card of the tarot, the pentagram. it is thus practically identical with iao. the rest of the chapter is clear, for the note. notes (12) o= character "the devil of the sabbath. u= 8, the hierophant or redeemer. t= strength, the lion (13) t, manhood, the sign of the cross or phallus. ut, the holy guardian angel; ut, the first syllable of udgita, see the upanishads. o, nothing or nuit. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 55 [57] 24 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta kappa-delta the hawk and the blindworm this book would translate beyo

and a spiral force. it will be difficult to understand this chapter without some experience in the transvaluation of values, which occurs throughout the whole of this book, in nearly every other sentence. transvaluation of values is only the moral aspect of the method of contradiction. the word "turbulence" is applied to the ego to suggest the french "tourbillion, whirlwind, the false ego or dust-devil. true life, the life, which has no consciousness of "i, is said to be choked by this false ego, or rather by the thoughts which its explosions produce. in paragraph 4 this is expanded to a macrocosmic plane. the masters of the temple are now introduced; they are inhabitants, not of this desert; their abode is not this universe. they come from the great sea, binah, the city of the pyramids. v

d the ego to the absolute. this idea "i must give up, i owe, is naturally completed by i pay, and the sound of the word "pay" suggest the hebrew letter pe (see liber xvi, which represents the final dissolution in shivadarshana. i hebrew, the letter which follows o is p; i therefore follows ayin, the devi l of the tarot. ayin is spelt o i n, thus replacing the a in a i n by an o, the letter of the devil, or pan, the phallic god. now ain means nothing, and thus the replacing of ain by oin means the completion of the yoni by the lingam, which is followed by the complete dissolu tion symbolised in the letter p. these letters, o p, are then seen to be the root of opus, the latin word for "work, in this case, the great work. and they also begin the word "opening. i hindu philosophy, it is said t

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is additionally referred to one of the 16 figures of geomancy, and to one of the signs or elements (saturn replacing earth as per the dual attribution of the path of tau, and thence to the hebrew letter and tarot card corresponding: thus row column attributions fire a puer h iv the emperor water d populus j vii the chariot air g puella l viii justice fire (cardinal signs) earth j carcer u xv the devil fire e fortuna minor f xi strength water h rubeus n xiii death air k tristesia x xvii the star water (fixed signs) earth b amissio w v the hierophant fire i acquisitio s xiv temperence water l laetitia q xviii the moon air c albus z vi the lovers air (mutable signs) earth f conjunctio y ix the hermit fire b cauda draconis c xx the last judgement water c via m xii the hanged man air d fortuna

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thigh, beautiful god, in the moon of the woods, on the marble mount, the dimpled dawn of the amber fount! dip the purple of passionate prayer in the crimson shrine, the scarlet snare, the soul that startles in eyes of blue v to watch thy wantonness weeping through the tangled grove, the gnarled bole of the living tree that is spirit and soul and body and brain- come over the sea (io pan! io pan) devil or god, to me, to me, my man! my man! come with trumpets sounding shrill over the hill! come with drums low muttering from the spring! come with flute and come with pipe! am i not ripe? i, who wait and writhe and wrestle with air that hath no boughs to nestle my body, weary of empty clasp, strong as a lion and sharp as an asp- come, o come! i am numb with the lonely lust of devildom. thrust

ver understood its real meaning. the absurdity of any such disturbance of the arrangement of the paths is evident to any sober student from such examples as the following. binah, the supernal understanding, is connected with tiphereth, the human consciousness, by zain, gemini, the oracles of the gods, or the intuition. that is, the attribution represents a psychological fact: to replace it by the devil is either humour or plain idiocy. again, the card "fortitude, leo, balances majesty and mercy with strength and severity: what sense is there in putting "death, the scorpion, in its stead? there are twenty other mistakes in the new wonderful illuminated-from-on-high attribution; the student can therefore be sure of twenty more laughs if he cares to study it> a synopsis of the grades of the a

mit :ix :yod (a hand: 10:virgo (an :the root of the alphabet (hermes: english i: earthy sign: the spermatozoon. the with lamp: or y: ruled by: youth setting out on wings: mercury: his adventures after wand: exalted: receiving the wand. cloak, and: therein: parzival in the desert serpent: sexually: christ taking refuge: ambivalent: in egypt, and on: light, i.e: the mount tempted by: of wisdom: the devil. the uncon: the inmost: scious will, or word. 32: atu :no: hebrew :no.:correspondence: other :of: of (tarot trump :atu: letters :let: in nature: correspondences :ter: the fool: o :aleph (an ox: 1 :air (the con :the free breath. the (the babe: english a: dition of: svastika. the holy in the egg: more or: all life: ghost. the virgin's on the lo: less: the impar: womb. parzial as "der tus, bacc

or: all life: ghost. the virgin's on the lo: less: the impar: womb. parzial as "der tus, bacchus: tial vehicle: reine thor" who knows diphues: sexually: nothing. horus. etc: undevelop: christ-bacchus as the: ed. life: innocent babe, pursued: i.e. the: by herod-here: organ of: hercules strangling: possible: the serpents. the: expression: unconscious self not: yet determined in any: direction: the devil :xv :ayin (an: 70:capricornus :parzival in black armour (baphomet: eye) en (an earthy: ready to return to throned: glish a, or: sign ruled: montsalvat as redeemeradored by: o more or: by saturn: king: horus come to male& fe: less: the: mars exalt: full growth. christmale. see: bleat of a: ed therein: bacchus with calvary- eliphas: goat, a'a: sexually: cross kithairon- levi's de: male: thyrsu

p- love. wand- liberty. wings- silence. cloak these symbols are all shewn in the atu "the hermit. they are the powers of the yod, whose extension is the vau. yod is the hand wherewith man does his will. it is also the virgin; his essence is inviolate. alpha is the babe "who has formulated his father, and made fertile his mother- harpocrates, etc, as before; but he develops to omicron the exalted "devil (also the "other" secret eye) by the formula of the initiation of horus elsewhere described in detail. this "devil" is called satan or shaitan, and regarded with horror by people who are ignorant of his formula, and, imagining themselves to be evil, accuse nature herself of their own phantasmal crime. satan is saturn, set, abrasax, adad, adonis, attis, adam, adonai, etc. the most serious cha

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or two of archangels, angels, intelligences and spirits- magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 63 that ought to be enough for a start) now you are armed! ask yourself: why is the influence of tiphareth transmitted to yesod by the path of samekh, a fence, 60, sagittarius, the archer, art, blue- and so on; but to hod by the path of ayin, an eye, 70, capricornus, the goat, the devil, indigo, k.t. 36 thirteen is the number of achad hebrew option, unity, and ahebah hebrew option, love; then what word should arise when you expand it by the creative dyad, and get 26; what when you multiply it by 4, and get 52? then, suppose the pentagram gets busy, 13 x 5= 65, what then? now don't you dare to come round crawling to me for the answers; work it out yourself what sort of words

his too, is very convenient, because it lends itself so readily to orthodox theology; so we have ormuzd and ahriman, the devas and the asuras, osiris and set, et cetera and da capo, personifications of "good" and "evil" the foes may be fairly matched; but more often the tale tells of a revolt in heaven. in this case "evil" is temporary; soon, especially with the financial help of the devout, the "devil" will be "cast into the bottomless pit" and "the saints will reign with christ in glory 19* you must read the soldier an the hunchback! and? in the equinox i, 1. 39 for ever and ever, amen" often a "redeemer" a "dying god" is needed to secure victory to omnipotence; and this is usually what little vulgar boys might call a "touching story" j. the monist (or advaitist) school, is at once subtl

many; and "many" in this connection includes two. the universe must therefore be a single phenomenon: make it eternal and all the rest of it- i.e. remove all limit of any kind- and the universe explains itself. how then can opposites exist, as we observe them to do? is it not the very essence of our original sorites that the many must be reducible to the one? they see how awkward this is; so the "devil" of the dualist is emulsified and evaporated into "illusion" what they call "maya" or some equivalent term "reality" for them consists solely of brahman, the supreme being "without quantity or quality" they are compelled to deny him all attributes, even that of existence; for to do so would instantly limit them, and so hurl them headlong back in to dualism. all that of which we are aware mus

documents to which he was one of the earliest europeans to obtain access. he was, so to speak, driven to suicide by his own vanity, a curious parallel to kiriloff in the possessed of dostoiewsky. we have, however, examples plentiful enough of religions deriving almost exclusively from the black tradition in the different stages. we have already mentioned the evangelical cults with their ferocious devil-god magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 92 who creates mankind for the pleasure of damning it and forcing it to crawl before him, while he yells with druken glee over the agony of his only son34. but in the same class, we must place christian science, so grotesquely afraid of pain, suffering and evil of every sort, that its dupes can think of nothing better than to bl

ed it out with the assistance of a certain noble marquess, whose consequent misadventures- won't he laugh when he reads this! but there are other senses "l'amour de l'oreille" may refer not only to othello's way of snaring desdemona, but subtleties of timbre in the voice. yes, yes, you say impatiently, but there isn't any miracle about all this in the ordinary sense of the word. true, but why the devil do you want me, so long as you're getting what you need? just being childlike, i suppose! no? merely that you can explain such matters to yourself well enough. all right; on to no. 2. shall we look at levitation for a change? this power- if it be one- is very curious indeed. it connects more directly with magnetism than almost any other. the first thing we think of when someone says "magnet"

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theologians call "wickedness" only by experience can the student discover the ingenuity of the mind in trying to escape from control. he is perfectly safe so long as he sticks to meditation, doing no more and no less than that which we have prescribed; but the mind will probably not let him remain in that simplicity. this fact is the root of all the legends about the "saint" being tempted by the'"devil" consider the parable of christ in the wilderness, where he is tempted to use his magical power, to do anything but the thing that should be done. these attacks on the will are as bad as the thoughts which intrude upon dharana. it would almost seem as if one could not succesfully practice meditation until the will had become so strong that no force in the universe could either bend or break

its force<crowley expressly cites this clause in the golden dawn initiations as the third defense for his publishing the golden dawn rituals. see equinox i, 4, page 5 "editorial> when buddha took his seat under the blessed bo-tree, he took an oath that none of the inhabitants of the 10,000 worlds should cause him to rise until he had attained; so that when even mara the great arch-devil, with his three daughters the arch-temptresses appeared, he remained still. now it is useless for the beginner to take so formidable a vow; he 77 has not yet attained the strength which can defy mara. let him estimate his strength, and take a vow which is within it, but only just within it. thus milo began by carrying a new-born calf; and day by day as it grew into a bull, his strength was f

will kill you; and it is a question of which sees the other first. now any one idea which is not the idea must be treated in this fashion. when you have killed the snake you can use its skin, but as long as it is alive and free, you are in danger. and unfortunately the ego-idea, which is the real snake, can throw itself into a multitude of forms, each clothed in the most brilliant dress. thus the devil is said to be able to disguise himself as an angel of light. under the strain of a magical vow this is too terribly the case. no normal human being understands or can understand the temptations of the saints. an ordinary person with ideas like those which obsessed st. patrick and st. antony would be only fit for an asylum. the tighter you hold the snake (which was previously asleep in the su

rally insane is a matter which we can leave to their own consideration. all these phantoms, of whatever nature, must be evoked, examined, and mastered; otherwise we may find that just when we want it there is some idea with which we have never dealt; and perhaps that idea, springing on us by surprise, and as it were from behind, may strangle us. this is the legend of the sorcerer strangled by the devil! 120 glossary only words nowhere explained in the preceding pages are given in this list. several others, mentioned in passing in the early part of the book, are sufficiently dealt with later on. in these cases the references in the index should be turned up "a'.a" the great white brotherhood which is giving this method of attainment to the world "see" equinox i "adeptus minor" a grade of ad

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trict whose population would not have been very extensive, and even in that age of slavery, dirt, disease, debauchery, poverty and ignorance, which seems to mr. g. k. chesterton the one ideal state of society, it must have been a little difficult to carry out abductions and murders on such wholsale principles. whenever questions arise with regard to black magic or black masses, invocations of the devil, etc, etc, it must never be forgotten that these practices are strictly functions of christianity. where ignorant savages perform propitiatory rites, there and there only christianity takes hold. but under the great systems of the civilised parts of the world, there is no trace of any such perversion in religious feeling. it is only the bloodthirsty and futile jehovah who has achieved such m

e" a black magical ritual that is to say, any written document. precious little knowledge filtered through christianity. it was against the interests of the church, and in those times it was much easier to suppress people and ideas than it is now, though even today we find priests at least in oxford who appear not to have heard of a certain recent invention by a notorious magician inspired by the devil the printing press. but they feared. so those who pursued knowledge were at the best under strong suspicion of heresy. i need not quote the obvious names. but there were certain bodies of people who did carry on the old knowledge, mostly by oral tradition, and who were perforce tolerated to a certain extent, because even the little knowledge that they did possess was so exceedingly useful. t

living, about the time of william blake. he wrote a number of words arranged in some scheme connected with rime and rhythm; apparently, like golf clubs "a set of instruments very ill-adapted to the purpose" but, anyway, he called it a poem, and the title was something to do with the old woman of berkeley and who rode behind her. the person who rode behind her was mr. montague summers friend, the devil. what she actually did to merit this favour is to me rather obscure, because i have forgotten the whole beastly thing. but i do remember two lines, because i am in the same line of business myself. i have candles made of infants fat, i have feasted on rifled graves. southey was an ambitious man. he was not content with the brilliant success of this masterpiece of the poetic art. he immediate

orgotten the whole beastly thing. but i do remember two lines, because i am in the same line of business myself. i have candles made of infants fat, i have feasted on rifled graves. southey was an ambitious man. he was not content with the brilliant success of this masterpiece of the poetic art. he immediately sat down and wrote another alleged peom all about infants fat and rifled graves and the devil coming for the villain at the proper moment. this poem has nothing to do with witchcraft. it is called "the surgeon s warning" i think this is the best evidence in support of my thesis whatever that is, i am not quite sure that it is possible to adduce. in the minds of the kind of people who believe in their neighbours making candles of infants fat and digging up corpses to economise on the

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'the fool' is shown with a long wand and carrying a sack; his coat is motley. tigers and crocodiles follow him, thus linking this image with that of harpocrates. almost identical symbols are those of the secret god of the templars, the bi-sexual baphomet, and of zeus arrhenothelus, equally bi-sexual, the father-mother of all in one person (he is shown in this full form in the tarot trump xv "the devil) now zeus being lord of air, we are reminded that aleph is the letter of air. as air we find the "wandering fool" pure wanton breath, yet creative. wind was supposed of old to impregnate the vulture, which therefore was chosen to symbolize the mother-goddess. he is the wandering knight or prince of fairy tales who marries the king's daughter. this legend is derived from certain customs among

quote from the holy books "fall not into death, o my soul! think that death is the bed into which you are falling (liber vii,i,33 "thou hast brought me into great delight. thou hast given me of thy flesh to eat and of thy blood for an offering of intoxication. thou hast fastened the fangs of eternity in my soul, and the poison of the infinite hath consumed me utterly. i am become like a luscious devil of italy; a fair strong woman with worn cheeks, eaten out with hunger for kisses. she hath played the harlot in diverse palaces; she hath given her body to the beasts. she hath slain her kinsfolk with strong venom of toads; she hath been scourged with many rods. she hath been broken in pieces upon the wheel; the hands of the hangman have bound her unto it. the fountains of water have been lo

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d ran. had it not been so, the weary prodigal, exhausted by his early debauches (astral visions and magic) and his later mental toil (yoga) would never have had the strength to reach the house of his father. one little point st. luke unaccountable omitted. when a man is as hungry and weary as was the prodigal, he is apt to see phantoms. he is apt to clasp shadows to him, and cry: father! and, the devil being subtle, capable of disguising himself as an angel of light, it behoves the prodigal to have some test of truth. some great mystics have laid down the law, accept no messenger of god, banish all, until at last the father himself comes forth. a counsel of perfection. the father himself does send messengers, as we learn in st. mark xii; and if we stone them, we may perhaps in our blindnes

he trying of the spirits, to know whether they be of god. suppose now that a vision purporting to rpceed from god is granted to me. the angel declares his name. i add it up. it comes to 65. an excellent number! a blessed angel! not necessarily. suppose he is of a mercurial appearance? 65 is a number of mars. then i conclude that, however beautiful and eloquent he may be, he is a false spirit. the devil does not understand the qabalah well enough to clothe his symbols in harmony. but suppose an angel, even lonely in aspect, not only knows the qabalah your own researches in the qabalah as well as you do, but is able to show you truths, qabalistic truths which you had sought for long and vainly! then you receive him with honour and his message with obedience. it is as if a beggar sought audie

ss and in sudden death. this is the most clear and definite help we have yet had, showing samadhi and the destruction of the ego as gates of our final victory. 65 particularly the wake world (liber xcv) t.s. 66 but see note to this number in part i. t.s. 67 see the equinox of the gods t.s. liber lviii 40 120. see part i. and references. 124. du, eden. the narrow gate or path between death and the devil.68 156. ulabab. this most holy and precious name is fully dealt with in liber 418. notice 156= 12 13. this was a name given and ratified by qabalah; 156 is not one of the priori helpful numbers. it is rather a case of the qabalah illuminating st. john s intentional obscurity. 165. 11 xv should be a number capricorni pneumatici. not yet fulfilled. 201. ra, light (chaldee. note 201= 3 67, bina

t delivers the secret of creation into the hand of the magician. see liber capricorni pneumatici. 400. useful only as a finality or material basis. being 20 20 it shows the fixed universe as a system of rolling wheels (20= k, the wheel of fortune. 401. see part i. but azoth is the elixir prepared and perfect; the neophyte has not got it yet. 406. see part i. 68 because u and n are referred to the devil and death in the tarot. in the golden dawn portal ritual this description refers to the path of samekh, but putting a gate on the end of said path also gives us 124 t.s. 69 the reference is to nox spelt in hebrew un t.s. 70 also \ylpn, nephilim= 210. 71 the reference is to one of the golden dawn admission badges t.s. liber lviii 41 414. twgh, meditation, the 1 dividing the accursed 4. also r

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st insult which may lead my antagonists to that surrender which is the truest victory. peace to all beings* vide infra, berashith. 5 curious position of poet. what is truth? said jesting pilate: but crowley waits for an answer. alternative theories of greek authors. browning s summary. i flung out of chapel1* and church, temple and hall and meeting-room, venus bower and osiris tomb,2 and left the devil in the lurch, while god3 got lost in the crowd of gods,4 5 and soul went down5 in the turbid tide of the metaphysical lotus-eyed,6 and i was anyhow, what s the odds? the life to live? the thought to think? shall i take refuge in a tower like once childe roland found, blind, deaf, huge, 10 or in that forest of two hundred thousand trees,8 fit alike to shelter man and mouse, and shall i say go

at last in glory live, satan and judas69 might forgive 580 the middle time of misery, forgive the wrong creation first or evolution s iron key did them provided they are passed beyond all change and pain at last 585 out of this universe accurst. but otherwise! i lift my voice, deliberately take my choice promethean, eager to rejoice, in the grim protest s joy to revel 590 betwixt iscariot and the devil, throned in their midst! no pain to feel, tossed on some burning bed of steel, but theirs: my soul of love should swell and, on those piteous floors they trod, 595 feel, and make god feel, out of hell, across the gulf impassable, that he was damned and i was god! ay! let him rise and answer me that false creative deity, 600 whence came his right to rack the earth with pangs of death,70 disea

ed, of christian martyrs damned and dead in inter-christian bickerings 705 where hate exults and torture springs, a lion an anguished flesh and blood, a vulture on ill-omen wings, a cannibal74 on human food. nor do i cry the scoffer s cry 710 that christians live and look the lie their faith has taught them: none of these inspire my life, disturb my peace. i go beneath the outward faith find it a devil or a wraith, 715 just as my mood or temper tends! and thus to-day that christ ascends, i take the symbol, leave the fact decline to make the smallest pact with your creative deity, 720 and say: the christhood-soul in me, risen of late, is now quite clear even of the smallest taint of earth. supplanting god, the man has birth( new birth you ll call the same, i fear) 725 transcends the ordinar

in a wink. 480 i can dismiss with sneers as cheap as your this fabric of mine own, one banner of my mind o erthrown just at my will. how true and deep is carroll47 when his alice cries: 485 it s nothing but a pack of cards! there s the true refuge of the wise; to overthrow the temple guards, deny reality. and now 490 (i ll quote you scripture anyhow) what did the sage mean when he wrote (i am the devil when i quote) the mere terrestrial-minded man knows not the things of god, nor can 495 their subtle meaning understand? a sage, i say, although he mentions perhaps the best of his inventions, god. for at first this practice tends 500 to holy thoughts (the holy deeds precede success) and reverent gaze upon the ancient one of days, beyond which fancy lies the truth. to find which i have left m

the sword of song, that i should send you a copy, as i do herewith, to give you an opportunity of defending yourself against my monstrous assertions, thanking me for the advertisment, or in short, replying as may best seem to you to suit the case. your humble, obedient servant, aleister crowley. cutta. while holding the see of ceylon he wrote a book in which buddhism is described as consisting of devil-dances. now, when a man, in a postion to know the facts, writes a book of the subscription-cadging type, whose value for the purpose depends on the suppression of these facts, i think i am to be commended for my moderation in using the term liar. 212. ibsen.42 norwegian dramatist. this and the next sentence have nineteen distinct meanings. as, however, all (with one doubtful exception) are t

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take like a black envenomed snake by the hangman's hands is thrust through the wet and writhing dust, never black and never dried heart's blood of a suicide. he had plucked the hazel rod from the rude and goatish god, even as the curved moon's waning ray stolen from the king of day. he had learnt the elvish sign; given the token of the nine: once to rave, and once to revel, once to bow before the devil, once to swing the thurible, once to kiss the goat of hell, once to dance the aspen spring, once to croak, and once to sing, once to oil the savoury thighs of the witch with sea-green eyes with the unguents magical. oh the honey and the gall of that black enchanter's lips as he croons to the eclipse mingling that most puissant spell of the giant gods of hell with the four ingredients of the

springs the emerald chaste and clean from the duller paler green. surely in the circle millions of immaculate pavilions flash upon the trembling turf like the sea-stars in the surf- millions of bejewelled tents for the warrior sacraments. vaster, vaster, vaster, vaster, grows the stature of the master; all the ringed encampment vies with the infinite galaxies. in the midst a cubic stone with the devil set thereon; hath a lamb's virginal throat; hath the body of a stoat; hath the buttocks of a goat; hath the sanguine face and rod of a goddess and a god! spell by spell and pace by pace! mystic flashes swing and trace velvet soft the sigils stepped by the silver-starred adept. back and front, and to and fro, soul and body sway and flow in vertiginous caresses to imponderable recesses, 40 til

o the caves of pure cold breath, down to the deeps of foul hot death, across the seas, through the fires, past the palace of desires; where he will, whether he will or no, 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 briton

t's the good of anyfink? expects (as we used to learn about "nonne) the answer "why nuffink" and again is prejudiced. indolence is no virtue in a questioner. eagerness, intentness, concentration, 113 vigilance- all these i include in the connotation of "sceptic" such questioning as has been called "vital scepticism" is but a device to avoid true questioning, and therefore its very antithesis, the devil disguised as an angel of light [or "vice vers, friend, if you are a satanist 'tis a matter of words- words- words. you may write "x" for "y" in your equations, so long as you consistently write "y" for "x. they remain unchanged- and unsolved. is not all our "knowledge" an example of this fallacy of writing one unknown for another, and then crowing like peter's cock] i picture the true scepti

ate sense. what is the moon made of? science replies "green cheese" for our one moon we have now two ideas "greenness" and "cheese "greenness" depends on the sunlight, and the eye, and a thousand other things "cheese" depends on bacteria and fermentation and the nature of the cow "deeper, even deeper, into the mire of things" shall we cut the gordian knot? shall we say "there is god? what, in the devil's name, is god? if (with moses) we picture him as an old man showing us his back parts, who shall blame us? the great question 119 "any" question is the great question- does indeed treat us thus cavalierly, the disenchanted sceptic is too prone to think! well, shall we define him as a loving father, as a jealous priest, as a gleam of light upon the holy ark? what does it matter? all these im

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th the vaulted forehead, within the eyes wherein such wonder lies, the incommensurable gain, the pagan prize. we are thy moons an suns, thy loyal knights and nuns, who tread the dance around thine altar, with the sound of death-sobs echoing through the immemorial ground. o glee! the price to pay! swear but our souls away! and we may gain the goal that all the wise extol- the world, the flesh, the devil, weighed against a soul. 62 the wind blows from the south! crushed to that burning mouth, lured by that lurid law, we melt within that maw; and all he fiends loose hold, and all the gods withdraw! upon the altar-stone we are alone- alone! in vivid blackness curled with livid lightings pearled- sweat-drops upon god's brow when he creates a world! sister, the word is spoken! sister, the spell

and ran" had it not been so, the weary prodigal, exhausted by his early debauches (astral visions and magic) and his later mental toil (yoga) would never have had the strength to reach the house of his father. one little point st luke unaccountably omitted. when a man is as hungry and weary as was the prodigal, he is apt to see phantoms. he is apt to clasp shadows to him and cry "father" and, the devil being subtle, capable of disguising himself as an angel of light, it behoves the prodigal to have some test of truth. 69 some great mystics have laid down the law "accept no messenger of god" banish all, until at last the father himself comes forth. a counsel of perfection. the father does send messengers, as we learn in st mark xii; and if we stone them, we may perhaps in our blindness ston

"trying of the spirits, to know whether they be of god" suppose now that a vision purporting to proceed from god is granted to me. the angel declares his name. i add it up. it comes to 65. an excellent number! a blessed angel! not necessarily. suppose he is of a mercurial appearance? 65 is a number of mars. then i conclude that, however beautiful and eloquent he may be, he is a false spirit. the devil does not understand the qabalah well enough to clothe his symbols in harmony. but suppose an angel, even lowly in aspect, not only knows the qabalah- your own researches in the qabalah- as well as you do, but is able to show you truths, qabalistic truths, which you had sought for long and vainly! then you receive him with honour and his message with obedience. it is as if a beggar sought aud

iceless, because of its 37 x 3 sumbolism, its explanation of aleph, which we seek, and its comment that the unity may be found in "thick darkness" and in "sudden death" this is the most clear and definite help we have yet had, showing samadhi and the destruction of the ego as gates of our final victory. 120. see part i. and references. 124. odn, eden. the narrow gate or path between death and the devil. 156. babalon. this most holy and precious name is fully dealt with in liber 418. notice 12 x 13= 156. this was a name given and ratified by qabalah; 156 is not one of the priori helpful numbers. it is rather a case of the qabalah illuminating st john's intentional obscurity. 165. 11 x xv should be a number capricorni pneumatici. not yet fulfilled. 201. ar, light (chaldee. note 201= 3 x 67

eaks on the soul like dawn. in that fire the soul burns up. 141 one drop from that celestial cup is an abyss, an infinite sea that sucks up immortality "aha" 1909 "lie open, a chameleon cup, and let him suck thine honey up" ib. dozens and scores of other parallel passages could be adduced; but i have sat up half the night already. it follows that "either" mr waite is a disciple of my own "or "the devil is quoting holy writ" i'll risk a bob that he would rather be the devil! aleister crowley_ x-rays on ex-probationers rats leave sinking ships; but you cannot be sure that a ship will sink because you see a rat running away from it. the captain may have given orders about it_ persecution is like keating's powder. it does not injure the most delicate skin, but it removes all vermin "mine own f

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venth 4, the seventh 5, the twelfth 6, the seventeenth 7. thus hast thou my name who am above these three, but the angels of the 30th aethyr are indeed four, and they have none above them; wherefore dispersion and disorder. now cometh from every side at once a voice, terribly great, crying: close the veil; the great blasphemy hath been uttered; the face of my mother is scarred by the nails of the devil. shut the book, destroy the breaker of the seal! 14 and i answered: had he not been destroyed he had not come hither, for i am not save in the darkness in the womb of her by whom came evil into the world. and this darkness swallows everything up, and the angel is gone from the stone; and there is no light therein, save only the light of the rose and of the cross. aumale, algeria "november" 2

s the mighty angel, the minister of silence. and even as the shew-stone burneth thy forehead with its intolerable flame, so he who hath known me, though but from afar, is marked out and chosen among men, and he shall never turn back or turn aside, for he hath made the link that is not to be broken, nay, not by the malice of the four great princes of evil of the world, nor by chorozon, that mighty devil, nor by the wrath of god, nor by the affliction and feebleness of the soul. yet with this assurance be not thou content; for though thou hast the wings of the eagle, they are vain, except they be joined to the shoulders of the bull. now, therefore, i send forth a shaft of my light, even as a ladder let down from the heaven upon the earth, and by this black cross of themis that i hold before

t secret names of god. they are magick names, each having an interpretation of the same kind as the interpretation of i.n.r.i, and the name oit, rlu, lrl, ooe are other names of god, that contain magical formulae, the first to invoke fire; the second, water; the third, air; and the fourth, earth. and if the table be read diagonally, every letter, and every combination of letters, is the name of a devil. and from these are drawn the formulae of evil magick. but the holy letter i above the triad lll dominateth the table, and preserveth the peace of the universe. and in the seven talismans about the central table are contained the mysteries of drawing forth the letters. and the letters of the circumference declare in glory of nuit, that beginneth from aries9. 68 all this while the adepts must

war upon the holy one, sending forth their delusion upon men, and upon everything that liveth. so that their false compassion is called compassion, and their 85 false understanding is called understanding, for this is their most potent spell. yet of their own poison do they perish, and in their lonely fortresses shall they be eaten up by time that hath cheated them to serve him, and by the mighty devil choronzon, their master, whose name is the second death, for the blood that they have sprinkled on their pylon, that is a bar against the angel death, is the key by which he entereth in.12 the angel sayeth: and this is the word of double power in the voice of the master, wherein the five interpenetrateth the six. this is its secret interpretation that may not be understood, save only of "the

a breastplate unto the elephants, or a corselet unto the angels, or a scale upon the towers of iron; yet is this mighty host set only for a defense, and whoso passeth beyond their lines hath no help in them. yet must he that understandeth go forth unto the outermost abyss, and there must he speak with him that is set above the four-fold terror, the princes of evil, even with choronzon, the mighty devil that inhabiteth the outermost abyss. and none may speak with him, or understand him, but the servants of babylon, that understand, and they that are without understanding, his servants. behold! it entereth not into the heart, nor into the mind of man to conceive this matter; for the sickness of the body is death, and the sickness of the heart is despair, and the sickness of the mind is madne

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en cycles of prana yama put me right mentally 7.16. and physically: otherwise they had little apparent success. 7.30. have breakfasted a pear and two garibaldis.(these by the way are the small size, half the big squares. 7.50. have smoked a pipe to show that i'm not in a hurry. 8.5. hanged man with mantra in visuddhi. thought i had been much longer. at one point the spirit began to move how the devil else can i express it? the consciousness seemed to flow, instead of pattering. is "that" clear? one should here note that there may perhaps be some essential difference in the operation of the moslem and hindu mantrams. the latter boom; the former ripple. i have never tried the former at all seriously until now. 23 8.10-"m me jeu" no good at all. think i'll get up and have 8.32. a turker. 9

ty breath-cycles did i begin. this practice was a little easier; but not much better. it ought to become quite simple and natural before one devotes the half-minute of kambhakam (breath held-in) when one is rigid to a strong projection of will toward adonai, as has been my custom. i hope to-day will be more hard definite magical work, less discourse, less beatific state of mind which is the very devil! the real calypso, none the less temptress because her name happens to be penelope. ah lord adonai, my lord! grant unto me the perfume and the vision; let me attain the desirable harbour; for my little ship is tossed by divers tempests, even by euroclydon, in the place where four winds meet. 12.35. therefore i shall go to rest, letting my mind rest ever in the will toward adonai. let my slee

t; it is the thought that murders the soul and there is no answer to it. so universal is it that it is impossible to prove the contrary. so one must play the man, and master it and kill it utterly, burying it in that putrid hell from which it sprang. luckily i have dealt with it before. once when i lived at paddington j--s and f--r were with me taking, and, when they went, thoughtfully left this devil-thought behind the agony is with me yet. 84 that, though, was only a young mild devil, though of the same bad brood. it said:"is there any path or attainment? have you been fooled all along? but to-night's thought struck at my own integrity, at the inmost truth of the soul and of adonai. as i said, there is no answer to it; and as these seven days have left me fairly master of the fortress

k at my own integrity, at the inmost truth of the soul and of adonai. as i said, there is no answer to it; and as these seven days have left me fairly master of the fortress, i caught him young, and assigned him promptly to the oubliette. i put down this not as a "pose" but because the business is so gigantic. it encourages me immensely; for if my dweller on the threshold be that most formidable devil, how vast must be the pylon that shelters him, and how glorious must be the temple just beyond! 9.30. it seems that there was one more mistake to make; for i've made it! i started to attempt to awaken the kundalini the magical serpent that sleeps at the base of the spine; coiled in three coils and a half around the sushumna; and instead of pumping the prana up and down the sushumna until si

me the everlasting yea and amen: thou canst not give up, for i will bring thee through. yet here i lie, stripped of all magic force, doubting my own peace and faith, farther from adonai than ever before and yet and yet do i not know that every error is a necessary step in the path? the longest way round is the shortest way home. but it is disgusting! there's a grim humour in it, too. the real devil of the operation must be sitting with sardonic grin upon his face, enjoying my perplexity for that dweller-of-the-threshold-thought was not as dead as i supposed; as i write he comes again and again, urging me to quit the path, to abandon the unequal contest. luckily, friend dweller, you prove too much! your anxiety shows me that i am not as far from attainment as my own feelings would have

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h. 5. taurus. hb:vau. hierophant. 16th. 6. gemini. hb:zain. lovers. 17th. 7. cancer. hb:chet. chariot. 18th. 11. leo. hb:tet. strength. 19th. 9. virgo. hb:yod. hermit. 20th. 10. jupiter. hb:koph. wheel of fortune. 21st. 8. libra. hb:lamed. justice. 22nd. 12. water. hb:mem. hanged man. 23rd. 13. scorpio. hb:nun. death. 24th. 14. sagittarius. hb:samekh. temperance. 25th. 15. capricorn. hb:ayin. the devil. 26th. 16. mars. hb:peh. the tower. 27th. 17. aquarius. hb:tzaddi. the star. 28th. 18. pisces. hb:qof. the moon. 29th. 19. sun. hb:resh. the sun. 30th. 20. dee. hb:shin. the angel. 31st. 21. saturn. hb:taw. the universe. 32nd. the two veils are represented in the drawing by heavy horizontal lines, and here by shaded lines, with the text included in the approximation below. 10 =1 kether .ipsi

h hb:peh, meaning the veil of the tabernacle. 284 in and by this word the hierophant inductor declares the portal of the vault of the adepts duly opened. 25 for these signs "see" liber o, no. ii, vol. i, the equinox. 26 for these signs "see" liber o, no. ii, vol. i, the equinox. illustration on page 282 approximated below. 23th. 26th. 25th. 24th. 21st_ hb:mem hb:ayin hb:samekh hb:nun hb:koph_ pan devil hermetic later older imageof death typhon symbol form form daniel_ 15 key f liber 14th key asedin 13th key_ al. 36_ 4 =7_ associate adept hierophant ind'r. associate adept. c r. u incense e. p) d_ of diagram_ white pillar w of l banner of east a paths a t& grades m e p r_ seraphim seven kerubim_ palaces north etc. air of south briah_ air_ spirit_ dee central earth tablet fire/ water black pi

pentagram; for five will divide without remainder the number of the letter of each of these paths, that is, its numerical value, as it will those of all the paths from hb:yod, the 20th, to hb:taw, the 32nd, inclusive; and also the sum of their numbers. 285 "regarding these five paths, i will now ask you to observe that the tarot keys attached to four of them, viz, the wheel of fortune, death, the devil, and the hanged man, are of more or less sinister and terrible import, and that only the symbol of temperance appears to promise aid. therefore by this straight and narrow path of hb:samekh let the philosophus advance like the arrow from the centre of hb:taw hb:shin hb:qof (qsheth) the bow of promise; for by this hieroglyphic of the arrow hath sagittarius ever been represented. and as this s

that only the symbol of temperance appears to promise aid. therefore by this straight and narrow path of hb:samekh let the philosophus advance like the arrow from the centre of hb:taw hb:shin hb:qof (qsheth) the bow of promise; for by this hieroglyphic of the arrow hath sagittarius ever been represented. and as this sign of sagittarius lieth between the signs scorpio (death) and capricornus (the devil) so hath jesus to pass through the wilderness tempted by satan. but sagittarius the archer is a bi- corporate sign, the centaur, the man and the horse combined. recall what was said unto thee in the passage of the 31st path of fire leading into the 3= 8 of practicus 'also there is the vision of the fire-flashing courser of light, or also a child borne aloft on the shoulders of the celestial

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e with me. without leaving me a moment's peace, he began to take my measure with the utmost care and caution. then, pointing to me a strong and broad cage, he ordered me to step in. it would be very tiresome and quite useless for me to express here my various thoughts and the miserable consternation into which i was thrown. i would not live those hours again for anything in the world, and had the devil been within my reach i should decidedly have given my soul to him in order that he should see me safely home. but no one came to my rescue, and, though most unwilling, i had to submit to my terrible fate. 360 when the cage, made of the strongest steel, was closed upon me, i found myself a prisoner in the most degrading state. i began to look around and to shake the bars of my grating, but in

lease me, though i daresay he means well. the worship of satan in modern france. by arthur lillie. swan sonnenschein and co, 6"s. arthur lillie is as convenient as mrs. boole from the standpoint of the poet. i should add that the catch-penny title is entirely misleading, and has no discoverable connection with the contents, save those of a short preface, cribbed, like the title, from mr. waite's "devil-worship in france" what a wicked place france is! the workshop of religions. by arthur lillie. same price and publisher. slobber. the philosophy and fun of algebra. by mary everest boole. c.w.daniel, 2"s. net. mrs.boole is as convenient as mr. lillie from the standpoint of the poet. i am sorry for the children who search this book for fun, and there is as much philosophy as fun. the book is

noon to a farthing dip. the vision is accurate enough; but the point of view is throughout that of a flunkey, of a tradesman, of a gelded toady, of a stewed prune! so too the very perfection of form which marks tennyson is a shocking fault, a guide to the governess' mind of the creature. he is so determined to keep all the rules that he 395 utterly breaks the first (and last) rule "rules are the devil" he writes like a schoolboy for whom a false quantity means a basting. he counts his syllables on his fingers; he never writes by ear, as one whose ears are open to the heavenly melody of the muses. so we have all the artifice- and perhaps the worst artifice ever invented- but no art, no humanity. as a mountaineer (i have seen very many of the greatest mountains of the earth) i must admit th

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dly to be overcome. i found it impossible to meditate in the cold, and fires will not last equably. gas stinks abominably; heating apparatus does not heat; electricity has hitherto not been available. when i build my temple, i shall try it. the food difficulty could be overcome by messrs. fortnum and mason, the noise difficulty by training, the leisure difficulty 37 by sending all business to the devil, the solitude difficulty by borrowing a vacant flat; but the british climate beat me. i hope one day to be rich enough to build a little house expressly for the purpose; but at present there is on the horizon no cloud even so large as the littlest finger of a man! if only, therefore, i could reduce the necessary period to a few hours! moreover, i could persuade other people that mysticism wa

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in the womb of its mother to develop itself anew &c &c (cry of 29th aethyr.)24 the cubical svastika hath 78 faces= tarot and mezla. it is also hb:aleph= air and zero. it shows the initiation of a whirling force. the v sign is that of apophis and typhon. it is the y of pythagoras; it is the arms flung up of the drowning man and therefore= 12th key and hb:mem. it is also the horns of the mediaeval devil. it shows the binding and apparent death of the force, without which it cannot come to any perfection. the x sign is that of the pentagram. it showeth the triumph of the light. it is hb:shin descended, and therefore fire. moreover the pentagram formulateth the 10 sephiroth (is not the flaming sword the pentagram unwound) it is the final rise in perfect equilibrium of the force. the whole is

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beyond this they knew little. that is, they had forgotten. because there "were" other facts. these facts, however, could not help a detective to realise their importance because they were loose facts_ events, that is, which were in contradiction with one another. yet still they afforded a clue. the murderer might be a criminal thief, a temperance reformer, a madman, a clergyman, a novelist, or a devil-worshipper_ any person, in fact, in the whole world whose hand is weak or unsteady. but the whole world is comparatively too large to allow of any certainty in picking out the murderer of mrs. ridley. i say comparatively, because to the wise the world is small "passons" some time before her sudden death mrs. ridley had had a guest in her house whose unaffected manners had much offended the d

without first looking to see if some nasty mess has not been deposited in it, and why? because foot adjoins leg! moreover, foot suggests walking, and walking, like the name of the ref. horton, d.d, suggests prostitution_ at the thought of this we swoon. most of the contributors to this cesspit, like rev. horton, have "d.d" after their names. dr. bodie has informed us that "m.d" stands for "merry devil; perhaps he can also enlighten us as to the true meaning of these two letters?11 antoinette bouvignon. the life of john dee. translated from the latin of dr. thomas smith by wm. alexr. ayton. the theosophical publishing society. 1"s" net. wm. alexr. ayton's preface to this book deserves a better subject than dr. thomas smith's "life of john dee" which is as dreary dull as a life crammed so f

re quite entrancing, especially chapter i "on the doctrine of the indestructibility of matter" and chapters v. and vi "on the infinite" and "on the fourth dimension" in the first chapter mr. redgrove tries to prove that though matter "cannot" be destroyed, its form can be so utterly changed that it can no longer be treated as such. he illustrates his theory by quoting sir oliver 11 weh note: pos "devil's disciple? lodge's "knot tied in a bit of string" so long as the knot is, matter is; but when once the knot is untied, though the string remains, the knot vanishes. this, however, is a most fallacious illustration, for, as gustave le bon has shown, the destruction of matter implies more than a mere change of "form; it is an annihilation of gravity itself, and therefore of substance as we un

the liberty of individuals in regard to the use of these, or trespassing on the rights of traders and purveyors thereof" 315 "alcohol" dr. park declares "is a food" and not only a food, but an excellent one at that. put that in your pipes and smoke it, ye baptist bible-bangers_ but we forget, you do not smoke, in fact you do nothing which is pleasant; you spend your whole lives in looking for the devil in the most unlikely places, and declare that the only remedy against his craft and his cunning is total immersion in tonic-water and pine-apple syrup. f. an interpretation of genesis. by theodore powys. this is a most mystical interpretation of the most beautiful of the books of the old testament. it consists of a dialogue between the lawgiver of israel and zetetes, who is not exactly the d

of mine understanding; crown me in the unity of thy might, and flash me as a scarlet tongue into thine all-pervading nothingness; for thou art all and none of these in the fullness of thy not-being. 4. o thou god of the nothingness of all things! thou who art neither the crown of the flaming storm; nor the opalescence of the abyss: o thou who art not a nymph in the foam of the sea; nor a whirling devil in the sand of the desert! i deny thee by the powers of mine understanding; bear me in the unity of thy might, and pour me forth from out the cup of thine all-pervading nothingness; for thou art all and none of these in the fullness of thy not-being. 5. o thou god of the nothingness of all things! thou who art neither the formulator of law; nor the cheat of the maze of illusion: o thou who a

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long monologue, may act as an incitement and powerfully rekindle the heart's enthusiasm. yes, remorse. was i wrong in saying that hashish appeared to a truly philosophical mind as a perfectly satanic instrument? remorse, singular ingredient of pleasure, is soon drowned in the delicious contemplation of remorse; in a kind of voluptuous analysis; and this analysis is so rapid that man, this natural devil, to speak as do the followers of swedenborg, does not see how involuntary it is, and how, from moment to moment, he approaches the perfection of satan. he admires his remorse, and glorifies himself, even while he is on the way to lose his freedom. there, then, is my imaginary man, the mind that i have 102 chosen, arrived at that degree of joy and peace where he is compelled to admire himself

d. 122 10.40. warmth to extremities. inhalations of lambda. he cannot speak yet, i think. the glare of eyes is not due to hate, but to the atropine. 10.45. he has noticed the plaster arrangement and the nature of the room. i think he guesses. a gurgle. i light a cigarette and put it in his mouth. he spits it out. he seems hardly to understand my good-humour. 10.47. the first word "what is it, you devil" i show him the knife "et "cetera" and urge him to keep calm and self-collected. 10.50. a laugh, not too nervous. a good sigh "by george, you amuse me" then with a sort of wistful sigh "i thought you just meant to poison me in some new patent kind of way" bad; he wants to die. must cheer him up. 1 unpublished pages from the diary of dr. arthur lee "the montrouge vampire" 11.0. i have given m

sion? but it is not a dimension; it is only a word to explain multiplicity of sensation. words! words! words! this is the last straw. there is no conceivable standard whereby we may measure anything whatever; and it is useless to pretend there is. 3.3. in short, we are all mad. yet all this is but the expression of the doubt-stop in the human organ. let me pull out his faith-stop! 4.45. done; the devil's own job. he seems to be a pantheist antinomian with leanings towards ritualism. not impressive. my observation-stop= my doubt-stop nearly) is full out (funny that we should fall into the old faculty jargon) perhaps if one's own faith-stop were out there would be a fight; if one's reception-of-new-ideas-stop, a conversion. 126 5.12. i only wish i had two of them to test the "tuning-up" theo

instruments of his science; the myth of genesis is eternally true, and god permits the tree of science to be approached only by those men who are sufficiently strong and self-denying not to covet its fruits. ye, therefore, who seek in science a means to satisfy your passions, pause in this fatal way; you will find nothing but madness or death. this is the meaning of the vulgar tradition that the devil ends sooner or later by strangling sorcerers. the magus must hence be impassible, sober and chaste, disinterested, impenetrable, and inaccessible to any kind of prejudice or terror. he must be without bodily defects, and proof against all contractions and all difficulties. the first and most important of magical operations is the attainment of this rare pre-eminence.1 the "via mystica" leadi

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illusion, and then, if we allow ourselves to become obsessed by them, a time comes when these illusions will master us, when the children we have begotten will rise up and dethrone us, and we shall be drowned in the waters that now we can no longer control and be burnt up by the flames that mock obedience, and scorn our word. directly we perform a miracle we produce a change: a change is mara the devil, and not god the changeless one. and though we may have scraped clean the palimpsest of our 186 mind, our labours are in vain, if, when once it is stretched out spotless before us, we start scribbling over it our silly riddles, our little thoughts, our foolish "yeas" and "nays" the finger of god alone may write upon it, cleanly and beautifully, and the words that are written cannot be read b

y- ossory. grief is a good mood to catch them in, my boy. i know! i know! i've been a bit of a dog in my time["shakes hands as they go out" delhomme["returning. one word in your ear, sir, if i may. it's purely instinctive- but- but- well, sir, i mistrust that man todd! ossory. thanks: i believe you may be right. delhomme. good-bye, sir! ossory. good-bye. mrs. ossory["rising. alfred, that man is a devil! ossory. what, little delhomme? mrs. ossory. of course not, alfred. how can you be so silly? todd! ossory. why, whatever do you mean? mrs. ossory. i don't mean anything but what i say. 215 he's a devil; i'm sure of it. i know it was his fault, somehow. ossory. nonsense, nonsense, my dear! he was not even in the car. mrs. ossory. it was his car, alfred. ossory. you're a fool, emily. carr. i t

and she refuses! cruel! cruel! which way can i turn? is there nobody whose credit- let's think. jenkins? no good. maur? too suspicious- a nasty, sly, sneaking fellow! higginbotham, ramspittle, rosenbaum, hoggenheimer, flipp, montgomery, macan- no, hang it! 229 no hope in a mac- schpliechenspitzel, togahening, adams, blitzenstein, cznechzaditzch- no use. i wonder where i caught that cold! who the devil is there that i could ask["enter" thomas- ossory's "back toward door" thomas. mr. todd["enter" todd- ossory "doesn't turn" ossory. i can't see him, thomas["turns] i beg your pardon, mr. todd. the fact is, i'm damnably worried over pay-day. i really don't know you well enough to ask you, perhaps, but the fact is, i've a good sound business proposition which i must put before some one, and i b

he final sneer; as a degenerate might insult a raphael by putting it in a room devoted to debauchery. the girl was tall and finely built, huntress-lithe. her dress, close- fitted, was of a gold-brown silk that matched, but could not rival, the coils that bound her brow- glittering and hissing like snakes. her face was greek in delicacy; but what meant such a mouth in it? the mouth of a satyr or a devil. it was full and strong, curved twice, the edges upwards, an angry purple, the lips flat. her smile was like the snarl of a wild beast. she stood, violin in hand, before the wall. against it was a large tablet of mosaic; many squares and many colours. on the squares were letters in an unknown tongue. she began to play, her gray eyes fixed upon one square on whose centre stood this character

e ship and sink it, he roared out "no! no. get english. get intellect! see! see! de vind vill fill de ship and blow it out of de vater and take it across over de vaves- since this now becomes public property there probably will be a slump in turbines! it was towards the close of last october, when i received from a friend of mine- also a so-called disciple- a letter in which he wrote "there was a devil of a row at 60 last night. m: pressed me to come to his weekly entertainments; so i 288 came. he urged me to speak; so i spoke. he then revealed his divine self in an exceptionally able manner; i refrained from revealing mine. his divine self reminded one rather of a 'navvy's saturday night, by battersea burns" he further urged me to go and see the mahatma himself on the following sunday; an

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d to attain the dear unknown, by force to achieve the great beyond. yet from that brain may spring full-grown another folly just as fond. 51 xix the knight hath found a naked girl among the dunes of breton sand. she spinneth in a mystic whirl, and hath a bagpipe in her hand, wherefrom she draweth dismal groans the while her maddening saraband she plies, and with discordant tones desires a certain devil-grace. she gathers wreckage-wood, and bones of seamen, jetsam of the place, and builds therewith a fire, wherein she dances, bounding into space like an inflated ass's skin. she raves, and reels, and yells, and whirls so that the tears of toil begin to dew her breasts with ardent pearls. nor doth she mitigate her dance, the bagpipe ever louder skirls, 52 until the shapes of death advance and

rd sweeps out; his keen glance peers for some shape glimmering through the gloom: naught, naught in all that void appears; more still, more silent than the tomb! ye now the good knight is aware of some black force, of some dread throne, waiting beneath that awful stair, beneath that pit of slippery stone. yea! though he sees not anything, nor hears, his subtle sense is 'ware that, lackeyed by the devil-king, the beast- the questing beast- is there! so though his heart beats close with fear, though horror grips his throat, he goes, goes on to meet it, spear to spear, as good knight should, to face his foes. nay! but the end is come. black earth belches that peerless paladin up from her gulphs- untimely birth- her horror could not hold him in! 79 white as a corpse, the hero hails the dawn, t

elligent vitality, apart from any of the methods given for their use; and students are recommended to make no use of these whatever unless this higher divine knowledge is approached in a frame of mind worthy of it. transcendental magic: its doctrine and ritual. by eliphas l vi (a complete translation of "dogme et rituel de la haute magie, with a biographical preface by arthur e. waite, author of "devil worship in france" etc. etc. portrait of the author, and all the original engravings. 8vo, 406 pp, cloth, 1896. published 15s offered at 7s. 6p. the pillars of the temple, triangle of solomon, the tetragram, the pentagram, magical equilibrium, the fiery sword, realisation, imitation, the kabbalah, the magic chain, necromancy, transmutations, black magic, bewitchments, astrology, charms and p

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lso be obtained raja yoga, one rupee; karma yoga, twelve annas; and jnana yoga, one rupee, which is worth knowing considering that the english edition of this last-mentioned work is priced at eleven shillings. j. f. c. f [yet we find vivek nanda, at the end of his life, complaining, in a private letter to a friend, that his reputation for holiness prevented him from going "on the bust" poor silly devil- ed] 24 my lady of the breeches a history- with a vengeance by george raffalovich my lady of the breeches 0 the fool "would you marry me, then" the widow said "yes, of course" the man replied "you are a greater fool than i took you for "what do you mean" he queried, vexed and puzzled "am i to take it that you had the intention- that you were prepared "go on "i don't know "i will be" she said

me the moral urtication, as had the repeated physical purgings of his early years. narcissus, in a corner, pale and smiling, urged him to renewed efforts; spirits, both incubi and succubae, thrusting themselves upon him, ate him away. but all these dreams gradually faded out. lionel had become a translucid set of bones, with two big eyes heavily crowned. the time of his knowledge had come. xv the devil i trust i said nothing that could lead the reader into the belief that the cottage was a lonely spot. men and women lived in its almost immediate neighbourhood. among others, sir anthony lawthon and his daughters. i propose that we concern ourselves solely with the eldest of these, mary lawthon. i hardly know how to describe her. she was a woman of six and twenty, most easy to understand, ve

instruments and opportunities, turns out a daub or botch,is twenty times more curious than all the musings of the mystics, works of the rosicrucians, or the mechanical contrivances which seem to-day so fine, and which our children will disdain as clumsy (r. b. cumminghame graham in his preface to "the canon. 6 form here is synonymous with the hindu m y, it is also the chief power of the buddhist devil, mara, and even of that mighty devil, choronzon. this form? sense perception. what will destroy this form, and reveal to us that which lies behind it? 49 presumably cessation of sense perception. how can we prove our theory? by cutting away every perception, every thought- form as it is born, until nothing thinkable is left, not even the thought of the unknowable. the man of science will oft

made so that he may make more. what is small-pox? really, my friend, i do not know where it came from, or what it is, or how it originated; when a man catches it he either dies or recovers, please go away and don't ask me ridiculous questions! now this indeed would not be considered a very sensible view to adopt. and why? simply because small-pox no longer happens to be believed in as a malignant devil, but is, at least partially, known an understood. similarly, when we have gained as much knowledge of the first cause as we have of small-pox, we shall no longer "believe" in a benevolent god or otherwise, but shall, at least partially, know and understand him as he is or is-not "i can't learn this" is the groan of a schoolboy and not the exclamation of a sage. no doctor who is worth his sal

iagram 4. 158 this meditation took place whilst p. was on a journey. 159 these meditations are called objective cognitions, by concentrating on certain nerve centres super-physical sensations are obtained. rays as of a sun. i then noticed that the figure had the power to reduplicate itself at various further distances; but the main figure was very steady. above and over the figure there towered a devil in the shape of some antediluvian beast. how long i mentally watched the figure i cannot say, but after a period it became obscure and difficult to see, and in order to prevent it vanishing it had to be willed to stay. after a further time the plesiosaurus) above the figure became a vast shadowy form including the figure itself. the experiment being at an end d. a. put the following question

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deth god; who moves mighty-souled without a spot, mingling in the godly rout of the many mystic loves. holy maidens, duly weave dances for the mighty mother bacchanal to bacchus cleave! wave his narthex wand, and leave earthly joys to earth to smother! io! evoe! sisters, mingle in the choir, the dance, the revel! he divine, the spirit single, he in every vein shall tingle. sense and sorrow to the devil! 34 mingle in the laughing measure, hand and lip to breast and thigh! in enthusiastic pleasure grasp the solitary treasure! laughs the untiring ecstasy! sisters! sisters! raise your voices in the inspired divine delight! now the sun sets; now the choice is who rebels or who rejoices, murmuring to the mystic night. io! evoe! circle splendid! dance, ye maids serene and subtle! clotho's task is

dia the cradle of the race. vol. ii- i. the church; where is it- ii. christian crimes and heathen virtues- iii. divisions amongst the early christians- iv. oriental cosmogonies and bible-records- v. mysteries of the kabala- vi. esoteric doctrines of buddhism parodied in christianity- vii. early christian heresies and secret societies- viii. jesuitry and masonry- ix. the vedas an the bible- x. the devil myth- xi. comparative results of buddhism and christianity- xii. conclusions and illustrations. transcendental magic: its doctrine and ritual. by eliphas levi (a complete translation of "dogme et rituel de la haute magie, with a biographical preface by arthur e. waite, author of "devil worship in france" etc, etc "portrait of the author, and all the original engravings" 8vo, 406 pp "cloth" 1

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laylah. a man! a man! he is not hurt? 2nd messenger. scratches. as if a lion were at play with kittens! laylah. i am glad he has scratches. every one shall be sung by the poets as if it were the axe-blow of old duke walter["again the wailing surges in the courtyard" ledmiya "rushes in" ledmiya. alas, alas, my queen! i cannot say it! do not ask me to say it. they are bringing him in. laylah. who? devil-child["she strikes her. four eunuchs bring in the corpse of" akbar] forgive me! i am not myself. i am not a woman. lay him there, beside his 90 father["she goes down to corpse] akbar, my little one! strong wast thou and greater than thy brothers. thou hadst the hawk's eye, and the deer's foot; and thine hand on the bowstring was surer and stronger than thy father's! three, of my five, my fiv

ur hundred thousand and above of your best warriors? laylah. on our side was the god of battles. bishop. my daughter, god is love. 98 laylah. lord bishop, i have heard that phrase thrice in three score years. the first time a man used it to destroy a child: the second time a child used it to murder her brother; this time you use it to torture and burn an honourable adversary. bishop. child of the devil, you blaspheme. be silent! on the first count, guilty["several" judges "but not" rinaldo "echo "guilty" throughout this scene" rinaldo "sits absolutely silent and motionless, except that now and then he makes a gesture of weariness and impatience" the clerk. secondly, that you have in these twenty years past gathered a band of lawless ruffians, and constantly assailed the defenders of the se

o "guilty" clerk. fifthly, that you do take the form of a bat, and suck the blood of sleeping children, and moreover have bewitched divers cows to the prejudice of the holy orders of knights hospitaller and others, lawful owners of the aforesaid cows. prosecutor. all clear marks of a witch! laylah. your saviour sent devils into swine. bishop. blasphemy on blasphemy["crosses himself. sure only the devil could speak thus. on the fifth count, guilty [judges "echo "guilty" clerk. sixthly- bishop. stay, gentle sir. have we not heard enough? must the ears of the court be further polluted with a recital of these abominations? g. m. of st j. we have heard enough. g. m. of st malta. enough, my lord bishop. 100 rep. of k. of jerusalem. enough. bishop["to" rinaldo. and you, grand master? rinaldo. mor

her mouth shuddered on his in a long, deliberate, skilful kiss "art" sighed he, fallen back half fainting in his seat "art concealed" she glowed, radiant, intoxicated with her own enthusiasm "yes" he agreed "consummate art" 118 "and to all arts there is but one summit" continued the girl "you are a "nymphomane" he said "your aspiration is the lie you tell yourself" she struck him across the face "devil" she cried, so loud that even in the taverne pantheon folk looked up an laughed "have i not heard that from conscience since i was sixteen? a blow is the one answer possible "a blow is but your male desire" he said, unmoved "how shall i prove my truth" she sobbed, disquieted and angry "live it down, little girl" he said kindly "trust me; i will prove you and justify you. afterwards "do you t

nly means ignorance of causes" 119 "then you believe in the brothers "as i revel in the kisses of your mouth" said the boy, crushing her face against his. a rich gladness filled her eyes, moist gladness; one might say the first gush of an artesian well amid the seas of sand "well" quoth she, cheerful and brisk, to let the mask fall on her blushing soul "we have got through six dozen oysters and a devil of a lot of burgundy. i wonder if i am hungry" she looked him between the eyes "hors d'oeuvres" said edgar "i have a box for the sam hall fight "oh do take me" she panted "will he beat joe marie" she added, with a touch of anxiety "he has the weight, and the experience, and the record "fools are betting he will. my money is on the man with three years younger, six inches taller, and twelve i

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

as believed in miracles. the first tribesmen to discover the healing power of herbs, or to recognize clouds as the forerunners ofrain, were elected magi, or wise men. from this it was but a short step to divining the future and to the formulation of spells to increase fertility or destroy enemies. as long ago as the stone age the wise man of the tribe was dressed in an animal skin; he was called 'devil, which meant 'little god, and was worshipped by his followers as the chief god's representative. the earliest record of this custom is a palaeolithic painting found in a cave in the ariege district of southern france. it depicts a man clad in a stag's skin, with antlers on his head-the horned god, a symbol of benevolent power in primitive times. another, a man disguised as a jackal, carved o

the harem of rameses iii were brought to trial for making wax images of the pharaoh to the accompaniment of magic incantations. these images were fith-faths, still used by witches today against their enemies. history shows that, as a new religion succeeds the old, the i gods of the latter are invariably condemned as the devils of the former, and it was thus that the pagan god became the christian devil. ill spite of this, christianity and witchcraft co-existed peaceably for centuries. in britain, for instance, london was still heathen six hundred years after the birth of christ, and although augustine managed to convert the king of kent to christianity, the rest of the country preferred pagan rites of witchcraft. but as the 'establishment' became christian, the old religion fell into disre

he old religion fell into disrepute,and in a.d. 668 the archbishopofcanterbury ruled that people who ate and drank in heathen temples, or wore the heads of beasts, should do three years' penance. the witches continued to use the stag's horns, however. their only concession was to meet secretly, on moors or in lonely forests. these meetings were known as 'sabbats* after homage had been paid to the devil, usually present in the guise of a black goat, or his deputy, the witches held a banquet. this was followed by the main feature of the sabbat, the dance, the tempo of which was often raised to a frenzy in preparation for the final climax of sexual orgy. it is important to note at this point that although we have few historical records of 'white' witches at this time and must include them und

hcraft by persuasion, the clergy, backed by civil law, overcame it by force-the same fate as had befallen the ancient religions of egypt and of the aztecs. ill england tolerance had prevailed until the arrival of the inquisitors. at first the law forbade them to use torture, but nevertheless rumour and terror were rife in every village. the clergy claimed that all witches had made a pact with the devil who, in return, gave them a 'familiar, usually in the form ofa domestic animal, to run errands for them and bewitch their enemies. at a time when most people believed that the earth was flat, it was not difficult to imagine such evil properties in any obedient animal, especially if its owner were unsociable; and lived alone (spiteful women are not confmed to the twentieth century; they aboun

rts ofher body and local crones would poke and prod her, looking for warts, tumours or protuberance-s* doctors today know that supernumerary nipples, occurring in both men and women on almost any part of the body, are common and harmless. at the time of the inquisition, however, and for some time after. they meant cert n death to their owner, for any such blemish was automatically regarded as the devil's markused by a witch to suckle her familiar. when a 'witch' was warned .she mi t be arres.ted, she .would often amputate a potential devil s mark with the kitchen knife, preferring* or, at the start ofthe terror, for the mark ofthe three-nailed claw known as th itch's .mark, with which witches used to tattoo their conv;rts. not surpnsmgly this custom was soon discontinued. 4 the threat of d

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of against you alone, you may be arraigned. persecution 61. keep all thoughts of the craft from your mind. if the torture be too great to bear, say "i will confess. i cannot bear this torture. what do you want me to say" 62. 63. if they try to make you speak of the brotherhood, do not. but if they try to make you speak of impossibilities such as flying through the air, consorting with a christian devil or sacrificing children, or eating men's flesh, 64. 65. to obtain relief from torture say "i had an evil dream, i was beside myself, i was crazed" 66. not all magistrates are bad, if there be an excuse, they may show mercy. if you have confessed aught, deny it afterwards, say you babbled under torture, say you knew not what you said. 67. 68. if you are condemned, fear not. the brotherhood is

of witchcraft it is not forbidden to say as christians do "there be witchcraft in the land" because our oppressors of old make it a heresy not to believe in witchcraft and so a crime to deny it which thereby puts you under suspicion. 129. 130. but ever say "i know not of it here, perchance there may be but afar off, i know not where" 131. but ever speak of them as old crones, consorting with the devil and riding through the air. 132. and ever say "but how may many ride the air if they be not as light as thistledown" 133. but the curse of the goddess be on any who cast suspicion on any of the brotherhood. 134. or who speak of any real meeting-place or where they bide. wortcunning 135. the craft keep books with the names of all herbs which are good, and all cures so all may learn. but keep

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

dom, the power and the glory" provided our aspiration and endurance suffice to carry us along the thorny way of the cross, and enable us to tread that path which "leads up hill all the way" to the summit of the mount of transfiguration. how is this great change brought about? how does man, the victim of his desires and lower nature become man, the victor, triumph over the world, the flesh and the devil? it is brought about when the physical brain of the incarnated man becomes aware of the self, the soul, and this conscious awareness only becomes possible when the true self can "reflect itself in the mindstuff" the soul is inherently freed from objects and stands ever in the state of isolated unity. man, however, in incarnation has to arrive, in his physical brain consciousness, at a realiz

is shed abroad upon all he meets. no longer do his desires swing the flesh into activity, and no longer does his astral body subjugate him and overcome him. through dispassion and the balancing of the pairs of opposites he has freed himself from the moods, feelings, longings, desires, and emotional reactions which characterise the life of the average man and has arrived at the point of peace. the devil of pride, the personification of the misused mental nature and the distorted perceptions of the mind, are overcome and he stands liberated from the three worlds. the nature of the soul, the qualities and activities inherent in the love nature of the son of god, and the wisdom which demonstrates when love and activity (the second and third aspects) are brought together, characterise his life

life experience of millions is that spirit exists; the deduction to be gathered from the consideration of the world or of the great maya is that a cause, self-persisting and self-existing, must be back of that maya. only the man, however, who can pass behind all forms and can transcend all the limitations in the three worlds (mind, emotion and the things of sense, or the "world, the flesh and the devil) can know, past all controversy and argument, that god is, and that he himself is god. then he knows the truth, and that truth makes him free. the field of knowledge, the instruments of knowledge and knowledge itself are transcended and the yogi comes to the great recognition that there is nothing except god; that his life is one and is to be found pulsating in the microscopic atom and in th

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be either good or bad. evelyn underhill quotes father malaval as follows "the great doctors of the mystic life teach that there are two sorts of rapture which must be carefully distinguished. the first are produced in persons but little advanced in the way, and still full of selfhood; either by the force of a heated imagination which vividly apprehends a sensible object, or by the artifice of the devil..the other sort of rapture is, on the contrary, the effect of- 74- from intellect to intuition copyright 1998 lucis trust pure intellectual vision in those who have a great and generous love for god. to generous souls who have utterly renounced themselves, god never fails in these raptures to communicate high things."23(110) the same writer goes on to tell us what, psychologically, is ecstas

lves with sex or are discussing it all the time and letting it play an undue part in their thought life. some most worthy people have also a settled conviction that celibacy must always accompany the life of the spirit. may it not be possible that the true celibacy to which the ancient rules are intended to refer concerns the attitude of the soul, or spiritual man, to the world, the flesh and the devil, as our christian scriptures put it? may not the true celibacy have reference to our abstaining from all appearance of evil? this may in one man involve his abstaining from all sex relations in order to demonstrate to himself his control over the animal nature; in other cases, it may, for instance, involve refraining from all gossip and idle speech. there is nothing sinful in- 114- from inte

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rtunity is not taken and the will nature powerfully excited. the first ray aspirant who fails to overcome his dweller may become a "destroyer of souls, as it is called, and be condemned (until he learns his lesson) to work in the forces of matter, and with the forms which hold all souls in prison. this is the occult significance of the misunderstood words, death and destruction. of this type, the devil is the great prototype. the second ray aspirant who builds his dweller and permits its steady and increasing control becomes a "deluder of souls. he is the true anti-christ, and through false teaching and the working of so-called miracles, through hypnotism and mass suggestion he draws a veil over the world and forces men to walk in the great illusion. it is interesting to note that the work

the great prototype. the second ray aspirant who builds his dweller and permits its steady and increasing control becomes a "deluder of souls. he is the true anti-christ, and through false teaching and the working of so-called miracles, through hypnotism and mass suggestion he draws a veil over the world and forces men to walk in the great illusion. it is interesting to note that the work of the devil, the imprisoner of souls, is beginning to lose its power, for the race is on the verge of understanding that true death is immersion in form, and that matter is but a part of the divine whole. the thought form of this "dweller on the threshold" which humanity has built for millions of years is on the verge of destruction. but the work of anti-christ is only rising now to its height, and the

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these stories scattered through the centuries of human history, and the stories and the missions are ever identical "the jesus-story, it will now be seen, has a greater number of correspondences with the stories of former sungods and with the actual career of the sun through the heavens so many indeed that they cannot well be attributed to mere coincidence or even to the blasphemous wiles of the devil! let us enumerate some of these. there are (1) birth from a virgin mother (2) the birth in a stable (cave or underground chamber; and (3) on the 25th december (just after the winter solstice. there is (4) the star in the east (sirius) and (5) the arrival of the magi (the `three kings; there is (6) the threatened massacre of the innocents, and the consequent flight into a distant country (tol

us to a similar divine unity. but is it not possible that he established a synthesis broader than that of the individual and god the synthesis of the kingdom of god? what do these words mean? we have talked of the kingdom of heaven in terms of separation. we are either in that kingdom or out of it. we are told that we must step out of the kingdom of men (controlled by the world, the flesh and the devil) into another kingdom which is pictured as utterly different. yet is this so? all aspects of the three sub-human kingdoms animal, vegetable and mineral are found in man; and their synthesis, plus another factor, the divine intellect, we call the human kingdom. man unifies in himself the so-called lesser manifestations of deity. in the sub-human kingdoms of nature we find three major types of

l teachings, it symbolises the form of the kingdom of god. but this is not the kingdom of the theologians. it is not entered through the acceptance of certain formal beliefs. it is entered by those who have passed through the new birth, and gone down to jordan. the citizenship of this kingdom was on trial in the person of christ, and so he goes down into the wilderness, there to be tempted of the devil. 3 in this intimate episode in the life of jesus christ we are given perhaps the first real insight into the processes of his innermost mind. the following words open the story and are significant- 68- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust "and lo a voice from heaven, saying, this is my beloved son, in whom i am well pleased. then was jesus led up of the spirit into the wilder

episode in the life of jesus christ we are given perhaps the first real insight into the processes of his innermost mind. the following words open the story and are significant- 68- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust "and lo a voice from heaven, saying, this is my beloved son, in whom i am well pleased. then was jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil."25 this story of the temptation in the wilderness is most controversial. many questions have been propounded and much agony of soul has been experienced by the serious believer who endeavours to reconcile common sense, christ's divinity, and the devil. was it possible that christ could in reality be tempted, and if so, could he have fallen into sin? did he meet these temptations as the omni

ropounded and much agony of soul has been experienced by the serious believer who endeavours to reconcile common sense, christ's divinity, and the devil. was it possible that christ could in reality be tempted, and if so, could he have fallen into sin? did he meet these temptations as the omnipotent son of god, or did he meet them as a man and therefore subject to temptation? what is meant by the devil? and what was the relation of christ to evil? had this wilderness story never been told to us, what would have been our attitude to christ? what really took place in the consciousness of christ while in the wilderness? for what purpose are we permitted to share with him this experience? many such questions arise in the mind of the intelligent man, and many have been the commentaries written

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rpose, etc- 48- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust 13. attachment to the seen, the known, and the familiar, external, objective forms. 14. the stage wherein thought forms are built, at first ignorantly, and then with deliberate selfishness. 15. the period of engrossment in the things of the kingdom of earth. 16. the world, the flesh, and the devil. on the side of soul expression, which is governed by detachment, the following phrases and sentences will give an idea of the progress and intent: 1. the stage of spiritualisation and of de-materialisation. the soul functions with the purpose of liberation before it, and not of further physical plane experience. 2. the relinquishment of form life. 3. the period wherein satiety is experience

is the major determining impulse which impelled the soul of god himself to enter into form life; which impels life, upon the involutionary arc, to progress down into matter, producing thus the immanence of god. it is that also which drives humanity forward into its wild struggle for material well-being. it is that too which urges man eventually to turn his back upon the "world, the flesh and the devil" as the new testament puts it, and orient himself to the things of spiritual import. the prodigal son sacrificed the father's home when he chose to wander forth into the far country. he wasted and sacrificed his substance through the use he- 60- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust made of the experience of life on earth, until he had exh

spect of the approach will be brought about, and is today in process of being carried forward. c. the approach of enlightenment carries the disciple through the gate of initiation, and is the effect of the same energy playing upon the personalities of the disciples of the world, and transforming their spirit of aspiration into the light of initiation. the mysteries of the world, the flesh and the devil (to use the symbolic formal terminology of christianity) are to be transmuted with rapidity into those of the mysteries of the kingdom of god, the energy of the soul, and the revelation of divinity. the secret hid by the inverted lotus (the world) is to be revealed by the opened lotus of the kingdom of souls. the secret of the flesh, which is the prison of the soul, is revealed by the perfum

nity) are to be transmuted with rapidity into those of the mysteries of the kingdom of god, the energy of the soul, and the revelation of divinity. the secret hid by the inverted lotus (the world) is to be revealed by the opened lotus of the kingdom of souls. the secret of the flesh, which is the prison of the soul, is revealed by the perfume of the unfolding lotus of the soul. the mystery of the devil will eventually be seen to be that of the light of god's countenance, which reveals that which is undesirable and must be changed and renounced, and which thus transforms life by the light that god's nature pours forth. it would he of use to us all to study these three soul approaches individual or hierarchical and to ponder upon them and put ourselves in training, so that we may make the ne

ruggle" advisedly. the hierarchy is struggling hard with the so-called "forces of evil" and the new group of world servers is the instrument, at this time, upon the physical plane, with which the hierarchy has to work. they have no other instrument. what do we mean by the phrase "forces of evil" not the armies of unrighteousness and sinfulness, organised under that figment of the imagination, the devil or some supreme antichrist, for such an army does not exist, and there is no great enemy of god, arraigned in battle against the most high. there is only suffering, erring humanity, still half-awakened, dimly sensing the vision, and struggling to free itself from the thralldom of the past, with its tarnished allegiances and its unchecked loyalties. the forces of evil are, in the last analysi

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ble, learns what can be learnt but is not held back by personality reactions. it is the normal attitude of the- 47- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust soul or self to the not-self. it is the negation of prejudice, of all narrow preconceived ideas, of all personality tradition, influence or background. it is the process of detachment from "the world, the flesh and the devil" of which the new testament speaks. 3. love. love is that inclusive, non-critical, magnetic comprehension and attitude which (in group work) preserves the group integrity, fosters the group rhythm and permits no secondary personality happenings or attitudes to mar the group work. contact, impersonality and love these three constitute the individual objectives which i set before each and all

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

now become. i think that it was in this period i acquired my taste for mystery, later to be developed into a great love for detective and mystery stories. pushing our bicycles up a very steep hill one sunny morning, two men on bicycles coasted down the hill and passed us. as one of them did so, he called back to his companion "but i assure you, my dear chap, it stood on one leg and went like the devil" i am still pondering that mystery and have not yet arrived at any solution. it was during this period that i made my first attempt at teaching. i took a class of boys in sunday school. they were in their teens and were reported to be quite unmanageable. i stipulated that i was to teach them in an empty hall near the church but not in the sunday school itself; that i was to be left alone whi

an on the ship who was my pet abhorrence and had been ever since i left london. he was the life of the ship; he handled the daily sweepstakes; he got up the dances and arranged the theatricals; he played cards and i knew that he drank an inordinate amount of whiskies and sodas. the voyage took three weeks in those days and i watched him with disdain all the time. from my point of view, he was the devil. he had spoken to me once or twice, but i had made it very clear that i wanted nothing to do with him. waiting for the train that day in the big bombay railroad station, scared stiff and wishing i had never come, this man came up to me and said "young lady, you don't like me and have made that very clear, but i have a daughter about your age and i am damned if i would like to have her travel

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they can influence, and no mode of influencing man will then exist as far as evil is concerned. i cannot expect you at this time to comprehend the meaning of my words. they are, however, related to the words in the great invocation which say "and seal the door where evil dwells" there is a door into an evil realm and into blackness, just as there is a door into a world of goodness and light; the devil is to man who is dedicated and consecrated to evil what the dweller on the threshold is to the spiritual aspirant. the main task of the spiritual hierarchy has ever been to stand between the forces of evil and humanity, to bring imperfection into the light so that evil can "find no place" for action, and to keep the door open into the spiritual realm. this the hierarchy has done, with small

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s also perhaps in need of explanation. it speaks of the task of the plan as implemented by humanity to "seal the door where evil dwells" this is (needless to say) a symbolic way of expressing the idea of rendering evil purposes both inactive and ineffectual. there is no particular location where evil dwells; the new testament in the book of revelations speaks of evil and of the destruction of the devil and of the rendering of satan impotent. those passages all refer to the same time cycle with which this invocation deals and which it seeks to bring about. the "door where evil dwells" is kept open by humanity through its selfish desire, its hatreds and its separateness, by its greed and its racial and national barriers, its low personal ambitions and its love of power and cruelty. as goodwi

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

ot as- 89- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust those who usually employ those phrases understand them. no one nation is expressive of the spirit of anti-christ, just as no one nation expresses the spirit of christ. christ and anti-christ are the dualities of spirituality and materialism, both in the individual and in humanity as a whole. or you can speak of god and the devil with the same basic implications. for what is man himself but an expression of divinity (god) in a material form (the devil, and what is matter but the medium through which divinity must eventually manifest in all its glory? but when that takes place, matter will no longer be a controlling factor but simply a medium of expression. the battle is therefore on between the form side of life and

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

ed in the third phrase of this tenth rule: 3. let the army of the voice be no more heard, and let the brothers onward move within the sound. putting the idea into esoteric terms, the above sentence could be paraphrased as follows: the voices and the voice fade out. the a.u.m. is replaced by the o.m. and at the centre of that o.m. the brother stands. the many voices of the world, the flesh and the devil are no longer distinguished; there is nothing within the consciousness of the initiate which can respond to them. the voice of the silence dies out also and the word itself cannot be heard. only the sound remains. this is the sound which reverberates in the formless worlds; it is the sound to which the spiritual triad responds and of which the initiate is a part, because the sound which he m

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

s inherent difficulties is not warranted unless the application can be modern and practical. it must indicate the inclusiveness of the goal, once those problems have been surmounted, and must avoid the tiresome reiteration of that basic rule of life, which has been expressed in the two words "be good. again and again we have been told that we must overcome the lure of the world, the flesh and the devil. there has been built up in the mind of the western aspirant a feeling that the path is necessarily one of misery, of self-abnegation and of endless distress. his attitude is one of active endurance until such time as he mysteriously and miraculously breaks through into a world of peace and plenty, wherein all troubles come to an end, the [4] flesh ceases to annoy, and the devil comes to an

by facing the terrific struggle that lies ahead of him in the next three signs and by the slaying of the lion of [108] his own nature (king of beasts) alone and unaided, and so earn. the power to overcome the hydra, in scorpio. the lesson of the labor two thoughts, taken out of the christian bible, summarize the lesson of this labor. in st. peter's epistle we find these words "your adversary, the devil, like a roaring lion walketh about, seeking whom he may devour" and in revelations v, 5, we find the words "behold, the lion of the tribe of judah the root of david, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof" hercules, the aspirant, the soul, symbolized the lion, the prince, the king, the ruler, and because of this he symbolically wore the lion's skin. the nemean

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he saith to her 'call all our children and our children's children and tell them the manner of our transgression' chapter 15. 1 then saith eve to them 'hear all my children and children's children and i will relate to you how the enemy deceived us. 2 it befell that we were guarding paradise, each of us the portion allotted to us from god. 3 now i guarded in my lot, the west and the south. but the devil went to adam's lot, where the male creatures were (for god divided the creatures; all the males he gave to your father and all the females he gave to me) chapter 16. 1 and the devil spake to the serpent saying, rise up, come to me and i will tell thee a word whereby thou mayst have profit" 2 and he arose and came to him. and the devil saith to him "i hear that thou art wiser than all the bea

whereby thou mayst have profit" 2 and he arose and came to him. and the devil saith to him "i hear that thou art wiser than all the beasts, and i have come to counsel thee. 3 why dost thou eat of adam's tares and not of paradise? rise up and we will cause him to be cast out of paradise, even as we were cast out through him" 4 the serpent saith to him "i fear lest the lord be wroth with me" 5 the devil saith to him "fear not, only be my vessel and i will speak through thy mouth words to deceive him" chapter 17. 1 and instantly he hung himself from the wall of paradise, and when the angels ascended to worship god, then satan appeared in the form of an angel and sang hymns like the angels. 2 and i bent over the wall and saw him, like an angel. but he saith to me "art thou eve" and i said to

er 17. 1 and instantly he hung himself from the wall of paradise, and when the angels ascended to worship god, then satan appeared in the form of an angel and sang hymns like the angels. 2 and i bent over the wall and saw him, like an angel. but he saith to me "art thou eve" and i said to him "i am" 3 'what art thou doing in paradise" and i said to him "god set us to guard and to eat of it" 4 the devil answered through the mouth of the serpent 'ye do well but ye do not eat of every plant" 5 and i said "yea, we eat of all. save one only, which is in the midst of paradise, concerning which, god charged us not to eat of it: for, he said to us, on the day on which ye eat of it, ye shall die the death" chapter 18. 1 then the serpent saith to me "may god live! but i am grieved on your account, f

leaves from it and made for myself a girdle and it was from the very same plant of which i had eaten. chapter 21. 1 and i cried out in that very hour 'adam, adam, where art thou? rise up, come to me and i will show thee a great secret" 2 but when your father came, i spake to him words of transgression (which have brought us down from our great glory. 3 for, when he came, i opened my mouth and the devil was speaking, and i began to exhort him and said "come hither, my lord adam, hearken to me and eat of the fruit of the tree of which god told us not to eat of it, and thou shalt be as a god" 4 and your father answered and said "i fear lest god be wroth with me" and i said to him "fear not, for as soon as thou hast eaten thou shalt know good and evil" 5 and speedily i persuaded him, and he at

