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. they are over the universe as a king upon his throne, and they are in the revolution of the year as a king traversing his dominions, and they are in the heart of man as a king in warfare. and the twelve leaves are the images of those ideas, and are the outer petals of the rose; while within are the four archangels ruling over the four quarters, and the kerubic emblems of the lion, man, bull and eagle. around the great central lamp which is an image of the sun, is the great mother of heaven, symbolized by the letter heh, the first of the single letters, and by its number 5, the pentagram, malkah the bride, ruling in her kingdom malkuth, crowned with a crown of twelve stars. these twelve circles further represent the 12 foundations of the holy city of the apocalypse while in christian symb

18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

j^ita oscillantia? it appears that when they hung up the heads, they propped open the moiith with a stick, conf. isengr. 645. reinardus 3, 293 (see suppl. nailing birds of prey to the gate of a burg or barn is well known, and is practised to this day. hanging up horses' heads was mentioned on p. 47. the grimnismal 10 tells ns, in osin's mansion there hung a wolf outside the door, and over that an eagle; were these mere simulacra and insignia 1 witechind says, the saxons, when sacrificing, set up an eagle over the gate: ad orientalem portam ponuntaquilam, aramque victoriae construentes; this eagle seems to have been her emblem. a dog hung up over the threshold is also mentioned, lex. alam. 102. buildings. 79 sed deprensarum passim capita omo, ferai^m arhoris ohscoenae patuiis haercntia rami

2^ and herbaldr 218' are used for a hero in general; atgeirs baldr (lanceae vir, fornm. sog. 5, 307. this conversion from a proper name to a noun appellative 1 graff 1, 432 tliinks this name stands for paltaro, and is a compoiuul of aro (aar, aquila, bnt this is nnsujiported by analogy; in tlie ninth and tenth centuries, weak forms are not yet curtailed, and we always find epiu-aro(.eberaar, boar-eagle, never epurar. paltar. 221 exactly reminds us of fniuja, ivu, fred, and the otst. ty*r. as bealdor is already extinct in as. prose, our proper name paltar seems likewise to have died out early; heathen songs in ohg. may have knuwn a paltar= princeps. such gothic forms as baldrs, gen. ualdris, and baldrs (princeps, may fairly be assumed^ this baldrs would in strictness appear to have no conne

es with tlie norwegians; even when disguised as a bride, he does not refuse the giants' dishes, saeni. 73; and the ases boiled an ox on their journey, sn. 80' in sanskrit, siulha nectar is distinguished from rnjin'to ambrosia. everywhere there is an eitgli in the l)usiness: garuda is called sudhahara, or amritaharana, nectar-thief or ambrosia-thief (pott, forsch. 2, 4')1; it is in the shape of an eagle that obinn carries off oshrajrir, and zeus his cupbearer ganymede (see ch. xxxv and xxx, path-crossing and poetry. 320 condition of gods. but, for all that, tliey are regarded as subject to the encroachments of age, so that there are always some yoinifi and some old gods; in particular, odinn or wuotan is pictured everywhere as an old greybeard (conf. the old god, p. 21, thorr as in the full

nteresting are the doulile names for two birds, the 'xjaxid^ or kvfilvbi (conf. plin. 10, 10, and the alero^ and irepkvo. xa\kibird of prey, a hawk or owl, which does not answer to the description 6pvi \iyvpd (piping, and the myth requires a bird that in sweet and silvery tones sings one to sleep, like the nightingale. itep/ci'o? means dark-coloured, which suits the eagle; to imagine it the bird of the thundergod perkun, would be too daring. poetic periphrases there are none among these greek words. the principal point seems to be, that the popular beliefs of greeks and teutons agree in tracing obscure words and those departing from common usage to a distinction between divine and human speech. the greek scholiasts suppose that the poet, holding converse with

emachus as mentor, in the same way othin appeared as the chariot-driver bruno (p. 330, or as a one-eyed old man. metamorphoses of gods into animals in teutonic mythology take place only for a definite momentary purpose, to which the character of the animal supplies the key; e.g, o'isinn takes the shape of a snake, to slip throu ,di a 22 338 condition of gods. hole lie has bored (sn. 86, and of an eagle, to fly away in haste (86, loki that of a fly, in order to sting (131, or to creep through a keyhole (356; no larger designs are ever compassed by such means. so, when athene flies away as a bird, it expresses the divinity of her nature and the suddenness of her departure. but the swan or bvill, into which zeus transformed himself, can only be explained on the supposition that leda too, and

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th his scepter the invoking circle and pentagrams before it in the air. hiero: and the elohim said, let us make adam in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea. in the name of el, strong and powerful, and in the name of elohim tzabaoth, spirits of water adore your creator. hiero: taking cup of water from before tablet and making therewith the sign of the eagle in the air before it. hiero: in the name of gabriel, the great archangel of water, and in the sign of the eagle, spirits of water adore your creator (making the cross with cup of water) in the names and letters of the great western quadrangle revealed unto enoch by the angel ave, spirits of water adore your creator (holding cup on high) in the three great secret names of god, borne on the ba

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

, energies with the yin, or female. the god figure may be represented by a horn, and the goddess by a large conch shell. there are a great variety of deity figures in museum shops as well as new age shops and those selling goods from particular areas of the world. you may, however, feel more comfortable with a ceramic animal, bird or reptile for which you feel an affinity: a tiger for courage, an eagle for vision, a cat for mystery and independence, a snake for regeneration. this is what native americans call our personal totem or power creature. you may find some of these are, in some cultures, the symbols of divinities. there is, for example, bast, the cat-headed egyptian goddess who protected women- especially in pregnancy and childbirth- the home, pleasure and joy. bast was originally

zontally. visualise a stream of light emanating from your finger. as you circle, chant: circle one i cast for the light of the earth and her store of rich minerals, gold, silver, copper smelted in forges of volcanic fire. circle two i cast for the moonlit seas, for silver dolphins, seals and cascading rainbow fish. circle three i cast for the sunlit skies, the clouds pure gold and the gilt-tipped eagle soaring high* light the candle in the north* choose one of your three oils and, holding it in your receptive hand (the one you do not write with, circle over it nine times deosil the crystal pendulum or pendant* say three times, faster and faster: star, moon, sun and candle bright, charge this oil with radiant light, power of ginger [or name of oil] prosper me, enter golden energy* after the

ce of life as it is, seeking joy in what one has, not fretting for what one has not ogronios, the time of shining ice native american name: when the geese first lay moon full moon date: february/march (august/september in the southern hemisphere) ritual: the stirring of new hope and trust, releasing potential that has been frozen curios, the time of the winds native american name: purification or eagle moon full moon date: march/april (september/october in the southern hemisphere) ritual: change, clearing away stagnation and inertia glamonios, growing green shoots native american name: frog or blossom moon full moon date: april/may (october/november in the southern hemisphere) ritual: new horizons and opportunities, fertility simiuisonnos, bright time or the time of dancing native american

s and personal, fidelity, loyalty and male potency in both the human and animal kingdom. ironically, jupiter can lead to excesses, including greed, addictions and obsessions, so it can also be used for banishing these. jupiter, known as the sky father, was the supreme roman god, ruler of the universe. like zeus, his greek counterpart, jupiter controlled the thunderbolts, which were carried by his eagle, the noblest of the birds. however, he ruled not despotically, but as the chief of a triumvirate of gods: the other two were juno, his consort, and minerva, goddess of wisdom, who made up the feminine principle of deeper, more instinctual wisdom. use the hour of jupiter to profit from an opportunity to upgrade your life. element: air colour: blue/purple crystals: azurite, lapis lazuli, sodal

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erhaps from heb. dmo= tears but also liquids or fluids. no. j is a gnomonic square of j squares out of c f squares. leleh= hebrew lilh= night, darkness. of abramelin the mage 136 the fifth chapter. ow we may retain the familiar spirits bond or free in whatsoever form( b) in the form of a lion( c) in the form of a page( d) in the form of a flower( e) in the form of a horseman( f) in the form of an eagle( g) in the form of a dog( h) in the form of a bear( i) in the form of a soldier( j) in the form of an old man( b a) in the form of a moor (if) in the form of a serpent( b c) in the form of an ape (1) a n a k i m n a k i m (2) c e p h i r e p h i r (3) o i k e t i s i k e t i s p a r a s a r a s (4) the sacred magick 137 (5) r a c a h a c a h (6) c u s i s u s i s (7) p e r a c h i e r a c h

e be numbered b. no. d is a gnomon of b d squares taken from a square of e j squares; and in the ms. occupies the first place in order. oiketis, greek, means a maid-servant or feminine page. this square therefore should probably be numbered c. no. e is a gnomon of j squares taken from a square of c f squares. paras= hebrew prsh, a horse, or horseman, while prs= an ossifrage, a bird of the hawk or eagle kind. this square is apparently correctly numbered, though in the ms. it is in the second place. no. f is a gnomon of j squares taken from a square of c f squares. racah is apparently from the hebrew rqh meaning vain, empty; and does not seem to have any particular reference to any of the forms mentioned for the symbols. no. g is again a gnomon of j squares, taken from a square of c f square

er of c e squares taken from a square of e j squares. perachi, perhaps from prk, savagery. db is a bear in hebrew. the sacred magick 139 no. i is a square of c f squares. risir, perhaps from latin risor, a mocker or jester. iseri, perhaps from hebrew or chaldaic root, isr, to punish or whip. sekes, perhaps from schsh= reborn by hope. no. j is again a square of c f squares. neser= hebrew, nshr, an eagle; which seems to shew that this square should be numbered f. elehe is probably alhi, hebrew= my god. sepes? shps= the hair on the lip, the moustache. resen= rsn heb= a bridle or bit. no. b a is a gnomon of b b squares taken from a square of d g squares. pethen= hebrew, pthn, an asp or venomous serpent, whence this square should probably be numbered b b. no. b b is a square of c f squares. kal

the i sub-princes of the evil spirits. no. c a is a square of d g squares. orimel is evidently here used as the name of a spirit. oirin is a chaldaic word meaning angelic watchers over the kingdoms of the earth. orion may also come from this word. the sacred magick 169 the seventeenth chapter. o fly in the air and travel any whither( b) in a black cloud( c) in a white cloud( d) in the form of an eagle( f)*in the form of a crow (or raven( e) in the form of a vulture( g) in the form of a crane. c notes to chapter xvii (a) the symbols of this chapter are manifested in part by the angels, and in part also by the evil spirits (b) oriens, paimon, ariton, and amaimon execute the operations hereof by means of their common ministers (1) t a s m a a g e i m s e v e s m i e g a a m s a t (2) a n a n

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ary or astrological attributions. the ten squares of the sephirotic cross also stand for the ace and small cards of the suit represented by the element of the lesser angle. thus wands are attributed to the d angle, pentacles to the b angle, etc. the kerubic squares are allotted, as their name implies, to the four kerubim whose emblems follow the order of the letters of tetragrammaton: y h lion e eagle h king queen w h (final) man k bull b prince princess these last are of the suit corresponding to the element of the lesser angle as explained above, viz: wands to d and y; cups to c and h; swords to a and w; pentacles to b and h final. it was previously shown how the squares of the servient part of each lesser angle were given a double attribution to the letters of the name. they were seen

ve squares, instead of as ten as before, then since they are divided into a 3, a 4, a 5, as 27 in oipteaapdoce they may be said to symbolize the triad of the supernals, the tetrad of the elements, and the o. again. in the commencing triad of the linea spiritus sancti of each tablet, it may be said that: oro will be symbolical of the voice of the man kerub. mph will be symbolical of the cry of the eagle kerub. mor will be symbolical of the low of the bull kerub. oip will be symbolical of the roar of the lion kerub. there are various ways of looking at the pyramids prior to undertaking the practical work of using them as the symbol for skrying in the spirit-vision. s.r.m.d. suggests a useful mode of meditation which elaborates in a most illuminating way the ordinary attributions. he says: th

tremely strong, and is stirred to action by the energy of geburah. were it not for the m it would be the destroying energy of a flood, but the latter renders its effect more gentle and beneficient, promoting the solution and nourishment of matter. the square of m of aismt, a kerubic square of the fiery lesser angle of the b tablet. triangle no. 1: queen of wands triangle no. 2: b. triangle no. 3: eagle kerub. c triangle no. 4: d here b acting downwards and d upwards, the effect would be volcanic. the c is as strongly palced as the d, rendering it explosive, though helping to stifle the d by its 29 union with the b. the queen of wands equals the c of d, h of y, reconciling these two elements. therefore the whole effect would be to produce a moist, generating heat, like that of a conservator

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ructed this tomb for myself as a compendium of the universal unity' 19 "within the next circle is written: hwchy mihi omnia 'hwchy is all things to me' in the center are four figures of the \ybwrk enclosed within circles surrounded by the following four inscriptions and each distinguished by the circular altar one of the letters of the tetragrammaton: y, lion, nequaquam vacuum 'nowhere a void' h, eagle, libertas evangelii 'liberty of the gospel' w, man, dei intacta gloria 'unsullied glory of god' h, ox, legis jugum 'yoke of the law' and in the midst of all is c, the letter of m forming thus the divine name hwchy, from tetragrammaton. therefore, by god's grace having come thus far, let us kneel down together (all kneel, joining wands above the altar) second "unto thee, sole wise, sole might

ALEISTER CROWLEY EIGHT LECTURES ON YOGA

and how do we do this? by so ordering every thought, word and act, in such a way that the attention is constantly recalled to the chosen object. 6. suppose i want to evoke the 'intelligence' of jupiter. i base my work upon the correspondences of jupiter. i base my mathematics on the number 4 and its subservient numbers 16, 34, 136. i employ the square or rhombus. for my sacred animal i choose the eagle, or some other sacred to jupiter. for my perfume, saffron- for my libation some preparation of opium or a generous yet sweet and powerful wine such as port. for my magical weapon i take the sceptre; in fact, i continue choosing instruments for every act in such a way that i am constantly reminded of my will to evoke jupiter. i even constrain *every* object. i extract the jupiterian elements

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

lord of the world. and the second comes from the east, and is called sed and has the shape of a bull, but with a human face, and is very mighty. and the third comes from the south, and is called lamas, and is of the shape of a lion, but with a human head, and governs those things of the flame and the burning wind. and the fourth comes from the west, and is called nattig, and is of the shape of an eagle, but with a human body, having only the face and wings of an eagle, with an eagle's claws. and this eagle comes from the sea and is a great mystery. and from nuzku upon uru they come, and do not wait, and are always present, and they receive the wanderers in their seasons. and the season of sed is that of the great night, when the bear is slain, and this is in the month of airu. and the seas

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

8 and 30. it is a practical instruction, the gist of which is easily to be apprehended by comparatively short practice of mantra-yoga. a mantra is not being properly said as long as the man knows he is saying it. the same applies to all other forms of magick. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 72 [75] 33 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta lambda-gamma baphomet a black two-headed eagle is god; even a black triangle is he. in his claws he beareth a sword; yea, a sharp sword is held therein. this eagle is burnt up in the great fire; yet not a feather is scorched. this eagle is swallowed up in the great sea; yet not a feather is wetted. so flieth he in the air, and lighteth upon the earth at his pleasure. so spake iacobus burgundus molensis(17) the grand master of the temple;

ster of the temple; and of the god that is ass-headed did he dare not speak. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 73 [76] commentary( lambda-gamma) 33 is the number of the last degree of masonry, which was conferred upon frater p. in the year 1900 of the vulgar era by don jesus de medina-sidonia in the city of mexico. baphomet is the mysterious name of the god of the templars. the eagle described in paragraph 1 is that of the templars. this masonic symbol is, however, identified by frater p. with a bird, which is master of the four elements, and therefore of the name tetragrammaton. jacobus burgundus molensis suffered martyrdom in the city of paris in the year 1314 of the vulgar era. the secrets of his order were, however, not lost, and are still being communicated to the w

elements, and therefore of the name tetragrammaton. jacobus burgundus molensis suffered martyrdom in the city of paris in the year 1314 of the vulgar era. the secrets of his order were, however, not lost, and are still being communicated to the worthy by his successors, as is intimated by the last paragraph, which implies knowledge of a secret worship, of which the grand master did not speak. the eagle may be identified, though not too closely, with the hawk previously spoken of. it is perhaps the sun, the exoteric object of worship book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 74 of all sensible cults; it is not to be confused with other objects of the mystic aviary, such as the swan, phoenix, pelican, dove and so on. note (17) his initials i.b.m. are the initials of the three pill

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of the decans (ascendant. cl. magical images of the decans (succedent. 15 a tall, dark, restless man, with keen flamecoloured eyes, bearing a sword. a green-clad woman, with one left bare from the ankle to the knee. 16 a woman with long and beautiful hair, clad in flame-coloured robes a man of like figure (to the ascendant, with cloven hoofs like an ox. 17 a beautiful woman with her two horses an eagle-headed man, with a bow and arrow. wears crowned steel helmet. 18 a man with distorted face and hards, a horse s body, white feet, and a girdle of leaves a beautiful woman wreathed with myrtle. she holds a lyre and sings of love and gladness. 19 a man in sordid raiment, with him a nobleman on horseback, accompanied by bears and dogs a man crowned with a white myrtle wreath, holding a bow 20 a

k. 7. gentian. 23. yellow honey. 8. dittany. 24. lignum aloes. 9. vervain. 25. cloves. 10. bay-tree. 26. cinnamon. 11. cedar. 27. calamus. 12. palm-tree. 28. aromaticus. 13. ash. 29. pepper. 14. ivy. 30. frankincense. 15. vine. 31. sweet marjoram. 16. mint. 32. libanotis. among animals 1. lion. 5. boar. 2. crocodile. 6. bull. 3. spotted-wolf. 7. baboon. 4. ram. among birds 1. phoenix. 5. cock. 2. eagle. 6. crow. 3. vulture. 7. hawk. 4. swan. among insects 1. glow-worm. 2. beetle. among fish 1. sea-calf. 4. star-fish. 2. shell-fish. 5. strombi. 3. pullus. 6. margar. among metals 1. gold. col. xl. aaron s breastplate is very doubtful; we advise reliance on columns stones and tribes, we having chosen stones on bases of physical analogy to signs, colours &c. col. xlii. the following table of s

. m and n line 19. s and t line 20. w line 22. o line 24. line 25. u line 26. x line 28. z line 29. y see the handbook of geomancy, the equinox i: 2, p. 137.8 col. l. the catholic seven deadly sins in square brackets. col. lvii. egyptian quarters. cols. lvii, lix &c. beth elohim gives- michael, leo, and south to c and y. gabrial, bull, and north to b and h. raphael, man, and west to e and. uriel, eagle, and east to d and w. col. lxix. sattvas, h rajas, and f tamas g in a close analogy col. lxxix, line 13. add (3321) ttrc tumhcrbdc [shadbarshehmoth sharthathan, the spirt of the spirits of the moon. the final is counted as 700, as are the final\ s in col. lxxviii, line 13.9 col. lxxxv. line 6. or lamcj. line 9. or laynpz. col. lxxxix. add daath, ahyh. col. xciii, line 10. contains the earth

of their attacks or caresses. line 12. his attitude suggests the shape of the swastika or thunderbolt, the message of god. line 13. she is reading intently in an open book. line 14. she bears a sceptre and a shield, whereon is figured a dove as a symbol of the male and female forces. line 15. his attitude suggests f, and he is seated upon the cubic stone, whose sides show the green lion and white eagle. line 16. he is crowned, sceptred, and blessing all in a threefold manner. four living creatures adore him, the whole suggesting a pentagram by its shape. line 17. he is inspired by apollo to prophesy concerning things sacred and progane: represented by a boy with his bow and two women, a priestess and an harlot. line 18. he drives furiously a chariot drawn by two sphinxes. as levi drew it

rajas, and tamas. line 23. from a gallows shaped like the letter d hangs by one foot a young fair man. his other leg forms a cross with the suspending one. his arms, clasped behind his head, form an upright b, and this radiates light. his mouth is resolutely closed. line 25. a winged and crowned goddess, with flashing golden belt, stands, and pours from her right hand the flame of a torch upon an eagle, while in her left hand she pours water from an horn upon a lion. between her feet a moon-shaped cauldron of silver smokes with perfume. line 26. levi s baphomet is sound commentary on this mystery, but should not be found in the text. line 27. human figures thrown thence suggest the letter u by their attitude. line 28. a woman, naked, and kneeling onher left knee, pours from a vase in her r

th a golden banner bearing a white cross. below a fair youth rises from a sacrophagus in the attitude of the god shu supporting the firmament. on his left a fair woman, her arms giving the sign of water an inverted c on the breast. on his right a dark man giving the sign of fire an upright b on the forehead. line 32. an ellipse, composed of 400 lesser circles. at the corners of the card a man, an eagle, a bull, and a lion. within the circles a naked shining figure in the sign of earth right foot advanced, fight hand advanced and raised, left hand lowered and thrown back. the hands grip each a ray of dazzling light, spiril, the right hand being dextro- and the left hand l vo-rotary. a red scarf conceals the fact of male genital organs, and suggests by its shape the letter k. such is the con

awn z1 paper the children of horus or canopic gods had invisible stations in the corners of the temple. the most immediate source for the elemental attributions, though, is the golden dawn paper on enochian chess where the four pawns of each side are referred to these god-forms. it is not clear why crowley omitted tuamutef for water (a g.d. coptic form of this name is cited in connection with the eagle kerub in a ritual in equinox i (3. in a myth recounted by budge (op. cit. vol. i p. 158) these gods are said to have grasped the four pillars of heaven as sceptres: amset the south, hapi the north, tuamutef the east, and qebhsennuf the west. they were also said to guard the canopic jars in which the internal organs of the deceased were preserved, and their g.d. attributions to the crossquart

unted in the enumeration, which would explain the fourth dot in m. m and the extra coloured band used to glyph the word in pyramidos. lines 1-9: in the heart of the master, section aves( birds, nine magical formula are given as the voices of various symbolic birds, apparently referred to the sephiroth 1-9, thus: 1 (the swan: aumgn (one version has aum) 2 (the phoenix: al 3 (the raven: amen 4 (the eagle: su 5 (the hawk: agla 6 (the pelican: iao 7 (the dove: hriliu 8 (the ibis: abrahadabra 9 (the vulture: mu line 24: possibly on (ayin nun) should also be referred here. notes 54 col. xlvi. crowley s later attributions of the trigrams of the i ching, etc, to the sephiroth are given in the book of thoth, thusly: 0: tao. 1: tao teh. 2:yang. 3: yin. daath: khien. 4: tui. 5: kbn. 6: li. 7: kbn. 8:

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ram of spirit passive and pronounce these names: hyha. alga. hcoma [make the invoking pentagram of water and pronouce: l a. twabx \yhla] the forty-eight keys or calls 24 and elohim said: let us make adam in our own image; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea! in the name of l a, strong and powerful, and in the name of twabx \yhla, spirits of water, adore your creator [make sigil of eagle with cup] in the name of larbg and in the sign of the eagle, spirits of water, adore your creator [make cross with cup] in the names and letters of the great western quadrangle, spirits of water, adore your creator [elevate cup] in the three great secret names of god, mph arsl gaiol that are borne upon the banners of the west, spirits of water, adore your creator [elevate cup] in the name of

ayala holado, od zodirome o coraxo das zodiladare raasyo. od vabezodire cameliaxa od bahala: niiso!11 salamanu telocahe! casaremanu hoel-qo, od ti ta zod cahisa soba coremefa i ga. niisa! bagile aberameji nonu ape. zodacare eca od zodameranu! odo cicale qaa! zodoreje, lape zodiredo noco mada, hoathahe i a i d a! the mighty seat ground, and there were five thunders that flew into the east. and the eagle spake and cried aloud: come away from the house of death! and they gathered themselves together and became12 (those) of whom it is measured, and it is as they are, whose number is 31. come away! for i have prepared (a place) for you. move therefore, and shew yourselves! unveil the mysteries of your creation. be friendly unto me, for i am the servant of the same your god: the true worshipper