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found by him an oldwoman, who earnestly began to beg him not to persevere in his intention. for thou knowest well,gianni, she said, that the lady will have none of thee; thou art a terror to her. do but go home andlook in the glass, and it will seem to thee that thou art looking on a mortal sin in human form.then gianni in a roaring rage cried, i will have my way and my will, thou old wife of the devil, if imust kill thee and the girl too! saying which, he rushed up the ladder; but before he had opened orcould enter the window, and was at the top, he found himself as it were turned to wood or stone,unable to move. page 72 it befell that one evening melambo, thinking on this while playing with a nest of young serpentswhich his servant had found in a hollow oak, said: i would that i could ta

he queen of earth, heaven, and hell to grant the request. give mewhat i ask, and thou shalt have honour and offerings; refuse, and i will vex thee by insult. socanidia and her kind boasted that they could compelthe gods to appear. this is all classic. no oneever heard of a satanic witch invoking or threatening the trinity, or christ or even the angels orsaints. in fact, they cannot even compelthe devil or his imps to obey they work entirely by hisgood-will as slaves. but in the old italian lore the sorcerer or witch is all or nothing, and aims at limit-less will or power.of the ancient belief in the virtues of a perforated stone i need not speak. but it is to be remarkedthat in the invocation the witch goes forth in the earliest morning to seekfor verbena or verbain. theancient persian mag

dolini, truffatori e scrocconi who live by deceit.these good folk have neither a church nor a god, and it is a great pity, for even the very devilshave their master, satan, as the head of the family. therefore, i command that in future lavernashall be the goddess of all the knaves or dishonest tradesman, with the whole rubbish and refuse ofthe human race, who have been hitherto without a god or a devil, inasmuch as they have been toodespicable for the one or the other. page 57 n r r r r r chapter xv.laverna.the following very curious tale, with the incantation, was not in the text of the vangelo, but it veryevidently belongs to the cycle or series of legends connected with it. dianais declared to be the pro-tectress of all outcasts, those to whom the night is their day, consequently of thi

e happy people to have gods growing in their gardens. page 55 n r r r r r chapter xiv.the goblin messengers of diana and mercury.the following tale was not given to me as connected with the gospel of the witches, but as dianaappears in it, and as the whole conception is that of dianaand apolloin another form, i include it inthe series.many centuries ago there was a folletto, goblin, or spirit, or devil-angel chi sa? who knowswhat? and mercurio, who was the god of speed and of quickness, being much pleased with thisimp, bestowed on him the gift of running like the wind, with the privilege that whatever he pursued,be it spirit, a human being, or animal, he should certainly overtake or catch it.this follettohad a beautiful sister, who, like him, ran errands, not for the gods, but for the godd

rden one day,beheld the statue of dianacrowned with roses and other flowers. and being in a rage, and seeing inthe street a decayed cabbage, he rolled it in the mud, and threw it all dripping at the face of the god-dess, saying: ecco mala bestia didoli!questo e lomaggio che io ti do,gia che il diavolo ti aiuta!behold, thou vile beast of idolatry,this is the worship which thou hast from me,and the devil do the rest for thee!then the priest heard a voice in the gloom where the leaves were dense, and it said: bene, bene! tu mi hai fattoloffrando tu avraila tua porzionedella mia caccia. aspetta! page 51 n r r r r r invocation to diana.bella dea dellarco!bella dea delle freccie!della caccia e dei cani!tu vegli colle stelle,quando il sole va dormirtu colla luna in frontecacci la notte meglio del

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ches" that depends upon your definition of a "witch" we do explore activities which many people would call "magic" such as telepathy, divination, and methods of strengthening our souls and spirits through mental and spiritual discipline. however, modern witches usually believe that their magical powers come from one or more gods or goddesses, and many christians believe these powers come from the devil. we don't believe in any suc h gods or goddesses or devils. most modern witches claim we are not witches- perhaps the most important point to know and remember about us is that we believe a primary requirement of self-improvement and individual xeper is to be honorable and ethical. we do not tolerate any illegal activity. we do not tolerate any illegal drugs, and we frown upon excessive use

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hat said pentagram is projected out during the rite, you may project this onto the center of the forehead of the person you are cursing/blessing. the key to the efficacy of this attack lies in the ability to open ones own "third eye chakra" which provides the force behind the actual symbol. here is a brief sex magical rite to open the "third eye. obtain crowley's book of thoth: tarot take out the devil and tower cards. you can: a. masturbate while gazing upon the tower card equating its symbology with the procreative force you are generating through arousal, then while holding back orgasm karezza switch attention to the devil card. focus on the "third eye" that is depicted on the goat. take on the head of the goat as in the manner of an assumption of a god form. as your sexual arousal begi

stages you may choose to charge a sigil with the semen you will be discharging. for instructions on how to cast sigils see: http//occult100.com/sigil.shtml and a gallary of photographic examples http//www.sigilgarden.com/ method may also apply to two partners as an adjunct to anal intercourse. the active partner fucker will associate with the tower. the passive partner fuckee associates with the devil. the procedure will be done as suggested above, but the passive partner will serve as the active focuser and projector in the rite. as to the intent of this rite/practice/magical procedure- the purpose is to create a psychic link between your self and the one who is being cursed/blessed. the objective is to activate their "third eye chakra" thereby raising their energy and attention to a hig

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lled and mastered unto the self. one of the specific focuses of the sabbatic path is one rising to acknowledge that the only god is the self, from which all other god and goddess find their existence in, it is from the well spring of the abyss (the subconscious) that we nourish our great famulus and demonium of the depths. the individual will then soon realize that there is no god and there is no devil, yet we as the image of the adversary, are both god and the master of the devil, the gifts of the fallen angels themselves. iv) the dragon and vampyrism i come before you, night born as the queen of the dead. behold unto my death mask, the temple of azothoz as a current of the living flame. i shall bless each one of you with the devil s sight, the serpents tongue shall speak of the secret al

olar beam, that foodful earth might parch (yasht xix.11,12) the black dragon is symbolized as ahriman, the averse force of darkness and shadow. ahriman in zoroastrian terms is the great force of evil and darkness, whom was created divine but chose the shadow path. in the ancient persian religion of zoroastrianism, ahriman (called also arimanius or angra mainya) is one of the earliest forms of the devil itself, the father of those of the shadow, the demonium of the earth. in the ancient witchcraft religion (yatuk, persian sorcerers used blood of wolves[10 (who are sacred to ahriman) to call upon darkness. ahriman was probably in this sense, one of the first vampyre forms of ancient history. while similar to other fallen angels such as azazel/iblis or lucifer, there is a strong separation of

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music teacher whose attempts to introduce local children to opera using gounod's faust drew a storm of criticism, has decided to take legal action after being forced to take administrative leave from the bennett school after showing the opera led to accusations that the married mother of two was a lesbian promoting homosexuality; the plot of faust, where the title character sells his soul to the devil to recapture his youth, led to her being labeled a devil worshipper. both accusations were false. http//www.playbillarts.com/news/article/3850.html undoubtedly there are even more of these cases unpublicized. religious freedom, it seems, is very specific to who has that freedom. increasingly, in most us workplaces, freedom of religion only applies to judeo-christian religions. this means tha

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 were to ta

myself that 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 peopl

lators, by themselves, do not have very great numbers at all (especially those of us who vote) 14 but more usually, the people i have been conversing with have been self-described christians. some of these christians are of the liberal variety (e.g, quakers, brethren, mennonites, who are relatively easy to come to friendly terms with. such christians do not believe in the literal existence of the devil or demonic spirits, so they are more inclined to just smile and shake their heads when first being introduced to satanism (as opposed to the folks who run away screaming. but i have also made acquaintances in fundamentalist christian sects. this has been a bit harder, but some of my efforts have proven fruitful. in my conversations with these people, i spent a lot of time and energy explaini

fundamentalist christian sects. this has been a bit harder, but some of my efforts have proven fruitful. in my conversations with these people, i spent a lot of time and energy explaining the various ins and outs of the contemporary satanic/demonic subculture to them, while citing various sources (e.g, lavey's _satanic bible, james lewis _satanism today, and gavin baddeley's _lucifer rising: sin, devil worship, and rock 'n roll. at all times i made sure to speak in a civil tone with them. even when some of them began to feel threatened by me and start saying all sorts of offensive things to me, i patiently refuted the various claims against devil worship they made, and i told them what devil worshipers like myself really do. at the same time, i even defended some of these christians when t

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lchemical process of becoming in which the magician aligns and utilizes the deific associations of samael lilith cain to transform their consciousness into the divine essence which is baphomet, the head of knowledge. to described samael, a small section as follows is from liber hvhi, a ritual work which defines the deeper and darker practice of the left hand path in terms of witchcraft. 5 for the devil is called diabolus, that is, flowing downwards: that he which swelled with pride, determined to reign in high places, fell flowing downwards to the lowest parts, like the torrent of a violent stream. the fourth book of occult philosophy it is written in the bible that samael/satan fell from heaven as lightening, being a flash downwards, who before the fall, was a guarding seraph around the t

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 free will. the magicians who aligned their will with the left way, that of samael (the devil, were given powers over the earth in one way or another; all the while strengthening, defining and expanding their conscious. in exodus 7 the magicians were able to make frogs and serpents by the power they obtained in the devil, thus such creatures are astral forms of ahriman (samael) and the dreaming body of witches and sorcerers -liber hvhi here we can see that samael or satan/shaitan, is

such creatures are astral forms of ahriman (samael) and the dreaming body of witches and sorcerers -liber hvhi here we can see that samael or satan/shaitan, is not the all devouring aspect, but also the savior of humanity and the original planter 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 eart

resents the mother of witchcraft, mother, darksome and divine, mine the scourge and mine the kiss, the five-point star of love and bliss. within the circle there is the very graal of the adversary, that through self-love can the essence of the pentagram be sensed and understood. he refers to hecate or lilith (via diana) as being hell's dark mistress, heaven's queen. this is the dual nature of the devil and his bride, 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

given to initiates of the cult. historically, cain is recognized as an initiator throughout various heretical societies, including the ancient 8 toadsman fraternity, the skull and bonesmen, and the horse whisperers- nathaniel j. harris, witcha, a book of cunning (mandrake of oxford) this mark is represented as being a symbolic marking of antinomian commitment, of being awakened to the path of the devil and his bride, to becoming through the daemonic spirit inherent within our blood. this dynamic process has been represented in the luciferian witchcraft grimoires in various manners, in yatuk dinoih, i have presented a system coherent with cainite workings based on the isolated spirit as embodied in the flesh of the initiate, being as represented as paitisha, the rite of zohak and other work

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n, is transformed, in theological dogma, into the infernal regions. ahriman destroys the bull created by ormazd- which is the emblem of terrestrial illusive life, the "germ of sorrow- and, forgetting that the perishing finite seed must die, in order that the plant of immortality, the plant of spiritual, eternal life, should sprout and live, ahriman is proclaimed the enemy, the opposing power, the devil. typhon cuts osiris into fourteen pieces, in order to prevent his peopling the world and thus creating misery; and typhon becomes, in the exoteric, theological teaching, the power of darkness. but all this is the exoteric shell. it is the worshippers of the latter who attribute to disobedience and rebellion the effort and self-sacrifice of those who would help men to their original status of

s, obtained from his indwelling principle (the manasa, or the incarnated deva, became the glaring flames of the infernal region; and our globe that hell itself. pippala, haoma, the fruit of the tree of knowledge, were denounced as the forbidden fruit, and the "serpent of wisdom" the voice of reason and consciousness, remained identified for ages with the fallen angel, which is the old dragon, the devil (vide part ii "the evil spirit, who, or what) the same for the other high symbols. the svastica, the most sacred and mystic symbol in india, the "jaina-cross" as it is now called by the masons, notwithstanding its direct connection, and even identity with the christian cross, has become dishonoured in the same manner. it is the "devil's sign" we are told by the indian missionaries "does it n

ion of the accursed sorcerers "of that island (plato speaking only of its last island) beyond the pillars of hercules, in the atlantic ocean, from which there was an easy transition to other islands in the neighbourhood of another large continent (america. it is this "atlantic" land which was connected with the "white island" and this white island was ruta; but it was not the atala and the "white devil" of colonel wilford (see "asiatic researches" vol. viii, p. 280, as already shown. it may well be remarked here that the dvapara yuga lasts 864,000 years, according to the sanskrit texts; and that, if the kali yuga began only about 5,000 years ago, that it is just 869,000 since that destruction took place. again, these figures are not very widely different from those given by the geologists

say "but the asuras are the rebel devas, the opponents of the gods- hence devils, and the spirits of evil" it is answered: esoteric philosophy admits neither good nor evil per se, as existing independently in nature. the cause for both is found, as regards the kosmos, in the necessity of contraries or contrasts, and with respect to man, in his human nature, his ignorance and passions. there is no devil or the utterly depraved, as there are no angels absolutely perfect, though there may be spirits of light and of darkness; thus lucifer- the spirit of intellectual enlightenment and freedom of thought- is metaphorically the guiding beacon, which helps man to find his way through the rocks and sandbanks of life, for lucifer is the logos in his highest, and the "adversary" in his lowest aspect

atlantis (america being the patala or antipodes of jambu-dwipa, not of bharata- varsha. otherwise, whence the traditions and legends- the latter always more true than history, as says augustin thierry- and even the identity in the names of certain "medicine men" and priests, who exist to this day in mexico? we shall have to say something of the nargals and the nagals and also of nagalism, called "devil-worship" by the missionaries. in almost all the puranas, the story of the "sacrifice of daksha" is given, the oldest account of which is to be found in vayu purana. allegorical as it is, there is more meaning and biological revelation in it to a naturalist, than in all the pseudo-scientific vagaries, which are regarded as learned theories and hypotheses. daksha, who is regarded as the chief

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prehend 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 "kwan-shai-yin" the real name f

independent power, but starting from the absolute all (universal perfection eternally, traced both through the course of natural evolution to pure light condensing gradually into form, hence becoming matter or evil. it was left with the early and ignorant christian fathers to degrade the philosophical and highly scientific idea of this emblem (the dragon) into the absurd superstition called the "devil" they took it from the later zoroastrians, who saw devils or the evil in the hindu devas, and the word evil thus became by a double transmutation d'evil in every tongue (diabolos, diable, diavolo, teufel. but the pagans have always shown a philosophical discrimination in their symbols. the primitive symbol of the serpent symbolised divine wisdom and perfection, and had always stood for psych

physicist would say, the correlations of electricity. mighty word, and a still mightier symbol! sacred generator of a no less sacred progeny; of fire- the creator, the preserver and the destroyer; of light- the essence of our divine ancestors; of flame- the soul of things. electricity, the one life at the upper rung of being, and astral fluid, the athanor of the alchemists, at its lowest; god and devil, good and evil[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] rest, and may as well mean "holy" as not. it is a blind, very suggestive in connection with certain superstitions- e.g, that of the russian people who will not use the pigeon for food; not because it is "unclean" but because the "holy ghost" is credited with having appeared under the form of a dove* not the mediaeval alchemis

at the elementary substances are composed of atoms we cannot avoid concluding that electricity also, positive as well as negative, is divided into definite elementary portions, which behave like atoms of electricity (helmholtz, faraday lecture, 1881. we will go further than that, and assert that electricity is not only substance but that it is an emanation from an entity, which is neither god nor devil, but one of the numberless entities that rule and guide our world according to the eternal law of karma (see the addendum to this book[[vol. 1, page] 112 the secret doctrine. principle, the animal soul of nature, so to say, or- electricity. in india, fohat is connected with vishnu and surya in the early character of the (first) god; for vishnu is not a high god in the rig veda. the name vish

ent judgment and will, his[[vol. 1, page] 194 the secret doctrine. right of free-agency and responsibility, since man and angel are alike under karmic law "and there was war in heaven. michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. and the dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil and satan, which deceiveth the whole world" the kabalistic version of the same story is given in the codex nazareus, the scripture of the nazarenes, the real mystic christians of john the baptist and the initiates of christos. bahak-zivo, the "father of the genii" is ordered to construct creatures (to create. but, as he is "ignorant of orcus" he fails to do so, and calls in fetahil, a still

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tiful god, in the moon of the woods, on the marble mount, the dimpled dawn of the amber fount! dip the purple of passionate prayer in the crimson shrine, the scarlet snare, the soul that startles in eyes of blue to watch thy wantonness weeping through the tangled grove, the gnarled bole the equinox 6 of the living tree that is spirit and soul and body and brain- come over the sea (io pan! io pan) devil or god, to me, to me, my man! my man! come with trumpets sounding shrill over the hill! come with drums low muttering from the spring! come with flute and come with pipe! am i not ripe? i, who wait and writhe and wrestle with air that hath no boughs to nestle my body, weary of empty clasp, strong as a lion and sharp as an asp- come, o come! i am numb with the lonely lust of devildom. thrust

maker, my master, my mate! 37. i am like the little red dog that sitteth upon the knees of the unknown. 38. thou hast brought me into great delight. thou hast given me of thy flesh to eat and of thy blood for an offering of intoxication. the equinox 80 39. thou hast fastened the fangs of eternity in my soul, and the poison of the infinite hath consumed me utterly. 40. i am become like a luscious devil of italy; a fair strong woman with worn cheeks, eaten out with hunger for kisses. she hath played the harlot in divers places; she hath given her body to the beasts. 41. she hath slain her kinsfolk with strong venom of toads; she hath been scourged with many rods. 42. she hath been broken in pieces upon the wheel; the hands of the hangman have bound her unto it. 43. the fountains of water ha

ught me into the house of darkness; by stealth hath the lord drawn me into night. i beheld blackness that encompassed me; mine eyes were darkened in the house of darkness. there came into my nostrils the scent of a great river; even of a river that boileth secretly under the palm-trees. i lifted mine head, and behold, the lord stood forth in the blackness. as a pillar of fire shone the lord; as a devil that whirleth in the wilderness of sand. the lord hath veiled himself in purple; the lord hath ex alted himself in manifestation. the lord went before me into the darkness; the lord hewed him a way into the forest of night. the glory of the lord was as the sunrise upon black mountains; the lord shone forth as the full moon on the dark river. then went i forth into the city, praising the lord

shop. much of this is evidently felt by those who talk of re-establishing the old trade guilds. but i fear i digress. i have, however, now placed before you the main points of my thesis. we need to extend to the whole of society the peculiar feeling which obtains in our most successful institutions, such as the services, the universities, the clubs. heaven and hell are states of mind; and if the devil be really proud, his hell can hurt him little. it is this, then, that i desire to emphasize: those who accept the new law, the law of the on of horus, the crowned and conquering child who replaces in our theogony the suffering and despairing victim of destiny, the law of thelema, which is do what thou wilt, those who accept it (i say) feel themselves immediately to be kings and queens. liber

, there is no value in science. he does not in the least understand the subject on which he is writing. he does not understand the canon of reason. he has only one idea, which is, that the bible (authorized translation) is literally true in every detail. his great explanation of everything that seems a little peculiar is that it is the result of sin. he claims, however, that sin was caused by the devil, who was created by god, and that god foreknew and permitted all this, in order to inflict torture upon nearly everybody except mr. bishop. he would however deny furiously that the god who willingly and knowingly created the devil, was in any way responsible for him. this kaiserlich-chautauquamericanisch-bishopisch god is therefore an illogical impossibility and absurdity. but this doesn t d

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go 67 the wheel the lord of the of fate forces of life koph jupiter 68 justice the daughter of the lords of truth: the ruler of the balance lamed libra 69 the hanged man the spirit of the mighty waters mem water 70 death the child of the great transformers: the lord of the gates of death nun scorpio 71 temperance the daughter of the reconcilers: the bringer-forth of life samekh sagittarius 72 the devil the lord of the gates of matter: the child of the forces of time ayin capricorn 73 the blasted tower the lord of the hosts of the mighty peh mars 74 the star the daughter of the firmament, the dweller between the waters tzaddi aquarius 75 the moon the ruler of flux and reflux: the child of the sons of the mighty qof pisces 76 the sun the lord of the fire of the world resh sun 77 the judgment

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eir skin was spread out flat over the body of a gigantic beetle or cockroach, crawling yet having vast strength. 12. neshimiron- whose colors are of a stagnant gleaming, watery hue, and their forms like hideous women, almost skeletons, united to the bodies of serpents and fishes. in the midst of the circle are placed samael and asmodai. the symbolic form of the former is somewhat like that of the devil of the tarot, but colossal and attenuated; that of asmodai is as a bloated, bestial man, but in a crouching position. at the south-east angle are placed the evil adam, a goat-headed skeleton-like giant; and a thousand- headed hydra serpent; everchanging and distorted countenance. at the north-east angle is aggerath, the daughter of machalath, a fiendish witch with serpent hair enthroned in a

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lowly 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 was a horned god. so, apparently, was the christian's devil. obviously then, reasoned the church, the pagans were devil worshippers! this type of reasoning is used by the church even today. missionaries were particularly prone to label all primitive tribes upon whom they stumbled as devil-worshippers, just because the tribe worshipped a god or gods other than the christian one. it would not matter that the people were good, happy, often morally and e

is used by the church even today. missionaries were particularly prone to label all primitive tribes upon whom they stumbled as devil-worshippers, just because the tribe worshipped a god or gods other than the christian one. it would not matter that the people were good, happy, often morally and ethically better living than the vast majority of christians. they had to be converted! the charge of devil-worship, so often leveled at witches, is ridiculous. the devil is a purely christian invention; there being no mention of him, as such, before the new testament. in fact it is interesting to note that the whole concept of evil associated with the devil is due to an error in translation. the original old testament hebrew ha-satan and the new testament greek diabolos simply mean "opponent" or

ull moon and to dance around the field astride pitchforks, poles and broomsticks; riding them like hobby-horses. they would leap high in the air as they danced, to show the crops how high to grow. a harmless enough form of sympathetic magick. but the church claimed not only that they were working against the crops, but that they actually flew through the air on their poles. surely the work of the devil! in 1484 pope innocent viii produced his bull against witches. two years later two infamous german monks, heinrich institoris kramer and jakob sprenger, produced their incredible concoction of anti-witchery, the malleus maleficarum (the witch hammer. in this book definite instructions were given for the prosecution of witches. however, when the book was submitted to the theological faculty o

appy religion and so was, in many ways, totally incomprehensible to the gloomy inquisitors and reformers who sought to suppress it. a rough estimate of the total number of people burned, hung or tortured to death on the charge of witchcraft, is nine million. obviously not the malleus malleficarutn is in three parts, the first of which treats 'the three necessary concomitants of witchcraft are the devil, a witch, and the permission of almighty god. here the reader is first admonished that to not believe in witchcraft is heresy. points are then covered on whether children can he generated by incubi and succubi; witches' copulation with the devil; whether witches can sway the minds of men to love or hatred; whether witches can hebetate the powers of generation or obstruct the venereal act; wh

found in the case of the so-called witches of salem, massachusetts. it is doubtful if any of the victims hung* there were really followers of the old religion. just possibly bridget bishop and sarah good were, but the others were nearly all pillars of the local church up until the time the hysterical children "cried out" on them. but what about satanism? the witches were called worshippers of the devil. was there any truth to this? no. yet as with so many of the charges, there was reason for the belief. the early church was extremely harsh on its people. it not only governed the peasants' way of worship but also their ways of life and love. even between married couples, sexual intercourse was frowned upon. it was felt that there should be no joy from the act, it being permitted solely for

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re thee, o wanderer who bears a black thorn stick i adjure thee, who the blood of abel did ignite your senses who lifted thee up into the flames of your father in iblis shadow did you awaken in the arms of lilith, the moon. i summon thee, cain of old, whose words open the gates of hell i invoke thee, cain of the serpent skin, who is the first of witch blood i conjure thee, cain who is the earthly devil, who is the master of spirits encircle and awaken within my flesh, my blood, my mind. by thy depths of which i walk herein shall i become reborn in the name and mark of the devil, whom i swear my spirit unto i am myself the redeemer and bringer of the infernal pact which holds no bounds nor mortal strain, yet my desires shall be filled by the eye within the blackened triangle of cain and the

ch i walk herein shall i become reborn in the name and mark of the devil, whom i swear my spirit unto i am myself the redeemer and bringer of the infernal pact which holds no bounds nor mortal strain, yet my desires shall be filled by the eye within the blackened triangle of cain and the children of rebellion, rise up with me of cain and those going forth by night unto the infernal sabbat let the devil bless my name hearken and remain, satan be thy name adversary opposer fornicator deceiver all of which is my name body of shadow, body of light align in the noon and by moon lit night so it just begins, life to never end by flesh or spirit way, shall my mind remain. this project represents a work of love. all texts so far gathered, as well as all future gatherings aim at exposing interested

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s 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, now is, for in mine eyes time

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an organised male medical profession, women healers who had acted as herbalists and midwives became a threat. this was not least because their skills ensured less painful childbirth, which was considered contrary to the curse of god that the daughters of eve should bear children in sorrow. so midwives were a prime target for the new persecutions and were often accused of sacrificing babies to the devil. given the high rate of infant mortality, this allegation was hard to refute, and a grieving mother might easily blame the midwife for the death of her infant. at a time of appropriation of common land and the enclosure of smallholdings, especially in europe, such accusations were a popular way of removing peasants, particularly elderly widows or spinsters, reluctant to give up their land ri

ersecution. even faeries became associated with witchcraft. the bean-tighe, a faerie housekeeper, popular in the mythology of ireland and scotland, was said to reside with the village wise woman and assist her with chores; in the worst of the wave of hysteria over witchcraft, if an old women had an immaculate house, it was claimed she had faerie help- and so by implication was consorting with the devil. under torture, even the innocent would admit to the vile deeds suggested by their inquisitors. many of the confessions now appear to be remarkably uniform and come straight from the pages of the works on demonology, with which the members of the inquisition would be familiar. simple village circle dances performed at the time of the full moon and the old rituals performed to bring fertility

s regarded as precious because it was the main preservative of food through the long winter months for early settlers around the globe. in formal magick, it represents the element of earth. in modern protective and banishing rituals, a salt circle is created to keep out harm. many of us still adhere to the old practice of throwing a pinch of spilt salt over our left shoulder 'into the eyes of the devil. salt was also added in the making of holy water to ward off evil and increase physical strength as well as powers of fertility. salt is still added to water in casting a triple circle in more formal magick. on a less formal level, small quantities of salt can be empowered and used for all kinds of domestic protection. to empower salt, pass a clear quartz or crystal pendulum over it deosil

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lements of building, focusing and releasing this powerful force of promethean fire-the mind and will united by dissolution of opposites. kia itself seeks the necessary manifestation by the act of love, considering it seems to incarnate or flow backwards. this can be viewed as an initiation resembling what has been described in my book of the witch moon as the osculum infame, or kiss of shame. the devil itself, resembling the o can achieve autoerotic intercourse with the combination of z, meaning inverse intercourse with the devil the very act of creation. the rite of thanatos vel babalon, as developed by michael dewitt is one of the most powerful descriptions of the essence of babalon that could be described. the ritual itself is opened with the quadriga sexualis banishing ritual and leads

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

us magnus, john hohman's "pow-wows" or the sixth and seventh\ 26\ books of moses, the last one an esoteric treatise of occult science and philosophy that was considered by some to be the "hoodoo bible"[28] the medicinal items that african american supernatural practitioners employed for treating their patients were often given religious names and identifications. herbs identified as angel's root, devil's shoestring, bowels-of-christ, and blood-of-jesus leaves were utilized to heal and give the carrier control and protection "jew david" was a plant that was especially prized among slaves for its therapeutic properties, whereas "adam and eve" root brought luck. individuals who possessed sampson's root or st.-john's-wort boasted of supernatural security. the leaves of the peace plant and the

issouri at the turn of the twentieth century, mary owen wrote of a sexton in an african methodist church whose authority extended to his role as a powerful conjurer. he and others in his circle of "voodoos" who were members of the church as well, saw no contradiction between the two the positions he held. sarcastically, owen commented "the old-fashioned negro c conjures in the name of his african devil on saturday, and goes to a christian church, sings, prays and exhorts, and after emeetin f invites the minister to a dinner black magic page 19 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006 of stolen poultry on sunday" some black supernatural specialists appear to have been quite comfortable in their dual roles. allen vaughn, an earlytwentieth-c

express as much, as let us perform our religious worship" the avatar of the national deity of whydah, a serpent, was called a fetish by white missionaries on the slave coast in the late seventeenth century. bosman spoke of fetishes as "all things made in honour of [their] false gods" as did wilhelm muller, a german lutheran prelate who wrote from the gold coast that akan fetishes incarnated "the devil himself, from whom c they seek advice, comfort and help" a being who was incarnated in the figure of a "tall, abominable, black moor" at a future point fetishism would be associated with magic, but most accounts suggest its link to various forms of traditional african religion.[9] although contemporary writers have done away with the term "fetish" viewing it as a derogatory, anachronistic re

cretary of dr. bray's associates, john waring, warned clergy of africans f fervent devotion to "the idolatrous rites and practices of their own country" francis varnod, a missionary with the society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts, wrote to his superiors of the spiritual disposition of slaves in south carolina, observing that "some of our negro-pagans have a notion of god and a devil, and dismal apprehensions of apparitions" other comments by white clergy in the eighteenth century provide an indeterminate picture of black spiritual life, vaguely characterizing african slave practices as "heathenish" and "pagan" with little elaboration or detail. evidence does indicate, however, that despite severe challenges and prohibitions, african slaves in the anglo-american colonies

visions of spirits, ghosts, and other supernatural beings.[56] european and african-derived witchcraft traditions evolved as a dual presence, confirming their significance to angloand african american folk beliefs. but conceptions of the witch differed dramatically for both peoples. in the western christian tradition of which anglo- americans were inheritors, witches were seen as disciples of the devil, and theologians viewed witchcraft practice as a form of heresy. in contrast, black american ideas of witchcraft sprang from traditional african beliefs in the mixed potential of good and evil "negroes c seemed not to ascribe any undue wickedness or malevolence to the [witches" noted one nineteenthcentury reporter "as they tend to think him or her gifted with unusual capacity for either good

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whereof the father of lights his majesty had shown me not a few) and being now ready to prepare in my heart, together with my dear paschal lamb, a small, unleavened, undefiled cake; all of a sudden arose so horrible a tempest, that i imagined no other but that through its mighty force, the hill on which my little house was founded would fly into pieces. but inasmuch as this, and the like from the devil (who had done me many a spite) was no new thing to me, i took courage, and persisted in my meditation, till somebody in an unusual manner touched me on the back; whereupon i was so hugely terrified, that i dared hardly look about me; yet i showed myself as cheerful as (in such occurrences) human frailty would permit. now the same thing still twitching me several times by the coat, i looked b

letter, which was now so heavy, that had it been mere gold it could hardly have been so weighty. now as i was diligently viewing it, i found a little seal, on which a curious cross with this inscription, in hoc signo vinces, was engraved. o page 2 now as soon as i espied this sign i was the more comforted, as not being ignorant that such a seal was little acceptable, and much less useful, to the devil. whereupon i tenderly opened the letter, and within it, in an azure field, in golden letters, found the following verses written. this day, today is the royal wedding day. for this thou wast born and chosen of god for joy thou mayest go to the mountain whereon three temples stand, and see there this affair. keep watch inspect thyself and shouldst thou not bathe thoroughly the wedding may wor

d all sorts of people, at which i greatly marvelled, and thought to myself, ah, how gross a fool you have been to engage upon this journey with so much bitterness and toil, when (behold) here are even those fellows whom you know well, and yet never had any page 15 reason to esteem. they are now all here, and you with all your prayers and supplications have hardly got in at last. this and more the devil at that time injected, while i notwithstanding (as well as i could) directed myself to the issue. meanwhile one or other of my acquaintance here and there spoke to me: oh brother rosencreutz! are you here too? yes (my brethren, i replied, the grace of god has helped me in too. at which they raised mighty laughter, looking upon it as ridiculous that there should be need of god in so slight an

therefore further necessary not only once again to oblige ourselves towards his royal majesty, but also to vow to the following articles; and then his royal majesty would likewise know how to behave himself towards his liege people. upon which he caused the page to read over the articles, which were these (i) you my lords the knights shall swear that you shall at no time ascribe your order to any devil or spirit, but only to god your creator, and his handmaid nature (2) that you will abominate all whoredom, incontinency and uncleanness, and not defile your order with such vices (3) that you through your talents will be ready to assist all that are worthy, and have need of them (4) that you desire not to employ this honour to worldly pride and high authority (5) that you shall not be willin

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not fit their scheme of things. in fact, at this point, i should mention something that is unpleasant but must be faced. there are those who profit from ignorance of this material. that is why they worked so hard and so long to keep knowledge of it suppressed. some do it from misguided and foolish religious motives. they would like you to believe, as they do, that all psychic power comes from the devil and his horned minions. that is probably the most stupid argument ever advanced and anyone dumb enough to believe it can probably be offered a real good deal on a used bridge. religion is the province of the weak-minded. then there are those who feel directly threatened by this knowledge, and in some cases rightly so. a politician is not going to be happy knowing that one person with a radio

d from there. the version i am going to explain now is one of the first tunable units and, for my money, still one of the best. it is simple, uncomplicated and works. now, this sort of thing was not original with me. the idea of a psychic amplifier built into a helmet was a staple of science fiction writers and comic books and there was even a real fun, albeit really bad, boris karloff movie, the devil commands, based on the idea. and, as everyone in the world knows by now, i have this thing about helmets, it was only natural that i would go to work on the idea. besides, it looked a hell of a lot better than the silly pyramid hats the new age nutjars were peddling with i started to work with psionics. and it did not mummify the brain! as you can see from the two drawings, the component par

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anship, or image. where the spark of vision leaps, where inspiration is communicated. the path strays anew. so mote it be! alogos, magister: cultus sabbati. where the old serpent and man meet in murder and marriage, the spiritualisation of matter, the materialisation of spirit; the pole of heaven becomes the crown of the world. both in one: xoanon vox baetyltithe dance of the witches: opening the devil's eye copyright 2003 by robin artisson saturnian musings on mercurial subjects pursuant to my work on the art of the 'twilight sleep" or the trance, the topic has come up many times about the best way to achieve a good, workable trance state when performing acts of witchcraft. the answer is simple enough: there is no "best" way. each person, being an individual, is predisposed to a variety o

ve. for others, ritual is needed. for some, just "letting go" and realizing that the feeling of "being here" and "nature all around" are not actually truly how we understand them, and realizing that "me here" and "nature all around" are two aspects of their greater being, and thus "making the leap" between the lesser, limited perception and the greater perception of wholeness, is just easy to do. devil take the hindermost i have decided to write this short essay to communicate another technique for achieving the twilight sleep, the trance, which is also known as the waking dream, the paradisal expansion, the "devil's eye open, and many other names. this technique, the "dance of the witches, is not really a dance; but it requires certain ritual actions, done in a certain manner, to achieve

ough it at the altar, and frame the light in this triangle, and slowly pronounce the following phonetic formula: oz. ah. el. drag the syllables out. then, step into the circle and go to the four implements (the cord, the arthame, the cup, and the bowl) which should be right in the center of the triangle. kneeling, hold your hands over them and say "i bless these holy implements in the name of the devil the great reverser, secret lord of the wise powers above the land and below it, take heed" then stand straight up, holding the cord out before you, and walk directly towards the altar, and when you reach the east, walk counterclockwise around the circle one full time, arriving back at the east, and then keep walking till you are at the north, stop, kneel, and put the cord down. as you lie it

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without the heart, you could say, and without the balanced feminine. the symbols of the brotherhood in ancient times remain those of the brotherhood today- the pyramid and all-seeing eye, the swastika, the lamb, the apron, the obelisk and many others. the obelisk is symbolic of the penis of osiris, the egyptian god. the legend is that he was torn into pieces by the 'evil' set (lucifer, satan, the devil, et al) and when isis, the wife of osiris, tried to put him back together again, she found all his missing parts, except you know what. such legends are, i feel, symbolic of much more straightforward truths. the obelisk and osiris's penis in that story symbolise male energy, which has dominated the world throughout recorded history. all of us, and creation as a whole, are in search of balanc

: the story of the committee of 300 (tavistock is mentioned extensively; eustace mullins, the world order, our secret rulers, p262-265 chapter 10 the super elite- the black magicians t the highest level of the elite's human pyramid, i believe they do know that they are working with a fourth dimensional consciousness which has been known symbolically by many names (such as satan, set, lucifer, the devil, and- in this book- the prison warders. at this top level, they are knowingly interacting with this force, which probably takes many forms. there is evidence that many people involved over the years have believed they were working for extraterrestrial 'super men. some may have had face-to-face contact with a negative et group from the fourth dimension. to understand the true nature of the co

e the elite pyramid and have done for thousands of years right into the modern world. but i cannot stress too powerfully that esoteric knowledge is neutral. it is not the knowledge we need to challenge, but its negative use. it can, and is, used to very positive effect. when i hear christian investigators of the new world order condemning all esoteric thinkers and groups as the 'evil occult' and 'devil worshippers, it reveals a serious misunderstanding of reality, in my view, and a bigotry that ill becomes them. as i shall discuss in more detail towards the end of the book, the positive use of spiritual knowledge is crucial to building the better world we seek and which we are making a reality, have no fear. it is built on the foundations of love and respect, the emotions- the energies- wh

rt, conneticut, usa, 1976 11 investigative research specialists "list of moonie fronts, 1992 12 the spotlight (december 11th 1995) p2 13 the term lucifer is believed by some to mean "bringer of light, as i outlined in the robots rebellion. rabbi marvin s. antelman claims in to eliminate the opiate that the change of name from lucifer to lucis in 1924 was to hide the fact that it was involved with devil worshipping groups linked with the all-seeing eye cult (p54) chapter 16 the 'global village "single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the opinion of a day, but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period, unalterable through every change of ministers, too plainly prove a deliberate, systematical plan of reducing us to slavery" thomas jefferson he new world order has come a long

p in salford, manchester, asked 416 .and the truth shall set you free me to speak about my book at the green party national conference in the autumn of 1994,1 was banned by the party hierarchy for, in effect, inciting racial hatred. the campaign was whipped up by two robot radicals called derek wall and david black, the author of a charming little article about me headed "son of god or son of the devil" they were supported by others in the green party's robot radical clique, like penny kemp. i have a letter from the conference organiser which says that of the members of the committee who issued the ban only two had read the book and both went into the meeting determined to say it was not racist. they ended up being persuaded to vote for a ban by those who had not read it! and the membershi

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sadors from foreign powers and merchants. vlad the impaler was the son of vlad dracul, who was initiated into the ancient order of the dragon by the holy roman emperor in 1431. its emblem was a dragon, wings extended, hanging on a cross. vlad ii wore this emblem and his coinage bore the dragon symbol. all the members of the order had a dragon on their coat of arms and he was nicknamed dracul (the devil or the dragon. son vlad signed his name draculea or draculya or the "devil's son" and this later became dracula, a name that translates as something like "son of him who had the order of the dragon. most appropriate. this is the same dragon order that is today promoted by the british "holy grail" author, sir laurence gardner. by the way, queen mary or mary of teck, the mother of king george

rgates".10 as the emerald tablets say "yet, beware, the serpent still liveth in a place that is open, at times, to the world (lower fourth dimension, accessed through the stargates "unseen they walk among thee in places where the rites have been said (illuminati rituals to open the stargates "again as time passes onward, shall they take the semblance of men (which they have. the depiction of the "devil" is very like the descriptions of the reptilian "royalty" known as the draco and in the biblical text the devil/satan is clearly said to have been reptilian. one example is this description in the book of revelation of st michael, a phoenician deity, defeating the dragon. the second paragraph here could easily be describing the sealing of the interdimensional portals through which the reptil

nician deity, defeating the dragon. the second paragraph here could easily be describing the sealing of the interdimensional portals through which the reptilians enter this dimension, the same theme you find in the emerald tablets. or, just as easily, it could refer to the imprisonment of the serpent race within the earth "and the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the devil and satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to earth and his angels were cast down with him..and he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more."11 there were, and are, physical reptilians and other entit

, the lover of the maiden columbine-the-dove. columba, columbine, and the symbol of the dove are all other names and symbols for el, the serpent or dragon queen of the edda. the more i research, the more the 154 children of the matrix world that exists under our feet becomes increasingly significant. the underground "hell" is supposed to be the place of judgement and eternal punishment where the "devil" and evil spirits dwell beneath the earth. the longer we go on, the more you will see how relevant this is to the races and bloodlines that manipulate this world. el is the hebrew name for "god" and she was also known as heidi and ida. the elohim, the gods of the old testament, were the race of el, a dragon queen. the greeks knew el as artemis, the cruel mother-goddess who demanded human sac

e 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 magdelene, a symbolic name for the reptilian bloodlines passing through the female line- the dr

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ge are ancient phoenician heroes from the very region of the worldwhere the anunnaki instigated their crossbreeding programme and, for a long time,operated openly as reptilians. in the last book of the bible, the book of revelation, we seethe clear connection made between the being known as satan and the serpent or reptile:and the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the devil andsatan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to earth and his angels werecast down with him.56..and he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and satan, andbound him for a thousand years, and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed itover him, that he should deceive the nations no more.57in a dead sea scroll fragment translated by the hebrew scho

hree horns symbolising royal power with divine authority7this is represented by the symbol of the fleur-de4is which you find throughout the regaliaof modern royalty (see figure 6 overleaf. as i have mentioned already, the draco royalhierarchy, the winged albino whites, are said to have horns and im sure this is the trueorigin of the horned headgear of ancient royalty. the classic depiction of the devil also52has draco-like horns. nimrod was given the title baal (thelord) and semiramis was baalti (my lady. the latinterm for my lady is mea domina which in its corrupteditalian form became madonna.8 nimrod was represented ina dual role of god the father and ninus, the son ofsemiramis, and her olive branch was symbolic of thisoffspring produced through a virgin birth. ninus was alsoknown as tam

usedtheir secret societies to create institutions in the public arena such as religions andpolitical parties to suck this advanced knowledge out of circulation. the inquisitionwas a wonderful example of this technique. merely to speak about esoteric matterswas to sign your own death warrant. this scam has been so effective that still todayyou have christians condemning esoteric information as the devil when this sameknowledge is the very foundation of their religion. if you want to know wherechristianity really came from, stick around. it is recycled paganism and provably so.yet christianity has been used quite brilliantly as the major vehicle for removing vitalknowledge from the public domain. whenever christianity and other religions tookcontrol of a country or region, the ancient texts

nges,we change. if you live in water and the water changes, you are fundamentally affectedand it is the same with the energy ocean that we occupy. thus you have the movementof the planets affecting the earths magnetic field and through that affecting us. thebrotherhood dont want us to know any of this and so they have used their religions,like christianity, to condemn astrology as the work of the devil and their science todismiss it as mumbo-jumbo.the mystery stone circles and structures are much less mysterious when you seekanswers with open minded research. the evidence strongly suggests that they were builtby the phoenician-aryans who came here from the middle and near east. it is the samewith the mystery white horses scored into the chalk hillsides of britain. just before iwrote this c

given names likeprophets, oracles, vessels of god and such like. one of the leaders of this witch-hunt wasjerome, born in 341, who is credited with gathering the texts for the main latin version ofthe holy bible. it was jerome who persuaded the pope to outlaw channelling (psychiccommunications with other dimensions. by this single papal decree, the vessels of godbecame vessels and witches of the devil, terms still used by many christians. king jamesi, the first king of both england and scotland, included a bitter condemnation of witchesin his king james bible in 1611 and he was true to his word as he had thousands ofwomen tortured and executed for being witches. jerome wanted the priests to be themiddle men between humanity and god. he did not want people going direct,contradicting the of

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i found isn't all that accurate as far as the streets are concerned, but it will have to do. the white house makes up the southern most tip of the goathead. lansat satellite image of the white house (below center) and surrounding northern area. in the map above, beginning from top left to top middle: 1. dupont circle, logan circle, and scott circle in the middle, form the top three points of the devil's goathead of mendes, one of the most important types of the five-pointed devil's pentagram. 2. washington circle forms the extreme left-hand point of the goathead. 3. mt. vernon square forms the extreme right-hand point of the goathead. 4. the white house forms the fifth and bottom point of the goathead. there is a 666 evident in the most important top three circles of the goathead, dupont

ont circle, scott circle, and logan circle. each of these streets has six major streets coming into them from all angles of the circle. this type of encoding is so typical of the occultist. everything was deliberately planned to stamp the power of freemasonry and the symbols of its plans for america indelibly upon government center in washington d.c. the combination of the the goathead of mendes, devil's pentagram, and the practical existence of the number 666 within the three upper points of the pentagram, unmistakably shows that lucifer is planned to be the ultimate master of governmental center. dupont circle scott circle satellite photos came from microsoft's terraserver. now look for a moment at the circles which comprise the points of the pentagram. washington circle, dupont circle

ecticut avenue flowing from dupont circle, and by vermont avenue flowing from logan circle, intersect. the meaning is all too clear. occultists planned for the white house to be controlled by lucifer in accordance with his occultic power and doctrine. the goathead.(for your reference) but, there is still more meaning expressed by this goathead pentagram. quickly look again at the photocopy of the devil's pentagram, as copied from goodman's magic symbol book. protruding from the middle top of the pentagram is a lighted candle, which is producing light. this physical light represents spiritual illumination. if this representation were made on a map, this illuminating candle would be thought of as being north. north is a very important direction, because it is the place of governmental contro

egyptian model) that control the finances, governments, and religious systems that currently plague the planet with perversions of truth and fascist agendas not becoming of the truly enlightened. below are quotes written by high level masons praising lucifer with references "the mysteries of magic' by eliphas levi "what is more absurd and more impious than to attribute the name of lucifer to the devil, that is, to personified evil. the intellectual lucifer is the spirit of intelligence and love; it is the paraclete, it is the holy spirit, while the physical lucifer is the great agent of universal magnetism" page 428 'the book of black magic' by arthur edward waite 33 "first conjuration addressed to emperor lucifer. emperor lucifer, master and prince of rebellious spirits, i adjure thee to

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of deitus. let us begin, then, by considering the basic precepts of satanic belief. the start of satanic enlightenment is the realization that all gods are created by man, all religions are established by man, all holy books are written by man, and all temples are built by man. there is nothing spiritual, there is nothing holy. it has been said that man creates god in the image of himself and the devil in the image of his enemy. god is, it is remarked, a projection of man s ego. the satanist says, why worship a god someone else has created, and which represents someone else s ego, when you can recognize a god of your own creation a god which has your best interests at heart. the satanic view considers satan as an archetype, a symbol of carnality as opposed to spirituality. the satanist rea

accomplished? why should i not question the logic of what i have been told? satanism encourages the development of a healthy ego. only when a person has a healthy ego, can he truly afford to treat others with respect and consideration. satanism also encourages the development of a healthy intellect. nothing should be accepted without question; all things must be put to the test. satanists are not devil-worshippers. there is, in fact, no form of worship in satanic ritual. since all gods are created by man, satanists refuse to treat their creations as superior to themselves. the satanist may call upon the names of various gods, and may even treat them as his equals, but he recognizes that they exist to serve him. the satanist is his own god and his own redeemer. just as he knows that there i

friday night and then in church sunday morning asking god to forgive them for their sins when they know they will be back out the following weekend doing what they have always done. the satanist rejects them because they are hypocrites, and judges them by the standards they have set. why, you may ask, does the satanist call himself a satanist if he does not believe in the literal existence of the devil? the satanist, of course, recognizes the importance of ritual and ceremony to satisfy certain human emotional needs. he sees nothing wrong with religion, and in fact considers it essential to human behavior, but recognizes that churches have used religion to manipulate the masses into obedience to their will. the satanist chooses his own god, one which will not make him feel guilty for being

ic consciousness. just as a river flows into the ocean, the dynamic consciousness violently penetrates the universal subconscious. what is traditionally called magic is simply the application of active upon passive to cause change. in the dynamic universe i state that this dynamic consciousness which guides and/or directs the universe is dynamic not static and is, therefore, best described as the devil, satan, rather than as god. all gods (and devils) are created by man, but god represents the laws and dictates of society while the devil represents that which threatens the statusquo. whatever name man may give to these forces, the devil is a more accurate depiction of the dynamic consciousness. allegorically, the universal subconscious is god, and the dynamic consciousness is satan. anton

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onified enlightenment, wisdom, and beauty. the cult of lucifer was associated with the worship of venus or aphrodite, the goddess of love and passion, and involved sexual acts of which the early christians did not approve. the acceptance of christianity as the official religion of rome, and subsequent conversion of pagans to the new faith, resulted in the name lucifer becoming associated with the devil satan. if jesus is the light and truth, reasoned the christian, then lucifer must be a false light, a deceiver, even a fallen angel. christianity condemned paganism, goddess-worship, and sexuality as evil; and the cult of lucifer could be associated with all of these. lucifer became the latin name for the devil of hebrew origin, satan. in hebrew mythology, satan was an angel who accused men

he part of the serpent ahriman. satan, a minor angel in hebrew mythology, became equal in power with god. the belief of a war in heaven between god and satan was carried into europe by the early christians. in christian mythology, lucifer became the highest of the angels, created in the perfect image of god, who fell from grace because of his pride. during the spread of christianity in europe the devil began to take on the form most often associated with him today. christians gave him the attributes of many of the old pagan gods: horns, tail, and cloven hooves. he became the god of fertility, the god of lust, the god of the dead, and the god of magic. devil worshippers and luciferans to facilitate conversion, pagan holy days became christian holy days. pagan temples were destroyed and beca

w religion. the mass conversion of pagans to christianity was not entirely successful, however. in many countries, the people worshipped christ alongside the old gods. by the twelfth century there were a number of gnostic heresies which threatened the power of the church in rome. one gnostic sect was known as the luciferans. the luciferans believed that lucifer was the true god and yahweh was the devil. another gnostic sect, better known, was the knights templar. the knights templar fought in the crusades against the muslims but upon seeing how much more advanced the muslims were to themselves, converted to the religion of those they had fought. during the 12th and 13th centuries, the various gnostic heresies were suppressed and many of their followers executed. the trial of the knights te

n contact with master beings who live in the himalayas the illuminati. the early lodges had no connection to each other but made similar claims of possessing hidden knowledge passed down from ancient times or from a race of secret masters in the east. in reality, these lodges had very few secrets to reveal other than hand-shakes and grade signs but masonry was condemned by the church as a form of devil-worship which only added to its popularity. freemasons may have had few hidden secrets, but the myth of masonic secrecy led to more myserious (and occasionally more sinister) occult lodges being established. one such group was the rosicrucians, the brethren of the rosy cross. among them was the magician francis barrett, author of the magus, a classic on the subject of ceremonial magic, and e

unable to indulge. the church of satan entertained a parade of celebrities and journalists. reporters from throughout the world came to write about the black pope and his satanic church. for the first time in history, there was a church dedicated to satan not an underground cult or secret society, not a temple of satanic worship veiled in christian trappings, but an actual church dedicated to the devil. the church of satan took a position of professed atheism. satan, claimed his priests, was not a literal being with tail, horns, and pitchfork, but a metaphoric representation, a jungian archetype, a product of the subconscious mind. like the 18th century hellfire club of sir francis dashwood, the church of satan made satanism fun while maintaining that there was nothing occult or sinister i

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b o l u s the dragon within the triangle of darkness an exploration of the adversary within magick michael w. ford 2004 michael w. ford for the order of phosphorus members only. succubus publishing website http//algol.chaosmagic.com psychonaut 75 website http//www.psychonaut75.com e-mail: keteb75@psychonaut75.com 2 contents introduction i. set the egyptian god of darkness ii. ahriman the persian devil and the whore of darkness iii. the adversary and the bride of the devil, cain the son iv. the gnostic yaltabaoth, child of chaos v. the path of the crooked serpent leviathan and beelzebub end introduction the very intent and purpose of this essay is to bring to light the roots of the adversary in magick from a historical and mythological standpoint. as a practitioner of magick from a satanic

r in praxis of the path. it is however, desired to offer a collective comment and study on the exhaustive sources of lucifer and lilith in their various forms throughout time, with inclusion to modern magicians such as charles pace, aleister crowley, nathaniel harris, anton szandor lavey, myself and others within the fire of the adversary. it must be understood that what is firstly considered the devil is only a cipher towards which lies within; that looks are deceiving and thus a test to the nature of both the opposer and the sorcerer within the context of relation. by passing through the darkness is a light revealed brighter than all others. beginning with the foundations of the adversary in the form of the egyptian set are we able to firstly understand that his force, while averse is in

r question may be asked, what is the purpose of the adversary? in my years of practice and development of the art on a personal level, i feel and understand the nature of the adversary to be dual in its nature. satan is a tester, who by illuminating the self of the initiate asks and poses many questions and challenges; it is up to the individual to answer these by action and balanced thought. the devil has always given the greatest gifts, however the cost is the test itself. you may be led into the darkness and feel as if you cannot go on therein is a test, to rise up through that trouble in your life to emerge as a bringer of light this is only a mere glimpse of the fall under the shadows of the adversary. the nature of lucifer is movement and motion; storms, chaos and order which arises

ahriman has been long associated with not only the north but also the south, making reference to his powers over both scorching heat and cold. the head of ramses ii has been shown being dually crowned by both set and horus indicating power and knowledge. one reference of which set makes comment is in the crowning i will give thee all life, and strength and health, thus although considered often a devil and a most feared god, this power could be used in a positive aspect as well. set was also friendly to the shades of the dead as well, set was said to purify and horus strengthen. the backbone of the dead was considered the backbone of set. another title of set is smai, the egyptian name associated with set as the archfiend and devil. it was as the adversary becoming the mastering force over

being the witches sabbat10. here we find the manifestation of the adversary in a universal and initiatory role. the modern magician and sorcerer must be willing to focus on the beneficial and useful aspects of sethian magick within a now type of context, in other words utilize the will to invigorate and empower the rituals of sethan, which by you set is made great within. ii. ahriman the persian devil and the whore of darkness pondering on the end, zurvan delivered to ahriman an implement (fashioned) from the very substance of darkness, mingled with the power of zurvan, as it were a treaty, resembling coal, black and ashen. and as he handed to him he said: by means of these weapons, az (concupiscence) will devour that which is thine, and she herself shall starve, if at the end of nine tho

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t in a magickal circle. the direction of circumbambulation (q.v) in 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 bei

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no more valuable contribution to the occult movement than a collected edition of the works of this very great writer, edited and annotated by some such sympathetic hand as that of mr. regardie, and with the personalities cut out, to speak any word in mitigation of the general condemnation of crowley is a thankless task, for panic stricken people immediately conclude that one is in league with the devil. nevertheless mr. regardie has had the courage to do this, and i should like to add my voice to his. to make use of a man's work without acknowledgment is no better than picking pockets. as the "golden dawn" the a.a" and my own "inner light" must appear to the uninformed observer to be more or less mixed up together, i feel it is advisable to disentangle them. the deeper issues of occultism

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l be seen that the meditations upon the tree form a most practical and exact system of mystical development; and one that is peculiarly valuable in that it is equilibrated, for the different aspects of manifestation are, as it were, dissected out and dealt with in turn, nothing being neglected. by the time we have trodden all the paths of the tree we shall have learnt the lessons of death and the devil, as well as of the angel and the high priest. chapter x the paths upon the tree 1. the sepher yetzirah refers to the ten sephiroth theni selves, as well as the lines connecting them, as paths, and justly so, for they are all equally channels of divine influence; but it is usual in practical working to consider the lines between the sephiroth only as the paths, and the sephiroth themselves as

ity, has the greatest difficulty in obtaining any adequate concept of an entirely formless state of passivity which is nevertheless most distinctly not non-being. yet this effort must be made if we are to understand cosmic philosophy in its fundamentals. we must not draw the veils of negative existence in front of kether or we shall condemn ourselves to a perpetual unresolved duality; god and the devil will for ever war in our cosmos, and there can be no finality to their conflict. we must train the mind to conceive the state of pure being without attributes or activities; we may think of it as the blinding white light, undifferentiated into rays by the prism of form; or we may think of it as the darkness of interstellar space, which is nothing, yet contains the potentialities of all thing

ther, the source of all being is conceived of as the highest good, as it inevitably must he, and the nature of kether is kinetic and its influence is for ever inclined towards chokmah, it inevitably follows that binah, the opposite of chokmah, the perpetual opposer of the dynamic impulses, will be regarded as the enemy of god, the evil one. saturn-satan is an easy transition; and so is time-death-devil. implicit in the ascetic religions such as christianity and buddhism is the idea that woman is the root of all evil, because she is the influence which holds men to a life of form by their desires. matter is regarded by them as the antinomy of spirit in an eternal, unresolved duality. christianity is ready enough to recognise the heretical nature of this belief when it is presented to it in

ut of date, or so far ahead of its day as to be impracticable. misplaced in space, if it turns up in the wrong place, like the burning coal on the hearth-rug or the bath ter through the drawing-room ceiling. misplaced in proportion, if an excess of love makes us silly and sentimental, or a lack of love makes us cruel and destructive. it is in such things as these that evil lies, not in a personal devil who acts as adversary. 5. geburah the destroyer, the lord of fear and severity, is therefore as necessary to the equilibrium of the tree as chesed, the lord of love, and netzach, the lady of beauty. gebura his the celestial surgeon; he is the knight in shining arinour, the dragon-slayer; beautiful as a bridegroom in his strength to the maiden in distress, though, no doubt, the dragon might h

age did it; more recently russia has done it. but even when social organisation breaks down and the pendulum has gone off into space, the principle of rhythm is inherent in all manifesting existence, and re-establishes itself as soon as any sort of organisation begins to arise out of the wreckage. 21. the great weakness of christianity lies in the fact that it ignores rhythm. it balances god with devil instead of vishnu with siva. its dualisms are antagonistic instead of equilibrating, and therefore can never issue in the functional third in which power is in equilibrium. its god is the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever, and does not evolve with an evolving creation, but indulges in one special creative act and rests on his laurels. the whole of human experience, the whole of human know

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or a considerable length of time as the victim of an occult attack. a recent writer in the british medical journal declared that whenever he came across a case of bell-ringing, knocks, the dripping of water and oil from ceilings, and other untoward happenings, he always looked for the hysterical maidservant. occultists would be very well advised to do likewise before they begin to worry about the devil. but on the other hand, the wise man, whether occultist or scientist, will not insist upon the hysterical maidservant unless he can catch her red-handed, as he surely will do sooner or later if she is the guilty party. forged bank-notes would never gain currency unless there were such a thing as genuine bank-notes. it would never occur to anyone to produce fraudulent psychic phenomena unless

may, in which the one who is sent "to fetch her away" is gripped round the waist by the leader of a chain of supporters. the real pressure comes on his own abdominal muscles, as anyone who has played the game will remember. and when the magical operation is over, what then? will the operator be left to enjoy his victim in peace? is it likely? this is the mystical basis of the story of faust. the devil might be not only willing but anxious to enable dr. faustus to win margarita, but he came for his soul at the appointed time. 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

ty most effectually to "settle" with my antagonist. fortunately for all concerned, i had enough sense left to see that i was at the dividing of the ways, and if i were not careful would take the first step on to the left-hand path. if i availed myself of the opportunity to give practical expression to my resentment, the wolf-form would be born into an independent existence, and there would be the devil to pay, literally as well as metaphorically. i received the distinct impression, and impressions are important things in 24 of 103 psychic matters, for they often represent subconscious knowledge and experience, that once the wolf-impulse had found expression in action, the wolf-form would sever the psychic navel-cord that connected it with my solar plexus, and it would be no longer possible

ect, the principle of destruction. we can best explain the cosmic function of the principle of destruction by calling it by its esoteric name of the scavenger of the gods. its function is to clear up behind the advancing tide of evolution, removing that which has become effete so that it may not choke and clog evolving 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 chao

engine can be reversed, and a big flywheel takes a great deal of stopping. moreover, in order to reverse the flywheel, we have to stop the engine. the normal movement of the soul is deosil, forward with the current of evolution. we need to think many times before we undertake to reverse that spin even momentarily, in order to undertake a work of malediction and death. the old saying "there is the devil to pay" is a true one. indeed, it is questionable whether there is such a thing as a momen tary reversal of spin. momentum has to be checked and worked up again before reversal of spin can take place. very great forces can be developed by this subjective concentration of the mind itself, but even greater forces can be rendered available if we apply the mechanical equivalent of gearing; if, i

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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 evil. some of its infamous features include a defrocked priest who celebrated the mass on the belly of a naked woman, and the substitution of semen for the holy chrism oil, urine for the wine, and blackened turnip or excrement for the host. during the course of the mass, the defrocked priest was said to copulate with the woman serving as t

ly chrism oil, urine for the wine, and blackened turnip or excrement for the host. during the course of the mass, the defrocked priest was said to copulate with the woman serving as the altar. sometimes the priest inserted holy wafers into the vagina of the woman before copulation. sometimes the copulation was anal. the words of the ritual were read backwards or distorted by replacing "god" with "devil" or "satan" the sign of the cross was made backwards. one entertaining account claims that the mass was celebrated by a talking goat who read from a missal bound in wolf's skin. the general principle of the black mass is that the mass of the church should be inverted. whereas the regular mass is intended to do good, the black mass was celebrated to do evil. for example, in the court of the f

russian royal court. it is unlikely that black masses were ever used in the rituals of the knights templar, even though the knights were accused of trampling and spitting on the cross. black masses formed a part of the religious practices of the late anton szandor lavey and his los angeles based church of satan, founded in the 1960s, in the sense that these rituals were performed in honor of the devil and involved a parody of the church mass. however, lavey always asserted that his black mass was not intended to defile the christian god, because he denied the existence of such a god. since the deliberate degradation and defilement of christianity is one of the key features of the true black mass, the mass performed in the church of satan falls short of perfection. the concept of the black

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did know all things under his creation and spoke of them properly, naming them as they were: but also was partaker of our presence and society, yea a speaker of the mysteries of god; yea, with god himself: so that in innocency the power of his partakers with god, and us his good angels, was exalted, and so became holy in the sight of god until that coronzon (for so is the true name of that mighty devil) envying his felicity, and perceiving that the substance of his lesser part was frail and unperfect in respect of his pure esse, began to assail him, and so prevailed: that offending so became accursed in the sight of god; and so lost the garden of felicity, the judgement of his understanding: but not utterly the favour of god, and was driven forth (as your scriptures record) unto the earth

rmation and salvation of mankind that will ultimately result in the ascent of humanity to the status of gods (the elohim, a status that the jealous god of the old testament concealed from mankind at our time of origin. once we understand that the enochian angels viewed coronzon as equivalent to lucifer or satan, we can learn something about the nature of coronzon by studying the references to the devil or the old serpent that occur in the bible. a very interesting reference is found in the book of revelation "and there was war in heaven: michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. and the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil, and satan, which deceiveth t

l and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. and the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil, and satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him (revelation 12:7-9. the serpent of genesis is identified as the devil or satan. moreover, the serpent is said to be a dragon. this is not as strange as might first appear. in past times, dragons and serpents were often confused together- a great snake such as a python was called a dragon by the romans, for example. dragons were sometimes called "worms" in ancient anglo-saxon literature. another important point to gather from the quote above is that the old ser

e and faithful relation, and that the vision of the tenth aethyr begins just before page 93 of the supplement to vol. 1, number 5 of the equinox, but of course the scientifically minded reader will see in this nothing more than a coincidence. the cry of the 10th aethyr, which is called zax there is no being in the outermost abyss, but constant forms come forth from the nothingness of it. then the devil of the aethyr, that mighty devil choronzon, crieth aloud, zazas, zazas, nasatanada zasas. i am the master of form, and from me all forms proceed. i am i. i have shut myself up from the spendthrifts, my gold is safe in my treasure-chamber, and i have made every living thing my concubine, and none shall touch them, save only i. and yet i am scorched, even while i shiver in the wind. he hateth

t's all there is (the frater was seated in a secret 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 th

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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 once an angel of heaven who defied god. seeking to overthrow god and rule heaven, l

r answers "from going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it" god begins to boast to lucifer about his servant job, saying that there is no man like him, that he is a perfect and upright man. lucifer cuts god off and asserts that job is only a holy man because he enjoys god's blessings. he says he can make job curse god to his face if god removes his protection. god takes the devil up on this gentleman's wager, saying to lucifer "behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thy hand" the events in the book of job are the result. we may gather from this fable that lucifer is not bound to hell exclusively, but is only bound not to injure those humans who are afforded the protection of god. a human being is protected by god for so long as he o

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unhealed sores, boils, or bites from fleas or other vermin. add to these blemishes her natural birth marks, moles and skin cancers, and you can see that it would not be difficult for a diligent nun to locate a so-called witch mark on an accused woman's body, if she searched long enough. the witch did not voluntarily keep a familiar, it was thought, but was compelled to do so by her dark lord, the devil. the familiar was the devil's way of insuring the continuing obedience of witches to his evil purposes. the familiar kept tabs on the witch, and constantly urged her on to ever greater acts of mischief. even so, it was thought that the witch and her familiar were a team, both working for the devil, bound together by the witch's unholy pact. the spirit who remained in close association with t

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he nethermost caverns are not for the fathoming of eyes that see; for their marvels are strange and terrific. cursed the ground where dead thoughts live new and oddly bodied, and evil the mind that is held by no head. wisely did ibn schacabao say, that happy is the tomb where no wizard hath lain, and happy the town at night whose wizards are all ashes. for it is of old rumour that the soul of the devil-bought hastes not from his charnel clay, but fats and instructs the very worm that gnaws: till out of corruption horrific life springs, and the dull scavengers of earth wax crafty to vex it and swell monstrous to plague it. great holes secretly are digged where earth's pores ought to suffice, and things have learnt to walk that ought to crawl" the reputation of the necronomicon rests both up

rway permanently open onto our time and space, they will destroy and enslave the world. the underlying theme of lovecraft's cthulhu mythos has many powerful echoes in the mythologies of ancient cultures around the world. it is probably for this reason that it struck such a chord of response in readers. we find in it similarities to the myth of the archons of gnosticism, who together with the arch devil and god, yaldabaoth, gave shape to the material world and rule over the human race. there are also echoes of the jewish myth of the fall of the angels, and more specifically of the watchers who descended to earth to sin with the daughters of mankind, and to teach their offspring forbidden arts and sciences. the legend of the fall of atlantis is in harmony with lovecraft's mythos as well, as

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ere after, and we should rather have caught him than all the rest. he was sullen and defiant, and we felt particularly impatient with him "confound it 1" said captain swartmore to me "it wasn't managed right "i am not sure i understand you, captain "yes, you do; what's the use of playing off like that? we had it all fixed. captain cook or i was to fire off his revolver accidentally when the dusky devil was in the way. we were ready to apologize after he had skipped to his happy hunting grounds, but the whole thing was over, and he had surrendered before we came up "you ought to have let some of the rest of us into your secret" low 1 weave 3 1 "there shouldn't have been any need of anything like that; america expects every man to do his duty "the opportunity was mine. i'm sorry i didn't kno

, set a series of traps, which, with all the skill of our scouts, it would be hardly possible for us to avoid. what lieutenant smith sought to learn was the "lay of the country" beyond the mountain spur. that was readily ascertained from vikka and others. the delicate question was whether our scouts could reason out the destination of geronimo-not his ultimate destination, which probably the wily devil did not know himself, but the point where he would halt that night, or at the furthest, the following night. then, instead of keeping to the trail, we should take a circuitous course and reach the spot ahead of the hostiles, and wait for them; or, if that was not feasible, we could be there in time to surprise them. the advantage of such strategy was apparent. it must be overwhelmingly in ou

isgiving concerning vikka, and i felt it to-day, but it was before he saved my life" with his keen eyes still fixed on my face, smith added "do you believe he is honest in saying geronimo will stay where he is until to-morrow "i do "so do i, and i shall act upon that view. we'll follow the ridge to the north, keeping it between us and the hostiles, and then enter the mountains above where the old devil will be looking for us. we shall have a moon to-night, but there will be plenty of clouds "what of rain" the lieutenant looked about and up into the sky. there had been deluges of dishwater five nights out of seven for the last month. this was well enough in its way, for we were able to keep our canteens filled, but it was anything but comfortable for us. we kindled no fires, for it was too

the boat should be turned to land. he was arguing and protesting, for his soul revolted at the unspeakable brutality of the thing, but he could not withstand them"'oh, well' he exclaimed with an impatient oath `you are a set of infernal fools; but since you insist on it, i'll do it "i knew what he meant and my blood boiled `you'll do what' i shouted above the din and confusion `why, set this poor devil ashore and let him die alone in the woods' replied the captain, purposely giving this extra twist, as may be said, to his rage `by the eternal 1' i shouted `the first motion you make to do that i'll shoot you dead in your tracks i "i had my pistol in my hand and brandished it over my head. my words, looks and manner were for the moment like a bombshell. i backed off, weapon in hand, and befo

f tobacco smoke rolled over his shoulder into my face. suddenly he stopped and faced about"'yank' said he `do you see that piece of woods "he pointed ahead and a little to the right. in the slowly settling gloom i could just distinguish the outlines of a forest, the farther limits of which were lost in the obscurity. i nodded my head and replied `yes; i can readily make it out `well, run like the devil l "at the same moment he started at a rapid pace for his own camp. not another word was said by him, nor did 'he look around to see whether i was acting upon his hint. in fact, it was unnecessary, for i should have been an idiot had i not `caught on' and improved the opportunity that i may say was not wholly unexpected. safely within the stretch of timber and some distance beyond, i had litt

EMPERORS NEW RELIGION CHURCH OF SATAN

th lends credibility to barton as the original author, albeit strongly inspired by lavey. figure 1. a sample church of satan membership card with the follower s name and signature removed. apparently the number 100261 is printed on all membership cards issued today. the emperor s new religion copyright 2002 ole wolf page 2 of 30 orful and haunting picture of a person qualified as no less than the devil s right hand man. the strong publicity that the church of satan and its founder have received is itself no indication that the church of satan represents satanism beyond its own claim to the title as the devil s henchmen, however. it can be argued that because in certain aspects of its literature the church of satan references christianity in its departure from the creeds usually associated

satan generally uses satan as a symbol of man s nature as that of any other animal, and rejects the belief in satan as an anthropomorphic being. some of anton lavey s closer associates, however, seem to have been told a different story. for example, michael aquino, who resigned from the church of satan and formed a new organization, the temple of set in 1975, explains that the belief in a literal devil: was axiomatic to all of our [aquino s and lavey s] conversations and collaborations [11] and blanche barton explained to the san francisco chronicle at a press conference following anton lavey s death in 1997 that anton lavey had believed in the devil [12. in an article in the occult explosion anton lavey had acknowledged that: many members of the church of satan who are mystically inclined

y members of the church of satan who are mystically inclined prefer to think of satan in a very real, anthropomorphic way. of course we do not discourage this, because we realize that it is very important to many individuals to ritualistically conceptualize a well-wrought picture of their mentor or tutelary divinity [2, p. 740] he ventured on to explain that: in answer to those who would label us devil worshippers or satan worshippers, i must say that satan demands study, not worship [2, p. 740] note that anton lavey did not reject the belief in satan, only the worship of the deity. the satanic bible defines satan somewhat ambiguously as a unified god (that is, not a god among others) which: is seen as the balancing factor in nature, and not being concerned with suffering [6, p. 40] in con

nic age. at that time there was increasing focus on personal freedom, relaxed sexual morals, rebellion against authorities, and iconoclastic behavior, all cardinal to the hippie movement that was gaining foothold in the years before the church of satan was created. the first three clauses in the church of satan s official, semi-political program, pentagonal revisionism, which was published in the devil s notebook [14, p. 93] demand stratification (which is a form of meritocracy that rejects undeserved power, taxation of churches, and separation of church and state. these issues were also important in the freedom movement of the 1960es. interest in anton lavey s pet projects, the construction of artificial human companions and total environments (i.e, fantasy worlds) had already peaked a de

is comprised of nine individuals, and who these individuals are, but recently the core group seems to have included blanche barton, peter gilmore, peggy nadramia (high priestess, and jeff nagy (magister [23. only the core group has decisive power. satanic scriptures will reportedly be a compilation of essays written by peter gilmore in various magazines. if so, it will resemble anton lavey s the devil s notebook and satan speaks, which are both compilations of essays that anton lavey wrote in various magazines. the emperor s new religion copyright 2002 ole wolf page 8 of 30 the soldiers, at the second-highest level, follow the guidelines issued by the core and take strong interest in studying what they consider satanic ideology. the core and the soldiers actively present satanism to the o

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ut two years later, where he dedicated his major work, stratagemata satanae (the stratagems of satan, to queen elizabeth. the book attributes all doctrines other than the apostles creed to satan as stratagems to tempt mankind from truth. however, the book was also a strong plea for religious toleration. an english translation was first published in 1648 under the title satan s stratagems; or, the devil s cabinet-council discovered. abyssum encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 6 active-agent telepathy term used by parapsychologists for situations in which the agent in telepathic experiments seems to be an active factor in causing mental or behavioral effects in the percipient, or subject, rather than being simply a passive participant whose mental states are recognized by the

ages and may be found in the twelfth century quete del st. graal, ascribed to walter map but probably only adapted by him. all the traditions of the kabala are embodied in the allegory contained in the book of the penitence of adam, which supplements and throws considerable light on the entire kabalistic literature. adam, l abbe about the time that the templars were being driven from france, the devil was said to have appeared under various guises to the abbe adam, who was journeying with one of the servants from his convent to another part of his abbacy of the vaux de cernay. the evil spirit first opposed the progress of the abbe taking the form of a tree white with frost, which rushed toward him with inconceivable swiftness. the abbe s horse trembled with fear, as did the servant, but t

ants from his convent to another part of his abbacy of the vaux de cernay. the evil spirit first opposed the progress of the abbe taking the form of a tree white with frost, which rushed toward him with inconceivable swiftness. the abbe s horse trembled with fear, as did the servant, but the abbe himself made the sign of the cross, and the tree disappeared. the abbe concluded that he had seen the devil and called upon the virgin to protect him. nevertheless, the fiend shortly reappeared in the shape of a furious black knight. begone, said the abbe. why do you attack me far from my brothers? the devil once more left him, but returned in the shape of a tall 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 cou

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 field. in a short time he returned in the form of a cart wheel, and, without giving the brother time to put himself on the defensive, rolled heavily over his body, without, however, doing him any injury. after that he left him to pursue his journey in peace. this story is related in regne de philippe le bel by robert gaguin and in hi

orphose, acquiring extraordinary vitality. albertus therefore decided that he must show his gratitude to the madonna by entering the priesthood, and eventually he won eminence in the clerical profession. in 1260 he became bishop of ratisbon. his books include summa de creaturis and summa theologiae. albertus was repeatedly charged by some of his contemporaries with holding communications with the devil and practicing the craft of magic. he was said to have invited some friends to his house at cologne, among them william, count of holland, and when the guests arrived they were amazed to find that, although the season was midwinter and the ground was covered with snow, they were expected to have a meal outside in the garden. their host urged them to be seated, assuring them that all would be

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in (1807.1881) american authority on freemasonry and editor of numerous books on the subject, including encyclopedia of freemasonry (1874. mackey was born in charleston, south carolina, on march 12, 1807. he was a disciple of the great nineteenthcentury masonic leader albert pike (1809.1891, one of those falsely charged by fictitious satanic priestess diana vaughan and others with the practice of devil worship and sorcery. the whole campaign proved to be a conspiracy on the part of journalist gabriel jogand-pages to discredit and embarrass both the roman catholic church and freemasonry. one of the earliest writers to throw doubt on the revelations of jogand-pages was british occultist and mystic arthur e. waite in his book devil-worship in france (1896. he died on june 20, 1881, in virgini

s theory, numbers contained the elements of all things, of the natural and spiritual worlds and of the sciences. the real numerals of the universe were the primaries one to ten, and in their combination the reason of all else might be found. magical blend magazine encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 960 to the pythagoreans, one represented unity, therefore god; two was duality, the devil; four was sacred and holy, the number on which they swore their most solemn oaths; five was their symbol of marriage. they also attributed certain numbers to the gods, planets and elements; one represented the sun, two the moon; while five was fire, six the earth, eight the air, and twelve water (see also magic square) cornelius agrippa, in his work occult philosophy first published in latin

cebook for inquisitors, judges, and magistrates in the great witchcraft persecutions from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries. it was written by heinrich kramer, leading inquisitors of the dominican order; jacob sprenger merely attached his name to the sourcebook. the book brought folklore and speculation about witchcraft and magic together with the new view identifying witchcraft with devil-worship. that identification turned witchcraft into heresy (rather than a pagan faith) and thus the proper concern of the inquisition. that change of perspective led to the fierce and relentless 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 bee

e led to the fierce and relentless 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 w

io stated that one day a mandragora, entering a court at the re- encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. mandragoras 973 quest of a sorcerer who was being tried for wizardry, was caught by a judge (who did not believe in the existence of the spirit, and thrown into the fire, from which it escaped unharmed. mandragoras were thought to be little dolls or figures given to sorcerers by the devil for the purpose of consultation and it would seem as if this conception sprung directly from that of the fetish, which is really a dwelling-place made by a shaman, or medicine man, to receive any wandering spirit who chooses it. the anonymous author of the popular magic manual secrets merveilleux de la magie et cabalistique de petit albert (1772) stated that once, while traveling in flanders

EVERBURNING LAMPS

ttom was a lamp, which went out; the fragments were still oily; this became dry after exposure.-see "lowthorp, abridgment of philos. trans" vol. iii, sec. xxxv, also no. 185, p. 227. in a certain temple of venus in egypt there hanged a lamp which neither rain nor wind could put out, says, st. augustine, in his work "de civitate dei" lib. xxi, cap. 6, and he associates its make with magic, and the devil, as indeed do all roman catholic authorities whenever they mention any of these lamps. fortunius licetus describes this lamp in his work "de reconditis lucernis antiquorum" cap. vi, and see`"isidorus, de gemmis" ludovicus vives, 1610, in his notes to st. augustine, says that in his father's time, a.d. 1580, a lamp was found in a tomb, which from the inscription was 1500 years old; it fell to

EVIL AND UNCLEAN SPIRITS

ad out flat over the body of a gigantic beetle or cockroach; yet it has vast strength, for k. wrymycn (nashimiron: whose colors are of a stagnant, gleaming, watery line whose forms are like hideous women, almost similar to skeletons united to the bodies of serpents and fishes, for l. in the midst of the circle are placed lams and admca. the symbolic form of the former is somewhat like that of the devil of the tarot, but colossal and attenuated; the form is of a bloated bestial man, in a crouching position. at the southwest corner are placed the evil adam, a goat-headed skeleton-like giant, and the thousand-headed 7 hydra serpent, and the elder tylyl, the wife of lams, a woman with an ever changing and distorted countenance. at the northeast angle is trga (aggerath) the daughter of twlwjam

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

visible horizons, on true mysteries of the seas. in invisible residents (1970) ivan t. sanderson pointed to the bermuda triangle and comparable places on earth as evidence that oints other intelligences live under the oceans, sometimes snatching planes, ships, and their unlucky crews. by the 1970s, the groundwork had been laid for a popular craze. the 1970 release of a low-budget documentary, the devil s triangle, stirred interest outside the core audience of paranormal enthusiasts. four years later, charles berlitz s the bermuda triangle, a compilation of lore that had already quietly circulated for years, became a major bestseller. that same year two paperbacks, the devil s triangle by richard winer and limbo of the lost by john wallace spencer, fueled public fascination and speculation

ividuals, both believers and secular journalists covering the revival, witnessed unusual aerial phenomena that today might be thought of as ufos. a contemporary account mentions that a man dressed in black visited a young rural woman over three consecutive nights to deliver a message. which she is frightened to relate (evans, 1905. in his book on traditions of satan, william woods writes that the devil mostly. is dressed in black, and always in the fashion of the day (woods, 1974. men in black established a place in ufo lore after a september 1953 incident. a bridgeport, connecticut, man, albert k. bender, headed one of the most successful early ufo groups, the international flying saucer bureau, but closed it down suddenly. after much prodding he confided to close associates, most promine

mysteries. occult review 1, 3 (march: 113 120. keel, john a, 1975. the mothman prophecies. new york: saturday review press/e. p. dutton and company. moore, william l, 1993. those mysterious men in black. far out (winter: 27 29. randles, jenny, 1997. the truth behind men in black: government agents or visitors from be- yond. new york: st. martin s paperbacks. woods, william, 1974. a history of the devil. new york: g. p. putnam s sons. menger, howard (1922) howard menger (pronounced men-jer, a new jersey sign painter who was sometimes called the east coast equivalent of george adamski, rose to prominence in flying-saucer contactee circles in the 1950s. in his first public appearance, on long john nebel s radio show on new york s wor, on october 29, 1956, menger claimed lifelong contacts as w

the memory (oakman, 1999) see also: men in black further reading oakman, lisa [pseud, 1999. ufo beings, folklore, and mythology: personal experiences. in- ternational ufo reporter 24, 4 (winter: 7 12. randles, jenny, 1983. ufo reality: a critical look at the physical evidence. london: robert hale. rojcewicz, peter m, 1987. the men in black experience and tradition: analogues with the traditional devil hypothesis. journal of american folklore 100 (april/june: 148 160. 198 oz factor from left to right: peter brookesmith; jenny randles, the ufologist who coined the term oz factor; and jerome clark at fortean times unconvention95 (lisa anders/fortean picture library) paul 2 paul solem, an idaho rancher, first heard from paul 2 though he did not know his name at the time in 1948 when a mental

monsters, men in black, and other supernatural entities. they are behind all of the world s re l igions, and they have manipulated history. all u l t r a t e r restrials have one thing in common: a detestation of human beings and all they stand f o r. human beings who encounter them often end up psychically enslaved or destroye d. in keel s view, heavily influenced by traditional demonology, the devil s emissaries of yesteryear have been replaced by the mysterious men in black. the quasi-angels of biblical times have become magnificent spacemen. the demons, devils, and false angels were recognized as liars and plunderers by early man. these same impostors now appear as longhaired venusians (keel, 1970. see also: channeling; fairies encountered; keel, john alva; men in black further readin

FAUST

t. dust shall he eat, and that with zest, as did the famous snake, my near relation. the lord in that too you may play your part quite free; your kind i never did detest. of all the spirits of negation the wag weighs least of all on me. mankind s activity can languish all too easily, a man soon loves unhampered rest; hence, gladly i give him a comrade such as you, who stirs and works and must, as devil, do. but ye, real sons of god, lift up your voice, in living, profuse beauty to rejoice! may that which grows, that lives and works forever, engird you with love s gracious bonds, and aught that ever may appear, to float and waver, make steadfast in enduring thought! heaven closes, the archangels disperse. mephistopheles [alone] i like to see the old man not infrequently, and i forbear to br

ich grows, that lives and works forever, engird you with love s gracious bonds, and aught that ever may appear, to float and waver, make steadfast in enduring thought! heaven closes, the archangels disperse. mephistopheles [alone] i like to see the old man not infrequently, and i forbear to break with him or be uncivil; it s very pretty in so great a lord as he to talk so like a man even with the devil. the first part of the tragedy night in a high-vaulted, narrow gothic chamber faust, restless in his chair by his desk. faust i ve studied now philosophy and jurisprudence, medicine, and even, alas! theology all through and through with ardour keen! here now i stand, poor fool, and see i m just as wise as formerly. am called a master, even doctor too, and now i ve nearly ten years through pu

formerly. am called a master, even doctor too, and now i ve nearly ten years through pulled my students by their noses to and fro and up and down, across, about, and see there s nothing we can know! that all but burns my heart right out. true, i am more clever than all the vain creatures, the doctors and masters, writers and preachers; no doubts plague me, nor scruples as well. i m not afraid of devil or hell. to offset that, all joy is rent from me. i do not imagine i know aught that s right; i do not imagine i could teach what might convert and improve humanity. nor have i gold or things of worth, or honours, splendours of the earth. no dog could live thus any more! so i have turned to magic lore, to see if through the spirit s power and speech perchance full many a secret i may reach

t is so glittering, in which you twist up gewgaws for mankind, is unrefreshing as the misty wind, through withered leaves in autumn whispering. wagner ah, god! how long is art! and soon it is we die. oft when my critical pursuits i ply, i truly grow uneasy both in head and heart. how hard to gain the means whereby a man mounts upward to the source! and ere man s ended barely half the course, poor devil! i suppose he has to die. faust parchment! is that the sacred fountain whence alone there springs a draught that thirst for ever quells? refreshment? it you never will have won if from that soul of yours it never wells. wagner excuse me! but it is a great delight to enter in the spirit of the ages and to see how once a sage before us thought and then how we have brought things on at last to

ounds of village joy arise; here is the people s paradise, contented, great and small shout joyfully: here i am man, here dare it to be! wagner doctor, to walk with you is ever an honour and a profit, though i d here not care to stray aloneno, neverbecause to all that s vulgar i m a foe. this fiddling, shrieking, bowling- all this revel to me s a sound detested long; they riot as if driven by the devil, and call it a pleasure, call it a song. peasants under the linden tree [dance and song. the shepherd decked him for the dance, in ribbons, vest, and wreath to prance, adorned with fine arraying. now round the linden lass and lad were thronging, dancing there like mad. hurrah! hurrah! hurrah-a-rah-a-rah! thus fiddle-bow was playing. he crowded and he pushed in haste, then bumped into a maide