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

i am numb with the lonely lust of devildom. thrust the sword through the galling fetter, all-devourer, all-begetter; give me the sign of the open eye, and the token erect of thorny thigh, and the word of madness and mystery, o pan! io pan! io pan! io pan pan! pan pan! pan, i am a man: do as thou wilt, as a great god can, o pan! io pan! io pan! io pan pan! i am awake in the grip of the snake. the eagle slashes with beak and claw; the gods withdraw: the great beasts come, io pan! i am borne to death on the horn of the unicorn. i am pan! io pan! io pan pan! pan! vi i am thy mate, i am thy man, goat of thy flock, i am gold, i am god, flesh to thy bone, flower to thy rod. with hoofs of steel i race on the rocks through solstice stubborn to equinox. and i rave; and i rape and i rip and i rend e

ree from the false conceptions attached to it by the ahamkara or ego-making facility, whose assumption that conscious individuality constitutes existence let it to consider its own apparently catastrophic character as pertaining to the order of nature. 47 the undulatory formula of putrefaction is represented in the qabalah by the letter n, which refers to scorpio, whose triune nature combines the eagle, snake and scorpion. these hieroglyphs themselves indicate the spiritual formulae of incarnation. he was also anxious to use the letter g, another triune formula expressive of the aspects of the moon, which further declares the nature of human existence in the following manner. the moon is in itself a dark orb; but an appearance of light is communicated to it by the sun; and it is exactly in

it cannot be called a star, it is a little bit of a star, and part of the body of nuit. but there is no call for all this frightfulness. there is no need to knock the girl down, unless she refuses to do what you want, and she will always comply if you say a few nice things to her<wand or the disk> you can always use the body inhabited by an elemental, such as an eagle, hare, wolf, or any convenient animal, by making a very simple compact. you take over the responsibility for the animal, thus building it up into your own magical hierarchy. this represents a tremendous gain to the animal<magical aspect of eating animal food, and its justification, or rather the reconciliation of the apparent contradiction between the carnivorous and humanitaria

s, real and: imaginary: imaginary: 0: 1 :god :almond in flower: 2 :man :amaranth: 3 :woman :cypress, opium poppy: 4 :unicorn :olive, shamrock: 5 :basilisk :oak, nux vomica, nettle: 6 :phoenix, lion, child :acacia, bay, laurel, vine: 7 :lynx :rose: 8 :hermaphrodite, jackal, twin :moly, anhalonium lewinii: serpents: 9 :elephant:(banyan) mandrake, damiana: yohimba: 10 :sphinx :willow, lily, ivy :11 :eagle or man (cherub of air.:aspen: 12 :swallow, ibis, ape, twin :vervain, herb mercury: serpents: marjolane, palm: 13 :dog :almond, mugwort, hazel (as moon. moonworth: ranunculus: 14 :sparrow, dove, swan :myrtle, rose, clover: 15 :ram, owl :tiger lily, geranium: 16 :bull (cherub of earth :mallow: 17 :magpie, hybrids :hybrids, orchids: 18 :crab, turtle, sphinx :lotus: 19 :lion (cherub of fire :sun

nts: marjolane, palm: 13 :dog :almond, mugwort, hazel (as moon. moonworth: ranunculus: 14 :sparrow, dove, swan :myrtle, rose, clover: 15 :ram, owl :tiger lily, geranium: 16 :bull (cherub of earth :mallow: 17 :magpie, hybrids :hybrids, orchids: 18 :crab, turtle, sphinx :lotus: 19 :lion (cherub of fire :sunflower: 20 :virgin, anchorite, any :snowdrop, lily, narcissus: solitary person or animal: 21 :eagle :hyssop, oak, poplar, fig: 22 :elephant :aloe :23 :eagle-snake-scorpion :lotus, all water plants (cherub of water: 24 :scorpion, beetle, lobster or :cactus: crayfish, wolf: 25 :centaur, horse, hyppogriff :rush: dog: 26 :goat, ass :indian hemp, orchis root: thistle: 27 :horse, bear, wolf :absinthe, rue: 28 :man or eagle (cherub of air:(olive) cocoanut: peacock: 29 :fish, dolphin, crayfish :un

eness. but in the end he is overcome by death, who covers him with a black cross. let his body fall supine with arms outstretched. 6. so lying, let him aspire fervently unto the holy guardian angel. 7. now let him resume his former posture. two and twenty times shall he figure to himself that he is bitten by a serpent, feeling even in his body the poison thereof. and let each bite be healed by an eagle or hawk, spreading its wings above his head, and dropping thereupon a healing dew. but let the last bite be so terrible a pang at the nape of the neck that he seemeth to die, and let the healing dew be of such virtue that he leapeth to his feet. 8. let there be now placed within his egg a red cross, then a green cross, then a golden cross, then a silver cross; or those things which these sha

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wm mlw( 543 existence of existences: the name of the highest god hyh) r) hyh) 544 apples (ct. 2:5) myxwpt 545 a boar of the wood r(ym ryzx 546 sweet qwtm preserves; a watchman rmw# guards rwm# the head that is not: a title of kether )ld)#yr thy god (deut. 4:24, 28:58 *kyhl) 548 lord god of knowledge: the divine name of tiphareth t(dw hwl) hwhy 549 moral; felt, sensed #grwm storm-wind hr(s xwr 550 eagle, vulture, bird of prey; to fall off, fall away r#n a rod of iron (ps. 2) lzrb +b# masters, princes, heads, chiefs myr# dragons (restricted (ps. 74:13) mnynt 551 thy terror *kmy) lead, the metal of saturn; a plummet-line, level, water-level *kn) 552 the daily want, daily desire mymy tdmx 553 the great dragon lwdg nynt 554 bearing seed (rz (rz 555 obscurity htp( the god had (spelt in full :d):

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oney. he roars aloud, and the word thereof is this: the wrath of the master is the energy of love. there is a buffalo cow, grey-blue, whose udders overflow with milk, and her lowing means: the work of the master is the nourishment of life. there is a babe, that with his tiny hands presses out blood from his own breast, and smileth: the way of the master is the innocence of liberty. also, a golden eagle, bearing a chalice of wine, crying aloud: the woe of the master is the rapture of light. last in their midst, above his head, there whirls a wheel of many-coloured radiance, so that thereby all deeds are harmonized in one. and the whirring of the wheel declares: the wisdom of the master is the justice of time. attend to the will of the master! at this there cometh forth from the heart of the

ethyr. the voice of the phoenix. al: not to be burned, not to be quenched, the soul of the the heart of the master get any book for free on: www.abika.com 7 master bathes in the fire of nature, and is refreshed. the voice of the raven. amen: the past and the future are parts of the present, in the eye of the master, that seeth the secret of secrets and knoweth them all to be one. the voice of the eagle. su: the heavens are poised on the plumes of the righteous, that wingeth among them, beholding the sun; thus know ye the mercy and joy of the master! the voice of the hawk. agla: by thine energy riseth all motion of will of the master, begetter, destroyer! the voice of the pelican. iao: all that liveth is blood of the heart of the master: all stars are at feast on that pasture, abiding in li

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s the right to kill those who would thwart these rights "the slaves shall serve- al. ii. 58 "love is the law, love under will- al. i. 57. aleister crowley ve- al. ii t "the i ching" by the master therion (aleister crowley, inputed for the o.t.o. with a revision to the name of hexagram 51 of the brock publishing edition by the very excellent& perfect prince and reverend senior; knight of the red eagle, knight hermetic philosopher- senator steven santiago. completed may 1, 1989. uu the i ching a new translation of the book of changes by the master therion introduction the yi king is mathematical and philosophical in form. its structure is cognate with that of the qabalah; the actual apparatus is simple, and five minutes is sufficient to obtain a fairly detailed answer to any but the most o

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ch of which was superb in every detail at one time. a platitude was like a wife after a few years; she has lost none of her charms, and yet one prefers some perfectly worthless woman. i now found myself able to retrace the paths of thought which ultimately come together in a platitude. i would start with some few simple ideas and develop them. each stage in the process was like the joy of a young eagle soaring from height to height in ever increasing sunlight as dawn breaks, foaming, over the purple hem of the garment of ocean, and, when the many coloured rays of rose and gold and green gathered themselves together and melted into the orbed glory of the sun, with a rapture that shook the soul with unimaginable ecstasy, that sphere of rushing light was recognized as a common-place idea, acc

the world. note that the atu "death" in the tarot refers to scorpio. this sign is threefold: the scorpion that kills itself with its own poison, when its environment (the ring of fire) becomes intolerable; the serpent that renews itself by shedding its skin, that is crowned and hooded, that moves by undulations like light, and gives man wisdom at the price of toil suffering and mortality; and the eagle that soars, its lidless eyes bent boldly upon the sun "death" is, to the initiate, as inn by the wayside; its marks a stage accomplished; it offers refreshment, repose, and advice as to his plans for the morrow. but in this verse the main point is that death is the 'crown' of all. the crown is kether, the unity "love under will" having been applied to all nuith-possibilities of all khu-energ

remarks; verses 61 to 74 inclusive form a coherent passage: notice the words "death" in verses 68. there is evidently an intention to identify the climax of love with that of life. it is then not unnatural for us to ask: can 'death' have some deeper significance than appears? scorpio, the zodiacal sign of death, is really the sexual or reproductive function of nature. it is the earth-transcending eagle, the self-restoring serpent, and the self-immolating scorpion. in alchemy it is the principle of putrefaction, the "black dragon, whose state of apparent corruption is but a prelude to the rainbow-coloured spring-tide of the man in motley. the nymph of spring, syrinx, the trembling hollow reed which needs but breath to fill the world with music, attracts pan, the goat-god of ecstatic lust, b

the ninth degree of o.t.o. the 'child' is "babalon and the beast conjoined, the secret saviour, that is, the being symbolized by the egg and serpent hieroglyph of the phoenician adepts. the second kind is also a form of baphomet, but differs from the 'child' in that it is the lion-serpent in its original form. the process of softening and smoothing down is thus in this case that of vitalizing the eagle. it is inadvisable to word this explanation, in terms too intelligible to the profane, since uninitiated attempts to make use of the formidable arcana of magick presented in this passage could lead only to the most fulminating and irremediable disaster. al iii,25 "this burn: of this make cakes& eat unto me. this hath also another use; let it be laid before me, and kept thick with perfumes of

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awyers, all forms of government, make this our nobler work possible, and it is the gravest possible mistake to sneer at those humble but faithful followers of the great minds of the world. what, then, are the best, easiest, directed methods to attain our result? and how shall we, in mortal language, convey to the minds of others the nature of a result so beyond language, baffling even imagination eagle-pinioned? it may help us if we endeavour to outline the distinction between the hindu and buddhist methods and aims of the great work. the hindu method is really mystical in the truest sense; for, as i have shown, the atman is not infinite and eternal: one day tycarb 80 it must sink down with the other forces. but by creating in thought an infinite impersonal personality, by defining it as s

suaconch2 being in the sign of the lion, that our father set out from his castle of ug3 to attain the quintessence or philosophical tincture. the way being dark and the golden dawn at hand, he did call forth four servants to keep him in the midst of the way, and the lion roared before him to bid the opposers beware of his coming. on the bull he rode, and on his left hand and his right marched the eagle and the man. but his back was uncovered, seeing that he would not turn. and the spirit of the path met him. it was a young girl of two and twenty years, and she warned him that without the serpent5 his ways were but as wool cast into the dyer s vat. two-and-twenty scales had the serpent, and every scale was a path, and every path was alike an enemy and a friend. so he set out, and the darkne

eight,2 if the circle were but squared; and this also one day shall ye know, my brethren! and she gave him the great and perfect gift of magic, so that he fared forth right comely and well-provided. now at that great wedding was a suggler,3 a riddler: for he said, thou hast beasts: i will give thee weapons one for one. for the lion did our father win a little fiery wand like a flame, and for his eagle a cup of ever flowing water: for his man the suggler gave him a golden-hilted dagger (yet this was the worst of all his bargains, for it could not strike other, but him-self only, while for a curious coin he bartered his good bull. alas for our father! now the suggler mocks him and cries: four fool s bargains hast thou made, and thou art fit to go forth and meet a fool4 for thy mate. but our

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proof of his existence, have they not built up great towers of science, bastions of steam and of flame, and set a-singing the wheels of progress, and all the crafts and the guiles and the artifices of knowledge? they have contained the waters with their hands; and the earth they have set in chains; and the fire they have bound up as a wisp of undried straw; even the winds they have ensnared as an eagle in a net- yet the spirit liveth and is free, and they know it not, as they gaze down from their babel of words upon the soot-grimed fields, and the felled forests, and the flowerless banks of their rivers of mud, lit by the sun which glows red through the hooded mists of their magic. yet he who gazeth into the heavens, and crieth in a loud voice "there is no-god" is as a prophet unto mankind

is the undying one; he is the life and the master of life; he is the great living image of the sun, the sun, and the begetter of the sun. he is the divine child, the god-begotten one, and the begetter of god. he is the potent bull, the jewelled snake, the fierce lion. he is the monarch of the lofty mountains, and the lord of the woods and forests, the indweller of the globes of flame. as a royal eagle he soars through the heavens, and as a great dragon he churns up the waters of the deep. he holds the past between his hands as a casket of precious stones, the future lies before him clear as a mirror of burnished silver, and to-day is as an unsheathed dagger of gold at his girdle. as a slave who is bold becomes a warrior, so a warrior who is fearless becomes a king, changing his battered h

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universe. in this he is only saved by his minuteness. but in the end he is overthrown by death, who covers him with a black cross. 6. so lying, let him aspire fervently unto the holy guardian angel. 7. now let him resume his former posture. two and twenty times shall he figure to himself that he is bitten by a serpent, feeling even in his body the poison thereof. and let each bite be healed by an eagle or hawk, spreading its wings above his head, and dropping thereupon a healing dew. but let the last bite be so terrible a pang at the nape of the neck that he seemeth to die, and let the healing dew be of such virtue that he leapeth to his feet. 8. let there be now placed within his egg a red cross, then a green cross, then a golden cross, then a silver cross; or those things which these sha

e sabbath cup of its austerest liquor. forsaken is the hall; finished the festival. my witch and i are thrown dead on the altar stone by the contemptuous god that made our soul his own. come! come! we must begone. hiss the last orison! intone the last lament! take the last sacrament, the extreme unction, saviour when the soul is spent! 63 come! hurry through the night, a trail of tortured flight! eagle and pelican become mere maid and man till the next sabbath- days each like leviathan! nay! lift the languid head! take of this wine and bread! the vision is withdrawn; the lake calls, and the lawn; our love shall walk abroad in the grey hours of dawn! ethel ramsay. 64 the temple of solomon the king a. a. publication in class b. imprimatur: n. fra a. a. chart approximated_ vi. mys- v iv. iii

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eard the aethyr cry aloud "return! return! return! for the work is ended; and the book is shut; and let the glory be to god the blessed for ever in the aeons, amen" thus far is the voice of tex and no more. the cry of the twenty and ninth aire or aethyr, which is called rii the sky appears covered with stars of gold; the background is of green. but the impression is also of darkness. 6 an immense eagle-angel is before me. his wings seem to hide all the heaven. he cried aloud saying: the voice of the lord upon the waters: the terror of god upon mankind. the voice of the lord maketh the skies to tremble: the stars are troubled: the aires fall. the first voice speaketh and saith: cursed, cursed be the earth, for her iniquity is great. oh lord! let thy mercy be lost in the great deep! open thi

his mouth was scarlet and his eyes as sapphire stones. with a great sword he shore the skies asunder, and amid the silver flashes of the steel grew lightnings and deep clouds of indigo. 7 he spake: it is finished! my mother hath unveiled herself! my sister hath violated herself! the life of things hath disclosed its mystery. the work of the moon is done! motion is ended for ever! clipped are the eagle's wings: but my shoulders have not lost their strength. i heard a great voice from above crying: thou liest! for the volatile hath indeed fixed itself; but it hath arisen above thy sight. the world is desert: but the abodes of the house of my father are peopled; and his throne is crusted over with white brilliant stars, a lustre of bright gems. in the north is a man upon a great horse, havin

h, so that the herbs of the earth may feed thereof and die; and he shall be burnt utterly with fire, and the ashes thereof shall calcine the children of flame, that even in hell may be found an overflowing lamentation. and now on the breast of the angel is a golden egg between the blackness of the wings, and that egg grows and grows all over the aethyr. and it breaks, and within there is a golden eagle. and he cries: woe! woe! woe! yea, woe unto the world! for there is no sin, and there is no salvation. my plumes are 19 like waves of gold upon the sea. my eyes are brighter than the sun. my tongue is swifter than the lightning. yet am i hemmed in by the armies of night, singing, singing prases unto him that is smitten by the thunderbolt of the abyss. is not the sky clear behind the sun? the

wilt thou not have pity upon me? wilt thou not shield me? for i am naked, i am manifest, i am profane. o my father! wilt not thou withdraw me? i am extended, i am double, i am profane. woe, woe unto me! these are they that hear not prayer. it is i that have heard all prayer alway, and there is none to answer "me" woe unto me! woe unto me! accursed am i unto the aeons! all this time this brilliant eagle-headed god has been 20 attacked, seemingly, by invisible people, for he is wounded now and again, here and there; little streams of fresh blood come out over the feathers of his breast. and the smoke of the blood is gradually filling the aethyr with a crimson veil. there is a scroll over the top, saying "ecclesia abhorret a sanguine" and there is another scroll below it in a language of whic

mes from his mouth increase and whirl, and he cries: behold the mystery of toil, o thou who art taken in the toils of mystery. for i who trample the earth thereby make whirlpools in the air; be comforted, therefore, for though i be black, in the roof of my mouth is the sign of the beetle. bent are the backs of my brethren, yet shall they gore the lion with their horns. have i not the wings of the eagle, and the face of the man? and now he is turned into one of those winged assyrian bull-men. and he sayeth: the spade of the husbandman is the sceptre of the king. all the heavens beneath me, they serve me. they are my fields and my gardens and my orchards and my pastures. 29 glory be unto thee, who didst set thy feet in the north; whose forehead is pierced with the sharp points of the diamond

d above that, a purple veil, and above that, a golden veil, 30 so that now the whole stone is like a thick mat of woven gold wires; and there come forth, one from each side of the stone, two women, and grasp each other by both hands, and kiss, and melt into one another; and melt away.3 and now the veils open again, the gold parts, and the purple parts, and the silver parts, and there is a crowned eagle, also like the assyrian eagles. and he cries: all my strength and stability are turned to the use of flight. for though my wings are of fine gold, yet my heart is the heart of a scorpion. glory unto thee, who being born in a stable didst make thee mirth of the filth thereof, who didst suck in iniquity from the breast of thy mother the harlot; who didst flood with iniquity the bodies of thy c

rose! 31 therefore do i cry aloud, and my scream is the treble as the bellowing of the bull is the bass. peace in the highest and peace in the lowest and peace in the midst thereof! peace in the eight quarters, peace in the ten points of the pentagram! peace in the twelve rays of the seal of solomon, and peace in the four and thirty whirlings of the hammer of thor! behold! i blaze upon thee (the eagle is gone; it is only a flaming rosy cross of white brilliance) i catch thee up into rapture. falutli, falutli. o it dies, it dies. bou saada. 3 these are intended to show symbolically that the bull is the same as the eagle "november" 28, 1909. 9.30-10.15 a.m. the cry of the 22nd aethyr, which is called lin there comes first into the stone the mysterious table of forty-nine squares. it is surr

r, 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 thine eyes, do i swear unto thee that the path shall be open henceforth for evermore. there is a clash of a myriad silver cymbals, and silence. and then three times

iniquity of my forefathers? with that she bends down, and kisses me on the mouth, and says "yet a little, and on thy left arm shalt thou carry a man-child, and give him to drink of the milk of thy breasts. but i go dancing" and i wave my hand, and the aethyr is empty and dark, and i bow myself before it in the sign that i, and only i, may know. and i sink through waves of blackness, poised on an eagle, down, down, down. and i give the sign that only i may know. and now there is nothing in the stone but the black cross of themis, and on it these words: memento: sequor (these words probably mean that the equinox of horus is to be followed by that of themis) bou-saada "december" 2, 1909. 4.50- 6.5 p.m. the cry of the 15th aethyr, which is called oxo there appears immediately in the aethyr a

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the living. amen amen without lie amen, and amen of amen. 12.40. i shall lie down to sleep in my robes, still wearing the ring of the masters, and bearing my wand in my hand. for to me now sleep is the same as waking, and life the same as death. in thy l.v.x. are not light and darkness but twin children that chase each other in their play? 7.55. awoke from long sweet dreamless sleep, like a young eagle that soars to greet the dawn. 9.20. after breakfast, have strolled, on my way to the studio, through the garden of the luxembourg to my favourite fountain. it is useless to attempt to write of the dew and the flowers in the clear october sunlight. yet the light which i behold is still more than sunlight. my eyes too are quite weak from the vision; i cannot bear the brilliance of things. the

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e man, child of air, art thou purified- pass thou on" illustration on page 267 approximated below. hb:taw_ hb:shin_ hb:qof tablet of air_ lamp/ dais pentacle_ h fan. lights shaded_ black white_ kerux hegemon_ tablet of earth_ fan_ hell_ eden/ salt salt/ red lamp) o_ cup_ hiereus_ diagram 20. arrangement of the temple for the 32nd path in the 2= 9 ritual. similarly the zelator passes the lion, the eagle, and the bull. the "hierophant" then explains to the zelator the symbolism of the cubical cross, as follows "the cubical cross is a fitting emblem of the equilibrated and balanced forces of the elements. it is composed of twenty-two squares externally, which refer to the twenty-two letters placed thereon. twenty and two are the letters of the eternal voice in the vault of heaven; in the dept

here is a glory about the left outer half of this circle, and wings extend as noted. below the top circle is a calvary cross. the top arm of this cross shows the sword that defines the sephiroth on usual depictions of the tree of life. to the left of this top arm are two large heads topped by hebrew letters, and there is another pair to the right. left to right these are: bull(hb:heh, man(hb:vau, eagle(hb:heh) and lion(hb:yod. all these face left. the cross arm is bare, except for the serpent described below. the lower arm is obscured by drawings: top to bottom; a circle, a male head and torso leaning forward with arms hanging, a circle, a female head and arms clasping the next element to be described. in the hands of the female figure there is a large ringed circle. this circle contains t

tagnant and fetid water; and to that property of the moist nature which initiates putrefaction and corruption. the eternal change from life to death, and through death to life, is symbolised in the grass which springs from and is nourished by putrefying and corrupting carcasses. the top of the scythe forms the t, tau-cross of life, showing that what destroys also renews. the scorpion, serpent and eagle delineated before the figure of death in the more ancient form of the key, refer to the mixed transforming (therefore deceptive) nature of this emblem. the scorpion is the emblem of ruthless destruction, the snake is the mixed and deceptive nature, serving alike for good and evil, and the eagle is the higher and divine nature yet to be found herein, the alchemical eagle of distillation, the

of the key, refer to the mixed transforming (therefore deceptive) nature of this emblem. the scorpion is the emblem of ruthless destruction, the snake is the mixed and deceptive nature, serving alike for good and evil, and the eagle is the higher and divine nature yet to be found herein, the alchemical eagle of distillation, the renewer of life. as it is said "thy youth shall be renewed like the eagle's" great indeed and many are the mysteries of this terrible key! after explaining a symbol of typhon the associate adept turns to the 15th key of the tarot. the 15th key of the tarot represents a goat-headed satyr-like demon standing upon 286 a cubical altar. in his left hand, which points downwards, he holds a lighted torch, and in his right hand, which is elevated, a horn of water. the cub

form shows us a female figure crowned with a crown of five rays symbolising the five principles of nature, the concealed spirit and the four elements of earth, air, fire and water. about her head is a halo of light. on her breast is the sun of tiphereth. the five-rayed crown further alludes to the five sephiroth of kether, chokmah, binah, chesed and geburah. chained to her waist are a lion and an eagle, between which is a large cauldron whence arise steam and smoke. the lion represents the fire of netzach, the blood of the lion; and the eagle represents the water of hod, the gluten of the eagle; whose reconcilement is made by the air in yesod uniting with the volatised water rising from the cauldron though the influence of the fire beneath it. the chains which link the lion and the eagle t

the wrath of heaven, and also the power of the triad rushing down and destroying the columns of darkness, the light of adonai glimmering through the veils and consuming the elementary rituals of the 1= 10, 2= 9, 3= 8, and 4= 7 grades. in many cases the candidate, it is to be feared, can never have realised the necessity of this destruction of superficial knowledge, and the harnessing of the bull, eagle, man and lion under the dazzling lash of the spirit. and we find that though these rituals enabled p. to master a language, they in many ways hindered his otherwise natural progress by helping largely to obsess his nephesh by the qliphoth- his passions and emotions being stirred up by a continuous pageant of 293 naked gods; his ruach by the phantom of dead words- by the duality of the shell

were as a ram's skin flecked with blood. 304 "then thrill upon thrill rushed through me, and i fell down and knelt upon the flat roof of the temple. and presently as i knelt, i perceived other suns rising around me, one in the north, and one in the south, and one in the west. and the one in the north was as a great bull blowing blood and flame from its nostrils; and the one in the south was as an eagle plucking forth the entrails of a nubian slave; and the one in the west was as a man swallowing the ocean "and whilst i watched these suns rising around me, behold, though i knew it not, a fifth sun had arisen beneath where i was standing, and it was as a great wheel of revolving lightnings. and gazing at the wonder that flamed at my feet, i partook of its glory and became brilliantly golden