FLY THE LIGHT

ured around certain cabalistic numerical values, phi and binaural beats and a foundation based around opening or creating gates of hell within the individual listener, thus throwing open the gates of the subconscious. the name itself derives from lucifuge, or lucifugum, fly-the-light are considered fire spirits who live in the astral plane in a spirit form. lucifuge is also the name of the patron devil in the grand grimoire, being an emissary of lucifer the light bringer. in this sense, lucifuge can be a shadow which comes from the above light of lucifer, thus a connected force of rebellion and self- liberation. contained on fly the light are 14 tracks, with a running time slightly over 70 minutes. seven tracks symbolize the beast of the apocalypse, being the 7 headed dragon. the remaining

nes (the fallen angels. alone and divided is connected with malkuth, earth and the demoness naamah (meaning pleasant, a bride of samael and considered a sister of cain according to some lore. the line of i am no longer abel to conceal what i have become, cain is revered in hereditary and independent luciferian witchcraft covens as the first witch and satanist who had joined in a covenant with the devil in nod. in addition some initiatory grimoires present cain as being the son of samael (satan) and lilith (through possession of eve via the fruit given by the serpent. cain is thus a symbol of the self which transforms itself through dissatisfaction. fly the light is in part a symbol of the transformation through the seven heads of the dragon of the apocalypse via the angel of prostitution w

n of satan is also represented as a serpent. the dragon itself holds significance in that it is a relation to diabolism, in zoroastrian lore, the avestan word devak means worm which is a dragon or snake. an early form of the antichrist, called zohak and later azhi dahaka is a dragon-king who had two black and venomous serpents on his shoulders, who emerged with the initiatory kiss of ahriman, the devil. fly the light represents a beginning of transformation and the luciferian concepts of antinomian thought. no longer should children be force fed christian lies, bending knees to spiritual weakness. bring your young to us, a new luciferian youth! the world we live in is a christian world, look at what they have brought to humanity with their hypocritical self-deceit- war, murder, rape, inces

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dead [for did i not hear the rushing winds] when doubt crept into my soul. then realization of life dawned when i felt that cold corpse crushed against my body by the tightness of the coffin,-never have i realized such horror! with a mighty yell, my after suspiration burst that overcrowded coffin into fragments! i arose, thinking i was alone. but no, sitting by the corpse, amid the debris was-the devil grinning! to be alone and half alive with the devil is not a welcome anti-climax. then he spoke unto me "coward! where was thy courage, even against drunken enemies? ah ah! thou hast indeed willed pleasure! who has the power, thou or i? what medicine for the dead gods! thou wretched scum of littlenesses-heal thy gaping wounds, thou art more fitted to pray than to prey" much more did he utter

ore did he utter, till my very ears closed. with a body torn to pieces, crushed in every part-what was i to answer? my silence compelled him again to speak "hast thou no complaint" in a mighty rage-for this was a worse goad than all my earlier suffering-i answered "curses, no! keep your possessions.-i will pleasure. do your utmost! this poor thing my body you will again replace" then i fought the devil and behold,-i became alone! what happened? i, in my miserable plight, not even my teeth left-how could i have conquered the devil? did i become a succubus? perhaps-i became the devil? but this i know-i did will pleasure. and from this day shall smile into all men's faces "tzula" then aaos awoke and murmured "belief and desire are the great duality which engender all illusions that entangle t

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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 imaginations, and their foolish heart was full of darkness' yet, con

rstitions: 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 imaginations, and their foolish heart was full of darkness' yet, continues augustine "this hermes says much of god according to the truth, though in his admiration for the egyptian idolatry he was blind, and his prophecy of its passing he had from the devil. in contrast, he quotes a true prophet, like isaiah, who said "the idols of egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of egypt shall melt in the midst of her."2 augustine says nothing whatever about hermes' mention of the 1 de civ. dei, viii, xxiii, quoted in the english translation by john healey. the quotation is from romans, i, xxi. 2 isaiah, xix, i. 10 hermes trismegistus "son

lusions is as follows: tota magia, quae in usu est apud modernos& quam merito exterminat ecclesia, nullam habet firmitatem, nullum fundamentum, nullam ueritatem, quia pendet ex manu hostium primae ueritatis, potestatum harum tenebrarum, quae tenebras falsitatis, male dispositis intellectibus obfundunt.1 all "modern magic, announces pico in this first conclusion is bad, groundless, the work of the devil, and rightly condemned by the church. this sounds uncompromisingly against magic as used in pico's time "modern magic. but magicians always introduce their subject by stating that, though there are bad and diabolical magics, their kind of magic is not of that nature. and i think that by "modern magic" pico does not mean the new-style natural magic, but mediaeval and unreformed magics. for hi

rded 1 see below, pp. 208-9. 6* 155 renaissance magic and science operations as base and mechanical, a degeneration from the only occupation worthy of the dignity of man, pure rational and philosophical speculation. the middle ages carried on this attitude in the form that theology is the crown of philosophy and the true end of man is contemplation; any wish to operate can only be inspired by the devil. quite apart from the question of whether renaissance magic could, or could not, lead on to genuinely scientific procedures, the real function of the renaissance magus in relation to the modern period (or so i see it) is that he changed the will. it was now dignified and important for man to operate; it was also religious and not contrary to the will of god that man, the great miracle, shoul

galileo in 1614. 383 giordano bruno and tommaso campanella written to cover a modified hermetism, which accepted the christian interpretation of the hertnetica after the manner of the more orthodox traditions of religious hermetism and used less frightening forms of magic, leading on to "magia divina. in magia e grazia, campanella warns against agrippa's error in keeping the magic which is of the devil; whereas of ficino's three ways of obtaining divine life he says that, though very difficult to put into practice, they are not heretical as some people say.2 thus campanella's summa was formed to cover less extreme forms of "egyptianism" than that of bruno who scrupled not to use the most demonic of agrippa's magic, and even that of cecco d'ascoli of dangerous memory. it would have been far

FRATER TENEBROUS CULTS OF CTHULHU

h the evocation of the alien gods could be effected. in the case of charles dexter ward, he suggests that the very roots of the magical arts lie in the ritual veneration of these trans-dimensional beings, attributing a common and unifying source to the many and diverse strands of occult belief. over the centuries, these ceremonies have been observed and mis-interpreted in terms of black magic and devil worship. a point to note here is that lovecraft never actually used the term cthulhu mythos, which was introduced after his death by his protege, august derleth. cthulhu is only one of a pantheon of deities which includes yog-sothoth, azathoth, nyarlathotep, and shubniggurath, amongst others. the manifestations of these beings varies from story to story sometimes they are described as purely

ck goat of the woods with a thousand young a title inferring the geometric proliferation of creatures upon the earth. he is the horned god of the pagan agricultural societies of the ancient world, representing fertility and sexual energy. in greek mythology his archetype is pan, half-man and half-goat. as christianity began to replace paganism, the pan-image became the prototype for the christian devil, and was associated with the practise of satanism, though the worship of the horned god had pre-dated christianity by at least a thousand years. in 1919, aleister crowley published a poem entitled a hymn to pan, in which he evoked this current of sexual energy as it pertains to ceremonial magic, and which he often incorporated into his own magical workings. the exclamation, io pan, which con

FREEMASONS SATANISM AND SYMBOLISM

w who vulcan of the pagans is, by looking within occult sources "vulcan was a sun deity who was associated with fire, thunderbolts and light. the festival in honor of him was called the vulcania in which human sacrifices were offered [percival george woodcock, short dictionary of mythology, new york, philosophical library, p. 152 "according to diel, he bears a family relationship to the christian devil [j.e. cirlot, translated by jack sage, a dictionary of symbols, new york, dorset press, 1991, p. 362 "it is fascinating to know that he married venus, another name for lucifer or the devil [woodcock, op. cit, p. 150-151; emphasis added] manly p. hall tells the mason that he can have the seething energies of lucifer in his hands, and then tells him to follow in the footsteps of the "christian

evil [j.e. cirlot, translated by jack sage, a dictionary of symbols, new york, dorset press, 1991, p. 362 "it is fascinating to know that he married venus, another name for lucifer or the devil [woodcock, op. cit, p. 150-151; emphasis added] manly p. hall tells the mason that he can have the seething energies of lucifer in his hands, and then tells him to follow in the footsteps of the "christian devil" to whom "human sacrifices" are offered. the infernal names there may be some people who have read up to this point and still might be skeptical. masonry cleverly masks its references to satan. there are 77 names which pagans have used to refer to satan over the centuries and they are in the satanic bible. we'll review some of these "infernal names" of satanism found within masonry [satanic

round it. the baphomet has the head of a "horned goat" another title for satan. masonic and occult symbols illustrated is a book in which dr. burns says "in a book on witchcraft, the complete book of witchcraft and demonology. the caption states that he is 'the horned god of the witches, symbol of sex incarnate [p. 51] and if you look at his right hand you will see baphomet making the sign of the devil's triad "baphomet is also known as the sabbatic goat, in whose form satan is to be worshipped at the witches' sabbath [frank gaynor, dictionary of mysticism, new york, philosophical library, 1953, p. 24] then, we discovered that baphomet is officially approved as a symbol of the church of satan [the occult emporium, winter, 1993-1994, p. 54] and that it is worn by the priest of satan [ibid

n came the he-goat of the sabbat, brother of the serpent, and the light-bearer [lucifer, because albert pike, the #1 freemason of all history, has just told us. one thing more to keep in mind. they have planned their debut of their anti-christ. he will be on the scene soon, you can bet on it. it's all part of their new world order. freemasonry is truly evil, it is deceptive, it is the work of the devil. listen to new age author, bill cooper, describe freemasonry. cooper was a member of demolay during his youth, and later, spent over 20 years in naval intelligence. he is most familiar with the organizations which are driving the world into the new world order and the appearance of its messiah, the biblical antichrist "i tell you now that freemasonry is one of the most wicked and terrible or

s universally esteemed a legitimate symbol of freemasonry [george oliver, signs and symbols, new york, macoy publishing and masonic supply company, 1906, p. 36] now at least we know the truth about freemasonry! its "legitimate symbol" is the serpent, and note the capitalization of serpent, above, denoting deity. this is another admission by this masonic author that freemasonry worships satan, the devil [revelation 12:9] but, now listen to the ultimate admission from masonic authors that freemasonry worships satan "the serpent is the symbol and prototype of the universal savior, who redeems the worlds by giving creation the knowledge of itself and the realization of good and evil [manly p. hall, 33 degree mason, the secret teachings of all ages, the philosophical research society press, p

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

swastika, fylfot, or gammadion (see plate vi on page 42) the redemption from satanic rule can only be attained by seeing god as he really is and not as he is in his reflection; for as eliphas levi writes: according to the kabalists, the true name of satan is that of jehovah reversed, for satan is not a black god but the negation of the deity. he is the personification of atheism and idolatry. the devil is not a personality for initiates, but a force created with a good object, though it can be applied to evil: it is really the instrument of liberty. 20 to god the reflection of himself is evil, but to man this reflection is good, so long as he does not attempt to emulate god by reflecting his own personal shekinah (shin, w, or soul, on the chaos of human ignorance, that is on the unbalanced

ce that of the open mouth of a snake (jaws and tongue, and its numerical value clearly shows its triadic nature; further still, 300, its value, esoterically symbolizes the 300 sephiroth of the three worlds which preceded the creation of the world of matter. though as spiritual fire, or glory, it is the symbol of the shekinah, the sepher yetzirah hints that it also represents transmutation and the devil.23 usually the thirty-first path of the tree of life is referred to it, and according to the 32 paths of wisdom, this path gis called the perpetual intelligence. because it rules the movement of the sun and the moon according to their constitution, and causes each to gravitate in its respective orb h. 24 in other words, it is the equilibrating force in the world of action, kether 'hokmah, an

on to the consciousness of man. thus the search for knowledge is an unending campaign against duality in which conquest deprives the conquered of its activity, its opposition, which in man is shadowed forth as ignorance. a void is created, and over it the spirit (shekinah) in man moves and respiritualizes the gross incarnation of tetragrammaton and so formulates the messiah. the laboratory of the devil (satan of the qliphoth) is the heart of man; herein are all things human conceived and ordered. mystically this heart is the ark which rode out the terrors of the flood, just as the shin rode out the terrors of the darkness which gwas upon the face of the deep h. the timber it is built of is cut from the branches of the tree of life. in it is carried the cubic stone of the wise, the corner s

pon y (for in spite of his ignorance his experience has endowed him with all the fervour of authority, he will so obsess y that in place of exalting him to the super-conscious state he will destroy his conscious state and plunge him into a sub- or infra-conscious state. he will. plunge him into the qliphoth (hell, in which he sees satan robed in the glory of god. y will experience a vision of the devil, the essence of the unbalanced animal nephesh, and he will be turned upside down. such is the diagnosis of a would-be white magician creating (unconsciously) a black-magical world. it is important to enter still deeper into this spiritual devolution. we will suppose that x's predominant characteristic is sentimentality (b, and that it has never been balanced; then the chances are that his sy

ch after the unknowable, god, super-consciousness- call it what we will- the j state of diagram 6, the supreme difficulty is not to attain but to explain, and that all explanations, except between beings of equal spiritual and mundane knowledge, must lead to the propagation of a lie. the qabalists are right: the name of god is unpronounceable, and to attempt to pronounce it can only formulate the devil at the expense of the divinity. diabolus est deus inversus- this is the goal of all false symbols. secret wisdom of the qabalah page 79 the great omission. having now examined the source of mystic power, which in itself is neither good nor evil, because it is beyond good and evil, but which possessing stupendous energy can accentuate good and evil by potentizing them, we will enquire into th

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

neration. in other words, creation was but continuous change in the form of matter. of the doctrines of the sethians extant at the beginning of christianity, hippolytus says that their system "is made up of tenets from natural philosophers. these tenets embrace a belief in the eternal logos--darkness, mist, and tempest" these elements subsequently became identified with the evil principle, or the devil. the cold of winter, the darkness of night, and water, were finally set forth as the trinity. regarding cold, darkness, and water, or darkness, mist, and tempest, hippolytus observes "these the sethian says are the three principles of our system; or when he states that three were born in paradise- adam, eve, the serpent; or when he speaks of three persons, namely, cain, abel, seth, and again

lost, is evident from the old testament writings. the worship of the father, the male power, in opposition to that of the mother, or the female power, constituted the religion of moses. in the religion of the jews, jehovah came to be regarded as wholly male and as spirit, while edam (translated "downward tending, the female principle, was matter, or woman, which finally became identified with the devil. the philosophical doctrine that spirit is evolved through matter, or that matter must be raised to a certain dynamical power before spirit can manifest itself through it, was no longer understood; only the husks of this doctrine--the myths and symbols of nature-worship--remained; these were taken literally, and thus man's religion was made to conform to his lowered estate. when man had so f

e enforced humiliation and degradation of women. seth or typhon was for ages worshipped throughout egypt, and as she comprehended the powers of nature, or the creative energy residing in the sun and earth, little is heard of any other god. strange it is, however, that seth is worshipped more in her capacity as destroyer than as regenerator. so soon as we understand the origin and character of the devil, and so soon as we divest ourselves of the false ideas which under a state of ignorance and gross sensuality came to prevail relative to the "powers of darkness" we shall perceive that his (or her) satanic majesty was once a very respectable personage and a powerful divinity--a divinity which was worshipped by a people whose superior intelligence can scarcely be questioned. regarding this su

brews worshipped ashtaroth and baal, they together representing the great aleim, the indivisible god, but after the israelites had chosen the worship of the male principle as an independent deity, or as the only important agency in the creative processes, as baal might not be represented aside from his counterpart ashtaroth, he was no longer adored but came to stand for something "approaching the devil" forlong has observed the fact that, although in hebrew baal is masculine, in the greek translations he is feminine both in the old and new testaments.[88 [88] forlong, rivers of life, p. 223. jehovah was originally female, so, also, was netpe the holy spirit of the egyptian tree of life. we are given to understand that netpe was the same as rhea, the partner of sev or saturn, and that her h

universe. we have observed that when the profound principles underlying the most ancient doctrines had been lost or forgotten, and when through the decay of philosophy, and through the stimulation of the sensual in human nature, mankind had lost the power to reason abstractly, destruction, which was symbolized by darkness or the absence of the sun's rays, finally became the evil principle, or the devil. darkness and cold, which had formerly been worshipped as the powers which brought forth the sun, or as mother of the sun, in process of time became the agency which is ever warring with good and which is constantly destroying that which the latter brings forth. we are informed by forlong that "some derive our term devil from niphl or nevil, the wind that blasts or obstructs the growth of co

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

ased by. the bookseller bernard quaritch.8even so,writingwas waite's only real sourceofincome and he was greatly relievedwhengeorge redwaywroteto tellhimthathe had left kegan paul and set up in business once more, athartstreet in bloomsbury. redway was as eager to publish waite as waite was towritefor him, and they collaborated happily for four years from1896to1899.duringthe first year waitewrote devil-ft'orship infrance,9a topical exposeofthe spurious anti-masonic rubbishthenappearing in france, translated levi'stranscendentalmagic,and persuaded redway to issuethelastofthe alchemical translations,theturbaphilosophorum.in the succeeding years he issued a collectionofjames braid's works on hypnosis, edited bad books into readable form,wrotethebookofblackmagicandofpacts(redway chose the titl

its suspension, and in january1903yeatswroteto him seeking support for his efforts to have the sub-committee revived. at this time waite evidently had little interest in the futureoftheorderand hadnotconsideredwhathisownrole in that future might be. he received yeats's letter on10january:thefraterdemonest deus inversus [yeats'smottoin theorder],otherwise frater diabolus and yet otherwise brother devil, wellknownpoet, also polytheist, idolater, vision-monger and theurgist, of the brotherhood of the house of the hidden stairs, writes me under the hand oftheimpossible soror fortiter et recte [anniehorniman]askingwhetheri willjoinhim in petitioning the unspeakable triad to reappoint the ritual sub-committee, more especially as regards the 2=9 ritual on which he and i worked together,butowing

thor ofthecanon,a curiouskabbalisticworkthat had appeared in1897.waite was anxious to see these manuscripts and arranged to dinewithyeats later in the month.thevisit is duly recorded in his diary:this ishowit felloutyesterday [19 january] and in its way it was curious. i reached 18woburnbuildingsthrougha desponding sloughofroadway and an atmospherewhichheldmudin solution. i rang the bell. brother devil descended to receive me lookinggauntin the gaslight and distorted in the mistwhichcame inwithme from the street. he escorted me up to the top floor where a fireburntin acommonopen range provided withan oven and inthisthedinnerplates were warming.thecloth was laiduponthe table towards thewindowend of the room. i observed the flagon of funchal wine partially emptied. a vast female [yeats's hou

tartling charges-was defended by waite, whoanalysedand demolished the whole story of the palladium in his bookdevil-worshipinfrance(1896)after previously rebutting the charges of dianavaughanin the columnsoflight.westcott, who hadjust welcomed waite back into the fold of the golden dawn, was delighted at waite's exposure of a 'gross libelwhich is at the sametime an abominable and cruel falsehood'(devil255worship,p. 280. waite was further praised by johnyarker,whoreviewedthe book forthefreemasonand who wasespeciallypleasedbecausehe himself had been described not only-ashead of the rite of memphis and mizraim (which he was)butalsoas a prominent satanist'(which he was not).thediana vaughanaffairwas nothing more than aflashin the pan, and waite's secondbook on the palladium,dianavaughanandtheq

7.thesecretcommonwealthofroguesandvagabonds.abound volume of typescripts of unpublished sensational fictionc.1880-1900.esotericfreemasonry.notes on the esoteric history of freemasonry, its doctrines, symbols, and science. unpublished typescriptc.1893.avalon.theoriginal manuscript draft of the poem, in waite's hand.dianavaughanandthequestionofmodernpalladism.unpublished typescript of the sequel to devil-ujorship infrance(1897).thesodalityoftheshadows.manuscript records of the society,boundupwithtwounpublished storiesc.1900-10.dealingsinbibliomania.unpublished typescriptwithms correctionsc.1923.index202a.e.waite-magicianofmanyparts_theindependentandrectified rite of thegoldendawn(a) manuscript rituals, 2vols.c.1904-6.(b)r:.r:.eta:.c:.convocations.typescriptsand manuscripts of waite'saddresse

GILBERT THE GOLDEN DAWN TWILIGHT OF THE MAGICIANS

ed 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'smahatmas; his real interests are

himin the clamour of terrifiedalarm-'a man of power is among us! a man of god!'thevast sound was repeated-e-the rushing through space as of hugeprojectiles-andhe sank to the floor of the room, unconscious.'theideaofthe.powerful white magician was to be frequently used by later writers, as was the essential explanation, in occult terms,ofwhat had happened. in this casejohnsilence explains that the devil-worshippers were 'a concourseofthe shells of violent men, spiritually-developed but evil men, seeking afterdeath-thedeathofthebody-toprolong their vile and unnatural existence. and had they accomplished their object,you, in turn, at the deathofyour body, would have passed into their power and helped to swell their dreadfulpurposes't--enidea taken, of course, fromdracula,for this is the manne

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

ghts on the ever-burning lamps of the ancients 54 6. man, miracle, magic, from the ancient rosicrucian dogmata 66 7. courage versus obsession 71 8. chess shatranji and chaturanga 75 part two: kabalistic 9. the kabalah 3110.a further glance at the kabalah 95 11. the ten sephiroth 110 12. the religion of freemasonry illuminated by the kabbalah 114 13. angels: jewish, christian and pagan 124 14. the devil, and evil spirits according to the bible and ancient hebrew rabbis 131 15. some anomalies in the biblical views of the constitution of man 139 16. the vestiges of tetragrammaton 154 17. the number four in relation with the world and man 1576themagicalmasonpartthree:divination18.thehistory of astrology169 19.dreams18120.divination and its history19221.the star lore of the bible216partfour: ma

ued; in the bottom was a lamp, which went out; the fragments were still oily; this became dry after exposure. see lowthorp, abridgment ofphilos.trans.,vol.iii.,sec. xxxv, also no. 185, p.227. in a certain temple of venus in egypt there hanged a lamp which neither rain nor wind couldputout, says, st augustine, in hisworkdecivitatedei,lib. xxi, cap. 6, and he associates its make with magic, and the devil, as indeed do all roman catholic authorities whenever they mention any of these lamps. f ortunius licetus describes this lamp in his workdereconditislucemisantiquorum,chap. vi, and see isidorus,degemmis.ludovicus vives, 1610, in his notes to st augustine, says that in his father's time,a.d.1580, a lamp was found in a tomb, which from the inscription was 1500 years old; it fell to pieces when

foul disease. beware thenhowyou enter the immeasurable region. obsession is the nightmare of attack; a whole series of miseries and terrors may pass over the occultist who is feeble, who is vicious, who is weak of purpose- whose aims arecourage versus obsession73selfish, whose desires are sensual, whose thoughts are polluted by material possessions, or by the lusts of the world, the flesh and the devil.theneophyte who has entered the portal, and makes no advance, the purely superficial member, whogainsnothing, may know naught of these; he may demit, or remain an ornamenttothese halls, and may be exempt.thestudent who advances in the grades, and who gains solid knowledge, which he may, or his higher self may; attune unto wisdom- he is indeed exposed to attack. and with the attack, comes the

, pp.12-1s.]14.thedevil,andevil spiritsaccordingtothebible and ancient hebrew rabbisin a previous essay upon 'angels, i have narrated the general opinions of the ancient world and modern christians, upon the good spirits whom they affirmed to exist, and to take a part in the affairs of men. as a warning to the curious, there will be an attempt, in this essay, to elucidate the ideas respecting the devil and beings who are of an evil nature, who may have an evil and malicious effect on human life and progress.thechristian religion has inherited from the jewish faith its belief in satan as the arch devil of our environment, and it is also assumed that satan works by means of his inferior malefic assistants, to lead many astray from the path of virtue.ourmodern christianity does not, however

rather that of a great morally evil being leading men to physical evil in acts. at the time of jesus satan was assumed to have gained immense physical powers of evil working among men: the books of the apocrypha clearly show this. in the book of wisdom is found first the worddiabolos-thedevil, and he is there taken to be the being who appeared as the serpent of genesis. in this book satan or the devil is first shown as residing in a hell with legions, subordinate evil spirits.theuncanonical book of enoch, which appears to have been composed aboutthesame period, gives us the earliest narrative of the fall of satan and his evil associates. he is there shown not only as an enemy to man,butas a rebel to god. in the new testament we find the concrete ideal of the devil as the author of all evi

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

over the body of a gigantic beetle or cockroach, crawling yet having vast strength (12 'neshimiron- whose colours are of a stagnant gleaming, watery hue, and their forms like hideous women, almost skeletons, united to the bodies of serpents and fishes.the qllphqth of theqabalah27in the midst of the circle are placed samael and asmodai. the symbolic form of the former is somewhat like that of the devil of the tarot,butcolossal and attenuated;thatof asmodaias 225 bloated, bestial man, but in a crouching position. atthesouth-east angle are placedtheevil adam, a goat-headed skeleton-like giant; and a' thousand-headedhydraserpent; and the elder lilith,thewife ofsamael,awoman with an ever-changing and distorted countenance. at the north-east angle is aggerath,thedaughter of machalath, a fiendis

pplied to a pack of 78 cards, consistingoffoursuits of 14 cards each (there being one more court card than in the ordinary packs- the cavalier, knight, or horseman, and22symbolical picture-cards answering for trumps; these latter are numbered fromito21inclusive, the 22nd card being marked zero,o.thedesigns of these trumps are extremely singular, among them being such representations as death, the devil, the last judgment, etc.theidea that cards were first 'invented' to amuse charles vi of france is now exploded; and it is worthy of note in this connection that their supposititious 'inventor' was jacques gringonneur, an astrologer and qabalist, furthermore, cards were known prior to this period among the indians and the chinese. etteilla, indeed, gives in one of his tracts on the tarot a re

the point downwards, and 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

owerv.overbearingness, want01,;1fortitude.12. the banged man.self-sacrifice, sacrifice,devotion,:bound;r.selfishness, unbound, partial sacrifice '13. death.death, change, transformation, alteration fori the worse; r. death just escaped, partial change, alteration for the better.14.temperance.combination, conformation, uniting; r. ill-advised combinations, disunion, clashing interests, etc. is.the devil.fatality for good; r. fatality for evil.16."the lightning-struck tower.ruin, disruption, over: throw, loss, bankruptcy; r. these in a more or less partial degree.17. the star.hope, expectation, bright promises;r.hopes not fulfilled, expectations disappointed orfulfilled-ina minor degree.18. the moon.twilight, deception, error; r. fluctuation:'light deceptions, trifling mistakes.19. the sun.h

pokes, the cosmogonical wheel of ezekiel, with a dog-headed figure ascending on one side (anubis, the egyptian mercury; and a demon descending on the other (the egyptian evil deity, typhon; the former of these bears a caduceus, the latter a trident; both figures are bound to the wheel. above them is a sphinx at the balance-point of the wheel, holding a drawn sword between its lion's claws.12. the devil.throned on a cube above the universe is a goat-headed, satyr-like figure, bearing on its brow the pentagram, apex upward, so as to make it a symbol of light. with one hand it points upwards to the symbol of the moon in increase, with the other downwards to that of the moon in decrease, thus symbolising the eternal equilibrium of mercy and justice; the first two fingers and thumb of each hand

GILBERT R A THE MASONIC CAREER OF A

almer-thomas did not join the golden dawn until november 1896 and it seems probable that it was the second order that he encouraged waite to enter, as he himself had done in april 1898. waite goes on to say that it was his membership of the second order that led him ultimately to seek initiation into freemasonry, but there were other influences at work upon him before this time. diana vaughan and devil worship in france it to be known publicly, but he admitted it to voorhis and others in private. 24[24] slt, p. 126 25[25] the second order worked a spectacular rosicrucian initiation, devised by s. l. macgregor mathers who 'had a genius for constructing such rituals. it is printed in israel regardie's four-volume work, the golden dawn (chicago, aries press, 1937-1940. 26[26] slt, p. 160 from

s time, and with such allegations, the controversy over diana vaughan had spread to england, where waite took a leading role in the counter-attacks upon this suppositious lady freemason. a series of detailed rebuttals of her claims was published in the correspondence columns of the spiritualist journal light29[29, and waite then analysed the whole of the literature about the palladium in his book devil-worship in france30[30, demonstrating conclusively the fictitious nature of the whole affair- and this a year before jogand-pages admitted that it had been a hoax designed to embarrass the french anti-masons. 27[27] there are twelve in all, the most important being revelations completes sur la franc-maconnerie (1886) and les freres trois-points (1885. 28[28] op. cit, p. 247 29[29] waite's le

r- and this a year before jogand-pages admitted that it had been a hoax designed to embarrass the french anti-masons. 27[27] there are twelve in all, the most important being revelations completes sur la franc-maconnerie (1886) and les freres trois-points (1885. 28[28] op. cit, p. 247 29[29] waite's letters were printed in the issues of 7 december 1895, 4 january, 28 march and 6 june 1896. 30[30] devil- worship in france, or the question of lucifer. a record of things seen and heard in the secret societies according to the evidence of initiates (redway, 1896) waite had described the diana vaughan affair as 'among the most extra-ordinary literary swindles of the present, perhaps of any, century31[31' and claimed, with justice, to have 'unveiled the mass of fraud, falsehood and forgery conta

church in regard to the whole conspiracy in an unenviable light32[32. he had also earned the gratitude of both westcott and yarker for refuting the outrageous allegations of their involvement with satanism, and for giving a far kinder description of the s.r.i.a. than he had done nine years before in the real history of the rosicrucians33[33. yarker, especially, was impressed. in a brief review of devil- worship in france, in the freemason for 31 october 1896, he said 'mr. waite's well-written book is as -interesting as a romance, which in some sort it is, and though a non-mason, the order has fallen into good hands, and owes him some gratitude; the book is critical, scholarly and dispassionate. he repeated his praise in an article 'freemasonry and devil-worship, in the same journal two wee

ise in an article 'freemasonry and devil-worship, in the same journal two weeks later (11 november, describing it as a 'most interesting book, written in critical and dispassionate style by a non-mason, the end of which is that mr. waite pronounces the charges to be "lying myths. thus pleased with waite, yarker was soon to have further and more significant contact with him. non-masonic reviews of devil-worship in france were generally favourable34[34" although they tended to suggest that the author had taken a sledgehammer to crack a nut, and popular interest in masonic satanists waned rapidly so that waite's sequel, diana vaughan and the question of modern palladism35[35, was never published. it is, nonetheless, worth quoting its conclusion for it shows a significant change in waite's att

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almer-thomas did not join the golden dawn until november 1896 and it seems probable that it was the second order that he encouraged waite to enter, as he himself had done in april 1898. waite goes on to say that it was his membership of the second order that led him ultimately to seek initiation into freemasonry, but there were other influences at work upon him before this time. diana vaughan and devil worship in france it to be known publicly, but he admitted it to voorhis and others in private. 24[24] slt, p. 126 25[25] the second order worked a spectacular rosicrucian initiation, devised by s. l. macgregor mathers who 'had a genius for constructing such rituals. it is printed in israel regardie's four-volume work, the golden dawn (chicago, aries press, 1937-1940. 26[26] slt, p. 160 from

s time, and with such allegations, the controversy over diana vaughan had spread to england, where waite took a leading role in the counter-attacks upon this suppositious lady freemason. a series of detailed rebuttals of her claims was published in the correspondence columns of the spiritualist journal light29[29, and waite then analysed the whole of the literature about the palladium in his book devil-worship in france30[30, demonstrating conclusively the fictitious nature of the whole affair- and this a year before jogand-pages admitted that it had been a hoax designed to embarrass the french anti-masons. 27[27] there are twelve in all, the most important being revelations completes sur la franc-maconnerie (1886) and les freres trois-points (1885. 28[28] op. cit, p. 247 29[29] waite's le

r- and this a year before jogand-pages admitted that it had been a hoax designed to embarrass the french anti-masons. 27[27] there are twelve in all, the most important being revelations completes sur la franc-maconnerie (1886) and les freres trois-points (1885. 28[28] op. cit, p. 247 29[29] waite's letters were printed in the issues of 7 december 1895, 4 january, 28 march and 6 june 1896. 30[30] devil- worship in france, or the question of lucifer. a record of things seen and heard in the secret societies according to the evidence of initiates (redway, 1896) waite had described the diana vaughan affair as 'among the most extra-ordinary literary swindles of the present, perhaps of any, century31[31' and claimed, with justice, to have 'unveiled the mass of fraud, falsehood and forgery conta

church in regard to the whole conspiracy in an unenviable light32[32. he had also earned the gratitude of both westcott and yarker for refuting the outrageous allegations of their involvement with satanism, and for giving a far kinder description of the s.r.i.a. than he had done nine years before in the real history of the rosicrucians33[33. yarker, especially, was impressed. in a brief review of devil- worship in france, in the freemason for 31 october 1896, he said 'mr. waite's well-written book is as -interesting as a romance, which in some sort it is, and though a non-mason, the order has fallen into good hands, and owes him some gratitude; the book is critical, scholarly and dispassionate. he repeated his praise in an article 'freemasonry and devil-worship, in the same journal two wee

ise in an article 'freemasonry and devil-worship, in the same journal two weeks later (11 november, describing it as a 'most interesting book, written in critical and dispassionate style by a non-mason, the end of which is that mr. waite pronounces the charges to be "lying myths. thus pleased with waite, yarker was soon to have further and more significant contact with him. non-masonic reviews of devil-worship in france were generally favourable34[34" although they tended to suggest that the author had taken a sledgehammer to crack a nut, and popular interest in masonic satanists waned rapidly so that waite's sequel, diana vaughan and the question of modern palladism35[35, was never published. it is, nonetheless, worth quoting its conclusion for it shows a significant change in waite's att

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ng and obscene as possible. the neophyte would then be asked to kiss the backside of the creature. if they refused they would have failed the initiation, if they went ahead and puckered up, they found they were kissing the lips of the priestess. here clearly is the movement from one mode of saturn to another, from the demiurge to sophia. the knights templar did something similar where their large devil like baphomet figure actually represent the sophia, the goddess of wisdom (indeed, the world baphomet when decoded with the atbash gematric code gives the name sophia) if we accept that dualism is perceptional therefore pain, suffering and the trials of life are relathe gnostic handbook page 45 tive. pain and suffering may seem nearly intolerable from the perspective of those locked within i

disease, death etc are not evil except from our own perceptions, how do we explain murder, rape, war and the more destructive of man s behaviour? the last phase is probably the most important, man s behavior. so much that we would like to blame on the demiurge, god, spirits or anything else is actually the fault of mankind itself. as robert degrimston discusses in his superb essay humanity is the devil, the cosmological devil or saturn is not evil but simply a tester, it is mankind who has become evil, through its ignorance. ignorance is the problem, for in ignoring our true natures we become enmeshed in matter (which is of itself spiritual neutral) and following our desires become more and more ignorant. while matter is neutral, our lust and desires lead to behaviors that can be best desc

control. if we return to the image of satan for a moment, we may remember that the image of satan in the old testament is primarily that of the tester, the devils advocate rather than one of an evil being. in the new testament, however, things are different. the term satan is used to describe people (jesus calls peter satan and says get behind me, groups (jesus says the father of the jews is the devil) and is described as plural (legion. if we consider this model carefully we start to realize that the new testament satan is not the tester of the old testament, but is bad mind. that is satan is negative thoughtforms. these forms exist in an individual (peter s weakness) or collectively (the idea of ownership and control which tempted jesus as he looked over the cities all this can be yours

ester of the old testament, but is bad mind. that is satan is negative thoughtforms. these forms exist in an individual (peter s weakness) or collectively (the idea of ownership and control which tempted jesus as he looked over the cities all this can be yours. it is legion as there are multitudes of archons both dwelling within our minds and within the collective unconscious. the question of the devil being the father of the jews takes us into the darker reaches of archon theory, because not only can they exist in the unconscious collective mind but they can create a breach into the astral worlds through which fallen spiritual entities can then move into the earthly spheres and control the thoughtforms created. these forms as known in the gnostic tradition as archons, they are the product

owth and transfiguration for those who seek the light. one of the images associated with aquarius is the peacock. the peacock was the sacred image of the yeizidi, a islamic people who followed an ancient gnostic religious tradition. the peacock was melek taus who can be related to the demiurge (our projections regarding matter, but at the same time the eyes of the peacock (eye=ayin in hebrew, the devil tarot card) show us that ultimately dualism has no power, no reality and hence the real source is beyond in the pleroma and the invisible spirit. the gnostic identity message what we know as the gnostic identity message is central to our understanding of the gnostic tradition. it is difficult to summarise such a complex subject as it demands an extensive study of the evolution of religion, h

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eeper nature of each level of consciousness. for example, leary s description of how buddhism relates to the atomic state is quite informative. buddhism attempts to transcend life and cellular manifestations and to arrive at the white light of the void, the unitary atomic-electronic flash beyond form. while on the emotion level leary describes the religious imagery as middle class catholicism and devil oriented fundamentalism which are based on the arousal of emotion and fear. in connection with each state leary gives a range of correspondences. to give you some idea of his system we have included a selection of same. following each level is given the directing intelligence, communication structure, science, religion and religious metaphor (fig 5) gnostic theurgy page 31 level. directing

sics. buddhism nucleus white light cellular. dna. rna. biology. hinduism reincarnation. somatic autonomic organs of the body.physiology. tantra. nerve plexes. kundalini. sensory. brain. sense organs. neurology. zen, sufism enlightenment mental-social. mind imprint. social behaviour. psychology. protestantism christ, messiah emotional. endocrines. emotional behaviour.psychiatry. fundamentalism the devil. void. body as flesh. body as flesh. anaesthesiology death cults void. fig 5 gnostic theurgy page 32 the hologram of matter now that you have some understanding of the multi-dimensional nature of the universe we need to re-consider our refraction model in the light of the alpha event. when we think back to what we have discussed about the cosmic error, we can summarise it in terms of the cre

s a demiurgic creation. further to this, we know that the essenes were a small group of the lost ten tribes who returned to israel after the captivity and that they saw the pharisees and saduccees as being of a dissimilar culture, race and spiritual heritage. the essenes and gnostics agreed with jesus in his evaluation of those who professed to be the jews of that period ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not gnostic theurgy page 90 in the truth, because there is no truth in him. when he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of john 8:44,45. as time has progressed the talmudic form of judaism has become accepted. we have come to call the people who were khazars- jews an

ith clear programming and maximum energy can a thoughtform achieve its goal. x gnostic theurgy page 175 they re out there, moving stealthily in the darkness. the black magicians, the occult terrorists, satanists, mansonoids, mindwarpers, cattle mutilators. nights black agents as the bard called them. they re calling down curses on their enemies, sticking pins in voodoo dolls, summoning the mighty devil choronzon to fall upon the earth and afflict it with madness, chanting to invoke the 777 servitors of beelzebub. well, yes. but lets not lose our heads about it. the first and foremost thing to learn about evil is that it generally exists only in your own alarmed imagination. don t be afraid of black magick. robert anton wilson in gnostica feb-march 1977. the above quote is a great place to

the gnosis is not condemned, it is a matter of the way in which the teachings of jesus have been manipulated. this is of great significance when we consider the gnostic revival which has occurred in the heraldic period and the need for a re-evaluation of christianity in light of the gnostic tradition. there is also a deeper, more esoteric meaning. the eye in gematria is ayin, it is related to the devil in the tarot and represents illusion, emptiness. another level of interpretation is that the hawk (horus) is attacking jesus on the cross because he is a false jesus, this is hinted at by the focus on the eye or ayin. the jesus being attacked is the false jesus created by the apostate churches and used to control the masses. what emphasizes this inner interpretation is the meaning of the num

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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 scape goat, associated with the root oz, meaning goat and devil, sexual force) mahazael north (associated with earth, being cain or the egyptian set as the lord of the earth in typhonian lore. mahazael comes from the root mhzal, meaning to consume and devour and is associated with amaimon, a grand daemon) 11 the rite of the coiling dragon (leviathan, the crooked serpent) the darokin walk of the coiling dragon is the averse trance-way of the adversary, th

g. such daemonic forces are but in some ways mirrors of our self, we must gain by association and invocation. this, by this work alone, will strengthen and develop the very self of the sorcerer, the ever changing luciferian and promethean essence from which the body and mind it itself a grand grimoire of shadowed knowledge. our soul must be enflamed as the serpent and must work accordingly as the devil in flesh, the tester of the limits and the initiator upon earth. work always with a goal in mind and do not dabble with the spirits of the goetia. you have been warned. working with angelic spirits angelic(k) spirits are celestial or empyrean forces, based primarily in the element air. they are commonly associated with lucifer and are the higher articulated solar and lunar shadow forms of th

ighly recommended to work with the spirits of the goetia after you have achieved a union with the body of light, to confirm self-control and focused direction. the body of shadow the demonic or infernal aspect or body of shadow is equally as significant in the development of the self. the shadow is developed by meditation initially and eventually by dreaming. one should approach the shadow as the devil-initiatic guide, be it as mephistopheles, belial, lucifuge or shaitan. some luciferians invoke the shadow as the demonic feminine, as lilith hecate or babalon, the crimson mother of succubi and the beasts of the earth. some view ahriman as correctly the initiatic and sorcerous daimon of the shadow. the shadow is the vampyric guide, the shape shifting and phantom body of self. the luciferian

earth to take flight with the wings of the bat or owl. rise up into the stormy and cloudy night sky, and fly forth to the sabbat fires in the ghost roads of hecate. as you fly you approach a great shadow which is enflamed in front of you. this shape is hellish and demonic in every way. its essence is black and haunting, but as you greet this form it will take shape. the face is that of the horned devil, the almost human visage which is scaled and speaks a deep and hidden ancient language with a forked tongue, his eyes are yellow and crimson, and you feel close to this being. the body is blackened shadow with talons holding a forked stave, which is the same as the luciferic angel you embraced previously. another head arises from the shadow, which is the animal shaped face of set, which has

spectful. i am the daimon who speaks the words of the immortal fire, the holy flame which emerges from the lightning flash and storm of chaos bred, so this the angel-serpent shall come forth with the birthing knife shedding into storm of seth! spirit of which the fallen have taken strength, isolate and beautiful, angelic essence, azal ucel, from which came into being cain i do invoke thee! south- devil-djinn of the burning desert sands and the sun, sortha n-din thy stave and fork unto the flame that is my soul shall be illuminated in this blackened light. shaitan the adversary, my soul enflamed! arogogoruabrao thiaf! east- lucifer revealed as azazel, bringer of illumination and love, who resides in shadow and light, cover and cloak my spirit with thy twelve wings, serpent skin covered from

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trump symbol geomantic figure w h a fool a fort. min. s.c. hmkh b magician b- s.c. hnyb g h. priestess y- s.c. dsj d empress c- y y h emperor a puer h h w hierophant b amissio w w z lovers c albus h y j chariot d populus y h f strength e fort. maj. h w y hermit f conjunctio s.c. rtk k wheel/fort. k- w y l justice g puella h h m h. man c via h h n death h rubeus y w s temperance i acquisitio h y u devil j carcer s.c. hrwbg p tower f- w h x star k tristitia h w q moon l laetitia s.c. trapt r sun a- y h c l. judgem. d cauda drac. h h t universe l (b) caput drac. s.c. stands for sephirotic cross. appendix b: 31 the enochian alphabet the following is the enochian alphabet (this sometimes, though wrongly, was called theban, together with the english equivalents of its letters and the enochian ti

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e the arrow from the bow of tcq. h now, tcq, the bow, is the rainbow of promise stretched above the earth, whose name is formed from the letters of the paths leading from twklm. if then it be by the path of s, that the philosophus should advance to the knowledge of the adept, turning aside neither unto the right hand nor unto the left, whereon are the evil and threatening symbols of death and the devil. he must have a perfect and absolute knowledge of the bow, ere he can follow the path of the arrow. but the bow is of brilliant and perfect color, whose analysis and synthesis yield others of the same scale, and hence is this book entitled, gthe book of the path of the chameleon, h that path, namely which ascendeth alone through the force of tcq, the bow. and if thy knowledge and application

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at fair concord, that as in every several kernel is contained a whole good tree and fruit, so likewise is included in the little body of man, the whole great world, whose religion, policy, health, members, nature, language, words, and works, are agreeing, sympathizing, and in equal tune and melody with god, heaven, and earth; and that which is disagreeing with them is error, falsehood, and of the devil, who alone is the first, middle, and last cause of strife, blindness, and darkness in the world. also, might one examine all and several persons upon the earth, he should find that which is good and right is always agreeing within itself, but all the rest is spotted with a thousand erroneous conceits. after two years brother r.c. departed the city fez, and sailed with many costly things into

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he turnskin. this is an initiatory procedure intending the entrance of the aspirant into the circle of therionic atavisms: the zodiak of living forms. by passing through its ordeals the skin-leaper's arte is impressed upon the flesh; the bestial ancestry of an individual is 'raised, made self-conscious in his sentient physicality; the animal-headed god is realised! another notable example is 'the devil's masquerade: the initiation rite of draku-ezhu, the 'grand famulus' of the crooked path teachings. this particular mystery-rite obtains the meeting, soul to soul, between the aspirant and the deity. in the stream of sabbatic wisdom descended from yelda paterson through zos vel thanatos (austin osman spare, there is a line of transmission facilitated by the 'passing -on' of a spirit-familiar

e water. all the world will howl and clamour, a-seeking to distract the attention from the one bone that will move against the current; this is the charming bone, said to have power over animals. thereafter the man should take this bone and keep it upon his person. the next three nights he should sojourn alone in a graveyard, seeking for the power of magic. on the third night it is said that the 'devil' will come and try to tempt the bone away from its possessor. if the devil succeeds, the rite has failed. if you can keep the bone no matter what reward is offered, you are then an 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

develop a rapport with different plant-spirits and these become their especial advisors and dream-empowering allies. amongst the most frequently used plant-familiars are those inhabiting belladonna berries, hemp, syrian rue, black hellebore, as well as the entheogenic forms of mycotrope such as liberty cap and fly agaric, collectively known as 'crow's bread. also known is the unguentum sabbati or devil's salve. this is an ointment used by some practitioners to 'leave the flesh behind' and travel in the wild hunt. in communal rites wine and bread is commonly used as the 'sacrament o f the first murder. these are consumed as the flesh and blood of abel, the body of profanity which must be resurrected or re-integrated into the body of cain or the initiatic self. the incorporation of more pote

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ince ancient times were painstakingly gathered, heaped up and burned by zealous friars. in july 1562, for example, in the main square of mani (just south of modern merida in yucatan province) fr. diego de landa burned thousands of maya codices, story paintings and hieroglyphs inscribed on rolled-up deer skins. he also destroyed countless idols and altars, all of which he described as works of the devil, designed by the evil one to delude the indians and to prevent them from accepting christianity. 10 elsewhere he elaborated on the same theme: we found great numbers of books [written in the characters of the indians] but as they contained nothing but superstitions and falsehoods of the devil we burned them all, which the natives took most grievously, and which gave them great pain.11 not on

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nteresting to see what society regards as real research, real scholarship, and so forth: anything that further divorces us from our roots in the authentic tradition is considered a good thing. this is all just silly make-believe. sure. but before settling in your new plot of new jersey swamp-land, you might be glad you had the method(s) described in this book, should you need to summon the jersey devil! fall to! jonathan sellers twin cedars lodge 12 august 2005 c. e. 1 preface: ufonauts, ciphers, and the cosmic war and there was war in heaven: michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought book of revelation 12:7 as the secret ceremony of the masonic royal arch nears its climax, the candidates are directed to bring before the king and high priest a strange box with

it was widely assumed that the men in black were either government agents or extraterrestrials, but as researchers wilgus and keel have shown, the eye in the triangle was sometimes their only insignia, while my own research showed startling parallels to certain black magick rituals in medieval times which provoked visitations by what was often called the man in black- widely understood to be the devil himself. even barker noted that albert k. bender s experiments were more like a magical conjuration than an attempt at extraterrestrial communication. any initiated magician reading bender s accounts would recognize the elements of magical conjuration immediately. maybe, i mused, we were dealing more with magick than with martians. the black lodge mathers, of course, carried on; but he had f

bdivision 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

s house in the haight, from the 1960s. also, a poster antiquities of the illuminati tour 2003, featuring the picture which fronts the present article. it, too, is a collage. examine the group of musicians: meade layne, jacob frank, aleister crowley, mark probert and max theon, with fireman in the foreground dancing to the music. perhaps suggesting the following? i see o nights among the whins the devil walking widdershins. aleister crowley the devil s conversion, from konx om pax. it is this sort of thing we are referring to when we speak of art as cipher. the image here, for us, evokes this poem from konx om pax. we recommend the entire poem, but only quote the first line, above. in the gathering of the musicians, and the devil walking widdershins we can see a couple of pentagrams. the ri

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cal dragon is a magician of very high rank he is aware of his inner divinity, his holy guardian angel. he is one who has crossed the abyss. his formula is to move ceaselessly through the watchtowers and aethyrs dispensing justice and pproclaiming his word.the formula 187 itself reveals his methodology in its letters: a sense of justice (justice in libra) is the core of a healthy love of life (the devil in capricorn) which is checked by experience (temperance/art in sagittarius) but allowed constant change in expression (death in scorpio. the sigil of vovin from the rose (figure 6) is: 188 the formula of vrelp my god! 0 my god! i am but a speck in the stardust of ages; i am the master of the secret of things. aleister crowley, liber vii the enochian word vrelp, pronounced var-ee-elpeh, is c

to 197 as well as t -il-om "the aethyrs have knowledge" the exact nature of the formula is obtained from the letters and their arrangement. in the center of the word is the hermit of virgo. he is flanked on the ieft by the lunar reflective forces of the moon in pisces, and on the right by the solar creative forces of strength/lust in leo. in addition, 189 he has the love of life expressed by the devil in capric on his left and mobility expressed by the chariot in can on his right. vrelp is thus the individuality that he learned to balance the forces of duality in his life. with an understanding of this formula, you can enter the city of the pyramids without becoming trapped there (the letter vau will assure that you not carry detachment to extremes. the sigh of vrelp from the rose (figure

s show that ivitdt is a solar formula and has to do wi th the magi cal proce ss of purification by fire. the words i-vi-i-d-t can be translated "the second is to be like unto the third" in other words, the polar forces of duality (two) are to be made manifest (three) by this formula. the correct execution of this important formula is expressed by its letters as follows: the joy of living (the 191 devil in capricorn) must be checked by magical ability (temperance/art in sagittarius) while the fruit of the work (spirit of the empress) will be found centered in the joy of creativity (strength/lust in leo. this six-lettered formula expresses a double concept: on one hand existence is delight and bliss is a natural condition of living while on the other hand excessive revelry must be tempered b

ep 4. return to your physical body. conduct the appropriate banishing rituals. an advanced vrelp meditation. step 1. meditate on the meaning and correspondences of the magick square of vrelp. consider its similarities with the magick squares of arsoe and laha. step 2. meditate on the magick square of vrelp itself. consider the balance of its letters. consider the four corners which include v (the devil in capricorn) and p (the creative lust of leo. step 3. meditate on yourself as a solar expression. consider the similarities between the light of the sun and the light of consciousness. step 4. transfer the magical forces embodied in the 262 talisman of the magick square of vrelp to yourself. consider your own body of light as a possible vehicle in which to visit the sun. step 5. imagine you

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wisdom- beauty understanding- severity understanding- beauty mercy- severity mercy- beauty mercy- victory severity- beauty severity- glory beauty- victory beauty- glory beauty- foundation victory- glory victory- foundation victory- kingdom glory- foundation glory- kingdom foundation- kingdom hierophant hermit star judgment emperor temperance death hanged man justice strength empress blasted tower devil lovers chariot sun wheel of fortune priestess the world magician the fool moon kabbalists were not content to drift towards divinity like most of mankind. they wanted an organised and arranged scheme of doing so, and moreover a scheme of which they were intentionally aware.whatever god may have planned for them, they wanted not only to know about it, but to participate in its calculations an

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paltar (balder, he must pass for a god of light, but also of fire, and again of tempest; under another view he haunted wells and springs. he approximates the higher elemental powers, and could the more easily be perverted into a diabolic being. equally lost to germany is the name of the norse loki, who represents fire in another xx peeface. aspect, and was still better qualified to stand for the devil. the stories of his artfulness, his cunning tricks, have reproduced themselves repeatedly in all branches of our race. i now turn to the goddesses. a mother of gods, nerthus, is named to us by tacitus; her name is the exact counterpart to that of a norse god, who confirms her existence, as freyr would confirm that of freyja, had she come down to us only as the high german frouwa, and from th

lay into arminius, civilis and siegbert by turns, tanhauser into ulysses. preface. xxvll in all that i had gathered by a careful comparison of original authorities on sorcery and witches, he of course can see neither circumspectness nor moderation, who gravely imagines that witchcraft was once a reality, who from the minutes of a single trial in 1628 jumps at once to the greek dionysia, makes the devil dionysus, and warms up again the stale explanation of hexe (witch) from hecate. this is allowing the devil a great antiquity in comparison with those heroes; to me eeinhart and isengrim seem to reach up far higher than the -ninth century, and siegfried even beyond arminius, therefore a long way before the time when the term devil first came into our language. several designations of the gian

(p. 667. poetic euphemisms designate the sacred beast, and as soon as he is slain, solemn hymns are struck up as by way of atonement. kunes 28 and 29 in kalewala describe such a hunt with all its ceremonial. ostiaks in taking an oath kneel on a bearskin, in heathen sacrifices they covered the victim with a bearskin (p. 1010, and long afterwards they hung bearskins about them in the service of the devil (p. 1018. as the bear was king of all beasts, the terms applied to him of' old one' and' grandfather' suggest those of the thunder-god. the constellation of the great bear (p. 725) would of itself seem an evident trace of his worship even among the greeks. coming down from northern asia to the tribes of the caucasus, we again meet with the most remarkable coincidences. the tcherkesses (circa

9. but in idololatria and saint-worship the dominion of the priesthood found its main stay. of dualism proper i have acquitted our heathenism (pp. 895-6. 984. unlike polytheism, it seems to me to take its rise, not in gradual corruption, but in conscious, perhaps moral, reflexion, and at a later time. polytheism is tolerant and friendly; he to whom all he looks at is either heaven or hell, god or devil, will both extravagantly love and heartily hate. but here again let me repeat, that to the heathen germans the good outweighed the bad, and courage faintheartedness: at death they laughed. between deifying much and deifying all, it is hard to draw the preface. liii line, for even the most arrant pantheism will admit some exceptions. the limit observed by the greek and even the norse religion

on, it favoured a cheerful fatalism (p. 860-1, and believed in a paradise, a renovated world, deified heroes; its gods resemble more those of greece, its superstition more that of rome' tanta gentium in rebus frivolis plerumque religio est' the question has been gravely asked, whether the heathen pkeface. iv gods really existed; and i feel disgust at answering it. those who believe in a veritable devil and a hell, who would burn a witch with a will, may feel inclined to affirm it, thinking to support the miracles of the church by the evidence of this other miracle, that in the false gods she had crushed actual fiends and fallen angels. having observed that her language, laws and antiquities were greatly underrated, i was wishful to exalt my native land. to me one labour became the other: w

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s to sunday and sunset, perhaps to syn (sight, eye; does it also in connexion with the water-vessel point to the word sa (situla? most likely the water was poured out, and ran down the hill (see suppl. finis. indtohanselmann used for spiritus familiaris (phil. v. sittew. 5, 328, ed. lugd, and the similar hampelmann for goblin, puppet and mannequin= manneke, mannikin. bavar. liampel, haimpel, both devil and simpleton (schm. 2, 197, austr. henparl (hofer 2, 46. the fr. follet, it. foletto, is a diminuitive of fol, fou; which, like follis (bellows, seems to be derived from an obsolete follere (to move hither and thither, and brings us to a fresh contact of the home- sprite with the fool.1 then lutin, also luton, perhaps from the lat. luctus: a sprite who wails and forebodes sorrow? lithuan. b

neys anzeiger 1835, 312 we read of a little black man that was bought with a chest, and when this was opened, he hopped out and slipped behind the oven, whence all efforts to rout him out were fruitless; but he lived on excellent terms with the house hold, and occasionally shewed himself to them, though never to strangers. this black figure reminds one both of the scandi navian dwarfs, and of the devil. some thoroughly good goblin- stories are in adalb. kuhn s collection, pp. 42. 55. 84. 107. 159. 191-3. 372.2 there are also goblins who, like nix and watersprite, are engaged in no man s service, but live independently; when such a one is caught, he will offer you gifts or tell your fortune, to be set at liberty again. of this sort is the butt in the nursery-tale 1 very similar stories in k

e every year, 10 ehen, p. 235. extr. from suppl] 2 to escape the futtermannchen, a farmer built a new house, but the day before he moved, he spied the f. dipping his grey coat in the brook: my little coat here i swill and souse, to-morrow we move to a fine new house. borner s orlagau, p. 246. whoever has the kobold must not wash or comb himself (sommer p. 171. miillenh. 209; so in the case of the devil, ch. xxxiii. extr. from suppl. 514 wights and elves (p. 507, likewise the folet in marie de fr. 2, 140, who grants three wishes (oremens. and the captive marmennill (p. 434, or the sea-wife, does the same. the unfriendly, racketing and tormenting spirits who take pos session of a house, are distinguished from the friendly and goodnatured by their commonly forming a whole gang, who disturb th

acketing in a house, singing and playing at night, and aiming tiles at passers by in the daytime; they are fond of fire, but make a violent uproar every time the master spits. 2 in gervase of tilbury, cap. 18, the folleti also pelt with stones, and this of stone-throwing is what we shall meet with in quite early stories of devils; al together the racketing sprites have in this respect more of the devil or spectre in them than of the elf: it is a darkening and distortion of their original nature in accordance with christian sentiment. so it becomes clear, at last, how the once familiar and faith ful friend of the family under heathenism has gradually sunk into a bugbear or a taunt to children: a lot which he shares with goddesses and gods of old. as with holle and berhte, so people are thre

is, lesefr. 1, 131; see suppl. further, on this point i attach weight to the swedish jullekar, dan. juleleger, yule-lays, undoubtedly of heathen origin, which at christmas time present christ and certain saints, but replace our man ruprecht by a julbock, julebuk, i.e. a manservant disguised as a goat. 1 this interweaving of jackpudding, fool, klobes and eiipel, of the yule-buck and at last of the devil himself, into the rude popular drama of our mid. ages, shows what an essential part of it the wihtels and tatermans formerly were, how ineradi cable the elvish figures and characters of heathenism. the greeks enlivened the seriousness of their tragedy by satyric plays, in which e.g. proteus, similar to our sea-sprite (p. 434, played a leading part. 2 there is yet another way in which a forme

GRIMOIRE OF TURIEL

the light i bless thee in the name of the father. o holy, holy lord, god, heaven and earth are fuil of thy glory before whose face there is a bright shining light forever; bless now, o lord, i beseech thee, these creatures of light which thou hast given for the kindly use of man that they, by thee being sanctif ed, may not be put out or extinguished by the power, malice, or filthy darkness of the devil, but may shine forth brightly and lend their assistance to this my work, through jesus crist our lord. amen. then say, asperges me, etc. consecration of the sword: o great god who art the god of strength and fortitude and greatly to be feared, bless o lord, this instrument that it may be a terror unto the enemy, and therewith i may fight with and overcome all phantasms and oppositions of the

HAMIL THE ROSICRUCIAN SEER

of christ, were to be given three times to summon whichever spirit guide was required. once the spirit's message had been received, a special discharge was to be given three times, again invoking christ and his angels, followed by prayersofthanks. despite all the care taken to avoid calling up evil spirits, they occasionally came through andhadto be speedily discharged(videhis report 'raising the devil, p.129).again, despite all the care taken, even the crowned angel wasnotabove giving hockley the required ceremonial for calling up very dubious spirits. as hockley took down verbatim what his speculatrix reported seeing, what is remarkable is the quality and depthofinformation received. it seems unlikely that a teenage girl with, presumably, an average victorian female's education, could ha

12secret writing:themagical manuscripts of frederick hockleyr. a.gilbert263 hockley's letters to the irwins 34 4 extracts concerning hockley from the mackenzie- irwin correspondence905 hockley's evidence to the london dialectical society 96 6theburton episode1007 crystaliomancy, or the art of invocating spirits by the crystal1028 excerpts from the crystal mss1099published material129iraising the devil129iievenings with the indwellers of the world of spirits132iiicorrespondence with robert owen 145 iv contributions to the zoist 184contributionsto the zoist221excite him on, his patient having only once gone to sleep during the process. as he has sown, so may he reap. i am, sir, your obedient servant,fred. hockley.croydon,12november1855.[printed inthezoist,no. lii (january 1856.]220therosicr

e, and never to be either enlarged or diminished' c.a.-itis the word of god, becauseitwas written by his will, and the new testament by his inspiration; but it is not all correct.theoriginal manuscript was in some places wrong, and that is much altered now.thematerial points were quite right, and now remain so. proposition2-'abeing exists, the antagonist of god, and all righteousness, called the "devil "satan "beelzebub &c' ca.-abody of evil does exist in direct opposition to god, and that evil is the enemy of mankind. proposition3-'manwas, at, and sometime after his creation, perfect in his intellectual, moral, and physical nature.'c.a.-hewas perfect in his physicalnature, but his mind was undeveloped, even as a child's; he was to attain knowledge by intercourse with his creator and the r

nemy of mankind. proposition3-'manwas, at, and sometime after his creation, perfect in his intellectual, moral, and physical nature.'c.a.-hewas perfect in his physicalnature, but his mind was undeveloped, even as a child's; he was to attain knowledge by intercourse with his creator and the rest of creation. proposition4-'manbeing thus perfect, he yielded to the counsels and the persuasions of the devil, and violated a divine command, and in consequence fell down from his high estate, cursed of god with total depravity and eternal death' c.a.-itwas in his imperfection that he sinned; and they are wrong to suppose that one act committed by the first man should so entirely change his situation. proposition5-'thatgod so loved man in his present fallen condition, that he sent his only son to di

its'justice"'i should have been more careful, for i might have saved myself even then, but i relied on the aid that had been given to me before: i did wonders that could not be reconciled with the actionofnature. it was evident to all that i did them by the aid of spirits, but i did not know any more than they the nature or the qualityofthose who helped me 'i was tried for being possessed by the devil, and for practising black magic. i attempted to deny it, and i solemnly swear that i did not on that ocasion, when i knew the sentence would be death, use one word that i knew to be untrue. i would not compromise my dignity sufficiently to evade them or their questions, and when i denied their accusations it was with a sincere conviction of their falsehood. every spirit that i had seen wasof

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

ek writers reported that a male goat was honored as a fertility god at mendes and identified with the greek god pan. a persian king of the fourth century bce is alleged to have gone mad after sacking the temple and eating the sacred goat. the sexual aspect of the cult at mendes made it particularly disliked by early christians. banebdjedet s form as a ram or goat-headed man was reinterpreted as a devil figure who entered western tradition as the horned king of the witches. see also heryshef; imhotep; khnum; osiris references and further reading: h. de meulenaere. cults and priesthoods of the mendesian nome. in h. de meulenaere and p. mackay. mendes ii. warminster, england: 1976,174 177. g. hart. banebdjedet. in a dictionary of egyptian gods and goddesses. london and boston: 1986, 52 53. pr

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

n india resemble the bible stories. louis jacolliot speaksin several of his twenty-one volumes on brahmanical india of this matter, and for once he is right* the particle a in the sanskrit word shews this clearly. placed before a substantive thisparticle always means the negation or the opposite of the meaning of the expression thatfollows. thus sura (god) written a -sura, becomes non-god, or the devil, vidya isknowledge, and a-vidya, ignorance or the opposite of knowledge, etc, etc. we will speak of it another time. meanwhile here is the legend of the blue lotuscentury after century has passed away since ambarisha, king of ayodhya, reigned in the city founded by theholy manu, vaivasvata, the offspring of the sun. the king was a suryavansi (a descendant of the solarrace, and he avowed hims

s face, and encircling with his armthe slender childish figure "the little fellow has seen the double of my shaman, which roams sometimes faraway from his body, and has mistaken the phantom for the man himself. let him remain with us for a while" at these strange words the guests stared at each other in mute surprise, while some piously made the sign ofthe cross, spitting aside, presumably at the devil and all his works "by-the-bye" continued the hungarian with a peculiar firmness of accent, and addressing the companyrather than any one in particular "why should we not try, with the help of my shaman, to unravel the mysteryhanging over the tragedy? is the suspected party still lying in prison? what? he has not confessed up to now?this is surely very strange. but now we will learn the truth

g into the bottomless lake. on the morning after these occurrences, when, after a sleepless night, some of the party visited the residenceof the hungarian gentleman, they found it closed and deserted. he and the shaman had disappeared. manyare among the old inhabitants of p- who remember him; the police inspector, col. s, dying a fewyears ago in the full assurance that the noble traveller was the devil. to add to the general consternation theizvertzoff mansion took fire on that same night and was completely destroyed. the archbishop performedthe ceremony of exorcism, but the locality is considered accursed to this day. the government investigatedthe facts, and ordered silence. from the polar landsa christmas storyjust a year ago, during the christmas holidays, a numerous society had gather

arallelartist arrived, and- all paris fell at once at his feet. iinow it is a well-known fact that a superstition born in the dark days of mediaeval superstition, and survivingalmost to the middle of the present century, attributed all such abnormal, out-of-the-way talent as that ofpaganini to "supernatural" agency. every great and marvellous artist had been accused in his day of dealingswith the devil. a few instances will suffice to refresh the reader's memory. tartini, the great composer and violinist of the xviith century, was denounced as one who got his bestinspirations from the evil one, with whom he was, it was said, in regular league. this accusation was ofcourse due to the almost magical impression he produced upon his audiences. his inspired performance onthe violin secured for

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

on the physical plane? a. first, because that which is true on the metaphysical plane must be also true on the physical. secondly, because there is no more fertile source of hatred and strife than religious differences. when one party or another thinks himself the sole possessor of absolute truth, it becomes only natural that he should think his neighbor absolutely in the clutches of error or the devil. but once get a man to see that none of them has the whole truth, but that they are mutually complementary, that the complete truth can be found only in the combined views of all, after that which is false in each of them has been sifted out-then true brotherhood in religion will be established. the same applies in the physical world. q. please explain further. a. take an instance. a plant c

even slightly impressed by them. q. but how is it that manas, although you call it nous, a "god" is so weak during its incarnations, as to be actually conquered and fettered by its page 84 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt body? a. i might retort with the same question and ask: how is it that he, whom you regard as "the god of gods" and the one living god, is so weak as to allow evil (or the devil) to have the best of him as much as of all his creatures, whether while he remains in heaven, or during the time he was incarnated on this earth? you are sure to reply again "this is a mystery; and we are forbidden to pry into the mysteries of god" not being forbidden to do so by our religious philosophy, i answer your question that, unless a god descends as an avatara, no divine principle c

send out public lecturers, and therefore the expositions of our views and doctrines were confined to a few theosophical works that met with success, but which people often misunderstood, or only knew of through hearsay. our journals were, and still are, boycotted; our literary works ignored; and to this day no one seems even to feel quite certain whether the theosophists are a kind of serpent-and-devil worshipers, or simply "esoteric buddhists"-whatever that may mean. it was useless for us to go on denying, day after day and year after year, every kind of inconceivable cock-and-bull stories about us; for, no sooner was one disposed of, than another, a still more absurd and malicious one, was born out of the ashes of the first. unfortunately, human nature is so constituted that any good sai

n table? besides, they isolate themselves only from the west. in their own country they go about as publicly as other people do. q. don't you ascribe to them supernatural powers? a. we believe in nothing supernatural, as i have told you already. had edison lived and invented his phonograph two hundred years ago, he would most probably have been burnt along with it, and the whole attributed to the devil. the powers which they exercise are simply the development of potencies lying latent in every man and woman, and the existence of which even official science begins to recognize. q. is it true that these men inspire some of your writers, and that many, if not all, of your theosophical works were written under their dictation? page 133 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt a. some have. ther

, mohammedans, jews, and the rest, made their hells hot and dark, though many were more attractive than frightful. the idea of a hot hell is an afterthought, the distortion of an astronomical allegory. with the egyptians page 154 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt hell became a place of punishment by fire not earlier than the 17th or 18th dynasty, when typhon was transformed from a god into a devil. but at whatever time they implanted this dread superstition in the minds of the poor ignorant masses, the scheme of a burning hell and souls tormented therein is purely egyptian. ra (the sun) became the lord of the furnace, in karr, the hell of the pharaohs, and the sinner was threatened with misery "in the heat of infernal fires "a lion was there" says dr. birch "and was called the roaring

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ng webb, professor of anthropology in princeton university, and an explorer of no slight note. professor webb had been engaged, forty-eight years before, in a tour of greenland and iceland in search of some runic inscriptions which he failed to unearth; and whilst high up on the west greenland coast had encountered a singular tribe or cult of degenerate esquimaux whose religion, a curious form of devil-worship, chilled him with its deliberate bloodthirstiness and repulsiveness. it was a faith of which other esquimaux knew little, and which they mentioned only with shudders, saying that it had come down from horribly ancient aeons before ever the world was made. besides nameless rites and human sacrifices there were certain queer hereditary rituals addressed to a supreme elder devil or torn

unknown thing which had stolen upon them in the night. it was voodoo, apparently, but voodoo of a more terrible sort than they had ever known; and some of their women and children had disappeared since the malevolent tom-tom had begun its incessant beating far within the black haunted woods where no dweller ventured. there were insane shouts and harrowing screams, soul-chilling chants and dancing devil-flames; and, the frightened messenger added, the people could stand it no more. so a body of twenty police, filling two carriages and an automobile, had set out in the late afternoon with the shivering squatter as a guide. at the end of the passable road they alighted, and for miles splashed on in silence through the terrible cypress woods where day never came. ugly roots and malignant hangi

ago. it is truly a terrible thing, and unmistakably akin to the dream-sculpture of young wilcox. that my uncle was excited by the tale of the sculptor i did not wonder, for what thoughts must arise upon hearing, after a knowledge of what legrasse had learned of the cult, of a sensitive young man who had dreamed not only the figure and exact hieroglyphics of the swamp-found image and the greenland devil tablet, but had come in his dreams upon at least three of the precise words of the formula uttered alike by esquimaux diabolists and mongrel louisianans. professor angell's instant start on an investigation of the utmost thoroughness was eminently natural; though privately i suspected young wilcox of having heard of the cult in some indirect way, and of having invented a series of dreams to

n springfield, is still extant. noises in the hills continued to be reported from year to year, and still form a puzzle to geologists and physiographers. other traditions tell of foul odours near the hill-crowning circles of stone pillars, and of rushing airy presences to be heard faintly at certain hours from stated points at the bottom of the great ravines; while still others try to explain the devil's hop yard- a bleak, blasted hillside where no tree, shrub, or grass-blade will grow. then, too, the natives are mortally afraid of the numerous whippoorwills which grow vocal on warm nights. it is vowed that the birds are psychopomps lying in wait for the souls of the dying, and that they time their eerie cries in unison with the sufferer's struggling breath. if they can catch the fleeing s

rks bigger raound than a hogshead, an' all sticky with stuff like is on the browed-up haouse. cha'ncey he says they leads off into the medders, whar a great swath wider'n a barn is matted daown, an' all the stun walls tumbled every whichway wherever it goes 'an' he says, says he, mis' corey, as haow he sot to look fer seth's caows, frightened ez he was an' faound 'em in the upper pasture nigh the devil's hop yard in an awful shape. haff on 'em's clean gone, an' nigh haff o' them that's left is sucked most dry o' blood, with sores on 'em like they's ben on whateleys cattle ever senct lavinny's black brat was born. seth hes gone aout naow to look at 'em, though i'll vaow he won't keer ter git very nigh wizard whateley's! cha'ncey didn't look keerful ter see whar the big matted-daown swath le

HP LOVECRAFT HISTORY OF THE NECRONOMICON

but have been classifying notes& synopses in preparation for some monstrous tales later on. in particular i have drawn up some data on the celebrated& unmentionable necronomicon of the mad arab abdul alhazred! it seems that this shocking blasphemy was produced by a native of sana, in yemen, who flourished about 700 a.d& made many mysterious pilgrimages to babylon's ruins, memphis's catacombs& the devil-haunted& untrodden wastes of the great southern deserts of arabia- the roba el khaliyeh, where he claimed to have found records of things older than mankind& to have learnt the worship of yog-sothoth& cthulhu. the book was a product of abdul's old age, which was spent in damascus& the original title was al azif- azif (cf. henley's notes to vathek) being the name applied to those strange nigh

HP LOVECRAFT THE ALCHEMIST

of eternal life, and was reputed wise in the terrible secrets of black magic and alchemy. michel mauvais had one son, named charles, a youth as proficient as himself in the hidden arts, who had therefore been called le sorcier, or the wizard. this pair, shunned by all honest folk, were suspected of the most hideous practices. old michel was said to have burnt his wife alive as a sacrifice to the devil, and the unaccountable disappearance of many small peasant children was laid at the dreaded door of these two. yet through the dark natures of the father and son ran one redeeming ray of humanity; the evil old man loved his offspring with fierce intensity, whilst the youth had for his parent a more than filial affection. one night the castle on the hill was thrown into the wildest confusion

HP LOVECRAFT THE CALL OF CTHULHU

ning webb, professor of anthropology in princeton university, and an explorer of no slight note. professor webb had been engaged, forty-eight years before, in a tour of greenland and iceland in search of some runic inscriptions which he failed to unearth; and whilst high up on the west greenland coast had encountered a singular tribe or cult of degenerate eskimos whose religion, a curious form of devil-worship, chilled him with its deliberate bloodthirstiness and repulsiveness. it was a faith of which other eskimos knew little, and which they mentioned only with shudders, saying that it had come down from horribly ancient aeons before ever the world was made. besides nameless rites and human sacrifices there were certain queer hereditary rituals addressed to a supreme elder devil or tornas

unknown thing which had stolen upon them in the night. it was voodoo, apparently, but voodoo of a more terrible sort than they had ever known; and some of their women and children had disappeared since the malevolent tom-tom had begun its incessant beating far within the black haunted woods where no dweller ventured. there were insane shouts and harrowing screams, soul-chilling chants and dancing devil-flames; and, the frightened messenger added, the people could stand it no more. so a body of twenty police, filling two carriages and an automobile, had set out in the late afternoon with the shivering squatter as a guide. at the end of the passable road they alighted, and for miles splashed on in silence through the terrible cypress woods where day never came. ugly roots and malignant hangi

ago. it is truly a terrible thing, and unmistakably akin to the dream-sculpture of young wilcox. that my uncle was excited by the tale of the sculptor i did not wonder, for what thoughts must arise upon hearing after a knowledge of what legrasse had learned of the cult, of a sensitive young man, who had dreamed not only the figure and exact hieroglyphics of the swampfound image and the greenland devil tablet, but had come in his dreams upon at least three of the precise words of the formula uttered alike by eskimo diabolists and mongrel louisianans? professor angell's instant start on an investigation of the utmost thoroughness was eminently natural; though privately i suspected young wilcox of having heard of the cult in some indirect way, and of having invented a series of dreams to hei

HP LOVECRAFT THE LURKING FEAR

ter's. the squatters said the thing had had only one victim; but in this i judged them inaccurate, since besides the complete skull of a human being, there was another bony fragment which seemed certainly to have belonged to a human skull at some time. though the rapid drop of the monster had been seen, no one could say just what the creature was like; those who had glimpsed it called it simply a devil. examining the great tree where it had lurked, i could discern no distinctive marks. i tried to find some trail into the black forest, but on this occasion could not stand the sight of those morbidly large boles, or of those vast serpent-like roots that twisted so malevolently before they sank into the earth. my next step was to reexamine with microscopic care the deserted hamlet where death

HP LOVECRAFT THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH

ves were taken on trips to certain camps and prisons. as a result, these societies became surprisingly passive and reticent newspaper men were harder to manage, but seemed largely to cooperate with the government in the end. only one paper- a tabloid always discounted because of its wild policy- mentioned the deep diving submarine that discharged torpedoes downward in the marine abyss just beyond devil reef that item, gathered by chance in a haunt of sailors, seemed indeed nether far-fetched; since the low, black reef lieu a full mile and a half out from innsmouth harbour. people around the country and in the nearby towns muttered a great deal among themselves, but said very little to the outer world. they had talked about dying and half-deserted innsmouth for nearly a century, and nothing

young fellow, you mustn't take too much stock in what people here say. they're hard to get started, but once they do get started they never let up. they've been telling things about innsmouth- whispering 'em, mostly- for the last hundred years, i guess, and i gather they're more scared than anything else. some of the stories would make you laugh- about old captain marsh driving bargains with the devil and bringing imps out of hell to live in innsmouth, or about some kind of devilworship and awful sacrifices in some place near the wharves that people stumbled on around 1845 or there-abouts- but i come from panton, vermont, and that kind of story don't go down with me "you ought to hear, though, what some of the old-timers tell about the black reef off the coast- devil reef, they call it. i

jewelry that the sailors and refinery men sometimes sold on the sly, or that was seen once or twice on some of the marsh women-folks. people allowed maybe old captain obed traded for it in some heathen port, especially since he always ordered stacks of glass beads and trinkets such as seafaring men used to get for native trade. others thought and still think he'd found an old pirate cache out on devil reef. but here's a funny thing. the old captain's been dead these sixty years, and there's ain't been a good-sized ship out of the place since the civil war; but just the same the marshes still keep on buying a few of those native trade things- mostly glass and rubber gewgaws, they tell me. maybe the innsmouth folks like 'em to look at themselves- gawd knows they've gotten to be about as bad

n't more'n 400 people in the whole town in spite of all the streets they say there are. i guess they're what they call 'white trash' down south- lawless and sly, and full of secret things. they get a lot of fish and lobsters and do exporting by truck. queer how the fish swarm right there and nowhere else "nobody can ever keep track of these people, and state school officials and census men have a devil of a time. you can bet that prying strangers ain't welcome around innsmouth. i've heard personally of more'n one business or government man that's disappeared there, and there's loose talk of one who went crazy and is out at danvers now. they must have fixed up some awful scare for that fellow "that's why i wouldn't go at night if i was you. i've never been there and have no wish to go, but

the society's unvarying determination not to sell. as the good lady shewed me out of the building she made it clear that the pirate theory of the marsh fortune was a popular one among the intelligent people of the region. her own attitude toward shadowed innsmouth- which she never seen- was one of disgust at a community slipping far down the cultural scale, and she assured me that the rumours of devil-worship were partly justified by a peculiar secret cult which had gained force there and engulfed all the orthodox churches. it was called, she said 'the esoteric order of dagon, and was undoubtedly a debased, quasi-pagan thing imported from the east a century before, at a time when the innsmouth fisheries seemed to be going barren. its persistence among a simple people was quite natural in

HUEBNER LOUISE WITCHCRAFT FOR ALL WICCA 04

whether witches are good or evil, that depends upon your point of view about what's good and what's evil. from the average man's interpretation of evil and good, witches seem to be evil. organized religions have branded witchcraft as evil, but they did this because they considered witchcraft a form of competition and naturally reasoned that anyone against them would have to be on the side of the devil. there is no such thing as good and evil witches on the basis of one of them deriving their powers from the devil. the power witches tap is an energy inside themselves. it should be considered wasteful, stupid, and therefore bad, not to use the energy within one's self to gain one's desires, to fulfil one's self. witches are selfish, but is that evil? being self-interested, a witch has to be

ld naturally enrage churchmen who demand strict obedience to their rigid laws and condemn the nonconformers as satanic or evil. actually, there were witches before christianity came along, and although there have always been evil gods in religions in all parts of the world, satan exists only in limited areas. so who would witches be in cahoots with in, say, china? selfish, yes; in league with the devil, no. many similarities can be seen between the attitudes of witches and those people who are successful doing anything. there's a big difference between having things turn out well and having things turn out badly. if you want them to turn out well, you're bound to have something in common with someone else who has things turn out well, even if you're doing it one way and he is doing it anot

them. on the other hand, things haven't changed too much on that score! an exotic, sexy-looking lady is frequently looked upon with suspicion and hostility in certain of our communities, even today. when accused witches were brought to trial, the questions they were asked were of the "when did you stop beating your wife" genre. women were asked to admit they were having sexual^ relations with the devil, and under torture they admitted it. i find it very difficult to accept the idea of the devil romping around and mating with all these warty women. if he did exist, it seems to me he could have done a lot better choosing ladies more like sophia loren or brigitte bardot, perhaps. at one time chemists were considered magicians. albertus magnus (1193-1290, considered a wizard in his day, was re

practising witchcraft if you're a novice? a novice is one who's not a real witch, but one who's using the powers. the only danger is that you'll probably improve your character and increase your emotional strength. i don't think there's any "danger" attached to that idea. there is a real danger, however, if you believe that witchcraft means consulting evil forces and having conversations with the devil. but if you understand witchcraft as a way of disciplining your mental and emotional attitudes, then it can only lead to successful conclusions. there are some clubs practising storybook witchcraft; their real bag seems to be perversion. the members are just a group of frustrated people looking for kicks. has anyone ever come across any of these orgy fans who ever expressed any intelligent a

ell you a bit more about how great she is, but she never will tell you what to do. i think there's nothing much that she knows except how to take advantage of people's misinformation. there is a big gap between popular conceptions of witchcraft and what it really is. take the very successful book and film rosemary's baby, which was a lot of fun, but was based on a false premise. in the story, the devil was behind it all. rosemary, the main character, was fed a mixture that created a strange effect on her mind (which can happen in witchcraft, of course. the story conveys other truths about witchcraft, but the mixture of truth and error, fact and fantasy, confuses people. objects play an important part in the practice of witchcraft in rosemary's baby. for instance, i make lucky rocks for peo