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s of dew supernal stand on the silver lamen of the forehead- for us is neither fear nor pride, but silence in the one thought of the one beyond all thought. the world of phantoms has no terror left; we can take the blood of the black dragon for our red tincture. we understand the precept "visita interiora terrae rectificando invenias occultum lapidem; and harnessing to our triumphal car the white eagle and the green lion we voyage at 63 our ease upon the path of the chameleon, by the towers of iron and the fountains of supernal dew, unto that black unutterable sea most still. xiii "from the cavities of the earth leap forth the terrestrial dog-faced demons, showing no true sign unto mortal man "go not forth when the lictor passeth by "direct not thy mind to the vast surfaces of the earth; f

perience is undoubtedly first its resolution of all concepts into purely formless and passionless perception, secondly (and above this, its transcendence of the laws of thought, as we have been accustomed to understand them (this is only in part true. keynes "formal logic" profoundly studied, leads one perilously close to the suprarational. the eminent professor is perhaps hardly aware of how his eagle-flights have brushed the sun with their fiery wings) if a dweller upon this plane meditate upon a god, his first experience of that god will be no longer of his appearance or of his effect upon himself, but rather of his nature in some 72 region of pure thought. in the case of the god osiris, for example, he will no longer express his vision by the name osiris or by the green face, by the wh

in the beginning" wherefore we may regard this word as not the first word- albeit that is shadowed forth therein- but as the seal and title and key of the whole book. holding this in mind, let us proceed to analyse it. the number of its letters is six, the seal of creation, and their total numeric value is 2911. 2911= 13= death, the transformer<youth shall be renewed as the eagle's" now the eagle is hb:nun. for further consideration of this 13 "vide" in the portal ritual the explanation of that terrible key "see" account of this ritual in "the temple" also, 13 is the numeration of aleph-chet-dalet= unity, as also is the great name of god, aleph-lamed, by aiq bekar or temurah- the distinct formulation of the three in one, uniting once more to produce the 4. now beth p

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the order of the golden dawn many consecrations were made use of upon the lines laid down in book hb:heh, such as the consecration of the lotus wand, the rose cross and the magical sword; these, however, we will omit, substituting in their place one carried out by p. himself, and called: talisman of fire of jupiter with ritual the invocations proper to the consecration of a flashing tablet of the eagle kerub of jupiter. part i. the hall is first purified by the banishing rituals of pentagram and hexagram. next by fire and by water. 190 the general exordium follows; then, the exordium. i, p, with the help of q.f.d.r. and t.t.e.g, am come hither to consecrate a talisman of the eagle kerub of jupiter that it may be powerful to heal the sick, to alleviate pain, to give health and strength. and

jupiter is performed""the great invocation of amoun."16 hail unto thee, lord of mercy! hail, i say, unto thee, the father of the gods! o thou, whose golden plumes stream up the sky in floods of light divine! thou, whose head is as a sapphire, or the vault of the unchanging sky! thou, whose heart is pitiful; where the rose dawn shines out amid the gold! thou, unchanging and unchangeable; whom the eagle follows; whom the serpent doth embrace; o thou that standest on the scorpion! thee, thee, thee, thee, i invoke! o thou! from whom the universe did spring! thou, the all-father, thou whose plumes of power rise up to touch the throne of the concealed! mighty! merciful! magnificent! thee, thee, thee, thee, i invoke! behold! thou hast lifted up thy voice and the hills were shaken! yea, thou dids

lace of rest. ye that mourn osiris in the dusk of things! behold he is in me and i in him! i am he that ruleth in amenta! in sleei (sigma lambda eta iota) is my rule, and in death is my dominion! mine are the eagles that watch in the eye of horus! mine is the bark of darkness, and my power is in the setting sun! i am the lord of amenta! toum maal is my name! hail unto thee! hail unto thee! o mine eagle of the glowing west! toumathph [vibrate by the formulae of the middle pillar and of the mystic circumambulation] o crowned with darkness! mother-bird of the holy ones! o golden-headed soul of sleep! o firm, enduring shoulders! o body of blue and golden feathers! o darkening feet, as of the skies of night! o mighty power of claws and beak, invincible, divine! o great and glistening wings! 194

and of the mystic circumambulation] o crowned with darkness! mother-bird of the holy ones! o golden-headed soul of sleep! o firm, enduring shoulders! o body of blue and golden feathers! o darkening feet, as of the skies of night! o mighty power of claws and beak, invincible, divine! o great and glistening wings! 194 ride hither on the storm! 18 in part ii. q.f.d.r. will imagine herself as a blue eagle between two mighty pillars. white light pervades the blue from above. her station is in the west. 19 see "777. egyptian name of scorpio. toumathph [vibrate by the formulae of the middle pillar and of the mystic circumambulation] across the gloomy waters from the land of the setting sun thou art come, thou art come, for the words of my mouth are mighty words. come, for the guests are ready, a

pathway: the rescuer unto the light! out of the darkness let the light arise [raise hands to heaven] thou hast been blind and dead, o creature of talismans! now i say unto thee: receive thy life! receive thy sight! i am the reconciler with the ineffable! i am the dweller of the invisible "let the white brilliance of the "divine spirit""descend" part iii "the chymical and hermetic marriage of the eagle of the waters "with the soul of jupiter [purify the talisman with water and fire "q.f.d.r" i am the eagle of the waters, and my power is in the west "t.t.e.g" i am the soul of jupiter: in the sphere of tzedeq is my name confessed "p" i am the reconciler between you "q.f.d.r" my power is to give peace and sleep "t.t.e.g" my power is to give strength and health "p" i am the reconciler between

to this end "t.t.e.g" amoun hath made me to this end "p" i am the reconciler between you! 195 "q.f.d.r" pain could not dwell before us if we wed "t.t.e.g" death could not come where we are if we wed "p" i am the reconciler between you "q.f.d.r" my robes were blue: where is their azure gone "t.t.e.g" my robes were violet: is their purple past "p" i am the reconciler between you "q.f.d.r" i am the eagle: and my form remains "t.t.e.g" i am the square: and still the square abides "p" i am the reconciler between you["q.f.d.r" and "t.t.e.g" together in grip of 5= 6 over the talisman: we were two: are we not made one "p" i am the reconciler between you! o maker and creator and preserver! hear us who call thee! mighty lord of life, who hast given us life and love, who is like unto thee? o god! he

the vast one let thy prayer ascend [the magician shall kneel down and say] unto thee, sole wise, sole mighty, sole merciful one, be the praise and the glory for ever and ever! who hast permitted me to glean in thy field! to gather a spark of thine unutterable light! to form two mighty beings from the spheres of thy dominion! to make them one by the operation of thy divine wisdom! grant that this eagle kerub in the sphere of jupiter may be indeed mighty on the earth! to heal the sick, to strengthen the infirm, to quiet the pain of mortal men! grant that this work be unto it for a salvation, and a very invocation of thy light divine, and a very link with the immortal soul of man! let it be pure and strong, that at last it may attain even unto the eternal godhead in the veritable khabs am pe

y name i license all spirits to depart, save that one whose dual nature i have bound herein. but let them depart in peace to their divine orders in the name of jeovah jeovaschah! and let them be ever ready to come when they are called :hb:mem-final hb:lamed hb:shin hb:heh hb:taw hb:aleph :hb:mem-final hb:lamed hb:shin fra: p. constructed many other talismans besides this, a flashing tablet of the eagle kerub of jupiter for the purpose 197 of curing a certain lady i, mother of soror q.f.d.f, of a serious illness. extraordinary were its results. for having carefully celebrated the ritual he instructed soror q.f.d.r. to feed the talisman with incense, and water it with dew. this she neglected to do, the result being that when she placed the talisman on her sick mother, this venerable old lady

placed the black calvary cross charged with a rose of twenty-five petals representing the counterchanged action of the spirit and the four elements [all quit vault] illustration on page 222 described "diagram 75. the wall of the vault" this is a rectangular grid of squares, five across by eight high. a representation is below, save that the top row scorpio symbol scorpio used here is actually an eagle head, beak to left, on the diagram; and it may represent the eagle cherub instead of scorpio_ taurus aquarius< scorpio leo_ salt mercury hb:koph water air_ sulphur hb:bet saturn hb:chet dee_ mars hb:gemel sun hb:chet jupiter_ taurus aquarius hb:taw scorpio leo_ mercury hb:heh moon hb:nun venus_ capricorn libra hb:yod cancer aries_ virgo gemini hb:mem pisces sagittarius_ illustration on page

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f unborn worlds; i swear to thee by the balance of light and darkness, to spread out the blue vault as a looking-glass, and flash forth therefrom the intolerable lustre of thy countenance. 6. o thou who settest forth the limitless expanse, spanned by wings of thunder above the cosmic strife; i swear to thee by the voiceless dust of the desert, to soar above the echoes of shrieking life, and as an eagle to feast for ever upon the silence of the stars. 7. o thou flame-tipped arrow of devouring fire that quiverest as a tongue in the dark mouth of night; i swear to thee by the thurible of thy glory, to breathe the incense of mine understanding, and to cast the ashes of my wisdom into the valley of thy breast. 8. o thou ruin of the mountains, glistening as an old white wolf above the fleecy mis

e 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 art not the foundation-stone of existence; nor the eagle that broodeth upon the egg of space! i deny thee by the powers of mine understanding; swathe me in the unity of thy might, and teach me wisdom from the lips of thine all-pervading nothingness; for thou art all and none of these in the fullness of thy not-being. 32 6. o thou god of the nothingness of all things! thou who art neither the fivefold root of nature; nor the fire-crested helm of he

of love! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou mighty anvil of time, that outshowerest the bright sparks of life! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou red cobra of desire, that art unhooded by the hands of girls! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou emerald vulture of truth, that art perched upon the vast tree of life! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou lonely eagle of night, that drinkest at the moist lips of the moon! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou wild daughter of chaos, that art ravished by the strong son of law! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou ghostly night of terror, that art slaughtered in the blood of the dawn! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou poppied nectar of sleep, that art curled in the 59 still womb

, iao! o thou virgin lily of light, that sproutest between the lips of a corpse! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou blue helm of destruction, that art winged with the lightings of madness! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou voice of the heaving seas, that tremblest in the grey of the twilight! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou unfolder of heaven, red-winged as an eagle at sunrise! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou curling tongue of red flame, athirst on the nipple of my passion! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou outrider of the sun, that spurrest the bloody flanks of the wind! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o thou dancer with gilded nails, that unbraidest the star-hair of the night! i adore thee, evoe! i adore thee, iao! o t

self with the bones of the fallen; and all feared her, therefore they lived. but she feared life; therefore she wove a dew-moon in her tangled hair as a sign of the fickleness of death, and wept tears of bitter sorrow that she should live in the blossom of her youth. and her tears crept like scorpions down her cheeks, and sped away in the darkness like serpents; and for each serpent came there an eagle which did carry it away. 7 "why weep" said the balance swinging to the left "why laugh" said the balance swinging to the right "why 72 not remain still" answered the hand that held the balance. and the balance replied "because on my right laughs death and on my left weeps a virgin" 6. then the voice of the hand said to the girl "why weep" and the maid answered "because death maketh jest of m

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i come to greet thee. here i bow to earth this consecrated brow! as a lover woos the moon aching in a silver swoon, i reach my lips towards thy shoon, mendicant of the mystic boon! marsyas. what wilt thou? olympas. let mine angel say "utterly to be rapt away" marsyas. how, whence, and whither? olympas. by my kiss from that abode to this_ to this" my wings? marsyas. thou hast no wings. but see an eagle sweeping from the byss where god stands. let him ravish thee, and bear thee to a boundless bliss! 15 olympas. how should i call him? how beseech? marsyas. silence is lovelier than speech. only on a windless tree falls the dew, felicity! one ripple on the water mars the magic mirror of the stars. olympas. my soul bends to the athletic stress of god's immortal loveliness. tell me, what wit ava

e alone! ah, boy, all crowns and thrones above is the sanctity of love. in his warm and secret shrine is a cup of perfect wine, whereof one drop is medicine against all ills that hurt the soul. a flaming daughter of the jinn brought to me once a wing d scroll, wherein i read the spell that brings the knowledge of that king of kings. angel, i invoke thee now! bend on me the starry brow! spread the eagle wings above 45 the pavilion of our love. rise from your starry sapphire seats! see, where through the quickening skies the oriflamme of beauty beats heralding loyal legionaries, whose flame of golden javelins fences those peerless paladins. there are the burning lamps of them, splendid star-clusters to begem the trailing torrents of those blue bright wings that bear mine angel through! o tho

estiny is done. the word is spoken and concealed. olympas. i am stunned. what wonder was revealed? marsyas. the rite is secret. olympas. profits it? marsyas. only to wisdom and to wit. olympas. the other did no less. marsyas. then prove both by the master-key of love. the lock turns stiffly? shalt thou shirk to use the sacred oil of work? not from the valley shalt thou test the eggs that line the eagle's nest! climb, with thy life at stake, the ice, the sheer wall of the precipice! master the cornice, gain the breach, and learn what next the ridge can teach! yet_ not the ridge itself may speak the secret of the final peak. olympas. all ridges join at last. marsyas. admitted, o thou astute and subtle-witted! yet one_ loose, jagg d, clad in mist! another_ firm, smooth, loved and kissed by th

es. the scorching sun, the sleeping moon, the yelling wind that clave the trees, the monsters that they fled, the croon of squaws with babes upon their knees, the wet woods' call, the insistent sea, the blood-stained birth of mystery. 116 the scream of passion, and the foam upon the willing women's lips; green, dripping forests, love's dark home_ these were the god-enwroughten whips that gave the eagle-cars of art first impulse in the cave-man's heart. the artist-light is backward borne, master within my brain to-night; back in the long-forgotten morn i see the dawn of thee and light; the men that made me stare and stare through the great wood-fire's lurid glare. and through the haze of time and life anew the dim, dark visions loom; the matted bloody hair; the knife of jagged stone; the re

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am. burns and oates. we would rather not refer to the rt. hon. george wyndham in a paper of this character. let us deal with francis thompson. had he no friend to burn this manuscript? to save him from blackening his own memory in this way? we were content to give him his appointed niche in the temple, that of a delicate, forceful spirit, if rarely capable of cosmic expansion. we did not look for eagle-flights; we thought of him as a wild goose sweeping from tibet upon the poppy-fields of yunnan. but the prose of a poet reveals the man in him, as his poetry reveals the god; and francis thompson the man is a pitiful thing enough. it is the wounded earthworm cursing the harrow; the snipe blaspheming the lark. shelley was a fine, pure, healthy man whose soul was habitually one with the infini

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e prison is shattered, and sir palamede rusheth forth free. xxiii. sir palamede hath gone to the shores of the middle sea to restore his health. there he practiseth devotion to the beast, and becometh maudlin and sentimental. his knaves mocking him, he beateth one sore; from whose belly issueth the questing. xxiv. being retired into an hermitage in fenland, he traverseth space upon the back of an eagle. he knoweth all things- save only it. and incontinent beseedheth the eagle to set him down again. xxxv. he lectureth upon metaphysics- for he is now totally insane- to many learned monks of cantabrig. they applaud him and detain him, though he hath heard the question and would away. but so feeble is he that he fleeth by night. xxxvi. it hath often happened to sir palamede that he is haunted

s if a thirty couple hounds were in his belly! knight, awake! ah! well he woke! his love an scorn grapple in death-throe at his throat "lead me away (quoth he "my men! woe, woe is me was ever born so blind a bat, so gross a goat, as palamede the saracen" 87 xxxiv sir palamede the saracen hath hid him in an hermit's cell upon an island in the fen of that lone land where druids dwell. there came an eagle from the height and bade him mount. from dale to dell they sank and soared. last to the light of the great sun himself they flew, piercing the borders of the night, passing the irremeable blue. far into space beyond the stars at last they came. and there he knew all the blind reasonable bars broken, and all the emotions stilled, and all the stains and all the scars left him; sop like a child

led with utmost knowledge; all his soul, with perfect sense and sight fulfilled, 88 touched the extreme, the giant goal! yea! all things in that hour transcended, all power in his sublime control, all felt, all thought, all comprehended "how is it, then, the quest (he saith "is not- at last- achieved and ended? why taste i not the bounteous breath, receive the goodly gift of grace? now, kind king-eagle (by god's death, restore me to mine ancient place! i am advantaged nothing then" then swooped he from the byss of space, and set the knight amid the fen "god" quoth sir palamede "that i who have won nine should fail at ten! i set my all upon the die: there is no further trick to try. call thrice accurs d above men sir palamede the saracen" 89 xxxv "yea" quoth the knight "i rede the spell. th

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swore to return speedily- which he didn't. he sailed back to europe, found himself in london, where his first experience caused him to waver between eagerness and self-consciousness. at that time, he met with the adventure which i related. a young widow horse- whipped him. lionel was still very far from his salvation. 1 for reasons which are obvious to anyone who has mixed the gluten of the white eagle with the red powder, or accomplished the third projection, the order of the tarot trumps cannot any longer be preserved. nor will their number exceed seven. ix the hermit he went to seek it in the wilderness. a cottage green as a lizard, surrounded by flowers and trees, well furnished, well kept by a couple of servants, male and female, such was the chosen retreat. it proved very comfortable

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e of the radiant light; i call thee, ash! i adore thee, ash("over lamp) ash! ash! ash! i caress thee! i kiss thee! i suck thee up into my mouth and nostrils! ohooatan("three times("the water flames. behold! the fire of god upon the altar as i have sworn by djinn and by shin and by the space between("returns to his throne. bro. mars. 1. hail, sister of the scorpion! sor. scorpio. hail, lord of the eagle and the serpent! bro. mars. amen. i appoint you to lead the army. sor. scorpio. let us carry the holy symbols with sacred song and dance round the altar of mars["the song< is sung as all march round five times deosil before" 50 mars "in procession headed by" scorpio, aries, capricornus] strike, strike the louder chord! draw, draw the flaming sword! crowned child and co

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. lucky day: monday. flowers: poppy, water-lily. trees: willow, sycamore. animals: otter, seal. birds: seagull, owl. metal: silver. colours: emerald green, white. leo the lion. 22 july to 21 august. lucky stones: amber, topaz, sardonyx, ruby. 153 lucky numbers: leo, four. sun, one. lucky day: sunday. flowers: marigold, sunflower,.cowslip, heliotrope. trees: palm laurel. animal: lion. birds: cock, eagle. metal: gold. colours: gold, orange. yellow, green, white. vrsco, the virgin. 22 august to 21 september. lucky.stoncs: cornelian, jade, diamond, jasper. lucky numbers: virgo, ten; mercury, five. lucky day: wednesday. flowers: madonna lily, cornflower, valerian. tree: hazel. animal: squirrel. birds; parrot, magpie. metals: virgo, platinum; mercury,quicksilver. colours: pale blue, pale gold, y

cky numbers: libra, eight; venus, six. lucky day: friday. flowers: violet, white rose. trees: almond, walnut. animals: hart, hare. bird: dove. metal: copper. colours: blue, violet. scorpio the scorpion. 22 october to 21 november. lucky stones: ruby, beryl, turquoise, topaz. lucky number: nine. lucky day: tuesday. flowers: heather, chrysanthemum. trees: holly, thorn. animals: wolf, panther. birds: eagle, vulture. metal: iron. colours: red, russet, brown. sagittaluus the archer. 22 november to 21 december. lucky stones: sagittarius, sapphire; jupiter,amethyst. lucky numbers: sagittarius, four; jupiter, three. lucky day: thursday. flowers: carnation, wallflower. trees: mulberry, vine. animal: horse. bird: eagle. metal: tin. colours: orange, mauve, purple. 154 capricorn the goat. 22 december t

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gregarious, diligent, optimistic, dexterity, joie-de-vivre, persuasive, friendly, healthy, knowledgeable vices: frivolity, boasting, absent mindedness, rootless, easily distracted, loquacious, tends to intellectualize emotions (rather than experience them) season: spring time of day: sunrise direction: east wind: eurus colour: yellow symbols: topaz, galbanum, aspen, frankincense, vervain, birds, eagle& hawk tools: wand, censer (arrow stabs air& conveys message outer to inner) spirits: sylphs under paralda (very hard to see& know, teach mind control and how to level out your thinking processes) shortage: mind blank, shortness of breath, non-comprehension of known data excess "gas bloat, inability to focus attention "spacey" thoughts notes various sources including june johns' king of the w

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flaming sword turning in all directions. this symbolism is held true in the bible where the angel guards the treasure, and drives man forth in search of another way of entrance, thus forcing him through the cycle of rebirth until he finds the portal of initiation. this portal is occultly regarded as freed from the intervention of the sword as man has developed the ability to soar and mount as an eagle on wings. law 5. the symbol for this is the mountain with a goat standing on the summit, and again an astrological sign, that of capricorn, can be noted. all hard places can be surmounted, and the summit reached by the "divine goat" symbol of the group, viewed as a unit. law 6. the symbol contains a flaming rosy sun with a sign in the centre a sign symbolising the union of fire and water; be

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he four-armed cross. these four signs are to be found unequivocally in the bible, and are regarded in our christian belief as the four sacred animals. the prophet ezekiel refers to them in the words "as for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle."7 and again in the book of revelations, we find the same astrological symbology "and before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes, before and behind "and the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast was like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast

in the book of revelations, we find the same astrological symbology "and before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes, before and behind "and the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast was like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle."8 the "face of the man" is the ancient sign of aquarius, the sign of the man carrying the water-pot, to which christ referred when he sent his disciples into the city, saying "behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in."9 this is the zodiacal sign into which we are entering. it might be as

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ology copyright 1998 lucis trust the constellations 1 "each of the twelve constellations, whether separately or in combination with other signs, has an occult influence, either for good or evil (s.d. i. 440) 2 "enoch, the type of the dual nature of man (spiritual and physical) occupies the centre of the astronomic cross. which is a six-pointed star. in the upper angle of the upper triangle is the eagle (scorpio; in the left lower angle stands the lion (leo; in the right, the bull (taurus; while between the bull and the lion. is the face of enoch, the man (aquarius. these are the four animals of ezekiel and revelations (s.d. ii. 561, 562 (the fixed cross of the heavens) 3 "the constellations of the great bear and of the pleiades constitute the greatest mystery of occult nature (s.d. ii. 580

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pirit; taurus, earth or body; aquarius, air or mind; and scorpio represents water likened to the soul. leo, as the lion, is the strength of the lower nature, and is the serpent of force which, if directed upward, overcomes. taurus, the bull, is always the symbol of creative force. aquarius, the man, is the light-bearer, or light-bringer. scorpio, the scorpion, is often transmuted with aquila, the eagle. which rises at the same time with scorpio; they are closely linked in symbolism. scorpio is 'the monster of darkness, who stings to death, and yet preserves and reproduces, symbolizing not only generation but regeneration. as the latter it is aquila, the eagle, the bird of the sun which has conquered the dark side of scorpio (that adversary that can drag man down lower than the beasts, but

he same time with scorpio; they are closely linked in symbolism. scorpio is 'the monster of darkness, who stings to death, and yet preserves and reproduces, symbolizing not only generation but regeneration. as the latter it is aquila, the eagle, the bird of the sun which has conquered the dark side of scorpio (that adversary that can drag man down lower than the beasts, but when transmuted is the eagle of light, which can exalt above the gods" the celestial ship of the north. vol. i (e. v. straiton. the "eye of the bull" in taurus, the magnificent fixed star, aldebaran, is one of the reasons why this constellation is regarded as conferring illumination. in ancient days it was called the leading star of the heavens, and taurus has always been connected with light and, therefore, with christ

ded that the cup be taken away from him, but which he ended by drinking. so hercules, the aspirant, expressing himself in leo, visions the great battle that lies ahead of him, knows that his past must work out to fulfilment in the future, knows that before he can climb the mountain in capricorn he must slay the hydra, and knows that he must no longer be the raven, but must manifest as aquila, the eagle of scorpio, and as cygnus, the swan, in aquarius. this he must begin to do in leo, by demonstrating the power to dare, 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

s every manifestation of divine life. in gemini, in the gathering of the golden apples, hercules also wrestled with antares. here again in scorpio we are up against the red star. why? because the problem of humanity in this great solar system of ours is that of the attraction between the opposites (meaning desire. always there is duality, that which is desired and the one who desires. aquila, the eagle, is interchangeable with scorpio. the eagle has much to do with the united states and the arrow of sagittarius, the next sign, is also dominant in the seal of the united states. aquila, the eagle, is the bird out of time- 88- the labours of hercules and space and as hercules struggles with the hydra he looks up, sees the eagle, and is reminded that he has come forth into incarnation and will

d treads on its heart, which is the red star of desire. as he does this, he looks towards the constellation that we saw in libra, the crown. so we have personality, symbolized by ophiuchus, struggling [154] with the serpent of illusion, with the crown held before him, towards which he aspires. the third constellation is called hercules and portrays the aspirant looking not at the crown but at the eagle, aquila. personality looks at the crown but says "i am having such a difficult time, my environment is against me, my home conditions are difficult. but i will get a crown some day" hercules, the disciple, is not concerned about the crown, he is looking at the eagle, the spirit aspect. he is occupied with that marvellous symbol of light emerging, which makes all victory possible. keep your e

ila. personality looks at the crown but says "i am having such a difficult time, my environment is against me, my home conditions are difficult. but i will get a crown some day" hercules, the disciple, is not concerned about the crown, he is looking at the eagle, the spirit aspect. he is occupied with that marvellous symbol of light emerging, which makes all victory possible. keep your eye on the eagle; call down fire; do not look at the ground; be centered in divinity. alice bailey [155] labor ix killing the stymphalian birds (sagittarius, november 22nd- december 21st) the myth within the place of peace the teacher stood, and spoke to hercules "o son of god who art also a son of man" the teacher said "the time has come to tread another way. at gate the ninth you stand. pass through and fi

n. because sagittarius is such a tremendously important sign i want to give you a brief resum of what has happened up to he present time; it covers what lies behind us. i am assuming that each one of us is the one-pointed aspirant, the archer on the horse, going straight as an arrow to his goal. it is interesting that the united states' standard shows the arrows of sagittarius in the talons of an eagle, because aquila is interchangeable astrologically with sagittarius and is the symbol of the spirit manifesting through the soul, which the aspirant on the physical plane is one-pointedly seeking. there is prophecy in the united states standard, of the goal of this race when it is grown up, for it is within this race that there will emerge that group of aspirants, merging in their turn into a

prior to capricorn is sagittarius, spoken of as "a lesser gate. i like to think of it as the little gate at the foot of the hill through which we pass before climbing the mountain and in passing through that little gate, we demonstrate our ability to rightly use the arrows of thought. that is the great test [162] there are two birds to be seen in the heavens close to sagittarius. one, aquila, the eagle flying straight into the face of the sun, the bird out of time and space, the symbol of immortality, the symbol of that secret hidden thing that lies back of our souls even; for we are told that matter or form is the vehicle for the manifestation of soul, and soul on a higher turn of the spiral is the vehicle for the manifestation of spirit, and these three are a trinity unified by life that

he day is coming when we shall talk about the soul as we now talk- 93- the labours of hercules about the personality, as something from which we have eventually to be released. that is the problem, if i may use that word, of the man who has taken the third initiation, to release himself from soul. will you take those three constellations as your symbol: cygnus, aquila and sagittarius? aquila, the eagle in the u.s. standard; the arrows of sagittarius. and have you ever thought that wherever you go you see the cross of cygnus, the red cross? that is what the united states stands for. you have it right in the heavens. sagittarius is the ninth sign. think about this sequence of thought. in virgo, the sixth sign, we have the indication of life; in sagittarius, the ninth sign, the completion of

AN INTRO TO STUDY OF THE KABALAH

nah is the supernal mother, aima. malkuth is the inferior mother, the bride of the mikroprosopos. daath or knowledge is the union of chokmah and binah, of wisdom and understanding. merkabah was the chariot throne of god of the vision of ezekiel mentioned in his chapters i. and x; it rested on wheels and was carried by four cherubim, the sacred animal forms, which resembled the man, lion, bull and eagle, which were related to the four quarters of the world, and to four types of humanity. the four letters yod, h, vau, h, or as we say ihvh, of the name we call jehovah, are allotted and distributed by the kabalistic doctrine among the sephiroth in a peculiar manner, forming the mysterious conception of the tetragrammaton, that awful name of divine majesty which might never be uttered by the co

ANALYSIS OF THE 5 6 INITIATION

the five principles of man that must be united into perfection and for this the adept does work continuously. the lion and red rose are a symbol of first cause, the beginning, the dawn. it is further symbolized by the virgin mother and the great work. nequaquam vacuum means "nowhere a void" this is the motto written about the lion. it can be summed up in saying that "before abraham was "i am" the eagle and the chalice stand for the blood that must be shed for the remission of sins. it is the purifying waters from the cup of the stolistices. libertas evangelii, the "liberty of the gospel" is the free will that only the adept can process. in addition, the sacrifice of the cross is a doorway to freedom without the restriction of the law. the man and the dagger explain the final result. w is b

APOCRYPHON OF JOHN

h. for they will send him his consort, and he will leave his father and his mother (3 lines unreadable "and our sister sophia (is) she who came down in innocence in order to rectify her deficiency. therefore she was called life, which is the mother of the living, by the foreknowledge of the sovereignty of heaven. and through her they have tasted the perfect knowledge. i appeared in the form of an eagle on the tree of knowledge, which is the epinoia from the foreknowledge of the pure light, that i might teach them and awaken them out of the depth of sleep. for they were both in a fallen state, and they recognized their nakedness. the epinoia appeared to them as a light; she awakened their thinking "and when yaltabaoth noticed that they withdrew from him, he cursed his earth. he found the wo

ARTHUR E WAITE TEMPLAR ORDERS IN FREEMASONRY

lows (i) grade of scottish master of st. andrew of the thistle, being the fourth grade of masonry "in which allegory dissolves (2) grade of sublime knight of god and of his temple, being the fifth and last grade of free masonry. at a later period, however, it became the seventh grade of the rite, owing to the introduction of an elect degree which took the number 5 under the title of knight of the eagle, followed by an illustrious degree, occupying the sixth place and denominated knight of the holy sepulchre. the grade final in both enumerations- otherwise knight of god- presented a peculiar, as it was also an early version of the perpetuation story, from which it follows that the clermont rite was templar. i have so far failed to trace any copy of the ritual in this country with the except

BASIL VALENTINE TWELVE KEYS

spirit, the spotless soul, and the astral salt and balsam. when these three are united, we may call them the mercurial liquid: a water which was examined by mercury, found by him to be pure and spotless, and therefore espoused by him as his wife. of the two was born an incombustible oil; for mercury became so proud that he hardly knew himself. he put twelve keys of basil valentine 17 of 95 forth eagle feathers, and devoured the slippery tail, of the dragon, and challenged mars to battle. then mars summoned his horsemen, and bade them enclose mercury in prison under the ward of vulcan, until he should be liberated by one of the female sex. when this became known, the other planets assembled and held a deliberation on the question, what would be the best and wisest course to adopt. when the

ir glorious apparel, and must lie down together in the same state of nakedness in which they were born, that their seed may not be spoiled by being mixed with any foreign matter. let me tell you, in conclusion, that the bath in which the bridegroom is placed, must consist of two hostile kinds of matter, that purge and rectify each other by means of a continued struggle. for it is not good for the eagle to build her nest on the summit of the alps, because her young ones are thus in great twelve keys of basil valentine 31 of 95 danger of being frozen to death by the intense cold that prevails there. but if you add to the eagle the icy dragon that has long had its habitation upon the rocks, and has crawled forth from the caverns of the earth, and place both over the fire, it will elicit from

ve keys of basil valentine 31 of 95 danger of being frozen to death by the intense cold that prevails there. but if you add to the eagle the icy dragon that has long had its habitation upon the rocks, and has crawled forth from the caverns of the earth, and place both over the fire, it will elicit from the icy dragon a fiery spirit, which, by means of its great heat, will consume the wings of the eagle, and prepare a perspiring bath of so extraordinary a degree of heat that the snow will melt upon the summit of the mountains, and become a water, with which the invigorating mineral bath may be prepared, and fortune, health, life, and strength restored to the king. twelve keys of basil valentine 32 of 95 third key by means of water fire may be extinguished, and utterly quenched. if much wate

ch takes place in these and other substances is due to putrefaction, which separates and transmutes the constituent elements. the common spirit of salt, which is extracted according to the direction given in my last declaration, if there be added to it a small quantity of the spirit of the dragon, dissolves, volatilizes, and raises together with itself in the alembic, gold and silver; just as the eagle, together with the spirit of the dragon (which is found in stony places, before the spirit is separated twelve keys of basil valentine 79 of 95 from its body, is much more powerful in producing fixation than volatility. this i also say, that if the spirit of common salt be joined to the spirit of wine, and distilled together with it, it becomes sweet, and loses its acidity. this prepared spi

BLACK SERPENT1

lucifer. then- carrying an incense wand or burner in one hand and a dagger in the other (doesn't matter which) approach each point and kneel reciting the enn for lucifer and wave the dagger through the smoke. finally, invite the fifth element (satan, spirit) from the center of the ritual space. kneel at the altar in prayer "we pray thee lucifer, bestow upon us the strength of your design. let the eagle bring us a new understanding. your light shall be our protection and guide us through this life to enlightenment. we are as the wind. we humbly pay homage to thee in our offer of incense that you may know our respect for your vast strength. we offer requests of knowledge and reflection that we may employ your creation to do so. hail lucifer. lord and master of enlightenment" then comes the t

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

ends is now generally regarded by anthropology as but "the earliest distinctly visible point of the pre-historic period (encyclopaedia britannica) at the same time it is confessed that "beyond that period stretches back a vast indefinite series of prehistoric ages (ibid) it is with those specified "ages" that we shall begin. they are "prehistoric" to the naked eye of matter only. to the spiritual eagle eye of the seer and the prophet of every race, ariadne's thread stretches beyond that "historic period" without break or flaw, surely and steadily, into the very night of time; and the hand which holds it is too mighty to drop it, or even let it break. records exist, although they may be rejected as fanciful by the profane; though many of them are tacitly accepted by philosophers and men of

disfigured pymander- prominent among them the bishop of ayre, francois de tours, in the 16th century- divide the elements in this way- the four elements formed from divine substances and the spirits of the salts of nature represented by[[diagram. st. matthew. angel-man. water (jesus-christ, angel-man, mikael) a[[diagram. st. mark .the lion. fire e- y. st. luke. the bull. earth i- o. st. john. the eagle. air[[footnote(s* to those who would inquire "what has hydrogen to do with air or oxygena[[footnote continued on next page[[vol. 2, page] 115 sons of yoga. h, the quintessence[[hephlox, flamma-virgo (virgin oil, flamma durissima, virgo, lucis aeterna mater. the first race of men were, then, simply the images, the astral doubles, of their fathers, who were the pioneers, or the most progressed

e elements, in order to make them dovetail with the order of the gospels, and to identify the angel-man with christ. with the chaldees, the egyptians, from whom moses adopted the chroub (cherubs in their animal form, and the ophites; with all these, the angels, the planets, and the elements, were symbolized mystically and alchemically by the lion (mikael; the bull (uriel; the dragon (raphael; the eagle (gabriel; the bear (thot-sabaoth; the dog (erataoth; the mule (uriel or thartharaoth. all these have a qualificative meaning[[vol. 2, page] 116 the secret doctrine. puranic text. yoga here is the same as dhyana, which word is again synonymous with yoga in the tibetan text, where the "sons of yoga" are called "sons of dhyana" or of that abstract meditation through which the dhyani-buddhas cre

lly. confined to the secret colleges of the prophets, with the jews, and to the temples with the gentiles. interpreted with the help of merely the symbolical key, enoch is the type of the dual nature of man- spiritual and physical. hence he occupies the centre of the astronomical cross (given by eliphas levi from a secret work, which is a six-pointed star "the adonai" in the upper triangle is the eagle; in the left lower triangle stands the lion; in the right, the bull: while between the bull and the lion, over them and under the eagle, is the face of enoch or man (vide illustrated diagram in isis unveiled, vol. ii, p. 452. now the figures on the upper triangle represent the four races, leaving out the first- the chhayas or shadows- and the "son of man" enos or enoch, is in the centre, bec

of course, the emblem of the sun, and solar cycle. this is shown by the details of the allegory. at his birth, garuda is mistaken for agni, the god of fire, on account of his (garuda's "dazzling splendour" and called thereupon gaganeswara "lord of the sky" again, his being represented as osiris, and by many heads of allegorical monsters on the abraxas (gnostic) gems, with the head and beak of an eagle or a hawk (solar birds, denotes garuda's solar and cyclic character. his son is jatabu, the cycle of 60,000 years. as well remarked by c. w. king "whatever the primary meaning (of the gem with the solar lion and vowels) it was probably imported in its present shape from india, that true fountain head of gnostic iconography (gnostics, p. 218. the mysteries of the seven gnostic vowels, uttered

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

the entrance to the realm of secret knowledge. but ezekiel plainly describes the four cosmic angels "i looked, and behold, a whirlwind, a cloud and fire infolding it. also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. they had the likeness of a man. and every one had four faces and four wings. the face of a man, and the face of a lion, the face of an ox, and the face of an eagle("man" was here substituted for "dragon" compare the "ophite spirits "now as i beheld the living creatures behold one wheel upon the earth with his four faces. as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. for the support of the living creature was in the wheel. their appearance was like coals of fire" etc (ezekiel, ch. i) there are three chief groups of builders and as many of the planetary s

s" are the representatives of the first "mind-born" entities, therefore of the primeval rishi-prajapati: also of the seven great gods of egypt, of which osiris is the chief: of the seven amshaspends of the zoroastrians, with[[footnote(s* the angels recognised by the roman catholic church who correspond to these "faces" were with the ophites- dragon- raphael; lion- michael; bull, or ox- uriel; and eagle- gabriel. the four keep company with the four evangelists, and preface the gospels[[vol. 1, page] 128 the secret doctrine. ormazd at their head: or the "seven spirits of the face: the seven sephiroth separated from the first triad, etc, etc* they build or rather rebuild every "system" after the "night" the second group of the builders is the architect of our planetary chain exclusively; and

ions, has now fallen into the depths of degradation: it is old cooks and fortune-tellers who read their future to servant-girls in search of husbands, by means of the white of an egg in a glass. nevertheless, even christians have to this day their sacred birds; for instance, the dove, the symbol of the holy ghost. nor have they neglected the sacred animals. the evangelical zoolatry- the bull, the eagle, the lion, and the angel (in reality the cherub, or seraph, the fiery-winged serpent, is as much pagan as that of the egyptians or the chaldeans. these four animals are, in reality, the symbols of the four elements, and of the four lower principles in man. nevertheless, they correspond physically and materially to the four constellations that form, so to speak, the suite or cortege of the so

the earth and even the heliocentric system; while, at about thrice 600 years after the chinese philosopher, the popes of rome threatened and even burnt "heretics" for asserting the same. he is laughed at for speaking of the "sacred tortoise" no unprejudiced person can see any great difference between a tortoise and a lamb as candidates for sacredness, as both are symbols and no more. the ox, the eagle* the lion, and occasionally[[footnote(s* he may be laughed at by the protestants; but the roman catholics have no right to mock him, without becoming guilty of blasphemy and sacrilege. for it is over 200 years since confucius was canonized as a saint in china by the roman catholics, who have thereby obtained many converts among the ignorant confucianists* the animals regarded as sacred in th

s) descended to eat and drink with men. but if the elohim (and even lower beings, assuming the god-name, were and are still worshipped, why should the same elohim be called devils, when appearing under the names of other gods* the choice is curious, and shows how paradoxical were the first christians in their selections. for why should they have chosen these symbols of egyptian paganism, when the eagle is never mentioned in the new testament save once, when jesus refers to it as a carrion eater (matt. xxiv. 28; and in the old testament it is called unclean; that the lion is made a point of comparison with satan, both roaring for men to devour; and the oxen are driven out of the temple. on the other hand the serpent, brought as an exemplar of wisdom to follow, is now regarded as the symbol

BLUE EQUINOX

i am numb with the lonely lust of devildom. thrust the sword through the galling fetter, all-devourer, all-begetter; give me the sign of the open eye, and the token erect of thorny thigh, and the word of madness and mystery, o pan! io pan! io pan! io pan pan! pan pan! pan, i am a man: do as thou wilt, as a great god can, o pan! io pan! io pan! io pan pan! i am awake in the grip of the snake. the eagle slashes with beak and claw; hymn to pan 7 the gods withdraw: the great beasts come, io pan! i am borne to death on the horn of the unicorn. i am pan! io pan! io pan pan! pan! i am thy mate, i am thy man, goat of thy flock, i am gold, i am god, flesh to thy bone, flower to thy rod. with hoofs of steel i race on the rocks through solstice stubborn to equinox. and i rave; and i rape and i rip a

een of them. 28. nor shall it be spoken in the markets that i am come who should come; but thy coming shall be the one word. 29. thou shalt manifest thyself in the unmanifest; in the secret places men shall meet with thee, and thou shalt overcome them. 30. i saw a pale sad boy that lay upon the marble in the sunlight, and wept. by his side was the forgotten lute. ah! but he wept. 31. then came an eagle from the abyss of glory and overshadowed him. so black was the shadow that he was no more visible. 32. but i heard the lute lively discoursing through the blue still air. 33. ah! messenger of the beloved one, let thy shadow be over me! the equinox 74 34. thy name is death, it may be, or shame, or love. so thou bringest me tidings of the beloved one, i shall not ask thy name. 35. where now is

hee, and the waters of death fight strenuously against me. i pass into the waters beyond death and beyond life. 57. how shall i answer the foolish man? in no way shall he come to the identity of thee! 58. but i am the fool that heedeth not the play of the magician. me doth the woman of the mysteries instruct in vain; i have burst the bonds of love and of power and of worship. 59. therefore is the eagle made one with the man, and the gallows of infamy dance with the fruit of the just. 60. i have descended, o my darling, into the black shining waters, and i have plucked thee forth as a black pearl of infinite preciousness. 61. i have gone down, o my god, into the abyss of the all, and i have found thee in the midst under the guise of no thing. 62. but as thou art the last, thou art also the

ord, its bowl of silver broke, its cord of gold unloosed, its shining ladders thrown down, its ears more deaf than adders, its window blind, its music stopped, from its place in heaven dropped, from its starry throne was hurled beyond the pillars of the world. borne from the byss of light to the dark night! the moon had sunk behind the tower when, for a moment, by the power of nature, as even the eagle s eye turns wearied from the sun, did i fall from the conning-crag, that springs above the universe of things, into the dark impertinence of the mirrored lies of sense. yet, when i sought the stars to espy and ree the runes of destiny, mine eyes their wonted office failed, so diligently god had veiled me from myself! i could not hear the drone and rustle of the weir. no help in that world or

e to whom the present manifesto is addressed. 8. the whole of the knowledge dispersed among the bodies mentioned in paragraph 2 has been sifted and concentrated in the following degrees. the equinox 202 0 minerval. i m. ii m. iii m. iv p.m. companion of the holy royal arch of enoch. prince of jerusalem. knight of the east and of the west v sovereign prince of rose croix (knight of the pelican and eagle) member of the senate of knight hermetic philosophers, knight of the red eagle. vi illustrious knight (templar) of the order of kadosch, and companion of the holy graal. grand inquisitor commander, member of the grand tribunal. prince of the royal secret. vii very illustrious sovereign grand inspector general. member of the supreme grand council. viii perfect pontiff of the illuminati. ix in

ion of the holy royal arch of enoch. prince of jerusalem. every man or woman that is of full age, free, and of good report, has an indefeasible right to these degrees. beyond this, admission is only granted by invitation from the governing body concerned. 10.0. 5.0. 20.0. 2 2 0. 1 1 0. 4 4 0 knight of the east and of the west 5.0. 1 1 0. v sovereign prince of rose croix (knight of the pelican and eagle) 15.0. 26.0. 3 3 0. 5 5 0 member of the senate of knight hermetic philsophers, knights of the red eagle. 10.0. 2 2 0. vi illustrious knight (templar) of the order of kadosch, and compan-ion of the holy graal. grand inquisitor commander, member of the grand tribunal. prince of the royal secret 26.0. 26.0. 26.0. 31.0 36.0 36.0. 5 5 0. 5 5 0. 5 5 0. 6 6 0 7 7 0 8 8 0 vii very illustrious sovere

candidate, that he who makes of pride and self-regard bond-maidens to devotion; that he, who cleaving to existence, still lays his patience and submission to the law, as a sweet fiower at the feet of shakya-thub-pa, becomes a srotapatti in this birth. the siddhis of perfection may loom far, far away; but the first step is taken, the stream is entered, and he may gain the eye-sight of the mountain eagle, the hearing of the timid doe. it seems rather a bold assertion that srotapatti is so easily attained, and 1 know of no canonical buddhist authority for this statement (a srotapatti becomes an arahat in seven more incarnations .siddhis..magic powers) 57. tell him, o aspirant, that true devotion may bring him back the knowledge, that knowledge which was his in former births. the deva-sight an

BOOK T

d and underneath a dreamy appearance. imagination stronger than feeling. very much affected by other influences, and therefore more dependent upon dignity than most symbols. she rules from 20 degree gemini to 20 degree cancer. water of water queen of nymphs or undines. xi. the prince of the chariot of the waters king of cups a winged kingly figure with winged crown seated in a chariot drawn by an eagle. on the wheel is the symbol of a scorpion. the eagle is borne as a crest on his crown, cuirass and buskins. general attire like king of wands. beneath his chariot is the calm and stagnant water of a lake. his armour resembles feathers more than scales. he holds in one hand a lotus, and in the other a cup, charged with the sigil of his scale. a serpent issues from the cup, and has its head te

with heavy head or end red-gold blue or brown prince lion's head, winged waved and salient flames, fire wand of zelator adept yellow blue-grey princess tiger's head tiger, leaping flames, gold altar, long club, largest at bottom red-gold blue cups king peacock with opened fan white horse, crab issuing from cup, sea fair blue queen ibis ibis, crayfish issuing from cup, river goldbrown blue prince eagle scorpion, eagle; serpent issuing from cup, lake brown grey or brown princess swan dolphin lotus, sea with spray, turtle from cup brown blue or brown swords king winged hexagram winged brown horse, driving clouds, drawn sword darkbrown dark queen winged child's head head of man severed, cumulus clouds, drawn sword lightbrown grey prince winged angel's head arch fairies winged, whirling hair

ons, clockwise from top "blk (for black "russ (for russet "cit'n (for citrine "olive. to either side of this section, on the band itself, is written "white merging into grey. in the top of this outermost ring are these letters in the "theban alphabet: u r h- signifying the "angel" or "god of tarot, hru. the left arm of the ankh has from left to right: the symbol of scorpio (the "m" style, not the eagle as noted in text, a cup, the words "deep blue; symbols in yellow. the right arm of the ankh has from left to right "the words "red; symbols in green, a lotus wand, the symbol of leo. the basal upright of the ankh has these in the lower half only, from bottom upward: the symbol of aquarius, an upright sword in style of the solomonic key, the words "yellow; symbols in violet. there are marking

BOOK OF BLACK SERPENT

and behold a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire enfolding itself and a splendour on every side, and hashmal the brilliance of the innermost flame in the midst of fire" the seraphim the seraphim is four in number and is ruled by seraphiel; he is a prince, wonderful, noble, great, honorable, mighty, terrible, a chief and leader and a swift scribe. his body is like that of an eagle and he wears a crown. he is accompanied by satan, samael and dubbiel. these are the accusers. it is through the spirit samael in which the absolution of the seven deadly sins is accomplished, through the bidding of god. the ofannim the ofannim is four in number and is ruled by offanniel; he is a prince and rules over the moon. he is an ancient and great prince. he has sixteen faces, four on

CASE PAUL F THE BOOK OF TOKENS

e evil and the good; and because i, the dweller in the house of the supernal will, see all things as they really are, my vision hath no taint of false judgment. seeing, i understand, and because nothing is hid from me, therefore am i merciful. 5 but the path of my mercy is a way concealed from the profane, because they have not attained unto my perfect vision. easier to follow is the flight of an eagle, for my way soareth high above the comprehension of the mind of man [53] t h e b o o k of t o k e n s as it is written "lo, he goeth by me, and i see him not; he passeth on also, and i perceive him not. yet is the secret of that way hidden in thy bosom, o israel. 6 for my way is the way of the word, and the word is hidden in thy heart. for this is the word creative, which calleth all things

hose centers. here be careful to observe that the reproductive organism includes certain ganglia of the sympathetic nervous system. these are the hindu chakras at the base of the spine [134] c o m m e n t on n u n at the navel (or rather just a little below it, and at the solar plexus. it is by imagination that the serpentforce in these centers is raised so that the poisonous scorpion becomes the eagle of aspiration. psychologists know that in primitive minds the chief outlet of imagination is erotic, and this erotic tendency is never eliminated, even in the highest aspirations. all that is changed is the mode of expression, although the higher forms bear little outward resemblance to the crudities of gross imagination, so that we do not always find it easy to recognize the fundamental ide

v. 2 the doctrine of the fourfold activity of spirit occurs again and again in the qabalah, and is expressed in many ways. the name of god, i h v h, is four-lettered, each letter corresponding to one of the four elements and to one of the four qabalistic worlds. the letters of this name are represented by the four animals described in the vision of ezekiel "they four had the face of a lion, of an eagle, of a man, and of an ox" these living creatures correspond to the four aspects of the absolute. the lion corresponds to life, to the element of fire, to atziluth, the archetypal world, to yod in i h v h, and to the sephirah chokmah, root of fire. the eagle corresponds to mind, to the element of water, to briah, the creative world, to the first heh in i h v h, and to the sephirah [189] t h e