INFERNAL SABBAT LIVE

earth, nephillmic tomb in the sunless palace of azrail, open forth the dreaming fields of night, from thy vessel, born of lilith s womb shall the vampyre shade awaken before us lilith, queen of those who walk the shadows- i come before you, night born as the queen of the dead. behold unto my death mask, the temple of azothoz as a current of the living flame. i shall bless each one of you with the devil s sight, the serpents tongue shall speak of the secret alphabet which ye all shall scribe on the walls of the sunless palace, scribe your name in the black book of the dead, you are all my children, of lilith-hecate, your father is ahriman, lord of phantoms and darkness -from nox umbra, a vampyric grimoire by michael w. ford the ath1 infernal union by azmareth i toph magick, like alchemy is

INVOCATION OF OUR LORD OF MIDNIGHT MAHAZHAEL DEVAL

s of heresy; and a golden flame lit for our fallen brethren. o mahazhael! our sovereign witch-father! accept these offerings, both fair and foul, and turn all to serve the empowerment of thy presence here among us! genuflections should then be made to the place of power. thereafter the officiant, being filled with the spirit of mahazhael, shall lift up the sighns imparting the mystery of faith: a devil-mask and a mirror. bearing these dual tokens of the arcanum, the officiant shall turn to address the covine- ye that are made in the image of god! here behold thy father and mother: the iconostasis projecting all belief! know ye the creed of truth within the mystery of lie: which is the mirror and which is the mask? the officiant shall then walk deosil around the circle, stopping before each

INVOCATION OF THE ADVERSARY

ich may be conducted when the sun is at its full light, or when the moon is full or dark, as the essence of iblis be finally revealed. the purpose of the ritual is invoking the spirit of the adversary, known as shaitan/iblis, satan, lucifer, set, azazel. the sorcerer shall seek the fire-spirit of change, rebellion and progression. the symbol of set the adversary shall take the earthen form of the devil, the solar creative (and destructive) force of change and self-deification. there are two primary faces of the adversary. the celebrant may construct as mask of two sides, which shall be placed upon the center of the altar. one- the fallen seraph lucifer, the angelick essence of the black flame, the very source of our wisdom, being and becoming. two the seraph of flame, the djinn iblis of fi

there are two primary faces of the adversary. the celebrant may construct as mask of two sides, which shall be placed upon the center of the altar. one- the fallen seraph lucifer, the angelick essence of the black flame, the very source of our wisdom, being and becoming. two the seraph of flame, the djinn iblis of fire, daemon of the blackened flame, serpent beast dragon wolf goat. satanas is the devil-cloaked initiator of the path of the wise, those who laugh at the warnings of a cringing society. robe thyself in crimson, the color of flame and movement. the symbol of the averse pentagram, being downward pointing to indicate the union of the fallen angels with humanity to create divinity. in the sethian witchcraft current the sorcerer becomes as set him/herself, thus in the circle the fir

erception of anything outside of the circle, that being enflamed and submerged in gnosis, the circle is the circumference of the sorcerers' world. that the ritual is a success is the subjected 'turning the knife towards oneself' in the area of self-directed and willed energy. the ritual of the adversary, in conjunction with the lord's prayer averse (used in certain luciferian covens to summon the devil-cain) provides a powerful foundation for self-deification in the witches sabbat gnossiirish witchcraft and demonology by st. john d. seymour, b.d [1913] this is a survey of the witch persecution in ireland, as well as a wide array of other paranormal events such as poltergeists, ghosts, apparations and even an early ufo account. very readable, yet well documented, this book has the extensive

IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY

i a.d. 1223-1583 the kyteler case and its surroundings of sorcery and heresy--michael scot--the fourth earl of desmond--james i and the irish prophetess--a sorcery accusation of 1447--witchcraft trials in the sixteenth century -statutes dealing with the subject--eye-biters--the enchanted earl of desmond 46 p. vi chapter iv a.d. 1606-1656 a clerical wizard--witchcraft cured by a relic--raising the devil in ireland--how he was cheated by a doctor of divinity--stewart and the fairies--rev. robert blair and the man possessed with a devil--strange occurrences near limerick--apparitions of murdered people at portadown--charmed lives--visions and portents--petition of a bewitched antrim man in england--archbishop ussher's prophecies--mr. browne and the locked chest 77 chapter v a.d. 1661 florence

t and the fairies--rev. robert blair and the man possessed with a devil--strange occurrences near limerick--apparitions of murdered people at portadown--charmed lives--visions and portents--petition of a bewitched antrim man in england--archbishop ussher's prophecies--mr. browne and the locked chest 77 chapter v a.d. 1661 florence newton, the witch of youghal 105 chapter vi a.d. 1662-1686 132 the devil at damerville--and at ballinagarde--taverner and haddock's ghost--hunter and the ghostly old woman--a witch rescued by the devil--dr. williams and the haunted house in dublin--apparitions seen in the air in co. tipperary--a clergy-man p. vii and his wife bewitched to death-bewitching of mr. moor--the fairy-possessed butler--a ghost instigates a prosecution--supposed witchcraft in co. cork--t

il at damerville--and at ballinagarde--taverner and haddock's ghost--hunter and the ghostly old woman--a witch rescued by the devil--dr. williams and the haunted house in dublin--apparitions seen in the air in co. tipperary--a clergy-man p. vii and his wife bewitched to death-bewitching of mr. moor--the fairy-possessed butler--a ghost instigates a prosecution--supposed witchcraft in co. cork--the devil among the quakers chapter vii a.d. 1688 an irish-american witch 176 chapter viii a.d. 1689-1720 portent on entry of james ii--witchcraft in co. antrim--traditional version of same--events preceding the island--magee witch-trial--the trial itself--dr. francis hutchinson 194 chapter ix a.d. 1807 to present day mary butters, the carnmoney witch--ballad on her--the hand of glory--a journey throu

public life in different ways. another point with reverence to the plan of this work as indicated by the title needs a few words of explanation. it will be seen by the reader that the volume does not deal solely with the question of witchcraft, though that we have endeavoured to bring into prominence as much as possible, but that tales of the supernatural, of the appearance of ghosts, and of the devil, are also included, especially in chapters iv and vi. if we have erred in inserting these, we have at least erred in the respectable company of sir walter scott, c. k. sharpe, and other writers of note. we have included them, partly because they afford interesting reading, and are culled from sources with which p. 6 the average reader is unacquainted, but principally because they reflect as

s spared; the noble equally with the peasant was liable to torture and death. this was especially true of the earlier stages of the movement when sorcery rather than witchcraft was the crime committed. for there is a general distinction between the two, p. 22 though in many instances they are confounded. sorcery was, so to speak, more of an aristocratic pursuit; the sorcerer was the master of the devil (until his allotted time expired, and compelled him to do his bidding: the witch generally belonged to the lower classes, embodied in her art many practices which lay on the borderland between good and evil, and was rather the slave of satan, who almost invariably proved to be a most faithless and unreliable employer. for an illustration from this country of the broad distinction between the

ISIS UNVEILED

ine of the potentialities of number* 417 'd*ys of (bnetu and 'days' of brahmi 422 fall ot man and the deluge in the hiadh books 425 antiquity of the mancient egyptians of the aryan race? 434 skmnel. david, and solomon mythicsl powmages 439 ^mbcjiam of noah's ark 447 "nie patriaichs identical with sodiacal signs 459 ad biue legends bdong to univenal history 4c9 chapter x the devil-myth itw devil officially recognised by the church 477 sktan tbe mainstay of sacmdolalism 480 idmtity of staaa irith the e^tiui typhod 483 ifis relatiini to mn>ent-wotship 489 the book of j^ and the book of the dead w3 the hindu devu a met*phystaj abstraction 501 satan ukd tbe prince of hell in the goipel la ntcodemus 519 digitizecoy google chapter xi- the age of philoaophy moducol no sitbei

rd by which to comi)are christian dogmas and miracles with the doctrines and pheno- mena of ancient magic, and the modem 'new dispensation' as spirit- ualism is called by its votaries. since the materialists deny the phenom- digitizecoy google "the church! where is ft' 8 ena without investigatioq, and aince the theologians in admitting them offer us the poor choice of two palpable absurdities the devil and miracles we can lose little by applying to the theurgists, and they may actually help us to throw a great ugbt upon a very dark subject. professor a. butlerof of the imperial university of st. petersburg remarks in a recent pamphlet, entitled mediumutic manifegtations, as follows "let the facts [of modem spiritualism] belong if you will to the number of those which were more or less know

ianity of the middle ages, and that the christianity of the middle ages was not that of the early councils; that the christianity of the early councils was not that of the apostles, and that what has been said by christ, that alone was well said" thus we may infer that the only characteristic difference between modem christianity and the old heathen faiths is the beuef of the former in a personal devil and in hell "the aryan nations had no devil" says max mtlller "pluto, though of a somber character, was a very 13. the fact ii ^ven to ui bf ui eye-mtnesb who hu vuited the church aero! times, a bombn catholic, who fdt perfectly horrified, aa be eipressed it 14. refening to the aeed planted by jesui and his apoatlea. 15. chip* fiom a otmait workihop, i, ixv-xxvi, preface. digitizec by google

ing to the aeed planted by jesui and his apoatlea. 15. chip* fiom a otmait workihop, i, ixv-xxvi, preface. digitizec by google the hells op vabiods natioiffi ii respectable personage; and loke [the scandinavian, though a mischiev- ous person, was not a fiend. ilie german goddess. hell, too like proserpina had once seen better days. thus, when the germans were indoctrinated with the idea of a real devil, the semitic satan or diabolus, they treated him in the moat good-humored manner" the same may be said of hell. hades was quite a different place from our region of 'eternal damnation' and might be termed rather an inter- mediate state of purification. neither does the scandinavian hd or hela imply either a state or a place of punishment; for when frigga, the grief-stricken mother of balder

of fire (aid brivubmef 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 whos

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

presented another picture, and that unfailingly uncomfortable, even to this good man exchanging joy for horror. my friend, replied he to an inquirer, never congratulate a man upon his happiness until you become aware how he sleeps. dreams are as that baleful country into which i pass every night of my life; and what can be said to a man who dreams constantly (and believes it) that he is with the devil? there was no answering this, for every person leads two lives, altogether independent of each other, the days and the nights both full of life, though the night, with the dreams, may be of an opposite order. the world s circumstances may afford you solace and gratification even happiness in the day; but you may be very miserable, notwithstanding, if it happen that you have persecution in yo

beetle, and perhaps scarcely any one which it is so difficult to explain. he is often represented with a ball between his fore-legs, which some take for a symbol of the world, or the sun. he may be an emblem of fertility. the crab on the denderah zodiac is by some supposed to be a beetle (egyptian antiquities. it is for some of the preceding reasons that one of the mystic names of lucifer, or the devil, is the lord of flies, for which strange appellation all antiquaries, and other learned decipherers, have found it impossible to account of the figure of the fleur-de-luce, fleur-de-lis, or flowerde- luce (lus, luz, loose, the following may be remarked. on its sublime, abstract side, it is the symbol of the mighty self-producing, self-begetting generative power deified in many myths. we may

t of its rest was, in the winds, murmurs, noises, cries, as it were, of air; in the waters, rolling and roaring; in the piled floors of the sky, and their furniture, clouds, circumvolvence, contest, and war, and thunders (defiant to nature, but groans to god) and intolerable lightning-rendings; matter tearing as a garment, to close supernaturally together again, as the solid, fettered and chained devil-bound in the hand upon it, to be! in this sense, all noise (as the rousing or conjuration of matter by the outside forces) is the agony of its penance. all motion is pain, all activity punishment; and fire is the secret, lowest that is, foundation spread thing, the ultimate of all things, which is disclosed when the clouds of things roll, for an instant, off it, as the blue sky shows, in its

ter or reason, which is only built up of matter. it is most difficult to frame language in regard to these things. reason can only unmake god; he is only possible in his own development, or in his seizing of us, and in possession. thus paracelsus and his disciples declare that human reason become our master, that is, in its perfection, but not used as our servant, transforms, as it were, into the devil, and exercises his office in leading us away from the throne of spiritual light other, and, in the world, seeming better; in his mithra and ahrimanes. 81 false and deluding world-light, or matter-light, really showing himself god. this view of the human reason, intellectually trusted, transforming into the angel of darkness, and effacing god out of the world, is borne out by a thousand texts

e. it is equally in the beliefs and in the traditions of all nations and of all time, as we shall by and by show. real light is god s shadow, or the soul of matter; the one is the very brighter, as the other is the very blacker. thus, the worshippers of the sun, or light, or fire, whether in the old or the new worlds, worshipped not sun, or light, or fire, otherwise they would have worshipped the devil, he being all conceivable light; but rather they adored the unknown great god, in the last image that was possible to man of anything the fire. and they chose that as his shadow, as the very opposite of that which he really was; honouring the master through his servant; bowing before the manifestation, eldest of time, for the timeless; paying homage to the spirit of the devil-world, or rathe

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

astronomy speaks the incredible decade 115 ufo's against the sun 119 location of ufo's 125 ufo patrol 128 the height of the puzzle 133 the case is proved! 137 a note on sources 144 list of illustrations a flying saucer photographed over brasil 2 passage of auroral beam, november 17, 1882 13 cross found in an ancient grave in georgia. 50 meteor from an organic cloud, salford, england, 1877 59 the "devil's hoofmarks" 92 six ufo's seen and drawn by astronomer barnard in 1882 136 comet "b" of 1881 141 14 note: anyone reading this book would have to know that electron quatums (sic, within molecular structures, are similar in scope of "field" as planets orbits. they would have to know that. electrons in metal go across, what in planetary systems, would be billions of miles, leaving three a gravi

malayan goddess, or a compound microscope, it's organic. a second major category stands out in the bibliography of oddities. it is the great area of events which encompasses disappearing people, and ships; airplanes and airships crashing and disappearing without trace and without warning; instantaneous and mysterious transportations of people and things; inexplicable tracks and marks, such as the devil's footprints of devonshire, and the "cup-marks" found in stone over much of the world; the organically shaped meteorites found in tertiary rock and coal formations; evidences of levitation and flight from prehistoric antiquity; and many other phenomena which appear to us to be, or resemble, acts rather than things. 26 all of these are terrestrial events--manifestations more or less on the te

established that all apparently self-luminous phenomena are of this nature. there are still a number of luminous spheres and discs which seem to have a more material nature and to contain the intelligences which operate them. the widgets seen by astronomers in space are examples, and i think, too, of such things as the ruddy disc which buzzed captain manning's dc-3 near south bend, indiana. the "devil's hoofprints" and related phenomena, discussed below in part three, offer another key or clue, and in segregating them from the mass of unclassified data we can, again, remove a considerable segment of the load which burdens the psychic and paranormal field. the misinterpretation adherent to the hoof marks are more fantastic than the phenomenon itself. it is unbelievable, to me at least, tha

found. a look of bewilderment covered the faces of the searchers when they crowded into the small galley and found coffee boiling on the stove and an elaborate breakfast laid out on the table. they also found that the crew's quarters smelled strongly of tobacco smoke, but there was no clue to the crew's whereabouts. should have spilled. captain durham was a rugged new englander, not afraid of the devil himself, and an excellent seaman. the ship's course was carefully plotted and the navigation instruments all in order. the ship's log lay open, with the last entry neatly noted "branton reef, sighted" branton reef, a chain of rock offshore, is only a couple miles from newport, where the 300-ton trading boat was scheduled to dock. the seabird had been on a four-month voyage and was just retur

ugher ones (help divert rays& etc) it could cause earth to become rock with in a few minutes, it could change a whole world or civilization just by its potential. and it does, too 1 italics and question marks by jemi. 2 italics and the insertion of parentheses by mr. a 110 marks and "footprints" the following series of oddities is perhaps the most conclusive of all. because i wish to develop "the devil's footprints" fully, i shall not go into detail about the innumerable marks and depressions in stone. however, after the footprints study, and a mention of the stone depressions and what they are, i believe the case for the ufo's will be clearly in your mind. what other source but something from space could account for these erratics? the story of "the devil's footprints" is classic. it was

K AMBER THE BASICS OF MAGICK

lf defeating. the power which magick can give you should not be your primary reason for studying it. magick and witchcraft a number of other occult disciplines are prevalent today besides magick. there are many cults and sects which profess their own views, but there are really few differences between them. one popular area in the occult today is witchcraft. this is far removed from the cliche of devil worship. real witchcraft is a nature religion (pagan. witchcraft has much in common with magick. alchemy also has much in common with magick. it's heritage comes from the middle ages. alchemy fathered chemistry and the physical sciences. but the avowed purpose of alchemy, turning lead into gold, is too limiting to be called magick. sometimes the goal of alchemy is interpreted in another way

ite magick they mean magick for unselfish purposes, also healing and mental influence with specific permission. by black magick they refer to magick for self-interest and healing *without* specific permission. using magick to forcefully control another's will is, in a sense, black magick too. there are also some people on the occult fringe who claim to be, possibly even think they are 'satanists, devil worshipers, or black magicians. these people are most likely charlatans, hoaxters, dablers, or merely misinformed. they may be attracted by the 'art' of black magick, or even by the 'glamor' of doing something against the 'rules. but a real black magician is very dangerous. because he has dedicated his life to evil. we usually think of 'white magick' as having *unselfish intent, and (in the

ligion and witchcraft. however, we consider magick ritual a technique, not a religion. worship need not be involved. sometimes the invocation of an entity creates an artificial elemental. crowley says there are three different kinds of the basics of magick get any book for free on: www.abika.com 26 invocation- 1) devotion to the entity (as in the bhakti yoga of the hare krishna sect; the faustian devil pact. 2) ceremonial invocation- usual method of the middle ages. 3) drama- usually needs more than one person (as in a mass>>cautions< 1. often as not a ritual may produce side-effects, usually something similar to, though not exactly the desired goal. if the true goal is delayed (as sometimes happens) we may see the side effects first. and if for some reason the goal is not achieved at all(

LAITMAN M THE KABBALAH EXPERIENCE

rs and bad powers v are not fixed, but change both synchronically and a synchronically, according to certain rules such as: weekday, holiday, shabbat (saturday) and many others. in addition, the creator cannot be imagined as frozen or as a dry law that doesn t change. generally speaking, everything is in motion, and the attainment of that literally grips the soul. thus, sometimes you see that the devil wins, and sometimes the good is triumphant. t h e r i g h t e o u s a r e t h e f i r s t t o fa l l q: when a whole people degrade, sinking deeper into egoism, the first ones to fall are the best. why is that so? a: because they live among us only to convey the light of the upper world to us, and if we don t deserve it, then there is no reason for their existence in this world. so they go

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

t him large sums, and since the pope, clement v, owed his position to the intrigues of philip, the matter presented little difficulty. his task was rendered easier, too, by the accusations brought against the order by the ex-knight esquiu de floyran, who had a personal interest in the matter, and pretended to reveal all manner of evil things- blasphemy, immorality, idolatry and the worship of the devil under the form of a 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

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

. the popular chaos magic obsession with deconditioning- which i understand as an attempt to surpass all personal boundaries tends to ignore the point that some boundaries if deliberately and carefully maintained, can be extremely useful for magical work. it is such fine distinctions which separate the magician from the mere dissolusethe final volume in his magisterial study of the history of the devil, jeffrey burton russell contemptuously dismisses contemporary, religious satanism as represented by anton szandor lavey, the church of satan, and the temple of set. russell, obviously irritated by what he characterizes as satan chic, asserts that satan is by definition evil. hence modern satanism s effort to recover the positive satan of the romantic poets is inherently meaningless because i

t wish we could make such simple, straightforward associations, the fact of the matter is that the cultural images of satanism and christianity we have inherited are complex and ambiguous. we do not have to look any further than everyday speech to perceive how thoroughly satan s sinister associations have been diluted: we live in a world where, without a second thought, we consume deviled ham and devil s food, play devil s advocate, describe certain locations as hellholes, go out and have a devil of a good time, wake up feeling like hell, and so forth. in short, satan has come to represent much more than absolute evil. while satan and his minions sometimes still play their timeworn roles xi introduction even though times have changed, and always will, man remains basically the same. for tw

so, why not have a religion based on indulgence? certainly, it is consistent with the nature of the beast.we are no longer supplicating weaklings trembling before an unmerciful god who cares not whether we live or die.we are self-respecting, prideful people we are satanists! anton szandor lavey, the satanic bible xii introduction as representatives of pure evil, our culture has also invested the devil with many positive and attractive traits. a prime example of this is sex: because of the church s traditional aversion to sexuality, the diabolical has come to be associated with sex and sensuality. satan has also been portrayed as a proud, clever, creative nonconformist willing to question the status quo. in the modern world, all of these characteristics are regarded as positive traits, at

mple of this is sex: because of the church s traditional aversion to sexuality, the diabolical has come to be associated with sex and sensuality. satan has also been portrayed as a proud, clever, creative nonconformist willing to question the status quo. in the modern world, all of these characteristics are regarded as positive traits, at least theoretically. almost all contemporary images of the devil derive directly or indirectly from the christian tradition. christian diabolism in turn has dual roots in judaism and zoroastrianism. the jewish satan was never as sinister as his christian counterpart. initially, in fact, satan was not a being at all, but, rather, an accusatory or adversarial role assigned by god. specifically, the earliest satans were angels, sent by god for the purpose of

gainst god was later bequeathed to christianity. early christianity arose as a jewish sect during the apocalyptic period. the first christians strongly believed in the imminent second coming of christ (within their lifetimes, which would be accompanied by the resurrection of the dead, a final judgment, the defeat of satan, and the end of this world. with these apocalyptic additions, the christian devil remained essentially unchanged for centuries. these understandings were, however, gradually amplified by an emergent folklore about satan and his minions. this diabolical folklore eventually came to be regarded with the utmost seriousness by the church, so that, by the late medieval period, authorities were executing numerous people hundreds of thousands of people, especially women on the ch

LIBER 777

the house of influence the chariot amber 19 i. of all the activities of the spiritual being strength yellow, greenish 20 i. of will hermit green, yellowish 21 i. of conciliation wheel of fortune violet 22 faithful i. justice emerald green 23 stable i. the hanged man [cups] queens. deep blue 24 imaginative i. death green blue 25 i. of probation or tentative one temperence blue 26 renovating i. the devil indigo 27 exciting i. the house of god scarlet 28 natural i. the star violet 29 corporeal i. the moon crimson (ultra violet) 30 collecting i. the sun orange 31 perpetual i. the angel or last judgement [wands] kings or knights. glowing orange scarlet 32 administrative i. the universe indigo 32 bis. empresses [coins] citrine, russet, olive, and black (quartered) 31 bis. all 22 trumps white, me

LIBER ALEPH

iously after godliness. for this is most sure, that to the beauty of a maiden answereth the lust of her lord, spontaneous and without effort or appeal of her contriving. n the book of wisdom or folly 161 #e prolegomena de silentio (prolegomena concerning silence) ut now concerning silence, o my son, i will have a further word with thee. for thereby we mean not the muteness of him that hath a dumb devil. this silence is the dragon of thine unconscious nature, not only the ekstacy or death of thine ego in the operation of its organ, but also, in its unity with thy lion, the truth of thy self. thus is thy silence the way of he tao, and all speech a deviation thereform. this lion and dragon are therefore of thy self, and the man and the bull the feminine counterparts thereof, being the grace o

in her moods, as by lust, or by drunkenness, or by idleness, she hath no standard whereunto she may rally her forces. in this see thou her need of a well-guarded life, and of a true man for her god. i liber aleph vel cxi 172 #o de hac re altera intelligenda (more things to be understood concening this) ark then, o my son, how in the ancient books of magick it is man that selleth his soul unto the devil, but woman that maketh pact with him. for she hath constantly the wit and power to arrange things at his bidding, and she payeth this price of his alliance. but a man hath one jewel, and, bartering this, he becometh the mockery of satanas. let then his tutor thee in thine own art of magick, that thou employ women in all practical matters, to order them with cunning, but men in thy need of tr

as i have written in the book of lies (falsely so-called, thou canst create nothing that is not god. but beware of false creations wrought by women in whom is no function thereof; for they are phantoms, poisonous vapours, bred of the moon in her witchcraft of blood. m the book of wisdom or folly 173 #p de viis mortis et diaboli, arcanis tou tarot fraternitatis r. c (of the paths of death and the devil, arcana of the tarot of the r.c. fraternity) t shall profit thee much, o my son, or i err, that i instruct thee in the mysteries of the paths of nun and of ayin, that in our rota are figured in the atu called death, and that called the devil. of these nun joineth the sun with venus, and is referred to scorpio in the zodiac. this path is perilous, for it seeketh the level, and may abase thee

eauty thereof, and to refine thy pleasures. this is that which is written in the book of the law. wisdom says: be strong! then canst thou bear more joy. be not animal; refine thy rapture! if thou drink, drink by the eight and ninety rules of art: if thou love, exceed by delicacy; and if thou do aught joyous, let there be subtlety herein! but exceed! exceed. thus thou mayst even toy with thy tamed devil of sin, and use the pain thereof to sharpen the taste of thy meat, being adult, and thy tongue keen to the olive, and cloyed by the sweet, while a child is opposite to his in his preference; or as a skilled match of love aboundeth in pinchings, slappings, bitings and the like, to intensify the bout and to prolong it. but this is risk and peril unless thou be wholly master, one in thy will; f

the sum of their own selves. b the book of wisdom or folly 201 zr de heresia manich a (of the manich an heresy) hese philosophers, or shall i not say misosophers and pseudo-sophists, have been hard put to it to explain the mystery of the existence of their evil. they have cried, frothing with words, the evil is illusion. but if so, that illusion is evil, whence came it, and to what end? if their devil created it, who created that devil? all their contention resolveth to this dilemma of change in a changeless, falsity in a true, hate in a loving, weakness in an almighty, duality in a simple, being as they define their god. nor do they see that they restrict their god (whom yet hey would have to be all) by admitting opposites to this nature, ever when they sum these opposites as illusion, s

LIBER ASTARTE

te must be endured with fortitude; and no means of alleviating it may be employed. it may be broken up by the breaking up of the whole method, and a return to the world without. this cowardice not only destroys the value of all that has gone before, but destroys the value of the oath of fealty that thou hast sworn, and makes thy will a mockery to men and gods. 28. concerning the deceptions of the devil. note well that in this state of dryness a thousand seductions will lure thee away; also a thousand means of breaking thine oath in spirit without breaking it in letter. against this thou mayst repeat the words of thine oath aloud again and again until the temptation be overcome. also the devil will represent to thee that it were much better for this operation that thou do thus and thus, and

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 giveth life, and answer: except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.1 yet shalt thou also beware of disputation with the devil, and pride in the cleverness of thine answers to him. therefore, if thou hast not lost the power of silence, let it be first

LIBER CCCXXXV ADONIS

skull for a drum.smack! flack! thwack! back, i fll not attack. quack! quack! there fs ducks and devils on his back. keep him away. you want a man, you say? well, there fs a king for you to-day. go, kiss him! slobber over him! his ribs should be readily tickled. wah! wah! wah! she jibs. ugh! there he came too close. i fll bite the dust; i.ll lick the slime of babylon. great lust, great god, great devil, gar-gra-gra-gra! spare me! take this wench, though she were the womb that bare me! see! did i tell you, he fs the king, the king, the king of terrors. see me grovelling! yah! ha! liber cccxxxv 12 psyche. there fs nothing there. are you a man to craze at naught? esarhaddon. immitigable ban! immitigable, pitiful, profound. ban, can, fan, ran, and pan is underground, round, bound, sound.oh hav

LIBER CHANOKH

additionally referred to one of the 16 figures of geomancy, and to one of the signs or elements (saturn replacing earth as per the dual attribution of the path of tau, and thence to the hebrew letter and tarot card corresponding: thus row column attributions fire a puer h iv. the emperor water d populus j vii. the chariot air g puella l viii. justice fire (cardinal signs) earth j carcer o xv. the devil fire e fortuna minor f xi. strength water h rubeus n xiii. death air k tristesia x xvii. the star water (fixed signs) earth b amissio w v. the hierophant fire i acquisitio s xiv. temperence water l laetitia q xviii. the moon air c albus z vi. the lovers air (mutable signs) earth f conjunctio y ix. the hermit fire b cauda draconis c xx. the last judgement water c via m xii. the hanged man air

LIBER CORDIS CINCTI SERPENTE

m thyself, o my maker, my master, my mate! 37. i am like the little red dog that sitteth upon the knees of the unknown. 38. thou hast brought me into great delight. thou hast given me of thy flesh to eat and of thy blood for an offering of intoxication. 39. thou hast fastened the fangs of eternity in my soul, and the poison of the infinite hath consumed me utterly. 40. i am become like a luscious devil of italy; a fair strong woman with worn cheeks, eaten out with hunger for kisses. she hath played the harlot in divers places; she hath given her body to the beasts. 41. she hath slain her kinsfolk with strong venom of toads; she hath been scourged with many rods. 42. she hath been broken in pieces upon the wheel; the hands of the hangman have bound her unto it. 14 liber lxv 43. the fountain

LIBER CXCVII STORY OF SIR PALAMEDES

d to attain the dear unknown, by force to achieve the great beyond. yet from that brain may spring full-grown another folly just as fond. 44 xix the knight hath found a naked girl among the dunes of breton sand. she spinneth in a mystic whirl, and hath a bagpipe in her hand, wherefrom she draweth dismal groans the while her maddening saraband she plies, and with discordant tones desires a certain devil-grace. she gathers wreckage-wood, and bones of seamen, jetsam of the place, and builds therewith a fire, wherein she dances, bounding into space like an inflated ass.s skin. she raves, and reels, and yells, and whirls so that the tears of toil begin to dew her breasts with ardent pearls. nor doth she mitigate her dance, the bagpipe ever louder skirls, until the shapes of death advance and ga

rd sweeps out; his keen glance peers for some shape glimmering through the gloom: naught, naught in all that void appears; more still, more silent than the tomb! ye now the good knight is aware of some black force, of some dread throne, waiting beneath that awful stair, beneath that pit of slippery stone. yea! though he sees not anything, nor hears, his subtle sense is .ware that, lackeyed by the devil-king, the beast.the questing beast.is there! so though his heart beats close with fear, though horror grips his throat, he goes, goes on to meet it, spear to spear, as good knight should, to face his foes. nay! but the end is come. black earth belches that peerless paladin up from her gulphs.untimely birth .her horror could not hold him in! white as a corpse, the hero hails the dawn, that ni

LIBER CXLVIII SOLDIER AND THE HUNCHBACK

the good of anyfink? expects (as we used to learn about gnonne? h) the answer, gwhy, nuffink! h and again is prejudice. indolence is no virtue in a questioner. eagerness, intentness, concentration, vigilance.all these i include in the connotation of gsceptic. h such questioning as has been called gvital scepticism h is but a device to avoid true questioning, and therefore its very antithesis, the devil disguised as an angel of light [or vice versa, friend, if you are a satanist; fis a matter of words.words.words. you may write x for y in your equations, so long as you consistently write y for x. they remain unchanged.and unsolved. is not all our gknowledge h an example of this fallacy of writing one unknown for another, and then crowing like peter fs cock] 2 liber cxlviii i picture the tru

ense. what is the moon made of? science replies ggreen cheese. h for our one moon we now have two ideas. greenness, and cheese. greenness depends on the sunlight, and the eye, and a thousand other things. cheese depends on bacteria and fermentation and the nature of the cow. gdeeper, ever deeper, into the mire of things! h1 shall we cut the gordian knot? shall we say gthere is god h? what, in the devil fs name, is god? if (with moses) we picture him as an old man showing us his back parts, who shall blame us? the great question.any question is the great question.does indeed treat us thus cavalierly, the disenchanted sceptic is too prone to think! well, shall we define him as a loving father, as a jealous priest, as a gleam of light upon the holy ark? what does is matter? all these images a

y good, say my friends, unabashed, then why not stick to that? why glorify spanish gipsies when you have married a clergyman fs daughter? why go about proclaiming that you can get as good fun for eighteenpence as usually costs men a career? ah! let me introduce you to the man in tiphereth; that is, the man who is trying to raise his consciousness from malkuth to kether. this tiphereth man is in a devil of a hole! he knows theoretically all about the kether point of view (or thinks he does) and practically all about the malkuth point of view. consequently he goes about contradicting malkuth; he refuses to allow malkuth to obsess his thought. he keeps on crying out that there is no difference between a goat and a god, in the hope of 12 liber cxlviii hypnotising himself (as it were) into that

LIBER DCCCLX JOHN ST

m! fifteen cycles of pr.n.y.ma put me right mentally and physically: otherwise they had little apparent success. 7.30. have breakfasted.a pear and two garibaldis (these by the way are the small size, half the big squares) 7.50. have smoked a pipe to show that i.m not in a hurry. 8.04 hanged man with mantra in vi.uddhi. thought i had been much longer. at one point the spirit began to move. how the devil else can i express it? the consciousness seemed to flow, instead of pattering. is that clear? one should here note that there may perhaps be some essential difference in the operation of the moslem and hindu mantras. the latter boom; the former ripple. i have never tried the former at all seriously until now. meme jeu.no good at all. think i fll get up and have a turker. 9.00. am up, having

enty breath-cycles did i begin. this practice was a little easier; but not much better. it ought to become quite simple and natural before one devotes the half-minute of kumbhaka (breath held-in, when one is rigid to a strong projection of will toward adonai, as has been my custom. i hope to-day will be more hard definite magical work, less discourse, less beatific state of mind.which is the very devil! the real calypso, none the less temptress because her name happens to be penelope. ah lord adonai, my lord! grant unto me the perfume and the vision; let me attain the desirable harbour; for my little ship is tossed by divers tempests, even by euroclydon, in the place where four winds meet. 12.35. therefore i shall go to rest, letting my mind rest ever in the will toward adonai. let my slee

it is the thought that murders the soul.and there is no answer to it. so universal is it that it is impossible to prove the contrary. so one must play the man, and master it and kill it utterly, burying it in that putrid hell from which it sprang. luckily i have dealt with it before. once when i lived at paddington jones and fuller were with me talking, and, when they went, thoughtfully left this devil-thought behind.the agony is with me yet. that, though, was only a young mild devil, though of the same bad brood. it said .is there any path or attainment? have you been fooled all along. but to-night fs thought struck at my own integrity, at the inmost truth of the soul and of adonai. as i said, there is no answer to it; and as these seven days have left me fairly master of the fortress, i

ck at my own integrity, at the inmost truth of the soul and of adonai. as i said, there is no answer to it; and as these seven days have left me fairly master of the fortress, i caught him young, and assigned him promptly to the oubliette. i put down this.not as a .pose..but because the business is so gigantic. it encourages me immensely; for if my dweller on the threshold be that most formidable devil, how vast must be the pylon that shelters him, and how glorious must be the temple just beyond! 9.30. it seems that there was one more mistake to make; for i fve made it! i started to attempt to awaken the kundalini.the magical serpent that sleeps at the base of the spine; coiled in three coils and a half around the sucumna; and instead of pumping the pr.na up and down the su.umna until .iva

s me the everlasting yea and amen: thou canst not give up, for i will bring thee through. yet here i lie, stripped of all magic force, doubting my own peace and faith, farther from adonai than ever before.and yet.and yet. do i not know that every error is a necessary step in the path? the longest way round is the shortest way home. but it is disgusting! there fs a grim humour in it, too. the real devil of the operation must be sitting with sardonic grin upon his face, enjoying my perplexity. for that dweller-of-the-threshold-thought was not as dead as i supposed; as i write he comes again and again, urging me to quit the path, to abandon the unequal contest. luckily, friend dweller, you prove too much! your anxiety shows me that i am not as far from attainment as my own feelings would have

LIBER DCCCXI ENERGIZED ENTHUSIASM

abour. exactly parallel (nowhere meeting) is the case of mania. a madman may struggle against six trained athletes for hours, and show no sign of fatigue. then he will suddenly collapse, but at a second's notice from the irritable idea will resume the struggle as fresh as ever. until we discovered gunconscious muscular action h and its effects, it is rational to suppose such a man gpossessed of a devil h; and the difference between the madman and the genius is not in the quantity but in the quality of their work. genius is organized, madness chaotic. often the organization of genius is on original lines, and ill-balanced and ignorant medicine-men mistake it for disorder. time has shown that whistler and gauguin gkept rules h as well as the masters whom they were supposed to be upsetting. i

LIBER LVII

d ran. had it not been so, the weary prodigal, exhausted by his early debauches (astral visions and magic) and his later mental toil (yoga) would never have had the strength to reach the house of his father. one little point st. luke unaccountable omitted. when a man is as hungry and weary as was the prodigal, he is apt to see phantoms. he is apt to clasp shadows to him, and cry .father. and, the devil being subtle, capable of disguising himself as an angel of light, it behoves the prodigal to have some test of truth. some great mystics have laid down the law .accept no messenger of god. banish all, until at last the father himself comes forth. a counsel of perfection. the father himself does send messengers, as we learn in st. mark xii; and if we stone them, we may perhaps in our blindnes

e .trying of the spirits, to know whether they be of god. suppose now that a vision purporting to proeed from god is granted to me. the angel declares his name. i add it up. it comes to 65. an excellent number! a blessed angel! not necessarily. suppose he is of a mercurial appearance? 65 is a number of mars. then i conclude that, however beautiful and eloquent he may be, he is a false spirit. the devil does not understand the qabalah well enough to clothe his symbols in harmony. but suppose an angel, even lonely in aspect, not only knows the qabalah. your own researches in the qabalah.as well as you do, but is able to show you truths, qabalistic truths which you had sought for long and vainly! then you receive him with honour and his message with obedience. it is as if a beggar sought audi

priceless, because of its 37 3 symbolism, its explanation of aleph, which we seek, and its comment that the unity may be found in .thick darkness. and in .sudden death. this is the most clear and definite help we have yet had, showing samadhi and the destruction of the ego as gates of our final victory. 120. see part i. and references. 124. do, eden. the narrow gate or path between death and the devil.71 156. olabab. this most holy and precious name is fully dealt with in liber 418. notice 156= 12 13. this was a name given and ratified by qabalah; 156 is not one of the a priori helpful numbers. it is rather a case of the qabalah illuminating st. john.s intentional obscurity. 165. 11 xv should be a number capricorni pneumatici. not yet fulfilled* 201. ra, light (chaldee. note 201= 3 67, bi

had only aharba, the lord of the adepts. cf. abraha-melin.73 214. jwr is one of the most seductive numbers to the beginner. yet its crown is daath, and later one learns to regard it as the great obstacle. look at its promise 21, ending in the fearful curse of 4! calamity! 69 [but see note to this number in part i. t.s] 70 [see the equinox of the gods. t.s] 71 [because o and n are referred to the devil and death in the tarot. in the golden dawn portal ritual this description refers to the path of samekh, but putting a gate on the end of said path also gives us 124. t.s* 165= nemo [note added by ac in a copy of equinox i (5, transcribed by yorke. nemo (165 by greek numeration) is the symbolic name of a master of the temple, see liber 418. t.s] 72 [the reference is to nox spelt in hebrew on

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

y critics the open door to the above city of refuge my be taken as merely another gesture of contemptuous pity, the last insult which may lead my antagonists to that surrender which is the truest victory. peace to all beings* vide infra .berashith. 5 the sword of song 2 ascension day i flung out of chapel1* and church, temple and hall and meeting-room, venus. bower and osiris. tomb,2 and left the devil in the lurch, while god3 got lost in the crowd of gods,4 and soul went down5 in the turbid tide of the metaphysical lotus-eyed,6 and i was.anyhow, what.s the odds? the life to live? the thought to think? shall i take refuge in a tower like once childe roland. found, blind, deaf, huge, or in that forest of two hundred thousand trees,8 fit alike to shelter man and mouse, and. shall i say god?

n. did they at last in glory live, satan and judas69 might forgive the middle time of misery, forgive the wrong creation first or evolution.s iron key did them.provided they are passed beyond all change and pain at last out of this universe accurst. but otherwise! i lift my voice, deliberately take my choice promethean, eager to rejoice, in the grim protest.s joy to revel betwixt iscariot and the devil, throned in their midst! no pain to feel, tossed on some burning bed of steel, but theirs: my soul of love should swell and, on those piteous floors they trod, feel, and make god feel, out of hell, across the gulf impassable, that he was damned and i was god! ay! let him rise and answer me that false creative deity, whence came his right to rack the earth with pangs of death,70 disease, and

once bled, of christian martyrs damned and dead in inter-christian bickerings where hate exults and torture springs, a lion an anguished flesh and blood, a vulture on ill-omen wings, a cannibal74 on human food. nor do i cry the scoffer.s cry that christians live and look the lie their faith has taught them: none of these inspire my life, disturb my peace. i go beneath the outward faith find it a devil or a wraith, just as my mood or temper tends! and thus to-day that .christ ascends. i take the symbol, leave the fact decline to make the smallest pact with your creative deity, and say: the christhood-soul in me, risen of late, is now quite clear even of the smallest taint of earth. supplanting god, the man has birth(.new birth. you.ll call the same, i fear) transcends the ordinary sphere a

and mockery in a wink. i can dismiss with sneers as cheap as your this fabric of mine own, one banner of my mind o.erthrown just at my will. how true and deep is carroll47 when his alice cries .it.s nothing but a pack of cards. there.s the true refuge of the wise; to overthrow the temple guards, deny reality. and now (i.ll quote you scripture anyhow) what did the sage mean when he wrote (i am the devil when i quote .the mere terrestrial-minded man knows not the things of god, nor can their subtle meaning understand. a sage, i say, although he mentions perhaps the best of his inventions, god. for at first this practice tends to holy thoughts (the holy deeds precede success) and reverent gaze upon the ancient one of days, beyond which fancy lies the truth. to find which i have left my youth

word of song. that i should send you a copy, as i do herewith, to give you an opportunity of defending your-self against my monstrous assertions, thanking me for the advertisment, or..in short, replying as may best seem to you to suit the case. your humble, obedient servant, aleister crowley. cutta. while holding the see of ceylon he wrote a book in which .buddhism. is described as consisting of .devil-dances. now, when a man, in a postion to know the facts, writes a book of the subscription-cadging type, whose value for the purpose depends on the suppression of these facts, i think i am to be commended for my moderation in using the term .liar. 212. ibsen.42.norwegian dramatist. this and the next sentence have nineteen distinct meanings. as, however, all (with one doubtful exception) are

LIBER SAMEKH

in act gentle, patient, persistent. hermes to hear, dionysus to touch, pan to behold! a virgin, a babe, and a beast! a liar, an idiot, and a master of men* if we adopt the new orthography viaov (book 4, part iii, chap. v) we must read gthe sun.6.the son h etc, for gall h; and elaborate this interpretation here given in other ways, accordingly. thus o (or f) will not be gthe hierophant, h but gthe devil h.the eye.baphomet, etc, gfifteen by function h instead of gfive h, etc, and gin act free, firm, aspiring, ecstatic, h rather than ggentle, h etc. as in the present text. liber samekh svb figvra dccc 26 a kiss, a guffaw, and a bellow; he that hath ears to hear, let him hear! take ten that by one, and one that is one in three, to conceal them in six!27 the wand to all cups, and thy disk to al

en that by one, and one that is one in three, to conceal them in six!27 the wand to all cups, and thy disk to all swords, but betray not thine egg! moreover also is iaf verily 666 by virtue of number;28 and this is a mystery of mysteries; who knoweth it, he is adept of adepts, and mighty among magicians! now this word sabaf, being by number threescore and ten* is a name of ayin, the eye, and gthe devil h our lord, and the goat of mendes. he is the lord of the sabbath of the adepts, and is satan, therefore also the sun, whose number of magick is 666, the seal of his servant the beast.29 but sa is 61, ain, the naught of nuit; ba means ggo, h for hadit, and f is their son the sun, who is ra- hoor-khuit. so then let the adept set this30 sigil upon all the words he hath writ in the book of the

LIBER XCV THE WAKE WORLD

are three passages that lead to the treasure house of gold, and all of them are very dreadful. one is called the terror by night, and another the arrow by day, and the third has a name that people are afraid to hear, so i won.t say. but in the first we came to a mighty throne of grey granite, shaped like the sweetest pussy cat you ever saw, and set up on a desolate heath. it was midnight and the devil came down and sat in the midst; but my fairy prince whispered .hush! it is a great secret, but his name is yeheswah, and he is the saviour of the world. and that was very funny, because the girl next to me thought it was jesus christ, till another fairy prince (my prince.s brother) whispered as he kissed her .hush, tell nobody ever, that is satan, and he is the saviour of the world. we were

funny, because the girl next to me thought it was jesus christ, till another fairy prince (my prince.s brother) whispered as he kissed her .hush, tell nobody ever, that is satan, and he is the saviour of the world. we were a very great company, and i can.t tell you all of the strange things we did and said, or of the song we sang as we danced face outwards in a great circle ever closing in on the devil on the throne. but whenever i saw a toad or a bat, or some horrid insect, my fairy prince always whispered .it is the saviour of the world. and i saw that it was so. we did all the most beautiful wicked things you can imagine, and yet all the time we knew that they were good and right, and must be done if ever we were to get to the house of gold. so we en-joyed ourselves very much and ate th

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t exist. the greater the contrasts we encounter the greater our reality: truth is all contrasting (our) fictions constantly interacting create a co-essential supposition, seek blood, joi e 1' 5. 1"d( u%y% s (i 5! to, or better than, a stale reality. our imaginary excesses are the hylic of possibility. if you act with ulterior motive or for evil, a thousand unseen hands will assist you, indeed the devil himself will attend if guised as altruistic. but if you act anonymously and virtuously, only god will help you (which is doubtful. g( r "d i h w=h..q 5! 5! 9= y> e 6. e e. 5..1 of borrowed precepts or simulations, as living an inexperience. belief must be vital, livable, and as unquestioned as our blood-circulation or heart-throb. some things are far distant in time and space; we journey by

l the time and develop from the simple into vast complexities so we are uncertain of their origins. is the originator greater than his works? let us have. hope, faith and charity. a touch of lusty levity cures the illusions of our hemianopic moralities, sensibilities and righteousness; for the life-force is not blind. we are. if god is manifest in all phenomena, our reactions have outstripped the devil himself. if our ethics were as logical as our techniques and methods of design they would at least have appropriateness. whether the psyche develops with the body, or whether a transmutation occurs or is created by us, matters little as long as we endow it with godlike form. chaos wedlocked to chaos gave birth to order. t- p( 9..t"d..1 y..q' 2 .5: e may take. because of our infinite relation

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ssibility of astral independence. one chant of initiation is meant to be practiced by the solitary witch who seeks the light of lucifer, from which she or he shall invoke under the stars in the wood of their heritage, or the temple consecrated to the great work. by the oath of belial and saturn, the awakening of hidden light the lifting of flesh through dream and chant i call upon thee, asmodeus, devil lord of the winds of forests and caves speak upon the web of dreams, i invoke thee within my very essence, by serpent and wolf by fire and earth, ice and snow, desert and heat pass beyond the veil little known by most, for i am a child of this flesh! 10 i offer now my dedication of my own will to the powers of night, and of the great work itself! that through my dedication to the path of wit

of darkness one shall embrace the light. while working through the currents of chaos magic, discordian aspects are not pursued within toph. we utilize many aspects of magick and sorcery, thus through the exploration of many 12 avenues can an effective path be built and expanded upon by each individual, allow interpretation to mold through each witch or sorcerer seeking the path. the symbol of the devil within the dark witches sabbat path is symbolic of transformation within each individual, which appears at first glance, dark and foreboding yet essentially allows a great light of wisdom and power to be revealed. this is the black flame, the knowledge of self-consciousness and the process of becoming something greater. the devil or shaitan as it is called is a part of the gnosis of luciferi

path is symbolic of transformation within each individual, which appears at first glance, dark and foreboding yet essentially allows a great light of wisdom and power to be revealed. this is the black flame, the knowledge of self-consciousness and the process of becoming something greater. the devil or shaitan as it is called is a part of the gnosis of luciferian selfliberation and awakening. the devil is essentially, humanity s darkside, the very essence of infernal teachings that reveal man and woman 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

umanity s darkside, the very essence of infernal teachings that reveal man and woman 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

l ucel i am the daimon who speaks the words of the immortal fire, the holy flame which emerges from the lightning flash and storm of chaos bred, so this the angel-serpent shall come forth with the birthing knife shedding into storm of seth! 30 spirit of which the fallen have taken strength, isolate and beautiful, angelic essence, azal ucel, from which came into being cain i do invoke thee! south- devil-djinn of the burning desert sands and the sun, sortha n-din thy stave and fork unto the flame that is my soul shall be illuminated in this blackened light. shaitan the adversary, my soul enflamed! arogogoruabrao thiaf! east- lucifer revealed as azazel, bringer of illumination and love, who resides in shadow and light, cover and cloak my spirit with thy twelve wings, serpent skin covered from

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

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 he mastered this chaotic aspect) and man-god on earth. at kom ombo as well as other places set was called nubti and sutekh, although later identified with the god baal, whom the hysk

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ian publication as sabbatic sorcery and set and has since been advanced accordingly and fully updated. suggested reading: luciferian witchcraft by michael fialuciferian witchcraft a modern approach to a medieval magickal art- an introduction by micheal ford 2001 by the oath of belial and saturn, the awakening of hidden light the lifting of flesh through dream and chant i call upon thee, asmodeus, devil lord of the winds of forests and caves speak upon the web of dreams, i invoke thee within my very essence, by serpent and wolf by fire and earth, ice and snow, desert and heat pass beyond the veil little known by most, for i am a child of this flesh! i offer now my dedication of my own will to the powers of night, and of the great work itself! that through my dedication to the path of witch

ht dictates advancement by positive practice of magick and sorcery. ones own darkside must be explored in areas not normally embraced by occult orders. the qlippoth as described in michael ford s the book of the witch moon is a demonic astral region, beneficial to those who dive the mirror of lilith and become stronger. through the diving of darkness one shall embrace the light. the symbol of the devil within luciferian witchcraft is symbolic of transformation within each individual, which appears at first glance, dark and foreboding yet essentially allows a great light of wisdom and power to be revealed. this is the black flame, the knowledge of self-consciousness and the process of becoming something greater. the devil is essentially, humanity s darkside, the very essence of infernal tea

this is the black flame, the knowledge of self-consciousness and the process of becoming something greater. the devil is essentially, humanity s darkside, the very essence of infernal teachings that reveal man and woman 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 s

ular 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 been described within a sabbatic context before, specifically as the husband of diana from the legend originating from italian folklore. lucifer (the sun) was the husband of diana (the moon; the two were joined in a great union of opposites. it is the development of the individual towards a

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by physical or chemical parameters (disturbances. eventually, such disturbances can lead to an enormous spectrum, a wide pallet of chemical systems that may have been present at the origin of life and from which chemical evolution selected the most fit. life today is still such an irreversible, far-from-equilibrium, dissipative system, albeit not figure 5.1 be nard cells. from n. shanks, god, the devil, and darwin (oxford: oxford university press, 2004, by permission of oxford university press. 114 evolution and religious creation myths quite as chaotic as suggested by figure 5.2 (see appendix 2 for where to find details on dissipative structures. life is irreversible because, left alone (that is, barring events such as catastrophic asteroid impacts or a nuclear holocaust, it propagates it

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. simon magus, the magician of new testament fame, is often supposed to have been the founder of gnosticism. if this be true, the sect was formed during the century after christ and is probably the first of the many branches which have sprung from the main trunk of christianity. everything with which the enthusiasts of the early christian church might not agree they declared to be inspired by the devil. that simon magus had mysterious and supernatural powers is conceded even by his enemies, but they maintained that these powers were lent to him by the infernal spirits and furies which they asserted were his ever present companions. undoubtedly the most interesting legend concerning simon is that which tells of his theosophic contests with the apostle peter while the two were promulgating t

ce of these phenomenal lamps. only a few maintained that the lamps would burn forever, but many were willing to concede that they might remain alight for several centuries without replenishment of the fuel. some considered the so-called perpetual lights as mere artifices of the crafty pagan priests, while a great many, admitting that the lamps actually burned, made the sweeping assertion that the devil was using this apparent miracle to ensnare the credulous and thereby lead their souls to perdition. on this subject the learned jesuit, athanasius kircher, usually dependable, exhibits a striking inconsistency. in his oedipus gyptiacus he writes "not a few of these ever-burning lamps have been found to be the devices of devils* and i take it that all the lamps found in the tombs of the genti

dependable, exhibits a striking inconsistency. in his oedipus gyptiacus he writes "not a few of these ever-burning lamps have been found to be the devices of devils* and i take it that all the lamps found in the tombs of the gentiles dedicated to the worship of certain gods, were of this kind, not because they burned, or have been reported to burn, with a perpetual flame, but because probably the devil set them there, maliciously intending thereby to obtain fresh credence for a false worship" having admitted that dependable authorities defend the existence of the ever-burning lamps, and that even the devil lends himself to their manufacture, kircher next declared the entire theory to be desperate and impossible, and to be classed with perpetual motion and the philosopher's stone. having al

om from the imposing list of perpetual lamps found in different ages. plutarch wrote of a lamp that burned over the door of a temple to jupiter ammon; the priests declared that it had remained alight for centuries without fuel. st. augustine described a perpetual lamp, guarded in a temple in egypt sacred to venus, which neither wind nor water could extinguish. he believed it to be the work of the devil. an ever-burning lamp was found at edessa, or antioch, during the reign of the emperor justinian. it was in a niche over the city gate, elaborately enclosed to protect it from the elements. the date upon it proved that the lamp had been burning for more than 500 years. it was destroyed by soldiers. during the early middle ages a lamp was found in england which had burned since the third cent

hecy by means of which the gods could communicate with mankind and reveal futurity to such as deserved the boon. the early history of greece abounds with accounts of talking trees, rivers, statues, and caves in which nymphs, dryads, or d mons had taken up their abodes and from which they delivered oracles. while christian authors have tried to prove that oracular revelations were delivered by the devil for the purpose of misleading humanity, they have not dared to attack the theory of oracles, because of the repeated reference to it in their own sacred writings. if the onyx stones on the shoulders of israel's high priest made known by their flashings the will of jehovah, then a black dove, temporarily endowed with the faculty of speech, could indeed pronounce oracles in the temple of jupit

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, the only contact between the two races being made by the celtic shamans, or druids, a word probably signifying wise ones, or wizards. much or all of the druidic lore would appear to have been drawn from contact with the prytani. indeed many druids were probably born of prytanic fathers to celtic mothers. the legendary merlin was maybe one such as this, born of "mortal" mother and fathered by a "devil" or "elf" in fact elves were but the teutonic names bestowed upon the remaining prytani five centuries later by the germanic invaders of britain. arthurian legend has it that king arthur's half-sister morgan la fay (like merlin) was also of elven descent, accounting for her magical prowess, nimue, the lady of the lake, and vivian, merlin's enchantress, were of course completely elven in thei

rint is all to the good. in fact, as a witch, you will be obliged to collect around yourself over the course of time a good complement of sorcerers trinkets. they don't necessarily have to be the genuine articles real skulls and goat's-foot candlesticks are hard to come by and somewhat expensive but seeing that atmosphere is so important, it is worth investing in the odd dime-store pacific island devil mask or reproduction of a medieval astrological chart. it will probably grow to be a passion with you as time passes, and you may soon find yourself having to resist sternly the lure of any junk or antique shop you happen to pass, purely in the interests of economy. so treasure up your fantasies. the controlled daydream is one of the main keys to being a successful witch. in fact, dream on

unfascinating practitioner. the rituals themselves in this area of magic are ruled by a very different power to habondia. in fact, we are dealing with her consort, the horned one, in medieval times claimed by the church to be none other than satan himself. the attribution is merely scholarly, however, as the horned one existed long before christianity came into existence, with its concept of the devil. whereas habondia's symbol is the dove, old horny's is the goat. to students of symbolism, this attribute should speak for itself. the goat is the age-old representative of lust and debauchery, and cernunnos himself, for such is his witch name, is frequently represented as possessing the cloven hooves, horns, and erect phallus of his attribute. his symbolism has much in common with that of t

o the class of solanaceae, and the english mandrake, white bryony, or bryonia dioica, belonging to the class cucurbitaceae. solanaceae is the family which includes such plants as the tomato and potato, while the cucurbitaceae include the cucumber and the gourd. also among the solanaceae are included such old-time favourite witch poisons as dwale (deadly nightshade, enchanters' nightshade, and the devil's-apple, or datura stramonium. the latter is better known in the united states as jimson weed. mandragores may be made from the roots of all these, but great care should be taken as they all can be extremely poisonous. the english mandrake (white bryony) is preferable for this reason, and just as traditional. here is the method of preparation: on a day when the moon is waxing, preferably jus

hment, is, as you can see, a rather unpleasant one. most of the operations detailed in this chapter are similarly so, involving as they do the sustained forces of hate and fear. but if the powers of darkness fail to worry you and you remain determined to make your weight felt as a witch and equally determined to risk the consequences, then these are the processes to use. but when you sup with the devil, you must needs use a long spoon; and as i mentioned before, the only "spoon" really long enough is that rather unethical method of getting someone else to do the dirty work for you. and even then you will still have to consider the possibility of magical reprisals, should you be found out. as i mentioned at the beginning of chapter 5, your occult activities never go by completely unnoticed

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e 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. the receptacle of phantoms, whom folly even wisheth for no longer, is the hell. but all this existeth only in the imagination of the vulgar. for the wise, heaven is the supreme

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eably and quietly and the peace of god be ever continued between thee and me! amen! after thou hast given the spirit license to depart, thou art not to go out of the circle until he or they be gone, and until thou shalt have made prayers and rendered thanks unto god for the great blessings he hath bestowed upon thee in granting thy desires, and delivering thee from all the malice of the enemy the devil. also note! thou mayest command these spirits into the vessel of brass in the same manner as thou dost into the triangle, by saying: that thou dost forthwith appear before this circle, in this vessel of brass, in a fair and comely shape, etc, as hath been shown in the foregoing conjurations. 35 in the latin, bathal vel vathat super abrae ruens! abeor veniens super aberer! 36 or whatever his

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ut of the sand of the wilderness, and by that great power that led the children of israel into the land of canaan& by that great power that destroyed sonachoribs great host& by that great& almighty power of him that walked on the sea as on dry land& by that almighty power that raised the dead lazarus out of his grave& by that almighty power of the blessed& holy& glorious trinity that did cast the devil& all disobedient angels out of heaven into hell that thou thief return immediately& restore the goods again which thou hast stolen away, therefore in& by the names of the almighty god before rehearsed i charge thee, thou thief to restore the goods again immediately or else the wrath of god may fall upon thee& force thee to come immediately. amaythe meaning of masonry by w.l. wilmshurst forew

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rm from which its native spirit has departmsl i s h i n g 2 a rite of the werewolf the going forth to the infernal sabbat by michael w. ford, akhtya seker arimanius once the sorcerer has undertaken the self-initiation ritual entitled, a ritual of lycanthropy 1 in both parts, and he has visualized perfectly his werewolf shadow, or that similar beast of sorcerer, he has entered into the pact of the devil, the black man of the sabbat. it is the passing of that rite of initiation that will prepare the witch to travel forth to the infernal sabbat, symbolized as the persian arezura, the place in the north, the gates of hell. let the practitioner be perfectly still in focus and will, that nothing shall break his or her concentration of that task which draws the ka (the astral or body of light) fu

ached him, the third saying whither away, you seem to be in trouble, the rider then told the boy not to worry that his master may take care of him and his flock, saving them from the attack of wolves. his name was revealed as moyset, he initiated pierre by the young man renouncing christianity, kissing moyset s left hand (which was black and as cold as a corpse) and giving an oath to his lord the devil. after a time pierre went back into the service of his community and was reinitiated by a man named michel verdung. verdung took pierre to a sabbat ritual, where they met in the woods near chastel charnon. each danced about with a green candle with a blue flame, and then smeared a salve on pierre which transformed him into a wolf. it was later that moyset returned and gave pierre a salve whi

nsformation, will often give salves to new initiates. a demonologist, pierre de lancre (1612) mentioned a goat-like figure, wearing a chasuble who read from a book bound in wolf s skin, which contained pages red, white and black. in commentarius de praecipibus divinationum generibus (1560) by casper peucer wrote of a story from latvia, of when werewolves take their forms to walk at night with the devil. the sorcerers are summoned to a conclave where all transform and go forth by night. the writer jean de nyauld in de la lycanthropie and metamorphosis and ecstasy and witches makes reference to an ointment with the following ingredients: the fat of a child (take away christian paranoia= animal fat, juice of water parsnip, soot and deadly nightshade. the unguent which was smeared on the inner

rehtaf ruo. the chant of becoming a werewolf (inspired by the sloane ms. british museum manuscript, as given to me by the skratte) under the gleam of the moon, be it full or dark i stand in the crossroads of cain under the horns of the adversary and beast lord as the gray shadow which ensorcels my being as with who drinks water from the prints of the wolf to he who has taken the wolf belt of the devil by satanadar i summon thee, by the devil i become thee i shall become the werewolf, man and beast to go forth this night to feast none shall capture my gray form by the binding words, nasatanda so it is done! i am indebted to: skratte (nathaniel harris, elda isela ford, scorpius nokmet, frater a.s.l, soror teth. 7 night and the witches sabbat -the adversarial foundations of sorceryby michael

he in-between point which later unveils the light, therefore being a barrier and initiation aspect of the self and such conceptual matter. the numerical 666, described by aleister crowley is the number of the beast11, which is inherent in the sun in the zodiac. the sun is also associated with the adversarial triad, being shaitan (set) typhon, apophras (apep) and besz, a god of transformation. the devil as an initiatory force is considered masculine, thus is represented by the phallus or source of creative life. in the tarot, the devil is attributed to capricornus, and the hebrew letter ayin, being an eye. the symbolism of the devil as the initiator may be best understood by the tarot as presented in the book of thoth. satan/set is the ass headed god of the desert, the lord of storms and de

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ver walk with you, and in rapt meditation shall we pass from the clay of mortal hands you shall thirst for water and for blood; both in dreaming shall be held from the dual gnosis. i hold the golden cup to your lips, that the dragon s elixir hold strong i then hand to you the skull bowl of my flowing blood, that you may taste the bitter sweetness of it s coppered kiss then in your ecstasy and thy devil s phallus reaching towards the sun shall my serpent s tongue enflame you to me. i then found myself wandering in the wilds, sleeping beneath the stars hunting and learning nature without any other being. i perceived myself and what i was, what i became and what i could become. i understood life was precious, and beautiful. i was just as beast yet a part of angel as well. my dreaming guide wo

n flesh, and i was able to become both. i was brought in union and great ecstasy the harmony of the celestial heights of my father s realm, being the air and fire. i was also shown and taught the arts of the lower realm, called a secret place known as arezura, that shadow and flame was the mastery over the earth. i was blessed again with the mark of cain which is the distinct mark of our lord the devil, which is the self in perpetual opposition which breeds strength and development. the mark of the devil was the initiation mark of azazel and lilith, which may come as caul or birth mark, this may be passed through the circle from my being touching the initiate, or lilith who is strong in both shadow and flame. i then took forth to the great deserts, with the blessing of lilith and the drago

ed and horned human-beast, covered in gray and green earth, who is decorated with human and animal bones, his familiars. cain is sought in the hidden places of the earth, for he is the ancient and knows the unknown secrets of the earth. cain also appears as the wizened old man, robed and hooded who walks the path of old oak ways within the fog. he carries a book of art, given with the belt of the devil by those rites cain became the witch father, born of azazel and lilith. cain is the adversary of flesh, who causes storms and chaos just as set himself. cain tests those upon the path and blesses those who may answer his riddles. it is indeed cain who would feed ones soul to the wolves of the shadows, when the will is weak. invoke cain in isolation and within the circle of those who are of t

my spirit! my brow marked in blood, horned walker of worlds! strike now with thy hammer, shall the eye of the serpent open forth! unveiled in the nightside do i come forth! that i walk the path of dragon born, caster of the first circle of emerald and crimson flame. gatekeeper and horned shape shifter open forth the fiery path! illuminate the blackened flame! shall i awake the serpent born in the devil s skin cain i summon thee! tubal-qayin as it is sometimes spelled is the blacksmith whose forge is the heart of the sabbatic craft. the child of asmodeus (called often samael) and lilith, is considered the bringer of gnosis to humanity. other legends give tubal cain as the child of samael and eve, and that in congress the dragon spit filth into her and bore cain. tubal cain was demonized as

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t and form of a wolf, owl, cat and other such animal. lycanthropy can be a useful exercise and individual power points which can be used effectively on the astral plane. this book is meant as a grimoire for the balanced sorcerer. the purpose of this being to offer further guidance and present a serious form of shadow magick and sorcery which has long been kept hidden. the black art is not that of devil worship, but of hidden knowledge. the key to this lies in the depths of the subconscious, the will to explore and suggest, to destroy and create. the daemonic elementals which breed in the subconscious mind from the time of birth and on can be banished and often made useful to the fighting individual. there is no devil worship or ill intent involved for the worker of shadow magick, it is up

t villages and drain astral life force and blood from the sleeping. the varcolaci vampire is quite powerful on the astral plane, being able to haunt the night in many forms, depending on the primal urge and desire. further explanations and developments of this form are discussed in later chapters of this book. dracul or dracula is romanian meaning "son of the dragon" and can also mean "son of the devil. dracula is known as vlad tepes, a romanian noble man who lived from 1431 to 1476 and protected the transylvanian country side with terror and honor. vlad was known as the "impaler prince" for his use of impalement and torture. his modern tactics of war and subterfuge proved him to be a successful war lord and prince. his war with the turks lasted his life and gave birth to many tales of his

ir left thumbnail long and in the night of full moon to begin invoking the power of the wolf spirit. the lord of the forest (5) then disappeared never to be heard from again. the two teenagers embarked upon a great killing spree, eventually being caught and executed for their murderous acts. peter stubb was also a known lycanthrope who lived in germany in the 15th century. stubb claimed that the "devil" had given him a belt made of wolf skin( 6, which he would put on and then transform into a wolf. he murdered numerous people until he was caught and executed as well. no one ever found the belt made of wolf skin. 15 15 this is an excerpt from a german pamphlet spreading the evils of lycanthropy several hundred years ago "stubb peeter a true discourse declaring the damnable life and death of

town of bedburg unto cologne in upper germany, there was brought up one stubbe peeter, who from his youth was greatly inclined to evil. he gave himself to the practice of the wicked arts from age twelve years until his dying day. he gorged himself in the damnable desire of magic, necromancy and sorcery, acquainting himself with many infernal spirits and fiends. in the end he sold his soul to the devil in return for a life full of carnal pleasure. unlike other accursed men, this vile man sorcerer desired of the devil neither riches nor promotion nor any other outward pleasure. being of a most cruel and bloody mind, he requested that he might work malice on men, women and children in the shape of some beast. thus he might live without dread or danger of life and be unknown as the perpetrato

tion nor any other outward pleasure. being of a most cruel and bloody mind, he requested that he might work malice on men, women and children in the shape of some beast. thus he might live without dread or danger of life and be unknown as the perpetrator of those bloody enterprises which he meant to commit. recognizing this wicked fiend as a fit instrument to perform mischief and destruction, the devil gave unto stubbe peeter a girdle, which being put around him transformed him forthwith into the likeness of a devouring wolf. this demonic wolf was strong and mighty, with great eyes which in the night sparkled like brands of fire. it's body was huge, a great mouth wide with most sharp and cruel teeth. as soon as he would take off the girdle the talons with long and razor sharp nails would b

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raka, nagas, the rakshasas, dragon kings, naddred,the brotherhood of the snake, and the serpent people. they were also referred to asthe djedhi (see jedi. the bible takes the position that the nephilim were a malign presence and insists thattheir leaders committed a great sin by interfering with the evolution of humankind: and the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the devil and satan,the deceiver of the whole world, he was cast down to earth and his angels were cast downwith him (revelation) and it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughterswere born unto them, that the sons of god saw the daughters of men that they were fair; andthey took them wives of all that they chose (genesis, chapter 6-8) there are several key hypothe

e lord said, i will destroy manwhom i have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing,and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that i have made them (genesis 6-8. and there was war in heaven: michael and his angels fought against the dragon: and thedragon fought and his angels, and prevailed notand the great dragon was cast out that oldserpent, called the devil, and satan which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out intothe earth, and his angels were cast out with him (revelation 12:7-12) woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the land of these almighty gods? these are thegods that smote the egyptians with all manner of plagues in the wilderness (samuel 4:8) and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the lord and by his fi

thegreat tale cryptically and repeatedly insinuated (see highlander, the hunger, scanners,superman, the hidden, conan the barbarian, sword and the sorcerer, battle star galac-tica, v, beastmaster, the dark crystal, cocoon, red sonja, lifeforce, invasion of the bodysnatchers, the invisible man, frankenstein, dracula, flash gordon, trancers, bladerunner ,terminator, the omen, the time bandits, the devil rides out, quatermass, dr. who,blake s seven, space 1999, star trek, the last wave, they live, it came from outer space,the brain from the planet arrous, the creature w alks among us, w ar of the worlds, thetripods, six million dollar man, freejack, tron, planet of the apes, the eiger sanction,the time machine, things to come, cabinet of dr. caligari, the golem, android, five mil-lion y ears

the record companies, marketing agents, and publicityhouses. there is a reason why the pop icon madonna, for instance, has this moniker and whyshe constantly displays the cross or crucifix. it is why the imagery in her videos is of the type itis and why she is so personally wealthy. it has to do with whom she and her promoters serve.the same goes for the rolling stones (listen to sympathy for the devil, 200 light y ears fromhome, midnight rambler, paint it black, goat's head soup, their satanic majesty's request,etc) the beatles, and the grateful dead. and these are but three examples of thousands. thepublic would be shocked to their core if they were to find out the facts about this particularstudy and about what has been infiltrated into their minds and the minds of their young. here are

d star, anoval, and an obelisk. amazingly, this is just what we find in stone in washington d.c. theentire city is dedicated astromantically to the star sirius and its occult deities. astrology isgood enough for the ruling plutocrats it seems. pity that when the ordinary person seeks touse the divination arts for their own personal physical and spiritual empowerment, they areconsidered freaks and devil-worshippers. millionaires do not use astrology, billionaires do (j. p. morgan)ovasons book continues..for within a year of washington s death, it was recognized that the great man could mostfittingly be memorialized by means of a massive pyramid.the pyramid was already widely used as a symbol in masonic fraternities in europe, andwe should, therefore, not be surprised that it should have bee

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r 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 will save their souls, all the while sending tsunamis, hurricanes, blizzards, and all conceivable disasters upon its own creation. would this be a spirit you

erous being who could create fierce monsters and empower them accordingly. in her battle against the gods including marduk, tiamat first created vampiric beings. it was written that she beget serpents who were unsparing of fang and sharp of tooth. she filled their bodies with venom instead of blood, initiating transformation. the great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and satan, the deceiver of the whole world. he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him revelations. tiamat cloaked ferocious dragons in fearsome rays, that she encircled them in the luciferian light, they 21 bore mantles of radiance (black flame) and made them godlike. tiamat thus lifted up kingu or qingu as the leader of these vampiric beings, she cast a spell

well. the vampyre magickian may drain and utilize them to drain others from the dream. their instincts and emotions are powerful persuasion tools against another. they make excellent servitors as well. they demand a 60 sexual (masturbation or copulation) sacrifice upon their talisman. luciferian witch kings and queens in the center of the circle is found samael and asmodeus. samael appears as the devil of the tarot, devouring and consuming life energy souls are the food of this force. asmodai or asmodeus appears as a bloated or bestial man, crouching but arises to crush others with a blood dripping mace or spear. he drains life force in this manner. the southeast angle is the evil adam or cain the son, a goat-headed, skeleton-like giant, the thousand- headed hydra serpent; and the elder li

akht-jadu, akhtya. they were also considered nomads in nature, wandering through all parts of persia practicing their religion. this term has no considerations to the zoroastrian religion, while the modern and separate practices described in liber hvhi and parts of luciferian witchcraft are manifestations of a new type of interpretation of the practice of daeva-yasna. yezidi [kurdish] considered devil worshippers by outsiders, the yezidi are those who are dedicated to malak tauus, the peacock angel, also called shaitan 89 or lucifer. in the meshaf resh, the black book, azazel is the first angel, created before any other. he is considered most beautiful and is the one who teaches and enlightens humanity. in the areas of yatuk dinoih, sabbatic and luciferian sorcery, transformation occurs b

s (peacock) is the symbol of solar enlightenment, wisdom and beautiful developed being. 90 luciferian witchcraft by michael w. ford succubus publishing 2005 isbn 1411626389 the home publisher of luciferian witchcraft is here: http//www.lulu.com/succubusbooks "this is the revealed grimoire of the left-hand path. there is power for those willing to drink from the cup of the beast and his bride, the devil's harlot. herein is the path as walked by one who seeks to reveal the true path of ahriman and lilith-az, to manifest in flesh the spirit of azi dahaka and cain. herein is magick from the foundation to higher pathworkings of sorcery and black magick. here the works which burn away the modern white-washing of so-called magick and or witchcraft. herein are the rituals of lucifer, ancient persi

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imals speak it. so perhaps the magical program accepts commands by listening to the thoughts and intentions of the magician. still, there must be something else that the magical program requires to constitute a magical command. everyone has called out "god, sometimes while doing the most horrendous things, and (perhaps luckily) he failed to show up. countless times have the words "satan" and "the devil" been said aloud or contemplated on, and still he doesn't show (unquestionably lucky. we all have will and desires, but what stops those everyday thoughts from becoming magical commands? the answer is ritual, visualization, and invocation. we all have ritual. some smoke a cigarette the moment they wake up, some stumble to the coffee machine, and others head straight to the bathroom. everyday

the predatory and pragmatic nature of the vampire turned into a religion whose highest achievement is self-deification. the left hand, and the left side of the body has always been associated with darkness. in fact the word sinister comes from latin, where the word meant left-handed or unlucky. in the middle ages, people who wrote with their left hand were thought to be evil, and possessed by the devil. in islam, the tutelary demon assigned at birth always--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 67 resides invisibly on the individual s left side. what s more, muslims prefer to do clean jobs such as eating and greeting others with the right hand, while relegating the left hand to dirty jobs like cleaning one s house and body. teachings of the right hand path always include a firm belief in rig

were many forced confessions, the attending witches told an extremely consistent story regarding the details of the sabbat. the earthly sabbat tends to be held in secluded places such fields, abandoned buildings, atop mountains, and mostly at midnight. the area is littered with demons and humans having sex in the most lascivious ways. in the center of the festivities, a large fire and a presiding devil. this devil, called the black man of the sabbat, is usually described as looking like the pagan god baphomet; modern day satanists have further solidified this connection to such the extent that i ve become certain that they are one in the same. their description was that of a large, stinking goat figure with 3 horns where the center horn was lit with a flame, like a torch. this flaming cent

at bring new meaning to the term ass kisser, as they are largely forced to kiss the stinking, demonic face on baphomet s rear-end; only the high-ranking witches and warlocks may kiss the goat head itself. the act of kissing the anus of baphomet is symbolic of corruption. because of his two faces, this baphomet character is often equated with janus, the roman god of gates and time. the face on the devil s posterior is said to be without the power of speech, and maintains a demonic expression. sometimes baphomet would arrive as a extremely pale man, whose flesh is ice-cold, wasted, and hanging off the bones. this personage s eyes were large and jet-black. another god form baphomet may arrive as was that of the size and shape of a tree trunk with a human face. this being has no arms or legs

loped in a misty cloud. coinciding with baphomet s hermaphroditic and androgynous nature, this being is said to act quite flamboyantly. baphomet is sometimes directly responsible for transporting some of the favored attendees to the sabbat; he arrives at their homes, and instantly transports them through the--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 70 air to the location at the sabbat. sometimes this devil would give witches ointments to smear on their body, and this they used to transport themselves to the sabbat. like the popular conception of the witch riding a broomstick, some witches do attend the sabbat riding a magical stick placed between their legs, but this was rare. sometimes parents would bring their children, only to fornicate with them at the festival. sometimes dreaming humans

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e, open thyself to the daemonum within (lilith-magistra drinks of the elixir from the skull cap, even if red in color, allowing some of it to cover her face (lilith now looks unto the hooded ones, those who may be present) i come before you, night born as the queen of the dead. behold unto my death mask, the temple ofazothoz as a current of the living flame. i shall bless each one of you with the devil's sight, the serpents tongue shall speak of the secret alphabet which ye all shall scribe on the walls of the sunless palace, scribe your name in the black book of the dead, with the witchblood of your veins, you are all my children, of lilith-hecate, your father is ahriman, lord of phantoms and darkness (drink of the elixir- the skull bowl is passed to each. if only the magistra and magiste

iliar as a dog which had passed, this is perhaps a wonderful way to honor it) the altar should be decorated in the sigils of the beast, the sign of hecate. the evocation dagger should also be upon the altar, with the coyote or dog skull in the center. the individual seeking the darkness of the werewolf must create his or her own wolf belt. this is symbolic of the belt given to the initiate by the devil, and is made of wolf skin. in modern times, wolves are a precious and beautiful animal, which should be respected. a replacement wolf belt may be made from leather, with sigils scribed into it which hold the sigillic wisdom of the beast. if one if fortunate enough, a belt buckle with the image of the devil may prove stimulating to the imagination. stain your belt black as night, perfume it w

wisdom of the beast. if one if fortunate enough, a belt buckle with the image of the devil may prove stimulating to the imagination. stain your belt black as night, perfume it with the oils of saturn, hecate and the moon. a mask may be made and consecrated for this process of transformation, inscribed with the sigils of the beast. noctulia- hecate stands before those who work in the shadow of the devil, opposition which creates change. my own work began with a belt made of leather, i had inscribed pertinent parts of the sigillic alphabet, along with rubbing the oils of saturn, luna and hecate within it. the belt buckle was the head of the devil, as iblis the opposer. part one the first night, bath yourself and then anoint your body with the perfumes of hecate and saturn, cover yourself in

s. unto those who come to the crossroads (known also as the ghostroads) are inbetween the sun and the moon, from the living and the dead. face the altar "sekah, sekah, zrazza umpesha "by the hidden light known under the black sun, by the prayers whispered in silence unto the blood dripping moon i summon forth the adversary, noctulia- hecate, goddess before me this night. i call forth my lord, the devil, whom is a shadow of my self, just as i, isolate and individual between the dual essence of azoth, from which the toad awaits, shall the secret gates be opened "i call upon thee, satandar and asentacer, i summon thee forth phantom of darkness, i call forth the spirit of the werewolf, beast of darkness and shadow. send now the gray shape which makes men tremble. sah zrizzu usha bapesta zrazza

hall the secret gates be opened "i call upon thee, satandar and asentacer, i summon thee forth phantom of darkness, i call forth the spirit of the werewolf, beast of darkness and shadow. send now the gray shape which makes men tremble. sah zrizzu usha bapesta zrazza" take the wolf/dog skull and use the teeth to mark the left breast with the mark of the werewolf "i mark myself with the kiss of the devil, that i may transform in spirit unto the phantom shade of the night, i shall become the wolf" take now the belt, and face the altar "from the devil shall this belt be given, and i shall wear with pride. whilethe skin of the wolf and the beast is upon me, i acknowledge then that iam of seraph blood, and i am of lucifer ian birth. i am both light and darkness, the essence of the opposer within

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en by the initiate, by he and she whom invokes and envisions the luciferian light. that lucifer is iblis, the imagination and the very foundation of free thought that defines the propagation of the will. from sethanic witchcraft& the left hand path, the introduction to azothoz by the present author [4] see nox umbra, the ritual of entering black eden, the vampyric-luciferian dreaming sigil of the devil-made flesh [5] a ritual performed via book of the witch moon, by the present author and a private version practiced in coven maleficia, the triad of the order of phosphorus. see the book of cain by the present author [6] widdershins is a movement counter-clockwise, a way of going reverse about a circle. see arkon daraul, a history of secret societies, citadel press [7] a term used by scire

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l affairs. when civil war tears the vitals of a republic, let it look back and see if it has not been guilty of injustices; and if it has, let it humble itself in the dust! when a nation becomes possessed with a spirit of commercial greed, beyond those just and fair limits set by a due regard to a moderate and reasonable degree of general and individual prosperity, it is a nation possessed by the devil of commercial avarice, a passion as ignoble and demoralizing as avarice in the individual; and as this sordid passion is baser and more unscrupulous than ambition, so it is more hateful, and at last makes the infected nation to be regarded as the enemy of the human race. to grasp at the lion's share of commerce, has always at last proven the ruin of states, because it invariably leads to inj

y of suffering; to eulogize the intelligence of the people, and plot to deceive and betray them by means of their ignorance and simplicity; to prate of purity, and peculate; of honor, and basely abandon a sinking cause; of disinterestedness, and sell one's vote for place and power, are hypocrisies as common as they are infamous and disgraceful. to steal the livery of the court of god to serve the devil withal; to pretend to believe in a god of mercy and a redeemer of love, and persecute those of a different faith; to devour widows houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; to preach continence, and wallow in lust; to inculcate humility, and in pride surpass lucifer; to pay tithe, and omit the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy and faith; to strain at a gnat, and swallow a cam

like the rest? who, then, constantly deceived them, without betraying themselves, during a series of centuries--for the cheats are not immortal! arago said, that outside of the pure mathematics, he who utters the word "impossible" is wanting in prudence and good sense. the true name of satan, the kabalists say, is that of yahveh reversed; for satan is not a black god, but the negation of god. the devil is the personification of atheism or idolatry. for the initiates, this is not a _person, but a _force, created for good, but which _may_ serve for evil _it is the instrument of liberty or free will. they represent this force, which presides over the physical generation, under the mythologic and horned form of the god pan; thence came the he-goat of the sabbat, brother of the ancient serpent

the infernal enginery of destruction, by which human bodies may be the more expeditiously and effectually crushed, shattered, torn, and mangled; and yet hypocritical[1] humanity, drunk with blood and drenched with gore, shrieks to heaven at a single murder, perpetrated to gratify a revenge not more unchristian, or to satisfy a cupidity not more ignoble, than those which are the promptings of the devil in the souls of nations. when we have fondly dreamed of utopia and the millennium, when we have begun almost to believe that man is _not, after all, a tiger half tamed, and that the smell of blood will not wake the savage within him, we are of a sudden startled from the delusive dream, to find the thin mask of civilization rent in twain and thrown contemptuously away. we lie down to sleep, l

human mind is always content, if it can remove a difficulty a step further off. it cannot believe that the world rests on nothing, but is devoutly content when taught that it is borne on the back of an immense elephant, who himself stands on the back of a tortoise. given the tortoise, faith is always satisfied; and it has been a great source of happiness to multitudes that they could believe in a devil who could relieve god of the odium of being the author of sin. but not to all is faith sufficient to overcome this great difficulty. they say, with the suppliant_"lord! i believe--but like him they are constrained to add_"help thou my unbelief--reason must, for these, co-operate and coincide with faith, or they remain still in the darkness of doubt--most miserable of all conditions of the hu