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, energies with the yin, or female. the god figure may be represented by a horn, and the goddess by a large conch shell. there are a great variety of deity figures in museum shops as well as new age shops and those selling goods from particular areas of the world. you may, however, feel more comfortable with a ceramic animal, bird or reptile for which you feel an affinity: a tiger for courage, an eagle for vision, a cat for mystery and independence, a snake for regeneration. this is what native americans call our personal totem or power creature. you may find some of these are, in some cultures, the symbols of divinities. there is, for example, bast, the cat-headed egyptian goddess who protected women- especially in pregnancy and childbirth- the home, pleasure and joy. bast was originally

zontally. visualise a stream of light emanating from your finger. as you circle, chant: circle one i cast for the light of the earth and her store of rich minerals, gold, silver, copper smelted in forges of volcanic fire. circle two i cast for the moonlit seas, for silver dolphins, seals and cascading rainbow fish. circle three i cast for the sunlit skies, the clouds pure gold and the gilt-tipped eagle soaring high* light the candle in the north* choose one of your three oils and, holding it in your receptive hand (the one you do not write with, circle over it nine times deosil the crystal pendulum or pendant* say three times, faster and faster: star, moon, sun and candle bright, charge this oil with radiant light, power of ginger [or name of oil] prosper me, enter golden energy* after the

ce of life as it is, seeking joy in what one has, not fretting for what one has not ogronios, the time of shining ice native american name: when the geese first lay moon full moon date: february/march (august/september in the southern hemisphere) ritual: the stirring of new hope and trust, releasing potential that has been frozen curios, the time of the winds native american name: purification or eagle moon full moon date: march/april (september/october in the southern hemisphere) ritual: change, clearing away stagnation and inertia glamonios, growing green shoots native american name: frog or blossom moon full moon date: april/may (october/november in the southern hemisphere) ritual: new horizons and opportunities, fertility simiuisonnos, bright time or the time of dancing native american

s and personal, fidelity, loyalty and male potency in both the human and animal kingdom. ironically, jupiter can lead to excesses, including greed, addictions and obsessions, so it can also be used for banishing these. jupiter, known as the sky father, was the supreme roman god, ruler of the universe. like zeus, his greek counterpart, jupiter controlled the thunderbolts, which were carried by his eagle, the noblest of the birds. however, he ruled not despotically, but as the chief of a triumvirate of gods: the other two were juno, his consort, and minerva, goddess of wisdom, who made up the feminine principle of deeper, more instinctual wisdom. use the hour of jupiter to profit from an opportunity to upgrade your life. element: air colour: blue/purple crystals: azurite, lapis lazuli, sodal

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. 127. 32. owen "among the voodoos" pp. 239, 243; johnson, fabled doctor jim jordan, p. 22. see mamie garvin fields's description of the the gullah conjurer jimmy brisbane, a successful root doctor who hosted weekly prayer meetings where clients and church members were brought together in his home on john's island, south carolina (fields, lemon swamp, p. 121. doctor buzzard, known also as "doctor eagle" in some parts of the south, was a figure of mythic proportions\ 165\ about whom little of historical fact is known. for a tentative account of the history of this figure, see roger pinckney, blue roots: african-american folk magic of the gullah people (new york: llewellyn publications, 1998. 33. rawick, american slave, texas narratives vol. 2, s.s. 2, pp. 16.17; george schuyler, black and c

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right hand she bore a trumpet of beaten gold, on which a name was engraved which i could well read but am as yet forbidden to reveal it. in her left hand she had a great bundle of letters of all languages, which she (as i afterwards understood) was to carry to all countries. she also had large and beautiful wings, full of eyes throughout, with which she could mount aloft, and fly swifter than any eagle. i might perhaps have been able to take further notice of her, but because she stayed so little time with me, and terror and amazement still possessed me, i had to be content. for as soon as i turned about, she turned her letters over and over, and at length drew out a small one, which with great reverence she laid down upon the table, and without giving one word, departed from me. but in he

live. for besides many other glorious antiquities, the royal sepulchre was also showed to me, by which i learned more than is extant in all books. there in the same place stands also the glorious phoenix (about which, two years ago, i published a particular small discourse. and i am resolved (in case this narration shall prove useful) to set forth several particular treatises concerning the lion, eagle, griffin, falcon and the like, together with their draughts and inscriptions. it grieves me for my other companions, that they neglected such precious treasures. and yet i cannot but think it was the special will of god that it should be so. i indeed reaped the most benefit from my page, for according as each one s genius lay, so he led whoever was entrusted to him into the quarters and plac

well enough, and because i have reported it above according to my power. in brief, there was nothing there but art and amenity. now after we had related our employment since noon to each other (however, not a word was spoken of the library and monuments, being already merry with the wine, the virgin began thus: my lords, i have a great contention with one of my sisters. in our chamber we have an eagle. now we cherish him with such diligence, that each of us is desirous to be page 38 the best beloved, and upon that score we have many a squabble. one day we concluded to go both together to him, and toward whom he should show himself most friendly, hers should he properly be. this we need, and i (as commonly) carried in my hand a branch of laurel, but my sister had none. now as soon as he sa

dle of it a vessel of polished copper; the rest was of pure gold and precious stones. in the vessel stood an angel, who held in his arms an unknown tree, which continually dropped fruit into the vessel; and as often as the fruit fell into the vessel, it turned into water, and ran out from there into three small golden vessels standing by. this little altar was supported by these three animals, an eagle, an ox and a lion, which stood on an exceedingly costly base. i asked my page what this might signify. here, he said, lies buried lady venus, that beauty which has undone many a great man, both in fortune, honour, blessing and prosperity. after which he showed me a copper door on the pavement. here, he said, if you please, we may go further down. t page 60 i still follow you, i replied. so i

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tifacts, which places it as the first historical dynasty of china.1 the chinese dragon is not an evil creature. on the contrary, he brings rain and guards the lakes and waterways. he is a composite creature with the horns of a deer, the ears of a cow, the eyes of a lobster, the head of a camel, the whiskers of a cat, the body of a snake, the belly of a frog, the scales of a carp, the talons of an eagle, and the paws of a tiger. dragons love to make vibrations in the sky by rolling huge pearls, creating thunder. lesser dragons are used as riding steeds by the gods of heaven. the ruling king in this story is the yellow emperor, a good leader who struggled with the mighty rivers that flooded the country each year. according to ancient myths, the yellow emperor had a pile of magic dirt that co

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e start on negative energy. on the back of nathan's financial coup, branches of the house of rothschild were established in berlin, paris, vienna, and naples. mayer's sons were each put in charge of one of them. today the rothschild holdings are reported to be held in the five arrows fund of curacao and the five arrows corporation of toronto, canada. the name comes from the rothchild symbol of an eagle with five arrows in its talons, signifying the five sons.3 the fortune expanded by colossal leaps as the rothschilds manipulated governments and worked through the brotherhood network to create wars and revolutions, often lending money to both sides in the ensuing conflicts. you will see that this was to become a standard practice for the banking elite. it is easy to create conflict and war;

s was reporting that ford was financing hitler's nationalists and anti-jewish movements in germany and the berlin newspaper, berliner tageblatt, was calling on the american ambassador to stop ford from intervening in german affairs. hitler was so grateful for ford's assistance, that in 1938 he presented ford with the highest honour the nazis conferred on non-germans: the grand cross of the german eagle; ford's portrait hung behind hitler's desk in hitler's private office. the two biggest manufacturers of tanks for hitler's armies before and during the war were the german subsidiaries of the ford motor company, and the morgancontrolled general motors (opel. in 1928, the ford motor company in germany merged with i.g. farben. carl bosch of farben became the head of the ford operation in germa

er was 33 and it is used as code in the shakespeare plays to indicate that bacon was the real author (see the works of manly p. hall. the 33 represents the degrees in the scottish rite of freemasonry. on the great seal of the united states and its depiction on the dollar note, you find 13 steps on the pyramid, the 13 degrees of the illuminati. the pyramid has 33 stones. on the great seal the bald eagle (the phoenix until 1841) has 13 feathers on each wing, 13 arrows in the right talon and an olive branch with 13 leaves in the left. in his beak he has a scroll with the 13 letters of "e pluribus unum- out of many, one. around this are 13 stars in the shape of the star of david. there is also a shield with 13 stripes which represent the original 13 states. on the united nations logo, the map

anies, governments, intelligence agencies, the banks, the multinationals, the media: all of these are indivisible because all are owned or controlled by the same forces. the intelligence agencies work for the interests of the oil companies and vice versa. sir henry deterding was known to have been connected with british intelligence as was weetman pearson (later lord cowdray, who sold his mexican eagle oil interests to deterding's shell. pearson (comm 300) used the profits to establish the pearson trust, which owns the economist magazine and the london financial times. it also holds a substantial share of the international merchant bank, lazard freres. the economist was launched in 1843 to press for the abolition of the corn laws and the advent of 'free' trade. the oil price shocks the eli

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year and the signs of the zodiac. the romans openly symbolised the sun as a living man and the signs of the zodiac as his disciples. and the christian religion was created in rome. mark, luke, matthew, and john, the names carried by the gospels, represent the four cardinal signs of the zodiac. these are also symbolised in christian cathedrals as a man (aquarius, an ox (taurus, a lion (leo, and an eagle (scorpio, together called the four creatures of the apocalypse. joseph wheless says in forgery in christianity (health research, 1990..the holy twelve had no existence in the flesh, but their 'cue' being taken from old testament legends, they were mere names- dramatis personae- mask of the play- of 'tradition, such as shakespeare and all playwrights and fiction-writers create for the actors

t the immortality of the "gods. the stories speak of ki-gal or "the great below, which was ruled serving the dragon: the present (2) 267 by the goddess ereshkigal and the god mergal. in the ki-gal were violent guardians called "scorpion men, reanimated human bodies, spirits and the "undead, and robotic beings known as galatur or gala, which were used to abduct humans from the surface. there were "eagle-headed" reptilians, which were often said to have wings. the accounts describe a race called the pazazu, a dog-faced "human" with reptilian scales and tail. all this sounds remarkably like the scenes described at dulce today. chinese legend claims that an underground world entered from the eastern mountain of taishan was guarded by vicious demons called men shen with animal-like faces or mas

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e origin of the term fallenangels and the winged gargoyles are symbolic of these draco. the cape worn by countdracula is symbolic of these wings and the character of dracula in the bram stokerstories is said to be a fallen angel. the winged draco are also known as the dragon raceand some of the ancient gods were described and depicted as birdmen. this could be oneof the origins of the phoenix and eagle in brotherhood symbolism, as well as the moreesoteric meanings. the biblical satan is depicted as a reptilian, too.some of the draco reptilian hierarchy are apparently white or albino white and notthe usual green or brown, and this connects with the description of the strange albinolizard humanoid in the building in aurora, near denver. the draco are the royalty ofthe reptilians and the high

taken out of public circulation. theroman church and the babylonian brotherhood are one and the same.nimrod was also eannus, the god with two faces, who was later known to theromans as janus. one of the anunnaki brothers, enki the serpent god, was alsofigure 6: the fleur-de-lis, symbolof the babylonian trinity of nimrod,queen semiramis and tammuz,among other things. 53known as ea. the freemasonic eagle with two heads looking left and right, east andwest, is symbolic of nimrod in the role of eannus, and i would suggest that the eagle issymbolic of the winged draco. eannus, it was said, held the keys to the doors of heavenand he was the sole intermediary between god and humanity, therefore any belief notsupported by him was false and should be condemned. this was a wonderful tool forthe baby

ythical hiram abif, the so-called builder of king solomons temple. abif is supposedto have been a phoenician. the grandfather of the famous egyptian pharaoh akhenaten,the father of tutankhamen, was a phoenician high priest. the phoenix, the mythicalbird of egypt, was in fact the sun bird of the phoenicians, the emblem of the sun god,bil or bel, and as it has been later symbolised, a peacock or an eagle.29 evidence hasemerged in recent years about pyramids on mars, when the nasa scientists, vincentdipietro and gregory molenaar, discovered six enormous pyramids like those in egyptin the cydonia region of mars.30 it would make sense that the same martian race withthe same knowledge would also build pyramids when they came to earth, and the samecan be said of the anunnaki if, as zecharia sitch

t brotherhood frontman, colonel gaddafi. onceagain, troy relates to the extraterrestrial full-bloods and crossbreeds, hence the constantobsession with that name by the brotherhood. in the iliad epic, believed to have beenwritten by the greek poet, homer, it states that troy was founded by dardanus, the sonof the greek god zeus, who was a titan- the reptilian bloodline. zeus was depicted asboth an eagle and a serpent. he was said to have been born in arcadia, in sparta, andafter the trojan war many spartans migrated into what is now france. terms like newtroy, therefore, relate to centres for these same bloodlines.most people dont realise that london was founded as the new troy. after thedestruction of troy around 1,200 bc, the story goes that aeneas, born of a royalbloodline, fled with the

, max warburg, was hitlers banker until he left germany without a problem in1938 and settled in the united states. other funders of hitler included generalelectric, which had close financial connections to franklin delano roosevelt, thepresident who opposed hitler; the ford motor company under henry ford who wasawarded germanys highest honour conferred on non-germans, the grand cross of thegerman eagle; and international telephone and telegraph (itt, which, in collusionwith hitlers personal banker and ss officer, baron kurt von schroder, also bankrolledthe nazi war effort. master-minding this coordinated support was montagu norman(comm 300, the governor of the rothschild-controlled bank of england. norman wasan associate of hjalmar schact, who would become hitlers financial advisor andpres

ousine (a code-white is a codeunderstood by judges, police, the military, etc, and it means: look the other way or donot prosecute this person. military guards carrying automatic weapons protect thechurch and inquisitive outsiders are ritually murdered and disposed of at the mortuarydown the street. the walpurgis ritual takes place at the west side of catalina island. thecoastguard vessel, golden eagle, takes sacrificial children who cant swim across tothe site and they are thrown overboard. the bodies are recovered and placed in cagesfilled with starving sharks for disposal.at outdoor rituals, arizona says she wore a red robe and stood in the centre of apentagram which was surrounded by a hexagram or star of david. she was triggeredinto her isis program and conducted the drawing down of t

anyone heard of the united statesand it is awash with freemasonic andsecret society symbolism going back to theancient world (see figure 29. the numberof states in america at the time ofindependence, 13, was no coincidence.thirteen, the sacred twelve and one, is anancient mystical number as we have seenthroughout this book.on the two sides of the great seal you find 13 stars above the head of the eagle. themotto e pluribus unum has 13 letters, as does annuit coeptis. the eagle holds 13leaves with 13 berries in its right talon and 13 arrows in the left. there are 72 stones(another mystic number) on the pyramid arranged in 13 rows. the eagle evolved fromthe symbol of the phoenix, the sacred sun bird of the ancient egyptians andphoenicians and the native american version is the thunderbird. m

fromthe symbol of the phoenix, the sacred sun bird of the ancient egyptians andphoenicians and the native american version is the thunderbird. manly p. hall says thatthe original seal included the phoenix and it is known that one design for the great sealsubmitted by william barton in 1782 included a phoenix sitting on a nest of flames.2the symbol of the scottish rite of freemasonry is the double eagle with a head lookingin both directions- the symbol of nimrod.this same symbol appears in at least two portraits of george washington. the eagleis a widely used brotherhood symbol and it can be found on the coats of arms of manycountries, including egypt, libya and iraq. it was a major symbol for the nazis ingermany and it appears in the designs of pulpits and lecterns used by the christianchu

lgiant, exxon (see figures 45 and 46. texaco hasthe pentagram inside a circle with the t square offreemasonry (see figure 47. the symbol ofatlantic richfield oil (arco) is a pyramid withthe capstone missing looked at from above (seefigure 48) and amoco has the lighted torch (seefigure 49. look at the names of some of thebrotherhoods insurance companies: sun alliance,sun life, britannic assurance, eagle star. the sunalliance building in piccadilly circus, london, isdecorated with two pillars, two flames, and astatue of britannia (barati) holding her circle andcross shield, the ancient sun symbol! note also thenames given to space craft, military aircraft, andnaval ships like hermes, nimrod, atlantis, andcolumbia. all symbolic to the brotherhood.the fleur-de-lis is another ancient symbol whi

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ls: 13 leaves in the olive branch 13 bars and stripes in the shield 13 arrows in the right claw 13 letters in the "e pluribus unum" on the ribbon 13 stars in the green crest above 32 long feathers on its right wing representing the 32 in freemasonry 13 granite stones in the pyramid (the 13 layers represent the 13 illuminati bloodlines) 13 letters in annuit coeptis it should also be noted that the eagle has 32 feathers right wing, but 33 in its left wing. the 32 feathers representing the number of ordinary degrees of the scottish rite, and the 33 feathers representing the 33 of freemasonry. the tail feathers number 9, the number of degrees in the york rite. the eagle itself is a prominent icon of masonry, being used extensively in the scottish rite. looking just above the eagles head you wi

oke satan. it is also the sign of anti christ with 6 points, 6 angles and 6 planes (666. to the sorcerer, the hexagram is a powerful tool to invoke satan, and is a sign of antichrist (6 points, 6 angles, 6 planes- 666) the 5 pointed pentagrams multiplied by the 13 stars equals 65, the same cabalistic number as mentioned above. this makes one wonder with whom or what, we are to dwell in unity! the eagle replaced the phoenix in 1841 as the national bird. the phoenix has been a brotherhood symbol since ancient egypt. the phoenix was adopted by the founding fathers (freemasons) for use on the reverse of the first official seal of the united states after a design proposed by charles thompson, secretary of the continental congress. to the right of george washington's portrait on the front of the

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oxiayala holado, od zodirome o coraxo das zodiladare raasyo. od vabezodire cameliaxa od bahala: niiso! salamanu telocahe! casaremanu hoel-qo, od ti ta zod cahisa soba coremefa i ga. niisa! bagile aberameji nonu ape. zodacare eca od zodameranu! odo cicale qaa! zodoreje, lape zodiredo noco mada, hoathahe saitan (dee) the mighty seat groaned and there were 5 thunders which flew into the east and the eagle spake and cried with a loud voice, come away, and they gathered themselves together in the house of death of whom it is measured and it is as they are whose number is 31. come away, for i have prepared a place for you. move therefore and shew yourselves, open the mysteries of your creation. be friendly unto me for i am the servant of the same, your god, the true worshipper of the highest (la

the house of death of whom it is measured and it is as they are whose number is 31. come away, for i have prepared a place for you. move therefore and shew yourselves, open the mysteries of your creation. be friendly unto me for i am the servant of the same, your god, the true worshipper of the highest (lavey) the mighty throne growled and there were five thunders that flew into the east. and the eagle spake and cried aloud: come away from the house of death! and they gathered themselves together and became those of whom it measured, and they are the deathless ones who ride the whirlwinds. come away! for i have prepared a place for you. move therefore, and show yourselves! unveil the mysteries of your creation. be friendly unto me for i am your god, the true worshipper of the flesh that li

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for dark air) or sometimes the exact opposite (i.e. darkness for light .the five infernal kingdoms are inhabited by five kinds of devils, two-legged, four-legged, winged, swimmings and crawling. each kind is divided into two sexes, and lives in perpetual lust and strife. the devil, or prince of darkness, king over all, combines in himself features of all five species of devil, namely demon, lion, eagle fish and dragon. here we find a significant and organizational pattern of demon lore, with as much attention on the adversary as with the god of light. as ahriman has combined himself with each of the demons, he carries the attributes to relate to different forms and techniques of being. he understands flight and how such demons see in such a capacity, as a fish to swimming and moving much d

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s a quarrelsome element; when it is being worked, the operators are apt to bicker and squabble. it is also intimately associated with sex, as is revealed by its symbolism. if an occultist is making a magic circle, and for any reason wishes to seal it with the kerubim of the elements instead of the archangels, as is more commonly done, and feels himself unequal to the task of drawing a presentable eagle, the symbolic form of the kerub of air, he will use the zodiacal sign for scorpio. the evolutionary connection between the snake and the bird is well known to biologists; but long ages before darwin, initiates used the serpent and the eagle to represent the unsublimated and sublimated aspects of the life-force. the scorpion connects with the serpent through the dragon. i had a very curious e

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mperabo spiritibus aeris hujus, et refraenabo equos solis voluntate cordis nei, et cogitatione mentis meae et nutu oculi dextri. erorciso igitur te, creatura aeris, per pentagrammaton et in nomine tetragrammaton, in quibus sunt voluntas firma et fides recta. amen. sela, fiat. qu'il en soit ainsi. 1 next we recite the prayer of the sylphs, after having traced in air their sign with the plume of an eagle. prayer of the sylphs spirit of light! spirit of wisdom! whose breath gives and takes away again the forms of all things! thou, in whose presence the life of being is a shadow which changes, and a vapor which passes away. thou who ascendest the clouds and movest on the wing of the winds. when thou breathes! forth, infinite spaces are peopled! when thou inhalest, all that comes from thee retu

dines at the west. they influence the four temperaments of men (i. e, the gnomes, the melancholic; the salamanders, the sanguine; the undines, the phlegmatic; and the sylphs, the bilious. their signs are as follows: the hieroglyphs of the bull for the gnomes, and we command them with the sword; of the lion for the salamanders, and we command them with the forked wand, or the magic trident; of the eagle for the sylphs, and we command them with the holy pentacles; finally with aquarius for the undines, and we evoke them with the cup of libations. their respective sovereigns are, gob for the gnomes, djiu for the salamanders, paralda for the sylphs, and nicksa for the undines. when an elementary spirit comes to torment, or at least to annoy the inhabitants of this world, we must conquer it by

inus tetragrammaton per angelum et leonem! michael, gabriel, raphael, anael! fluat u dor per spiritum eloim. maneat terra per adam lot-chavah. fiat firmamentum per lahuvehu-zebaoth. fiat judicium per ignen in virtute michaels. 8 angel with the dead eyes, obey or flow away with this holy water. winged bull labor or return to earth; if thou art not willing that i prick thee with this sword. chained eagle, obey this sign, or withdraw before this breath. moving serpent, crawl at my feet, or be tormented by this sacred fire and be dissipated with the perfumes i burn therein. let the water return to water! let a fire burn! let air circulate! let earth fall upon the earth, by virtue of the pentagram which is the morning star, and in the name of the tetragram, which is written in the center of the

t in its womb; it ascendeth from earth to the sky, and returneth again from the sky to the earth. i exorcise thee, creature of water, that thou mayest be to me the mirror of the living god in his works, the fountain of life, and the cleansing of sinners. amen. 8. dregs of matter, the lord commandeth thee by the living and devoted serpent. cherub, the lord command thee by adam jol-havah! wandering eagle, the lord command thee by the wings of the bull. serpent, the lord commands thee by the tetragram, the angel and lion! michael, gabriel, raphael, anael. the water floweth by the spirit of eloim. the earth remaineth by adam jot-havah. the firmament was made by iahuvehu-zebaoth. judgment is made by fire in the strength of michael. 9. dogme et rituel de la haute magie. two volumes. paris: g. ba

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s. this incredible pursuit was due to general miles, who had taken the place of general crook, relieved at his own request. low twelve 33 it was the privilege of several of us who had been in at the start to stick it out to the end. among the iron-limbed scquts were a number also who withstood the frightful heat and privations. chief of those was vikka, that wonderful apache, with an eye like the eagle's, muscles of steel and an endurance that seemed not to know the meaning of fatigue. often i looked at him as he rode his gaunt pony, without saddle, at my side and envied the salamander who seemed to revel in the furnace-like temperature. frequently the fingers of the men were blistered by contact with the iron of their weapons. many times, when we had struggled on to some well-known spring

ed l. jenkins, the head of the veteran masons, of 452a hancock street, brooklyn. 168 the man who saved president diaz mr. farley, however, though his recent visit to the mexican lodges brought forth the story, was at the time of the series of events that are hereinafter told a babe in swaddling clothes in brooklyn. just who the real hero was is not yet disclosed, but on the statements made to the eagle it seems certain that his identity is known to some. in the early seventies president diaz was not known as a patriot. patriots in spanish-american republics are successful revolutionists. diaz was not successful in those days. rather was he a fugitive beyond the confines of his own land, and few who saw him about the cafes and at the festivals of new orleans paid much more attention to him

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1964. the twelve blessings. london: aetherius press, 1958. you are responsible. london: aetherius press, 1961. the story of aetherius society. hollywood, calif: aetherius society, n.d. aetherius speaks to earth see cosmic voice aetities (or aquilaeus) a precious stone of magical properties, composed of iron oxide with a little silex and alumina, and said to be found in the stomach or neck of the eagle. it is supposed to heal falling sickness and prevent untimely birth. it was worn bound on the arm to prevent abortion and on the thigh to aid parturition. afan see association for astrological networking affectability a term coined by parapsychologist charles stuart implying susceptibility to feedback in a situation where the subject in an esp test is told the score on the previous run and a

the persian king, bribed the father-in-law of the sorcerer to kill him, and one night, when alruy was sleeping peacefully in his bed, a dagger thrust put an end to his existence. alruy was the subject of a novel by the politician-author benjamin disraeli (1804.1881: alroy: a romance (1846. alternate perceptions alternate perceptions, formerly ufo perceptions, was founded in 1986 by white buffalo-eagle wing, inc, as a ufo periodical serving the mid-south region of the united states. in the late 1990s it broadened its area of concern and has emerged as a newsstand magazine covering ufos, paranormal events, and their links to the native american community. this latter aspect gives the magazine its uniqueness. white buffalo-eagle wing, inc, published the books of alternate perceptions associa

ch on ufos, native american archeology, holistic health, and human potentials. there are also a set of columns covering recent news of ufos and paranormal experiences and a book review section. significant space is given to lettersto- the-editor. there is a minimum of advertising. alternate perceptions appears quarterly from its publishing offices at p.o. box 830, memphis, tn 38485. white buffalo-eagle wing, inc, has an internet presence at http//www.eaglewingbooks.com. white eagle books also publishes a line of psychological counseling texts. alphitomancy encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 34 sources: alternate perceptions. memphis, tenn, n.d. little, greg l. grand illusions: the spectral reality underlying sexual ufo abductions, crashed saucers, afterlife experiences, sac

ewingbooks.com. white eagle books also publishes a line of psychological counseling texts. alphitomancy encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 34 sources: alternate perceptions. memphis, tenn, n.d. little, greg l. grand illusions: the spectral reality underlying sexual ufo abductions, crashed saucers, afterlife experiences, sacred ancient sites, and other enigmas. memphis, tenn: white eagle books, 1984. people of the web: what indian mounds, ancient rituals and stone circles tell us about modern ufo abductions, apparitions, and the near.death experience. memphis, tenn: white eagle books, 1990. alternative medicine exhibition sponsored in britain july 1985 by the journal here s health and organized by swan house special events, with exhibitors and workshops in a wide range of su

ent swellings. if smeared with oil it loses its color but sparkles the more for being dipped in water. aonbarr a horse belonging to manaanan, son of the irish sea-god lir. it was believed to possess magical gifts and could gallop on land or sea. apantomancy divination by means of any objects that happen to present themselves. to this class belong omens drawn from chance meetings with a hare or an eagle. apepi, book of overthrowing of an egyptian work that forms a considerable portion of the funerary papyrus of nesi-amsu. it deals with the diurnal combat between ra the sun-god and apepi the great serpent and personification of spiritual evil. several chapters (notably 31, 33, and 35.39) are obviously borrowed from the book of the dead, or papyrus of ani. its 15 chapters contain a great deal

ide the animal, the man inside the man, is the soul. and as the activity of an animal or man is explained by the presence of the soul, so the repose of sleep or death is explained by its absence; sleep or trance being the temporary, death being the permanent absence of the soul. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. apparitions 63 sometimes the human soul was represented as a bird.an eagle, a dove, a raven.or as an animal of some sort, just as the soul of a river might be in the form of a horse or a serpent, or the soul of a tree in human shape; but among most peoples the belief was that the soul was an exact reproduction of the body resembling it in every feature, even to details of dress. when a person saw another in a dream, it was thought either that the soul of the dreame

y drafted a set of bylaws and then invited every known asatruar in the country to an allthing to approve them. this first modern allthing was held in the summer of 1988. the bylaws were adopted, a council appointed, and the tradition of annual gatherings of the kindred established. the asatru alliance may be contacted at p. o. box 961, payton, az 85547. its extensive website can be found at http/ eagle.webpipe.net. it publishes a periodical, vor tru. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. asatru alliance 91 asatru folk assembly the asatru folk assembly was founded in california in 1994 by stephen a. mcnallen, the pioneer american advocate of the magical polytheistic norse neo-paganism that became an international religious community in north america and europe in the last quart

and ufology separated itself from what was seen as the lunatic fringe of flying saucer believers, the contactees assumed a role analogous to religious prophets and the extraterrestrial entities who spoke through them emphasized a message that continued the teachings previously advocated by spiritualists and theosophists. ashtar assumed a status similar to such previous spiritual entities as white eagle and el morya. after van tassell passed from the scene, in the 1980s a new contactee, thelma b. turrell, better known by her public name tuella, emerged as ashtar s primary spokesperson. in 1985, she collected many of ashtar s messages in a book called simply ashtar: a tribute, and through the 1980s a number of other people around the world continued to receive messages by and about him, incl

nd upright character. the places libra rules are mountains, sawpits, and newly felled woods. the key phrase for libra is i balance. scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac, is a fixed water sign. it is a negative, feminine sign, ruled by the planet pluto (in traditional astrology it was ruled by mars. its symbology is complex, being the only sign with three symbols.the scorpion, the snake, and the eagle. its glyph is said to represent a serpent. it takes its name from the latin word for scorpion. scorpio is associated with the sexual organs and the kidneys. scorpio is a cold, nocturnal sign. the native has a strong, robust, corpulent body, is of average stature, and has a broad visage, dark but not clear complexion, dark gray or light brown eyes, black or very dark brown hair, short, thick

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e silver reservoirs of magic lamps. the tetragram, symbolic of the four elements, was used in the conjuration of the elementary spirits.sylphs of the air, undines of the water, and the fire salamanders and gnomes of the earth. in alchemy it represented the magical elements salt, sulphur, mercury, and azoth; in mystic philosophy, the ideas spirit, matter, motion, and rest; in hieroglyphs, the man, eagle, lion, and bull. the pentagram, the sign of the microcosm, was held to be the most powerful means of conjuration in any rite. it might represent good as well as evil, for with one point in the ascendant it was the sign of christ, and with two points in the ascendant it was the sign of satan. by the use of the pentagram in these positions, the powers of light or darkness were evoked. the pent

e genii of fire: michael, samael, and anael, and then by reciting the prayer of the salamanders. the earth is exorcised by the sprinkling of water, by breathing, by fire, and by the prayer of the gnomes. their signs are the hieroglyphs of the bull for the gnomes who are commanded with the magic sword; of the lion for the salamanders, who are commanded with the forked rod, or magic trident; of the eagle for the sylphs, who are ruled by the holy pentacles; and finally, of aquarius for the undines, who are evoked by the cup of libations. their respective sovereigns are gob for the gnomes, djin for the salamanders, paralda for the sylphs, and necksa for the undines. these names, it will be noticed, are borrowed from folklore. the laying of an elementary spirit is accomplished by its adjuration

ch they drew their conclusions. the calmecac, or training college of the priests, had a department where divination was taught in all its branches. a typical example of augury from birds may be found in the account of the manner in which the mexicans fixed upon the spot for the foundation of their city. halting after years of wandering in the vicinity of the lake of tezcuco, they observed a great eagle with wings outspread perched on the stump of a cactus, and holding in its talons a live serpent. their augurs interpreted this as a good omen, since it had been previously announced by an oracle, and upon the spot where the bird had alighted they drove the first piles upon which they built the city of mexico.the legend of the foundation of which is still commemorated in the heraldic arms of

rning the saints and the sibyls, attributed to saint cesaire (470.542 c.e. the work has appeared in various editions. in the edition of 1522 there is found a prophecy of the french revolution, including the expulsion and abolition of the nobility, the violent death of the king and queen, the persecution of the clergy, and the suppression of convents. it was followed by a further prophecy that the eagle coming from distant lands would reestablish order in france. miracles miracles, in the biblical sense are signs and wonders, the extraordinary events that inspire awe and open the world of the divine. by the middle ages the differentiation between the natural and supernatural had been made and miracles were redefined as the invasion of the supernatural into the world of the natural. as the c

arch. new york: paragon house, 1991. neihardt, john g. all is but a beginning. new york: harcourt, brace, jovanovich, 1972. patterns and coincidents: a sequel to all is but a beginning. columbia: university of missouri press, 1978. the sixth grandfather: black elk s teachings given to john g. neihardt. lincoln: university of nebraska press, 1984. when the tree flowered: the fictional biography of eagle voice, a sioux indian. lincoln: university of nebraska press, 1970. richards, john thomas. sorrat: a history of the neihardt psychokinesis experiments, 1961.1981. metuchen, n.j: scarecrow press, 1982. a sender of words: essays in honor of john g. neihardt. salt lake city, utah: howe brothers, 1984. neil-smith, christopher (1920) vicar of a church of england parish church in london, and a lea

re, in the fire with the iron, to remove its ordures and other superfluities, and purge it as much as you can, following the rules of chymistry, so that it may not suffer by the aforesaid impurities. make, in a word, the regulus with the mark. this done, cause it to dissolve in the stomach of the ostrich (vitriol, which springs from the earth and is fortified in its virtue by the sharpness of the eagle (the metallic vinegar or essence of mercury. as soon as the essence is perfected, and when after its dissolution it has taken the colour of the herb called calendule, do not forget to reduce it into a spiritual luminous essence, which resembles amber. after this, add to it of the spread eagle one half the weight of the election before its preparation, and frequently distil the stomach of the

ned by the labour of digestion, we must strengthen it and frequently distil it. finally, when it has lost all its impurity, add as much tartarized quintessence as will rest upon your fingers, until it throws off its impurity and rises with it. repeat this process until the preparation becomes white, and this will suffice; for you shall see yourself as gradually it rises in the form of the exalted eagle, and with little trouble converts itself in its form (like sublimated mercury; and that is what we are seeking. i tell you in truth that there is no greater remedy in medicine than that which lies in this election, and that there is nothing like it in the whole world. but not to digress from my purpose, and not to leave this work imperfect, observe the manner in which you ought to operate. t

nd the ganges, on the banks of which, in the hills, they show a place where he resorted occasionally for religious purposes. it is frequented by pilgrims. at the entrance of the passes leading to the place where i suppose was the garden of eden, and to the eastward of it, the hindoos have placed a destroying angel, who appears, and it is generally represented with a cherub; i mean garudha, or the eagle, upon whom vishnu and jupiter are represented riding. garudha is represented generally like an eagle, but in his compound character somewhat like a cherub. he is represented like a young man, with the countenance, wings, and talons of the eagle. in scripture the deity is represented riding upon a cherub, and flying upon the wings of the wind. garudha is called vahan [literally the vehicle] o

me the spiritualist association of great britain, and is claimed to be the largest of its kind in the world. it is located at 33 belgrave sq, london, sw1. the british spiritualist lyceum union, founded in 1890, was amalgamated with the spiritualists national union (snu) in 1948. the snu had been founded in 1891. it is now located at britten house, stanstead hall, stanstead, essex, cm24 8ud. white eagle lodge grew from the mediumship of grace cooke. it was founded in 1936 and includes a publishing trust. it has branches in edinburgh, bournemouth, plymouth, worthing, and reading, as well as in new jersey. headquarters address: new lands, rake, liss, hampshire, gu33 7hy. the greater world christian spiritualist league was founded in 1921 around the mediumship of winifred moyes. it has more th

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plan. the angel stands nearly three stories tall. large, matte-dark feathers with iridescent tips cover her. she wraps her wings around herself like a cloak and wears a wooden bird mask from which a long, sharp beak extends. she is here to take away all those feelings and fears that impede spiritual progress. her bird mask symbolizes her connection with the vulture, which removes carrion, and the eagle, which soars toward the light. i cleanse the shadow side into perfection, she says. further reading bryant, alice, and linda seebach, 1997. opening to the infinite: human multidimensional potential. mill spring, nc: wild flower press. angelucci, orfeo (1912 1993) orfeo angelucci was among the most interesting of the early contactees. unlike many of his contemporaries, he was generally deemed

ause of its sexual nature no one would publish it. for most ufologists, the villas-boas episode was only a vague rumor, if that, until england s widely read flying saucer review carried a series of articles on it, beginning in its january/ february 1965 issue. the villas-boas case anticipated an escalation of the strangeness quotient of the ce3 phenomenon. on april 18, 1961, joe simonton of rural eagle river, wisconsin, was eating lunch when, so he would assert, a flying saucer landed on his driveway. he went outside just as a hatchway opened. a short, darkfeatured man, dressed in a black, two-piece suit and wearing a tight-fitting cap on his head, held a jug. from his gestures simonton inferred that he wanted the jug to be filled with water. he complied. as he handed the filled jug back t

hen simonton asked if they were eating, the man with the jug handed him four fresh pancakes, and then the flying saucer departed. simonton took a bite of one 64 close encounters of the third kind antonio villas-boas being medically examined following his abduction by a ufo in brazil, october 15, 1957 (fortean picture library) of the pancakes. it tasted like cardboard, he thought. the story of the eagle river pancakes attracted national attention and a torrent of ridicule. even ufo groups disagreed on its s i g n i ficance, some championing simonton as a n a ve, sincere witness to an extraord i n a ry e vent, while the conserva t i ve national in ve s t igations committee on aerial ph e n o m e n a (nicap) sneeringly dismissed the story as an a b s u rd contact claim. even project blue book

even predict that presley one day would disappear: i am shut up and i cannot come forth (psalms 88:8) and how long, lord? wilt thou hide thyself forever (psalms 89:46. isaiah 4:2 states that when the messiah comes, in that day shall the branch [messiah] of the lord be beautiful and glorious. godfrey remarks, now, picture elvis at his aloha from hawaii concert, resplendent in his jeweled american eagle jumpsuit. curiously enough, the eagle is also a symbol for christ (godfrey, 2000. according to godfrey (as well as more mainstream presley biographers such as peter guralnick, presley had a religious vision in the arizona desert in march 1965. just outside flagstaff, as presley was driving his bus with his spiritual advisor larry geller sitting next to him, he saw a cloud in a clear sky and

h. after world war ii, with the coming of flying saucers, the seeding process accelerated. a space friend told williamson, many of our people are in your world now. there are nearly ten million of them, with six of those million in the united states itself. see also: williamson, george hunt further reading williamson, george hunt, 1953. other tongues other flesh. amherst, wi: amherst press. white eagle white eagle, believed to represent the new testament s saint john, was channeled through british spiritualist medium grace cooke (also known as minesta) from the 1930s until her death in 1979. by the 1950s, white eagle s teachings had found their way to north america. white eagle taught an eclectic mix of christian-based ideas and reincarnation theories as well as the occult doctrine of the

counter, sheriff h. w. ba ylor witnessed an airship landing near his home. baylor saw three crew members and spoke with one, a mr. wilson, a native of go s h e n, new yo rk. the aeronaut recalled an old friend, captain c. c. akers, whom he said he had k n own in fo rt wo rth. now, he understood, akers lived in the area. baylor replied that he k n ew akers, who was employed as a customs officer in eagle pass but who frequently visited uvalde. after asking the sheriff to give his best to akers, wilson and his crew flew away. t h e houston daily po s t, which re p o rted the story in its april 21 issue, mentioned the sighting, the same night as ba y l o r s alleged encounter with wilson, of an airship passing just nort h of the baylor residence. contacted by the ga l- veston daily ne w s( apr

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broad and agile, seeking profit, turns to spy all man s dominions. girt is she by splendour glorious shining far along all courses, victory her name! victorious goddess of all active forces. zoilo-thersites. ho, ho! just right i ve reached this spot, we re one and all a wretched lot! and yet the goal i ve chosen me is she up there, dame victory. she with her snowy wings spread out thinks she s an eagle, past all doubt, and wheresoever she may stir, thinks men and lands belong to her. but when some glorious deed is done, at once i put my armour on. up with the low, down with the high, the crooked straight, the straight awrythat, only, makes me feel aglow, and on this earth i ll have it so. herald. then take thou that, a master-blow from my good staff, thou wretched hound, then straightway w

cyprus rugged vaults cavernal by sea-god never battered, by seismos never shattered, fanned by the zephyrs eternal, and, as in days long departed, in conscious quiet glad-hearted, the chariot of cypris we ve guarded, through murmuring night s soft vibration, over waves and their lovely pulsation, unseen by the new generation, the loveliest daughter we lead. our duty we re quietly plying, from no eagle nor winged lion flying, nor from cross nor moon, as each dwells upon its throne, now swaying, now essaying, driving forth and now slaying, harvest and towns in ashes laying. thus on, with speed, hither the loveliest mistress we lead. sirens. lightly moving, hasting never, round the chariot, line on line, now ring twines with ring, to waver in a series serpentine. come, ye vigorous nereides

a child. exit. chorus. cast now, o sisters, ye captives who mourn your fate, all your sorrows far from you; share in our mistress joy, share ye in helena s joy, who to her father s hearth and house -true, with tardily homeward-turned but with so much the firmer footdraweth joyfully nearer. praise ye the ever holy, happy establishing and home-bringing immortals! how the unfettered one soars as on eagle-wings over the roughest! while in vain doth the sad captive yearningly over the prison s high parapets spread his arms abroad and pine. but a god laid hold on her, her the exile, and from ilion s ruins hither he bore her again to the ancient, the newly adorned father-house, from unspeakable raptures and torments, days of early youth newrefreshed to remember. panthalis [as leader of the choru

awareto give to that white beard the cooling air. i spoiled a pastime that the clergy savour and truly thus did not acquire their favour. now shall i, when so many years have passed, reap the returns of that glad deed at last? faust rich is the interest of a generous deed. look upwards! for he soon will send us, if i err not, a sign portentous. it will reveal itself at once, give heed! emperor an eagle soaring high in heaven i see, a griffin wild pursues him threateningly. faust give heed: auspicious seems the sign. the griffin is of fabled line; can he forget his foe is regal? how dare he fight a genuine eagle? emperor and now in circles far extending they wheel around, and in a flash they straight upon each other dash, each other s throat and bosom rending. faust mark how the sorry griff

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following are a few examples from the lists of planet images.2 two images of saturn "the form of a man with a crow's face and foot, sitting on a throne, having in his right hand a spear and in his left a lance or an arrow "the form of a man standing on a dragon, clothed in black and holding in his right hand a sickle and in his left a spear" two images of jupiter "the form of a man sitting on an eagle, clothed in a garment, with eagles beneath his feet "the form of a man with a lion's face and bird's feet, below them a dragon with seven heads, holding an arrow in his right hand" an image of mars "the form of a man, crowned, holding a raised sword in his right hand" an image of sol "the form of a king sitting on a throne, with a crown on his head and beneath his feet the figure (magic char

o ff. 2 the planet images are listed in lib. ii, cap. 10 (sloane 1305, ff. 43 recto ff. 52 hermes trismegistus and magic an image of venus "the form of a woman with her hair unbound riding on a stag, having in her right hand an apple, and in her left, flowers, and dressed in white garments" an image of mercury "the form of a man having a cock on his head, on a throne, having feet like those of an eagle, with fire in the palm of his left hand and having below his feet this sign (a magic character' an image of luna "the form of a woman with a beautiful face on a dragon, with horns on her head, with two snakes wound around her. a snake is wound around each of her arms, and above her head is a dragon, and another dragon beneath her feet, each of these dragons having seven heads" as can be seen

e the nile against the motion of the moon. this man also built a temple to the sun, and he knew how to hide himself from all so that no one could see him, although he was within it. it was he, too, who in the east of egypt constructed a city twelve miles miliaria) long within which he constructed a castle which had four gates in each of its four parts. on the eastern gate he placed the form of an eagle; on the western gate, the form of a bull; on the southern gate the form of a lion, and on the northern gate he constructed the form of a dog. into these images he introduced spirits which spoke with voices, nor could anyone enter the gates of the city except by their permission. there he planted trees in the midst of which was a great tree which bore the fruit of all generation. on the summi

us capite pannum lineum lutosum& in eius manu falcem tenentis: forma hominis senex erecti, suas manus super caput ipsius erigentes& in eis piscem tenentis: forma hominis super draconem erecti, in dextra manu falcem tenentis, in sinistra hastam habentis& nigris pannis induti.3) for a long and happy life, says ficino, you may make on a white, clear, stone an image of jupiter as "a crowned man on an eagle or a dragon, clad in a yellow garment (homo sedens super aquilam uel draconem coronatus. croceam induto uestem.a) there is a very similar image of jupiter in picatrix' de vita coelitus comparanda, 18 (ficino, p. 556. 2 ficino, pp. 556-7. 3 picatrix, lib. ii, cap. 10; sloane, 1305, f. 43 verso. 4 ficino, p. 557. 70 ficino's natural magic (forma hominis super aquilam. omnia suis vestimenta sun

s, and dressed in white and yellow (veneris imaginem puellarem, poma floresque manu tenentem, croceis& albis indutam* the comparable venus image in picatrix is: forma mulieris capillis expansis& super ceruum equitantes in eius manu dextra malum habentis in sinistra vero flores et eius vestes ex coloribus albis.5) an image of mercury described by ficino is "a helmeted man sitting on a throne, with eagle's feet, holding a cock or fire in his left hand (homo sedens in throno galeratus cristatusque, pedibus aquilinis, sinistra gallum tenens aut ignem .6 a comparable mercury image in picatrix is: forma hominis in eius capite gallum habentis& supra cathedram erecti& pedes similes pedibus aquilae& in palma sinistra manus ignem habentis.1) ficino says that this image of mercury is good for wit and

oane, 1305, f. 44 verso. 6 ficino, loc. cit. 7 picatrix, loc. cit; sloane, 1305, loc. cit. 8 particularly peter of abano. he never mentions picatrix by name. perhaps he thought that abano was a safer source to mention. the later controversy accusing abano of having borrowed from picatrix (see above, p. 50) might have been indirectly aimed at ficino. 71 ficino's natural magic such as jupiter on an eagle, or venus with flowers and apples. nevertheless one does gain the impression that he had been looking through the chapter on planet images in picatrix. what is interesting is that, on the whole, he seems to avoid decan images, concentrating almost entirely on planet images. this was noticed by w. gundel, the great authority on decan images, who thinks that ficino's partiality for planet imag

ting nearly a hundred years later, is recalling this passage in agrippa. in his magia e grazia, a work chiefly devoted to religious magic, campanella makes a classification of different kinds of magic, including a kind which he calls "real artificial magic. real artificial magic produces real effects, as when architas made a flying dove of wood, and recently at nuremberg, according to boterus, an eagle and a fly have been made in the same way. daedalus made statues which moved through the action of weights or of mercury. however i do not hold that to be true which william of paris writes, namely that it is possible to make a head which speaks with a human voice, as albertus magnus is said to have done. it seems to me possible to make a certain imitation of the voice by means of reeds condu

hermes, philothimus, and logifer.3 hermes describes the knowledge or art about to be revealed as a sun. at its rising the workers of darkness retreat into their lairs, but man and the creatures of light go out to their work. dark creatures, sacred to night and to pluto, are witches, toads, basilisks, owls: these are banished. creatures of light are the cock, the phoenix, the swan, the goose, the eagle, the lynx, the ram, and 1 bruno, op. lat, ii(i, pp. 1 ff. 2 ibid, p. 6. 3 ibid, pp. 7 ff. 192 giordano bruno: first visit to paris the lion; these are awake and working. the herbs and flowers of light such as the heliotrope or the lupin banish the growths of night. hermes describes the illumination contained within the art, not only in these terms of animals and plants astrologically affilia

evity, the dog of murmuring, the little dog of flattery. let us banish the hercules of violence, the lyre of conspiracy, the triangle of impiety, the bootes of inconstancy, the cepheus of cruelty. may the dragon of envy be far from us, and the swan of imprudence, the cassiopeia of vanity, the andromeda of laziness, the perseus of vain anxiety. let us chase away the ophiuchus of evil-speaking, the eagle of arrogance, the dolphin of lust, the horse of impatience, the hydra of concupiscence. let us put far from us the cetus of gluttony, the orion of ferocity, the river of superfluities, the gorgon of ignorance, the hare of timidity. let us no longer carry in our breast the argo of avarice, the cup of insobriety, the balance of iniquity, the cancer of slowness, the capricorn of deception. let