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'the fool' is shown with a long wand and carrying a sack; his coat is motley. tigers and crocodiles follow him, thus linking this image with that of harpocrates. almost identical symbols are those of the secret god of the templars, the bi-sexual baphomet, and of zeus arrhenothelus, equally bi-sexual, the father-mother of all in one person (he is shown in this full form in the tarot trump xv "the devil) now, zeus being lord of air, we are reminded that aleph is the letter of air. as air, we find the "wandering fool" pure wanton breath, yet creative. wind was supposed of old to impregnate the vulture, which therefore was chosen to symbolize the mother-goddess. he is the wandering knight of fairy tales who marries the kings daughter. this legend is derived from certain customs among exogamic

herself as "the scarlet woman. there has been, in the last 65 years, a painful abundance of self- deluded disciples who fancied themselves as such. it must be stated here that either office is neither easy nor pleasing to anyone's ego, and that those who seriously aspire to become "beast" or "scarlet woman" are more to be laughed at than envied. robert heinlein has an amusing story about how the devil finally managed to dethrone god, and then, upon perceiving the responsibilities of ruler of the universe, cried in panic "but i don't want your job "so sorry, old boy, now you're stuck with it" god replied gleefully, and presumably went vacationing on the riviera. 17. but ye are not so chosen. those who are chosen for those offices 'are not; that is, they passed through the annihilation; the

s zero, and no matter how many times you add zero to zero, you always get zero. there is a technical meaning to this verse which is of the utmost importance to zelators. the grade of zelator reflects that of magister templi in the lower triad see liber 418 on jesod and the zelator becomes acquainted with that influence which we call choronzon 333. without speculating on the nature of this "mighty devil" which has power to persecute any member of the a. a. as long "as thou art thou" see liber 418, the tenth aethyr we may say simply that the aspirant will be approached by all kinds of people who will talk as if inspired, or talk as if they are masters, and who will attempt to advise or to warn him, or just to make contact with him and be acknowledged as gods speaking. pay no attention to the

or years, in vain, to elucidate the problems of the tarot 'all these old letters of my book are aright: in the tree of life diagrams there is no need to change the position of the letters. it is only the attributions to the tarot trumps that must be corrected. dove--symbol of heterosexual love. serpent--symbol of homosexual love. thelemites must choose well. well. 6+6+5+30+30= 77, oz, a goat, the devil. also, ye= yod+he= 15, which is 3 x 5, which suggests the path of cheth, the chariot, the link between binah and geburah, but also iii x v, the empress coupled with the hierophant, and xv, the devil again. yod+ he is the hermit plus the star. also, 1 +5= 6, the sun "choose" implies that a choice must be made and a mistake avoided "the stars also have tribes and nations--see liber 418, and ch

with the hierophant, and xv, the devil again. yod+ he is the hermit plus the star. also, 1 +5= 6, the sun "choose" implies that a choice must be made and a mistake avoided "the stars also have tribes and nations--see liber 418, and chapter 77 of liber 333. the general key is that you should practice homosexuality only with a fellow thelemite. the house of god, in a sense, is the phallus, xv, the devil, but also is pe, 80, the blasted tower. still in another sense, the phallus being god, the house of god is the kteis, in this case the empress, atu iii. beth, the letter of the magician, also means house, and this is that mystery concerning sin the babylonian moon-god and its influence, that we have already spoken about. serious students are referred to book four, part iii, chapter iv, the l

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voke the secret forces of nature a thank you email using witchcraft to smooth your path through life creating your personal grimoire 3: wiccan money spells how to cast spells 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

could get the needed money. she was at her wit s end. so when i suggested that she use the golden square to draw money to her, she was only too happy to give it a try. she followed my instructions. one week later, laura s mother-in-law came to visit and handed her an envelope. a gift, she told laura. it contained $300 in cash. the elemental forces worked for laura, and they will work for you. the devil s treasurer this is a very potent black magic spell to bring money. if black magic didn t work, there would be no reason for me to include this spell in this chapter or for you to try it. but black magic really works. not the old fashioned kind with bats and black cats, but an entirely new magical system based on principles thousands of years old that, under the correct conditions, works eve

es exactly 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 invocat

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win favours of great persons and can drive away any spirit that guardeth over treasure. twelfth is umbra, he appeareth like a giant; he can convey money from place to place if thou bid him and bestow the love of any woman that thou desirest. the thirteenth spirit is anaboth who taketh the form of a yellow toad. he hath the power to make thee marvellous cunning in nigromancy, he can drive away any devil that would hinder ye and tell of strange and hidden things* when thou wouldst call up ye globes thou must first make upon the earth this sign: al azif page 13 of 18 http//www.chaosmatrix.org/library/books/al_azif/al_azif.html 10/10/2003 and evoke of them thus: ezphares, olyaram, irion-esytion, eryona, orea, orasym, mozim! by these words and in the name of yog-sothoth who is thy master, i do

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consider the prince of darkness no more than an interesting and illustrative figure of myth. with the satanic priesthood the allegory ends. as the ordained representative of our lord satan, you will become a living embodiment of the powers of darkness. you will retain mastery of your own will; indeed you will be strengthened in this regard. nevertheless you will become an agency through which the devil will achieve his ends. by now you should be sufficiently acquainted with the true motives and ambitions of the church of satan, and this realization will inspire you with exultation, not fear or doubt. if the latter is the case, you should proceed no further. bram stoker, a member of the satanic core of the old golden dawn, emblazoned this principle in the first words of his celebrated liter

eact to skeptical inquiries concerning satanism and the church of satan? what is your rationale for this? what do you consider to be the psychological basis behind satanic ritual? does your interpretation justify impulsive behavior- such as the casting of an emotionallymotivated curse- under ritual circumstances? what is your interpretation of the tradition of the making of a formal pact with the devil? as a member of the priesthood, what use would you make of this interpretation? the church of satan has occasionally been accused of being either fascist or communist [among other things] in its doctrines. what is your personal opinion? how would you respond if questioned concerning this on public media? do you think that you can recognize a psychic vampire when you see one? what do you thin

ext the church of satan is said to reject the spiritual and elevate the carnal. what exactly do you think this means? what is the difference between satanism and atheism? between satanism and agnosticism? between satanism and existentialism? could there be such thing as a "satanic utopia? what would it be like? is satanism consistent with so-called "rational" scientific disciplines? what does the devil have to do with art? what *is* art? is it important to the operations of a satanic priest or priestess? why? what are some specific changes which you feel the church of satan will bring about in the next twenty-five years? and finally: inasmuch as you are interested in becoming an ordained priest of our lord satan, who or what is he? upon receipt of your answers to the above, the council of

n the simultaneous wave of setian persecution described by budge. it was characteristic of ancient egypt that each new dynasty, in an attempt to establish its own "timelessness, often doctored monuments and records to eliminate inconvenient inconsistencies. presumably the osirian dynasties followed suit, defacing or rewriting all references to set that did not support their portrayal of him as a "devil. and that is the image of set which has been accepted by most casual writers on ancient egypt. today the temple of set returns to the original, undistorted apprehension of set. in keeping with our modern levels of knowledge, of course, this image has been both enhanced and refined. enhanced in that we now understand better than the ancient egyptians how the material universe functions, refin

PATH OF INITIATION

the same again after this initial contact with trans-personal forces. this is the underworld initiation in which old patterns of thinking and living are destroyed and newer, better patterns are regenerated and the personality of the initiate is altered forever, and made better, wiser, capable of experiencing life in a new way. this is the descent into the dark waters below. 4. the meeting of the devil or the otherworldly guardian and the trial, followed by the bestowal of a first stage transformation. this stage is the fetch-awakening, at the threshold of the soul, wherein the puckril, the familiar or 'fetch beast, is identified or bestowed. this is the merging of the human nature and the animal nature; this is also a further "arrival" of outside forces that were called by the soul of the

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

inspire the sudden, groundless fear known as panic. for example, in 490 bce, he is said to have caused the persians to flee in terror from the athenians, in return for the athenians worshiping him and performing ceremonial rites. these later became the roman lupercalia, a festival dedicated to the fertility god faunus. half-goat pan s goat-form inspired the conventional depiction of the christian devil; some writers see the devil-worship of the european witchcult as a continuation of the rites of pan. pan and syrinx by fran ois boucher (1703 70) this painting shows pan, who has fallen in love with the beautiful nymph syrinx, pursuing her to the banks of the river ladon. as he reaches to embrace her, she calls on the river goddess to help her to escape. hermes, messenger of the gods hermes

r tiberius (14 37 ce, a man called thamus, sailing past the greek island of paxi, was hailed by a godlike voice calling, thamus, the great god pan is dead! this cry was repeated whenever the sailors saw land, and a terrible weeping arose from the countryside around. some accounts place this event at the moment of christ s birth, a fitting time as many of pan s attributes have been assigned to the devil of christian tradition. some writers suggest the cry was a mishearing of the all-great tammuz is dead, a ceremonial lament for the death and rebirth of the oriental god tammuz (see p. 33. zeus and dana 44 eagle of power the eagle, zeus attendant bird, is symbolic of power and victory. in matters of love and war, zeus never accepted defeat. clouds gathering god of the sky and ruler of weather

erpent, which encircled middle earth, and was once fished up by thor, and hel, ruler of the dead. three roots spread three ways under the ash yggdrasil. hel is under the first, frost-giants under the second, mankind under the last. the lay of grimnir loki, the trickster god capable of good and evil, loki is an ambiguous figure, who in later records becomes entwined with the image of the christian devil. although he was brought up as odin s foster-brother, he was actually a giant. he was accepted among the gods because of his lively wit, but it is perhaps his outsider status that is at the root of his later bitterness and vengefulness. he plays tricks on the gods, stealing or hiding treasures such as the apples of youth (causing the gods to age, or freyja s precious necklace, brisingamen; b

of divination, are opposed by the ajogun or malevolent gods, such as iku (death) and arun (disease. in the endless cosmic struggle between good and evil, one of eshu s key roles is to trick the ajogun. but like the norse god loki (see pp. 69, eshu is related to the ajogun as well as the orisha, forming a link between them; and like loki, he has sometimes been wrongly identified with the christian devil. the wrath of the tester of humanity ajogun can be turned aside by sacrificing to eshu, and his role might be best expressed as god of fate. eshu tests human beings to discover their true nature. if they resist temptation, he rewards them; if they give in, he punishes them. a shango staff doubleheaded ax a symbol of thunder eshu throws a stone today and kills a bird yesterday yoruba poem tra

PHOSPHORUS

this spirit guide -the god form of anubis the mask of the shades of the dead and the gateway of twilight. 1. mephistopheles, how this daemon represents both earth and spirit and the unity within. the evocation and invocation of mephistopheles to absorb a hidden atavistic knowledge of the daemonum of the earth. see mephistopheles conjuration by michael w. ford 2. the assumption of the flesh of the devil, the power of initiation and the mark of the devil as a rite of passage. the god form of satan the adversary is to understand the fallen aspect of darkness to the 12 rise into the dark light, thus a balanced initiation of flesh and spirit. see book of the witch moon. 3. the astral sabbath, dedication to, preparation and emergence into the astral plane. complete records and insight through in

shall enter the light of phosphorus to be born in the darkness of the initiator of the path, azal ucel. let the altar be decorated in the manner of which the sorcerer chooses, but with the algol sigil of standing above it on the wall. the black mirror should be below a larger mirror, symbolizing the opposing 14 gnosis of the adversary. this is the waking initiation into the path of the witch, the devil s kiss of awakening. you may in turn use the caul to cover your head (see nox umbra) and dance widdershins in a circle. as you do this, your pulse rate will increase, you will sweat and grow very hot. as you move and envision the luciferian path opening before you, a religious ecstasy will take you and guide your visions refer to the sufis by idries shah and the maskara (revelers) who blacke

ss my path with your eyes which are always seeing bless me with the fallen star of azazel, as lightening i awake! i do affirm ahriman, prince of darkness and the beast 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

bellion of spirit, the separation of ain soph (limitless light) to the dual ecstasies of shadow and flame. mark thy soul/spirit/consciousness with the sigil of adonai, the lord of the earth called also shaitan. 7. baphomet is the god form of the luciferian path, enfleshed as the witch begetter and the lord of the blackened fires of the forge. the black man of the sabbat is the one passed into the devil s flesh and walked the dreams of lilith-hecate s bloodied caul of initiation. succubus publishing 18 p.o. box 926344 houston, tx 77292 united states of america e-mail: keteb75@yahoo.s phosphorus- the shadowing forth of lucifer by michael ford lucifer, the pale morning star, phosphorus-"the precursor of the full blaze of the noon-day sun" as blavatsky so elegantly defined it, is the foundatio

PHOSPHORUS THE SHADOWING FORTH OF LUCIFER

f science: he shall respect him. he won't preach piety and divine bliss but will show ways for the knowledge to change into divine sensation, into the devotion of the cosmic spirit. lucifer knows that the radiant sun may only rise in the heart of the individual; but he also knows that only the paths of perception lead up to the mountain where the sun appears in his divine radiation. lucifer is no devil leading the searching faust to hell; he shall be an awaker of those who believe in knowledge who want to change into the gold of divine wisdom -from luzifer-gnosis, rudolph steiner. lucifer stands on the threshold of dawn and dusk. the bringer of light, symbol of thelemic strength and divine wisdom emerges. the age of lucifer is the uprising of what blatavatsky termed "phosphorus, the cosmic

the holy bible mentions little of him besides the basis of origin "you were the anointed cherub who covers; i established you; you were on the holy mountain of god; you walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones. you were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, til iniquity was found in you -holy bible, ezekiel. later on the morning star as is called became the dragon and the devil. shaitan was the base for this materization, which means to oppose, to accuse. lucifer was invariably the first rebel. lucifer is of the spirit of light, from which the foundation of luciferic magick is to ascend towards godhead. the light of the spirit is based within perception and the clarity of an awakened self. perception is the vehicle of knowledge and what the individual can understan

PRELUDE TO THE BLACK ARTS

all is lost. you can see the possibilities. so, if you are harboring any guilt about anything, anything at all, crush it under your heel for good or else hustle your bacon back to sunday school where you belong. no cheating! jesus loves you. decided to stay, huh? well, eventually, this "journal" will become your "black book, and in it, you'll keep all sorts of magical information, deals with the devil and the results of your magickal endeavors. even satan keeps one, you should too. it will be especially helpful when your years grow long and your memory grows short. we know of at least one dyslexic satanist who unwittingly sold his soul to santa. scrying another good skill to acquire is that of scrying (like crying) or looking into the future (or worse, the present) by some method or the o

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

rump letter symbol 11 0 the foolish man n a 12 1 the juggler 3 i2 13 2 the high priestess f d 14 3 the empress f q 15 4 the emperor il t 16 5 the hierophant 1 'tl 17 6 the lovers t x 18 7 the chariot t7% 19 8 strength (justice) d 5 q 20 9 the hermit (prudence "7 21 10 the wheel of fortune 2 3 22 11 justice (strength) 9 rr 23 12 the hanged man t3 v 24 13 death f n-l 25 14 temperance b fl 26 15 the devil y w 27 16 tower struck by lightning 3 d 28 17 the star 3 2x 29 18 the moon? x 30 19 the sun 1 0 31 20 last judgment v a 32 21 the universe. n k 72 the golden dawn: volume i book one <140> meditation let the practicus meditate upon the symbols of the rhomboid and the vesica. let him seek out their meanings and correspondences let him contemplate the symbol mercury and the number 8. let him no

ure 73 12. the hanged man=the severity of splendour. execution of judgment. mars acting through water upon mercury. 13. death=the sovereigntyand result of victory. solacting through scorpio u on venus, or osiris under the destroying power of typhon afkcting isis <143> 14. temperance=the beauty of a firm basis. the sovereignty of fundamental power. sol acting through sagittarius upon luna. 15. the devil=the sovereignty and beauty of material (and therefore false) splendour. sol acting through capricorn upon mercury. 16. the tower=the victory over splendour. venus acting through mars upon mercury. avenging force. 17. star=the victory of fundamental strength. venus acting through aquarius upon luna. hope. 18. moon=the victory of the material. venus acting through pisces upon the cosmic elemen

ow from the bow of qesheth.'now qesheth the bow is the rainbow of promise stretched above the earth, whose name is formed from the letters of the paths leading from malkuth. if then it be by the path of samekh that the philosophus should advance to the knowledge of the adept, turning aside neither unto the right hand nor unto the left, whereon are the evil and threatening symbols of death and the devil, he must have a perfect and absolute knowledge of the bow, ere he can follow the path of the arrow. but the bow is of brilliant and perfect colour, whose analysis and synthesis yield others of the same scale, and hence is this book entitled "the book of the path of the chameleonnthat path, namely which ascendeth alone throug- h the force of qesheth, the bow. and if thy knowledge and applicat

ze fying roll x, by mathers, delivered good friday, march 31st, 1893 (as reprinted in asfral projection, magic and alchemy, edited by francis king. h.s. 200 the golden dawn: volume 11 book three second adept in the south makes= sign and knocks. ch. ad. the cross upon the altar is also a cross of corrosion, corruption, disintegration and death. therefore, doth it fall in the paths of death and the devil, unless in hod, the glory triumpheth over matter and the corruptible putteth on incorruption, thus attaining unto the beauty of tiphareth; unless in netzach, death is swallowed up in victory and the transformer becometh the transmuter into pure alchemic gold 'except ye be born of water and the spirit, ye cannot enter the kingdom of god' what then,very honourable third adept, is the additiona

with the exception of kether, exactly those which are included in the symbol on the tree of life. the ruddy face is the heat of the earth- the horns are the rays- the body contains the elements and the cube is the firm basis. observe that the higher part of the figure is human, growing more bestial as it nears the earth. 3rd ad. the 26th path of the sepher yetzirah, to which the tarot key of the devil is referred, is called the renovating intelligence, because, by it, god the holy one reneweth all the changing forms which are renewed by the creation of the world. return again to yesod, for here no more may be spoken. 3rd ad. returns to place. hs. to altar. heg. rises as phil, comes to altar. hs. and heg. stand on either side of phil. w. of altar, facing east. hiereus in guardianship and n

RELIGIOUS TENANTS OF THE YEZIDI

r his misdeeds, than to be thankful for benefits received. the yezeedees, therefore, revere the evil principle, not out of love, but from fear, and this reverence they manifest not only by such religious rites as these already described, but by scrupulously avoiding all mention of satan, and the use of any word implying execration. thus, they will never pronounce the word "sheitan" the arabic for devil, nor "shat" a river, because of its resemblance to the former. neither will they use any part of the verb "laan" to curse, nor "naal, naalbend" a horse-shoe, a farrier, because the two latter have nearly the same sound, and all express the much dreaded attribute of melek taoos. their use of the scarlet anemone as a propitiatory charm or offering, has already been mentioned, and if this flowe

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

e 3 words, one which is delusive and tenebrous. it is our task to reveal the one and to unveil the other, to distinguish the magician from the sorcerer and the adept from the charlatan. the magician avails himself of a force which he knows, the sorcerer seeks to misuse that which he does not understand. if it be possible in a scientific work to employ a term so vulgar and so discredited, then the devil gives himself to the magician and the sorcerer gives himself to the devil. the magician is the sovereign pontiff of nature, the sorcerer is her profaner only. the sorcerer is in the same relation to the magician that a superstitious and fanatical person bears to a truly religious man. before proceeding further, let us define magic in a sentence. magic is the traditional science of the secret

ged with the impure reflections of roman debauchery, sought to separate his disciples from the circumambient sphere of reflections and to concentrate them only on the interior light, so that, through the medium of a common faith and enthusiasm, they might communicate together by new magnetic chains, which he termed grace, and thus overcome the dissolute currents, to which he gave the names of the devil and satan, signifying their putrefaction. to oppose current to current is to renew the power of fluidic life. the revealers have therefore done scarcely more than divine, by the accuracy of their calculations, the appropriate moment for moral reactions. the law of realization produces what we call magnetic breathing; places and objects become impregnated therewith, and this imparts to them a

ple, multiplied and, as it were, reflected in secondary causes, creates images of itself that is to say, so many ancients as there are diverse conceptions of its unique essence. these images, less perfect in proportion as they are removed farther from their source, project upon the darkness an ultimate reflection or glimmer, 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

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 god, dishonoured by barbarous attributes. the god of the jansenists, creating hell for the majority of human beings and delighting in the eternal tortures of those he was unwilling t

t, even in his own sanctuary, the black god of the sabbath, the formidable goat of mendes. at this point those who are liable to fear should close the book; even persons who are a prey to nervous impressions will do well to divert their attention or to abstain. we have undertaken a task, and we must complete it. let us first of all address ourselves frankly and boldly to the questions: is there a devil? what is the devil? as to the first point, science is silent, philosophy denies it at hazard, religion only answers in the affirmative. as to the second point, religion states that the devil is the fallen angel; occult philosophy accepts and explains this definition. it will be unnecessary to repeat what we have said previously on the subject, but we may add a further revelation: in black ma

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

instruments of his science. the myth of genesis is eternally true, and god permits the tree of knowledge to be approached only by those men who are sufficiently strong and self-denying not to covet its fruits: ye therefore who seek in science a means to satisfy your passions, pause in this fatal way: you will find nothing but madness or death. this is the meaning of the vulgar tradition that the devil ends sooner or later by strangling sorcerers. the magus must be impassible, sober and chaste, disinterested, impenetrable and inaccessible to any kind of prejudice or terror. he must be without bodily defects and proof against all contradictions and all difficulties. the first and most important of magical operations is the attainment of this rare pre-eminence. we have said that impassioned

ancient theogonies. it is the dual serpent of the caduceus, the old serpent of genesis, but it is also the brazen serpent of moses, twined about the tau, that is, the generating lingam. it is, moreover, the goat of the sabbath and the baphomet of the templars; it is the hyle of the gnostics; it is the double tail of the serpent which forms the legs of the solar cock of abraxas. in fine, it is the devil of m. eudes de mirville and is really that blind force which souls must overcome if they would be freed from the chains of earth; for, unless their will can detach them from this fatal attraction, they will be absorbed in the current by the force which produced them, and will return to the central and eternal fire. the whole magical work consists therefore in our liberation from the folds of

t fall down and adore me, h said this serpent in the evangelical mythos. the initiate should make answer: gi will not kneel to thee, but thou shalt crouch at my feet; nothing shalt thou give me, but i will make use of thee, and will take that which i need, for i am thy lord and master h. a reply which, in a veiled manner, is contained in that of the saviour. we have said that there is no personal devil. it is a misdirected force, as the name indicates. an odic or magnetic current, formed by a chain of perverse wills, constitutes this evil spirit, which the gospel calls legion, and this it is which precipitated the swine into the sea. another allegory of the attraction exercised on beings of inferior instincts by blind forces that can be put in operation by error and evil will. this symbol

braham the jew, which imparted to flamel the first desire for knowledge, are no other than the twenty-two keys of the tarot, imitated and resumed elsewhere in the twelve keys of basil valentine, there the sun and moon reappear under the figures of emperor and empress; mercury is the juggler; the great hierophant is the adept or abstractor of the quintessence; death, judgement, love, the dragon or devil, the hermit or lame elder and finally all the remaining symbols are to be found with their chief attributes, almost in the same order. it could have been scarcely otherwise, since the tarot is the primeval book and the keystone of the occult sciences: it must be hermetic, because it is kabalistic, magical and theosophical. so also we find by combining its twelfth and twenty-second keys, supe

on, and religion asserts positively the fact of resurrections; therefore resurrections are possible. from this escape is difficult. to say that such things are possible outside the necromancy 69 laws of nature, and by an influence contrary to universal harmony, is to affirm that the spirit of disorder, darkness and death can be sovereign arbiter of life. let us not dispute with worshippers of the devil, but pass on. it is not religion alone which attests the facts of resurrection: we have collected a number of cases. an occurrence which impressed the imagination of greuze the painter has been reproduced by him in one of his most remarkable pictures. an unworthy son, present at his father's deathbed, seizes and destroys a will unfavourable to himself; the father rallies, leaps up, curses hi

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

corinthians 12:4, who got such a vision and sight as should not, nor could, be told. elisha, also, in his chamber, saw gehazi his servant at a great distance taking a reward from naaman (2 kings 5:26. hence were the [biblical] prophets the secret commonwealth 34 often called seers, or men of second and more exalted sight than others. he [the seer] cites for his purpose also matthew 4:8, where the devil undertakes to give even jesus a sight of all nations and the finest things in the world at one glance, though in their natural situation and station [these are] at a vast distance from one another. and it is said expressly [that is, specifically that] he [the devil] did let him [jesus] see them, not in a map; it seems, nor by a fantastic, magical juggling of the sight which he [the devil] co

the highlands.28 yet no person was ever heard to repeat it before, nor was the maid capable to compose it of her self. we may consider several possibilities to this tradition of learning from otherworldly beings- a tradition that is still active today in many parts of the world. a typical modern example is well known in the southern united states, concerning the learning of guitar skills from the devil, who may be encountered at a crossroads, according to certain blues musicians. ancient poets certainly expected that spirits would contact them in sacred places and inspire poetry; in scotland the macrimmond pipers are widely said to http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_112.htm (3 of 9 [10/9/2001 12:36:43 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds(pages 112-121) have learned skills from the fair

he end of seven years/ they pay a fine to hell' tam lin is aware that his time in fairyland is limited- and the implications of this are far beyond the nursery level or guiltridden perversion of truth offered by a superficially christian interpretation of the sequence. it has been customary to rationalize the ballad by suggesting that the fairy folk stole tam lin to keep him as a sacrifice to the devil in order that their paradisical state could be perpetuated. tam lin is actually seeking a way free from the wheel on an inner or magical level he acts as guardian of a power or sacred site (in this case linked to fertility, and despite the timeless and dreamlike quality of the state in which he finds himself it is only a more subtle variant of the outer world. at the end of a given period, h

RUBY TABLET OF SET

a. aquino vi date: october 1, xix revision: january 1, xxiv html revision: oct 13, 1997 ce subject: philosophy reading list: 16a, 23e, 23f it was such a climate in florence that spawned niccolo machiavelli (1469-1527, whose pragmatic philosophy was to so infuriate the pseudo-pious and hypocritical officials of his time [and future times] that "old nick" would eventually become a pseudonym for the devil himself. in actuality machiavelli never advocated evil or depravity; in fact he was a champion of the good and the virtuous. his "evil" reputation came about simply because he pricked the balloons of so many phony and pretentious people. machiavelli's philosophy, which was essentially political, may be summed up thus: any means, however lawless or unscrupulous, may be justifiably employed by

zes that these are of a distinct future benefit to himself. the cthulhu worshippers in lovecraft's stories are to be despised if they were merely worshiping powerful forces and helping to bring them into more direct power for their own sake; but they may be admired if they had reason to believe that they would obtain personal power or gratification through the bringing into being of these forces. devil worship isn't viable, but devil mastery. or even negotiation with a devil. may have its points. it is important to have an objective understanding of what one is doing, for this purpose. i was thinking of a cute phrase "i have seen set, and he is i" the truth is the opposite. one must realize that there is something outside the "me" and to do that one must first fully understand and self-def

n, elizabeth s, signs and symbols around the world. ny: lothrop, lee& shepard co, 1967. jung, carl g, man and his symbols. garden city: doubleday& co, 1964, 1968. also ny: dell publishing co, 1968, and london: aldus books, 1964. menschel, robert, remanifestation: a symbolic syntheses, rt a17.36-3. menschel, robert, tarot primer, rt c1d.1l-1. norton, lynn, golden section tarot working, atu xv: the devil, and the dialogue. rt c1d.1(-2 -3 -4. regardie, israel, 777 and other qabalistic writings of aleister crowley. 9m (ts-4. schaefer, heinrich, principles of egyptian art. 2r (ts-4. footnotes 1. the section on "neters" was published in issue i.4 2. the grand master wishes to disgress temporarily from the workshop's discussion and to comment at this time on one of the first statements offered du

to be found in the mysteries of mithras "the worship of mithras, or of the sungod, was the most popular of heathen cults, and the principle antagonist of the truth during the first four centuries of our period" such is the statement of one who looks at it from the point of view of a christian ecclesiastic, and indeed the church fathers from the time of justin martyr onward have declared that the devil, in the mysteries of mithras, had plagiarized their most sacred rites by anticipation. the mithriac mysteries represented the esoteric side of a great international religious movement, which the uniting together of many peoples into the graeco-roman world had made possible, and which resulted from the contact of greece and rome with the thought of the east. 6. the mystic diagrams it is very

ans have devised in their attempts to extinguish this self-consciousness which so afflicts them. drug abuse, alcoholism, and fanaticism of every kind have been employed in this capacity. however, whereas religions and philosophies of the right-hand path seek to destroy this selfconsciousness and exalt peace,21 those of the left-hand path exalt self-awareness as the highest value. accordingly, the devil, the source of "discord (translate: multiplicity, is understood by the setian to be a friend and not an enemy. 22 yet those whose highest value is not self but rather peace will obviously not esteem his infernal majesty so highly; and those in whose weakness the pain of consciousness is almost unbearable may be nothing short of virulent in their hatred for this being. it will be said that th

SABBATIC KABALA OF THE CROOKED PATH

azoth of transformation and the fluids of congress with the famulus. to accomplish this one must have understood and mastered the powers of the house of sah, which is related to the magical process of transformation. this transformation is based in the motion and manipulation of the firesnake in connection with ayin (o) which hints towards the eye and the capricornian influence illustrated by the devil in the tarot. in ayin that which is seen and the ability of transformation is signified by the eye. the eye is also the tool of the artist of the noble arte and is the capturer of the sigillic wisdom and the key that locks it into the vault of unconditioned belief in the execution of the wills desire. the text refers to this as sigilic aphorisms, but used in the temple of solitude these beco

f deconstruction is set forth and is in this manner a natural succession of the previous cell and is setting forth the advaitin principles of the craft even more clearly. there is no distinction between, there is only the between. this is symbolically illustrated by discussions and poetic alignments with the symbolism inherited in shaitan, luchifer and the power the christian communities call the devil. this mystery must be understood in this cell or the act of vaporisation and occult dehydration will occur. the aspiration in this house is total stellar and has through its high aspiration tight connections with the lunar mansions and the abysmal waters resting in the lunar realms. it is in these domains the congress with the devil is sought and where the destruction of the virgin will be a

SALMANRUSHDIE THESATANICVERSES

again" just before dawn one winter's morning, new year's day or thereabouts, two real, full-grown, living men fell from a great height, twenty-nine thousand and two feet, towards the english channel, without benefit of parachutes or wings, out of a clear sky "i tell you, you must die, i tell you, i tell you" and thusly and so beneath a moon of alabaster until a loud cry crossed the night "to the devil with your tunes" the words hanging crystalline in the iced white night "in the movies you only mimed to playback singers, so spare me these infernal noises now" gibreel, the tuneless soloist, had been cavorting in moonlight as he sang his impromptu gazal, swimming in air, butterfly-stroke, breast-stroke, bunching himself into a ball, spreadeagling himself against the almost-infinity of the a

uld not see you, in case of scandal, you knew i could not, that i stayed away for your sake, but afterwards you punished, you used it as your excuse to leave, your cloud to hide behind. that, and also her, the icewoman. bastard. now that i am dead i have forgotten how to forgive. i curse you, my gibreel, may your life be hell. hell, because that's where you sent me, damn you, where you came from, devil, where you're going, sucker, enjoy the bloody dip. rekha's curse; and after that, verses in a language he did not understand, all harshnesses and sibilance, in which he thought he made out, but maybe not, the repeated name _al-lat. he clutched at chamcha; they burst through the bottom of the clouds. speed, the sensation of speed, returned, whistling its fearful note. the roof of cloud fled u

ss had been visited by the most co-operative of spirits, such a too-friendly fellow, see, so i thought to ask him some big questions _is there a god, and that glass which had been running round like a mouse or so just stopped dead, middle of table, not a twitch, completely phutt, kaput. so, then, okay, i said, if you won't answer that try this one instead, and i came right out with it _is there a devil. after that the glass- baprebap- began to shake- catch your ears- slowslow at first, then faster--faster, like a jelly, until it jumped- ai-hai- up from the table, into the air, fell down on its side, and- o-ho- into a thousand and one pieces, smashed. believe don't believe, babasaheb mhatre told his charge, but thenandthere i learned my lesson: don't meddle, mhatre, in what you do not compr

feel nothing but scorn for him. what is he? a fauntleroy, a grand panjandrum? is this my fate: to lose a son and find a freak "whatever i am, father dear" saladin told the older man "i owe it all to you" it was their last family chat. all that summer feelings continued to run high, for all nasreen's attempts at mediation _you must apologize to your father, darling, poor man is suffering like the devil but his pride won't let him hug you. even the ayah kasturba and the old bearer vallabh, her husband, attempted to mediate but neither father nor son would bend "same material is the problem" kasturba told nasreen "daddy and sonny, same material, same to same" when the war with pakistan began that september nasreen decided, with a kind of defiance, that she would not cancel her friday parties

hoped was a dignified silence. by the time of his graduation he had acquired a british passport, because he had arrived in the country just before the laws tightened up, so he was able to inform changez in a brief note that he intended to settle down in london and look for work as an actor. changez chamchawala's reply came by express mail "might as well be a confounded gigolo. it's my belief 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

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ia. crowley, who later went on to publish his own version of this text, denied the charge. bennet s reply was to state simply, then, little brother, the goetia has been meddling with you! note that crowley later identified himself as the beast 666. although he may have insisted that his transcendental philosophy was essential white magick, his holy guardian angel nevertheless turned out to be the devil himself. others who have been known to practice this goetic witchcraft have included w.b. yeats and macgregor mathers, cecil williams, charles pace. the influence of the classical grimoire may even be seen in the ritual tools and circles as described in the wiccan book of shadows. chiefly it is the practice of evocation, of summoning and binding spirits by means of their names, signatures, b

spirits of nature grew to become the gods of the pagan age. these in turn were reinterpreted and demonised as one culture dominated another. the most ancient gods become the giants and titans, whilst younger conquering religions build new temples. these in turn became subjugated to monothiesm, and their nature is reinterpreted yet again. in our modern day we no longer like to speak of god or the devil, and perhaps even feel a slight embarrassment at the superstitions of our forebears. instead we are more comfortable to reduce such ideas to psychological concepts. modern magicians and witches, even those who consider belief to be a 1 alchemy being translated to mean the black science, and having its origins in egypt. no moral implications are intended by the word; indeed it was several tho

intended by the word; indeed it was several thousand years before anyone saw the need to invent a white magick to balance the black. working tool rather than an end in itself, find no less difficulty than our cowan (uninitiated) contemporaries. i have already stated my belief that the modern language of psychology is no less advanced than the ancient systems of sorcery. in his work pacts with the devil, dr. christopher s. hyatt quotes from the personal correspondence of carl jung, the psychologist whose concept of archetypes forms the basis of most commonly acceptable modern interpretations of spirit. it seems that whilst in his published works he stated his belief that such experiences are all in the mind, he privately believed in their objective existence. it is simply that to publicly a

e already being punished by god even before the fall through lust, although for what crime enoch is not informed, although it is inferred that he had lead a small rebellion. talmai-el: a descendant of the grigori who escaped the flood and the avenging angels. tamiel: perfection of god. turel: rock of god. usiel: strength of god. chapter two; the fall of lucifer the sin of pride the concept of the devil was a fairly late development in the monothiestic legacy. the early hebrews attributed all events, whether good or bad, to the one god. he encapsulated both darkness and light, destruction and creation, corruption and purity. such is clearly stated in isaiah 45:7; i form the light, and create darkness: i make peace, and create evil: i the lord do all these things. in the old testament it is

gle divinity underlying existence and the dualistic principle of a lord of light and a lord of darkness. whilst the rabbis have extricated judaism from these early conflicts, the modern christian church remains befuddled by the confusion arising from these two essentially contradictory concepts. standing in the centre of the ensuing maelstrom is none other than the dark one himself. the idea of a devil does not appear in the old testament. rather, we find ha-satan, the opposer. yet this title was a common term for an opponent of any kind, and this was most probably a title of office as in a modern prosecution. it is thus morally neither good nor evil, but rather an agent of neutrality. in enoch i the scribe describes his first meeting with the lord (en xl:6) where he also witnesses uriel a

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f fleshly things produces pleasure" he said "there would then be a temple of glorious indulgence" introduction by burton h. wolfe preface prologue the nine satanic statements (fire--book of satan- the infernal diatribe [i [ii [iii [iv [v (air--book of lucifer- the enlightenment i. wanted: god- dead or alive ii. the god you save may be yourself iii. some evidence of a new satanic age iv. hell, the devil, and how to sell your soul v. love and hate vi. satanic sex vii. not all vampires suck blood viii. indulgence. not compulsion ix. on the choice of a human sacrifice x. life after death through fulfillment of the ego xi. religious holidays xii. the black mass (earth--book of belial- the mastery of the earth i. theory and practice of satanic magic (definition and purpose of lesser and greater

seventeenth key the eighteenth key the nineteenth key introduction burton h. wolfe on a winter's evening in 1967, i drove crosstown in san fransisco to hear anton szandor lavey lecture at an open meeting of the sexual freedom league. i was attracted by newspaper articles describing him as "the black pope" of a satanic church in which baptism, wedding, and funeral ceremonies were dedicated to the devil. i was a free-lance magazine writer, and i felt there might be a story in lavey and his contemporary pagans; for the devil has always made "good copy, as they say on the city desk. it was not the practice of the black arts itself that i considered to be the story, because that is nothing new in the world. there were devil-worshipping sects and voodoo cults before there were christians. in ei

hey practiced their black magic openly instead of underground. rather than arrange a preliminary interview with lavey for discussion of his heretical innovations, my usual first step in research, i decided to watch and listen to him as an unidentified member of an audience. he was described in some newspapers as a former circus and carnival lion tamer and trickster now representing himself as the devil's representative on earth, and i wanted to determine first whether he was a true satanist, a prankster, or a quack. i had already met people in the limelight of the occult business; in fact, jeane dixon was my landlady and i had a chance to write about her before ruth montgomery did. but i had considered all the occultists phonies, hypocrites, or quacks, and i would never spend five minutes

satan headquarters. out of all that i produced a serious article, only to find that was not what the publishers of "respectable" magazines wanted. they were interested in only the freak show kind of article. finally, it was a so-called "girlie" or "man's" magazine, knight of september 1968, that published the first definitive article on lavey, the church of satan, and lavey's synthesis of the old devil legends and black magic lore into the modern philosophy and practice of satanism that all followers and imitators now use as their model, their guide, and even their bible. my magazine article was the beginning, not the end (as it has been with my other writing subjects, of a long and intimate association. out of it came my biography of lavey, the devil's avenger, published by pryamid in 197

overed or devised. he had accumulated a library of works that descibed the black mass and other infamous ceremonies conducted by groups such as the knights templar in fourteenth-century france, the hell-fire club and the golden dawn in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century england. the intent of some of these secret orders was to blaspheme, lampoon the christian church, and address themselves to the devil as an anthropomorphic deity that represented the reverse of god. in lavey's view, the devil was not that, but rather a dark, hidden force in nature responsible for the workings of earthly affairs, a force for which neither science nor religion had any explanation. lavey's satan is "the spirit of progress, the inspirer of all great movements that contribute to the development of civilization

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t down such as fall. bring forth those that increase, and destroy the rotten. no place, let it remain in one number. add and diminish until the stars be numbered. arise! move! and appear before the covenant of his mouth, which he hath sworn unto us in his justice. open the mysteries of your creation, and make us partakers of the undefiled wisdom. yankee rlethe rites of lucifer on the altar of the devil up is down, pleasure is pain, darkness is light, slavery is freedom, and madness is sanity. the satanic ritual chamber is die ideal setting for the entertainment of unspoken thoughts or a veritable palace of perversity. now one of the devil's most devoted disciples gives a detailed account of all the traditional satanic rituals. here are the actual texts of such forbidden rites as the black

etaphysics of lovecraftthe ceremony of the nine angles and the call to cthulhu 173 the satanic baptisms-adult rite and children's ceremony 203 the unknown known 219 the satanic rituals introduction the rituals contained herein represent a degree of candor not usually found in a magical curriculum. they all have one thing in common-homage to the elements truly representative of the other side. the devil and his works have long assumed many forms. until recently, to catholics, protestants were devils. to protestants, catholics were devils. to both, jews were devils. to the oriental, the westerner was a devil. to the american setder of the old west, the red man was a devil. man's ugly habit of elevating himself by defaming others is an unfortunate phenomenon, yet apparently necessary to his e

altogether too easy to dismiss satanism as a total invention of the christian church. it is said that the principles of satanism did not exist before sectarian propaganda invented satan. historically, the word satan did not have a villainous meaning before christianity. the "safe" schools of witchcraft, with their strict adherence to their horned-god-fertility-symbol syndrome, consider the words devil and satan anathema. they disclaim any association. they wish no comparisons to be drawn linking their murrayite- gardnerian-"neo-pagan-"traditional" beliefs with diabolism. they have expunged devil arid satan from their vocabulary, and have waged a tireless campaign to give dignity to the word witch, though that has always been synonymous with nefarious activity, whether as witch, or hexe, o

ve waged a tireless campaign to give dignity to the word witch, though that has always been synonymous with nefarious activity, whether as witch, or hexe, or venifica, or other. they wholeheartedly accept the christian evaluation of the word satan at face value, and ignore the fact that the term became synonymous with evil simply because it was (a) of hebrew origin, and anything jewish was of the devil, and (b) because it meant adversary or opposite. with all the debate over the origin of the word witch, and the clear origins of the word satan one would think that logic would rule, and satan would be accepted as a more sensibly explained label* even if one recognizes the character inversion employed in changing pan (the good guy) into satan (the bad guy, why reject an old friend just becau

n the satanic bible, should examine the basis of that disagreement. it surely stems from one of two sources "common knowledge" or scripturally founded propaganda "satan has been the best friend the church has ever had, as he has kept it in business all these years"-the ninth satanic statement-is not limited just to the religious organization referred to as "the church" how convenient an enemy the devil has been for the weak and insecure! crusaders against the devil maintained that satan, even if accepted on an anthropomorphic basis, was neither so evil nor so dangerous that he could not be personally vanquished. and so satan has existed as a convenient enemy to be employed when needed-one who could be beaten by any lily-livered popinjay who could find the time to arm himself with a barrage

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hell is the satanic paradise of the noble man above god; the elevated world of fantasy, imagination and creation. no restrictions, no accuser, no worthy opponents all stand defenseless. hell the sanctuary against the real horrors of the world! my brethren go there often -iv- dedicated to satan who has shown me the value of evil and who has been my guide; my personal source of inspiration. to the devil s own: anton szandor lavey, friedrich nietzsche, marquis de sade, wilhelm reich, lord byron, boris karloff, mikail bakunin, edgar allen poe, mary and percy shelley, grigori rasputin, cornell woolrich, herbert spencer, charles darwin, basil zaharoff, johann most, jack london, vincent price, h.p. lovecraft, count cagliostro, h.l. mencken, sigmund freud and all others who have, and will, live w

e s true nature and the origin of that which initially cast our particular flesh should be the basis for accepting or rejecting a creed. now let s explore a cheap form of diabolism that which is founded upon dis-ease within oneself belief; that which is more akin to xianity and other theistic religions than it is to the antichrist religion: purely for arguments sake, let s say that the judao-xian devil, satan, literally exists as a being. by subscribing to this idea, a believer is saying this is biblical truth. moreover, a consequence of this belief is also an acknowledgement of the existence of his creator, who is called god by its followers (the other god is the satanic theist believes in. another supposed element of biblical truth. of course xian belief maintains that these two beings a

creator, who is called god by its followers (the other god is the satanic theist believes in. another supposed element of biblical truth. of course xian belief maintains that these two beings are not the same and are opposed to each other in morality, objective and purpose. these differences are acceptable and serve to outline satan s evil and god s moral good. as the acknowledged creator of the devil, god, in the biblical context, is certainly superior to satan in his nature and power, and it is even written that satan exists only because god allows him to exist. a satanic believer of this doctrine may prefer to think that somehow satan is, or will, become strong enough to overcome and defeat god whenever that battle is to be waged, but it s written in the pages if the revealed word of g

ttle is to be waged, but it s written in the pages if the revealed word of god (the believer s bible) that this will not happen and that satan and all his followers will suffer horrors and a second death by being hurled into the lake of fire. again, another supposition of truth as it apparently comes from satan s superior, god. given this hopeless situation, it would be foolhardy to side with the devil (the xian bible also states satan is an adversary to man) if he actually exists because, consequently, his creator would also exist and satan s doom would be sealed. as a non-believer in god or satan, i hold to a view that is more atheistic than theistically satanic. i ve yet to find acceptable arguments or evidence for the existence of god or his works. nor would i find the characterization

y will become as satan himself: experiencing life as it should be brutal but honest, and enjoyable with a true hero to admire and worship a myth fashioned after oneself! a final thought on theism: fellow satanists by believing in the actual existenc4e of satan, and consequently his creator god you are no more righteous than a lowly xian, whom i don t consider righteous at all. by believing in the devil and god, you give xians further reason to believe; more of a reason to maintain and grow ever stronger in their beliefs, and justification for such beliefs. remember our enemy s creed rests upon a foundation of belief. before you can successfully work and advance against xianity, you must first destroy your belief! the doctrine of antichrist our world has become corrupt by the nazarene teach

SATANISM AN EXAMINATION OF SATANIC BLACK MAGIC

in heaven. during the investigation that ensued, the roman church also discovered an initiation ritual which some of the luciferians confessed to under the threat of death. according to their confessions the new initiate was required to kiss the behind of a toad, after which he was approached by 'a man with black eyes who was pale, emaciated and icy cold'(2) the man, most likely representing the devil himself, was kissed by the initiate who then instantaneously lost his catholic faith. after this a feast was held and 'a large black cat appeared, emerging from a statue which was always present'(3) again the members present would kiss the cats behind and then the ritual was concluded with an orgy. some of the more sensationalist accounts of satanic initiations have added to the early satani

ic library central aspects of the black mass. the orgy was also then included, something that was most likely derived from the rites of the bacchanalia or dionysiac cults of ancient rome and greece, of which shall be spoken presently. in his book the black arts (pan books ltd. 1967, richard cavendish outlines the proceedings of the witches sabbath. commencing with the witches paying homage to the devil. the witches would light a fire whilst the devil was seated upon a throne in the form of either a goat, representing satan himself, or a dog, which may have been connected with the dark goddess- the dog being one of the sacred animals of hekate- rather than with satan himself. the witches would then approach and adore the devil, though their approach would be in a manner foreign to normal me

enting satan himself, or a dog, which may have been connected with the dark goddess- the dog being one of the sacred animals of hekate- rather than with satan himself. the witches would then approach and adore the devil, though their approach would be in a manner foreign to normal men, such as walking crab-like or with their backs turned to him. after this 'came the offering of the candles to the devil and the obscene kiss'(7) where the witch kisses the devils behind. following the obscene kiss, initiation, baptism or marriage would occur followed by the feast and the orgy which concluded the witches sabbath. the inclusion of a feast and an orgy at the end of the witches sabbath is very much reminiscent of the bacchanalia that existed during the times of the roman empire. the bacchanalia w

mmediate 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 both oneself and the world at larg

eest, christos. the black book of satan iii rigel press: shrewsbury, year of fire 103. satanism- an examination of satanic black magic side 14 af 21 file//c:\windows\skrivebord\nyt%20til%20bibilotek\ona\various\satanism_an_examin. 20-04-03 beest, christos. caelethi. the black book of satan ii thormynd press: shrewsbury, year of fire 103. black, s. jason& hyatt, christopher s. ph.d. pacts with the devil new falcon publications: phoenix, arizona, 1993. brown, stephen. the satanic letters of stephen brown thormynd press: shrewsbury, no publishing date given. cavendish, richard. the black arts pan books ltd: london, 1967. collins, andrew. the black alchemist. abc books: leigh-on-sea, 1988. collins, andrew. the second coming. century: london, 1993. dark lily. the voice of the left hand path. no

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pleasure and extreme pain, he believed he might find true enlightenment. one day siddhartha seated himself under a banyan, or fig, tree. it is now called a bo tree, short for bodhi (wisdom and enlightenment, for it was there that siddhartha, after six years of searching, finally found enlightenment. according to legend, siddhartha sat under the tree for seven weeks. although he was tempted by the devil mara he overcame the temptations and arrived at complete enlightenment. after this, he was called the buddha, the enlightened one. sometimes he is also referred to as sakyamuni buddha, referring to his clan name, to differentiate him from earlier and later buddhas, or great spiritual teachers. the buddha s teachings the buddha came to understand that all of life is suffering and that sufferi

s 304 world religions: almanac islam of submitting is not easy because of the efforts of evil spirits that lead people to forget their creator and give in to evil temptations. among these spirits, called jinn, a word that means hidden (and that is the source of the stereotypical genie in a bottle, is one in particular called shaytan. this name is remarkably close to the western word satan, or the devil. shaytan and other evil jinn corrupt people by playing on their desires, emotions, and fears. in doing so, they persuade people to forget their fitrah, an inborn tendency to seek their creator. a person who sins is required to go through a process of repentance (atonement or shame) called tawba, which consists of feeling remorse or guilt, repenting by saying, my lord forgive me, making resti

nd death. this escape is called nirvana. the knowledge that life s suffering could be ended, and how to end it, is called enlightenment. the buddha was enlightened, and he sought to share his knowledge with others. his former followers realized that the buddha had gained new insight. they returned to learn from him the dharma, or the path to enlightenment and nirvana. the buddha is tempted by the devil mara while meditating. it was after resisting all of mara s temptations that the buddha achieved enlightenment. bettmann/ corbis. world religions: biographies 61 the buddha teaches the dharma the buddha gave his first sermon on the dharma at deer park, near benares, india. in this sermon the buddha revealed the central teachings of what would become the religion of buddhism. the first teachi

ent for their sins and be baptized, or cleansed spiritually by immersion or dunking in water. jesus was among the crowd who came to john at the jordan river, and he was baptized. at this point, jesus is said to have heard a voice from heaven telling him that he was the son of god. he went into the desert, fasting (not eating) and meditating (thinking deeply) for forty days. during this period the devil is said to have tried to convince jesus to worship him, but jesus resisted. upon his return, he discovered that john the baptist had been arrested, so he took up john s work, preaching repentance and the coming of the kingdom of god. initially he preached near nazareth, but he attracted few followers as people there had known him since he was a boy. he moved to different locations in palesti

preach and write. he suffered from a number of health problems and became more stubborn, rude, insulting, and bad tempered. the death of one of his daughters in 1542 was a blow from which he never recovered. some historians believe that his unsettled state of mind is suggested by the titles of some of his late works: on the jews and their lies (1543) and against the papacy at rome founded by the devil (1545. in january 1546 luther traveled to his birthplace, eisleben, to help his family negotiate an agreement with a group of german counts who were attempting to take over the family s copper business. he began complaining of chest pains and died early in the morning on february 18, 1546. on february 22 he was buried at the castle church in wittenberg. world religions: biographies 231 marti

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s. sometimes the possibility of set's existence has been tried to be refuted on the basis that we cannot know about it, that all attempts at apprehending him are mere mystical nonsense. what more, profane society- if it is at all familiar with set the egyptian god- knows him as an envious and savage murderer, sexual pervert, and what not that seems to justify condemning his 'followers' as sneaky 'devil worshippers. this sketchy article will focus on whether there is any evidence to support our image of set as the universal god of consciousness and non-nature (the particularizations of which we in a way are- not the butcher of osirian myth. in his lucid account seth: the god of confusion, h. te velde states that the meaning of the name of set is uncertain by modern etymological standards. t

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rs, and it is those numbers that you will most certainly find interesting. here's how it works: each adept is an individual unto him or herself, but each is a part of a greater whole called the all. the all is the grand creation of the objective force (lucifer) and includes all things great and small. cbr adepts, you see, are simply the custodians of the all. that is why i refer to myself as head devil and custodian. see, you will be dealing with numbers, a lot of them. take a moment to ponder the implications! when something falls over, it's your job to pick it up. this can become a lot of work, so as time passes, adepts tend to gather about them several other kindred spirits to help in the project. most find twelve helpers quite enough, though some require more. mostly, however, twelve i

a couple of thousand years ago when events got all out of hand. however, most of the kids still use a familiar name for him under normal circumstances. most just call him dad or mom, though many call him grandfather or grandmother. there are reasons for this, and you will learn them when the time is right. for now, if you would rather continue thinking of the force as lucifer or satan or even the devil, well, that's all right too. you can even call him mr. scratch or mr. hobs or whatever suits your fancy. there is no right human name for the force, it just is- it's neither male nor female, dark nor light, good nor evil- it just is. that is why it is such a mell of a hess to write coherent text concerning this entity. me thinks that i'll stick to the force from here out to save on ink. now

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

, he has promised me to fix a day to sup with me, and i will then introduce him to you, and to the best society of naples! diavolo! but he is a most agreeable and witty gentleman "pray tell us how you came so suddenly to be his friend "my dear belgioso, nothing more natural. he desired a box at san carlo; but i need not tell you that the expectation of a new opera (ah, how superb it is, that poor devil, pisani; who would have thought it) and a new singer (what a face, what a voice! ah) had engaged every corner of the house. i heard of zanoni's desire to honour the talent of naples, and, with my usual courtesy to distinguished strangers, i sent to place my box at his disposal. he accepts it, i wait on him between the acts; he is most charming; he invites me to supper. cospetto, what a retin

ommon? the least little critic, in reviewing some work of art, will say "pity this, and pity that "this should have been altered, that omitted" yea, with his wiry fiddlestring will he creak out his accursed variations. but let him sit down and compose himself. he sees no improvement in variations then! every man can control his fiddle when it is his own work with which its vagaries would play the devil. and viola is the idol, the theme of naples. she is the spoiled sultana of the boards. to spoil her acting may be easy enough, shall they spoil her nature? no, i think not. there, at home, she is still good and simple; and there, under the awning by the doorway, there she still sits, divinely musing. how often, crook-trunked tree, she looks to thy green boughs; how often, like thee, in her d

ill alike cease, and "and in the mean time" said a low voice, at hand "in the mean time, jean nicot" the two artists started, and glyndon recognised zanoni. he gazed with a brow of unusual sternness on nicot, who, lumped together as he sat, looked up at him askew, and with an expression of fear and dismay upon his distorted countenance. ho, ho! messire jean nicot, thou who fearest neither god nor devil, why fearest thou the eye of a man "it is not the first time i have been a witness to your opinions on the infirmity of gratitude" said zanoni. nicot suppressed an exclamation, and, after gloomily surveying zanoni with an eye villanous and sinister, but full of hate impotent and unutterable, said "i know you not, what would you of me "your absence. leave us" nicot sprang forward a step, with

f pious memory, to the true seat of st. peter "it is, indeed, a happiness to hear one command of yours i can obey" zanoni then turned the conversation, talked lightly and gayly, and soon afterwards departed "villain" then exclaimed the prince, grasping mascari by the collar "you betrayed me "i assure your excellency that the dice were properly arranged; he should have thrown twelve; but he is the devil, and that's the end of it "there is no time to be lost" said the prince, quitting his hold of his parasite, who quietly resettled his cravat "my blood is up, i will win this girl, if i die for it! what noise is that "it is but the sword of your illustrious ancestor that has fallen from the table" chapter 3.vii. il ne faut appeler aucun ordre si ce n'est en tems clair et serein "les clavicule

a mere stranger, told him with a grave face that he must decide before the clock struck a certain hour "do this at least" said mervale, reasonably enough "wait till the time expires; it is but another day. baffle zanoni. he tells thee that he will meet thee before midnight to-morrow, and defies thee to avoid him. pooh! let us quit naples for some neighbouring place, where, unless he be indeed the devil, he cannot possibly find us. show him that you will not be led blindfold even into an act that you meditate yourself. defer to write to her, or to see her, till after to-morrow. this is all i ask. then visit her, and decide for yourself" glyndon was staggered. he could not combat the reasonings of his friend; he was not convinced, but he hesitated; and at that moment nicot passed them. he tu

SIR WALLIS BUDGE EGYPTIAN MAGIC

m the gods of heaven, and earth, and the underworld. inanimate nature likewise obeyed such words of power, and even the world itself came into existence through the utterance of a word by thoth; by their means the earth could be rent asunder, and the waters forsaking their nature could be piled up in a heap, and even the sun's course in the heavens could be stayed by a word. no god, or spirit, or devil, or fiend, could resist words of power, and the egyptians invoked their aid in the smallest as well as in the greatest events of their lives. to him that was versed in the lore contained in the books of the "double house of life" the future was as well known as the past, and neither time nor distance could limit the operations of his power; the mysteries of life and death were laid bare befo

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 "black art" in the "white" and "black" magic of the egyptians most of the magic known in the other countries of the world may be found; it is impossible yet to say exactly how much the beliefs and religious systems of other nations were influenced by them, but there is no, doubt that certain views and religious ideas of many heathen

e wherein to dwell, and would thereby be rendered homeless and powerless. it will be remembered that it is stated in the apocryphal gospels that when the virgin mary and her son arrived in egypt there "was a movement and quaking throughout all the land, and all the idols fell down from their pedestals and were broken in pieces" then all the priests and nobles went to a certain priest with whom "a devil used to speak from out of the idol" and they asked him the meaning of these things; and when he had explained to them that the footstep of the son of the "secret and hidden god" had fallen upon the land of egypt, they accepted his counsel and made a figure of this god. the egyptians acknowledged that the new god was greater than all their gods together, and they were quite prepared to set up

meynard and pavet de courteille, paris, 1861, tom. ii. p. 425 ff. p. 157 chapter v. magical names. the egyptians, like most oriental nations, attached very great importance to the knowledge of names, and the knowledge of how to use and to make mention of names which possessed magical powers was a necessity both for the living and the dead. it was believed that if a man knew the name of a god or a devil, and addressed him by it, he was bound to answer him and to do whatever he wished; and the possession of the knowledge of the name of a man enabled his neighbour to do him good or evil. the name that was the object of a curse brought down evil upon its owner, and similarly the name that was the object of a blessing or prayer for benefits secured for its master many good things. to the egypti

to make a serpent and to cause it to bite ra, and to make him very ill, she was powerless to do as she wished in heaven and upon earth until she had persuaded the god to reveal to her his name by which he ruled the universe. in yielding up his name to the goddess he placed himself in her power, and in this example we have a striking instance of the belief that the knowledge of the name of god, or devil, or human being, implied dominion over that being. we have seen elsewhere that ra, the type and symbol of god, is described as the god of "many names" and in that wonderful composition the xviith chapter of the book of the dead, 1 we have the following statement-"i am the great god nu, who gave birth unto himself, and who made his name to become the company of the gods" then the question "wh

SIX ANGLED RITE OF THE ROYAL SUN OF THE GOAT LORD

neducated muhammadan believes that man's fate is written upon his skull, and that the sutures are the writing. no man, however, can read them. see the words of za bsix angled rite of the royal sun of the goat lord being an invocation of the landwarder, consecrator, reverser, and the firebringer. copyright 2002 by robin artisson* this ritual working is a variation on the "witches dance/opening the devil's eye" rite of which i have written elsewhere. the operant should refer to it for the basic instructions on how to perform this rite, paying attention chiefly to the "two bits of advice- the two main understandings that have to be brought to bear on the every word, thought, and action of the operant(s) who undertake this rite. i will proceed in good faith that my reader is familiar, through

(oz ah el) poetic stream: even the fire has horns red tines with burning life the smith hammers the heated iron love in the earth, on the anvil, strife. sigil 3: the sign of the autumn equinox invocatory name: wandil (wahn dill) poetic stream: autumn, the doorway of the blessed water in the pale bloom unseen life comes to sleep, risen above to sink below the fading green sigil 4: the sign of the devil's trident invocatory name: routa (roo tah) poetic stream: the old puck-angel raises a fork a threefold sharpened wand one tine for heaven, earth and hell three for the king of the hidden land sigil 5: the sign of mars invocatory name: samael (sam eye el) poetic stream: heavenly steel, earthly steel, the mark of cain is red lifted above, a touch to the forehead above bodies of men struck dead

SOLOMON

oul cried aloud with a mighty voice, and shot out a great burning flame of fire; and he arose, and followed ornias, and came to solomon. 14. and when i saw the prince of demons, i glorified the lord god, maker of heaven and earth, and i said "blessed art thou, lord god almighty, who hast given to solomon thy servant wisdom, the assessor of the wise, and hast subjected unto me all the power of the devil" 15. and i questioned him, and said "who art thou" the demon replied "i am beelzebub, the exarch of the demons. and all the demons have their chief seats close to me. and i it is who make manifest the apparition of each demon" and he promised to bring to me in bonds all the unclean spirits. and i again glorified the god of heaven and earth, as i do always give thanks to him. 16. i then asked

shall go forth in great power hither and thither, and be disseminated all over the world. and we shall lead astray the inhabited world for a long season, until the son of god is stretched upon the cross. for never before doth arise a king like unto him, one frustrating us all, whose mother shall not have contact with man. who else can receive such authority over spirits, except he, whom the first devil will seek to tempt, but will not prevail over? the number of his name is 644 [2, which is emmanuel. wherefore, o king solomon, thy time is evil, and thy years short and evil, and to thy servant shall thy kingdom be given [3 [1. i conjecture the sense which the word must bear in this context. 2. xmd. 3. this prophecy corresponds roughly to the one which lactantius, instit. div. lib. iv. c. 18

, i alight and set fire and do to death" 122. and i said to him "by what angel art thou frustrated" and he answered "by the only-ruling god, that hath authority over me even to be heard. he that is to be born of a virgin and crucified by the jews on a cross. whom the angels and archangels worship. he doth frustrate me, and enfeeble me of my great strength, which has been given me by my father the devil" and i said to him "what canst thou do' and he answered''i am able to remove [1] mountains, to overthrow the oaths of kings. i wither trees and make their leaves to fall off" and i said to him "canst thou raise this stone, and lay it for the beginning of this corner which exists in the fair plan of the temple [2' and he said "not only raise this, o king; but also, with the help of the demon

STEINER RUDOLF CHRISTIANITY AS MYSTICAL FACT

it all with the words: i know well that i am destined to have a kingdom, but i do not desire an earthly one; i will achieve enlightenment and make all the world rejoice. mara has to admit, my the egyptian and other eastern mysteries 95 power is at an end. jesus responds to the same temptation, saying: away from me, satan! for it is written: worship the lord your god, and serve him only. then the devil left him. the parallels could be documented at considerably greater length, all pointing in the same direction. the buddha s life comes to a sublime ending. whilst on a journey, he fell ill. he came to the river hiranya, near kusinagara, and there he lay down on a rug spread for him by his beloved disciple ananda. his body began to shine from within. he died transfigured, as a body of light

vil typhon, so now there is the great dragon, the ancient snake to be defeated. from far back the wisdom of the mystai had used the snake as its symbol of knowledge. the snake knowledge may be a seductive force, however, unless human beings bring to life within themselves the son of god. he it is who crushes the serpent s head: the great dragon was hurled down that ancient snake who is called the devil and satan and seduces all the world he was hurled down upon the earth, together with his angels. 149 the mystery-temple the christian mystery was to replace the many mysteries of the ancient world with its unique, archetypal mystery- event. in jesus the logos had become flesh, and he was to become the teacher of initiation to all humanity. his community of mystai was to be the human race. in

TECHNICIANS GUIDE TO THE LEFT HAND PATH

l rightness. this type of transformation leads to the path of thetwo ways- the path of unity, or the path of separation. this book is for those whose way is the path of separation, and the transforming element is the cold icy vision of a desert night where the stars becomes as gates. this is the book of salt. xxx magister roger whitaker 09/08/1997 the year 32 chapter 0. the nature of evil or..the devil made me do it" no law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. the only right is what is after my constitution, the only wrong what is against it..emerson to understand the nature of evil is paramount towards glimpsing into the character of the antinomian spirit. the antinomian is a reflection of this evil in the sense that the principles which govern their actions are based upon the trans

y, and becoming even more rare in the post-modern age of group-think where the i of the self has been replaced with us, we, our and them. it is only through individual becoming attained through spiritual anarchy to existing ideas not your own that independence is truly obtained. it is this playing field that the prince of darkness inscribes true evil. we can now speak about the anti-nature of the devil, for through our understanding of the nature of the principle of least resistance- the essential activity nature of god- we can begin to draw inferences regarding the anithesis of this principle; spiritual transformation through paths of resistance. the concept of adversary lies within the dichotomy of approach and its technique in manifesting spiritual transformation. here we can establish

s principle; spiritual transformation through paths of resistance. the concept of adversary lies within the dichotomy of approach and its technique in manifesting spiritual transformation. here we can establish one of the most misunderstood concepts regarding the true nature of evil and of the left hand path in general. just as god is reflected within nature and the universe, god s adversary- the devil- is reflected within that which is not nature and not of the universal order. you cannot include the idea of the devil into the mechanical consistency of the universe as a naturally occurring component. if nature and the universe are reflections of god, then the devil- as the ultimate antithesis, adversary, opposite and opponent of god- cannot logically be part of this same environment. the

ressed through spiritual transformation that occurs via the path of least resistance, it is this way that leads to eventual compliance, unity and oneness with god. true evil then, is expressed through spiritual transformation that occurs by following the paths of resistance, it is this way which leads towards the dissent, separation and individuality of the psyche from god. the environment of the devil, and of true evil cannot, and does not, exist within the realm of nature/matter as we perceive it. this is the realm of god, to place the devil within this environment makes the devil nothing more than a puppet of god- dancing an eternal dance not of his own making. the single most indentifying factor of the prince of darkness is that he has no master other than himself. so, what is the prec

within the realm of nature/matter as we perceive it. this is the realm of god, to place the devil within this environment makes the devil nothing more than a puppet of god- dancing an eternal dance not of his own making. the single most indentifying factor of the prince of darkness is that he has no master other than himself. so, what is the precise non-natural environment that true evil and the devil- in what ever form- works within? the environment from which true evil is manifest, and in which the prince of darkness makes his presence known is within the realm of human consciousness, human thought and ideas- the mind. these are then transferred from the abstract plane of existence- our individual thoughts and ideas- into matter through various creative and artisitic manifestations, int

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

go away! old nursery rhyme table of contents introduction: the occult script-a colossal and monstrous conspiracy 9 1 caution! you are now entering the forbidden zone 1 5 2 the megalomania of the psychopaths why the llluminati do what they do 25 3 concealed messages the importance of hand signs to the llluminati 45 4 hidden hand of the men of jahbuhlun 53 5 for he's a jolly good fellow sign of the devil's claw 81 by the men of the craft 6 baphles me! horned beasts, leaping goats, satanic beards, 97 and other messages of evil 7 "el diablo" shows his horns-the devil rides out! 119 8 secret handshakes of the llluminati 145 9 a show of hands llluminists employ the grand hailing sign and the sign 177 of admiration and astonishment 10 "i gruesomely swear that i'm on the square" more revealing sig

1 3 the riddle of the great seal of the united states, and the all-seeing eye 265 of the serpent of wisdom 14 "silence, slaves, or we'll cur your throat from ear to ear' 285 15 up to their necks in mischief 295 16 hand on heart sign of devotion to the chiefs 307 17 triangles up, triangles down, triangles, triangles all around 327 18 black magic, masonic witchcraft, and triangle powers 361 19 part devil, part angel 393 20 the merovingian dynasty, the priory of sion, and the spear of longinus 405 21 magical signs of the jewish cabala the six-pointed star, babylonian 419 witchcraft, and the hollywood perdition of jerry seinfeld and associates 22 scorched by the sun solar signs, circles, and serpents 459 23 "i fell in to a burning ring of fire" arnold schwarzenegger's 483 masonic ring, newt gi

x-pointed star, babylonian 419 witchcraft, and the hollywood perdition of jerry seinfeld and associates 22 scorched by the sun solar signs, circles, and serpents 459 23 "i fell in to a burning ring of fire" arnold schwarzenegger's 483 masonic ring, newt gingrich's t-rex dinosaur, and other mysterious messages on rings and neckties of the elite 24 ok-sign of the divine king 501 2 5 victory for the devil fabulous exploits of sir winston churchill 517 and other druid priests and llluminati servants 26 "every man and woman is a star" 537 27 lightning fall from heaven 557 28 blood red red stars, clenched fists, hammers and sickles, 563 and other signs and symbols of communist intrigue footnotes and references 589 index 599 more resources for you 621 about the author, texe marrs 623 introduction

blood red red stars, clenched fists, hammers and sickles, 563 and other signs and symbols of communist intrigue footnotes and references 589 index 599 more resources for you 621 about the author, texe marrs 623 introduction the occult script a colossal and monstrous conspiracy but let the spirit of all lies with works of dazzling magic blind you. then absolutely mine, i'll have and bind you. the devil, faust play by goethe (1749-1832) they're everywhere. cleverly disguised. on tv, imbedded in magazines, and lurking in powerful advertising. sometimes they're subtle or subliminal, other times direct, provocative, and mind-bending in effect. strange symbols, signs, charms, talismans, and handshakes that program and control our minds. henry makow, astute inventor and essayist, says that they

encyclopedias of the masonic order or illustrations and examples by experts and authorities. in some instances, it is unclear what exactly is transpiring in a photo because the intent, or motive, of the individual subject cannot be discerned. we cannot read peoples' minds, and so we must judge based on the photographic evidence. for example, there is much confusion today over the hand sign of the devil called "el diablo" or "il carnuto" many confuse this sign of evil with the sign of the deaf for "i love you" and with the sign given by many to indicate youthful rebellion, sex, and rock and roll. in the section of codex magica that pictures a number of people giving this problematic sign, i therefore explain the difference in types of hand signs and discuss the ongoing controversy in an att

THE BOOK OF PLEASURE

uardian angel/luciferian angel which may further empower the rites of azal ucel and ritual of the adversary by michael w. ford. i have included the introduction by kenneth grant from the 93 publishing edition of the book of pleasure. this grimoire is a powerful tool to illuminate the torch of the witches sabbat. for many years have i entered the gates of the opposer to drink from the graal of the devil, the very cup of ensorcelled venom few may taste. spare s art holds a gateway into this primal gnosis, seek to drink from this cup as well. become through self-love! frater akhtya seker arimanius magister, the order of phosphorus/black order of the dragon 2 3 introduction to the book of pleasure by kenneth grant first published in the book of pleasure, 1975 austin osman spare was born at sno

THE CRAFT GRIMOIRE OF ECLECTIC VERSION 2

ecrets are being openly employed by non-magick users. if you don t have the time, then pick up a copy of think and grow rich and you ll find many of these secret teachings spelled out. before you begin the practice of magick, you should understand that, like life itself, there is a certain responsibility that you accept. you are responsible for each and every action, thought and deed. there is no devil, the music, and movies don t have subliminal messages hidden in them, and regardless of how dysfunctional your childhood was, you, and only you are responsible for your own actions! if you like being a victim, if you need an escape goat to go through life with, then the last thing you need to do is learn magick. magick is about responsibility, and respect. responsibility for yourself, and re

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f interest in the paranormal and the supernatural. people speak freely of guardian angels, a belief in life after death, an acceptance of extrasensory perception (esp, and the existence of ghosts. in a gallup poll released on june 10, 2001, the survey administrators found that 54 percent of americans believe in spiritual or faith healing; 41 percent acknowledge that people can be possessed by the devil; 50 percent accept the reality of esp; 32 percent believe in the power of prophecy; and 38 percent agree that ghosts and spirits exist. what are the origins of these age-old beliefs? are they natural phenomenon that can be understood by the physical sciences? some scientists are suggesting that such mystical experiences can be explained in terms of neural transmitters, neural networks, and b

first heard three loud blows on the head of the bed as if it had been struck by a hammer. his first impression was that someone had hidden in his bedroom to frighten him, but the next morning at breakfast, the table at which he had seated himself was shaken nearly to pieces by a wild flurry of rappings. his aunt, near hysteria, left the home to summon three clergymen from the village to drive the devil out of her house. unable to make the rappings cease with their prayers, the ministers advised cook to ignore the disturbances. while it may have been possible to heed the ministers advice regarding the mysterious rapping sounds, cook found it impossible to ignore the activity of the furniture when tables and chairs began to move about the rooms. as the townspeople gathered to watch the stran

paul, 1968. hall, trevor. the spiritualists. london: duckworth, 1962. medhurst, r. g, and k. m. goldney. crookes and the spirit world. new york: taplinger, 1972. harry houdini (1874 1926) although harry houdini died in 1926, his name remains synonymous with incredible demonstrations of stage magic and daredevil escapes. for spiritualists and mediums, however, his name is also synonymous with the devil at worst, the grand inquisitor at the least. houdini developed a strange kind of ambivalence, a love-hate attitude, toward the spirit world that, according to many of his biographers, developed after he failed to contact the spirit of his deceased mother through a medium. others have commented that houdini, known as a notorious self-promoter, initiated the highly publicized attempts to expos

s 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 freely of

ned about being under psychic attack by demons when they learn from the mainstream media that the number of exorcisms of those who are suffering demonic possession has been rising steadily. in a gallup poll released on june 10, 2001, the administrators of the survey found that 54 percent of americans believe in spiritual or faith healing; 41 percent acknowledge that people can be possessed by the devil; 50 percent accept the reality of esp, or extrasensory perception; 32 percent believe in the power of prophecy; and 38 percent agree that ghosts and spirits exist. in the fall of 1988 the editors at better homes and gardens conducted a survey of their readers spiritual lives. the editors were astonished when the subject drew more than 80,000 responses, and more than 10,000 people attached th

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f interest in the paranormal and the supernatural. people speak freely of guardian angels, a belief in life after death, an acceptance of extrasensory perception (esp, and the existence of ghosts. in a gallup poll released on june 10, 2001, the survey administrators found that 54 percent of americans believe in spiritual or faith healing; 41 percent acknowledge that people can be possessed by the devil; 50 percent accept the reality of esp; 32 percent believe in the power of prophecy; and 38 percent agree that ghosts and spirits exist. what are the origins of these age-old beliefs? are they natural phenomenon that can be understood by the physical sciences? some scientists are suggesting that such mystical experiences can be explained in terms of neural transmitters, neural networks, and b

ous attack on the clergyman occurred once when he knelt at his fireplace stirring the coals, preparatory to placing new kindling on the andirons. without warning, a huge deluge of water rushed down the chimney, extinguishing the fire, blinding the abbe with flying sparks, and covering him with ashes. the tutor woefully concluded that such actions could only be the work of his satanic majesty, the devil. the only other person who actually suffered physical pain dealt out by the haunting phenomena was mme. de x, who was in the act of unlocking a door when the key suddenly disengaged itself from her grip and struck her across the back of her left hand with such force that she bore a large bruise for several days. one night the invisible creature roamed the corridors as if it were a lonely way

! 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 ghosts and phantoms 37 epworth rectory (fortean picture library) as if in answer to wesley s challenge, a knock sounded on the door of his study with such force that the cleric thought the boards must surely have been shattered. wesley decided to secure reinforcements in the fight against the deaf and dumb devil 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 comba

ness. saber-toothed tigers stalked them; cave bears mauled them, and rival hominid species struggled against them for survival. ancient nightterrors surface in the dreams and imaginations of present-day humans, and sometimes the monsters turn out to be real. 57 chapter exploration apelike monsters bigfoot orang pendek skunk ape yeti creatures of the night chupacabra ghoul golem imp incubus jersey devil succubus vampire werewolf monsters of land, sea, and air dragons loch ness and other lake monsters sea serpents thunderbirds wee folk and their friends elves fairies gnomes goblins gremlins leprechauns menehune mermaids nisse selkies trolls actors who faced (or became) movie monsters introduction some psychologists have suggested that there is something within the human psyche that craves mo

of creation in theory and practice. new york: samuel weiser, 1990. unterman, alan. dictionary of 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

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f interest in the paranormal and the supernatural. people speak freely of guardian angels, a belief in life after death, an acceptance of extrasensory perception (esp, and the existence of ghosts. in a gallup poll released on june 10, 2001, the survey administrators found that 54 percent of americans believe in spiritual or faith healing; 41 percent acknowledge that people can be possessed by the devil; 50 percent accept the reality of esp; 32 percent believe in the power of prophecy; and 38 percent agree that ghosts and spirits exist. what are the origins of these age-old beliefs? are they natural phenomenon that can be understood by the physical sciences? some scientists are suggesting that such mystical experiences can be explained in terms of neural transmitters, neural networks, and b

wished to succeed, it was almost a requirement to join the freemasons. at the same time, however, those individuals who were not privy to its secrets had begun to spread rumors about the bizarre rites and grim pledges that the members of the fraternity were sworn to uphold. curiosity and concern that satanic rites might be held by supposedly upstanding businessmen who had sold their souls to the devil began to spread doubts about what was really going on behind the closed doors of its lodges. while the various oaths and rituals of the masons would quite likely be judged as a bit overly dramatic and flamboyant by some, they were largely symbolic and representative of an earlier age.and far less danger- 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

rabs, and various pagan sources, and had thereby come under the scrutiny of the church and suspected of communicating with demons. although these individuals valiantly clung to precious fragments of ancient lore and insisted that they were practitioners of good magic, the clergy saw few distinctions between the magi and the witches that the inquisition sought to bring to trial for demonolatry and devil worship. it was not until the advent of the renaissance that the magi and their forbidden knowledge began to gain a certain acceptance among the courts of europe and the better educated members of the general populace. perhaps one of the greatest difficulties that the magi had with the orthodox clergy was their contention that angelic beings could be t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f

elizabeth heard of it, she sent two of her best physicians to attend to him. the queen also conveyed additional proofs of her high regard for him and made further promises. when he recovered, dee returned to england and settled at mortlake in surrey. here he accumulated an extensive library of works on occultism and allied subjects, prompting his neighbors to decree that he was in league with the devil. while dee insisted that he did not practice black magic, it seemed apparent that he knew a great deal about the subject. after elizabeth fs death, james i (1566. 1625) refused to extend patronage to dee because of his troubled reputation as a practitioner of the dark arts. dee returned to mortlake, where he died in 1608 in a state of neglect and poverty. dr. john dee fs globes, magic stone

takenly credited with many of the learned professor fs scholastic achievements. when georg faust died around 1540, he had become such a legendary magician in germany that in 1558 johann speiss published a book entitled the history of dr. johann faust, which listed his many feats and adventures. speiss included his interpretation of how faust had become a master magician by selling his soul to the devil in exchange for 24 years of limitless knowledge and power. over the course of time, the faust story has been the subject of numerous plays, operas, and films. the first cinematic production of the ageless tale of dr. faust selling his soul to the devil for unlimited knowledge was a french film in 1905. the noted german actor emil jannings played the role in a classic t h e g a l e e n c y c

THE GOD OF THE WITCHES

astoral and agricultural. among all these races the horned god was pre-eminent,for alike to hunting and pastoral folk animals were essential for life. after the general introduction ofagriculture, the horned god remained as a great deity, and was not dethroned even by the coming of theiron-age. it was not till the rise of christianity, with its fundamental doctrine that a non-christian deity wasa devil, that the cult of the horned god fell into disrepute.the idea of dividing the power beyond into two, one good and one evil, belongs to an advanced andsophisticated religion. in the more primitive cults the deity is in himself the author of all, whether good orbad. the monotheism -of early religions is very marked, each little settlement ok-group of settlementshaving its one deity, male or fe

old one, he was said to be the son of his predecessor. but when the invasion was warlike the conquering deitywas invested with all good attributes while the god of the vanquished took a lower place and was regarded bythe conquerors as the producer of evil, and was consequently often more feared than their own legitimatedeity. in ancient egypt the fall from the position of a high god to that of a "devil" is well exemplified in thegod seth, who in early times was as much a giver of all good as osiris, but later was so execrated that, exceptin the city of his special cult, his name and image were rigorously destroyed. in the study of the horned godthis fact of the fall from godship to devildom must be borne in mind. the god of the witchesintroduction2little is known of palaeolithic man beyond

d, for the old religion was graduallyrelegated to the lowest classes of the community and to those who lived in remote parts at a distance fromany centre of civilisation.the records of the middle ages show the ancient god was known in many parts of the country, but to thechristian recorder he was the enemy of the new religion and was therefore equated with the principle ofevil, in other words the devil. this conception, that a god other than that of the recorded must be evil, is not the god of the witchesintroduction4confined to christianity, or to the middle ages. st. paul, in the first epistle to the corinthians, expressed thesame opinion when he wrote "the things which the gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils and not togod. ye cannot drink the cup of the lord and the cup of devi

hou dwellest, even wheresatan's throne is. in 1613 sebastian michaelis spoke with no uncertain voice "the gods of the turks andthe gods of the gentiles are all devils. in india, hindus, mahommedans and christians unite in calling thedeities of the aboriginal tribes "devils. the gentle peaceable yezidis of modern mesopotamia, whose god isincarnate in a peacock or a black snake, are stigmatised as "devil-worshippers" by their moslemfellow-countrymen. as late as the nineteenth century christian missionaries of every denomination, whowent out to convert the heathen in any part of the world, were apt to speak of the people among whom theylaboured as worshippers of devils, and many even believed that those to whom they preached were doomedto hell-fire unless they turned to the christian god. the

shippers of devils, and many even believed that those to whom they preached were doomedto hell-fire unless they turned to the christian god. the gods of the pagans were often accredited with evilmagical powers, which could be mysteriously communicated to the priests. against such powers of hell thechristian missionaries felt themselves strengthened by the powers of heaven; and the belief that the devil hadbeen defeated by the archangel michael backed by the whole power of the almighty gave them courage inthe contest.the study of anthropology has changed much of this childish method of regarding the forms of religiousbelief which belong to another race or another country. to consider islam, buddhism or hinduism as theinvention of the evil one would be thought ridiculous at the present day

THE GOLDEN ESSENCE

is own lack of sight and limitations. it s not such a condemnation, for all people must face the guardian, eventually, because all people have conditions in themselves that need to be tested out and transformed and purified before they can apprehend truth and the light directly and permanently. but it is lack of insight and understanding that can lead people, for example christians, to see a dark devil where there is really a bright savior. bringing forth the secret child from the otherworld, into our own experience, seeing the child, that is, becoming aware of his eternal presence, is the key to the regeneration, or the re newal of the mysteries. it is also the key to the mysteries of psychic ascension. seeing the child of the mystery night was the subject of many ancient mystery cults in

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

rs with proportions so exact, that the known demonstrates and reveals the unknown. to understand this science, is to see god. the author of this book, as he finishes his work, will think that he has demonstrated it. then, when you have seen god, the hierophant will say to you "turn round" and, in the shadow which you throw in the presence of this sun of intelligences, there will appear to you the devil, that black phantom which you see when your gaze is not fixed upon god, and when you think that your shadow fills the sky- for the vapours of the earth, the higher they go, seem to magnify it more and more. to harmonize in the category of religion science with revelation and reason with faith, to demonstrate in philosophy the absolute principles which reconcile all the antinomies, and finall

pply to 16 ourselves; it will be done to us as we have believed; that is to say, we create ourselves in the image of our ideal "those who make their gods become like unto them" says the psalmist "and all they that put their trust in them" the divine ideal of the ancient world made the civilization which came to an end, and one must not despair of seeing the god of our barbarous fathers become the devil of our more enlightened children. one makes devils with cast-off gods<<christianity has fallen, and so christ has already become the 'devil' to such thinkers as nietzsche and crowley- o.m> and satan is only so incoherent and so formless because he is made up of all the rags of ancient theogonies. he is the sphinx without a secret, the riddle without an answer, the mystery without truth, the

epics. he twisted together the sword of right and the sceptre of duty; and upon this column of gold and steel he placed the creative sign of love. one day, in a great popular assembly, he went down into the road with a piece of bread in his hand which he broke and distributed, saying "bread of god, do thou make bread for all" i know another of them who cried "i will no longer adore the god of the devil! i will not have a hangman for my god" and they thought that he blasphemed. no; but the energy of his faith overflowed in inexact and imprudent words. he said again in the madness of his wounded charity "the liabilities of all men are common, and they expiate each other's faults, as they make merit for each other by their virtues "the penalty of sin is death "sin itself, moreover, is a penal

been attacked with violence in pamphlets whose authors had at one time been admirers of his doctrine, for the medium vintras took it upon himself to dogmatize. one thing, however, is remarkable in the invectives of which he is the object: his adversaries, though straining every effort in order to scourge him, recognize the truth of his miracles, and content themselves with attributing them to the devil. what, then, are these so authentic miracles of vintras? on this subject we are better informed than anybody, as will soon appear. affidavits signed by honourable witnesses, persons who are artists, doctors, priests, all men above reproach, have been communicated to us; we have questioned eye-witnesses, and, better than that, we have seen with our own eyes. the facts deserve to be described

rpreted in their gross, or in their mystical, sense. perhaps madrolle was himself intentionally ambiguous- trans> it was the marquis de sade turned preacher<three-fourths of "justine" are verbose arguments in favour of so-called vice. again levi trips in referring to an author whom he has not read- trans> further, he denied the existence of the devil with an enthusiasm often full of eloquence "can you conceive" said he "a devil tolerated and authorized by god? can you conceive, further, a god who made the devil, and who allowed him to ravage creatures already so weak, and so prompt to deceive themselves! a god of the devil, in short, abetted, protected, and scarcely surpassed in his revenges, by a devil of a god" the rest of the pamphlet

THE LUCIFERIAN PATH THE WITCHES SABBAT MICHAEL W FORD

of lucifer falling from light. it was essential for azazel (lucifer) to grow he had to understand and perceive darkness, to taste the shadows and become as god (the knowledge of good and evil. the initiate of the luciferian path explores the darkness as a point of development, a testing of spirit and the possibility of self isolation. as the initiate confronts in various forms what is called the devil, the averse and life-giving spirit, he or she then becomes as this spirit. the witch or sorcerer becomes stronger in their results of magical practice, and they begin to note concrete results within and outside the self. at this point many will fail, to face the devil or shadow side will often lead the individual to face his or her worst fears and weaknesses, that which can destroy 4 the ind

the in-between point which later unveils the light, therefore being a barrier and initiation aspect of the self and such conceptual matter. the numerical 666, described by aleister crowley is the number of the beast3, which is inherent in the sun in the zodiac. the sun is also associated with the adversarial triad, being shaitan (set) typhon, apophras (apep) and besz, a god of transformation. the devil as an initiatory force is considered masculine, thus is represented by the phallus or source of creative life. in the tarot, the devil is attributed to capricornus, and the hebrew letter ayin, being an eye. the symbolism of the devil as the initiator may be best understood by the tarot as presented in the book of thoth. satan/set is the ass headed god of the desert, the lord of storms and de

tarot as presented in the book of thoth. 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

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

pillar above the veil, shows the effects on tiphareth of the proper functioning of the upper sephiroth. the golden dawn rituals of advancement to the state of tiphareth and the grade of adeptus minor always move the candidate along one side path, then bar them, then move along the opposite path to be barred and forced to return, until at last the "middle way" is walked and the goal attained. xv. devil: the devil atu, partnering death on the other side of the tree, shows how hod, the intellect, can enslave the awareness by being glorified for its own sake. there are many paradoxes which can break the chains of the devil, and zen koans are specifically designed to work on this level, amongst others. it also shows the danger of attempting to make netzach subservient to hod (working on "contr

sing the experience of hod on a mystical level. the cards of the paths connecting hod to its companion sephiroth of the tree are as follows: hanged man (geburah) the hanged man represents consciousness drowned in matter as one meaning of the image of the sacrificed god, and as the initiate progresses up the tree, hod is where he first accesses any of the sephiroth above tiphareth, self-awareness. devil (tiphareth) in order to rescue that consciousness, the adept must come to terms with the primal forces represented by the devil, but also unchain his model from his prior perceptions, which is also indicated by this card. the devil is beaten by looking him straight in the eye (ayin, the letter attributed to the devil card. tower (netzach) the tower connecting hod to netzach shows the dramati

rder to work on his psyche and perceptions and to build a tower of singular language, not merely another tower of babel. sun (yesod) the mind can reflect from tiphareth experiences of a "higher order, and such is often termed "gnosis" by contemplatives. this illuminates the psyche, centred in yesod, through the path of the sun atu. it is interesting to note that this functional triad utilises the devil atu as lucifer, the light-bringer. last judgement (malkuth) the "last judgement" atu shows the resultant flow of energies down the pillar of which hod is the base. from understanding and discrimination, and the processes of the intellect, reflecting the arc of will, comes the decision to act, the judgement from which flows the will into the world of action, malkuth. if the lower sephiroth ar

s, acting as a kether below the veil of paroketh. whereas the three paths of the upper triad deal with the "light" of creation, these three paths deal with the "life" of creation; path 24: the imaginative intelligence path 26: the renewing intelligence path 27: the active intelligence the tarot cards which relate to these paths are those often seen as the "bad guys" of the pack, being "death "the devil, and "the blasted tower. however, in the light of the path descriptions above, we can see that they symbolise essential qualities of the creative and generative processes of the universe. path 24, that of "death, gives "similarity to the likeness of beings. that is, beneath and beyond the transformations taking place about us, the "song remains the same, as the led zeppelin song puts it. all

and the wind is god moving across the waters; a process which did not end at genesis, but is part of the continual emergence of the universe and is still happening right here and now. this awareness of the "death" path is part of the result of the "vision of beauty" seen by the adeptus minor on attaining tiphareth. on the other side of tiphareth, we have the 26th path to which is attributed the "devil. the golden dawn accurately depicted this card as a "pan" image, who is the greek god of creativity and generation. the path is called the "renewing intelligence, and hence governs the processes of regeneration. that is to say, this path regulates and "kicks off" constant cycles of activity just as the thermostat in a central heating system governs the activities of the whole system. path 27

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

rkly critical and objective look into the nature of one's own being. unconscious content is usually experienced in projection upon something that is outside of us. in the case of unwanted psyhc content, some people will readily project their shadow onto someone else. thus, we have a tendency to shft the blame onto an appropriate scapegoat "the other guy did it" or as a comedian once insisted "the devil made me do it" it is extremely difficult for some analysands to accept the fact that they do indeed have a deep, dark side. the therapist, who tries to bring the shadow out into the open, often meets with enormous resistance because the client fears that the artificial structure he has carefully constructed to protect hs ego will come crashing down. ths is in fact the point at whch many anal

s to the tarot card of "the high priestess" and is attributed to the moon. ths path is the primary conduit by which the higher, divine consciousness flows down to lower levels. it is also a path of change. interestingly, thirteen multiplied by two is twenty-six, the value of yhvh (7137) and kabedh (712 "to honor" the twenty-sixth path of the sepher yetzirah is attributed to the tarot card of "the devil" to which is assigned the powers of material force and generation. thirteen multiplied by three is thrty-nine, the value of yhvh achad('tilt4 71;t7) or "yhvh is one" thuteen multiplied by four is fifty-two, the number of yhvh spelled 0ut.19 it is also the value of aima (kt37k, the supernal mother and ben (11, the reconciling son. finally, thirteen multiplied by five (the number of gnes that

THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES

were a very rare sight in west virginia in 1967. men in formal suits and ties were even rarer in those back hills of the ohio valley. and bearded, black-garbed strangers on foot in the rain had never been seen there before. in the days that followed the young couple told their friends about the apparition. obviously, they concluded, he had been a fearful omen of some sort. perhaps he had been the devil himself! three weeks later these two people were dead, among the victims of the worst tragedy ever to strike that section of west virginia. they were driving across the silver bridge. which spanned the ohio river, when it suddenly collapsed. their friends remembered. they remembered the story of the bearded stranger in the night. it had, indeed, been a sinister omen. one that confirmed their

even seemed to expect it of us. perhaps if crew cuts ever come back and beards disappear i will regrow my own. but today it would be sprinkled with gray. too much gray, probably. likewise, long hair was once the symbol of the super-intellectual, the property of concert violinists and einstein-type mathematicians the ultimate squares, really. i would prefer to believe that i did not look like the devil in my late beard. i certainly had no intention of launching new legends when my car ran off the road in west virginia that november and i plodded from house to house searching for a telephone so i could call a tow truck. i had just come up from atlanta, georgia, where i had delivered a speech to a local ufo club. west virginia was almost a second home to me in those days. i had visited the s

al origin came three weeks later when two of the people i had awakened were killed in the bridge tragedy. some future investigator of the paranormal may wander into those hills someday, talk with these people, and write a whole chapter of a learned book on demonology repeating this piece of folklore. other scholars will pick up and repeat his story in their books and articles. the presence of the devil in west virginia in november 1967 will become a historical fact, backed by the testimony of several witnesses. those of us who somewhat sheepishly spend our time chasing dinosaurs, sea serpents, and little green men in space suits are painfully aware that things often are not what they seem; that sincere eyewitnesses can and do grossly misinterpret what they have seen; that many extraordinar

by beginning anywhere. paranormal phenomena are so widespread, so diversified, and so sporadic yet so persistent that separating and studying any single element is not only a waste of time but also will automatically lead to the development of belief. once you have established a belief, the phenomenon adjusts its manifestations to support that belief and thereby escalate it. if you believe in the devil he will surely come striding down your road one rainy night and ask to use your phone. if you believe that flying saucers are astronauts from another planet they will begin landing and collecting rocks from your garden. many most of the manifestations accompanying the ufo phenomenon simply did not fit into the enthusiasts3 concept of how a superior intelligence from another galaxy would beha

religious apparitions, demonology, occult phenomena, and contacts with fairies. all of these manifestations clearly share a common source or cause. while chimeras can come in all sizes and shapes, ranging from twenty-foot giants to animated tin cans only a few inches in height, the most fascinating type is one who has appeared in almost every country on earth. in other ages he was regarded as the devil incarnate. he dressed in black and rode a black horse. later he arrived in black horsedrawn carriages, even in hearses. today he steps out of flying saucers in remote farm fields. he is built exactly like us, stands from five feet six inches to six feet tall, looks very human but has high cheekbones, unusually long fingers, and an oriental cast to his features. his complexion is olive or red

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

christian dogma; yet, as a priest and former monk, i believe it is fair to say that this dogma is unfortunately very far removed from the majority of the faithful to be of much consequence. the idea of a war against satan, and of the entities of good and evil having roughly equivalent powers, is perhaps best illustrated by the belief, common among the orthodox churches of the east, in a personal devil as well as a personal angel. this concept has been amplified by the roman catholic church to such an extent- perhaps subconsciously- that a missal in the editor's possession contains an engraving for the feast of st. andrew, apostle, for november 30, that bears the legend "ecce qui tollis peccata mundi- behold him who taketh away the sins of the world- and the picture above it is of the atom

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 revelation, 666, whom christianity considers to represent the devil. indeed, crowley had nothing but admiration for the shaitan (satan) of the so-called "devil-worshipping" cult of the yezidis of mesopotamia, knowledge of which led him to declare the lines that open this introduction. for he saw that the yezidis possess a great secret and a great tradition that extends far back into time, beyond the origin of the sun cults of osiris, mithra and christ; even

sometimes a tail. the church's use of the horns as a sort of archetype of evil is quite similar to the feeling many people have today with regards to the swastika used by the nazis, a symbol which has become the archetype of an evil sigil in the west. the fact that it is a highly valued mystical and religious symbol in the east is something that is not well-known. what is worse, the image of the devil as perpetrated by the church is simultaneously representative of sexual energy, and can be safely compared to jung's archetype of the shadow, the psychic repository of a man's innate maleness, as the anima represents that part of a man which is feminine. truly, the pictures painted of a satanic ritual by the pious catholic clergymen was one of sexual orgies and "perversions, and the handbook

mein kampf- is full of detailed sexual imagery and reveals the nature of the souls of the monks who wrote it, rather than of the innocents it was used to massacre. eventually, satanism, protestantism and judaism were inextricably woven together to form a patchwork quilt of evil that the church attempted to destroy during the middle ages, with fire and sword. as a matter of fact, a certain type of devil worship did exist during those times but, ironically, the acolytes of hell were usually never brought to trial; something which stems from the fact that many of those who celebrated and attended the infamous black masses of the period were roman catholic clergymen, 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

he 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 aware, and which they depicted constantly in their carvings and statues. the purpose of this iconography was to ward off the sp

THE ROSICRUCIAN MANIFESTOS

h that fair concord, that as in every several kernel is contained a whole good tree or fruit, so likewise is included in the little body of man the whole great world, whose religion, policy, health, members, nature, language, words and works, are agreeing, sympathizing, and in equal tune and melody with god, heaven and earth; and that which is disagreeing with them, is error, falsehood and of the devil, who alone is the first, middle, and last cause of strife, blindness, and darkness in the world: also, might one examine all and several persons upon the earth, he should find that which is good and right, is always agreeing with it self; but all the rest is spotted with a thousand erroneous conceits. after two years brother r.c. departed the city fez, and sailed with many costly things into

THE SHADOWED ONES

king 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 azazel at times within the dragon by chant and devotion. leviathan is the dragon guardian of the abyss, who dwells in the deep and unknown realms of the ocean and the darkest depths of the mind

o is your shadow possibility and strength bearing passion of the earth. let the ahriman dragon whose color is black stir your eyes from the sun to the moon and the darkness of night. it is the cold winds which open the path of arezura and hades, when wolves and serpents gather unto you. let the ahrimanic dragon coil as the serpents of shaitan, just as zohak shall you be blessed by the kiss of the devil-prince who is your initiator of dreams and death. by the north west point of the circle can you call now forth azrael who is a gatherer of ghosts and shades of the dead. listen to the twilight call of the boneways of the gateway. in your skull temple of cain and lilith does witchblood flow and gather what you may become. let jasmine bloom now under the light of the moon and the phantoms of w

THE SIGIL OF ADVERSARY

on a parchment and invoked at the noon day when the sun is highest. it may be used to empower the body of which you dwell, to illuminate the ba and ka of the sorcerer, or to send forth desires of manifestation in the heat of the day. cursing is one possibility of this spell, and the name is sabaoth, the lord of the earth. the eleventh is hemhem, the roarer, a serpent with the face of a cat. this devil is one of apep, a form of set. hemhem is used to invoke storms in the self to crush and devour weakness. the tenth is the serpent of apep, who has the face of a white cat. this daemon may be used to ascend up in night, to visualize and send forth the spells of your desire. cursing or blessing, all of which shall become in your will. nine as the number of the trapezoid, the ensorcelment of th

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

e sacred gold of lust, her lips are lecherous and large, inviting to kiss: but somehow blood was black upon them; blood in stains and clots and splashes; and the mud trampled around her by the souls that knelt, worshipping where her false lewd body dwelt, was dark and hateful; and a sleepy flood trickled therefrom as magic gums that melt.*1. i am a man, nor fear to drain the bowl.*2. now some old devil, dead no doubt and damned, but living in her life, had wisely crammed her fierce bronze throat with such a foul device as made her belly yearn for sacrifice. she leered like love on me, and smiled, and shammed, and did not pity for all her breast of spice.*3 *1. mysteries: lyrical and dramatic. vol. i, p. 99 *2. ibid. vol. i, p. 100 *3. ibid. vol. i, p. 100. man though he was, he is thrust i

at all. an affection it may be, but love it cannot be if it dare not see its form mirrored in the eyes of a loving woman. its failure in the end is a certainty; certain ascetics may compel their wills to conquer their natures, but men as a whole cannot. certain maniacs such as origen may emasculate themselves for the kingdom of god, but the great human masses will let the kingdom of god go to the devil, if a pretty pair of lips is in question. not for long in any case can we change our natures, as the anchorites of the libyan deserts only too fearfully proved; boiling with carnalities they feared to see their own mothers, and were even forbidden to keep in their possession animals of the female sex. o stylites! they are now in heaven! how we clave together! how we strained caresses! how th

ser, vol. i, p. 253 *2. ibid, vol. i, p. 254. he taunts them, insults god; and tells all, shouting it far and broad, that his road was the road of the mount of venus, the road of lust, the fiery baptism of vice which impels virtue. then the silence breaks, the foul mob of the self-sufficient, the spawn of ignorance, and the slime of superstition, let loose their hell-hound voices. fiend! atheist! devil! are hurled at his head; kill him! crucify him! death! death! but tannhauser stands a colossus amid the bursting bubbles of this stygian mire of corruption, and turning to the landgrave he says: will they answer you? my arm is weary as your souls are not of beastliness: i have drawn my father fs sword. hard as your virtue is the easy sort, heavy to handle as your loves are light, smooth as y

was the innocence of our early victorian grandmothers. nowadays a woman is as young in manner as she is old in years; and as for hair ask the coiffeurs. as cats grow cantankerous in old age, so do women, and angela is a good example of one of the many vicious, crafty, and crabbed old vixens who monopolize society. when she hears percy murmur words of love to molly, she hisses: ah! if there were a devil to buy souls, or if i had not sold mine! quick bargain, god! hell catch the jade! blister her fat red cheeks! rot her snub nose! poison devour her guts! wither her fresh clean face with old grey scabs, and venomous ulcers gnaw the baby breasts *why jesus wept, vol. iii, p. 30. most charitable! but such is the kingdom of society. gangela h is a lovely name (so thinks inexperienced percy, and

s you might yourself have one wee fling, if you were pretty. what might not hard starvation drive you to, with death so near and sure? perhaps it might drive even virtuous you, if you were poor.*5 *1. conventional lies. max nordau *2. fundamental problems, p. vii *3. beverland, 238 *4. ibid. 414 *5. oracles, vol. ii, p. 5. and in gorpheus h he well describes the social trinity: nay! virtue is the devil fs name for vice, and all your righteousness is filthy rags wherein ye strut, and hide the one base thought. to mask the truth, to worship, to forget; these three are one *orpheus, vol. iii, p. 208. the moral character of a nation is its true capital, and the two great laws of existence are. gthe struggle for life, h and gthe struggle for the ideal, h if then the ideal is low, the capital is

THE WITCH CULT OF ZOS VEL THANATOS

lements of building, focusing and releasing this powerful force of promethean fire-the mind and will united by dissolution of opposites. kia itself seeks the necessary manifestation by the act of love, considering it seems to incarnate or flow backwards. this can be viewed as an initiation resembling what has been described in my book of the witch moon as the osculum infame, or kiss of shame. the devil itself, resembling the o can achieve autoerotic intercourse with the combination of z, meaning inverse intercourse with the devil the very act of creation. the rite of thanatos vel babalon, as developed by michael dewitt is one of the most powerful descriptions of the essence of babalon that could be described. the ritual itself is opened with the quadriga sexualis banishing ritual and leads

the botd as well. the face is the independent genius, the spirit which rises from flesh, the angelick daemon which is both beast and spirit, the independent consciousness which goes forth to the luciferian/celestial sabbat. the sleeping offer their veins to the mouths of the black adept, who then drinks in turn from the wound of lilith az, the fountain of trshna, or thirst, the very graal of the devil. the ophidian oracle the black (lilith az) and the red (samael) snake are the dual knowledge of kundalini, both represent the polarity of sexual magick and independent consciousness. here one may see the witch with her familiars and servitors, sexual playthings and the serpent of knowledge moving towards the yoni or eye of darkness. this is the essence of the path found in the grimoire adamu

THE ABYSS AND TABAET

toad, his words defined the very essence of all sorcery and magick, i will seduce all material life into disaffection to thee and affection to myself. initiation into the path of magick is that of the illumination of clay by the gods of the leviathanic path, when dreaming and desired spirit enter flesh and manifest their own journey upon the path of the dragon. in the circle of evocation does the devil embodied awaken, it is the mirror of the creation of the initiate. no matter of which name is the adversary invoked, the shadow encircles the body and soul to reveal the blackened fire of life itself, the very essence illuminated. to walk upon the left hand path is to sip from the venom d cup of the serpent, to move against the sun by the way of lilith and hecate, to listen to the ancient lo

offered online by joseph peterson@ www. avesta. org the history of zoroastrianism by m.n. dhalla further reading: luciferian witchcraft by michael w. ford isbn 1411626389 the home publisher of luciferian witchcraft is here: http//www.lulu.com/content/112297 "this is the revealed grimoire of the left-hand path. there is power for those willing to drink from the cup of the beast and his bride, the devil's harlot. herein is the path as walked by one who seeks to reveal the true path of ahriman and lilith-az, to manifest in flesh the spirit of azi dahaka and cain. herein is magick from the foundation to higher pathworkings of sorcery and black magick. here the works which burn away the modern white-washing of so-called magick and or witchcraft. herein are the rituals of lucifer, ancient persi

in one huge compendium many of the shocking rituals and bizarre initiation rites of black magick that have established ford as the most cutting-edge exponent of the left hand path tradition in america today. the book begins with a lengthy and highly scholarly exposition of the place of the draconic adversary within historical magick. set typhon, the egyptian god of darkness, ahriman, the persian devil and his whore of darkness, the adversary and the bride of the devil, cain the son, the gnostic yaldabaoth "child of chaos, the path of the crooked serpent- leviathan and beelzebub and tiamat, pazuzu, and moloch are only some of the topics and figures covered. the second part of the book, the grimoires of luciferian witchcraft, includes several of his most infamous graveyard workings, togethe

THE GOD SET

ably the most beautiful surviving example of setian art. by the end of the twentieth dynasty, as the funerary cult of osiris became the dominate force in popular egyptian religion,more and more, set as the murderer of osiris became the evil one. in fact by the twenty sixth dynasty it was a common practice to disfigure any representations of set. he became--for all practical purposes the christian devil. some scholars have even derived the name satan from set-hen, a cult title meaning the majesty of set, but i am dubious of this particular derivation. however set was not down for the count. during the ptolemaic period set, merged with the greek titan typhon, became the figure for the goes or sorcerer to use. after hermes the most often invoked god in the magical papyri is set-typhon. this e

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eousness. then he suffered him. 3:16 and jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the spirit of god descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 3:17 and lo a voice from heaven, saying, this is my beloved son, in whom i am well pleased. 4:1 then was jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 4:2 and when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 4:3 and when the tempter came to him, he said, if thou be the son of god, command that these stones be made bread. 4:4 but he answered and said, it is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of god. 4:5 then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, a

to the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, 4:6 and saith unto him, if thou be the son of god, cast thyself down: for it is written, he shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in [their] hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 4:7 jesus said unto him, it is written again, thou shalt not tempt the lord thy god. 4:8 again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 4:9 and saith unto him, all these things will i give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 4:10 then saith jesus unto him, get thee hence, satan: for it is written, thou shalt worship the lord thy god, and him only shalt thou serve. 4:11 then the devil leaveth him, and

i am able to do this? they said unto him, yea, lord. 9:29 then touched he their eyes, saying, according to your faith be it unto you. 9:30 and their eyes were opened; and jesus straitly charged them, saying, see [that] no man know [it] 9:31 but they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country. 9:32 as they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil. 9:33 and when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, it was never so seen in israel. 9:34 but the pharisees said, he casteth out devils through the prince of the devils. 9:35 and jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the peo

elias, which was for to come. 11:15 he that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 11:16 but whereunto shall i liken this generation? it is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, 11:17 and saying, we have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. 11:18 for john came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, he hath a devil. 11:19 the son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. but wisdom is justified of her children. 11:20 then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: 11:21 woe unto thee, chorazin! woe unto thee, bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in

well pleased: i will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the gentiles. 12:19 he shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. 12:20 a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. 12:21 and in his name shall the gentiles trust. 12:22 then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. 12:23 and all the people were amazed, and said, is not this the son of david? 12:24 but when the pharisees heard [it] they said, this [fellow] doth not cast out devils, but by beelzebub the prince of the devils. 12:25 and jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, every kingdom divided against itsel

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rs..parts of it i sense to be genuinely old; other parts suggest modern interpolation (farrar, what witches do, pp 34-35) as we shall discover presently, there appear to be no genuinely old copies of the book of shadows. still, as to the mythos, farrar informs us that the "two personifications of witchcraft are the horned god and the mother goddess (ibid, p 29) and that the "horned god is not the devil, and never has been. if today `satanist' covens do exist, they are not witches but a sick fringe, delayed-reaction victims of a centuries-old church propaganda in which even intelligent christians no longer believe (ibid, p 32. one could protest "very well, some case might be made for the horned god being mistaken for the christian devil (or should that be the other way around, but what reco

horned god being mistaken for the christian devil (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 comm

burning mania which swept like a plague over much of europe during the transition from medieval world to modern that it was just that; a mania, a delusion in the minds of christian clergymen and state authorities; that is, there were no witches, only the innocent victims of the witch hunt. further, this humanist argument goes, the `witchcraft' of satanic worship, broomstick riding, of sabbats and devil-marks, was a rather late invention, borrowing but little from remaining memories of actual prechristian paganism. we have seen a resurrection of this mania in the 1980s flurry over `satanic sacrificial' cults, with as little evidence "the concept of the heresy of witchcraft was frankly regarded as a new invention, both by the theologians and by the public" writes dr. rossell hope robbins in

e canon episcopi and the witchcraft of the inquisition were different" the evidence extracted under the most gruesome and repeated tortures resemble the wiccan religion of today in only the most cursory fashion. though wicca may have been framed with the "confessions" extracted by victims of the inquisitors in mind, those "confessions- which are more than suspect, to begin with, bespeak a cult of devil worshipers dedicated to evil. one need only read a few of the accounts of the time to realize that, had there been at the time a religion of the goddess and god, of seasonal circles and the book of shadows, such would likely have been blurted out by the victims, and more than once. the agonies of the accused were, almost literally, beyond the imagination of those of us who have been fortunat

priest, probably at risk to his own life, recorded testimony in the 1600s that reflected the reality underlying the forced "confessions" of "witches. rev. michael stapirius records, for example, this comment from one "confessed witch "i never dreamed that by means of the torture a person could be brought to the point of telling such lies as i have told. i am not a witch, and i have never seen the devil, and still i had to plead guilty myself and denounce others" all but one copy of father stapirius' book were destroyed, and little wonder. a letter smuggled from a german burgomaster, johannes junius, to his daughter in 1628, is as telling as it is painful even to read. his hands had been virtually destroyed in the torture, and he wrote only with great agony and no hope "when at last the exe

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spirits, usurped that title. but magicke and witchcraft are far differing sciences; whereof pliny1 being ignorant, scoffeth thereat: for nero (saith pliny) who had the most excellent magicians of the east sent to him by tyridates king of armenia, who held that kingdom by him, found the art after long study and labour altogether ridiculous. now witchcraft and sorcery, are works done merely by the devil, which with respect unto some covenant made with man, he acteth by men his instruments, to accomplish his evil ends: of these, the histories of all ages, people and countries, as also the holy scriptures, afford us sundry examples. but magus is a persian word primitively, whereby is expressed such a one as is altogether conversant in things divine; as plato affirmeth, the art of magick is th

. 2 ministers and messengers which attend the worship of the true god; he also hath delivered, that there are devils earthly and wandering, and enemies to mankind. so that the word magus of itself imports a contemplator of divine& heavenly sciences; but under the name magick, are all unlawful arts comprehended; as necromancy and witchcraft, and such arts which are effected by combination with the devil, and whereof he is a party. these witches and necromancers are also called malefici or venefici; sorcerers or poisoners; of which names witches are rightly called, who without the art of magick do indeed use the help of the devil himself to do mischief; practising to mix the powder of dead bodies with other things by the help of the devil prepared; and at other times to make pictures of wax

alefici or venefici; sorcerers or poisoners; of which names witches are rightly called, who without the art of magick do indeed use the help of the devil himself to do mischief; practising to mix the powder of dead bodies with other things by the help of the devil prepared; and at other times to make pictures of wax, clay, or otherwise (as it were sacramentaliter) to effect those things which the devil by other means bringeth to pass. such were, and to this day partly, if not altogether, are the corruptions which have made odious the very name of magick, having chiefly sought, as the manner of all impostures is, to counterfeit the highest and most noble part of it. a second kind of magick is astrologie, which judgeth of the events of things to come, natural and humane, by the motions and i

ral philosophy. nevertheless there is a mixture in all things, good with evil, of falsehood with truth, of corruption with purity. the good, the truth, the purity, in every kinde, may well be embraced: as in the ancient worshipping of god by sacrifice, there was no man knowing god among the elders, that did not forbear to worship the god of all power, or condemn that kinde of worship, because the devil was so adored in the image of baal, dagon, astaroth, chemosh, jupiter, apollo, and the like. neither did the abuse of astrology terrify abraham (if we believe the most ancient and religious writers) from observing the motions and natures of the heavenly bodies. neither can it dehort wise and learned men in these days from attributing those vertues, influences, and inclinations, to the stars

g to pass all things in due season. aphorism 19. olympus and the inhabitants thereof, do of their own accord offer themselves to men in the forms of spirits, and are ready to perform their offices for them, whether they will or not: by how much the rather will they attend you, if they are desired? but there do appear also evil spirits, and destroyers, which is caused by the envy and malice of the devil; and because men do allure and draw them unto themselves with their sin, as a punishment due to sinners. whosoever therefore desireth familiarly to have a conversation with spirits, let him keep himself from enormious sins, and diligently pray to the most high to be his keeper; and he shall break through all the snares and impediments of the devil: and let him apply himself to the service of

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

this, as well as many other instances, has followed the ammonian platonics, who were both the restorers and corrupters of the ancient theology. they restored it from the mass of poetical mythology, under which it was buried, but refined and sublimated it with abstract metaphysics, which soared as far above human reason as the poetical 1 sat. lib. i. c. 18. 2 arch ologia, vol. v. 3 now called the devil s arrows. see stukely s itin. vol. i. table xc. 4 hist. nat. lib. xxxvi. sec. 14. 5 plate x, fig. 1, and nummi pop& urb. table x. fig. 7. 68 on the worship mythology sunk below it. from the ancient solar obeliscs came the spires and pinnacles with which our churches are still decorated, so many ages after their mystic meaning has been forgotten. happily for the beauty of these edifices, it w

e 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, including also the older bulgari and publicani, were charged with holding secret meetings, at which the devil appeared to them in the shape, according to some, of a goat, whom they worshipped by offering the kiss in ano, after which they indulged in promiscuous sexual intercourse. some believed that they were conveyed to these meetings by unearthly means. the english chronicler, ralph de coggeshall, tells a strange story of the means of locomotion possessed by these heretics. in the city of rheims

o were fully initiated into their most secret mysteries became endowed with powers and faculties above those possessed by ordinary individuals. a list of the errors of the waldenses, printed in the reliqui antiqu, from an english manuscript, enumerates among them that they met to indulge in promiscuous sexual intercourse, and held perverse doctrines in accordance with it; that, in some parts, the devil appeared to them in the form of a cat, and that each kissed him under the tail; and that in other parts they rode to the place of meeting upon a staff anointed with a certain unguent, and were conveyed thither in a moment of time. the writer adds that, in the parts where he lived, these practices had not been known to exist for a long time.2 our old chroniclers exult over the small success w

auderie, or, as it was then written, vaulderie, was applied to the practice or profession of witchcraft. they said that the place of meeting was commonly a fountain in the wood of mofflaines, about a league distant from arras, and that they sometimes went thither on foot. the more usual way of proceeding, however, according to their own account, was this they took an ointment given to them by the devil, with which they annointed a wooden rod, at the same time rubbing the palms of their hands with it, and then, placing the rod between their legs, they were suddenly carried through the air to the place of assembly. they found there a multitude of people, of both sexes, and of all estates and ranks, even wealthy burghers and nobles and one of the persons examined declared that he had seen the

suddenly carried through the air to the place of assembly. they found there a multitude of people, of both sexes, and of all estates and ranks, even wealthy burghers and nobles and one of the persons examined declared that he had seen there not only ordinary ecclesiastics, but bishops and even cardinals. they found tables already spread, covered with all sorts of meats, and abundance of wines. a devil presided, usually in the form of a goat, with the tail of an ape, and a human countenance. each first did oblation and homage to him by offering him his or her soul, or, at least some part of their body, and then, as a mark of adoration, kissed him on the posteriors. all this time the worshippers held burning torches in their hands. the abbot of little sense, already mentioned, held the offi

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was not against the result of magic but its method. miracles were gifts that god gave to the deserving. good christians did not ask for miracles, they received them with humble gratitude. the magician had the audacity to steal miracles from behind god's back. he or she produced mira- cles on demand, and made-to-order. the implication was that the magician could not do this without the aid of the devil. it was diabolical to actively seek to upset the laws of nature. god might do xxii new millennium magic so at his pleasure, but man had no right to ape him. such effrontery must be pun- ished. magicians must be cast down for their sin. satan was thrown from heaven for seeking to become like god. adam and eve were turned out of the garden for essentially the same reason. prometheus was bound

e to speak in whispers of the dread power of the tourbillion, but they never get around to telling their reader precisely how it works or what it is. skeptical readers may be forgiven if they wonder whether such writers know what they are talking about. the vortex is the spiral acting with intent along a ray toward a point. it can be observed in the hurricane, the cyclone, the whirlpool, the dust devil, and the lowly screw nail. it is power focusing for a purpose. the ultimate expression of that pur- pose is either destruction or creation: that is, the passage of a thing from the man- ifest to the unmanifest, or from the unmanifest to the manifest. on the material level this creation or destruction is implied rather than overt. when a car is caught in a cyclone it may be battered beyond re

ly. no single artist decided to draw witches in pointed hats and then forced all other illustrators to follow that decision. witches are shown this way because this is the way they are perceived below the level of rational thought. it is always unwise to scorn the symbols of the collective unconscious. in the middle ages, heretics who broke from the catholic church were thought of as a species of devil, literally as minions of satan. during the autos defe, the ritual fes- tivals of the torturing and burning of heretics, they were forced to wear conical hats and costumes with diabolical syrnbols written on them. the cone has always been linked with magic. one of the most delightful objects to a child is the black hat of the stage magi- cian. it is a hat that has no bottom. things disappear

. since it is based on two expanded crosses, it is an excellent symbol for deflecting psychic force. moroccan artists sometimes emphasize 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 o

gher purpose. darkness, on the other hand, is only a semblance of a thing, not real in the true sense of the word but a shadow and deceit. the coming into being of the light gave rise to the perception that there is such a thing as darkness. the light does not per- vade the whole of manifestation to an equal degree, and where it is less concen- trated is called darkness. satanists assume that the devil has as much reality, or lack of reality, as god and is therefore an equally suitable object of worship. in truth, satan is not any positive thing, but is merely the place where god is less evident. satanists worship a shadow, a dilution of the same power they claim to despise. consider the line dcba: d c b a dark 111 light the right end of the line represents the extreme, or totality, of lig

TYSON DONALD SOUL FLIGHT

ieval accounts of witchcraft. many records of the witch trials declare witches to have the power to physically fly through the air, as well as 14. robbins, 192. chapter two: witches' flying ointment 21 tfle ability to vanish from sight or transform themselves into cats or other creatures. the theologians, unwilling to grant any power to the witches themselves, ascribed the power ol' flight to the devil. francesco maria guazzo wrote "further i hold it to be very true that sometimes witches are really transported from place to place by the devil who, in the shape of a goat or some other fantastic animal, both carries them bodily to the sabbat and himself is present at its obscenities. this is the general opinion of the theologians arid jurisconsults of italy, spain, and catholic germany; whi

s witches are really transported from place to place by the devil who, in the shape of a goat or some other fantastic animal, both carries them bodily to the sabbat and himself is present at its obscenities. this is the general opinion of the theologians arid jurisconsults of italy, spain, and catholic germany; while a great many others are of' a like opinion."i5 guazzo substituted the ubiquitous devil in place of the lunar goddess diana, as referred to in the much older ninth-century decree of the council of ancyra, recorded in the canon episcopi, which mentions that "certeine wicked women following sathans provocations, being seduced by the illusion of divels, beleeve and professe that in the night times they ride abroad with diana, the goddesse of the pagans, or else with herodias, with

the accused witches called the place the blocula, according to their inquisitors, who described it as "a delicate large meadow, whereof you can see no end. the place or house they met at had before it a gate painted with divers colors; through this gate they went into a little meadow distinct from the other, where the beasts went that they used to ride on."22 a schoolteacher who claimed that the devil had carried him there described it as an island. in 1730, long after the accused witches of mora had been executed, a thirteen-yearold norwegian girl named siri j rgensdattecrl aimed that when she was seven, her grandmother had taken her to visit the blocula "siri told them that when she was seven years old, her grandmother took her to a pigsty, where she smeared a sow with some ointment she

ty, where she smeared a sow with some ointment she took from a horn, whereupon they both mounted and after a short ride through the 21. james i, bk. 11, chap. 4, pp. 39-40. 22. robbins, 349-50. chapter two: witches' flying ointment 25 air arrived at a place that her grandmother called blaak llen."t h e sow was left outside the building. they entered and sat down at one of seven tables next to the devil, who was referred to as "grandfather" by siri's grandmother. this child's accusation of witchcraft came to nothing, and it was dismissed by the bishop who reviewed it. it contains a number of interesting details. the flying ointment was kept in a horn, which because of its crescent shape is symbolic of the moon. the sow is a lunar beast. it was the sow that was smeared with the ointment, but

6 in earliest times, it was by transformation into birds, as the quotation 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

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nty-two trumps to define the circle and triangle of evocation. consider the circle as the face of a great clock, with 12:oo at the east. the cards should be positioned with their bases directed inward to the center of the circle. at 12:oo place the star, at 1:00 the lovers, at 2:00 the emperor, at 3:00 strength, at 4:00 temperance, at 5:00 the chariot, at 6:00 death, at 7:00 the moon, at 8:00 the devil, at 9:00 the hierophant, at 10:oo the hermit, and at 11:oo justice. the cards of the triangle should all be upright with their bases perpendicular to the base of the triangle. at the apex place the fool; on the left side of the second row put the universe; on the right of the second row, the wheel; on the left of the third row, the empress; in the center of the third row, the magician; on th

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

that of the prophet, i will hear him because he hath known my name. hence at this time no favour can be drawn from the heavens, unless the authority, favour and consent of the name jesu intervene; hence the hebrews and cabalists most skillful in the divine names, can work nothing after christ by those old names, as their fathers have done long since; and now it is by experience confirmed, that no devil nor power of hell, which vex and trouble men, can resist this name, but will they, nil1 they, bow the knee and obey, when the name jesu by a due pronunciation is proposed to them to be worshipped (three books of occult philosophy 3.12) 50 tetragrammaton when agrippa writes of "knowledge going before" he is referring to the age-old belief, held by the ancient egyptians and others, that knowle

ere, both because it is so central to enochian magic and because it contains several points that bear directly on tetragrammaton, the banners, and the wings of the winds: the 4 houses, are the 4 angels of the earth, which are the 4 overseers, and watch-towers, that the eternal god in his providence hath placed, against the usurping blasphemy, misuse, and stealth of the wicked and great enemy, the devil. in each of these houses, the chief watchman, is a mighty prince, a mighty angel of the lord: which hath under him 5 princes (these names i must use for your instruction. the seals and authorities of these houses, are confirmed in the beginning of the world. unto every one of them, be 4 characters (tokens of 180 tetragrammaton the presence of the son of god: by whom all things were made in c

here, but the singular seems more applicable, since only a single dragon is mentioned later in the key. the dragon is the symbol of chaos, or satan: and there was war in heaven: michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. and the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil, and satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 206 tetragrammaton and they overcame him by the blood of the lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is co

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w the facts and to dismantle (logically and gently) the propaganda of your friends, neighbors, and associates. as the remnants of the old aeon- this is to say, spiritual toxic waste- are cleared away, your magic will have progressively less resistance to overcome, and your personal safety will be enhanced. my nephew, the daimon egan, recommends the particularly useful satanism in america: how the devil got much more than his due for dismantling such hindrances. 6. recognize the possibility of immortality in seeming setbacks. many people along the path confuse magic with magical thinking. these people are always expecting a trouble-free life: no flat tires, winning the big one, and decidedly fewer red lights. whereas xeper often reveals its presence through beneficial synchronicity, we are

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e 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 creations of comfort, challenges and the responsibility of invoking positive change. moderation is also a certain factor of success. it is easy to abuse the gifts of the devil when he presents them; it is even easier to create situations for you eventual self-destruction by actions you take now. be thoughtful before your actions. it is essential that the practitioner of the left hand path is able to master the path of inner black magick or what can be called high sorcery or magick before one undertakes lower forms. the true self must be sought, the desire and will

e 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 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 fightin

o invoke imagination and inspiration. the witches sabbat is thus a model of self-deification. the sabbat is an image from which the mind and psyche is free from the restraints of mundane reality and the flesh. the spirit takes the form that is so desires at the moment, joins with familiars and other demonic forms and goes forth to a place which centralizes the imagination in an infernal sense the devil is by this standard a mirror of the liberated mind awaiting confirmation of self-belief and the desire to becoming something else. remember, throughout history the devil has always been a shape shifter, no common form may stay for too long. when you begin walking the path of the sabbat, be careful and be cautious you will tear and destroy your common perceptions and build hopefully a clearer

nifest through various forms while attached to the earth. the sabbat as it was described in spain indicates that the middle eastern and moroccan practices of the az-zabbat survived throughout europe. the black man appeared as a large he-goat, who had a face on his buttocks and was thus a form of the adversary-opposer. witches would kiss both sides, thus receiving initiation by a mark given by the devil. in scotland the black man of the sabbat would appear as a black robed figure, with a hat or often in a grotesque form, a 10 the sufis, anchor books and the history of secret societies by arkon daraul. vox sabbatum the witches sabbat 7 nose of a beak, burning eyes, long nails on the hands and feet, hair covering the body and strong like iron. in persia was a tribe of witches and sorcerers ca

e encircling of self-deification. the peacock angel and black snake i was, and am now, and will continue unto eternity, ruling over all creatures and ordering the affairs and deeds of those who are under my sway. i am presently at to such as trust in me and call upon me in time of need, neither is there any place void of where i am not present -kitab el-jelwa, the book of revelation the so-called devil worshippers known as the yezidis11 have two symbols which relate to their tribe, a black snake and the peacock. the peacock itself in known in islamic lore, being a bird which fell with azazel to earth as shaitan s bird and in zoroastrian lore as ahriman creating the peacock to show that he could if he wished create beauty but chose darkness. the peacock angel, known as malak (meaning king

WALLIS BUDGE E A LEGENDS OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS

ch was current under the xviiith dynasty was based upon traditions which were universally accepted in egypt under the vth and vith dynasties [fn#27] mer-en-ra, line 336; pepi ii, line 862 [fn#28] i omit the king's names [fn#29] teta, line 274; pepi i, line 27; mer-en-ra, line 37; and pepi ii, line 67 [fn#30] pyramid text, teta, l. 276. plate xv. plate xvi. the stele recording the casting out of a devil from the princess of bekhten. the hymn concludes with a reference to the accession of horus, son of isis, the flesh and bone of osiris, to the throne of his grandfather keb, and to the welcome which he received from the tchatcha, or administrators of heaven, and the company of the gods, and the lords of truth, who assembled in the great house of heliopolis to acknowledge his sovereignty. his

when they had entered his presence, he commanded them to select a man of "wise heart and deft fingers" to go to bekhten. the choice fell upon one tehuti-em-heb, and his majesty sent him to bekhten with the envoy. when they arrived in bekhten, tehuti-em-heb found that the princess bent-enth-resh was possessed by an evil spirit which refused to be exorcised by him, and he was unable to cast out the devil. the prince of bekhten, seeing that the healing of his daughter was beyond the power of the egyptian, sent a second envoy to rameses ii, and besought him to send a god to drive out the devil. this envoy arrived in egypt in the summer of the twenty-sixth year of the reign of rameses ii, and found the king celebrating a festival in thebes. when he heard the petition of the envoy, he went to th

this god to the place where was the statue of khensu surnamed "pa-ari-sekher" i.e, the "worker of destinies" who was able to repel the attacks of evil spirits and to drive them out. when the statues of the two gods were facing each other, rameses ii. entreated khensu nefer-hetep to "turn his face towards" i.e, to look favourably upon khensu. pa-arisekher, and to let him go to bekhten to drive the devil out of the princess of bekhten. the text affords no explanation of the fact that khensu nefer-hetep was regarded as a greater god than khensu pa-arisekher, or why his permission had to be obtained before the latter could leave the country. it is probable that the demands made upon khensu nefer-hetep by the egyptians who lived in thebes and its neighbourhood were so numerous that it was impos

boats, and chariots and horses which marched on each side of him [fn#40] text of unas, line 562 [fn#41] pyramid texts, pepi i, l. 466 [fn#42] ed. moret, p. 21 [fn#43] ibid, p. 99 [fn#44] pepi i, line 666. when after a journey of seventeen months khensu pa-ari-sekher arrived in bekhten, he was cordially welcomed by the prince, and, having gone to the place where the princess who was possessed of a devil lived, he exercised his power to such purpose that she was healed immediately. moreover, the devil which had been cast out admitted that khensu paari- sekher was his master, and promised that he would depart to the place whence he came, provided that the prince of bekhten would celebrate a festival in his honour before his departure. meanwhile the prince and his soldiers stood by listening t

purpose that she was healed immediately. moreover, the devil which had been cast out admitted that khensu paari- sekher was his master, and promised that he would depart to the place whence he came, provided that the prince of bekhten would celebrate a festival in his honour before his departure. meanwhile the prince and his soldiers stood by listening to the conversation between the god and the devil, and they were very much afraid. following the instructions of khensu pa-ari-sekher the prince made a great feast in honour of the supernatural visitors, and then the devil departed to the "place which he loved" and there was general rejoicing in the land. the prince of bekhten was so pleased with the egyptian god that he determined not to allow him to return to egypt. when the statue of khe

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

gaining experience within the school of life. however, life s experiences complicate and strengthen the sinful adam. the once innocent humanity from eden is now the terrible and perverse humanity of the atomic and hydrogen bombs. the innocent child (with the experiences of life) is converted into a sly, distrustful, malicious, avaricious [and] fearful person, that is the lunar consciousness. the devil is a devil and can never acquire perfection. the great master h.p. blavatsky stated: strengthen your soul against the stalking of the i, make her worthy to bear the name of diamond soul. solar conscience there exist changes in the consciousness and there exist changes of consciousness. every development of the consciousness originates changes within it. these changes in the consciousness are

a en el c liz, jes s tambi n bebi. la santa uni n gn stica est unida a la ultima cena por el pacto de sangre. cuando los tomos cr sticos descienden al pan y al vino, ste se convierte de hecho en la carne y la sangre del cristo. esta es la transubstanciaci n. 98 arcanum 15 let us go now to study the fifteenth arcanum of the tarot. we are going to study the male goat of mendes, typhon baphomet, the devil. the alchemist must steal the fire from the devil. when we work with the arcanum a.z.f. we steal the fire from the devil; this is how we transform ourselves into gods. the esoteric pentagram shines upon the forehead of the male goat [see image on next page. the caduceus of mercury replaces the sexual organs. in synthesis, we can state that the caduceus of mercury represents the sexual organs

esoteric pentagram shines upon the forehead of the male goat [see image on next page. the caduceus of mercury replaces the 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 de

of eden. the guardian of this door is the assyrian sphinx, the egyptian sphinx, the bull (golden calf) of moses with the sword between its paws. this is the psychological i reflected in the baphomet that with his sword drives out from the threshold all of those who are not prepared. the enemy is within us; we need to work with the demon in order to dissolve it. we need to steal the fire from the devil. quinta: el quinto grado de integraci n representa a todo aqu l ser humano perfecto. sexta: compasi n universal infinita. s ptima: la s ptima etapa definitiva s lo es posible en los hombres dioses. esos son los s per-hombres. el misterio del bafometo es realmente verdadero y de toda verdad, que el misterio del bafometo es la alkimia sexual. a base de rigurosa comprensi n y de transmutaci n s

WESTERN MANDALAS OF TRANSFORMATION SR AL

ing it across agrippa's kamea, one notices that it begins to get chaotic at about cell 15 (this is where it turns back on itself, as can be seen in figure 8-c. when a seal is traced through theosophic extension on any correct planetary kamea and begins this kind of pattern, you can be pretty sure it is not going to produce a pleasing or symmetrical design) interestingly, this is the number of the devil key (see figure 8-d) in the tarot (or the antithesis or shadow of the sun. case's design is somewhat more pleasing (see figure 8-e, but it is still not symmetrical. both magical squares are given if the student wants to trace these seals. for a long time i looked at alternate kameas of the sun that were mathematically correct but could not find a symmetrical design. then i discovered that a

tions. now our soul can evoke these and subject them to diaphane (transcendental magic, p. 66. diaphanous literally means translucid and by it levi refers to the plastic mediator, which is the magnet that attracts particular visions from the astral light that correspond to the impetus of the will. the great magical agent in qabalah is attributed to saturn/capricorn and corresponds in tarot to the devil key (see figure 11-b. here we see a hint of the relationship between saturn and yesod. binah/saturn is the great sea, the universal unconscious, and yesod controls the waters of the subconscious. the moon.the little mother.mimics binah/saturn, and we can see this represented in one of the alternative kameas of yesod (see figure 11-c. this magical square contains nine small saturn seals. i wa

WHO ARE THE DRACONIANS

t the forces of darkness can never overcome, and the one weapon that will defeat them in the end. reptilian humanoids [homo-subterreptus] case files "and there was war in heaven: michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. and the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil, and satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him- revelation chapter 12, vs. 7-9 case file #1: from "the reptilians: humanity's historical link to the serpent race" by joe lewels, ph.d "john carpenter has kept close track of the abduction phenomenon. he is the director of abduction research for the mutual ufo network (mufon, o

voice was saying, but it sounded angry and was addressing the grandmother lying beside him. the next morning, he asked his grandmother, who are the draconians file//d /my documents/avidya/reptilian agenda/who are the draconians.htm (25 of 68 [8/25/2000 17:19:58 "what was that voice in the bedroom last night" his grandmother, with tears in her eyes, pulled him tightly to her and said "that was the devil" she said nothing more about the episode, but she did insist that her son take her back to her own home immediately. it was an unreasonable request, and her son tried to talk her out of it. but the grandmother was adamant, and finally her son agreed to take her home the following day. the entire family made the trip of over a hundred miles back to the grandmother's farm, and within an hour o

the draconians file//d /my documents/avidya/reptilian agenda/who are the draconians.htm (26 of 68 [8/25/2000 17:19:59] that must have been the wrong thing to say, because the reptilian became very angry and threatened her "you will die for that" he told her, and the two people were returned to the bedroom from which they'd been taken. the next morning, the grandmother told the little boy that the devil had been there the night before, and that was when she insisted upon being taken home. and, as it turned out, she did die immediately thereafter. this, then, was the cause of the man's lifelong sense of guilt about her death. he had been forced to have sex with her, and her death had followed shortly after. but none of this story would have emerged if ms. bartholic had done as most investiga

nism has nothing to do with the christian version of satan. i use it only to describe a system of ritual sacrifice and torture which, staggering as it may seem; to most people, is commonplace all over the world today. satanism is just another name for the worship of a highly destructive, negative force which has been given endless names over the centuries. nimrod, baal, moloch or molech, set, the devil, lucifer, there is no end to them. satanism perverts everything positive in the same way that the nazis took a positive symbol, the swastika, and turned it around to symbolise the negative. this is why the satanists invert the pentagram and why they use black to symbolise the darkness, hence their black mass. but they also reverse the symbolism of white and that is a powerfully negative colo

ramsey. who are the draconians file//d /my documents/avidya/reptilian agenda/who are the draconians.htm (57 of 68 [8/25/2000 17:20:01] jonbenet was murdered on christmas eve and josef mengele created a sacrificial ritual for this date called "the last bulb of the christmas tree. mengele's pseudonym, greenbaum, means green tree and relates to the cabalistic tree of life. a brotherhood term for the devil is jonbet and the coincidence is so amazing that, given the other circumstances, i cannot believe this was not the true inspiration for her name. a research project into ritual abuse at the university of colorado at boulder found that all of those questioned had been subjected to intercourse or molestation; 97% saw or took part in animal sacrifice; 97, forced to take part in sex with adults;

WICCA WITCHCRAFT TODAY

erely conducted the black mass of inverted catholicism. at the time of the trials there was clearly some sort of formal service quite apart from the crescendo of the fertility dance. it would, in a catholic age, be very like the known pageantry of the church's own celebrations, with candles, vestments and a parody of the sacrament. it might be conducted by an unfrocked priest using hosts with the devil's name stamped on them instead of jesus, and the defiling of the crucifix-to insult christians and please the devil. the devil himself received praise and homage. a liturgy of evil would be repeated, there would be a mock sermon and absolution made with the left hand and an inverted cross' those who attended these meetings he dismisses in the following way (page 131 'some were perhaps dissip

d the circle. this does not in any way resemble the practice of any other religious sect i know. i do not think that can be called 'imitation of the church's pageantry. there are no crucifixes, inverted or otherwise, no sermons, mock or otherwise, and no absolution or hosts save for the cake and wine mentioned. incense is used, but this has a practical purpose. there is no praise or homage to the devil, no liturgy, evil or otherwise, nothing is said backwards, and there are no gestures with the left hand; in fact with the exception that it is a religious service and all religious services resemble one another, the rites are not in any way an imitation of anything i have ever seen. i do not say there have never been diabolists. i only say that, as far as i know, witches do not do the things

nd it is no place to take your maiden aunt, even if she is romantic; for witches, being realists, have few inhibitions and if they want to produce certain effects they do so in the most simple way. although most of their activities have been for good, or have at least been harmless, certain aspects gave the church in england and the puritans the chance to accuse them of all kinds of immoralities, devil-worship and cannibalism, as i have shown. torture sometimes made poor wretches confess to these impossibilities, in order to lead the questioning away from the truth. the fact that their god had horns caused him to be identified with the devil. the fact that witches were often people of some property worth looting supplied the incentive; rack and branding-iron did the rest. christian fear an

druids; they were shape-changers and seem to have had all the characteristics of witches. they made rain by sprinkling water over or beside nude virgins. christians accused them of 'baptising' children into heathenism. their association could only be entered by initiation, and learning and practising their secret lore. their magic power was much feared by early christians, who ascribed it to the devil. if we only knew really what the druids believed and taught, whether there was only one form of belief and whether they had various sects among them, it would be easier to say whether there was any connection or not with witchcraft. the latter may have been purely orthodox, thought of as extremely high or ultra low in type, the fanciful religion of a lot of women, a vile heresy, or simply th

his may derive from the time of the associations of druidesses of whom the romans spoke as witches. whether these were true druidesses i do not know. it seems to have been a separate religious organisation, possibly under the rule of the chief druid, much in the same way that there was a priest or someone who might turn up at a witches' meeting and be acknowledged chief who came to be called 'the devil' in mediaeval times. i think the use of the witches' circle, in magic, may have come from the druid, or rather the pre-druid, people, who built stonehenge and avebury and who made use of it to concentrate the powers generated. it is a direct descendant of the circles used in the prehistoric cave magic, though of course it may have come from the east. the romans suppressed the druids in the a

WICCA MAGICK OCCULT THREE GREEN BOOKS DRUIDISM

limbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. i have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance i have come. but i can rest only for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and i dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended. nelson mandela slowness comes from god and quickness from devil. morocco to commit ten sins against god is better than to commit one sin against a servant of god. morocco god gives and does not remind us continually of it; the world gives and constantly reminds us. nupe prayer needn t be long when faith is strong. jamaica it is not our custom to fight for our gods. let us not presume to do so now. if a man kills the sacred python in the secrecy of his hu

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

r s concubines as often as he did himself. nine also obtaineth the love of women. at the 9th hour our savior breathed his last; on the ninth day the annumbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott cients buried their dead; after 9 years numa, received his laws from jove; note the 9 cubits length of the iron bedstead of the giant og, king of basan, who is a type of the devil, and there are 9 orders of devil s in sheol (what we call hell. it prevails against plagues and fevers; it causes long life and health, and by it plato so ordered events that he died at the age of nine times 9. there are nine orders of angels, says gregory, a.d. 381, in homily 34. seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominions, virtues, powers, principalities, archangels and angels. from a christian

mp called the tower struck by lightning, number xvi, shows the ten divine sephiroth on one side and the eleven averse sephiroth on the other side; modern tarot designs are very much debased. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott john heydon 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 c

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

ke of good and evil (bona malaque participans, the beginning of division (principium divisionis, multiplicity and distinction (multitudinis et distinctionis, that which signifies matter (significat materiam. a consequence of the characterization of two as the principle of division is that negative images are associated with it, to wit, discord, misfortune, confusion, strife, boldness and even the devil. agrippa concludes the chapter by delineating a series of items drawn from hebrew and greek scripture as well as from cosmolgical structures that typologically symbolize the dual nature of two, a verbal delineation that is accompanied with a scala binarii, a diagram of the different applications of the number, which has in the center of the top row the words yah [yod-he] and el [alef-lamed

n jewish palestine, pp. 185 191. 29. lieberman, op. cit, p. 187, also noted that tertullian, adversus marcionem 3:22, remarked that the tau of ezekiel was the sign of the cross. so also, in his homilies on genesis, jerome similarly applied the tau of ezekiel to the sign of the cross, emphasizing the apotropaic effect of this mark by noting that no one inscribed with the tau could be struck by the devil. jerome s text is cited in barry, greek qabbalah, p. 140. on the possibility that the letter tau, which in the ancient hebrew script had the shape of two crossed lines, functioned as a shorthand symbol for the divine name insofar as it is the last letter of the alphabet, see finegan, archaeology, pp. 220 260; gieschen, divine name, pp. 133 134. lastly, it is worth recalling here that the arc

WORKBOOK FOR GRADE 0 VOID AND THE ABYSS

l w. ford i am the daimon who speaks the words of the immortal fire, the holy flame which emerges from the lightning flash and storm of chaos bred, so this the angel-serpent shall come forth with the birthing knife shedding into storm of seth! spirit of which the fallen have taken strength, isolate and beautiful, angelic essence, azal'ucel, from which came into being cain i do invoke thee! south- devil-djinn of the burning desert sands and the sun, sortha'n-din- thy stave and fork unto the flame that is my soul shall be illuminated in this blackened light. shaitan the adversary, my soul enflamed! arogogoruabrao- thiaf! 5 east- lucifer revealed as azazel, bringer of illumination and love, who resides in shadow and light, cover and cloak my spirit with thy twelve wings, serpent skin covered

of which the individual proclaims his and her mastery over their own being, that by moving widdershins around the circle will enflame the self during invocation; that is to envision each manifestation via minds' eye with each call. for instance, when one calls south, they would envision the fire djinn, in the north, seth. this is the key to the success of magical work; the imagination. south- the devil-djinn mentioned is shaitan or azazel, the fallen seraph whom is made entirely of flame. it is this original legend which brought forth the separation of the god-divinity or natural order to an adversarial or antinomianian process of anti-order. the mentioning of "blackened light" is the light of azazel, or shaitan embodied on earth through cain, the initiator of the sethanic path of witchcra

ich may be conducted when the sun is at its full light, or when the moon is full or dark, as the essence of iblis be finally revealed. the purpose of the ritual is invoking the spirit of the adversary, known as shaitan/iblis, satan, lucifer, set, azazel. the sorcerer shall seek the fire-spirit of change, rebellion and progression. the symbol of set the adversary shall take the earthen form of the devil, the solar creative (and destructive) force of change and self-deification. there are two primary faces of the adversary. the celebrant may construct as mask of two sides, which shall be placed upon the center of the altar. a phallic symbol or stone god may be near the mask as well, symbolizing the solar creative force of the beast 666- 9 one- the fallen seraph lucifer, the angelick essence

upon the center of the altar. a phallic symbol or stone god may be near the mask as well, symbolizing the solar creative force of the beast 666- 9 one- the fallen seraph lucifer, the angelick essence of the black flame, the very source of our wisdom, being and becoming. two the seraph of flame, the djinn iblis of fire, daemon of the blackened flame, serpent beast dragon wolf goat. satanas is the devil-cloaked initiator of the path of the wise, those who laugh at the warnings of a cringing society. robe thyself in crimson, the color of flame and movement. the symbol of the averse pentagram, being downward pointing to indicate the union of the fallen angels with humanity to create divinity. in the sethian witchcraft current the sorcerer becomes as set him/herself, thus in the circle the fir

he lord of witchcraft. as 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 furt

WORKING CEPHALOEDIUM VERSION 1

acle of the operation: xvi the house of god. now the oath of the working is to establish the book of the law; in particula r to finish the comment and to publish the book as therein commanded. first the refore in this work is hermes to be invoked and next the sun. i am therefore to restore the card `the house of god' as i did when i abode in the body of alpho nse louis constant with the card `the devil. i will therefore obtain a vision of this card, and paint it upon a panel of mahogany wood, with the proper colou rs and forms. now on the day of the sun, in this the sixteenth year of the aeon, when he st ood in the 6th degree of the sign sagittarius, whose letter hath the value of 6 0, the moon being in the 16th degree of the sign cancer whose letter hath the v alue 8, did the beast 666 to

in the abbey of thelema at cephaloedium that am hidde n, did convene therein to counsel alostrael, 31-666-31, the scarlet woman lea m y concubine, in whom is all power given, sworn unto aiwaz, prostituted in every part of her body to pan and to the beast, mother of bastards, aborter, whore t o herself, to man, woman, child and brute, partaker of the eucharist of the exc rements in the mass of the devil, sorceress of the rite of esau and jacob, and also genesthai, 143, weh note: c.f.russell a neophyte of a'.a, a master ma gician of o.t.o. and a passed postulant to the secret chamber of the knights of the temple, high priest unto the beast before the altar of purple and gold. first then this brother genesthai made of invocation of tahuti lord of wisdom in the great magical circle of the abbe

and abel, horus and set or harpocrates, osiris and typhon, etc. and gemini is the airy pulse th at gives a basis for the voice of the messenger, the menstruum of the holy ghos t, the swing of the motion of love, the house of the sun in may, when he impreg nates maia with mercurius whose mouth uttereth his father. and zain spelt fully is 67, the number of binah the all-mother. ayin is moreover the devil of lust, the goat of mendes, pan, baphomet; and spelt fully ayin is the erection and le aping and extension of the phallus; yod is the spermatoon, the solitary boy her mes, the virgin; while nun is the eagle of sexual ecstasy, the serpent of life through death, the scorpion or scarab of kephra, the womb which transmutes thro ugh corruption, the semen or fluid vehicle of the spirit, the elixi

WORKING CEPHALOEDIUM VERSION 2

antacle of the operation: xvi the house of god. now the oath of the working is to establish the book of the law; in particular to finish the comment and to publish the book as therein commanded. first therefore in this work is hermes to be invoked and next the sun. i am therefore to restore the card `the house of god' as i did when i abode in the body of alphonse louis constant with the card `the devil. i will therefore obtain a vision of this card, and paint it upon a panel of mahogany wood, with the proper colours and forms. now on the day of the sun, in this the sixteenth year of the aeon, when he stood in the 6th degree of the sign sagittarius, whose letter hath the value of 60, the moon being in the 16th degree of the sign cancer whose letter hath the value 8, did the beast 666 to meg

n i in the abbey of thelema at cephaloedium that am hidden, did convene therein to counsel alostrael, 31-666-31, the scarlet woman lea my concubine, in whom is all power given, sworn unto aiwaz, prostituted in every part of her body to pan and to the beast, mother of bastards, aborter, whore to herself, to man, woman, child and brute, partaker of the eucharist of the excrements in the mass of the devil, sorceress of the rite of esau and jacob, and also genesthai, 143, weh note: c.f.russell a neophyte of a'.a, a master magician of o.t.o. and a passed postulant to the secret chamber of the knights of the temple, high priest unto the beast before the altar of purple and gold. first then this brother genesthai made of invocation of tahuti lord of wisdom in the great magical circle of the abbey

in and abel, horus and set or harpocrates, osiris and typhon, etc. and gemini is the airy pulse that gives a basis for the voice of the messenger, the menstruum of the holy ghost, the swing of the motion of love, the house of the sun in may, when he impregnates maia with mercurius whose mouth uttereth his father. and zain spelt fully is 67, the number of binah the all-mother. ayin is moreover the devil of lust, the goat of mendes, pan, baphomet; and spelt fully ayin is the erection and leaping and extension of the phallus; yod is the spermatoon, the solitary boy hermes, the virgin; while nun is the eagle of sexual ecstasy, the serpent of life through death, the scorpion or scarab of kephra, the womb which transmutes through corruption, the semen or fluid vehicle of the spirit, the elixir o

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beyond your meannesses, corners of reality, borrowed precepts, dogmas and beliefs; until you are in spacious unity. indraw your breath until your body quivers and then give a mighty suspiration, releasing all your nervous energy into the focal point of your wish; and as your urgent desire merges into the ever-present procreative sea you will feel a tremendous insurge and self-transformation. the devil himself shall not prevent your..will. from materializing. in your prayers (media, remember: your soul is your nearest, and the bringer of all good things. your god is stone dera

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another, nor the things that are profitable unto thee to a strange nation. 4 o israel, happy are we: for things that are pleasing to god are made known unto us. 5 be of good cheer, my people, the memorial of israel. 6 ye were sold to the nations, not for your destruction: but because ye moved god to wrath, ye were delivered unto the enemies. 7 for ye provoked him that made you by sacrificing unto devils, and not to god. 8 ye have forgotten the everlasting god, that brought you up; and ye have grieved jerusalem, that nursed you. 9 for when she saw the wrath of god coming upon you, she said, hearken, o ye that dwell about sion: god hath brought upon me great mourning; 10 for i saw the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the everlasting brought upon them. 11 with joy did i nourish them;

are the cities which thy children served: miserable is she that received thy sons. 33 for as she rejoiced at thy ruin, and was glad of thy fall: so shall she be grieved for her own desolation. 34 for i will take away the rejoicing of her great multitude, and her pride shall be turned into mourning. 35 for fire shall come upon her from the everlasting, long to endure; and she shall be inhabited of devils for a great time. 36 o jerusalem, look about thee toward the east, and behold the joy that cometh unto thee from god. 37 lo, thy sons come, whom thou sentest away, they come gathered together from the east to the west by the word of the holy one, rejoicing in the glory of god. chapter 5 cut off, o jerusalem, the garment of mourning and affliction, and put on the comeliness of the glory that

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roic legend. as the gothic, fraukish and norse genealogies all run into one another, we can scarcely deny the connexion of the veiled myths also which stand in the background. 5. the mingling of the mythic element with names of plants and constellations. this is an uneffaced vestige of the primeval intimate union between religious worship and nature. 6. the gradual transformation of the gods into devils, of the wise women into witches, of the worship into superstitious customs. the names of the gods have found a last lurking-place in disguised ejaculations, oaths, curses, protestations^ there is some analogy between this and the transfer of heathen myths from goddesses and gods to iviary and the saints, from elves to angels. heathen festivals and customs were transformed into christian, sp

side of christian ones. such doings, not yet extinct here and there among the^ adain of bremen again copies ruodolf, pertz 9, 286. 102 gods. common people, but withdrawn from all regulating guidance by heathen priests, could not fail soon to become vulgarized, and to appear as the mere dregs of an older faith, which faith we have no right to measure by them. as we do not fail to recognise in the devils and witches of more modern times the higher purer fancies of antiquity disguised, just as little ought we to feel any scruple about tracing back the pagan practices in question to the untroubled fountainhead of the olden time. prohibitions and preachings kept strictly to the practical side of the matter, and their very purpose was to put down these last hateful remnants of the false religio

apar 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 to eight ce

7 which even for the third, fourth, fifth and sixth days names no german gods, but only mars, mercury, jupiter, venus, expresses itself thus clumsily: an dem sameztage sa tlien on the saturday eiuez heizet rotunda, is a thing named rotunda daz was ein herez betehus, that was a lofty temple, der got hiez saturmls, the god was named saturnus, darnach was iz aller tiuvel re. thereafter was it to all devils' honour. here the worship of saturn is connected with the pantheon built in honour of all the gods or devils, which boniface converted into a church of st. mary. the anglo-saxons, english, frisians, dutch and low saxons have left to the 'dies saturni' the god's very name: scvtcresday or saiernesdieg, saturday, saterdei, saterdnch, satersdag, and even the irish have adopted dia satuirn or sa

proper name marso occurs in mabillon no. 18, in a deed of 692, also in the polypt. irminonis p. 158^ 163^ but seldom elsewhere. mersihwrg and jfa?'seburg, pertz 8, 537. 510, seem to belong here, while some other names given above, p. 201, are open to doubt; i do not know if a mhg. phrase, obscure in itself, is at all relevant' zuo alien maoscn varn' ms. 1, 25% which may signify, to go to all the devils, expose oneself to every danger; conf' einen marscn man' crane 2865. the gothic marzjan (impedire, offendere) might seem allied to the root, but tliat would liave been merrian, merran in ohg. the name of the gambrivii i assign to the root gambar, kambar strenuus, from which also is derived the name of gamhara, ancestress of the langobards. there may have been likewise a hero gambaro. and th

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, that this system of sacred magic is thoroughly reliable, because correct in all its attributions, and that this being so, there is no chance of the operator using names and formulas on wrong occasions and in error. but also it is notable that abraham the jew (probably again with the intent of confusing lamech as little as possible) speaks only of two great classes of spirits: the angels and the devils; the former to control, the latter to be controlled; and leaves entirely out of consideration, 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

of angelic invocation introduction xiv lamech, is how to arrive at practical magical results; rather than the secret wisdom of the qabalah. it is entirely beyond the scope of this introduction for me to give here any lengthy dissertation on the natures, good or evil, of spiritual beings. i will, therefore, only state briefly and concisely the principal differences between angels, elementals, and devils. we may then conclude that angels, though themselves divided into numerous orders and classes, possess generally the following characteristics: that they are entirely good in nature and operation, the conscient administrators of the divine will upon the plane of the material universe; that they are responsible, not irresponsible agents, and therefore capable of fall; and that they are indep

onsible agents, and therefore capable of fall; and that they are independent of the currents of the infinite secret forces of nature, and can therefore act beyond them, though their classification and qualities will cause them to be more sympathetic with certain among these forces than with the rest, and this in varying degree. also that they are superior in power to men, spirits, elementals, and devils. the elementals on the other hand, though consisting of an infinitude of classes, are the forces of the elements of nature, the administrators of the currents thereof; and can therefore never act beyond and independently of their own particular currents. in a sense, therefore, they are irresponsible for the action of a current as a whole, though responsible for the part thereof in which the

ropitiated by the fetishes of the negro-race; are for the most part no other thing than the ill-understood manifestations of this great class, the elementals. among these, some, as i have before observed, are good; such are the salamanders, undines, sylphs, and gnomes, of the rosicrucian philosophy; many are frightfully malignant, delighting in every kind of evil, and might easily be mistaken for devils by the uninitiated, save that their power is less; a great proportion are neither good nor evil, irrationally working either; just as a monkey or a parrot might act; in fact such closely resemble animals in their nature, and especially combinations of animals, in which forms distorted and mingled, would lie their symbolic manifestation. introduction xv another very large class, would not ac

s would endeavour to excite their ideas towards good; attracted among evil-minded persons would incite them mentally to crime. among how many criminals is not their only excuse that they thought they kept hearing something telling them to commit the crime! yet these suggestions would not always arise from elementals alone, but frequently from the depraved astral remnants of deceased evil persons. devils, on the other hand, are far more powerful than elementals, but their action for evil is parallel to that of the good angels for good; and their malignancy is far more terrible than that of the evil elementals, for not being, like them, subjected to the limits of a certain current, their sphere of operation extends over a far greater area; while the evil they commit is never irrational or me

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antum phenomena' ah 'so we leave her, so we leave her, far from where her swarthy kindred roam- kindred roam in the scarlet fever, scarlet fever, scarlet fever convalescent home' 31. so now, no less than that chivalrous gentleman, his grace, the most reverend the archbishop of canterbury, who in a recent broadcast confounded for ever all those infidels who had presumed to doubt the possibility of devils entering into swine, we have met the dragon science and conquered. we have seen that, however we attack the problem of mind, whether from the customary spiritual standpoint, or from the opposite corner of materialism, the result is just the same. one last quotation from mr. sullivan 'the universe may ultimately prove to be irrational. the scientific adventure may have to be given up' but th

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

ork, 1968 shah, i. oriental magic new york, 1973 the secret lore of magic new york, 1972 the sufis new york, 1973 tallqvist, k.l "die assyrische beschworungsserie maqlu nach dem originalem im british museum herausgegeben" acta societatis scientiarum fennicae helsingfors, 1895 thompson, r.c. reports of the magicians and astrologers of nineveh and babylon london, 1900 semitic magic london, 1904 the devils and evil spirits of babylonia london, 1904 the testimony of the mad arab this is the testimony of all that i have seen, and all that i have learned, in those years that i have possessed the three seals of masshu. i have seen one thousand-and-one moons, and surely this is enough for the span of a man's life, though it is said the prophets lived much longer. i am weak, and ill, and bear a gre

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

, though in no case to anyone below the grade of exempt adept. the person enquiring into such matters is politely requested to work, and not to ask questions about matters which in no way concern him. the number 41 is that of the barren mother. note (20) i.e. food suitable for americans [93] book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 90 42 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta mu-beta dust-devils in the wind of the mind arises the turbulence called i. it breaks; down shower the barren thoughts. all life is choked. this desert is the abyss wherein the universe. the stars are but thistles in that waste. yet this desert is but one spot accursed in a world of bliss. now and again travellers cross the desert; they come from the great sea, and to the great sea they go. as they go they spi

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER CHANOKH

t. this omission was probably accidental. 5: all other printed sources i have been able to consult (except those deriving from chanokh) give loholo. i am not sure where crowley got sobolo from. 6: vooan was originally received, here and also in the third key, but dee was informed at the time by nalvage that: vooan is spoken with them that fall, but vaoan with them that are, and are glorified. the devils have lost the dignity of the sounds. 7: a doubtful reading; the dee mss have a strong seething. notes 42 8: in the dee mss, avavago is glossed simply the thunders in the eighth key; but in the fourth key it is glossed thunders of increase (as opposed to coraxo, the thunders of judgement and wrath in the tenth key. 9: the translation in the footnote is more plausible. ozol (ozodola in the ph

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ortant branch of the whole tree of magick. without it, one is lost in the jungle of delusion. every spirit, up to god himself, is ready to deceive you if possible, to make himself out more important than he is; in short to lay in wait for your soul in 333 separate ways. remember that after all the highest of all the gods is only the magus< mayan, the greatest of all the devils. you may also try "rising on the planes< with a little practice, especially if you have a good guru, you ought to be able to slip in and out of your astral body as easily as you slip in and out of a dressing-gown. it will then no longer be so necessary for your astral body to be sent far off; without moving an inch you will be able to "turn on" its eyes and ears- as

by that of ra-hoor-khuit at the outset, and by that of one's own holy guardian angel when it has been communicated "line 6" he hails him as besz, the matter that destroys and devours godhead, for the purpose of the incarnation of any god "line 7" he hails him as apophrasz, the motion that destroys and devours godhead, for the purpose of the incarnation of any god. the combined action of these two devils is to allow the god upon whom they prey to enter into enjoyment of existence through the sacrament of dividual "life (bread- the flesh of besz) and "love (wine- the blood or venom of aophrasz "line 8" he acclaims his angel as having "eaten of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil; otherwise, having become wise (in the 275 dyad, chokmah) to apprehend the formula of equilibrium

20 "concerning the meditations- herein is the most potent method of attaining unto the end, for him who is thoroughly prepared, being purified by the practice of the transmutation of 394 deed into devotion, and consecrated by the right performance of the holy ceremonies. yet herein is danger, for that the mind is fluid as quicksilver, and bordereth upon the abyss, and is beset by many sirens and devils that seduce and attack it to destroy it. therefore let the devotee beware, and precise accurately his meditations, even as a man should build a canal from sea to sea. 21 "continuation- let then the philosophus meditate upon all love that hath ever stirred him. there is the love of david and of jonathan, and the love of abraham and isaac, and the love of lear and cordelia, and the love of da

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e consulate of tengyueh, just inside the s.w. frontier of china, our one link with england, home, and beauty was the telegraph service from pekin. one week it was silent, and we were anxious for news, our last bit of information having been that there was rioting in shanghai, seventeen sikh policemen killed. for all we knew the whole country might rise en masse at any moment to expel the "foreign devils. at last the welcome messenger trotted across from the city in the twilight with a whole sheaf of telegrams. alas, save for the date of dispatch, the wording in each one was identical: each told us that it was noon in pekin! they had to be relayed at yung chang, and both the operators had taken ten days off to smoke opium, sensible fellows! and fierce he looked north, then wheeling south bl

convention is laudable when it is convenient. when laws are unjust, monstrous, ridiculous, that same average man, will he-nill he, becomes a criminal; and the law requires a tcheka or a gestapo with dictatorial powers and no safeguards to maintain the farce. also, corruption becomes normal in official circles; and is excused. i refer you to mr. j. h. thomas.7 one evil leads to another; the seven devils always take possession of a house that is swept and garnished to he point at which people find it uncomfortable. but is not all this beside the point, you ask? no. it was needful to indicate this cumulative progression to social shipwreck,because, to-day an obvious peril of the most menacing, in 1904 no ordinary sane person foresaw anything of the sort. but special knowledge alters things

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great by the infinitely small results in some unknown finite number extended in an unknown number of categories. it happened, when this our great inversion took place, from the essence of all nothingness to finity extended in innumerable categories, that an incalculably vast system was produced. merely by chance, chance in he truest sense of the term, we are found with gods, men, stars, planets, devils, colours, forces, and all the materials of the cosmos; and with time, space, and causality, the conditions limiting and involving them all. remember that it is not true to say that our 0 to the 0 existed; nor that it did not exist. the idea of existence was just as much unformulated as that of toasted cheese. but 0 to the 0 is a finite expression, or has a finite phase, and our universe is

ere he takes refuge on occasions) weh note: shall we simply say that crowley had a problem with misogyny in general? his love for the specific seems not to have been effected, witness the latter part of "confessions. liber 418 explains this succinctly; 3rd aethyr "moreover, there is mary, a blasphemy against babalon, for she hath shut herself up; and therefore is she the queen of all those wicked devils that walk upon the earth, those that thou savest even as little black specks that stained the heaven of urania. and all these are the excrement of choronzon" it is this 'shutting up' that is hideous, the image of death. it is the opposite of going, which is god. women under christianity are kept virgin for the market as strasbourg geese are nailed to boards till their livers putrefy. the na

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assume a form when they appear to man. the fourth is the assiatic world, hycuh \lwu, olahm ha-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. n

te wisdom of the grand arithmetician of the universe. 671. useful, as shown in part i. 741. useful chiefly as a denial of the unity; sometimes employed in the hope of tempting it from its lair. 777. useful in a similar way, as affirming that the unity is the qliphoth. but a dangerous tool, especially as it represents the flaming sword that drove man out of eden. a burnt child dreads the fire. the devils also believe, and tremble. worse than useless unless you have it by the hilt. also 777 is the grand scale of 7, and this is useless to anyone who has not yet awakened the kundalin, the female magical soul. note 7 as the meeting-place of 3, the mother, and 10, the daughter; whence netzach is the woman, married but no more. 800. useful only in 5= 6 symbolism, q.v. 888. the grand scale of 8. i

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an gods evoked ecstatic periods in verse of mine, you thought i praised or worshipped them i stand amazed. 535 i merely wished to chant in verse some aspects of the universe, summed up these subtle forces finely, and sang of them (i think divinely) in name and form: a fault perhaps 540 reviewers are such funny chaps! i think that ordinary folk, though, understood the things i spoke. for gods, and devils too, i find are merely modes of my own mind! 545 the poet needs enthusiasm! vese-making is a sort of spasm, degeneration of the mind, and things of that unpleasant kind. pentecost 39 marvellous answer to prayer. prayer and averages. are the results of meditation due to autohypnosis? so to the laws all bards obey 550 i bend, and seek in my own way by false things to expound the real. but nev

great by the infinitely small results in some unknown finite number extended in an unknown number of categories. it happened, when this our great inversion took place, from the essence of all nothingness to finity extended in innumerable categories, that an incalculably vast system was produced. merely by chance, chance in the truest sense of the term, we are found with gods, men, stars, planets, devils, colours, forces, and all the materials of the cosmos: and with time, space, and causality, the conditions limiting and involving them all.1 remember that it is not true to say that our 00 existed; nor that it did not exist. the idea of existence was just as much unformulated as that of toasted cheese. but 00 is a finite expression, or has a finite phase, and our universe is a finite univer