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cred hills. iii.for there the lord of light and love, a blessing sent with power; o may we all this blessing prove, e'en life for evermore. iv. on friendship's altar rising here, our hands now plighted be, to live in love, with hearts sincere, in peace and unity. the lambskin, or white leather apron. is an emblem of innocence, and the badge of a mason; more ancient than the golden fleece or roman eagle; more honorable than the star and garter, or any other order that can be conferred upon you at this or any future period, by king, prince, potentate, or any other person, except he be a mason, and which i hope you will wear with pleasure to yourself and honor to the fraternity. the twentyfour inch gauge. is an instrument made use of by operative masons to measure and lay out their work; but

he closest friendship and the most unlimited confidence with his associate officers; be eager to take counsel with his brethren, and ready to give it; be patient in investigation and hearing; be deliberate in judgment; be prompt in execution; be forbearing long and much with evil doers; be ready to reward good; be devoid of favoritism and wholly impartial; be watchful over the treasury; having an eagle eye upon every portion of his jurisdiction; and breasting over the restless spirit of innovation. such are some of the more important qualifications which a grand master should possess, and the leading errors which he should avoid. while the tools of operative masonryto us the most expressive symbolsthe book of constitutions and the holy writings are all placed in your charge, i would call y

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an image which hides an inner meaning. this meaning is usually cunningly hidden behind a form which most people think they can understand immediately [p. 6] examining these masonic symbols reveals the cunningly hidden meanings. then compare them with known satanic symbols so you can easily see from whence freemasonry receives her "supernatural insights" and her "spiritual light" the double-headed eagle the double-headed eagle is probably the most easily recognizable masonic symbol in the world, even more important than the square and compass/rule. they look like two eagles, but they are not. they are the phoenix bird of ancient egypt. remember that the brotherhood was known in ancient egypt as "the mystery schools" the current presidential seal has an eagle in it. the eagle replaced the ph

sten to the explanation from masonic author, manly p. hall, 33rd degree, k.t, in his book, the phoenix: an illustrated review of occultism and philosophy [before we begin, i find it highly interesting that hall would admit, by his use of this title, that freemasonry is occultic "among the ancients a fabulous bird called the phoenix is described by early writers. in size and shape it resembles the eagle, but with certain differences. the body of the phoenix is one covered with glossy purple feathers, and the plumes in its tail are alternately blue and red. the head of the bird is light in color, and about its neck is a circlet of golden plumage. at the back of its back the phoenix has a crest of feathers of brilliant color. the phoenix, it is said, lives for 500 years, and at its death its

enix, of bunnu is believed to be a divine bird going back to egypt. this phoenix destroys itself in flames and then rises from the ashes. most occultists believe that the phoenix is a symbol of lucifer who was cast down in flames and who. will one day rise triumphant. this [belief] also relates to the raising of hiram abiff, the masonic 'christ" to prevent most people from associating the masonic eagle with the ancient phoenix, freemasons changed the phoenix to an eagle, and began to refer to it as an eagle. however, two masonic authors blow the lid off that change in symbolism. manly p. hall, in his book, the lost keys of freemasonry, states "these were the immortals to whom the term 'phoenix' was applied, and their symbol was the mysterious two-headed bird, now called an eagle, a familia

n eagle. however, two masonic authors blow the lid off that change in symbolism. manly p. hall, in his book, the lost keys of freemasonry, states "these were the immortals to whom the term 'phoenix' was applied, and their symbol was the mysterious two-headed bird, now called an eagle, a familiar and little understood masonic emblem [p. 108; emphasis added] albert pike, in magnum opus, writes. the eagle was the living symbol of egyptian god mendes. and the representative of the sun [p. xviii] in one sentence, we see the admission that the phoenix bird of ancient satanic egypt was changed into the masonic eagle and then pike admits that the eagle is the symbol of the sun god and of the god of mendes, both symbols being common satanic symbols of satan/lucifer! remember also the satanic meanin

tian god mendes. and the representative of the sun [p. xviii] in one sentence, we see the admission that the phoenix bird of ancient satanic egypt was changed into the masonic eagle and then pike admits that the eagle is the symbol of the sun god and of the god of mendes, both symbols being common satanic symbols of satan/lucifer! remember also the satanic meaning of the phrase depicted below the eagle the two eagles "deus meumque jus" as explained in part 1 this is a typical satanic latin phrase, meaning. masons are saying that they are 'using occult methods' through lucifer, to achieve their rights and justice" but why would a two-headed eagle be adopted by masonry, instead of a one-headed eagle? masonic author, r. swinburne clymer, writing in the mysteries of osiris, 1951, explains "whe

d eagle? masonic author, r. swinburne clymer, writing in the mysteries of osiris, 1951, explains "when they [pagans] desired to express the renewal, or beginning, of the year, they represented it in the form of a door-keeper. it could easily be distinguished by the attributes of a key. at times, they gave it two heads, back to back. in time, this [back-to-back key symbol] became the double-headed eagle of symbolic masonry [p. 42] the triangle one of the most utilized occultic symbols is the triangle. a triangle with its point downward represents the deity and is called the deity's triangle, or the water triangle. with one point up, it is called the earthly triangle, pyramid triangle, or the fire triangle. these two definitions of the triangle are standard occult belief. they came from a ma

n" are depicted by the honey. purity is depicted within the bible as either jesus himself or as white wool or as a white garment. salvation is depicted as the cross or jesus arising from the grave. but, the pagans are surely true to the biblical description of them as "worshipping the creature rather than the creator [romans 1:25] the july, 1998, issue of the scottish rite journal states that the eagle was also a symbol of regeneration and rebirth [jim tresner, 33 degree "wings of the eagle, wings on our feet" scottish rite journal, july, 1998, p. 7. but, another masonic writer returned back to the symbolism of the snake as regeneration, or reincarnation [herbert f. inman, masonic problems and queries, london, england, a. lewis, ltd, 1987, p. 210. also stated by charles g. berger, our phal

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e was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. 16 kether is also called the white head, the long face, macroprosopos, and adam qadmon or adam illaah- the supernal or primordial or heavenly adam. the remaining sephiroth are the short face. in the angelic order, kether is represented by the beasts of ezekiel, the holy living creatures of the chariot-throne, namely the four kerubim- the eagle, man, lion, and bull- which represent the four elements air (smell, water (taste, fire (sight, and earth (touch. also it includes in its mysterious nature the four letters of tetragrammaton as follows: y (lion, h (man, v (eagle, and h (bull. but as in itself kether is also the shekinah (the glory of god, in it is hidden the shin (w, which symbolizes spirit. as the ain soph is represented by

he great work above. there are four manifestations- the no-thing, the intellectual world, the sensuous world, and the physical world; also the four elements air, fire, water, and earth, the four living beasts of the chariot throne, and the four letters in the name of tetragrammaton. in the zohar we read: the firmament is imprinted, at the four corners of a square, with four figures, of a lion, an eagle, an ox, and a man; and the face of a man is traced in all of them, so that the face of lion is of man, the face of eagle is of man, and the face of ox is of man, all being comprehended in him. 22 hence the four great qabalistic worlds together form a unit, a single great man, the macrocosm or adam illaah, the archetypal man- the form of the universe through which is manifested the divine ess

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

bol ofthelion is embroidered thereon, upon the left side,withthe inscription:faciestertia,faciesleonis.themaster bears a wand, surmounted by a calvary cross, having four circles at the end of the four arms and one circle toward the centre of the lowermost arm. 2. the honourablefraterpracticuswears a yellow robe over his black habit, symbolizing the beginning of transmutation in god.thesymbolofthe eagle is embroidered thereon, upon the left side,withthe inscription:faciesquarta,faciesaquilae. his collar is of violet silk, fromwhichdepends a circular lamina, inscribedwiththe letter he, being the first he of the divine name.hebears a. surmounted by a flaming heart. 3. thehonourablefratertheoreticuswears a blue robe over his black habit, symbolizing the aspiration and desirewhichinitiate the g

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e allegorical representations of deity in the tetrad, or quadripartiteform,and first the cherubim; they are described by ezekiel in sublime language,butthey are curiously enough not described either in exodus, where they are noted as made by moses, nor in the book of kings, where their formation by solomon is described. distinct mention is made of the several faces of a man, a lion, a bull and an eagle; these obvious types of know, dare, bear and aspire are beautifully combined in the ideal sphynx of egypt: a perfect symbol of what man must do to be comparable with the omniscience, omnipotence, and omnipresence of god, typi255 fied by the same emblems. now the four elements of the sphynx are equally applicable to the expression of god in the natural forces of the earth the four-parted acti

le with the omniscience, omnipotence, and omnipresence of god, typi255 fied by the same emblems. now the four elements of the sphynx are equally applicable to the expression of god in the natural forces of the earth the four-parted action of the astral light working in heat, light, magnetism and electricity: the man is light, the bull heat, the lion's grip is the attraction of the magnet, and the eagle's wings are types of the far-reaching flashes of the electric fluid. ezekiel's additional imagery of the wheel has supplied the enigma of the wheel of past ellus, intimately connected with the156themagical masontetrad of god; hisrota, the latin word for which is also torah, the hebrew 'law, and taro the mystical keys of the paths of yetzirah, and 22 trumps of the tarot cards, the lost book o

tures' described inthefirstchapterofezekiel, laid the basis fornumerousvarieties of the emblematicgroupof four:theman,lion,bullandeagle, which four types became the well recognised christianemblemsof thefourevangelists,matthew,mark,lukeandjohn,andwere associatedwiththe164themagical masonolder four zodiacal signs of aquarius, leo, taurus and scorpio, which latter was in this instance viewed as the eagle: the reason for this change was a rosicrucian secret. in this order also are allotted the seasons winter, summer, spring and autumn;butif placed in the order of ihvh, the succession would be the natural one of summer, autumn, winter and spring, and fire, water, air and earth. then follow the four groups of so-called elemental spirits, the salamanders of fire, the undines of water, the sylphs

companions, andthetwo captains. these elemental beings, whose existence is now generally scoffed at, are suggested in numerous verses of the old and new testaments. in the old testament book of proverbs, chapter xxx, we have several notable quaternaries: they are 4 that never have enough; the grave, the barren woman, the dry earth and consuming fire. 4 things not to be understood; the ways of an eagle through the air, the way of a serpent, of a ship, and the way of a young man with a maid. 4 things the world cannot bear; the slave in power, the fool when content, an odious wife, and a bond-woman giving an heir to her mistress. 4 things little but exceeding wise; the ants, the rabbit, the locust, and the lizard you can seize with your hands. 4 things go stately along; a lion, a war-horse

he slave in power, the fool when content, an odious wife, and a bond-woman giving an heir to her mistress. 4 things little but exceeding wise; the ants, the rabbit, the locust, and the lizard you can seize with your hands. 4 things go stately along; a lion, a war-horse, a he-goat, and a king with his army. in the book of revelation we find mentioned four beasts (living beings, lion, calf, man and eagle) full of eyes, iv, 6-9: four horses, white, red, black and the pale horse called death, vi, 2-8: four hornsofthegolden altar before the eyes of god, ix, 13, and four angels who were bound in the river euphrates, ix, 14.theancient egyptians in their burials of notable men preserved the internal organs in four canopic jars, dedicated tothenumber four165amset,hapi,taumautefandquebsenuph,theso-c

e signs has been assigned to a definite son of jacob, but without much authority; the rosicrucian ritual has one form of allotment, the hermetic g.d. society had a different one, and several printed books contain other varied schemes of distribution. the bible tells us that four of the tribes had definite standards; for judah a lion, for reuben a man by a river, for ephraim a bull, and for dan an eagle and serpent.thestations of these four tribes were at the east, south, west and north of the camp. these are again repre255 sented in the four cherubim of the mercy seatinthe tabernacle, where there are similar zodiacal signs of leo a lion, aquarius a man, taurus a bull, and scorpio, poisonous as a serpent. the other signs and sons of jacob also have similarities, but of a more indefinite cha

ancient nations of asia minor, mysteries of greece and egypt, consecrated animals to definite gods, goddesses, and religious ideals; perhaps this practice was a survival of prehistoric forms of belief, and related to thetotems,which were animal forms related tocertain tribes, sects, and families. we remember, of course, that the four quarters of the earth were associated with lion, bull, man and eagle, and that these symbols were allocated by the hebrews to the four cherubim and by the christiansto the four evangelists.theancient greek kronos, emblematic of time, was considered as lion-headed; venus as love, as a dove; jove with an eagle; apollo is shown with a swan. preliminary to admission to the secret grades we read that candidates had to pass a long period of probation, of cleansing

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t path of spiritual purity which alone willleadhimto the divine light. now astrology points out that the signs of the zodiac partake of the nature of the elements, and that the four most important periods in the year are the respective entries of the sun into the four signs of taurus, leo, scorpio and aquarius, which are represented in the hebrew cherubim with the heads of the bull, the lion, the eagle (for the eagle replaces the scorpion, unless the symbolism is intended to be of destructive nature, and the man. for when the sun enters the sign of the bull, in april, he stirs up the earth to vegetation, and the ancients said that this showed that the sign of the bull especiallyhad an earthly operation. in the lion, in july, the fiery heat is mostthe symbolism of the 4 ancients 21fymbollsm

by. different writers;butit generally..267 signifies beginning and end; the astral light wherein are the elements and the philosophic mercury extracted from sol; or it may mean essence. 2. the cross with equal arms +represents the equation of theelementsandhence is derived its meaning of corrosion and corruption or resolutionofanything into its component parts, 3.theterms raven or crow, lion and eagle, have various alchemical significations. generally: raven or crow=inhibition through blackness lion=heat and sulphurous action eagle=sublimation 4. one great. distinction between alchemic and chemical processes is that alchemy employs a gradual heat continually and carefully increased. chemistry uses a more violent heat and quick process. s. fromaqabalistic pointofview, the whole alchemic pr

s,c.1910.)5.twelve signs and twelve tribesthetwelve tribes are thus attributed to the twelve zodiacal signs:[aries]'y'gad[taurus]c$ephraim[gemini]iimanasseh[cancer]l2z5issachar[leo]stjudah[virgo]tij1naphtali[libra==asher[scorpio]111dan[sagittarius]tbenjamin[capricorn]v")zebulon[aquariusj=reuben[piscesjv;simeonofthese especially(c$)thebull (j )the lion (111) the scorpion (but in good symbolism the eagle) and=)the man are to be noted as forming the kerubic figures of ezekiel and john. to these signs are allotted the tribes of ephraim. judah,danand reuben, who, as we shall presently see, encamped towards the cardinal points around the tabernacleofthecongregation, and as leadersoftheothers.thesigns of(ii)the twins) the fishes, and in a certain sense as a compounded figure (t )the centaur armed

a distance towards the four cardinal points are the standards of the twelve tribes erected there. on the east, judah=the kerubic sign of the lion, with issachar=(qo )and zebulon=(11).on the south, reuben=the kerubic sign of the man, aquarius, with simeon),and gad('y).on the west, ephraim=the kerubic sign of the bull, with manasseh( n) and benjamin (t);and on the north, dan=the kerubic sign of the eagle(tl),with asher=)and naphtali (ji.l7).save the kerubic emblems the arrangement seems at first very confused,butwhen we notice the maternal ancestors of the tribes, this confusion disperses, and we notice that at the east are three tribes descended from leah,42 the sorcererand his apprenticeviz.judah,issacharandzebulon. opposite tothem,towardsthewest,three tribes descended from rachel, viz.eph

e metals of the friendly planets (d')and (c).of dan (tt\)jacob says 'dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of israel. dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. i have waited for thy salvation, 0lord.'moses says 'dan is a lion's whelp, he shall leap from bashan' the armorial bearings of dan are green, an eagle. these things fit with the martial and fierce nature of this sign, in which (r3)principally bears sway. to the sign (tt\)thetwelve signs and twelve tribes 45egyptians attributed the serpent, and also typhon, the slayer of osiris, and on this account they called it the 'accursed sign. in good symbolism it is generally represented by the eagle.thehorse's heels which the serpent bites are found

ss, or female pope.a woman crowned with a high mitre or tiara (her head encircled by a veil, a stole (or a solar cross) upon her breast, and the book of science open in her hand. she representsscience, wisdom,orknowledge.3.the empress.a winged and crowned woman seated upon a throne, having in one hand a sceptre bearing a globe surmounted by a cross, while she rests the other upon a shield with an eagle blazoned therein on whose breast is the cross. she is the symbol ofaction,the result of the union of science and will.58 the sorcererand his apprentice4. the emperor.he is crowned (and leaning against a throne, his legs form a cross, and besidehim,beneath his left hand,ifa shield blazoned with an eagle. in his right hand hebearsasceptre similar to that of the empress. hisbodyand arms form a

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

rflyofpleasure luring him on (while in some packs a tiger, in others a dog, attacks him from behind).itsignifiesfolly, expiation. 21. the universe.within a flowery wreath is a female figure nude save for a light scarf. she represents nature and the divine presence therein. in each hand she should bear a wand.atthe four angles of the card are the four cherubic animals of the apocalypse. above, the eagle and the man; below, the lion and the bull.itrepresentscompletion, reward.thus the whole series of the twenty-two trumps will give a connected sentence which is capable of being read thus: the humanwill(1)enlightened byscience(2) and manifested byaction(3) should find itsrealisation(4) in deeds ofmercyandbeneficence(5. thewise disposition(6) of this will give himvictory(7) throughequilibrium(

inthebook of revelation, and you will seethatfollowing the reign ofthedeviluponearth,the church -thatthe esoteric teaching on the zodiac 189 is all the faithful, that is all those who understand how to use their spirituality- shall be taken away, andkeptsafe underneath the altar. another important thing is, you take scorpio, and in the upper decanate of scorpio is the sign aquila, and that is the eagle of st john, and the good power of which scorpio is the evil. without going further into these matters, that is a sort of general idea of what is occultly meant by the zodiac. i have just given you these as a few fragmentary examples picked up here and there. now if history repeats itself, and will repeat itself- if that be true, then ancient wisdom has given us a clock by which we may time t

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organization. in reality, masonry is an organization that aims to systematically impose a specific philosophy on its members as on the rest of society. as we said at the beginning, the fundamental element of this philosophy, one which has transpired to masonry from pagan cultures, especially that of ancient egypt, is materialism. dcf materialism revisited the compass and square depicted with the eagle, one of ancient egypt's most important symbols. materialism in masonic sources i. belief in absolute matter today's masons, as did the pharaohs, priests and other classes of ancient egypt, believe in the eternity and uncreatedness of matter, and that out of this lifeless matter living things came to be by chance. in masonic writings we can read detailed accounts of these basic elements of ma

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ggdrasil is identified as a sacred ash tree, it becomes obvious that this is no ordinary tree but a tree which glyphs the worlds and which encompasses many strata's of reality. in the grimnismal yggddrasil is described as having three great roots, one lies under hel, the realm of the dead, under another dwell the giants and under the third live human beings. a squirrel runs along its branches, an eagle nets in its crown, four deer browse on its branches and a dragon gnaws at its roots. in the volupsa the sacred ash is described as very tall, always green and moist, the source of dew and as having the well of destiny (urd) as its roots. at ragnorak, the" towering ash trembles, and the world tree howls" the ash is of all the trees the biggest and the best. its branches spread out over all th

GOLDEN DAWN SUPREME BANISHING RITUAL OF THE PENTAGRAM

ing the name "hcoma" draw the sigil of spirit in the center and intone "agla" give the lvx signs. trace the banishing pentagram of water the sanctuary of maat order of the golden dawn- content http//www.ritual-magic.com/welcome/modules.php?name=content. 2 of 3 6/27/2004 7:55 am give the lvx signs. trace the banishing pentagram of water and intone the name "empeh arsel gaiol" draw the sigil of the eagle in the center and vibrate "aleph lamed, al" give the sign of practicus. then give the attacking sign and the sign of protection. go to the north and trace the banishing pentagram of spirit passive while vibrating the name "nanta" draw the sigil of spirit in the center and intone "agla" give the lvx signs. trace the banishing pentagram of earth and vibrate the name "emor dial hectega" trace t

GOLDEN DAWN SUPREME INVOKING RITUAL OF THE PENTAGRAM

gram of spirit passive. thrust through the center of the pentagram and vibrate "hcoma" trace the spirit sigil in the center and intone "agla" give the lvx signs. then trace the invoking pentagram of the sanctuary of maat order of the golden dawn- content http//www.ritual-magic.com/welcome/modules.php?name=content. 2 of 2 6/27/2004 7:57 am water and vibrate impeh arsel gaiol" draw the sigil of the eagle in the center of the pentagram and tone "aleph lamed, al" give the sign of the practicus. turn to the north and trace a large invoking pentagram of spirit passive. thrust though the center of the pentagram and vibrate "nanta" trace the spirit sigil in the center and intone "agla" give the lvx signs. then trace the invoking pentagram of earth and vibrate "emor dial hectega" draw the sigil of

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS B

t is the container of rain and moisture. o is symbolized by the sign of e. e is the sign when the hot sun is most fiery upon the earth. n is represented by the symbol. it is a symbol of alchemical distillation. l hath the laborious b. the following manner is the correct way to trace the kerubic emblems in the center of their respective pentagrams. 10 symbols: spirit wheel aquarius kerub leo kerub eagle kerub taurus kerub the attributions of the elements in their respective position are derived from the winds: east wind is attributed to m. southern wind bringeth into action the nature of heat and o. west wind bringeth rain and moisture, n. north winds are cold and dry like the l. the natural positions of the elements in the zodiac are different. o is in the east, l is in the south, m is in

passive pentagram. 2) the spirit wheel. 3) the banishing elemental pentagram of that quadrant. 4) the kerub of the element. each of the figures are drawn one on top of the other. the spirit wheel and the kerub both are drawn in the center of the pentagrams. the spirit wheel is drawn as a circle with eight spokes within. the kerubs are attributed as thus: spirit wheel k aquarius kerub e leo kerub eagle kerub b taurus kerub in the supreme ritual of the pentagram, both the hebrew and enochian words and energies are used; the hebrew you should already be familiar with ever since the neophyte grade. the enochian system finds its origins in the work handed down from john dee and edward kelly. their works were made into a tangible and more workable system by modifications made by g.h. frater d.d

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ENOCHALL

thing/ a strong seer. urzla: erzla, angel. ussn: angel, ruled by nelapr omebb. uta: name of the fourteenth aethyr. uti: name of the twenty-fifth aethyr. utpa/ utlpa: angel, ruled by the angel eutpa and llacza palam. v ge gi: waxeth strong. vaa: name of an angel who appeared to dee and kelley("scourge of those who resist the power, will and command of god. vaasa: angel, also known as vasa. vabzir: eagle. vabzir camliax: the eagle spake. vadali: calling angel of water angle of fire tablet. valgars: governor of the third division of the aethyr lil (3. van/ vau: name of the enochian letter representing v. vaoan: truth (cf. vooan. vaorsag/ vaorsagi: vors g, over you. vap: flame. varsg: angel, also known as vsag. vasa: subservient angel of fire angle of water tablet, also known as vaasa. vasg: s

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es with sol, saying) 3 "so therefore first the priest who governeth the works of fire must sprinkle with the lustral water of the loud, resounding sea (on reaching west, he faces west, and makes the invoking pentagram of water with the cup, saying "empeh arsel gaiol. in the names and letters of the great western quadrangle, i invoke ye, ye angels of the watchtower of the west (replaces the cup on eagle's head. takes the dagger and strikes forward with it, then circumambulates with sol, repeating "such a fire existeth, extending through the rushing of air, or even a fire formless, whence cometh the image of a voice, or even a flashing light, abounding, revolving, whirling forth, crying aloud (on reaching the east, he strikes forward with the dagger, makes invoking air pentagram, and repeats

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS SADD

instead of as ten as before, then since they are divided into a 3, a 4, and a 5- as in oip teaa pdoce- they may be said to symbolize the triad of the supernals, the tetrad of the elements, and the pentagram. again, in the commencing triad of the linea spiritus sancti of each tablet, it may be said that: oro will be symbolical of the voice of the man kerub. mph will be symbolical of the cry of the eagle kerub. mor will be symbolical of the low of the bull kerub. oip will be symbolical of the roar of the lion kerub. the adept will soon realize that there are numerous methods of working with the pyramids. thou will surely discover that each pyramid is an entire world. this thou mayest discover through scrying in the spirit vision. thou mayest regard the upper triangle (no. 2) as representing

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! ohio ohio noib ohio caosgon bagle madrid i zir woe! woe! yea woe! be to the earth, for her iniquity is, was, od chiso drilpa niiso crip ip nidali. and shall be great. come away! but not your mighty sounds. m of n the eleventh key oxiayal holdo od zirom o coraxo the mighty seat groaned aloud and there were five thunders ds zildar raasy od vabzir camliax od bahal which flew into the east, and the eagle spake, and cried with a loud niiso voice: come away! and they gathered themselves together and salman teloch casarman holq od t i ta became the house of death, of whom it is measured, and it is as 16 z soba cormf i ga niiso bagle abramg they whose number is 31. come away! for i have prepared for you noncp zacar ca od zamran odo cicle a place. move therefore and show yourselves. open the myst