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the flesh of woman. it was hard as india-rubber to the touch, and his strong young fingers slipped. also he loved her- loved, as he had never dreamt that love could be. but he knew now, he knew! and a great loathing mingled with his lust. long did they struggle; at last he got the upper, and with all his weight above her drove down his fingers in her neck. she gave one gasping cry- a cry of many devils in hell- and died. he was alone. he had slain the succubus, and absorbed it. ah! with what force and fire his veins roared! ah! how he leapt from the bed, and donned the holy robes. how he invoked the god of vengeance, horus the mighty, and turned loose the avengers upon the black soul that had sought his life! at the end he was calm and happy as a babe; he returned to bed, slept easy, and

rit from the larvae of the tomb! i seek them in their dread abodes without affright: on them will i impose my will, the law of light. i bid the night conceive the glittering hemisphere. arise, o sun, arise! o moon, shine white and clear! i seek them in their dread abodes without affright: on them will i impose my will, the law of light. their faces and their shapes are terrible and strange. these devils by my might to angels i will change. these nameless horrors i address without affright: on them will i impose my will, the law of light. these are the phantoms pale of mine astonied view, yet none but i their blasted beauty can renew; for to the abyss of hell i plunge without affright: on them will i impose my will, the law of light. 109 the soldier and the hunchback! and? 111 the soldier a

of men, and massed the treasure of souls into the hands of the few, and piled up the coffers of the church. how they racked from us the very emblems of joy, putting out our eyes with the hot irons of extortion, till every pound of human flesh was soaked as a thirsty sponge in a well of blood: and life became a hell, and men and women went singing, robed in the "san-benito" painted with flames and devils, to the stake; to seek in the fire the god of their forefathers- that stern judge who with sworded hand was once wont to read out the names of the living from 171 the book of life, and exalt the humble on the golden throne of tyrants. yet in these ages of crucifix, of skull, and of candle; these ages of "auto-da-f" and "in pace" these ages when the tongue jabbered madness and the brain reel

red is built the "hall of science" lo! the druid has given place to the doctor; and the physician has slain the priest his father, and with wanton words ravished the heart of his mother the sorceress. now 187 instead of the mystic circle of the adepts we have the great "bosh-rot" school of folly. miracles are banned, yet still at the word of man do the halt walk, and the lame rise up and run. the devils have been banished, and demoniacal possession is no more, yet now the most lenient of these sages are calling it "hystero-demonopathy- what a jargon of unmusical syllables! saul, when he met god face to face on the dusty road of damascus, is dismissed with a discharging lesion of the occipital cortex; and george fox crying "woe to the bloody city of lichfield" is suffering from a disordered

rry by the wayside, for the evening is at hand; to-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

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e a form when they appear unto man. the fourth is the asiatic world, ovlm hoshih, olahm ha-asiah, the 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

te wisdom of the grand arithmetician of the universe. 671. useful, as shown in part i. 741. useful chiefly as a denial of the unity; sometimes employed in the hope of tempting it from its lair. 777. useful in a similar way, as affirming that the unity is the qliphoth. but a dangerous tool, especially as it represents the flaming sword that drove man out of eden. a burnt child dreads the fire "the devils also believe, and tremble" worse than useless unless you have it by the hilt. also 777 is the grand scale of 7, and this is useless to anyone who has not yet awakened the kundalini, the female magical soul. note 7 as the meeting-place of 3, the mother, and 10, the daughter; whence netzach is the woman, married but no more. 800. useful only in 5= 6 symbolism, p.v. 888. the grad scale of 8. i

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ll fall. for all these things are the toys of the magician and the maker of illusions, that barreth the understanding from the crown. o thou that hast beheld the city of the pyramids, how shouldst thou behold the house of the juggler? for he is wisdom, and by wisdom hath he made the worlds, and from that wisdom issue judgements 70 by 4, that are the 4 eyes of the double-headed one; that are the 4 devils, satan, lucifer, leviathan, belial, that are the great princes of the evil of the world. 142 and satan is worshipped by men under the name of jesus; and lucifer is worshipped by men under the name of brahma; and leviathan is worshipped by men under the name of allah; and belial is worshipped by men under the name of buddha (this is the meaning of the passage in liber legis, chap. iii) moreo

under the name of jesus; and lucifer is worshipped by men under the name of brahma; and leviathan is worshipped by men under the name of allah; and belial is worshipped by men under the name of buddha (this is the meaning of the passage in liber legis, chap. iii) moreover, there is mary, a blasphemy against babalon, for she hath shut herself up; and therefore is she the queen of all those wicked devils that walk upon the earth, those that thou sawest even as little black specks that stained the heaven of urania. and all these are the excrement of choronzon. and for this is babalon under the power of the magician, that she hath submitted herself unto the work; and she guardeth the abyss. and in her is a perfect purity of that which is above; yet she is sent as the redeemer to them that are

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i supposed; as i write he comes again and again, urging me to quit the path, to abandon the unequal contest. luckily, friend dweller, you prove too much! your anxiety shows me that i am not as far from attainment as my own feelings would have me think. at least, though, i am thrown into the active again; i shall rise and chant the enochian calls and invoke the bornless one, and clear a few of the devils away, and get an army of mighty angels around me in short, make another kind of fool of myself, i wonder? anyway, i'll do it. not a bad idea to ask thoth to send me taphtatharath with a little information as to the route i do not know where i am at all. this is a strange country, and i am very lonely. this shall be my ritual. 1. banishing pentagram ritual. 2. invoking ditto.[these will ap

poor god! the l.v.x. came, too but not enough to pierce the awful shroud of darkness that by my folly i have woven for myself. so at the end i found myself on the floor, so like rodin's cruche cass e danaide girl as never was as i ought to have been in the beginning! well, one thing i got (again! that is, that when all is said and done, i am that i am, and all these thoughts of mine, angels and devils both, are only fleeting moods of me. the one true self of me is adonai. simple! yet i cannot remain in that simplicity. i got this "revelation" through the egyptian plane, a partial illumination of the reason. it has cleared up the mind; but alas! the mind is still there. this is the strength and weakness both of the egyptian plane, 87 that it is so lucid and spiritual and yet so practical

, now and for every more! surely at least that lesson has been burnt into me. and how gladly i would give all these powers for the one power! 12.33. another smart attack of diarrhoea. i take 4 gr. plumb c. opio and alter my determination to stay out of bed all night, as chill is doubtless the chief cause. it is really extraordinary how the smallest success 123 awakes a monstrous horde of egoistic devils, vain, strutting peacocks, preening and screaming! this is simply damnable. egoism is the spur of all energy, in a way; and in this particular case it is the one thing that is not adonai (whatever else may be) and so the antithesis of the work. bricks without straw, indeed! that's nothing to it. this job is like being asked to judge a band contest and being told that one may do anything but

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em unite. each stage above him is his ultimate goal for the time being. possessing one little sphere, his one and only object is to unite it to another, or another to it; not two others, not to the whole, but only to that "one other" for the time being (let it appear as if it were for all time to the initiate, that "one other" is god and very god- the omega of his quest, and that "all others" are devils that would tempt and seduce him. thus it happens that until you become god, god himself is in reality the tempter, satan, and the prince of darkness, who, assuming the glittering robes of time and space, whispers in our ears "millions and millions and millions of eternities are as nothingness to me; then how canst thou, thou little mote dancing in the beam of mine eye, hope to span me" thus

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an-cover, was absent; and our two other companions had also made themselves scarce. these black men seemed to be frenzied with pugnacity, a very unusual disposition. after rapidly taking advice of the skull (the two books failing on the matter, i lay down in my usual place, protecting the lofty thoughts from impure contact, resolved to be pierced through and through rather than to let these black devils brush the holy books. to be pierced through could not do me much harm; and the holes would soon be stopped up by the skilful hand of my worthy understudy. evidently my attitude of passive resistance surprised the 374 natives. they gathered around me and began singing a strange "m lop e" one of their chiefs passed his hands over my face, and i became at once unconscious. when i awoke i was s

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terests, that life has now no particular meaning, and the path of research, on the only lines i can now approve of, remains the one path possible for me to tread. on the 11th of june p. records that he moved his bed into the temple that he had constructed at c. house, for convenience of more absolute retirement. in this temple he was afflicted by dreams and visions of the most appalling abramelin devils, which had evidently clung to the spot ever since the operations of february 1900. on the night of the 16th of june he began to practise mahasatipatthana,275 274 till 1906. the theory of the great white brotherhood, as set forth in the story called "the blossom and the fruit" by miss mabel collins. 275 the practice of mahasipatthana is explained by mr. a. crowley in his "science and buddhis

g rather bored. rather with a capital r and a sforzando "er" i wanted george macdonald's "lilith" and arthur machen's "hill of dreams- they have blood in them. and i was not in my library, but in a stuffy, dog-returneth-to-his-vomit- scented microbe-catcher labeled 1st compo. then, too, algernon blackwood began to remind me of maeterlinck. there was too much bluebirdiness, and it gave me the blue devils. and then, again, though i've never read j. m. barrie, i felt sure 331 that he must be responsible for some of the oysters in the stew. and where was sidney blow? yes: it's a silly book; a book elaborately and deliberately silly; even laboriously silly with that silliness which cometh not forth but by prayer and fasting. and as i continued to read, it grew monotonously silly. paul "slipped

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holiday, they joke the melancholy ass: they throw their clattering coppers in his poke. so day and night they come and go, but never comes the questing beast, nor doth that laughing people know 54 how agony's unleavening yeast stirs palamede. anon they tire, and follow an egyptian priest who boasts him master of the fire to draw down lightning, and invoke the gods upon a sandal pyre, and bring up devils in the smoke. sir palamede is all alone, wrapped in his misery like a cloak, despairing now to charm the unknown. so arms and horse he takes again. sir palamede hath overthrown the jesters. now the country men, stupidly staring, see at noon sir palamede the saracen a-riding like an harvest moon in silver arms, with glittering lance, with plum d helm, and wing d shoon, athwart the admiring l

minable 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 the land of khem: they flock, the peasant and the king. there he works many a miracle: the blind see, and the cripples walk; lepers grow clean; sick folk grow well; the deaf men hear, the dumb men talk. he casts out devils with a word; circleth his wand, and dead men rise. no such a wonder hath been heard since christ our god's sweet sacrifice "now, by the glad blood of our lord" quoth palamede "my heart is light. i am the chosen harpsichord whereon god playeth; the perfect knight, 76 the saint of mary- there he stayed, for out of memnon's singing stone so fierce a questing barked and brayed, it turned his la

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f all sorts. under guard" laylah "unveiled, scarred with sword-cuts, a stern savage virago" bishop. let the indictment be read. the clerk of the court. princess kahar-ud-din or koureddin, you are arraigned of witchcraft. firstly that on the night of the victory to the crusaders' arms, by god's grace, during a period of truce, you did sally forth with a horde of slaves and women, by many accounted devils, and did attack and destroy the armies of the crusaders. prosecutor. we say this was by witchcraft. how else could a rabble of slaves and women defeat the heroes who, though barely two thousand strong, had that day destroyed four hundred thousand and above of your best warriors? laylah. on our side was the god of battles. bishop. my daughter, god is love. 98 laylah. lord bishop, i have hear

armour. bishop. the prisoner mocks us. on the third count, guilty [judges "echo "guilty" clerk. fourthly, that you did at midnight upon martinmas, 99 eighteen years ago, in the valley of hinnom, on the stone called succoth, bind yourself in a diabolical pact with satan, whereby he granted the power to change your sex at will, since which time you have become the father of an innumerable brood of devils, and in particular have travelled by night in the form of an owl to assault the virtue of many holy servants of the true faith, notably at the convent of st anne in this city, whereby the bodies and souls of the nuns were possessed and destroyed. prosecutor. we say this is plain witchcraft [laylah "takes no notice" bishop. silence under such a charge is contumacious, and equivalent to confe

r. i have cut him in two" the adept shuddered "that was when i was an axe. i will not be an arrow. i will be an axe" she gave a giggle "i am gleeful by reason of hate" there was a pause. 131 "and i am gleeful because i am reason "all reason ends in two. i have cut the master in two "can she pass through" wondered edgar "is it a fault to be identified so well with that which she beholds "there are devils" she cried "black, naked screaming devils. they touch, and at a touch each oozes back to his slime. this slime is chaos "ararita" he breathed the word upon her brow "don't touch me! don't touch me" she screamed "i am holy! i am god! i am i" her face was black and distorted with sudden passion "it's quite different to my own experience in many ways" thought the watcher "yet- is it not the es

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

s, in the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries over 250,000 people died at the stake for practising witchcraft. 6 the law, the church and the state felt no guilt; like the early map-makers who, knowing that none might prove them wrong, labelled unexplored territory 'here be dragons, they preferred to condemn inexplicable phenomena rather than admit they were baffled. better to blame the devils they knew than let the public suspect there might be greater devils as yet undreamed of the last person in england to die for being a witch was alice mollard of exeter, who was hanged in 1684. in 1736 the act of james i was repealed. it now became illegal to prosecute for witchcraft, sorcery or enchantment. instead, anyone claiming to be able to work magic by witchcraft could be sent to pri

invited for an interview. 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 a

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

o the power of the mind to dominate substance. this power is, therefore, neither divine nor non-divine. it is a demonstration of the capacity of the mind, and can be used with equal facility by an incarnated son of god, functioning as a world saviour or christ, and by those beings who are on the path of destruction, and who are called (by those who know no better) black magicians, evil forces and devils. divinity (using the word in its separative sense) connotes the expression of the qualities of the second or building aspect of god, magnetism, love, inclusiveness, non-separativeness, sacrifice for the good of the world, unselfishness, intuitive understanding, cooperation with the plan of god, and many other such qualitative phrases. mechanism, after all, implies the creation of a- 38- a t

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

d the sword be turned into the ploughshare. if this programme of supervision, education and spiritual direction is not thus enforced, the war that would then take place would wipe out humanity as happened once before in human history. i would here refer you to a parable, spoken in terms of far-sighted vision and warning by the christ centuries ago, anent the man who cleaned house, casting out the devils; when it was all swept and garnished, it remained empty (as symbol of unused opportunity and ignored responsibility) and then, as the lord of light put it "the last state of that man was worse than the first" the sweeping and cleansing has been going on for five long years, the final stages of this destroying but cleansing process are now being taken. then, my brothers, what? i have told yo

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

ich he has attracted to himself. unless the disciple learns that aspiration and self-discipline must proceed side by side, he will find that the spiritual energy he may appreciate and contact will only serve to stimulate the latent seeds of evil in his nature and thereby demonstrate the exactitude of the truth that the great lord taught when he pictured the man who swept his house, cast out seven devils and eventually was in a worse condition than ever. it is essential that aspirants should understand the nature of the lower man and should grasp the fact that every coherent system has its varying types of energy, and that perfection is achieved when the highest type of energy inherently possible dominates. if the lower energy of the aggregate of the form-atoms is the controlling factor thr

ARADIA GOSPEL OF THE WITCHES

air. this is specially described in thiodolf the islander, a romance by lamotte fouqu. the exchange of locks by lovers is possibly connected with magic. 19 marroni d india. a strong charm against evil, hence frequently carried against rheumatism &c.the three should come from one shell. 20 the reader will find them described in my etrusco-romanremains. 21 the sun set and uprose the yellow moon:the devils in the moon for mischief; theywho called her chaste, methinks, began too soontheir nomenclature; there is not a daythe longest, not the twenty-first of june,sees half the business in a wicked wayon which three single hours of moonshine smile. don juan, cxiii.chapter x no footnotes) page 77 n r r r r r footnotes.preface. 1 march, 1897: neapolitan witchcraft. 2 thus we may imagine what the ca

with tempests dire,with lightning and with thunder (terrible),and the hail and wind..and when a priest shall do you injuryby his benedictions, ye shall do to himdouble the harm, and do it in the nameof me, diana, queen of witches all!and when the priests or the nobilityshall say to you that you should put your faithin the father, son, and mary, then reply:your god, the father, and maria arethree devils..for the true god the father is not yours;for i have come to sweep away the bad,the men of evil, all will i destroy!ye who are poor suffer with hunger keen,and toil in wretchedness, and suffer toofull oft imprisonment; yet with it allye have a soul, and for your sufferingsye shall be happy in the other world,but ill the fate of all who do ye wrong! page 9 n r r r r r non devi essere come la

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is not astonishing that a constellation so extended should be represented by the author of that book as a great dragon with seven heads, who drew the third part of the stars from heaven and cast them to earth (dupuis, tome iii, p. 255. only dupuis never knew why draco, once the pole-star- the symbol of "guide" guru and director- had been thus degraded by posterity "the gods of our fathers are our devils" says an asiatic proverb. 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 su

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 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

reader to the picture of that incident painted by simon de sienne, a friend of the poet, on the portal of the church notre dame du don at avignon; notwithstanding the prohibition of the sovereign pontiff, who "would not allow this triumph of love to be enthroned in the holy place; and adds "time has injured and rubbed out the work of art, but has not weakened its tradition" de mirville's "dragon-devils" of our era seem to have no luck, as they disappear most mysteriously from the museums where they are said to have been. thus the dragon embalmed by ulysses aldobranda and presented to the musee du senat, either in naples or bologna "was there still in 1700, but is there no more (vol. 2, p. 427 "pneumatologie[[vol. 2, page] 208 the secret doctrine. the reader may inquire why we speak of dra

it- among others, a purely astronomical meaning. the "serpent" fallen from on high "deorsum fluens" was credited with the possession of the keys of the empire of the dead[[tou thanatus arche] to that day, when jesus saw it "falling like lightning from heaven (luke x. 17, 18, the roman catholic interpretation of cadebat ut fulgur to the contrary, notwithstanding; and it means indeed that even "the devils are subject" to the logos- who is wisdom, but who, as the opponent of ignorance, is satan or lucifer at the same time. this remark refers to divine wisdom falling like lightning on, and quickening the intellects of those who fight the devils of ignorance and superstition. up to the time when wisdom, in the shape of the incarnating spirits of mahat, descended from on high to animate and call

al vehicle of atman, inseparable from the manifested universal soul. it is only in union and in conjunction with self-consciousness that buddhi becomes the higher self and the divine, discriminating soul. christos is the seventh principle, if anything* to make it plainer, any one who reads that passage in luke, will see that the remark follows the report of the seventy, who rejoice that "even the devils (the spirit of controversy and reasoning, or the opposing power, since satan means simply "adversary" or opponent) are subject unto us through thy name (luke x. 17) now "thy name" means the name of christos, or logos, or the spirit of true divine wisdom, as distinct from the spirit of intellectual or mere materialistic reasoning- the higher self in short. and when jesus remarks to this that

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e north-wind, and that during the ceremony of baptism we begin by turning towards the west (sidereal, to renounce the better him who inhabits it; after which we turn to the east" belief in the "four maharajahs- the regents of the four cardinal points- was universal and is now that of christians* who call them, after st. augustine "angelic virtues" and "spirits" when enumerated by themselves, and "devils" when named by pagans. but where is the difference between the pagans and the christians in this cause? following plato, aristotle explained that the term[[stoicheia] was understood only as meaning the incorporeal principles placed at each of the four great divisions of our cosmical world to supervise them. thus, no more than the christians did, do they adore and worship the elements and th

he objects. whereas for the philosophers (pagan) they were gods" considering the ritual established by the roman catholic church for "spirits of the stars" the latter look suspiciously like "gods" and were no more honoured and prayed to by the ancient and modern pagan rabble than they are now at rome by the highly cultured catholic christians[[vol. 1, page] 124 the secret doctrine. angels and the devils. for the kabalist and occultist there is but one; and neither of them makes any difference between "the rectors of light" and the cosmocratores, or "rectores tenebrarum harum" whom the roman church imagines and discovers in a "rector of light" as soon as he is called by another name than the one she addresses him by. it is not the "rector" or "maharajah" who punishes or rewards, with or wit

stinction between the archangels and the "archontes (see "de mysteriis" sec. ii, ch. 3) the above may be applied, of course, to the distinction made between the degrees or orders of spiritual beings, and it is in this sense that the roman catholic church tries to interpret and teach the difference; for while the archangels are in her teaching divine and holy, their doubles are denounced by her as devils* but the word "ferouer" is not to be understood in this sense, for it means simply the reverse or the opposite side of some attribute or quality. thus when the occultist says that the "demon is the lining of god (evil, the reverse of the medal, he does not mean two separate[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] p. 602, for an illustration. many are the soulless men among us, f

manus or rishis become 21 in number[[vol. 1, page] 236 the secret doctrine. actualities, but the two aspects or facets of the same unity. now the best man living would appear, side by side with an archangel- as described in theology- a fiend. hence a certain reason to depreciate a lower "double" immersed far deeper in matter than its original. but there is still as little cause to regard them as devils, and this is precisely what the roman catholics maintain against all reason and logic (b) the concluding sentence of this sloka shows how archaic is the belief and the doctrine that man is seven-fold in his constitution. the thread of being which animates man and passes through all his personalities, or rebirths on this earth (an allusion to sutratma, the thread on which moreover all his "s

ng. the leading thought is occult; and many are the passages in the hermetic fragments that belong bodily to the secret doctrine. the latter teaches that the whole universe is ruled by intelligent and semi-intelligent forces and powers, as stated from the very beginning. christian theology admits and even enforces belief in such, but makes an arbitrary division and refers to them as "angels" and "devils" science denies the existence of such, and ridicules the very idea. spiritualists believe in the spirits of the dead, and, outside these, deny entirely any other kind or class of invisible beings. the occultists and kabalists are thus the only rational expounders of the ancient traditions, which have now culminated in dogmatic faith on the one hand, and dogmatic denials on the other. for, b

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ed this a year ago, before i entered into certain states of which i cannot gauge the value at all, while in normal consciousness. there is no doubt then. but how may i be sure always? i will fetch the equinox, and put down the points as they come to me. let me quote page 87 .well, one thing i got (again) that is that when all is said and done i am that i am, all these thoughts of mine, angels and devils both, are only fleeting moods of me. the one true self of me is adonai. simple! yet i cannot remain in that simplicity. i can realize that state perfectly, but i am not a magician, i know little or nothing of the equinox 148 ceremonial magick, except from reading; my results have not been accompanied by visions. what results i have obtained have been in the nature of becoming the thing itse

BOOK OF BLACK SERPENT

and leviathan are two evil forms, of which the first is the synthesis of the qliphoth already described under the head of behemiron in the qliphoth of the months of the year (the 11th. the leviathan are, as it were, numberless dragon forms united together, so that each of his scales is, as it were, a separate evil serpent. of the descending hierarchy called the decans of the twelve signs the arch-devils these are the daemons which rule over the twelve signs; they are presiding under the supreme rule of the infernal dignitaries paimon, amaimon, egym and uriens. aries 0- 4 march 21- 25 ipos aries 5- 9 march 26- 29 glasya-labolas aries 10- 14 march 30- april 3 furfur aries 15- 19 april 4- 8 marax aries 20- 24 april 9- 14 renove aries 25- 29 april 15- 19 botis taurus 0- 4 april 20- 24 salleos

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

may work some presti-digitatory illusion so that the male organ appears to be entirely removed and separate from the body; various ways that the witches may kill the child conceived in the womb, etc, etc. the second part, treating of the methods by which works of witchcraft are wrought and directed, and how they may be successfully annulled and dissolved' deals with 'the several methods by which devils through witches entice and allure the innocent to the increase of that horrid craft and company; the way whereby a formal pact with evil is made; how they transport from place to place; how witches impede and prevent the power of procreation; hoiv as it were they deprive man of his virile member; how witch midwives commit horrid crimes when they either kill children or offer them to devils

ts of good and evil. zoroaster (zarathustra) decided that of all the many, until then, good spirits or devi, there was actually only one who was fl/-good. this was ahura-mazda the sun; the light. now if you have an all-good deity then you need an all-evil opposite (you can't have white unless you have black as a contrast, so the role was given to ahriman the darkness. the other minor devi became "devils. this concept of all-good/all-bad was picked up later in mithraism and then moved west into christianity. so from persia do we get the basic ideas for white magick and black magick. since anyone can do magick, there can be white magicians and black magicians those trying to help others and those trying to harm them. by virtue of the craft belief in retribution, of course, you cannot have a

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

the town was completely destroyed [39] healing testimonials by black pentecostals described similar acts of supernatural intervention "he reveals to me the revelation of his mysteries" wrote c. s. reese of black magic page 68 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006 memphis, in the church of god in christ magazine "he gives me power to cast out devils, to lay hands on the sick, and they recover" other pentecostal testimonies emphasized visionary\ 110\ experiences and acts of supernatural healing "i saw a man standing near my bedside, who said to me, eyou have a very bad stomach and you will have to have an operation, f" stated one account "then suddenly the man disappeared. i then turned to the lord and began to pray" after praying for "

s c "divines" the troubles of her clients with an ordinary deck of cards, then prescribes the wearing of conjure balls on their person and sprinkling of dust in the corners of the house. her usual line is to point to, or describe some friend of the client and credit him with bringing about present conditions by conjuration. mother turner c ascribes the ills of her clients to the working of little devils who are supposed to inhabit their persons and homes. c charms are given to wear on their persons. ben session c tells fortunes by the use of a lighted candle and three glasses of water. c sick clients are anointed and given medicine concocted by the "doctor" those with other troubles are given lucky charms made of crosses. professor anthony george c attracts large crowds to his "spiritual"

awareness of the powers of witches also persisted among members of the population of colonial north and south carolina. in 1702, for example, the society for the propagation of the gospel missionary francis lejau described his shock at the outcome of a grand jury case that had dismissed a witchcraft indictment. the accused, he charged, was "evidently guilty" having "kill'd several persons by the devils" with "notorious" means. it is noteworthy that le-jau was silent concerning witchcraft among the african slaves he worked among and encountered daily (frank klingberg, ed, the carolina chronicle of dr. francis lejau, 1706.1717 [berkeley: university of california press, 1956, p. 25; see also samuel drake, annals of witchcraft in new england and elsewhere in the united states [new york: benja

onjuring, at least one historian has noted a corresponding relationship (tucker, black pastors and leaders, p. 92 "hundreds from the masses were attracted to c the magical powers of the elder. at a time when the lower classes still feared their spirits and ehants' there was considerable appeal in the all-night services where one could hear unknown 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 mag

COSIMANO CHARLES ELEMENTARY PSIONICS

he money for the commercial devices, you will be able to get the most out of them. so what does psionics do for you? can't you do the same things without the machines? well, there are damned few things psionics can do that one cannot do by oneself with no external aid. when i first started writing about this stuff, i was castigated for creating a "crutch" among lots of other things. what the poor devils who were upset with me forgot is that when one breaks one's leg, a crutch can be very helpful. machines exist to save labor. a man can walk across town, and take three days to do it, or he can drive his car to the same place in an hour. don't let anyone deprive you of something useful because it does not fit their scheme of things. in fact, at this point, i should mention something that is

please please please consider it to be in the nature of a fun experiment and not go hog wild over any information you receive. take any contact with much salt and if you decide to form a new religion make sure it is a profitable one. there is a long standing tradition that humans are not the only life forms inhabiting the unseen realms; that among the various creatures to be found there are gods, devils, angels and assorted nature spirits that may disguise themselves as gods, devils and angels. there is also the long standing tradition that these beings like to play pranks on long suffering humans, particularly those who run into them without knowing the proper etiquette and as no one knows the proper etiquette. so take the usual precautions before encountering these things, avoiding drink

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. and his parents had to flee to safety. all male children under the age of two were slain by the ruler as he sought to kill the child. angels and shepherds were at his birth and he was given gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. he was worshipped as the saviour of men and led a moral and humble life. he performed miracles, which included healing the sick, giving sight to the blind, casting out devils, and raising the dead. he was put to death on the cross between two thieves. he descended to hell and rose from the dead to ascend back to heaven. just a coincidence, archbishop? well how about these, then? they all pre-date "jesus, often by thousands of years. attis, the son of god of phrygia he was born on december 25th to a virgin mother. he was called a "saviour, the only begotten son

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hat 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 revealed

to killhim. his parents had to flee to safety. all male children under the age of two were slain bythe ruler as he sought to kill the child. angels and shepherds were at his birth and he wasgiven gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. he was worshipped as the saviour of men andled a moral and humble life. he performed miracles which included healing the sick, givingsight to the blind, casting out devils and raising the dead. he was put to death on the crossbetween two thieves. he descended to hell and rose from the dead to ascend back toheaven.21sounds exactly like jesus doesnt it? but its not. that is how they described the easternsaviour god known as virishna 1,200 years before jesus is claimed to have been born. if youwant a saviour god who died so our sins could be forgiven, take your

ope asprotestants and catholics went to war to decide which version of the same nonsensewould prevail. funny that the rosicrucians claimed to stand for religious and politicalfreedom and yet one of their puppets, martin luther, stood for anything but. he hatedfreethinking and open minded research. in one sermon he said that his followers shouldthrow spit in the face of reason, because she was the devils whore, rotten with the itchof leprosy, and should be kept in the toilet.10 lovely. he also wrote:damned be love into the abyss of hell, if it is maintained to the damage of faith. it isbetter that tyrants should sin a hundred times against the people than the people shouldsin once against the tyrants. the ass wants to be thrashed, the mob to be governed byforce.11speak for yourself, darlin

perienced thelevel of trauma that they must suffer. the singer, joan baez, sings a song aboutrecalling childhood abuse as the amnesiac barriers begin to fall, the mind control breaksdown, and the memories come flashing back. the words capture the feelings of suchpeople magnificently:you dont have to play me backwards,t o get the meaning of my verse,you dont have to die and go to hell,t o feel the devils curse.well i thought my life was a photograph,on the family christmas card.kids all dressed in buttons and bows,and lined up in the yard.were the golden days of childhood,so lyrical and warm?or did the picture start to fade,on the day that i was born.let the night begin, theres a pop of skin,and the sudden rush of scarlet,theres a little boy riding on a goats head,and a little girl playing

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this energy" page 48 'the secret doctrine' by helena petrovna blavatsky "lucifer represents..life..thought..progress..civilization. liberty..independence..lucifer is the logos..the serpent, the savior" on pages 171, 225, 255 (volume ii "it is satan who is the god of our planet and the only god" pages 215, 216, 220, 245, 255, 533 (vi "the celestial virgin which thus becomes the mother of gods and devils at one and the same time; for she is the ever-loving beneficent deity..but in antiquity and reality lucifer or luciferius is the name. lucifer is divine and terrestial light 'the holy ghost' and "satan' at one and the same time" page 539 (volume) albert pike 33 "that which we must say to a crowd is- we worship a god, but it is the god that one adores without superstition. to you, sovereign

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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 necessary. a name when written is a word composed of letters each signifying a sound. the syllables (and sounds) which make up a name identify a particular being which religion, metaphysics, mythology, demonology, folklore, or legend has said

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ecause they have not accepted christ as their personal savior. non-catholics, we are told, are damned to hell because they have rejected god's holy church. and catholics, we are told, are damned to hell for bowing down to and worshipping graven images. the irony of organized religious thought is the damnation of all, regardless of belief or quality of life. it has often been said by scholars that devils are "fallen" gods, or deities men no longer worship. but then, are not gods simply devils men choose to worship? could it be that yahweh and allah are simply more "politically correct" devils than astaroth and beelzebub? the followers of every religion have been condemned by others as "devilworshippers" at some time or another. in the "tolerant" social climate of today, the christian still

every religion have been condemned by others as "devilworshippers" at some time or another. in the "tolerant" social climate of today, the christian still condemns the jew; the jew still condemns the muslim, and the muslim still condemns the christian. each is willing to kill and commit heinous crimes in the name of his "god. would it not be more honest for man to admit that he is a worshipper of devils and a believer in fairy tales? it is with these thoughts in mind that the demonic bible is written. stop now at the horror of these words and cower in fear for your immortal soul, or read on and discover true and undefiled wisdom. for enlightenment speaks to the brave. introduction to the 2nd edition lucifer, the light-bearer the name lucifer comes from the latin words lux (light) and fer (

rifice in return for their beneficence and blessing. the threat was no longer against an individual man but against an entire society. to gain the favor of the gods, these deities had to be appeased or else famine, pestilence, or war might come upon a nation and destroy it. ultimately, the priests of many of these gods decided that their particular deity was the true god, that all other gods were devils, and that the followers of other gods had to be converted or destroyed. egypt was decimated by the osirians as they attempted to eliminate the earlier religion of set. in the middle east, the hebrews went to war with the surrounding nations to annihilate them. out of the cults of baal and osirus, tammuz and dmuzi, mithra and zoroaster, arose a sacrificial-god religion which would dominate e

s satan or lucifer, and is known from then on by that name within the coven. he then initiates the high priestess so that she becomes the manifestation of the dark goddess. she assumes the name of a particular archetype such as hela, hecate, or diana. the other priests and priestesses are then initiated by the high priest or high priestess (as appropriate) and become the manifestations of various devils and dark gods. members of the congregation are then initiated either by a priest, a priestess, the high priest, the high priestess, by several members of the group, or by the entire coven depending on the exact nature of the initiatory rite the group adopts. i have stated previously that ritual paraphernalia is not required for the performance of the rituals described in the demonic bible

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ater than all the gods, hath departed- from the papyrus of ani set was known as a god of unrest who continually fought with horus, his brother and was the antagonist and murderer of osiris, a god of stasis. set also protected ra on his journeys through the underworld, and was able to master the chaotic force of apep, a serpent of darkness. set is known in the book of the dead as having legions of devils, known as seba as well as smaiu, who obey his commands. it seems also that there were a group of rebels who were of set and were defeated early on. set is mentioned in the egyptian book of the dead as having the skin of a bull. in the eleventh section of the tuat called reenqerrtaptkhatu, set is in the form of a serpent and called set-heh meaning the eternal set. when osiris came again, typ

h is the mountain of the underworld, which is a cemetery in the desert on the west banks of the nile. set is also closely connected with a former death-god called seker, who was later merged with osiris and became something rather different in nature. in the tuat, seker resided within a kingdom called ra-stau, from which he sat upon a throne in majesty, having numerous legions of winged serpents, devils called seba and other monsters 2 budge, e.a. wallis, the gods of the egyptians volume 1 3 compare with the persian arezura, the mountain in the north from which hell is commonly located. 6 which devoured various shades of the dead who were sent there. it is written in the book of the dead that seker s throne is pyramidal in form, filled with darkness. he appears commonly in the tuat as a mu

lood various herbs and apple 11 against heresies by eznik 12 isis and osiris 12 cider is used in replacement, following along the same form of sacrifice by an offering into an area where the suns rays never touch. and i saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. for they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of god almighty. revelation 16:13-14 ahriman appeared in the zoroastrian legends in numerous forms. his astral body was considered that of a frog, toad, or crab, often a lizard or serpent as well. the legend of zohak the king proves of significant interest con

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e supernal triangle of kether, chokmah) and binah always refers to the old gods, which every pantheon recognises as the predecessors of those forms of godhead worshipped by the current faith. thus rhea and kronos would be referred to binah and chokmah, and jupiter to chesed. all the corn goddesses refer to malkuth, and all the lunar goddesses to yesod. the war gods and destructive gods, or divine devils, refer to geburah, and the goddesses of love to netzach. the initiator gods of wisdom are referred to hod, and the sacrificed gods and redeemers to tiphareth. so great an authority as richard payne knight in his valuable book, the symbolic language of ancient art and mythology, speaks of "the remarkable concurrence of the allegories, symbols, and titles of ancient mythology in favour of the

ces of the tarot, assigned to kether, are regarded as representing the roots of the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water further bears out this association. we may look, then, to kether as the fountain-head of the elements. this concept clears up many occult and metaphysical difficulties that occur if we limit their operation to the astral plane and regard elementals as little better than devils, as some schools of transcendental thought appear to do. 22. the whole question of the angels,archons,and elementals is a very vexed and very important one in occultism, because its practical application to magic is immediate. christian thought can tolerate with an effort the idea of archangels, but the ministering spirits, the messengers who are flames of fire, and the heavenly builders, a

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r viii the risks incidental to ceremonial magic if the problem of psychic self-defence is to be adequately dealt with, we must have an understanding of a subject upon which very little has been written- the nature of the forces of intelligent and organised evil. the great faiths of the ancient world all had their evil gods as well as their beneficent deities, and they did not call these evil gods devils. in hinduism we have shiva and kali; in the egyptian system we have set and besz and typhon; in the grecian pantheon there are pluto and hecate. all the other faiths, also, have their angelic choirs, their archons, or builders, and all the hierarchy of heaven. protestant christianity alone has forgotten its angiology, the creator has to be both architect of the universe and bricklayer, form

and maintain his concentration without wavering. the worst that can happen is that he should fail to obtain his results. but when it comes to bringing through the demonic aspect of a sphere, the matter is on an entirely different footing. very few people care to offer themselves for the manifestation of such a force as asmodeus. i do not believe that there is any reliable device for invoking the devils without being obsessed by them save the method of abramelin, which involves six months' preparation and is only operated after the knowledge and conversation of the holy guardian angel have been attained. the edge of the abyss is well fenced. it is not possible to fire a gnn and avoid the recoil. having invoked and concentrated his force, our sorcerer has next to consider his target. he has

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

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beyond reach of the avenging cavalry "i wish" said i, when we drew our animals down to a walk, as we approached the cover where lieutenant smith and the command had halted for rest "that all our men could have stopped where we did" vikka looked across at me in a way that showed he did not understand my meaning "instead of riding past the hummocks of sand, we could have charged and routed out the devils, picking them off as they showed themselves" the scout shook his head "i knew where to aim; rest of soldiers would not; sand keep off their bullets 'paches shoot first "that might be, but they would have been at disadvantage, and we should have made the trick cost them dear" the fellow was not impressed by my idea. when i came to reflect upon it, i saw he was right. if, instead of riding ca

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an 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 texts and studies, 1991. abou-ryhan an arabian astrologer whose real name was mohammedben- ahmed; he is credited with introducing judicial astrology. many stories told of him in the east show that he possessed an extraordinary power to read the future. abracadabra

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 weyer, de praestigiis. edited by george mora. binghamton

ile and carrying a hawk on his fist. the army he protects in battle is indeed fortunate, for he disperses their enemies and puts new courage into the hearts of the cowards who fly before superior numbers. he distributes place and power, titles and prelacies, teaches all languages, and has other equally remarkable powers. thirty-one legions are under his command. sources: weyer, johannes. witches, devils, and doctors in the renaissance: johann weyer, de praestigiis. edited by george mora. binghamton, n.y: medieval and renaissance texts and studies, 1991. agasha temple of wisdom, inc. the agasha temple of wisdom is a spiritualist church that, during its first generation, was built around the mediumship of rev. richard zenor (1911.1978, a channel for the master teacher agasha. the temple was

s. the conception of him somewhat resembles that of nemesis. zoroaster is said to have called him the executioner. others identify him with the destroying angel. evil genies were formerly called alastors. plutarch says that cicero, who bore a grudge against augustus, conceived the plan of committing suicide on the emperor s hearth, and thus becoming his alastor. sources: weyer, johannes. witches, devils, and doctors in the renaissance: johann weyer, de praestigiis. edited by george mora. binghamton, n.y: medieval and renaissance texts and studies, 1991. albertus magnus (albert of cologne (ca. 1206.1280) scholar, philosopher, and scientist traditionally believed to have been an alchemist. no fewer than 21 folio volumes are attributed to him, though it is highly improbable that all of them a

n, grand duke of hades. he appears in the shape of a knight mounted on an enormous horse. his face has leonine characteristics; he has a ruddy complexion and burning eyes, and speaks with much gravity. he is said to give family happiness to those whom he takes under his protection and to teach astronomy and liberal arts. thirty-six legions are controlled by him. sources: weyer, johannes. witches, devils, and doctors in the renaissance: johann weyer, de praestigiis. edited by george mora. binghamton, n.y: medieval and renaissance texts and studies, 1991. alomancy divination by means of salt, of which process little is known. from this ancient practice comes the saying that misfortune is about to fall on the household when the salt cellar is overturned. alopecy a species of charm by the aid

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five was fire, six the earth, eight the air, and twelve water (see also magic square) cornelius agrippa, in his work occult philosophy first published in latin (1531.33, discourses upon numbers as those characters by whose proportion all things are formed. he enumerates the virtues of numerals as displayed in nature, instancing the herb cinquefoil, which by the power of the number five exorcises devils, reduces fever, and forms an antidote to poisons. he also points to the virtue of seven, as in the power of the seventh son to cure the king s evil. one was the origin and common measure of all things. it is indivisible, not to be multiplied. in the universe there is one god; one supreme intelligence in the intellectual world, man; in the sidereal world, one sun; one potent instrument and a

rand president of the infernal regions, where he appeared in the shape of a crow. when he appeared in human form, he had a very raucous voice. he built impregnable citadels and towers, overthrew the ramparts of his enemies, found good workmen, gave familiar spirits, received sacrifices, and deceived the sacrificers. forty infernal legions were 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 texts and studies, 1991. mamaloi an obeah priestess (see west indian islands) mana a term indicating vital or magical force used widely throughout polynesia. from his work in the south pacific, r. h. codrington observed: the word is common, i believe, to the whole

hcraft persecutions and also showed the interrelationship of witchcraft with ghost lore, spiritism, and the cult of the dead. maple wrote magic is a common bond uniting all races and creeds and therefore, possibly, the most democratic principle in the world. sources: maple, eric. the dark world of witches. london: r. hale, 1962. deadly magic. wellingborough, england: thursons, 1976. the domain of devils. london: r. hale, 1966. incantations and words of power. wellingborough, england: aquarian press, 1974. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. maple, eric (william) 977. magic, medicine, and quakery. london: r. hale, 1968. the realm of ghosts. new york: a.s. barnes, 1964. superstition and the superstitious. london and new york: w.h. allen, 1971. witchcraft: the story of man s qu

point to the many reported miraculous events in the bible as descriptions of paranormal events that also occur in modern times. conservative believers accept as miraculous only those events with a clearly established religious purpose and reject all other claimed paranormal happenings. some conservative christians claim that all psychic phenomena are mere simulacrum of the miraculous.the work of devils or deceptive spirits counterfeiting real miracles. of course, non-christians resent such accusations. extraordinary events.miracles to the believer.are the common property of all religious traditions and the nonreligious alike. every religious community can produce accounts of extraordinary occurrences to strenthen the faith of their believers. most religious traditions also de-emphazize mi

nd possession regularly from the pulpit and hold periodic exorcism services, cases of possession appear to be in response to the group s belief. among liberal christians and conservative groups who do not believe in demon possession, members manifest no symptoms of possible possession. sources: ebon, martin, ed. exorcism: fact not fiction. new york: new american library, 1974. huxley, aldous. the devils of loudon. london: chatto& windus, 1952. reprint, new york: harper& row, 1971. hyslop, james h. contact with the other world; the latest evidence as to communication with the dead. new york: century, 1919. nicola, john t. diabolical possession and exorcism. rockford, ill: tan books, 1974. oesterreich, t. k. possession, demoniacal and other. london: kegan paul; new york: r. r. smith, 1930. r

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o 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 contactees. even so, the most successful contactee of later years was himself a physical contactee

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swept at this conceit absurd and can t sweep clean- this is unheard-of, on my word! the beauty. then do stop boring us in such a place! proctophantasmist. i say it, spirits, to your face, this spirit despotism i will not endure; my spirit can not act that way. the dancing goes on. i see that i have no success today; but anyway i ll take along a tour and hope still, ere my last step, to subdue the devils and the poets too. mephistopheles he ll straightway in a puddle set him. that s how he gets relief, of solace well assured. when leeches, feasting on his rump, beset him, of spirits and of spirit he is cured. to faust who has left the dance. why do you let the pretty maiden go who sang so sweetly as you danced along? faust ugh! in the very middle of her song a mouse sprang from her lips- tw

t of the times. with proper folk one can all do. come, cling close, none can pass us! the blocksberg has a broad top too, like germany s parnassus. inquisitive traveller. what s the name of that stiff man? he goes with haughty paces; he snuffles all he snuffle can. he scents the jesuits traces. crane. if water clear or muddy be, i fish with pleasure, really; that s why this pious man you see with devils mixing freely. worldling. by pious people, i speak true, no vehicle s rejected; conventicles, more than a few, on blocksberg are erected. dancer. another chorus now succeeds! i hear a distant drumming. don t be disturbed! it s, in the reeds, the herons changeless booming" dancing master. how each his legs kicks up and flings! somehow gets on, however! the clumsy hops, the crooked springs, a

er befall, all the more merrily mad carnival. trumpets, exeunt. mephistopheles how closely linked are luck and merit, is something fools have never known. had they the wise man s stone, i swear it, there d be no wise man for the stone. a spacious hall with adjoining apartments decorated and adorned, for a masquerade. herald. don t think ye ll here see german revels, a dance of death, of fools and devils! a cheerful festival awaits you here. our ruler, when to rome he went campaigning, his profit and your pleasure gaining, the perils of the alps disdaining, won for himself a realm of cheer. first, at the holy feet bowed down, a grant of power he besought, and when he went to fetch his crown, the fool s-cap too for us he brought. now we are all new-born in years, and every well-sophisticated

rich- no end! now to amuse him we re expected. mephistopheles you fancy these things easy to arrange. here where we stand, the steps are steeper. you grapple with a realm most strange, and wantonly will plunge in debt still deeper. you think that helena is summoned here as quickly as the paper spectres were. with witches witchery and ghostly ghost, with changeling dwarfs i m ready at my post; but devils darlings, though one may not flout them, as heroines no one goes mad about them. faust there you go harping on the same old chord! into uncertainty you always lead us, sire of all hindrances that can impede us; for each new help you want a new reward. mutter a little and the deed is done; she will be here ere i can turn me. mephistopheles the heathen-folk do not concern me. they occupy a he

it so! the phorkyads so be it! mephistopheles [in profile like a phorkyad. done! here stand i, chaos well-beloved son! the phorkyads daughters of chaos we, by undisputed right! mephistopheles oh, shame! they ll call me now hermaphrodite! the phorkyads what beauty in the sisters triad new! we have two eyes, our teeth are two. mephistopheles from all eyes i must hide this visage well to fright the devils in the pool of hell. exit. rocky coves of the aegean sea moon tarrying in the zenith. sirens [couched around on the cliffs, fluting and singing. if of yore, by spells nocturnal, did thessalian hags infernal draw thee down, a crime intending, gaze thou where night s arch is bending down with calmness never-ending on the billowy, twinkling ocean, and illumine the commotion rising from the bil

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r 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 verbally the god-making passage in the asclepius. he then discusses the prophecy that the egyptian religion will come to an end, and the lament for its passing, w

d in relation to the world, which this holy egyptian, both in various passages in the corpus hermeticum, and in the asclepius, associated prophetically with the "son of god. in the light of the newly discovered corpus, and its translation in ficino's eagerly read pimander, it would have seemed that augustine must have been mistaken in interpreting the lament as a true prophecy, though inspired by devils, of the coming of christianity to abolish egyptian idolatry. surely, on the contrary, the work which lactantius had called the sermo perfectus contained the final initiation into the religious cult practised by the holy hermes. and that cult involved the practice of astral magic. the statues in the temples, the "terrestrial gods, were animated by knowing the occult properties of substances

elation to the idea is even closer, through the cosmology of mens, anima mundi, corpus mundi in which the images have a definite place. thus ficino's commentary on the plotinus passage becomes, by devious ways, a justification for the use of talismans, and of the magic of the asclepius, on neoplatonic grounds on the grounds that the ancient sages and the modern users of talismans are not invoking devils but have a deep understanding of the nature of the all, and of the degrees by which the reflections of the divine ideas descend into the world here below. as d. p. walker has pointed out,2 at the end of the de vita coelitus comparanda ficino returns to the commentary on the plotinus passage with which he had begun the book, and now he states that plotinus in that passage was merely imitatin

of the animal physiognomy which is in some way connected with magic, and some influence of telesio though less strong than in campanella) after his quotation from the asclepius, campanella goes on to say that there is a "magia divina" which man cannot operate without grace, and it was through this that moses and the saints did miracles, also a "magia naturale, and a "magia diabolica, done through devils. the natural magic when rightly operated can go on into the divine magic "chi ben la esercita (natural magic) con pieta e riverenza del creatore merita spesso esser levato alia sopranaturale con li superi."1 we are here not far from those divine and magical rites of bruno's egyptians, through which they rose up to the divinity above nature. one sometimes fancies that one can hear verbal ech

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initiation- nema. samuel weiser, 1995. magick without tears- aleister crowley. new falcon publications, 1991. oto. nightside of eden- kenneth grant. skoob publishing; 1977, 1994. outer gateways- kenneth grant. skoob publishing; 1994. prime chaos- phil hine. chaos international, new falcon publications, inc. 1993, 1999. prometheus rising- robert anton wilson. new falcon publications, 1983. rebels& devils the psychology of liberation- edited by christopher s. hyatt, ph.d. new falcon publications, 1996. revival of magick and other essays- aleister crowley. new falcon publications in association with oto, 1988. 777 and other qabalistic writings of aleister crowley. 1973 samuel weiser, inc. oto. the enochian world of aleister crowley. enochian sex magick- aleister crowley, lon milo duquette, ch

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n old man when confucius was in his prime. the word taou signifies reason, but the doctrines believed by the taoists prove their system to be the most irrational of all the religions of the east. in an article on the taouist religion, warren benton says "the tendency in rationalism is toward the utter destruction of a belief in the existence of unseen spirits of evil. enlightened reason dethrones devils; but laotse created devils innumerable, and the chief concern of the taouist sect has always been to manipulate these emissaries of evil. modern rationalists deny the existence of devils, and relegate them to the category of myths and to personified ideas. not so the rationalist of the orient. he finds his greatest pleasure in contemplating the very atmosphere he breathes as filled with spi

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ure, who may have an evil and malicious effect on human life and progress.thechristian religion has inherited from the jewish faith its belief in satan as the arch devil of our environment, and it is also assumed that satan works by means of his inferior malefic assistants, to lead many astray from the path of virtue.ourmodern christianity does not, however, specify names for any other individual devils, nor even classes of them, as did the old jewish rabbis. hebrew rabbinic theology teems with names of evil spirits, classing them, and narrating episodes in great variety of their malice, and success in leading men into sin and danger.italso enters into minute details of the many forms of hell, in which are their dwellings, and whence they emerge to persecute wicked men who stray from the p

named as tempting eve in the fall. asmodai, is the rabbinic name of asmodeus. belial, is a name used as synonymous with satan. wicked men were called sons of belial. beelzebub, said to be a synonym of satan. matt. xii. 24. abaddon, said to be a synonym of satan. asmodeus, an evil spirit, is named in tobit. iii. 8. lucifer, is named in isaiah xiv. 12. apollyon, is the greek for abaddon. of female devils, the chief are: lilis or lilith, called the first wife of adam. nahemah or naamah, mother of asmodai, sister of tubal cain. agereth, daughter of machalath. machalath, wife of samael.thekabalistic theosophy teaches that from god emanated the four worlds: atziluth, of emanations. briah, of pure spirits and creation. yetzirah, of forms; and finally assiah, of matter. in this last place is the

there will be one eternal sabbath of peace.ofthe satan it is said that he may tempt man 364 days in the year,butnot on the day of atonement, which is symoblized by his name counting to 364; thus the satan is ha satan,=i1definite 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 hamm

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 1800.ithas since been dropped out of the ritual.theopinions of the rabbis as to the origin of the devils has varied, some schools teaching that all arefauenangels, elementals and men, while others have asserted that they were a separate creation, having been formed as triers and tempters on the sixth day of creation.itis suggested on this theory that they were intended to have had corporeal bodies,butthat the sabbath of rest came on while only their astral forms were perfected (bereshith rabba

rom 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 captured as adam was. she is also commonly

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is the microcosm of the macrocosm of assiah. all archangelic forms are microcosms of the macrocosms of briah, and the gods of the sephiroth are consequently the microcosms of the macrocosm of atziluth. therefore apply this perfecting to the spiritual nature as the preparation of the pathway for the shining light, the divine light. the evil persona of man is in the sphere of the qlippoth, and the devils are the microcosm and the macrocosm of the qlippoth. this evil persona has its parts and divisions, and it is the part which touches the twklm of the nephesch which is its rtk. tremble, therefore, at the evil forces which be in thy own evil persona. and, as above the rtk of a man are his angelic and other forms, so below the twklm of the evil persona are awful forms, dangerous even to expre

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rts; but we by these presents publicly testify, that the true philosophers are far of another mind, esteeming little the making of gold, which is but a parergon, for besides that they have a thousand better things. we say with our loving father c.r.c, phy. aurum nisi quantum aurum, for unto him the whole nature is detected; he doth not rejoice that he can make gold, and that, as saith christ, the devils are obedient unto him, but is glad that he seeth the heavens open, the angels of god ascending and descending, and his name written in the book of life (in den boecke des levens. also we testify that, under the name of chymia, many books and pictures are set forth in contumeliam gloriae dei, as we will name them in their due season, and will give to the pure-hearted a catalogue or register

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tions to push forward and, as it were, take refuge in all the places they found unoccupied by the new religion. here we find christian material in a heathen form, there heathen matter in a christian disguise. as the goddess ostara was converted into a notion of time, so was hellia into one of place. the beliefs of our forefathers about elves and giants got intensified and expanded into angels and devils, but the legends remained the same. wuotan, douar, zio, phol put on the nature of malignant diabolic beings, and the story of their solemn yearly visitation shaped itself into that of a wild rabble rout, which the people now shunned with horror, as formerly they had thronged to those processions. veiled under the biblical names of cain, ehas, enoch, antichrist, herodias, there come into vie

mongols (bergmann 3, 42. ad. kuhn (pref. to mark, sagen p. ix) is for regarding all kobolds as orig. fire-divinities, and the domestic hearth-fire as the foundation of their worship. both kobolds and will o' wisps are called follet (p. 508-14, and kobolds, like fiery dragons (p. 601, bring money or corn; but the adder too is of kobold nature (p. 691, and the dominae bring gifts (p. 287, and so do devils. 918 spectres. will o' wisps bad once, no doubt, a wider meaning, wbicb bas now been narrowed down mainly to two classes of unblessed spirits, the souls of unchristened lobes and tbose of men who in tbeir lifetime dealt wrongly hij the cornfield, who respected not the sacredness of landmai'ks^ unrighteous land-surveyors (swed. skiall-vrangare) may be seen hovering up and down the furrows wi

already seen mixing itself up in many ways with the fable of the furious host and mountainprisoned heroes. the legends largely run over into each other: wlat is told of the doings of elves and dwarfs in mountain-clefts is also related of noisy spi-ites haunting deserted houses (p. 514. in one enchanted castle a maiden with her treasures waits deliverance (kinderm. no. 4, another is possessed with devils (ib. no. 81. and here again comes up the feature, that the spirit unblest carries his head under his arm (ib. 3, 15) like the leader of the furious host, and that he gets his beard shaved by the stranger who is to take off the ban (ib. 3, 9. mone's anz. 7, 365. baader's bad. sagen no. 275; conf. the well-known fairytale in musteus, and simpliciss. 1713. 1, 617, who also knows the legend of

ig' 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 mind, a reli

hulpo had done to the goths before them. grendel is called gram, beow. 1523, and yrremud 1445; an on. imprecation was' yic hafi allan gramir' sifim. 80^ and' gramir hafi gunnnar' 208^ gramir being daemonia and exactly equiv. to the as. gramon. another time s^em. 255^ has' eigi hann iotnar' where the prose veils, saga (fornald. sog. 1, 214) gives gramir, so that here again comes up the affinity of devils to giants. the use of modag (iratus) for diabolic spirits rather confirms an explanation of 'muotes her' suggested on p. 93 in. one name, which i have held back till now, is of frequent occurrence in mhg. poets of the 12- 13th cent' der vdlant' s. uolrich 54\ 69\ 74^ anegenge 218^ 21 9\ 220^ tundal 56, 31; miu vdlantinne herodia (see p. 283, fundgr. i. 139, 6 'der vdlant' ii. 109, 42. roth

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his connexion that they sometimes leave on us the impression of older nature-gods, who had to give way to a younger and superior race; it is only natural therefore, that in certain giants, like ecke and fasolt, we should recognise a pre cipitate of deity. at other times a rebellious spirit breaks forth, they make war upon the gods, like the heaven- scaling titans, and the gods hurl them down like devils into hell. yet there are some gods married to giantesses: niorsr to skasi the daughter of thiassi, th6rr to larnsaxa, freyr to the beautiful ger3r, daughter of gymir. gunnlos a giantess is osin s be loved. the asin gefiun bears sons to a giant; borr weds the giant botyorn s daughter bestla. loki, who lives among the ases, is son to a giant farbauti, and a giantess angrbosa is his tw lf^nt6;

d aside his clumsiness. the same with a number of other resemblances between the two. the devil is described as many-headed like the giant, also, it is true, like the dragon and the hellhound. wherever the devil s hand clutches or his foot treads, indelible traces imprint themselves even on the hardest stone. the titans chased from olympus resemble the angels thrust out of heaven and changed into devils. the abode of the giants, like that of heathens and devils in general (p. 34, is supposed to be in the north: when freyr looks from heaven toward lotunheim (saem. 81) and spies the fair giantess, this is expressed in snorri 39 by( freyr leit i nor&rcett. in the danish folk-song of the stolen hammer, thorr appears as tord (thunder) af hafsgaard (seaburgh, while the giant from whom loke is to

y, adam makes the good beasts, eve the bad; so in parsee legend ormuzd and ahriman hold a creating match. 574 ceeation. men and dwarfs are created, appears in surprising harmony with a theological opinion largely adopted throughout the mid. ages, according to which, though the 0. t. begins with the work of the six days, yet the existence and consequently the creation of angels and the apostasy of devils had gone before, and then were produced heaven and earth, man and all other creatures.1 after wards, it is true, there comes also a destructive flood, but does not need to be followed by a new creation, for a pious remnant of mankind is saved, which peoples the earth anew. the muhammedan eblis (by aphseresis from dieblis, diabolus) is an apostate spirit indeed, but created after adam, and e

her creatures.1 after wards, it is true, there comes also a destructive flood, but does not need to be followed by a new creation, for a pious remnant of mankind is saved, which peoples the earth anew. the muhammedan eblis (by aphseresis from dieblis, diabolus) is an apostate spirit indeed, but created after adam, and expelled from para dise. our teutonic giants resemble at once the rebel angels (devils) and the sinful men swept away by the flood; here deli verance was in store for a patriarch, there for a giant, who after it continues his race by the side of men. a narrative preserved in the appendix to our heldenbuch offers some fragments of cosmogony: three creations follow one another, that of dwarfs leading the way, after whom come giants, and lastly men; god has called into being the

or you can bathe in fire and brimstone too (see suppl. christian and heathen notions on the punishments of the lost are found mixed in the solarlioft of the edda, ssem. 128-9. snakes, adders, dragons dwell in the christian hell (csedm. 270-1, as at the hvergelmir root (p. 796. it is striking how the poem of oswald (haupt s zeitschr. 2, 125) represents a dead heathen woman as a she-ivolf, with the devils pouring pitch and brimstone down her throat. dante in his purgatorio and inferno mixes up what he finds handed down by the mid. ages and classical literature. read also the conclusion of ceedmon (fundgr. 202; and in the barlaam 310, rudolfs brief bun poetic picture of hell 3 (see suppl. that the heathen mist-world lying far to the north was not filled with fire, comes out most clearly from

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y al! thy saints, and by alt the sacraments which are made in thine honour, i do worship and beseech thee, i bless and desire thee, to accept these prayers and conjurations. i implore thee, o holy adonay, amay, horta, vegadoro, ysion, ysesy, and by al! thy holy names, and by al! thine angels, archangels, and powers, dominations, and virtues, and by thy name w th which king solomon did bind up the devils and shut them np, ethrack, evanher, agla, goth, joth, othie, venock, nabrat, and by al! thy holy names which are written in this book, and by the virtue of them all, that thou enable me to congregate all thy spirits, that they may give me true answers to all my demands. the secret grimoire o great and eternal virtue of the highest, which thou disposest their being come to judgment, viachem

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similar antiquity, very definite ideas about the abode of departed spirits, but few, if any, ancient nations caused their beliefs about the situation and form, and divisions, and inhabitants of their heaven and hell, or "other world" to be described so fully in writing, and none have illustrated the written descriptions of their beliefs so copiously with pictorial representations of the gods and devils, and the good and evil spirits and other beings, who were supposed to exist in the kingdom of the dead. it is now generally admitted that egyptian dynastic history covers a period of nearly five thousand years, but it must not p. 2 be assumed for one moment that it is at present possible to describe in a connected or complete form all the views and opinions about their other world which wer

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thewandering ones" meanwhile the night had come, and the moon illuminated the landscape with a pale, ghostly light. the nightsin the banat are nearly as beautiful as in the east, and the frenchman had to go on with his experiments in theopen air, as the priest of the church had prohibited such in the tower, which was used as the parsonage, forfear of filling the holy precincts with the heretical devils of the mesmerizer, which, the priest remarked, hewould be unable to exorcise on account of their being foreigners. the old gentleman had thrown off his travelling blouse, rolled up his shirt sleeves, and now, striking atheatrical attitude, began a regular process of mesmerization. under his quivering fingers the odile fluid actually seemed to flash in the twilight. frosya was placed withher

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told you to love your enemies and do good to them that hate you. it is surely not the "meek prophet of nazareth" who taught you to pray to your "father" to slay, and give you victory over your enemies! this is why we reject what you call "prayers" q. but how do you explain the universal fact that all nations and peoples have prayed to, and worshiped a god or gods? some have adored and propitiated devils and harmful spirits, but this only proves the universality of the belief in the efficacy of prayer. a. it is explained by that other fact that prayer has several other meanings besides that given it by the christians. it means not only a pleading or petition, but meant, in days of old, far more an invocation and incantation. the mantra, or the rhythmically chanted prayer of the hindus, has

of this earth. they do not pray, neither priests nor laymen "pray" they would exclaim in wonder "to whom, or what" q. then they are truly atheists. a. most undeniably, but they are also the most virtue-loving and virtue-keeping men in the whole world. buddhism says: respect the religions of other men and remain true to your own; but church christianity, denouncing all the gods of other nations as devils, would doom every non-christian to eternal perdition. q. does not the buddhist priesthood do the same? a. never. they hold too much to the wise precept found in the dhammapada to do so, for they know that, if any man, whether he be learned or not, consider himself so great as to despise other men, he is like a blind man holding a candle-blind himself, he illumines others -ooo- on the source

st retribution, as it now falls once again under the sway of active karmic law. it is in this rebirth which is ready for it, a rebirth selected and prepared by this mysterious, inexorable, but in the equity and wisdom of its decrees infallible law, that the sins of the previous life of the ego are punished. only it is into no imaginary hell, with theatrical flames and ridiculous tailed and horned devils, that the ego is cast, but verily onto this earth, the plane and region of his sins, where he will have to atone for every bad thought and deed. as he has sown, so will he reap. reincarnation will gather around him all those other egos who have suffered, whether directly or indirectly, at the hands, or even through the unconscious instrumentality, of the past personality. they will be throw

e, abiding by the laws on which that harmony depends, or-break them. nor would the ways of karma be inscrutable were men to work in union and harmony, instead of disunion and strife. for our ignorance of those ways-which one portion of mankind calls the ways of providence, dark and intricate; while another sees in them the action of blind fatalism; and a third simple chance, with neither gods nor devils to guide them-would surely disappear if we would but attribute all these to their correct cause we stand bewildered before the mystery of our own making and the riddles of life that we will not solve, and then accuse the great sphinx of devouring us. but verily there is not an accident of our lives, not a misshapen day, or a misfortune, that could not be traced back to our own doings in thi

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e 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 is a bureaucracy, and so by the same token, earthly bureaucracies are demonic structures- as anyone who has had any dealings with the dhss will readily testify. the hierarchy used in the babblogue was developed by the psychologist abraham maslow, to

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eagues plunged on unguided into black arcades of horror that none of them had ever trod before. the region now entered by the police was one of traditionally evil repute, substantially unknown and untraversed by white men. there were legends of a hidden lake unglimpsed by mortal sight, in which dwelt a huge, formless white polypous thing with luminous eyes; and squatters whispered that bat-winged devils flew up out of caverns in inner earth to worship it at midnight. they said it had been there before d'iberville, before la salle, before the indians, and before even the wholesome beasts and birds of the woods. it was nightmare itself, and to see it was to die. but it made men dream, and so they knew enough to keep away. the present voodoo orgy was, indeed, on the merest fringe of this abho

ng from the cellar at every point of egress- streaming out to scatter through the accursed midnight forests and strew fear, madness, and death. god knows how many there were- there must have been thousands. to see the stream of them in that faint intermittent lightning was shocking. when they had thinned out enough to be glimpsed as separate organisms, i saw that they were dwarfed, deformed hairy devils or apes-monstrous and diabolic caricatures of the monkey tribe. they were so hideously silent; there was hardly a squeal when one of the last stragglers turned with the skill of long practice to make a meal in accustomed fashion on a weaker companion. 0thers snapped up what it left and ate with slavering relish. then, in spite of my daze of fright and disgust, my morbid curiosity triumphed;

er cover of the thunder. shrieking, slithering, torrential shadows of red viscous madness chasing one another through endless, ensanguined condors of purple fulgurous sky. formless phantasms and kaleidoscopic mutations of a ghoulish, remembered scene; forests of monstrous over-nourished oaks with serpent roots twisting and sucking unnamable juices from an earth verminous with millions of cannibal devils; mound-like tentacles groping from underground nuclei of polypous perversion. insane lightning over malignant ivied walls and demon arcades choked with fungous vegetation. heaven be thanked for the instinct which led me unconscious to places where men dwell; to the peaceful village that slept under the calm stars of clearing skies. i had recovered enough in a week to send to albany for a ga

ed on around 1845 or thereabouts- but i come from panton, vermont, and that kind of story don't go down with me "you ought to hear, though, what some of the old-timers tell about the black reef off the coast- devil reef, they call it. it's well above water a good part of the time, and never much below it, but at that your could hardly call it an island. the story is that there's a whole legion of devils seen sometimes on that reef-sprawled about, or darting in and out of some kind of caves near the top. it's a rugged, uneven thing, a good bit over a mile out, and toward the end of shipping days sailors used to make big 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 somet

- i hain't done nothin' nor told nobody nothin "oh, you, young feller? wal, even ef i hain't told nobody nothin' yet, i'm a'goin' to naow! yew jest set still an' listen to me, boy- this is what i ain't never told nobody. i says i didn't get to do pryin' arter that night- but i faound things about jest the same "yew want to know what the reel horror is, hey? wal, it's this- it ain't what them fish devils hez done, but what they're a-goin' to do! they're a-bringin' things up aout o' whar they come from into the taown- been doin' it fer years, an' slackenin' up lately. them haouses north o' the river be-twixt water an' main streets is full of 'em- them devils an' what they brung- an' when they git ready. i say, when they git. ever hear tell of a shoggoth "hey, d'ye hear me? i tell ye i know w

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bscenely with that new, unknown odor whose cause only a diseased fancy could envisage- clung to those bodies and sparkled less voluminously on a smooth part of the accursedly resculptured wall in a series of grouped dots- we understood the quality of cosmic fear to its uttermost depths. it was not fear of those four missing others- for all too well did we suspect they would do no harm again. poor devils! alter all, they were not evil things of their kind. they were the men of another age and another order of being. nature had played a hellish jest on them- as it will on any others that human madness, callousness, or cruelty may hereafter dig up in that hideously dead or sleeping polar waste- and this was their tragic homecoming. they had not been even savages-for what indeed had they done?

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but i know how to elude them. it is you they will get, as they got the servants. stirring. dear sir? i told you it was dangerous to move, i have saved you so far by telling you to keep still- saved you to see more sights and to listen to me. if you had moved, they would have been at you long ago. don't worry, they won't hurt you. they didn't hurt the servants- it was the seeing that made the poor devils scream so. my pets are not pretty, for they come out of places where aesthetic standards are very different. disintegration is quite painless, i assure you- but i want you to see them. i almost saw them, but i knew how to stop. you are curious? i always knew you were no scientist trembling, eh. trembling with anxiety to see the ultimate things i have discovered. why don't you move, then? ti

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evealed the unutterable thing. the manager of a circus at the neighbouring town of bolton was questioned, but he swore that no beast had at any time escaped from its cage. those who found the body noted a trail of blood leading to the receiving tomb, where a small pool of red lay on the concrete just outside the gate. a fainter trail led away toward the woods, but it soon gave out. the next night devils danced on the roofs of arkham, and unnatural madness howled in the wind. through the fevered town had crept a curse which some said was greater than the plague, and which some whispered was the embodied daemon-soul of the plague itself. eight houses were entered by a nameless thing which strewed red death in its wake- in all, seventeen maimed and shapeless remnants of bodies were left behin

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leagues plunged on unguided into black arcades of horror that none of them had ever trod before. the region now entered by the police was one of traditionally evil repute, substantially unknown and untraversed by white men. there were legends of a hidden lake unglimpsed by mortal sight, in which dwelt a huge, formless white polypus thing with luminous eyes; and squatters whispered that bat-winged devils flew up out of caverns in inner earth to worship it at midnight. they said it had been there before d'lberville, before la salle, before the indians, and before even the wholesome beasts and birds of the woods. it was nightmare itself, and to see it was to die. but it made men dream, and so they knew enough to keep away. the present voodoo orgy was, indeed, on the merest fringe of this abho

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ng from the cellar at every point of egress- streaming out to scatter through the accursed midnight forests and strew fear, madness, and death. god knows how many there were- there must have been thousands. to see the stream of them in that faint intermittent lightning was shocking. when they had thinned out enough to be glimpsed as separate organisms, i saw that they were dwarfed, deformed hairy devils or apes-monstrous and diabolic caricatures of the monkey tribe. they were so hideously silent; there was hardly a squeal when one of the last stragglers turned with the skill of long practice to make a meal in accustomed fashion on a weaker companion. 0thers snapped up what it left and ate with slavering relish. then, in spite of my daze of fright and disgust, my morbid curiosity triumphed;

er cover of the thunder. shrieking, slithering, torrential shadows of red viscous madness chasing one another through endless, ensanguined condors of purple fulgurous sky. formless phantasms and kaleidoscopic mutations of a ghoulish, remembered scene; forests of monstrous over-nourished oaks with serpent roots twisting and sucking unnamable juices from an earth verminous with millions of cannibal devils; mound-like tentacles groping from underground nuclei of polypous perversion. insane lightning over malignant ivied walls and demon arcades choked with fungous vegetation. heaven be thanked for the instinct which led me unconscious to places where men dwell; to the peaceful village that slept under the calm stars of clearing skies. i had recovered enough in a week to send to albany for a ga

HP LOVECRAFT THE NAMELESS CITY

c before me, seemed to my beating brain to take articulate form behind me; and down there in the grave of unnumbered aeon-dead antiquities, leagues below the dawn-lit world of men, i heard the ghastly cursing and snarling of strange-tongued fiends. turning, i saw outlined against the luminous aether of the abyss what could not be seen against the dusk of the corridor- a nightmare horde of rushing devils; hate distorted, grotesquely panoplied, half transparent devils of a race no man might mistake- the crawling reptiles of the nameless city. and as the wind died away i was plunged into the ghoul-pooled darkness of earth's bowels; for behind the last of the creatures the great brazen door clanged shut with a deafening peal of metallic music whose reverberations swelled out to the distant wor

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d on around 1845 or there-abouts- but i come from panton, vermont, and that kind of story don't go down with me "you ought to hear, though, what some of the old-timers tell about the black reef off the coast- devil reef, they call it. it's well above water a good part of the time, and never much below it, but at that your could hardly call it an island. the story is that there's a whole legion of devils seen sometimes on that reef-sprawled about, or darting in and out of some kind of caves near the top. it's a rugged, uneven thing, a good bit over a mile out, and toward the end of shipping days sailors used to make big 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 somet

- i hain't done nothin' nor told nobody nothin-"oh, you, young feller? wal, even ef i hain't told nobody nothin' yet, i'm a'goin' to naow! yew jest set still an' listen to me, boy- this is what i ain't never told nobody. i says i didn't get to do pryin' arter that night- but i faound things about jest the same "yew want to know what the reel horror is, hey? wal, it's this- it ain't what them fish devils hez done, but what they're a-goin' to do! they're abringin' things up aout o' whar they come from into the taown- been doin' it fer years, an' slackenin' up lately. them haouses north o' the river be-twixt water an' main streets is full of 'em- them devils an' what they brung- an' when they git ready. i say, when they git. ever hear tell of a shoggoth 'hey, d'ye hear me? i tell ye i know wh

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escaped scot- free--at p. 14 least we have not been able to find any instances recorded of witch trials at that time. probably the terribly disturbed state of the country, the tremendous upheaval of the cromwellian confiscations, and the various difficulties and dangers experienced by the new settlers would largely account for this immunity. dr. notestein 1 shows that the tales of apparitions and devils, of knockings and strange noises, with which english popular literature of the period is filled, are indications of a very overwrought public mind; of similar stories in ireland, also indicative of a similar state of tension, some examples are given in chapter iv. though the first half of the seventeenth century is so barren with respect to witchcraft, yet it should be noticed that during t

literature of the period is filled, are indications of a very overwrought public mind; of similar stories in ireland, also indicative of a similar state of tension, some examples are given in chapter iv. though the first half of the seventeenth century is so barren with respect to witchcraft, yet it should be noticed that during that period we come across frequent notices of ghosts, apparitions, devils &c, which forces us to the conclusion that the increase of the belief in such subjects at that time was almost entirely due to the advent of the cromwellian settlers and the scotch colonists in ulster; indeed the beliefs of the latter p. 15 made the northern province a miniature scotland in this respect. we cannot blame them for this; could anything else be expected from men who, clergy and

haritable to the poor, and seems to have entirely renounced his intemperate habits. 1 rejecting the supernatural element in the above as being merely the fruits of a diseased mind, there is no reason to doubt the truth of the story. mr. blair also met with some strange cases of religious hysteria, which became manifest in outbursts of weeping and bodily convulsions, but which he attributed to the devils "playing the ape, and counterfeiting the works of the lord" he states that one sunday, in the midst of public worship, p. 93 "one of my charge, being a dull and ignorant person, made a noise and stretching of her body. incontinent i was assisted to rebuke that lying spirit that disturbed the worship of god, charging the same not to disturb the congregation; and through god's mercy we met wi

st evidence sufficed to bring persons to torture and death. in the following tale 1 the ghostly portion is rather dwarfed by the strong fairy element which appears in it, and, as we have already shown, many witchcraft cases in scotland were closely interwoven with the older belief in the "good people; lord orrery, when giving the account to baxter, considered it to be "the effect of witchcraft or devils" the reader is free to take what view he likes of the matter! the lord orrery mentioned therein is probably roger, the second earl, whom lodge in his peerage describes as being "of a serious and contemplative disposition, which led him to seek retirement" if this identification be correct the following event must have occurred between 1679 and 1682, during which years the earl held the titl

he accused on the road on the morning of the murder. she had a statue in her hand, and repeated three times "i have the old witch killed i got power from p. 238 the blessed virgin to kill her. she came to me at 3 o'clock yesterday, and told me to kill her, or i would be plagued with rats and mice" she made much the same statement to another witness, and added "we will be all happy now. i have the devils hunted away. they went across the hill at 3 o'clock yesterday" the evidence having concluded, the accused made a statement which was reduced to writing "on the day of the thunder and lightning and big rain there did a rat come into my house, and since then i was annoyed and upset in my mind. a lady came to me when i was lying in bed at night, she was dressed in white, with a wreath on her h

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ii. 24. aogiut: tht chg tf god, zzi, svii; orig: di jime, i, vi^ p. 289: london. 1831. 26. swinden: op eu^ p. 75. digitizecoy google 14 isis unveiled and the effects. if the clergy have not over-estimated the real power of the 'arch-enemy of god' it must be confessed that he takes mighty precautions against being recognised as the' prince of darkness' who aims at our souls. if modem 'spirits' are devils at all, as preached by the clergy, then they can only be those "poor" or "stupid devils" whom max muller describes as appearing so often in the german and n w^ian tales. notwithstanding this, the clergy fear above all to be forced to rehn- qui^ this bold on humanity. they are not willing to let us judge of the tree by its fruits, for that might sometimes force them into dangerous di- lemmas

stapleton was arrested as a conjurer during the reign of henry vih, and an account of his adventures is still pre- served in the rolls house records. the sicilian priest whom benvenuto cellini calls a necromancer, became famous through bis successful con- jurations, and was never molested. the remarkable adventure of cellini with him in the colosseum, where the priest conjured up a whole host of devils, is well known to the reading public. the subsequent meeting of cellini with his mistress, as predicted and brought about by the conjurer, at the precise time fixed by him, is to be considered, as a matter of course, a 'curious coincidence" in the latter part of the sixteenth century there was hardly a parish to be found in which the priests did not study magic and alchemy. the practice of

mforted in the name of the savior, and consigned to the care of good angtls" who were less powerful, we must think, than the exorcizing catholic worthies "and the rescued treasure, of course, was secured for the church "certain days" adds howitt "are laid down in the calendar of digitizecoy google solomon's seven abominatioib 67 the church as most favorable for the practice of ezomsm; and, if the devils are difficult to drive, a fume of sulphur, assafoetida, bear's gall, and rue is recommended, which, it was presumed, would outstench even devils" this is the church, and this the priesthood, which in the nineteenth century pays 5000 priests to teach the people of the united states the infidelity of science and the infallibility of the bishop of rome! we have already noticed the confession o

lay on a common boich, with a little [hdow tar her be d to ledide upon, a poarly- ud girl, probably of tbe peasant ot ar- tigan daai: ber bother or huabaud atood at ber feet to rotrain ber (at timet) frantic kickinft by holding her ic^ 1^ door of the veatry opened; the ezhibittv i iiieu> tbe pnest caok in. the poor girl, not without just reason 'had an avenian to holy things' or at least the 400 devils within her distorted body had such an aversion, uad in the oonfusiod of the moment, thinliing that the father was *a holy thin' she doul^ up her )m, kreamed out with twitdiing mouth, ber whole body writhing and threw how sdf near^ off the bench. tbe male attendant seised ber k^ the women sapported ho- hesd and swept oat her dkbevded bur. the priest advanced and, mipgli; familiariy with the

la, and^ a truth, sons and daughters mine, you shall see marvels' nie promise was given. tlie exhibitor went to procure stole and short surplice (etiebi y toqvtie, and returned in a moment, taking his stand at the side of the 'possessed with tbe denla' with fai fs e towkrd the grouo of stud its, tht order of the day's praceedinga was a lecture to the byitanden, and the operation of exorcising the devils 'you know' said the priest 'that so great is this gill's avermon to holy tbmgi, myscu induded, that she goes into convulsion^ kicks, soeams and diatotta ba body the mo- ment she arrives at the corner of this itreet, and ba convulsive stnigglee leadi their dimas when she enten the sacred bouse of tbe bifost hi' turning to tbe pnwtratc, diuddtring, moat unh^ipy object irf bia attack, tbe prie

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s, and mastering it. these changes can be wrought in matter, and, as it were, it can be taken in pieces; and all this dissolution of it may be effected without our getting as at the fire-blood of our subject. but fire disjoints, as it were, all the hinges of the house laps out the coherence of it sets ablaze the dense thing, matter makes the dark metals run like waters of light conjures the black devils out of the minerals, and, to our astonishment, shows them much libelled, blinding, angelwhite! by fire we can lay our hand upon the solids, part them, powder them, melt them, fine them, drive them out to more and more delicate and impalpable texture firing their invisible molecules, or imponderables, into cloud, into mist, into gas: out of touch, into hearing; out of hearing, into seeing; o

irish people for such stones is well known. m. de freminville says in his antiquit s du finisterre, p. 106: the celts worshipped a divinity which united the attributes of cybele and venus. this worship prevailed also in spain, as, doubtless, throughout europe, inasmuch as we find the eleventh and twelfth councils of toledo warning those who offered worship to stones that they were sacrificing to devils. we are taught that the druidical institution of britain was pythagorean, or patriarchal, or brahminical. the presumed universal knowledge which this order possessed, and the singular customs which they practised, have afforded sufficient analogies and affinities to maintain the occult and remote origin of druidism. a welsh antiquary insists that the druidical system of the metempsychosis w

155 hours with the mystics, vol. i. note to book i. chap. 2, by r. a. vaughan, b.a. the words graven upon the zone and the feet of the ephesian diana, which hesychius has preserved, are the following: aski-kataski, darkness light. haix-tetrax, himself. damnameneus, the sun. aision, interpreted as truth. these ephesian words, says plutarch (sympos, the magi used to recite over those possessed with devils. damnameneus is seen on a gnostic amulet in the de la turba collection (the gnostics, p. 94. the argha had the form of a crescent. the argo, arc, or arche, is the navis biprora. it is clear that, as neither the full moon nor the half-moon was ever the object of worship, it is the crescent horns of the moon which imply the significance. these mean the woman-deity in every religion. the snake

of the holy light playing over the lines of the planets: light flaming as the spiritual ecliptic, or the gladius of the archangel michael, to the extremities of the solar system. thus are music, colours, and language allied. of the chaldsean astrology it may figuratively be said that, although their knowledge, in its shape of the portentous stone, in this instance, their grave-stone, shut up the devils in the depths of the abyss, and made the sages their masters (solomon being the priest or king, and his seal the talisman that secures the deep; man, on account of his having fallen into the shadow and the corruptions of existence, needs that mighty exterior hand (before which all tremble) to rescue him back into his native original light or rest. all the foregoing is pure bhuddism. thinker

hristian knighthood, king arthur. his table is now hanging on the wall, dusty and neglected, over the king's seat or bench in the court- house on the castle hill of our ancient winchester. but upon this abstruse subject of the round table we have spoken more fully in another place. see elias ashmole. pope john xiv, about the year 970, issued a bull for the baptising of bells to cleanse the air of devils; with which it was imagined to be full in the time of storms or of public commotion. to this end, the kettledrums of the lacedemonians were also supposed to be used on all extraordinarily harmful occasions. pagodas are uprights and obelisks, with the same meaning as other steeples, and their angles are set about with bells, which are agitated in the wind, and are supposed to exercise the sa

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

everything. i have thus been forced to make choices about what was and what was not incorporated into the following pages. my overarching criterion was whether or not particular phenomena were part of popular culture. at the same time, i made a number of important exceptions to this rule. for instance, out of a desire to include a multicultural/cross-cultural component, i included entries on the devils and hells found in world religious traditions (christianity was not given a separate entry because the great bulk of the information contained in these pages derives directly or indirectly from the christian tradition) i also included brief entries on a significant number of fallen angels a kind of who s who in hell as well as entries on certain topics from older western folklore about sata

the courts: from murder to heavy metal. in james t. richardson, joel best, and david g. bromley, eds. the satanism scare. new york: aldine de gruyter, 1991. baphomet (sigil of baphomet) in the literature and imagery predating the founding of the church of satan in 1966, satanism is denoted by inverted crosses or crucifixes and blasphemous parodies of christian art. one also finds images of goats, devils and demons (along with their symbols, referred to as sigils) used to represent the satanic. however, the complete graphic referred to as the sigil of baphomet the now familiar goat s head in an inverted pentagram encircled by hebrew letters spelling out leviathan did not become the foremost symbol of satanism in the public consciousness until after the founding of the church of satan in 196

, and when called upon, appears in the likeness of a young woman. according to the dictionnaire infernal, by de plancy, belphegor was hell s ambassador to france, and victor hugo concurs with this in the toilers of the sea, placing belphegor in paris. in john milton s paradise lost, belphegor is a variant for nisroc, whom he describes as of principalities of the prime. one story describes how the devils of hell were upset to hear about the existence of some couples on earth who were apparently happily married. belphegor was sent on a mission to investigate, but soon discovered in his searches that the rumor was groundless. see also demons;milton, john for further reading: davidson, gustav. a dictionary of angels including the fallen angels. new york: free press, 1967. ronner, john. know yo

h serve before him the angels of the presence, and the angels of sanctification, and the angels of the spirits of the winds, and the angels of the spirit of clouds, and of darkness [and so forth (giovetti 1993, 19. among other contents, the book of jubilees repeats the central angel tale in the book of enoch in which a group of angels mate with mortal females. they then fell from grace and became devils after leaving their heavenly abode. the book of jubilees adds that god sent the flood to destroy the race of sinful giants who were the offspring of these unnatural unions. see also enoch; judaism for further reading: giovetti, paola. angels. the role of celestial guardians and beings of light. transl. toby mccormick. 1989. york beach, me: samuel wiser, 1993. prophet, elizabeth clare. forbi

rden of earthly delights. the closed wings of the famous triptych represent the world on the third day of creation, a transparent sphere that shows, at the center, the dry land covered with vegetation, separating from the waters. the left wing shows the earthly paradise, the central panel is the garden of worldly delight itself, and the right panel represents the frightening images of hell, where devils torment the damned with their former pleasures. the full maturity of the artist is revealed in the temptation of st. anthony, which represents the mystical theme of contemplation struggling against temptation. a world of fire is portrayed, with spectral visions and nightmare beings. a bosch s garden of earthly delights (the art archive/museo del prado madrid/album/joseph martin) buddhism 33

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e. 20. concerning the meditations. herein is the most potent method of attaining unto the end, for him who is thoroughly prepared, being purified by the practice of the transmutation of deed into devotation, and consecrated by the right performance of the holy ceremonies. yet herein is danger, for that the mind is fluid as quicksilver, and bordereth upon the abyss, and is beset by many direns and devils that seduce and attack it to destroy it. therefore let the devotee beware, and precise accurately his meditations, even as a man should build a canal from sea to sea. 21. continuation. let then the philosophus mediate upon all love that hath ever stirred him. there is the love of david and of jonathan, and the love of abraham and isaac, and the love of lear and cordelia, and the love of dam

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ept those deriving from chanokh) give loholo. the sobolo reading probably derives from a careless reading of sloane 3191, mistaking the initial .l. for a narrow .s. and the .h. for an incomplete .b. 7: vooan was originally received, here and in the third key, but dee was informed at the time by nalvage that .vooan is spoken with them that fall, but vaoan with them that are, and are glorified. the devils have lost the dignity of the sounds. nalvage may well have been using .with. to mean .by. or .among. rather than .when addressing. in sloane 3191, vooan is written with an a above the first o. 8: a doubtful modernisation; sloane 3191 has .a strong seething. 9: in sloane 3191, avavago is glossed simply .the thunders. in the eighth key; but in the fourth key it is glossed .thunders of increas

LIBER CLXV A MASTER OF THE TEMPLE

ed this a year ago, before i entered into certain states of which i cannot gauge the value at all, while in normal consciousness. there is no doubt then. but how may i be sure always? i will fetch the equinox, and put down the points as they come to me. let me quote page 87. well, one thing i got (again) that is that when all is said and done i am that i am, all these thoughts of mine, angels and devils both, are only fleeting moods of me. the one true self of me is adonai. simple! yet i cannot remain in that simplicity. i can realize that state perfectly, but i am not a magician, i know little or nothing of the equinox 148 ceremonial magick, except from reading; my results have not been accompanied by visions. what results i have obtained have been in the nature of becoming the thing itse

LIBER CXCVII STORY OF SIR PALAMEDES

ir holiday, they joke the melancholy ass: they throw their clattering coppers in his poke. so day and night they come and go, but never comes the questing beast, nor doth that laughing people know how agony.s unleavening yeast stirs palamede. anon they tire, and follow an egyptian priest who boasts him master of the fire to draw down lightning, and invoke the gods upon a sandal pyre, and bring up devils in the smoke. sir palamede is all alone, wrapped in his misery like a cloak, sir palamedes, the saracen knight 47 despairing now to charm the unknown. so arms and horse he takes again. sir palamede hath overthrown the jesters. now the country men, stupidly staring, see at noon sir palamede the saracen a-riding like an harvest moon in silver arms, with glittering lance, with plumed helm, and

minable 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 the land of khem: they flock, the peasant and the king. there he works many a miracle: the blind see, and the cripples walk; lepers grow clean; sick folk grow well; the deaf men hear, the dumb men talk. he casts out devils with a word; circleth his wand, and dead men rise. no such a wonder hath been heard since christ our god.s sweet sacrifice .now, by the glad blood of our lord. quoth palamede .my heart is light. i am the chosen harpsichord whereon god playeth; the perfect knight, the saint of mary..there he stayed, for out of memnon fs singing stone so fierce a questing barked and brayed, it turned his laug

LIBER DCCCLX JOHN ST

i supposed; as i write he comes again and again, urging me to quit the path, to abandon the unequal contest. luckily, friend dweller, you prove too much! your anxiety shows me that i am not as far from attainment as my own feelings would have me think. at least, though, i am thrown into the active again; i shall rise and chant the enochian calls and invoke the bornless one, and clear a few of the devils away, and get an army of mighty angels around me.in short, make another kind of fool of myself, i wonder? anyway, i fll do it. not a bad idea to ask thoth to send me taphthartharath with a little information as to the route.i do not know where i am at all. this is a strange country, and i am very lonely. this shall be my ritual. 1. banishing pentagram ritual. 2. invoking ditto.1 3 .the born

poor god! the l.v.x. came, too but not enough to pierce the awful shroud of darkness that by my folly i have woven for myself. so at the end i found myself on the floor, so like rodin fs cruche cassee danaide girl as never was. as i ought to have been in the beginning! well, one thing i got (again, that is, that when all is said and done, i am that i am, and all these thoughts of mine, angels and devils both, are only fleeting moods of me. the one true self of me is adonai. simple! yet i cannot remain in that simplicity. i got this .revelation. through the egyptian plane, a partial illumination of the reason. it has cleared up the mind; but alas! the mind is still there. this is the strength and weakness both of the egyptian plane, that it is so lucid and spiritual and yet so practical. wh

sion to the chorus of purification of .liber pyramidos .assain. approx .clean, purify, disinfect .assoil. an archaic form of .absolve. e.g. to release from a debt or obligation, acquit of a criminal charge, etc] 2 [general paralysis of the insane] liber dccclx 104 night, as chill is doubtless the chief cause. it is really extraordinary how the smallest success awakes a monstrous horde of egoistic devils, vain, strutting peacocks, preening and screaming! this is simply damnable. egoism is the spur of all energy, in a way; and in this particular case it is the one thing that is not adonai (whatever else may be) and so the antithesis of the work. bricks without straw, indeed! that fs nothing to it. this job is like being asked to judge a band contest and being told that one may do anything bu

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ssume a form when they appear to man. the fourth is the assiatic world, hycoh \lwo, olahm ha-assiah, 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. n

te wisdom of the grand arithmetician of the universe. 671. useful, as shown in part i. 741. useful chiefly as a denial of the unity; sometimes employed in the hope of tempting it from its lair. 777. useful in a similar way, as affirming that the unity is the qliphoth. but a dangerous tool, especially as it represents the flaming sword that drove man out of eden. a burnt child dreads the fire .the devils also believe, and tremble. worse than useless unless you have it by the hilt. also 777 is the grand scale of 7, and this is useless to anyone who has not yet awakened the kundalini, the female magical soul. note 7 as the meetingplace of 3, the mother, and 10, the daughter; whence netzach is the woman, married but no more. 800. useful only in 5= 6 symbolism, q.v. 888. the grand scale of 8. i

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

egyptian gods evoked ecstatic periods in verse of mine, you thought i praised or worshipped them.i stand amazed. i merely wished to chant in verse some aspects of the universe, summed up these subtle forces finely, and sang of them (i think divinely) in name and form: a fault perhaps. reviewers are such funny chaps! i think that ordinary folk, though, understood the things i spoke. for gods, and devils too, i find are merely modes of my own mind! the poet needs enthusiasm! vese-making is a sort of spasm, degeneration of the mind, and things of that unpleasant kind. 515 520 525 530 535 540 545 nothing. the apotheosis of realism and idealism alike gayatri. is .the soul of osiris. a hymn book? how verse is written. prayer. 36 the sword of song so to the laws all bards obey i bend, and seek i

great by the infinitely small results in some unknown finite number extended in an unknown number of categories. it happened, when this our great inversion took place, from the essence of all nothingness to finity extended in innumerable categories, that an incalculably vast system was produced. merely by chance, chance in the truest sense of the term, we are found with gods, men, stars, planets, devils, colours, forces, and all the materials of the cosmos: and with time, space, and causality, the conditions limiting and involving them all.1 remember that it is not true to say that our 00 existed; nor that it did not exist. the idea of existence was just as much unformulated as that of toasted cheese. but 00 is a finite expression, or has a finite phase, and our universe is a finite univer

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by that of ra-hoor-khuit at the outset, and by that of one fs own holy guardian angel when it has been communicated. line 6 he hails him as besz, the matter that destroys and devours godhead, for the purpose of the incarnation of any god. line 7 he hails him as apophrasz, the motion that destroys and devours godhead, for the purpose of the incarnation of any god. the combined action of these two devils is to allow the god upon whom they prey to enter into the enjoyment of existence through the sacrament of dividual glife h (bread.the flesh of besz) and glove h (wine.the blood or venom of apophrasz. line 8 he acclaims his angel as having geaten of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil h; otherwise, having become wise (in the dyad, chokmah) to apprehend the formula of equilibr

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vidual has the right to believe and practice what he or she wills, unless it harms another unjustifiably. the order of phosphorus is against bigotry and racism, considering such as the filth of non-human advancement (above set the adversary based from aos illustrations) the order of phosphorus as a whole considers itself as a manifestation of lucifer itself, those who join are literally doing the devils work by bettering themselves. thought dictates advancement by positive practice of magick and sorcery. ones own darkside must be explored in areas not normally embraced by occult orders. the qlippoth as described in michael ford s the book of the witch moon is a demonic astral region, beneficial to those who dive the mirror of lilith and become stronger. through the diving of darkness one s

LUCIFERIAN WITCHCRAFT AN INTRODUCTION

he white light persuasion. we consider that every individual has the right to believe and practice what he or she wills, unless it harms another unjustifiably. the order of phosphorus is against bigotry and racism, considering such as the filth of non-human advancement. the order of phosphorus as a whole considers itself as a manifestation of lucifer itself, those who join are literally doing the devils work by bettering themselves. thought dictates advancement by positive practice of magick and sorcery. ones own darkside must be explored in areas not normally embraced by occult orders. the qlippoth as described in michael ford s the book of the witch moon is a demonic astral region, beneficial to those who dive the mirror of lilith and become stronger. through the diving of darkness one s

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

et, color is employed by the native artists to express various moods. l. austine waddell, writing of northern buddhist art, notes that in tibetan mythology "white and yellow complexions usually typify mild moods, while the red, blue, and black belong to fierce forms, though sometimes light blue, as indicating the sky, means merely celestial. generally the gods are pictured white, goblins red, and devils black, like their european relative (see the buddhism of tibet) in meno, plato, speaking through socrates, describes color as "an effluence of form, commensurate with sight, and sensible" in the tetus he discourses more at length on the subject thus "let us carry out the principle which has just been affirmed, that nothing is self-existent, and then we shall see that every color, white, bla

uliar buzzing or humming. inman believes that baalzebub, which the jews ridiculed as my lord of flies, really means my lord who hums or murmurs. inman recalls the singing memnon on the egyptian desert, a tremendous figure with an olian harp on the top of its head. when the wind blows strongly this great statue sighs, or hums. the jews changed baalzebub into beelzebub, and made him their prince of devils by interpreting d mon as "demon" naud us, in defending virgil from accusations of sorcery, attempted a wholesale denial of the miracles supposedly performed by virgil and produced enough evidence to convict the poet on all counts. among other strange fears, virgil fashioned a fly out of brass, and after certain mysterious ceremonies, placed it over one of the gates of naples. as a result, n

heading of disease. frequently they are methods by which the law of karma expresses itself. according to the hermetists, disease could be prevented or successfully combated in seven ways. first, by spells and invocations, in which the physician ordered the evil spirit causing the disease to depart from the patient. this procedure was probably based on the biblical account of the man possessed of devils whom jesus healed by commanding the devils to leave the man and enter into a herd of swine. sometimes the evil spirits entered a patient at the bidding of someone desiring to injure him. in these cases the physician commanded the spirits to return to the one who sent them. it is recorded that in some instances the evil spirits departed through the mouth in the form of clouds of smoke; somet

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

hanted hill which opened up on the ancient holy festivals of halloween and beltane were fast passing out of public memory, recalled only by the wise, or as they were known in the old english tongue, the wicce and wicca, wizards and witches. the legend of the elvenfolk's ancestry still survived, however, in heavily christianized form. they were the remaining offspring of the fallen angels. neither devils, like satan and his cohorts, nor angels, but somewhere between the two. neither good nor bad, merely indifferent. it is at this point that organized christianity began to take a hand, and bore down heavily on all those suspected of either having consorted with or actually being elves or "faery folk" the heresy trials of the waldenses, albigenses, and knights templar had spanned the twelfth

you would any other, in chocolates, cookies, a bottle of homemade wine or in whatever way you can best accomplish it. you may also wish to reinforce the potency of the philter by backing it up with this third process, which may be put into operation on the same evening, within the same circle. the sending of eight this spell, dating back to medieval times, makes use of the device of sending out "devils" or small magical servitors. though called upon by such dog-latin appellations as devorator("devourer) and seductor("seducer, they should not be thought of as constituting independently existing entities, but rather as the witch's objectified desires, small scintillations of magical fire formulated by the imagination and sent out to accomplish a specific goal. in this case one of amatory di

MICHAEL FORD A RITE OF THE WEREWOLF

ound him. in the book of the dead seker is made reference to as being great god who carrieth away the soul, who eateth hearts, and who feedeth upon offal, the guardian of darkness, the god who is in the seker boat. this draws a comparison to the persian-iranian ahriman, who was also an opposing sorcerous daemon of darkness, who by averse practices, became stronger and immortal. set had legions of devils called seba who served the prince of darkness, and were known to hack and devour certain souls. in a modern initiatory context, the magician understands the these god forms represent isolate intellect, and self-deification through antinomian acts. set and seker have an interesting connection. in the xviith chapter of the book of the dead the spirit of the deceased prays that he is kept from

vessels of night in the serpents skin do i cloak myself as i leap into the twilight gate unto the shadow world, of spectral flight from the flesh i go forth, unbound from profane clay from the twilight guardian and guide, can then shades arise shall i as shadow black, ashen with the remains of the dead dance around the fires of the circle, against the sun to summon the smoke o horned intiator and devils flesh my cloak of serpent skin worn clothe me in the robe of az in the watchers fields of time by kevan, the gateway to the sabbat, shall you arise before me- my body is a black temple, illuminated with crimson and violet brilliance. by my words carry my spirit! 14 the ensorcelment of ahriman- i summon ruha-az, crimson whore and vampire, i call the fiend vareno who is an angel of darkness

MICHAEL FORD WITCHMOON

he medieval times the kissing of the devil s behind, or end quarters as a dedication to the left hand path. the context of defining this ritual dedication was propagated by the church and was a charge often thrown at those accused of witchcraft during these times. while the essence of the dark sethanic witchcraft is based on the principles of reversion and descending to achieve and awakening, the devils hind quarters are not evoked to be kissed. this is however, a powerful point of initiative symbolism representing the darker aspects of witchcraft. the most significant point before beginning a life travel down the luciferian path is to understand the symbolism which represents knowledge and wisdom. the devils mark is but a glyph of what is considered awakening or the emergence of the prima

pon which my true will shall manifest within me. my power lies in your mysteries and within the very essence of my character and being. invocation o great asmodeus, thou art of chaos and form: i come to thee of willful mind, to taste the honey of night. samael, the dewy groves breathe and whisper of the sight of thee. my shadow rises and takes flight upon your ecstasy, towards the sabbat dance. a devils step we pace with cloven hoof. thy mysteries come to me! o great god pan, unto whom the fields pulsate with life given by your desire, grant me the ecstasy! i give under my will the flow of witch blood which courses through my veins, to the barriers of the elder ones. spirit of night, your essence is within me! closing and banish 95 95 hecate, witch mother whom i invoke under the moon. i am

MICHAEL W FORD THE VAMPIRE GATE

nd aighash. akoman s symbol is often an eye representing the evil mind. hakim bey wrote that the yezidi tribes would be cautious not to wear blue, as it is the color of shaitan, their lord. it was agreed that wearing this color to ward off evil would be offensive. in many rituals in the book of the witch moon specifically liber nehebkau, the tuats or underworld hells of ancient egypt have serpent-devils who seduce with their eye and devour. draining energy is best done by the connection to sight. in a crowded room, a concert, a mall, a gathering point watch for those who exhibit a lot of charisma and energy lock into their solar plexus with your eyes, watch then their breathing cycle. with your breathing, draw in and imagine their life essence draining into your being. the significance of

MORALS AND DOGMA

looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his work. if any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being an abstraction. a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. the devils believe--and tremble. as the body without the heart is dead, so is faith without works* in political science, also, free governments are erected and free constitutions framed, upon some simple and intelligible theory. upon whatever theory they are based, no sound conclusion is to be reached except by carrying the theory out without flinching, both in argument on constitutional questions and

e old calendars; and many things in the ancient allegories are referable to them. another and most important division of the stars was into good and bad, beneficent and malevolent. with the persians, the former, of the zodiacal constellations, were from aries to virgo, inclusive; and the latter from libra to pisces, inclusive. hence the good angels and genii, and the bad angels, devs, evil genii, devils, fallen angels, titans, and giants of the mythology. the other thirty-six constellations were equally divided, eighteen on each side, or, with those of the zodiac, twenty-four. thus the symbolic egg, that issued from the mouth of the invisible egyptian god kneph; known in the grecian mysteries as the orphic egg; from which issued the god chumong of the coresians, and the egyptian osiris, an

m zenobia were such standards _persici dracones. the persians represented ormuzd and ahriman by two serpents, contending for the mundane egg. mithras is represented with a lion's head and human body, encircled by a serpent. in the sadder is this precept "when you kill serpents, you will repeat the zend-avesta, and thence you will obtain great merit; for it is the same as if you had killed so many devils" serpents encircling rings and globes, and issuing from globes, are common in the persian, egyptian, chinese, and indian monuments. vishnu is represented reposing on a coiled serpent, whose folds form a canopy over him. mahadeva is represented with a snake around his neck, one around his hair, and armlets of serpents on both arms. bhairava sits on the coils of a serpent, whose head rises ab

, and to have uplifted the veil of isis. recourse was therefore had to the charge of magic, and denouncers and false witnesses were easily found. when the temporal and spiritual tyrannies unite to crush a victim they never want for serviceable instruments] the templars were gravely accused of spitting upon christ and denying god at their receptions, of gross obscenities, conversations with female devils, and the worship of a monstrous idol "the end of the drama is well known, and how jacques de molai and his fellows perished in the flames. but before his execution, the chief of the doomed order organized and instituted what afterward came to be called the occult, hermetic, or scottish masonry. in the gloom of his prison, the grand master created four metropolitan lodges, at naples for the

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

no moral significance any more than does rain, or sunshine, or the wind; or death is not the end of consciousness, in which case it still can have no moral significance except to those who believe in heaven and hell and eternal damnation. thelemites don't. serious students are earnestly invited to ponder william blake's most powerful work "the marriage of heaven& hell, on the subject of "angels "devils" and "damnation. 43. let the scarlet woman beware! if pity and compassion and tenderness visit her heart; if she leave my work to toy with old sweetnesses; then shall my vengeance be known. i will slay me her child: i will alienate her heart: i will cast her out from men: as a shrinking and despised harlot shall she crawl through dusk wet streets, and die cold and an-hungered. although this

birth of a girl is a misfortune in some countries; but this is due to the 'sin' syndrome of the aeon of os iris. in this aeon, the sexes are complementary. it would be a much greater misfortune if no girls were born! liber 418 explains this succinctly; 3rd aethyr "moreover, there is mary, a blasphemy against babalon, for she hath shut herself up; and therefore is she the queen of all those wicked devils that walk upon the earth, those that thou sawest even as little black specks that stained the heaven of urania. and all these are the excrement of choronzon" it is this 'shutting up' that is hideous, the image of death. it is the opposite of going, which is god. women under christianity were kept virgin for the market as strasbourg geese are nailed to boards till their livers putrefy. the n

es. of course, this was already explicitly declared in verse 51. ra-hoor-khuit in egyptian means, literally "sun of the two horizons. this suggests that the egyptian initiates were aware that the earth moves around the sun, spinning on its axis. why "the sun of midnight, specifically? because midnight was the hour of terror in the middle ages. it was the hour when ghosts came to haunt the living, devils climbed out of hell to tempt the faithful. atavically, fear of the dark dates from pre-history, when the great nocturnal predators hunted our ancestors still ignorant of fire or weapons. this fear must end. see al iii, 18-20, and the commentaries thereon. also lxv, i, 12-19; ii, 31-36, 63; iii, 30-33; iv, 15, 24-25; v, 6. also liber vii, iv, 48-49; vii, 28-40. heru-ra-ha is, of course, the

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

er than a farmer. edom eventually produced the nation of rome, which destroyed the holy temple, decimated the jewish people, and exiled them from their land. these [eleven fallen levels also] give rise to the eleven overhangings of goatskin. the word seir in hebrew means ggoat. h although goats are kosher animals and are offered as sacrifices in the temple, the torah also makes reference to ggoat-devils, h4 associating the goat with evil. thus, the eleven goatskin overhangings in the tabernacle signify the gshell h nature of evil. the shell is the inedible part of the nut or fruit, and must be discarded. on the other hand, the shell performs a vital function in that it protects the nut or fruit while it is growing, just as ego and selfishness help a child develop a necessary sense of self

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

s the microcosm of the macrocosm of assiah. all archangelic forms are microcosms of the macrocosm of briah, and the gods of the sevhiroth are conseauentlv the microcosms of the macrocosm of atziluth. hiref fore apply this ierfeiting of the spiritual nature as the preparation of the pathway for the shining light, the light divine. the evil persona of a man is in the sphere of the qlippoth, and the devils are the microcosms of the macrocosm of the qlippoth. this evil per <216> sona hath its parts and divisions, and of it the part which toucheth the malkuth of the nephesch is its kether. tremble therefore at the evil forces which be in thy own evil persona. and as above the kether of a man are his angelic and other forms, so below the malkuth of the evil persona are awful forms, dangerous eve

done by any but the practised operator. thus far, regarding skrying and travelling in the spirit vision (these instructions are considerably amplified with practical examples in a later volume dealing with astral vision and clairvoyance. i. r <222> concerning the microcosms of macrocosm as thou well knowest there be many and numberless other inhabitants of the macrocosmos besides man, angels, and devils. the animals are microcosms in a sense, yet not so complete as man. in them are many and great mysteries. they also have their magical mirror or sphere of sensation. but its polarisation is usually horizontal rather than perpendicular, and this is owing to the sephiroth not being shown therein. this sphere, then, is not bounded by the sephirothic columns, but they are especially governed by

general rule, pronounce the name as many times as there are letters in it <64> further on telesmatic figures as before taught the names of all angels and angelic forces terminate, with few exceptions, in either al or yah. the divine name al belongs to chesed and it represents a good, powerful, and mighty force, but of somewhat milder operation than the name yah. since not only the angels but even devils are said to draw their force and power directly from the prolific source of the divine energies, therefore frequently to the names of evil spirits, is al added. the name yah is added to the name of an angel or spirit who exercises only a good and somewhat beneficent office. this being understood, these two terminations being rather in the nature of incidental attributions than of essential

l things, and celestial secrets likewise; and this is the perfection of the qabalah, which teaches all these before mentioned; and by a perfect knowledge thereof, we perform many rare and wonderful experiments. in the original and exemplary world all things are all in all. so also in this corporeal world. and the elements are not only in these inferior things; but are in the heavens, in stars, in devils, in angels, and likewise in god himself, the maker and original example of all things "now it must be understood that in these inferior bodies the <246> elements are gross and corruptible, but in the heavens they are, with their natures and virtues, after a celestial and more excellent manner than in sublunary things. for the firmness of the celestial earth is there without the grossness of

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

proportions. all extraordinary and extra-natural tensions of will predispose to obsessions and nervous diseases; enforced celibacy, asceticism, hatred, ambition, rejected love, are so many generative principles of infernal forms and influences. paracelsus says that the menstruations of women beget phantoms in the air, and from this standpoint convents would be seminaries for nightmares, while the devils might be compared to those heads of the hydra of lerna which were reproduced eternally and propagated in the very blood from their wounds. the phenomena of possession amongst the ursulines of loudun, so fatal to urban grandier, have been misconstrued. the nuns in reality were possessed by hysteria and fanatical imitation of the secret thoughts of their exorcists, these being transmitted to

nsmutations 71 the prejudged verdicts of cardinal richelieu, believed that he was fulfilling the duties of a true judge, and as little suspected himself of being a follower of pontius pilate as he would have recognized in the sceptical and libertine cure of saint-pierre-du-march a disciple and martyr of christ. the possession of the nuns of louvier is scarcely more than a copy of those of loudun: devils invent little and plagiarize one another. the process of gaufridi and magdalen de la palud possesses stranger features, for in this case the victims were their own accusers. gaufridi confessed that he was guilty of depriving a number of women of the power to defend themselves against his seductions by simply breathing in their nostrils. a young and beautiful girl, of noble family, who had b

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

to so abhorred a place whence their torment is either begun or feared to come hereafter. 5. their apparel and speech is like that of the people and country under which they live: so they are seen to wear plaids and variegated garments in the highlands of scotland and suanochs (sunach or tartan) heretofore in ireland. they speak but little, and that by way of whistling, clear; not rough. the very devils conjured in any country do answer in the language of that place, yet sometimes these subterraneans do speak more distinctly than at other times. their women are said to spin, very finely, to dye, to tissue and embroider; but whether it be as [a] manual operation of substantial refined stuffs with apt and solid instruments, or only curious cobwebs, impalpable rainbows and a fantastic imitati

the possibilities of the thing, if not a direct proof of the whole assertion; which [may] yet, moreover, be illuminated by diverse other instances of the like nature, and [just] as wonderful beside what is [said] above [such] as: 8. the invisible wights which haunt houses seem rather to be of our subterranean inhabitants, which appear often to men of the second sight, than [to be] evil spirits or devils. though they throw great stones, pieces of earth, and wood, at the inhabitants, they hurt them not at all [just] as if they acted not maliciously like devils, but in sport like buffoons and drolls. all ages have offered some obscure testimonies of it [that is, the existence of otherworldly beings] such as pythagoras' doctrine of transmigration; socrates' daemone that gave him precautions of

w.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_50.htm (2 of 10 [10/9/2001 12:35:05 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds(pages 50-59 [up] in great numbers every day. so i have had barbed arrowheads of yellow flint, that could not be cut so small and neat [out] of so brittle a substance by all the art of men. it would seem therefore that these works mentioned were done by certain spirits or pure organs, and not by devils, whose continual torments could not allow them so much leisure. beside these i have found five curiosities in scotland, not much observed to be [known] elsewhere: 1. the brownies who in some families [labour] as drudges [and] clean the houses and dishes after all [mortals] go to bed, and removing before daybreak [each brownie] taking with him his portion of food [as left for him. 2. the mas

any subtle unthought-of insinuations, as [he did] to him who let the fly or familiar go out of the box, and yet found a fly of his own putting-in as serviceable as the other would have been? answer. the goodness of the life and designs of the ancient prophets and seers was one of the best proofs of their mission. nor have our seers bad lives and designs as necromancers, as those that traffic with devils usually have. our seers moreover do seldom perform any odd thing themselves, but see [by second sight] what is done by others [if all of] which was acted by spirits flatly evil [then] their aim could not but appear by [demonstration of] some extravagant work or maleficence of the seers; yet it is well known everywhere that our seers are [in] no way scandalous men. objection 6. that this sec

ns and contemplations. it needs no more [of] an express [that is, particular] precept or promise than many other laudable actions and contemplations, undoubtedly, providing our belief [in god] be firm and our actions otherwise virtuous and devout [in such circumstances] it could not endanger our salvation [even] though we knew not that there were such things in the universe as a crew of malicious devils; yet it is [in] many ways profitable for us to know so much which is patent and exactly applicable to our present case, as to our conjunct inhabitants of this earthly foot stool [that is, the fairies. objection 9. that the [fact of] proceeding from their forefathers does not diminish the gin or scandal of the second sight [any] more than original sin and other voluntary sins, as well as tho

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llyon. the satanic destroyer does not destroy flesh and blood or property. the satanic apollyon destroys the veil of blindness from the human psyche. the destroyer is highly effective and powerful at reaching deep within such psyche for such purpose. for this purpose apollyon is swift and effective. beelzebub: matthew 12:24 but when the pharisees heard it, they said, this fellow doth not cast out devils, but by beelzebub the prince of devils. i see here that the religious leaders of the day recognized that jesus had absorbed and twisted satan's will for jehovah's own purposes. due to this, the pharisees were able to see the deception of jesus and his intent to undermine jehovah for his own purposes. belial: 2 corinthians 6:15 and what concord hath christ with belial? or what part hath he t

reverence in connection with the religion; and (c) rituals, ceremonial observances, and other religious responsibilities [designed to interact favorably with the presence(s) involved. in philosophies following these a, b, and c requirements there is invariably a spirit which opposes progress along the desired path. tjose religions which have deteriorated to a state of mere lip service find their devils necessary to the fragments of faith remaining to them. there otherwise would be no reason for believing in striving and the entire comfortable structure would become apparent as a framework of fantasy designed to lock out greather truths. the goat depicted in the card's center hearkens back to the association of satan with that animal. it never seemed particularily appropriate, but there is

SALMANRUSHDIE THESATANICVERSES

sumed that, when i called the messenger a man, i was really calling him a weakling? now what? is it my turn to challenge you to a fight" mahound begs for peace "if we quarrel, there's no hope" he tries to raise the discussion to the theological level "it is not suggested that allah accept the three as his equals. not even lat. only that they be given some sort of intermediary, lesser status "like devils" bilal bursts out "no" salman the persian gets the point "like archangels. the grandee's a clever man "angels and devils" mahound says "shaitan and gibreel. we all, already, accept their existence, halfway between god and man. abu simbel asks that we admit just three more to this great company. just three, and, he indicates, all jahilia's souls will be ours "and the house will be cleansed o

ged creatures, looking like herons or swans or just women depending on the tricks of the light. mahound finishes it. he throws the fight. after they had wrestled for hours or even weeks mahound was pinned down beneath the angel, it's what he wanted, it was his will filling me up and giving me the strength to hold him down, because archangels can't lose such fights, it wouldn't be right, it's only devils who get beaten in such circs, so the moment i got on top he started weeping for joy and then he did his old trick, forcing my mouth open and making the voice, the voice, pour out of me once again, made it pour all over him, like sick. o o o at the end of his wrestling match with the archangel gibreel, the prophet mahound falls into his customary, exhausted, postrevelatory sleep, but on this

nce he had got it through his thick skull that she meant business, no more hanky-panky, no sir, she was a decent woman, not a lust--crazed libertine, he began to stay out late at night. it was during this period- she had thought, mistakenly, that he was visiting prostitutes- that he became involved with politics, and not just any old politics, either, oh no, mister brainbox had to go and join the devils themselves, the communist party, no less, so much for those principles of his; demons, that's what they were, worse by far than whores. it was because of this dabbling in the occult that she had to pack up her bags at such short notice and leave for england with two small babies in tow; because of this ideological witchcraft that she had had to endure all the privations and humiliations of

orns in bedsheets and pillowcases as he tossed and turned, he suffered the renewal of coronary eccentricity with a kind of fatalistic acceptance: if everything else, then why not this, too? badoomboom, went the heart, and his torso jerked _watch it or i'll really let you have it. doomboombadoom. yes: this was hell, all right. the city of london, transformed into jahannum, gehenna, muspellheim. do devils suffer in hell? aren't they the ones with the pitchforks? water began to drip steadily through the dormer window. outside, in the treacherous city, a thaw had come, giving the streets the unreliable consistency of wet cardboard. slow masses of whiteness slid from sloping, grey-slate roofs. the footprints of delivery vans corrugated the slush. first light; and the dawn chorus began, chatteri

ed mountains; but many are not capable of a firm perswasion of any thing "are you listening to me, young woman? i'm serious here. that gentleman you have in your bed: he requires not your nightly attentions- excuse me but i'll speak plainly; seeing i must- but, to be frank, a padded cell "you'd do that, wouldn't you" allie hit back "you'd throw away the key. maybe you'd even plug him in. burn the devils out of his brain: strange how our prejudices never change "hmm" alicja ruminated, adopting her vaguest and most innocent expression in order to infuriate her daughter "what can it harm? yes, maybe a little voltage, a little dose of the juice "what he needs is what he's getting, mother. proper medical supervision, plenty of rest, and something you maybe forgot about" she dried suddenly, her

SATANGEL

re 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 names of devils, using implements, materials and techniques described in the exami

ta, 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 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 cre

just me trying 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 speaki

atanic cults of russia and teutonia, the luciferian traditions, brujeria, stregeria, rosicrucianism, the golden dawn, thelema, and (according to some) in the rites and observances of freemasonry, as it may be seen in what might be patronisingly called folk magic across europe. this same syncretism is evident in the classical grimoire in the rites, signs, seals; even in the names of the angels and devils themselves. here we find numerous survivals of assyrian, babylonian, hebrew, greek, roman, egyptian, norse and celtic gods, yet given new existence and identities as the denizens of pandemonium. that these arts have their roots in pre-christian magick is a fact alluded to again and again as this work progresses, for it cannot be overstressed. in the words of arthur e. waite, it is croquetem

included w.b. yeats and macgregor mathers, cecil williams, charles pace. the influence of the classical grimoire may even be seen in the ritual tools and circles as described in the wiccan book of shadows. chiefly it is the practice of evocation, of summoning and binding spirits by means of their names, signatures, by words of power, by magical glyphs and talisman. the powers and knowledge these devils grant is that of herbs and stones, the giving of imps and familiars, the location of riches, the healing of illness, of slaying at a distance, reconciling broken friendships, and bringing back strayed lovers. the classical grimoire of tradition may be composed and copied by cultured and educated hands, yet they give form and expression to desires and beliefs that might otherwise be describe

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he dogma. it is much simpler to obtain an emotional reaction using words and phrases that cannot be understood than it is with statements which even the simplest mind will question when hearing them in an understandable language. if priests and ministers were to have used the devices to fill their churches one hundred years ago that they use today, they would have been charged with heresy, called devils, oft-times persecuted, but certainly excommunicated without hesitation. the religionists wail "we must keep up with the times" forgetting that, due to limiting factors and deeply engrained laws of white light religions, there can never be sufficient change to meet the needs of man. past religions have always represented the spiritual nature of man, with little or no concern for his carnal o

side of man's nature was governed by the god which was then called dionysus, or pan, depicted as a satyr or faun, by the greeks. pan was originally the "good guy, and symbolized fertility and fecundity. whenever a nation comes under a new form of government, the heroes of the past become villains of the present. so it is with religion. the earliest christians believed that the pagan deities were devils, and to employ them was to use "black magic. miraculous heavenly events they termed "white magic; this was the sole distinction between the two. the old gods did not die, they fell into hell and became devils. the bogey, goblin, or bugaboo used to frighten children is derived from the slavonic "bog" which means "god, as does bhaga in hindu. many pleasures revered before the advent of christ

y of the year, the day of atonement, was celebrated by casting lots for two goats "without blemish, one to be offered to the lord, and one to azazel. the goat carrying the sins of the people was driven into the desert and became a "scapegoat. this is the origin of the goat which is still used in lodge ceremonies today as it was also used in egypt, where once a year it was sacrificed 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 guardia

appeared to resurrect itself, much as the mythical bird, the phoenix, rose from its own ashes. the ancient jews believed, through their contact with the persians, that the two great forces in the world were ahura-mazda, the god of fire, light, 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 y

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they cannot afford to admit to an affinity with anything that bears the name of satan, for to do so would necessitate turning in their good-guy badges. what is even worse, the followers of the "witchcraft-not-satanism" school harbor the same need to elevate themselves by denigrating others as do their christian brethren, from whom they claim emancipation. the rites in this book call the names of devils-devils of all shapes, sizes and inclinations. the names are used with deliberate and appreciative awareness, for if one can pull aside the curtain of fear and enter the kingdom of shadows, the eyes will soon become accustomed and many strange and wonderful truths will be seen. if one is truly good inside he can call the names of the gods of the abyss with freedom from guilt and immunity fro

byelobog (not an enemy of the black god, incidentally; both were considered essential, found greatest favor in white russia, where his gentle attributes-he guided lost travelers and helped weary peasants with their work in the fields-were welcome. as was to be expected, the christians worked overtime to stamp out all such beliefs, thereby placing both the simple muzhik, who cherished the good old devils, and the educated, in mortal fear of any remnant of dark forces. thus a satanic underground that was carefully cloaked in christian trappings was bound to develop in russia. those who entered such sects were either driven by emotion alone (the followers) or by emotion and reason (the leaders. by the nineteenth century, religious severity had reached its zenith, with virtually all of russia

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ll. hell is where we consume the smokish flavours of incense and soothing melodies of bach and berlioz. hell is where we re sympathetic to darkened images, shadows on the walls, spectres out of our minds. hell is where we yearn as we will; where we indulge in whatever vice desired. hell is where our imaginations enjoy the ultimate freedoms; the ultimate expression creation; and we may well become devils. hell is where we scheme and write blasphemies; hateful verse against adversaries. hell is where we may be out-of-our minds; devilish outs, indulging in all that is foolish, perverse and forbidden. hell is the satanic paradise of the noble man above god; the elevated world of fantasy, imagination and creation. no restrictions, no accuser, no worthy opponents all stand defenseless. hell the

god depends 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 m

l; for this 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

of all antichrists. regarding placement, five of the six candles rest upon the points of the angles of the pentagonia on the floor before the altar. a single black candle endowed with the spirit of antichrist rests in the center of the altar, directly beneath the sigil. ignited charcoal in a large brazier represents hell s flaming pit from which the grand conjuration and subsequent release of the devils of evilution symbolize the forces of the developing religious war between xians and us. the brazier is placed at the left side of the altar. the function of the xian bible in this ritual is two-fold: first, it is employed as a sacrifice; the celebrant tears seven leaves from its binding and casts them into the pit to suffer destruction and damnation. the second part involves the recital of

e and death! i am the savior of man and the destroyer of the nazarene! i am the soul of darkness a black -36- beacon of infernal light to the worthy, and a sign of doom to the lambs! i am the will, the purpose and the fight! i am antichrist! 5 the holy sacrifice. 6 the celebrant faces the sigil of antichrist and recites the biblical passage, revelation 13: 1-18. 7 the evocation and release of the devils of evilution. the celebrant grasps the sword of satan and steadies the point of the blade in the flame of antichrist as he evokes the devils of evilution thus: pan, come forth and smear the earth with your doctrines of carnality! fenris, come forth and free the beast to wage the war! leviathan, come forth to fill the minds of men with the wisdom of evil! diabolus, come forth to judge and im

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gel press: york, 1996. gettings, fred. dictionary of demons. rider: london, 1988. grant, kenneth. nightside of eden. skoob books publishing: london, 1994. holy bible, the. oxford university press: london, 1937. lavey, anton szandor. the satanic bible avon books: new york, 1969. lavey, anton szandor. the satanic rituals avon books: new york, 1972. lurker, manfred. dictionary of gods and goddesses, devils and demons routledge: london, 1988. man, myth& magic. 12 volumes. bpc publishing ltd: london. 1971. newton, toyne, the demonic connection blandford press: poole, 1987. o'grady, joan. the prince of darkness element books: shaftesbury, 1989. order of nine angles. hostia. secret teachings of the o.n.a. volume i thormynd press: shrewsbury, 1992. order of nine angles. hostia. secret teachings of

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did. many historians believe that because the ancient region of babylon was part of the persian empire, some of the beliefs of zoroastrianism were transferred to judaism during the time of the jews babylonian captivity. additionally, because zoroastrianism influenced judaism, it indirectly influenced christianity, which developed out of judaism. some of these beliefs include belief in angels and devils, a life after death, a system of punishments and rewards for immoral and moral behavior, the immortality of the soul, and the last judgment. other scholars, however, argue just the opposite: that judaism predated zoroastrianism and therefore zoroastrians absorbed these beliefs from judaism. still others believe that the two religions developed entirely independently. either way, zoroastrian

ccomplish this end, the crudest. methods are being used. religious. revivals with billy sunday as their champion methods which must outrage every refined sense, and which in their effect upon the ignorant and curious often tend to create a mild state of insanity. all these frantic efforts find approval and support from the earthly powers. consciously or unconsciously, most theists see in gods and devils, heaven and hell; reward and punishment, a whip to lash the people into obedience, meekness and contentment. have not all theists painted their deity as the god of love and goodness? yet after thousands of years of such preachments the gods remain deaf to the agony of the human race. confucius cares not for the poverty, squalor and misery of people of china. buddha remains undisturbed in hi

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logist was much struck with this discovery, and begged mervale's permission to note it down as an illustration suitable to a work he was about to publish on the origin of languages, to be called "babel" and published in three quartos by subscription. chapter 2.vii. learn to be poor in spirit, my son, if you would penetrate that sacred night which environs truth. learn of the sages to allow to the devils no power in nature, since the fatal stone has shut 'em up in the depth of the abyss. learn of the philosophers always to look for natural causes in all extraordinary events; and when such natural causes are wanting, recur to god. the count de gabalis. all these additions to his knowledge of zanoni, picked up in the various lounging-places and resorts that he frequented, were unsatisfactory

roguish and petulant mirth, her parted lips showed teeth like pearls; as if impatient at the pause of her companion from the revel of the rest, her little foot beat the ground to a measure that she half-hummed, half-chanted. paolo laughed as he saw the effect the girl had produced upon the young foreigner "will you not dance, excellency? come, lay aside your greatness, and be merry, like us poor devils. see how our pretty fillide is longing for a partner. take compassion on her" fillide pouted at this speech, and, disengaging her arm from paolo's, turned away, but threw over her shoulder a glance half inviting, half defying. glyndon, almost involuntarily, advanced to her, and addressed her. oh, yes; he addresses her! she looks down, and smiles. paolo leaves them to themselves, sauntering

l, alarmed viola even more than his words. pale, haggard, emaciated, he seemed almost as one risen from the dead, to appall and awe her "what" she said, at last, in a faltering voice "what wild words do you utter! can you "listen" interrupted glyndon, laying his hand upon her arm, and its touch was as cold as death "listen! you have heard of the old stories of men who have leagued themselves with devils for the attainment of preternatural powers. those stories are not fables. such men live. their delight is to increase the unhallowed circle of wretches like themselves. if their proselytes fail in the ordeal, the demon seizes them, even in this life, as it hath seized me! if they succeed, woe, yea, a more lasting woe! there is another life, where no spells can charm the evil one, or allay t

ssential, perhaps, to his safety, robespierre had proclaimed the close of the reign of terror, and acted upon the mercy which danton had begun to preach, he might have lived and died a monarch. but the prisons continued to reek, the glaive to fall; and robespierre perceived not that his mobs were glutted to satiety with death, and the strongest excitement a chief could give would be a return from devils into men. we are transported to a room in the house of citizen dupleix, the menuisier, in the month of july, 1794; or, in the calendar of the revolutionists, it was the thermidor of the second year of the republic, one and indivisible! though the room was small, it was furnished and decorated with a minute and careful effort at elegance and refinement. it seemed, indeed, the desire of the o

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s" is asked. and this is the answer "it is ra, the creator of the name[s] of his limbs, which came into being in the form of the gods who are in the following of ra" from this we see that all the "gods" of egypt were merely personifications of the names of ra, and that each god was one of his members, and that a name of a god was the god himself. without the knowledge of the names of the gods and devils of the underworld the dead egyptian would have fared badly, for his personal liberty would have been p. 163 fettered, the roads and paths would have been blocked to him, the gates of the mansions of the underworld would have been irrevocably shut in his face, and the hostile powers which dogged his footsteps would have made an end of him; these facts are best illustrated by the following ex

his way through the gates and the p. 171 halls of the underworld and escaped from the fowler and his net, it will be readily understood that the knowledge of the name alone was, in some cases, sufficient to help him out of his difficulties; but in others it was necessary to have the name which was possessed of magical power inscribed upon some object, amulet or otherwise. moreover, some gods and devils were thought to have the power to assume different forms, and as each form carried with it its own name, to have absolute power over a god of many forms it was necessary to know all his names. thus in the "book of overthrowing apep" 1 we are told not only to make a wax figure of the monster, but also to write his name upon it, so that when the figure is destroyed by being burnt in the fire

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mark 3:22. there waa a very general prevalence among the earliest nations of antiquity of the worship of stones as the representative of deity. in almost every ancient temple there was a legend of a sacred or mystical stone. the mystical stone there has received the name of the 'stone of foundation "10""and the scribes who had come down from jerusalem said 'he has beelzebub' and 'by the prince of devils he casts out devils) alfred edward waite, in his study of the zohar (the cabalistic textbook of the 14th century, entitled the secret doctrine of israel (occult research press, n. y, 191, wrote (p. 62) of "a mysterious stone called schethiya" which was cast by jehovah "into the abyss, so to form the basis of the world and give birth thereto. one might say otherwise that it was like a cubica

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

ed path. magic is magic. who, or what, then, is the illuminist accessing in his ritual performance of magic? from my many years of research and investigation into the works and plans of the illuminati, witches, satanists, shamans, masons, and other occultists, i declare without hesitation that what these men are doing knowingly in some cases, unwittingly in others, is calling on, that is invoking devils from an invisible realm("beyond the ordinary human sphere. the occult and the masonic communities can call these evil presences by any coverup name they wish the great white brotherhood, shamballa, planetary entities, the hierarchy, etc, but, in fact, the working of magic, i am convinced, is nothing less than the invocation, or inviting, of devils. this, indeed, is a very dangerous activity

his body pose in a news magazine, including the x sign of osiris and the legs in diamond position. this body position emphasizes the sex generative energies (time magazine, april s, 2005) twelve that ravenous dark bird sublime mysteries of the llluminati's double-headed eagle and he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird- revelation 18:2 the royal secret..the secret of the universal equilibrium. shall at length make real the holy empire of true masonic brotherhood- albert pike, 33 morals and dogma two heads are better than one, except when they're on the body of only one eagle. texe marrs c a n the body of one bird have two hea

zed by a triangle within a circle, with a single dot, or point, within the triangle. this symbol is said to represent three centres (in u.s.a, centers, the point standing for the ruler of the spirit world, sanat (an anagram for "satan" apparently, the entity who at the appointed time will emerge to rule the earth and humanity. the second centre is sanat's "hierarchy" the many unseen spirits (i.e. devils, and the third centre is the human masses.8 at the close of the age, bailey assures us "the three major centres will be in complete unified and synchronized activity" controlling all manifestations of life.9 aleister crowley, the late british satanist and freemason, was also a devotee of the triangle as symbol. as a high-level officer of the occult group, order of the golden dawn, crowley u

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re the 4 eyes (eye, ayin in hebrew, the letter o, has the value of 70 in the qabala; hence 70 x 4) of the double-headed one (the two headed giant which represents the qlipoth, or false reflection, of the unity, the crown, kether. this is the first of the demonic reflections, representing division, or duality. please notice that manifested existence would be impossible without this; that are the 4 devils, satan, lucifer, leviathan, belial, that are the great princes of the evil of the world "and satan is worshiped by men under the name of jesus; and lucifer is worshiped by men under the name of brahma; and leviathan is worshiped by men under the name of allah; and belial is worshiped by men under the name of buddha (see al iii 48-56 "moreover, there is mary (the reflex, in the qliphoth of m

tried to explain it here we would only cause confusion, a blasphemy against babalon, for she hath shut herself up (this is the self-preservation instinct carried to the extreme of "absolute virginity- that is, complete alienation from one s environment- as the condition of purity or sanctity; and therefore is she the queen (that is, this demoniac entity influences of controls of all those wicked devils that walk upon the earth, those that thou sawest even as little black specks that stained the heaven of urania (nuit as seen by the greeks. and all these are the excrement of choronzon" what we must understand about these religions is that they are "skew-wise: that is, they are arguments in circles, not expanding helixes. they do not lead to transmutation, that is, to initiation, but to per

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od, annie. mary s message of hope. nevada city, calif: blue dolphin publishing, 1995. sparrow, scott g. i am with you always: true stories of encounters with jesus. new york: bantam books, 1995. steiger, brad, and sherry hansen steiger. mother mary speaks to us. new york: dutton, 1996; signet, 1997. armageddon in revelation 16:16, the battlefield designated where blasphemers, unclean spirits, and devils join forces for the final great battle of the ages between their evil hordes and christ and his faithful angelic army is armageddon, the mound of megiddo. the inspiration for such a choice of battlegrounds was quite likely an obvious one for john the revelator, for it has been said that more blood has been shed around the hill of megiddo than any other single spot on earth. located 10 miles

cago: contemporary books, 1995. unterman, alan. dictionary of jewish lore and legend. new york: thames and hudson, 1991. snake handling in the sixteenth chapter of the gospel of mark, the resurrected jesus (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e) appears to his disciples and, before ascending to heaven, sends them forth into the world to preach the gospel. jesus promises that all who believe in him shall cast out devils and shall speak with new tongues. in addition, believers shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them (mark 16:17 18. in 1909, reverend george went hensley (c. 1870s 1955) of the church of god in grasshopper, tennessee, began to teach that those verses in mark should be taken literally. if believers truly had the holy spirit within them, he argued from

estival on the eve of may day, the bacchanals, the diana feasts, became the witches sabbath the broom, symbol of the sacred hearth became an evil tool. the sexual rites of old, destined to stimulate the fertility of nature, were now the manifestations of a forbidden carnal lust. mating at random, a survival of communal customs now [were] an infringement of the most sacred laws. to the church, the devils solidified into one satan, enemy of christ s work here on earth. to the people, who could not really care about the philosophical dualism of an evil adversary for the christ of the feudal lords and the church, the old religion offered release from oppression and unrelenting drudgery. according to seligmann, the peasants of the middle ages did not view their old religion as a perversion, but

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hat state just before falling to sleep (hypnagogic state) or just before fully awakening from sleep (hypnopompic state. although the condition may last for only a few seconds, during that time a person undergoing sleep paralysis is unable to move or speak and often experiences a sense of fear that there is some unknown presence in the room. along with such hallucinations as seeing ghosts, angels, devils, and extraterrestrial beings, many individuals undergoing sleep paralysis also report the sensation of being touched, pulled, or feeling a great pressure on the chest. a general consensus among researchers links sleep paralysis with rapid eye movement (rem, the dream state. while in the normal state of dreaming, the muscles relax and the brain blocks signals that would permit the limbs to m

itive humans first crawled out of their caves and gazed up in awe at the star-filled night, humankind has been intrigued by the unexplained mysteries of the universe. early myths and legends tell of mysterious objects roaring across the heavens. scraps of ancient documents reveal phenomenal, unexplained manifestations in the skies. virtually every religion relates visitations from angels, demons, devils, and gods who descended to earth in ancient times. with the highly publicized arrival of the flying saucers in the earth s atmosphere in 1947, modern humans were confronted with what they thought was a new celestial mystery. however, in their efforts to interpret this phenomenon, a band of scholarly individuals dug through old documents and musty records and discovered that the ufo phenomen

ers in the earth s atmosphere in 1947, modern humans were confronted with what they thought was a new celestial mystery. however, in their efforts to interpret this phenomenon, a band of scholarly individuals dug through old documents and musty records and discovered that the ufo phenomenon had appeared periodically throughout history. gradually, some ufologists believed humankind s gods, angels, devils, and demons were nothing more than alien visitors from some superior civilization on some far planet in a dark corner of the universe. the hypothesis of ancient astronauts received its most popular expression in erich von daniken s chariots of the gods (1970, which led to the formation of an international ancient astronaut society in 1973. while many find the premise that gods from outer sp

and a head that combined the features of fish and human. berossus explained that the fishman walked about on land during the day, counsel- 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 248 invaders from outer space petroglyph allegedly identified as an astronaut (klaus aarsleff/fortean picture library) some ufologists believed humankind s gods, angels, devils, and demons were nothing more than alien visitors. ing the sumerians, but returned to the ocean each evening. oannes gave the sumerians insight into letters and sciences and every kind of art. he taught them to construct houses, to found temples, to compile laws, and explained to them the principles of geometrical knowledge. he made them distinguish the seeds of the earth, and showed them h

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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 world had become a dark and shadowy place of dread ruled by satan. the sorcerers of the middle ages who practiced black magick followed to the

n e x p l a i n e d 104 magic and sorcery salem village witchcraft trials in the 1690s (the library of congress) intelligence, and a lively imagination. she soon became tituba fs most avid and apt pupil. together with her literate mother, ann had read far more than the other girls in the circle, and she was quite familiar with the imagery in the book of revelation with its dragons, horned beasts, devils, and damnation. it seems that while part of ann fs psyche was thrilled with the forbidden knowledge tituba shared with them, another aspect was conflicted with guilt that they were flirting with devilish enchantment. undoubtedly most of the other girls were also conflicted with conscience and the fear of discovery. as the days passed, little betty seemed distracted from her chores, subject

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ted. ten years after, in 664, king sighere and the greater number of his people threwoff christianity and returned to the ancient faith. even when the king was not averse to christianity he wasapt to act in a disconcerting manner by trying to serve two masters. thus, according to bede, king redwaldhad "in the same temple an altar to sacrifice to christ, and another smaller one to offer victims to devils. atthe end o f the ninth century the whole of the powerful kingdom of mercia was under the sway of the heathendanes; and penda, one of the greatest of the mercian rulers, refused to change his religion and died, as he hadlived, a devout pagan.the same difficulties occurred elsewhere. in normandy rollo, after his conversion, gave great gifts tochristian churches, but at the same time sacrifi

alls them with a fierceness quite incomprehensible if the fairies were really only the imaginary tiny beings ofour nursery tales. if, however, they were a pagan population whose religion and customs were definitelycontrary to the teaching of the christian priests, the indignation of the church would naturally be directedagainst them and their influence. to have communication with these "incarnate devils" was to proclaimoneself an enemy of christianity, and the offender would be treated with the utmost rigour by all christianpriests.the conditions of life in the neolithic and bronze-age settlements are fairly well known; the people practiseda little agriculture but in some parts were entirely pastoral. they owned all the domestic animals, but cattle the god of the witcheschapter ii. the wor

opular mind between a won-tan and a broom probably took its rise in very earlytimes, the explanation being that the broom is essentially an indoor implement, belonging therefore to thewoman; the equivalent implement for a man is the pitchfork, which is for outdoor work only. this is thereason why, in medieval representations of witch-dances, the women or witches often hold brooms, while themen or devils carry pitchforks. the broom being so definitely a feminine tool came to be regarded as thesymbol of a woman. until within very recent times cottage-women in surrey, when going out and leavingthe house empty, put a broom up the chimney so that it was visible from the outside, in order to indicate tothe neighbours that the woman of the house was from home. in other parts of england until the

by its parents, comes to the useof reason, the devil then demands its soul and makes it deny god and renounce its baptism, and all relatingto the faith, promising homage and fealty to the devil in manner of a marriage, and instead of a ring, thedevil gives them a mark with an iron awl in some part of the body. bodin notes[15] that "fathers andmothers consecrate and dedicate their children to the devils, some when they are newly born, others whilestill unborn. the devils do not make express paction with the children vowed to them until they reach the ageof puberty. elizabeth francis, tried at chelmsford[16] in 1556, was taught "the art of witchcraft, i.e. herreligion, by her grandmother when she reached the age of twelve. elizabeth demdike,[17] the mostcelebrated of all the lancashire witc

ip, which though heathen in origin was transferred to the religious services of the christians as thoughwith the sanction of the founder of the religion.the ring dance was regarded as a sinister ceremony by the priestly authorities who were engaged insuppressing the old religion during the middle ages. boguet compares the round dance of the witches withthat of the fairies, whom he stigmatises as "devils incarnate.[70] the ring usually moved to the left, butwhere as in france the dancers faced outwards the movement was widdershins, against the sun. theaberdeen witches[71] were accused of dancing devilish dances round the market and fish crosses of thetown, and also round a great stone at craigleauch.the ring dance has shared the fate of many religious rites and has become an amusement for c

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away thereby. such is the history of strange apparitions and popular prodigies. thus are explained the miracles of the american mediums and the hysterics of table-turners, who reproduce in our own times the ecstasies of whirling dervishes. the sorcerers of lapland with their magic drums, and the conjurer medicine-men of savages arrive at similar results by similar proceedings; their gods or their devils have nothing to do with it. madmen and idiots are more sensitive to magnetism than people of sound minds; it should be easy to understand the reason of that: very little is required to turn completely the head of a drunken man, and one more easily acquires a disease when all the organs are predisposed to submit to its impressions, and manifest its disorders<
nd at the end of the book "here are two words which the spirits of darkness will never counterfeit. go in peace, sleep well, and no longer evoke spirits" the workman withdrew. a week later, he returned to seek the man of science. 155 "you have restored to me hope and life" said he "my strength is partially returned, i am able with the signatures that you gave me to relieve sufferers, and cast out devils, but "him" i cannot see him again, and, until i have seen him, i shall be sad to the day of my death. formerly, he was always near me, he sometimes touched me, and he used to wake me up in the night to tell me all that i needed to know. master, i beg of you, let me see him again "see whom "adonai "do you know who adonai is "no, but i want to see him again "adonai is invisible "i have seen h

orance, and to our errors. every man, in order to be a god, first makes himself a devil; but as the law of solidarity is universal, the hierarchy exists in hell as it does in heaven. a wicked man will always find one more wicked than himself to do him harm; and when the evil is at its climax, it must cease, for it could only continue by the annihilation of being, which is impossible. then the man-devils, at the end of their resources, fall once more under the empire of the god-men, and are saved by those whom one at first thought their victims; but the man who strives to live a life of evil deeds, does homage to good by all the intelligence and energy that he develops in himself. for this reason the great initiator said in his figurative language "i would that thou wert cold or hot; but be

the successors of peter, were they alexander vi, or even john xxii, are infallible for every man who is properly brought up, who does not wish to put himself uselessly outside the pale of society. so goes the world. charlatanism, when it is successful, is then, in magic as in everything else, a great instrument of power. to fascinate the mob cleverly, is not that already to dominate it? the poor devils of sorcerers who in the middle ages stupidly got themselves burnt alive had not, it is easy to see, a great empire on others. joan of arc was a magician at the head of her armies, and at rouen the poor girl was not even a witch. she only knew how to pray, and how to fight, and the prestige which surrounded her ceased as soon as she was in chains. does history tell us that the king of france

aritions always appear at epochs when humanity is in labour. they are phantoms of the delirium of the world-fever; it is the hysteria of a bored society. virgil tells us in fine verse that in the time of caesar rome was full of spectres; in the time of vespasian the gates of the temple of jerusalem opened of themselves, and a voice was heard crying "the gods depart" now, when the gods depart, the devils return. religious feeling transforms itself into superstition when faith is lost; for souls need to believe, because they thirst for hope. how can faith be lost? how can science doubt the infinite harmony? because the sanctuary of the absolute is always closed for the majority. but the kingdom of truth, which is that of god, suffers violence, and the violent must take it by force. there exi

THE LUCIFERIAN PATH THE WITCHES SABBAT MICHAEL W FORD

ound him. in the book of the dead seker is made reference to as being great god who carrieth away the soul, who eateth hearts, and who feedeth upon offal, the guardian of darkness, the god who is in the seker boat. this draws a comparison to the persian-iranian ahriman, who was also an opposing sorcerous daemon of darkness, who by averse practices, became stronger and immortal. set had legions of devils called seba who served the prince of darkness, and were known to hack and devour certain souls. in a modern initiatory context, the magician understands the these god forms represent isolate intellect, and self-deification through antinomian acts. set and seker have an interesting connection. in the xviith chapter of the book of the dead the spirit of the deceased prays that he is kept from

vessels of night in the serpents skin do i cloak myself as i leap into the twilight gate unto the shadow world, of spectral flight from the flesh i go forth, unbound from profane clay from the twilight guardian and guide, can then shades arise shall i as shadow black, ashen with the remains of the dead dance around the fires of the circle, against the sun to summon the smoke o horned intiator and devils flesh my cloak of serpent skin worn clothe me in the robe of az in the watchers fields of time by kevan, the gateway to the sabbat, shall you arise before me- my body is a black temple, illuminated with crimson and violet brilliance. by my words carry my spirit! 21 the ensorcelment of ahriman- i summon ruha-az, crimson whore and vampire, i call the fiend vareno who is an angel of darkness

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hose evil beings. since we wouldn't know where they were from, what their technology was, or how to attack their bases, the computer advised us to surrender. contactees adrift in the hallucinatory worlds were convinced the space people were walking among us unnoticed. los angeles alone had a space population of ten thousand. actually this was just a tiresome repetition of the earlier beliefs that devils and angels were everywhere in human guise. early in the age of the flying saucers (1947-69, air force and cia agents undoubtedly came across mib cases similar to the ones outlined here and, being human, some of those early investigators leapfrogged to ufo cultistlike conclusions. paranoia gripped the upper echelons of .government. millions of tax dollars were sunk into ufo research (in 1952

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

ork, 1968 oriental magic new york, 1973 shah, i. the secret lore of magic new york, 1972 the sufis new york, 1973 tallqvist, k.l "die assyrische beschworungsserie maqlu nach dem originalem im british museum herausgegeben" acta societatis scientiarum fennicae helsingfors, 1895 reports of the magicians and astrologers of nineveh and babylon london, 1900 thompson, r.c. semitic magic london, 1904 the devils and evil spirits of babylonia london, 1904 the testimony of the mad arab this is the testimony of all that i have seen, and all that i have learned, in those years that i have possessed the three seals of masshu. i have seen one thousand-and-one moons, and surely this is enough for the span of a man's life, though it is said the prophets lived much longer. i am weak, and ill, and bear a gre

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o by these presents publickly testifie, that the true philosophers are far of another minde, esteeming little the making of gold, which is but a parergon; for besides that they have a thousand better things. and we say with our loving father r.c.c. phy: aureum nisi quantum aurum, for unto them the whole nature is detected: he doth not rejoyce, that he can make gold, and that, as saith christ, the devils are obedient unto him; but is glad that he seeth the heavens open, and the angels of god ascending and descending, and his name written in the book of life. also we do testifie that under the name of chymia many books and pictures are set forth in contumeliam gloriae dei, as we wil name them in their due season, and wil give to the pure-hearted a catalogue, or register 15 of them: and we pr

THE SIGIL OF ADVERSARY

arkener of the earth. this is the ensorcelled daemon or daeva which the magician may manifest his will and send forth the shadow to bring forth his or her desires. this sigil may be used in dream sorcery, haunting or copulating as the vampire and incubi/succubi with your chosen .the third of the devourer, amam. use this sigil to encircle 9 times around the name of your enemy, to bring the serpent-devils of seba to bring storms against them. burn the sigil in the fire of the noon tide sun while invoking keteb of the twelfth. the second sigil of the adversary, being hau-hra, the backward face. this is one name of apep, the crocodile-demon shadow of set-heh, that which devours and causes destruction. the purpose of the setanic magician is to master apep within the self and master this demon b

hem. 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 ladder of darkness led up towards the light. this sigil represents the continuation of life in a cycle of rebirth and manifestation, the mind strengthened and free. invocation of set-an the advers

the first shall the ladder of darkness led up towards the light. this sigil represents the continuation of life in a cycle of rebirth and manifestation, the mind strengthened and free. invocation of set-an the adversary (at noon or midnight) before working with the sigils- i conjure thee, bringer of storms and chaos! i summon thee, isolator and winter bringer! lord of deserts and barren places of devils mighty typhon arise to encircle me i speak the words of seth which manifest my possibilities! i shall become! abraoth, athorebalo, kolchoi tontonon, beteshu, sekhem-hra, becobe star in the west a critical essay upon the works of aleister crowley by j.f.c. fuller this ebook was prepared by hka june, 2004 art provided by frater t.s./celephais press cover art was reconstructed from the origina

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

is so with swedenborg: he shows the folly of churches and exposes hypocrites, till he imagines that all are religious and himself the single one on earth that ever broke a net. now hear a plain fact: swedenborg has not written one new truth. now hear another: he has written all the old falsehoods. and now hear the reason: he conversed with angels who are all religious, and conversed not with the devils who all hate religion c goethe, in faust, also depicted this same moral idea, and most religions have experienced this unity of virtue and vice; the early christians applauded it, and even now in christian churches is still sung the beautiful hymn: nearer, my god, to thee, nearer to thee, e fen though it be a cross that raiseth me! still all my song shall be nearer, my god, to thee, nearer

out no arm at all; toadstools have wrecked fair cities in a night, one poet fs song may bid a kingdom fall *mysteries: lyrical and dramatic, vol. i, p. 110. and that which is below is as that which is above; for: time is to us the now, and space the here; from us all matter radiates, is a part of our own thoughts and souls *mysteries: lyrical and dramatic, vol. i, p. 119. so we see: for gods, and devils too, i find are merely modes of my own mind *sword of song, pentecost, vol. ii, p. 177. gall is illusion, h says criosda* i and further in that weird play. hthe god- eater h. we already heard him solemnly utter *the god eater, vol. ii, p. 138. mystery ninefold closed upon itself that matter should move mind. ay! darker yet that mind should work on matter? and the proof extant, implicit in t

y great by the infinitely small results in some unknown finite number extended in an unknown number of categories. it happened when this our great inversion took place, from the essence of the nothingness to finity extended in innumerable categories, that an incalculably vast system was produced. merely by chance, chance in the truest sense of the term, we are found with gods, men, stars, plants, devils, colours, forces, and all the materials of the cosmos: and with them, space and causality, the conditions limiting and involving them all. h *berashith, vol. ii, pp. 236, 237. thus from the hegelian abstraction of the non ens we have at last touched bottom, and have come down to the facts of real life. empty space is the postulate of all metaphysics, but all absolute quantities finally must

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

irst quarter of the moon and were accompanied by the use of an incense compounded of storax, olibanum, saffron, poppy seeds, agaric spores, cinnamon, nutmeg and mastic; at least two, and probably more, of these substances are possessed of hallucinogenic properties, so it is not surprising that the elect cohens seem to found their magic effective! the invocation of 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 region

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even that they may bring them unto the lord, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them [for] peace offerings unto the lord. 17:6 and the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the lord [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the lord. 17:7 and they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. this shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations. 17:8 and thou shalt say unto them, whatsoever man [there be] of the house of israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering of sacrifice, 17:9 and bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the lord; ev

kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape. 32:15 but jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered [with fatness] then he forsook god [which] made him, and lightly esteemed the rock of his salvation. 32:16 they provoked him to jealousy with strange [gods] with abominations provoked they him to anger. 32:17 they sacrificed unto devils, not to god; to gods whom they knew not, to new [gods that] came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. 32:18 of the rock [that] begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten god that formed thee. 32:19 and when the lord saw [it] he abhorred [them] because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. 32:20 and he said, i will hide my face from them, i will see what their end [sh

aving judah and benjamin on his side. 11:13 and the priests and the levites that [were] in all israel resorted to him out of all their coasts. 11:14 for the levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to judah and jerusalem: for jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest s office unto the lord: 11:15 and he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. 11:16 and after them out of all the tribes of israel such as set their hearts to seek the lord god of israel came to jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the lord god of their fathers. 11:17 so they strengthened the kingdom of judah, and made rehoboam the son of solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of david and solomon. 11:18 and

nt ill with moses for their sakes: 106:33 because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. 106:34 they did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the lord commanded them: 106:35 but were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. 106:36 and they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. 106:37 yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, 106:38 and shed innocent blood [even] the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. 106:39 thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. 106:40 therefore was the wrath of the lord kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. 106:4

and their father, and followed him. 4:23 and jesus went about all galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. 4:24 and his fame went throughout all syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. 4:25 and there followed him great multitudes of people from galilee, and [from] decapolis, and [from] jerusalem, and [from] judaea, and [from] beyond jordan. 5:1 and seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: 5:2 and he opened his mouth, and taught them

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ill, for that the governours of the world are obedient unto them, and come when they are called, and do execute their commands: but god is the author thereof: as joshua caused the sun to stand still in heaven. 16 they send some of their spirits to the mean magicians, which do obey them onely in some determinate business: but they hear not the false magicians, but expose them to the deceits of the devils, and cast them into divers dangers, by the command of god; as the prophet jeremiah testifieth, in his eighth chapter, concerning the jews. 4. in all the elements there are the seven governours with their hosts, who do move with the equal motion of the firmament; and the inferiours do always depend upon the superiours, as it is taught in philosophy. 5. a man that is a true magician, is broug

s in eternal punishments for their rebellion. their kingdom is partly very beautiful in transitory and corruptible things on the one part, because it cannot consist without some vertue and great gifts of god; and partly most filthy and horrid to be spoken of, because it aboundeth with all wickedness and sin, idolatry, contempt of god, blasphemies against the true god and his works, worshippers of devils, disobedience towards magistrates, seditions, homicides, robberies, tyranny, adulteries, wicked lusts, rapes, thefts, lyes, perjuries, pride, and a covetous desire of rule; in this mixture consisteth the kingdom of darkness: but the creatures of the light are filled with eternal truth, and with the grace of god, and are lords of the whole world, and do reign over the lords of darkness, as t

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ando. isidori etymol, lib. viii, c. 9. 2 s pe etiam improbi existent, etiam mulieribus, et earum peragunt concubitum. isidor. ib. 3 et quosdam d mones quos dusios galli nuncupant, hanc assidue immunditiam et tentare et officere plures talesque asseverant, ut hoc negare impudenti videatur. augustin. de civitate dei, lib. xv, c. 23. cf. isidor, loc. cit. generative powers 153 mythic personages were devils, we derive our modern word deuce, used in such phrases as the deuce take you! the term ficarii was also applied to them in medi val latin, either from the meaning of the word ficus, mentioned before,1 or because they were fond of figs. most of these latin synonyms are given in the anglo-saxon vocabulary of alfric, and are interpreted as meaning evil men, spirits of the woods, evil beings. 2

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 ballads of the age of james i. and charles i. 1 it is priapus reduced to his lowest step of degradation. besides the invocations addressed principally to priapus, or to the generative powers, the ancients had established great festivals in t

ret 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 worshipped by the templars in parts beyond sea.1 a solitary frenchhman, examined in paris, gillet de encreyo, spoke of the cat, and said that he had heard, but had forgotten who were

s well as the medi val additions, combined in that great and extensive superstition witchcraft. at all times the initiated were believed to have obtained thereby powers which were not possessed by the uninitiated, and they only were supposed to know the proper forms of invocation of the deities who were the objects of their worship, which deities the christian teachers invariably transformed into devils. the vows which the people of antiquity addressed to priapus, those of the middle ages addressed to satan. the witches sabbath was simply the last form which the priapeia and liberalia assumed in western europe, and 1 quod du sunt professiones in ordine templi, prima licita et bona, et secunda est contra fidem. wilkins, concilia, ii, 383. 2 wilkins, concil, ii, 387. generative powers 207 in

peu souvent un generative powers 241 with one woman or girl, as we do in our galliards; so they have told and assured us, that they only danced there three sorts of branles, or brawls, usually turning their shoulders to one another, and the back of each looking towards the round of the dance, and the face turned outwards. the first is the bohemian dance, for the wandering bohemians are also half devils; i mean those long-haired people without country, who are neither egyptians (gipsies, nor of the kingdom of bohemia, but are born everywhere, as they pursue their route, and pass countries, in the fields, and under the trees, and they go about dancing and playing conjuring tricks, as at the sabbath. so they are numerous in the country of labourd, on account of the easy passage from navarre

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t of spirit have absolute power over the forces of evil. magi should seek the light in times of trial or when they are doubtful and afraid, any time they find themselves assailed by the darkness. if they seek with open hearts, it will come. as jesus, one of the greatest magi, rightly observed "ask, and it shall be given you (matthew 7:7. but if they play the hypocrite, they will seek in vain, and devils will mock them. the magi should ask the light for instruction in the art of magic. the light will give it if their purposes are honest and if magic is a part of their personal des- tinies. they may ask for the names of spirits, the signs that will bind them, their true forms accordmg to human understanding, and all other aspects of the art. usually the light will communicate through interme

g for hours, perhaps days. the worst is probably the birth of a madness that will be difficult to shake off. complete nervous breakdowns are not uncommon. although the circle is two-dimensional, drawn in a plane parallel to what is perceived as the flat surface of the earth, it is symbolically a representation of a complete envelope that encloses its maker from top to toe. there is no danger that devils will slip under or over it. often the envelope is imagined as a cylinder extending endlessly up and down; but it is more accurate to conceive it as a sphere the circumference of which is traced by the flaming ring of the astral circle. in some modern practice this sphere of protection is delineated by three cir- cles set perpendicularly to one another, each circle being drawn in one spatial

pounding noises. when even a small amount of noise is present in the psy- chic ear of the magus, the whisper cannot be heard, although it continues to speak all the while. evil can take many forms: thoughts, acts, words. such things as the worry and bother of daily business are not usually recognized as evil, yet they drown out the voice of the guardian. this is why medieval woodcuts show little devils pricking the common folk with pitchforks as they go about their futile activities-gossiping, lying, gambling, speculating-because the artists intuitively grasped that evil uses small acts to dis- tract the mind away from the light. why else show devils tugging on ears and tick- ling noses? such useless and time-wasting activities as fill the lives of average persons are the stones that buil

serve as an instrument of chaotic forces. make a simple test. sit in a quiet place and try to listen to your own inner still- ness. in zen terms, strive to hear the sound of one hand clapping. do not allow your attention to fur on any extraneous thing. ignore all noises, movements, sen- sations, and thoughts. unless you have trained for quite a long time, you will not be able to do it. the little devils with pitchforks will prevent you from concentrating on the silence. you will itch. your tongue and lips will become dry. you will swallow, you will shift about in your seat. small noises will soon be magnified into thunder. your mind will race like an engine out of control. and any time you focus your attention on these matters you will be turning away from the voice of your guardian. the g

is based on this truth. unlike the guardian, the personal devil speaks in a voice that is loud and unceasing. it prefers to remain invisible so that the thoughts of its host will not dwell on its foul nature. humans can be divided into three groups based on their interaction with their personal angels and demons. the lowest order of humanity go through life guided entirely by the voices of their devils, without ever experiencing a single doubt or question about the futility of their little, ugly lives. these are the lowest of the low, who cannot even be compared to beasts without outraging nature. they are beyond change or help, knowing and caring to know nothing but material things. the middle class of mankind, which form the majority, are guided for the most part by the strident voices

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hysical effects, there is little reason to doubt that she was in communication with spiritual beings, or that she received her most significant writings from them while in a trance state. even as a sickly young child, blavatsky was strongly gifted with mediumistic abilities. she was a sleepwalker, and was given to fits of uncontrollable fury that caused her nurses to accuse her being possessed by devils. in order to drive them out, she would later say, she was "drenched with enough holy water to float a ship."88 her favorite playmate was a spirit that came in the form of a small hunchbacked boy. when others told her that they could not see him, she became irritated by their lack of perception. as she grew into her teens, her mediumistic gifts flowered, and she performed such tricks as loca

bindings, coupled with his hunger and thirst, at last induced his astral double to leave his body and fly downward to the roots of the tree. there are several significant details we may deduce from this important poem. the runes were an infernal device. they were not of the heavenly realms, but of the underworld, the dark realm of hel, goddess of the dead, the hidden shadow world of monsters and devils, of necromantic sorceries and blood magic. woden did not look upward when suspended from the tree; he gazed downward at the very roots of the tree, the depths of which no man has knowledge. the runes were carved into the roots of the tree. we know this because runes are not tangible things, but are symbols similar to letters of the alphabet. there is no such thing as a rune in a material se

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irst in god, afterward diffused into these twelve and seven angels, by whom it is extended into the twelve signs, and into the seven planets, and consequently into all the other ministers and instruments of god, penetrating even to the very depths. hence christ saith, whatsoever you shall ask the father in my name, he will give you; and after his resurrection saith, in my name they shall cast out devils, and do as followeth; so that the name of four letters is no further necessary, the whole virtue thereof being translated into the name jesus, in which only miracles are done; neither is there any other (as peter saith) under heaven given unto men, by which they can be saved, but that. but let us not think, that by naming jesus prophanely, as the name of a certain man, we can do miracles by

VOX SABBATUM

ribably outrages are perpetrated in exchanging women, by the order of the presiding devil, by passing on a women to the other women and a man to other men, an abuse against the nature of women by both parties and similarly against the nature of men, or by a woman with a man outside the regular orifice and in another orifice in the compendium maleficarum, guazzo suggested the following theory- for devils can assume the bodies of dead men, or recreate for themselves out of air or other elements a palpable body like that of flesh, and to these they can impart motion and heat at their will. they can therefore create the appearance of sex which they do not naturally have, and abuse men in a feminine form and women in a masculine form, and lie on top of women or lie under men; and they can also

vessels of night in the serpents skin do i cloak myself as i leap into the twilight gate unto the shadow world, of spectral flight from the flesh i go forth, unbound from profane clay from the twilight guardian and guide, can then shades arise shall i as shadow black, ashen with the remains of the dead dance around the fires of the circle, against the sun to summon the smoke o horned intiator and devils flesh my cloak of serpent skin worn clothe me in the robe of az in the watchers fields of time vox sabbatum the witches sabbat 18 you may recite now the lord s prayer reversed, which is used also in rites of lycanthropy and other averse chthonic rites nema, live morf reviled tub. noitatpmet otni ton su dael dna su tsniaga ssapsert that meht evigrof ew sa, sessapsert ruo su evigrof dna. daer

WALLIS BUDGE E A LEGENDS OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS

t he proved that the narrative on the stele was drawn up several hundreds of years after the events described in it took place, and that its author was but imperfectly acquainted with the form of the egyptian language in use in the reign of rameses ii. in fact, the legend was written in the interests of the priests of the temple of khensu, who wished to magnify their god and his power to cast out devils and to exorcise evil spirits; it was probably composed between b.c. 650 and b.c. 250.[fn#37 [fn#32] choix de monuments egyptiens, paris, 1847, plate xxiv [fn#33] transactions of the royal society of literature, new series, vol. iv, p. 217 ff [fn#34] journal asiatique (etude sur une stele egyptienne, august, 1856, august, 1857, and august-sept, 1858, paris, 8vo, with plate [fn#35] brugsch, g

fn#66] here we have another instance of the important part which the spittle played in magical ceremonies that were intended to produce evil effects. the act of spitting, however, was intended sometimes to carry a curse with it, and sometimes a blessing, for a man spat in the face of his enemy in order to lay the curse of impurity upon him, and at the present time, men spit upon money to keep the devils away from it [fn#67] the gods were, according to one belief, nothing more than the various names of ra, who had taken the forms of the various members of his body [fn#68] thus the god's own name became his most important talisman [fn#69] the position of isis as the "great enchantress" is well defined, and several instances of her magical powers are recorded. by the utterance of her words of

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

tal 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 out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet; for they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of god almighty. arcano vi bienamados hermanos de mi alma: hoy vamos a estudiar el arcano seis del tarot. amad simos: recordad el sello de salom n; sus dos tri ngulos entrelazados que junta y separa el amor, son realmente y sin duda alguna enlazados (las dos l

WICCA WITCHCRAFT TODAY

soon as the last witch had left made some excuse to be seen by as many people as possible in the village, so that if it became known that a sabbat had been held in the neighbourhood they themselves would be above suspicion. there are many yarns of people getting out of windows and even chimneys when there were non-cult members in the house. most of the people in those days believed in goblins and devils and were afraid of the dark, so that if the witches were a few hundred yards from the village they were safe from prowlers, of course, the witches did all they could to foster these fears. they were great leg-pullers, for successful leg-pulling often saved their lives; but their warning tales of the dark were not entirely groundless. the men of the heaths always used poisoned arrows. after

sweep the luck away. in lady kyteler's case there was sufficient evidence to prove the existence of witchcraft and of a coven of thirteen. 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

d enough, they would dictate to him what to say, and whom to implicate. the average person conveniently forgets that this was done, if indeed he ever knew; but witches do not forget that this or similar treatment was meted out to their ancestors, and the days of persecution are not over, at least in many places, so the witch still keeps underground. aldous huxley in his most enlightening book the devils of loudun tells (page 177) of the tortures and death of one grandier in 1634 on the charge of bewitching some nuns. the particulars are taken from the court records and are authentic 'in the presence of two apothecaries and several doctors grandier was stripped, shaved all over and then systematically pricked to the bone with a long, sharp probe. the pain was excruciating and, through the b

is was hammered to the head. a third was inserted immediately below the first. at the second stroke of the fourth wedge several bones of the feet and ankles were broken. a fifth wedge was inserted. the prisoner asked "father, do you believe on your conscience a man ought merely to be delivered from pain, to confess a crime he has not committed "you have been a magician, you have had commerce with devils" was the answer. when he protested once more he was innocent, the sixth wedge was hammered home, then a seventh, then an eighth; the bones of the knees, the shins, the ankles and feet, all were shattered' page 249 'the two-pound taper was placed in grandier's hand and he was lifted down from the cart to beg pardon, as the sentence had prescribed, for his crime, but there were no knees to kn

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

shmaelites, 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 tcott in christi

spands. ormuzd, source of life; bahman, the king of this world; ardibehest, fire producer; shahrivar, the former of metals; spandarmat, queen of the earth (the gnostic sophia; khordad, the ruler of times and seasons; and amerdad, ruling over the vegetable world. below there are the 27 izeds, ruled over by mithras. in opposition to these were powers of darkness, the 7 arch devs and the 27 devs, or devils as we call them. 84. the historic city of rome, pagan before it was christian, was built upon seven hills. the palatine, coelian, aventine, viminal, quirinal, esquiline, and the capitol. in latin times it was called urbs septicollis. some old authors speak of valentia as a secret name for rome. the bijou notes and queries, vol. xiv, p. 235, says that the 7 days of the week have all been use

hen most powerful; from the estrucans the romans took much of their law, custom and superstition. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott it is by nines that eastern presents are given, when they would extend their magnificence to the greatest degree, as mentioned in comte de caylus, oriental tales. 1743. barrett s magus notes also 9 precious stones, 9 orders of devils, 9 choirs of angels he copies from john heydon. note in this connection, the nundinals of the romans, who marked the days by letters into parcels of 8 days, and on every 9th day the people left their pursuits and went to the towns to market. hence, the jocular latin saying, tres mulieres nundinas faciunt. these nundinals are a type of our dominical letters, a set of seven marking out the 8t

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