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! ohio ohio noib ohio caosgon bagle madrid i zir woe! woe! yea woe! be to the earth, for her iniquity is, was, od chiso drilpa niiso crip ip nidali. and shall be great. come away! but not your mighty sounds. m of n the eleventh key oxiayal holdo od zirom o coraxo the mighty seat groaned aloud and there were five thunders ds zildar raasy od vabzir camliax od bahal which flew into the east, and the eagle spake, and cried with a loud niiso voice: come away! and they gathered themselves together and salman teloch casarman holq od t i ta became the house of death, of whom it is measured, and it is as z soba cormf i ga niiso bagle abramg they whose number is 31. come away! for i have prepared for you noncp zacar ca od zamran odo cicle a place. move therefore and show yourselves. open the mysteri

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d descriptions of the forms which an adept officer builds upon as a focus of force are given in another paper. the invisible stations these are: 1. the stations of the kerubim. 2. the stations of the children of horus. 3. the stations of the evil one. 4. the station of harpocrates. 5. the stations of isis, nephthys, and aroueris. 1. the kerubim: the stations of the man, the lion, the bull and the eagle are at the four cardinal points without the hall, as invisible guardians of the limits of the temple. they are placed according to the winds beyond the stations of hierophant, 15 dadouchos, hiereus, and stolistes and in this order do their symbols appear in all warrants of temple. the kerub of m formulates behind the throne of hierophant. she has a young girl's countenance and form, with lar

their correspondence" the kerub of o has the face and form of a lion with large and clashing wings. he formulates behind the throne of the dadouchos and he is a power of the great goddess tharpesh or tarpheshest, the latter syllable being nearly pasht. the action of the lion kerub is through the flaming o of e of which the egyptian name is labo-ae. the kerub of n has the face and form of a great eagle with large and glistening wings and he formulates behind the throne of hiereus. he is a power of the great god tho-om mo-oo, and his operation is by the sign of h, which is called in egyptian szlae-ee. the kerub of l has the face and form of a bull with heavy and darkening wings. he formulates behind the throne of stolistes and he is a power of the great god ahaphshi and his operation is by

laces of the rivers. ameshet (man-headed) is placed in the northeast, between the man and the bull. ameshet or amesheth (the spelling is coptic and differs according to the force intended to be invoked by the letters. tou-mathaph, jackal-headed, is placed in the southeast between the man and the lion. tmo-oumathu or tmoumathv. ahephi, ape-faced, is placed in the southwest between the lion and the eagle. ahephi or ahaphix. kabexnuv, hawk-faced, is placed in the northwest, between the eagle and the bull. kabexnuv or dabexnjemouv. 3. the station of the evil one: this station is in the place of dwsy and is called the station of the evil one, the slayer of osiris. he is the tempter, accuser, and punisher of the brethren, and in egypt is represented mostly with the head of a waterdragon, the bod

gs. the kerub of d is in the south beyond the seat of the dadouchos. it is a power of the great goddess tharpesh, and has the face and form of a lion with large and clashing wings. the coloring is very lively with flashing leo green with ruby, flame-blue, and emerald green. the kerub of n is formed behind the hiereus and is a power of the great god toum or tmu. it has the face and form of a great eagle with large and glistening wings. the colors are mostly blue and orange with some green. the kerub of lis in the north behind the seat of the stolistes. it is a power of the great god ahapshi and has the face and form of a bull with heavy darkening wings. the colors are black, green, red, with some white. these forms are not described in detail. we are to imagine them there as great stabilizi

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and between them, and make the sign of practicus. say "let us adore the lord and king of n. holy art thou lord of the mighty waters, whereon thy spirit moved in the beginning. twabx \yhla. glory be unto thee \yhla jwr whose spirit hovered over the waters of creation" step 5 go to the west. before the water tablet, make the active and passive spirit pentagrams and invoking water pentagram with the eagle kerub in the center, using the lotus wand. say: 3 "and the \yhla said 'let us make adam in our own image, after our likeness, and let him have dominion' in the name la, strong and mighty, spirits of n, adore your creator" sign the eagle kerub with the water cup. say "in the sign of the head of the eagle, and in the name of layrbg, great archangel of n, spirits of n, adore your creator" make

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accepted into our fraternity will not be measured by their curiosity, but by the rule and pattern of our revelations. a thousand times the unworthy may clamor, a thousand times present themselves, yet god hath commanded our ears that clouds that unto us, his servants, no violence can be done; wherefore now no longer are we beheld by human eyes unless they have received strength borrowed from the eagle. for the rest, it hath been necessary that the fama should be set forth in everyone's mother tongue, lest those should be defrauded of the knowledge thereof, whom (although they be unlearned) god hath not excluded from the happiness of this fraternity, which is divided into degrees; as those which dwell at damcar, who have a far different political order from the other arabians; for there do

hence made for ourselves a new language, in which the nature of things is expressed, so that it is no wonder that we are not so eloquent in other tongues, least of all in this latin, which we know to be by no means in agreement with that of adam and enoch, but to have been contaminated by the confusion of babylon. chapter x but this also must by no means be omitted, that, while there are yet some eagle's feathers in our way, which do hinder our purpose, we do exhort to the sole, only, assiduous, and continual study of the sacred scriptures, for he that taketh all his pleasure therein shall know that he hath prepared for himself an excellent way to come into our fraternity, for this is the whole sum of our laws, that as there is not a character in that great miracle of the world which has n

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nvoke ye, ye angels of the watchtower of the south" step 4 replace wand on altar, take cup and go west. sprinkle to the west and circumambulate temple in the path of a, saying "so therefore, first, the priest who governeth the works of o must sprinkle with the lustral waters of the loud resounding sea" step 5 on reaching the west, sprinkle with n, make invoking water pentagram and the sign of the eagle's head. say "mph arsl gaiol. in the names and letters of the great western quadrangle, i invoke ye, ye angels of the watchtower of the west" step 6 replace cup, take dagger, strike towards east, and circumambulate in the path of a, saying: 4 "such a o existeth, extending through the rushings of m, or even a o formless, whence cometh the image of a voice; or even a flashing light, abounding

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lack ever rolling abyss ever espousing a body unluminous, formless and void" 5 chief adept (moves to the west of the altar of the universe and draws both invoking spirit pentagrams, active and passive, in the air with the spirit wheel in the center, vibrating "exarp, bitom, eheieh, hcoma, nanta, agla. in the sign of the head of the man (draws aquarius symbol. before us raphael. in the sign of the eagle (draws eagle symbol. behind us gabriel. in the sign of the lion (draws leo symbol. on our right michael. in the sign of the head of the ox (draws taurus symbol. and on our left auriel (second adept draws invoking pentagrams, of each element in each quarter using lotus wand, starting in the east) chief adept "for before us flames the pentagrams and behind us shines the six rayed star (perform

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i am made as ye. ye are the teachers of the soul. step 5 go to the west, face the quarter, place the talisman before the water tablet. say: before thou canst have a body fitted for the incarnation of the divine, thou must receive the n, the blood, and the tears for the remission of sins. step 6 make the invoking circle and passive pentagram with spirit wheel; and invoking water pentagram with the eagle kerub. say: in the name of the almighty and powerful, in the name of twabx \yhla, and by the name of your archangel layrbg, spirits of n, ye i command. infuse ye into this creature of talismans the substance of the waters (make cross) in the three great secret holy names of god borne upon the banners of the west, eph arsl gaiol, spirits of n, ye i command. give unto me the substance of your

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lar 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. in its contemporary manifestation this arcanum has itself 'fleshed out' via the medium of a mystery-rite 'the black eagle rite, simply named after the spirit itself. this instance in itself serves to illustrate that a certain type of magical lineage is principally conveyed via the inheritance of spirit-familiars. one might consider that the animal-totem, be it eagle, snake, fox or boar, functions as a 'mask' for the informing sentience of such traditions. mystery-rites, in and of themselves, communicate the lin

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revealed merely as small scattered units surrounded by an astonishing scribble of vast geometric forms. these forms now look less like runways and more like pathways made by giants pathways that crisscross the plateau in what seems at first a bewildering variety of shapes, angles and sizes. as the ground continues to recede, however, and as the widening perspective on the lines permits more of an eagle s-eye view, i begin to wonder whether there might not after all be some method to the cuneiform slashes and scratches spread out below me. i am reminded of an observation made by maria reiche, the mathematician who has lived at nazca and studied the lines since 1946. in her view the geometric drawings give the impression of a cipher-script in which the same words are sometimes written in hug

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and desires taking external shape here. step 7. search the square for the egyptian deity. you should see the goddess sothis, a beautiful naked woman. as goddess of evolutionary development, she can initiate you finto the mysteries of the feminine current which is strong in this square. the sphinx that accompanies sothis in this square is a large lion with strong wide wings whose legs end in sharp eagle claws. this sphinx possesses both feminine and masculine characteristics. step 8. the archangel of this square is alrni (ah-larnee. his number is 224, the number for mi-ial meaning "the power to consume. the angel is lrni (l' ar-nee "he who stirs up" his number is 218, the number for the word torzu "to rise up" the fiery nature of this square is due to the nature of alrni and the flowing str

oth joy 25 vti feminine intuition 26 des masculine reason 27 zaa feminine space 28 bag masculine guilt 29 rii both 30 tex both 'aethyr contains an especially strong sexual current. 157 the three degrees of sex magick take an athanor and cucurbite, and prepare a flask for this wine of the holy ghost. thou needest also a flame for the distillation. in the athanor is thy lion, in the cucurbite thine eagle. use a gentle heat, increasing at last to full flame until, the lion passeth over. pour immediately thy distillation into the flask prepared for it. the elixir being then prepared solemnly and in silence, do thou consume it utterly. this elixir is the germ of life. aleister crowley, the book of the unveiling of the sangraal sex magick has many variations and expessions. in conjunction with e

b from the watchtower of earth is: 186 the formula of vovin we attained to be starry grains of gold dust in the sands of a slow river. yea, and that river was the river of space and time also. aleister crowley, liber vii the word vovin can be pronounced either voh-veeneh or vohvee- en. it is derived from the first letters of the words vpaah oxi vabzir in nisan which means "the mighty wings of the eagle that carry you through the void" this phrase adds up to 1175, the number for the sum of the three governors of the 24th aethyr,nia: orakamir= 692 khiasalps= 404 soageel= 79 1175 aiq bkr reduces 1175 to 5, the number for man and motion. the word vovin means "dragon" and its formula is the formula of the magical dragon. the word vovin adds up to 280 where 28 is the number for balt which means

ed to as 'the son of the father' just as a son often rebels against his father to stand independently on his own, so the human mind tries to stand on its own. it denies its inherent dependency. the being confronted in des will be your own ego. if you see an angel or other being in des, know i t to be an aspect of your own human mind. when crowley entered des he saw his ego in the form of a golden eagle, but it can take on many forms. below des the ego appears to have a supreme control over things. most people worship their egos in one way or another. in des you see it for what it really is and the intuitive feeling will come to you that there is much more to 206 your inner being, your self, than this ego. zen buddhism teaches that the ego is a social fiction. in des this f ict ion is strip

supreme control over things. most people worship their egos in one way or another. in des you see it for what it really is and the intuitive feeling will come to you that there is much more to 206 your inner being, your self, than this ego. zen buddhism teaches that the ego is a social fiction. in des this f ict ion is stripped away. the ego is not supreme, nor is it independent. crowley's golden eagle said to him "i am the great god adored of the holy ones. yet am i the accursed one, child of the elements and not their father" although worshipped by many, the ego is a creation of circumstantial events rather than a creator of events. children come into the world without a sense of ego. this very fact gives children their innocence and purity. the sense of ego must be acquired and develope

wer inherent in all beings. odo-emna-noq-if lad (oh-doh-em-nah-noh-qeh-el-ee-ahdeh) i am opened up unto you, 0 goddess. i am your favored servant. part 12. the dragon. hold the talisman of vovin before you. focus your mind on the watchtowers and aethyrs as a totality and say, vpaah-oxi-vabzir nisan-in (veh-pah-ah-heh-oh-tzee- vah-beh-zodee-ar-nee-ee-sah-neh-ee-neh) behold, the nughty wings of the eagle carry me through the void. i roam the watchtowers and aethyrs. insi-alama- vovin-ax-l -ial-prt (ee-neh-see-ah-lah-mah-voh-vee-neh-ahtz-el- ee-ah-leh-par-teh) i tread the path of the dragon whose name is the first flame. vovin (voh-vee-neh) babalon-l-sonf-aai (bah-bah-loh-en-ii-sohneh-feh-ah ah-ee) vovin (voh-vee-neh) see yourself as a magical dragon and hold that concept for a time. part 13

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blew, the dust flew inwards. he now changed himself into a worm, and crept in at the hole; baugi plunged the drill in after him, but missed him. in the mountain bolverkr passed three nights with gunnlos, and she vowed to let him have three draughts of the mead: at the first draught he drained oshroerir, at the second bosn, at the third son, and so he had all the mead. then he took the shape of an eagle, flew his fleetest, and suttungr as a second eagle gave chase. the aesir saw osinn come flying, and in the courtyard of asgar^ they set out vats, into which o^inn, hard pressed by suttung, spat out the mead, and thus it turned into spittle again, as it had been at first^ the mead is given by osinn to the ases, and to men' hein, as. ban, engl, hone, swed. hen, sskr. s'ana. 2 like dr. faust fo

489, 17 and as orator, propheta 19, 18. 346, 21 'witgena wossong' cantus prophetarum 4, 1* wuscrseft' poesis 234, 30. 360, 7 synon. with the scopcrgeft and gleocr^eft above' wynlicu wosgiefu' jocundum poeseos donum 414, 10 alluding at once to the gay art and to woden^s gift. now, whether the sense of' sweet, gentle^ la- leir (habent id mala poetae, et dicitur aquilae lutum' because o^inn flew in eagle's shape. in mart. capella, before athanasia will hand the ivimortalitatis poculum to philologia' leniter dextera cordis ejus pulsum pectusque pertractat, ac nescio qua intima idlenitudine distentum magno cum turgore respiciens, nisi haee, inquit, quibus plenum pectus geris, coactissima egestione yomueris forasque diffuderis, immortalitatis sedem nuuatenus obtinebis. at ilia omni nisu magnaqu

d clearly be a confusion of thought. i prefer to think of the neivhj verdant earth after muspilli (ssem. 9, or of a withered and newly sprouting world-tree, the ash (p. 796-9; we might even find in this of the withered tree^ some support to my interpretation of tmisjnlu, mvdspilli as= arboris perditio (p. 809. and what if frederick's asking after the hying ravens should be connected even with the eagle flying over the new world (sa;m. 9, or the one sitting on the ash-tree? it might also suggest the cranes which at the time of the great overthrow come flying through the bread-stalls (deut. sag. no. 317. live ia hope of the old k, simplic. 3, 20. 4, 11 'aw/ den alien haiser binein stehlen' springinsf. cap. 6; i.e. reckoning on a possible change in the nature of things* in other cases too the

saga cap. 21. several passages in the 0. span. cid prove the observation of birds: 867 al exir de salon mxxcho ovo huenas aves; 2376 con dies e con la vuestra ance; 2379 con la buen auce (see suppl. and as it was a principal point with the ancients whether the flight was from right or left, hartlib also (sup. h, cap. 67) pronounces flying on the right hand lucky, on the left unlucky. he says the eagle must jli/ pouch-side of the traveller, i.e. on the side where his travelling-pouch hangs. nowhere else do i find the' frid. gnil. schwarz de antiquiss. apollinis uatura, berol. 1813, p. 16" ovtos dvrjp (epij. yiak\os ^vf ovdpvwv roii xoyifiiordtois ev x^pl-v? itrtrevonevoi 6pvlv tlva iwl 8^v8pov re kaor)fj.ivriu el5e kal ttoxxo. kpih^ovcrav. ehe 5^ ttjs 6pvldos rrjs ^t^vtjs^vvhs five\\o fj.(

hariri 1, 591-2. of indian augury many examples might be given, for instance in the kamayana' hae aves tibi declarant horrendum idericulum imminere' schlegel's lud. bibl. 2, 225. a shepherd ascribed the discomforts that had path-crossing. 1133 our early ages appear also to have seen a meaning in the overflight of certain birds. ms. 2, 1^ on the lord of the diirings' oh ime ein adelar (over him an eagle) z'allen ziteu ist init hohen fliigen gewesen^ eagles spread their v^ings over famous heroes to shade them from the sun: when the heathen deputies came to charles's hall^ they saw' daz die adelaren dar zu geweuit waren, daz sie scate hdren' kol. 21, 20. this evidently stands connected with the eagle over charles's palace (p. 633, perhaps even with that in obin's hall, seem. 41. the dove hove

the havamal, saem. 12: ominnis hegri, sa er yfir ol^rom j^rumir, hann stelr ge^i guma]?ess fugls fio'srom ec fiotrasr varc i garsi gunnla^ar (oblivionis ardea, qui super symposiis stridet mentemque hominum furatur; ejus avis pennis captus sum in domo grunnladae. it is osinn that speaks, who, after intoxicating himself with full draughts of nectar at the house of gunnlo-s (p. 903-5, flies away in eagle's shape' ominnis hegri' being a circumlocution for the divine bird. hegri stands for hegri, hregri, as. hragra, ohg. heigiro, hreigiro, e'pwsto, one large bird instead of another. when osinn swilled the drink he had longed for, and enjoyed the favour of the fair giantess, he was fettered in eagle's feathers, i.e. put on the form of an eagle. how like the myth of zeus, when, transformed into

le's shape' ominnis hegri' being a circumlocution for the divine bird. hegri stands for hegri, hregri, as. hragra, ohg. heigiro, hreigiro, e'pwsto, one large bird instead of another. when osinn swilled the drink he had longed for, and enjoyed the favour of the fair giantess, he was fettered in eagle's feathers, i.e. put on the form of an eagle. how like the myth of zeus, when, transformed into an eagle, he carries off ganymede, and makes him pour out nectar for him (see suppl^ the romans framed a system of augury of their own, not based on the flight of wildfowl, but on the domestic breed of poultry. the greeks practised an uxekrpvoixavreia by laying dogged him all day long to the single circumstance, that early in the morning a snake had crawled across ids path. 1 the description of this

g flight (brauns. anz. 1746. p. 236' ignavus bubo' which again calls up the old sense of feig (fey, moribundus. other prognostics of death are, when the raven belches, sup. g, 1. 166, when a cock or hen trails straw, m, 77, the top of the pole was fixed the wooden image of a dove, whose head or beak pointed in the direction where the loved one lay buried; paul. diac. 5, 34 (not unuke the gyrating eagle on the palace-roof, p. 634. the dove represented the sorrowing kinsman who set up the pole. precisely so the servians of to-day make the cuckoo mourn for them (p. 682: on a wooden cross 6 feet high arc carved as many cuckoos as there are survivors, esp. sisters, to mourn the dead. a girl who has lost a brother can never hear the cuckoo sing without breaking into a flood of tears; kukumene! i

christians, even warriors, will rather have the deer for guide than the heathenish wolf: a doe shewed the franks the ford of safety over the main, ditm. merseb. ed. wagn. 245; conf. otto fris. de gestis frid. 1, 43 [and a white hart over the vienne. a raven the christians would have taken for a messenger of the devil. flodoardus in hist. remens. 1,24 (ed. duac. p. ii5) relates one instance of the eagle' conscenso silvosi mentis vertice, dum circumferentes oculorum aciem de monasterii corde volutant positione, subito sublimi coelorum mittitur aliger index a culmine, per quern coelos scansuro locus in tern's beato depromeretur theoderico. nam mysticus ales aqiiila spatiando gyrans et gyrando circumvolans locum monasterii capacem secans aura designavit. et ut expressius ostenderet quid domiuu

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de havock of the hus bandman s crops, for which she is doomed to ride along with the storm to all eternity; this again reminds us of diana and the huntress holda (see suppl. in addition to these widely spread fancies, there is a peculiar one about the origin of wind, which appears to extend through nearly all europe. according to the edda, hrcesvelgr is the name of a giant, who in the shape of an eagle l sits at the end of heaven: from his wings cometh all wind upon men, sa3m. 35b. snorri defines it more minutely: he sits at the north side of heaven, and when he flaps his wings, the winds rise from under them (sn. 22) and in the formula of the trygdamal (gragas 2, 170, ifc is said: sva vi$a sem valr flygr varlangan dag, oc standi byrr undvr bdda vcengi, far as falcon flies a summerlong day

wings, the winds rise from under them (sn. 22) and in the formula of the trygdamal (gragas 2, 170, ifc is said: sva vi$a sem valr flygr varlangan dag, oc standi byrr undvr bdda vcengi, far as falcon flies a summerlong day, when stands fair wind under both his wings. light clouds threatening storm are called in iceland uo-sigi (biorn spells, klosegi, clawsinking; acc. to gunnar pauli, because the eagle causes storm by letting down one of his claws (finn magn. p. 452. 3 it is also an indian belief that tempest comes from garuda s wings, somadeva 2, 102: the motion of his flight stirs up the wind. then again people in the shetland isles are said to conjure the storm-wind in the shape of a great eagle? further we are told that charles the great had a brazen eagle fixed on the top of his palac

86* day also was imaged as a bird, who dug his claws into the clouds. 1 scott s pirate, edinb, 1822. 4 it ought not to be overlooked here, that at the west door of osin s hall there 634 elements. turnum converterunt. nam german! earn in favonium (up. germ, fohn) converterant, subtiliter significantes gallos suo equitatu quandoque posse devinci. the meaning seems to be, that the french turned the eagle s head to the south-east, the germans to the west, to signify that like the storm they could make a raid (ride, that is what equitatus comes to) upon the country toward which the bird s head was directed. dietmar of merseburg s account 3, 6 (pertz 5, 761) is as follows: post haec autem imperator ordinavit expeditionem suam adversus lotharium regem karelingorum, qui in aquisgrani palatium et

expeditionem suam adversus lotharium regem karelingorum, qui in aquisgrani palatium et sedem regiam nostrum semper respicientem doininium valido exercitu praesumpsit invadere, sibique versa aquila designare. haec stat in oriental! parte domus, morisque fuit omnium hunc locum possidentium ad sua earn vertere regna this statement appears less accurate than that of richerus, for each would turn the eagle s head not toward his own kingdom, but the foreign or depen dent one; conf. jahrb. d. rheinlande v. vi. 73. but even in the 12th cent, the wind s connexion with the eagle was still known in germany, for veldek sings, ms. 1, 21 a: jarlanc ist rent daz der ar winke dein vil siiezen winde, all this year the eagle must beckon to (i.e. bring) a mild wind. how many fancies familiar to the mid. age

rent daz der ar winke dein vil siiezen winde, all this year the eagle must beckon to (i.e. bring) a mild wind. how many fancies familiar to the mid. ages must be lost to us now, when of all the poets that mention air and wind and storm no end of times, only one happens to allude to this myth! but not only do aquila and aquilo, 1 vultur and vulturnus point to each other; ai/eyiio (wind) and aero (eagle) are likewise from one root ao&gt, a?^u. 2 according to horapollo 2, 15 a sparrowhawk with outspread wings represents the wind. eagle, falcon, vulture, sparrowhawk, are here convertible birds of prey. the indian garuda, king of birds, is at the same time the wind. the o.t. also thinks of the winds as winged creatures, without specifying the bird, 2 sam. 22, 11: rode on the wings of the w

k with outspread wings represents the wind. eagle, falcon, vulture, sparrowhawk, are here convertible birds of prey. the indian garuda, king of birds, is at the same time the wind. the o.t. also thinks of the winds as winged creatures, without specifying the bird, 2 sam. 22, 11: rode on the wings of the winds; ps. 18,11. 104,3: volavit super pennas ventorum, which also hung a wolf, and over it an eagle (drupir brn yfir, saein. 41 b, and that the victorious saxons fixed an eagle over the city s gate, supra, p. 111. 1 festus: aquilo ventus a vehementissinio volatu ad iiistar aquilae appellatur; conf. hesychius, d/a/)6s 6 poppas. 2 wackernagel on ablaut (vowel-change) p. 30. eustathius on the ii. 87. 15 rom. wind. stoem. 635 notker translates uberfloug die vettacha dero windo; and martina 7c

6 poppas. 2 wackernagel on ablaut (vowel-change) p. 30. eustathius on the ii. 87. 15 rom. wind. stoem. 635 notker translates uberfloug die vettacha dero windo; and martina 7c has, in allusion to the biblical phrase, der uf der winde vedern saz/ the expression used by herbort 17091, der wint liez ouch dare gan/ shews that the poet imagined it either flying or riding (see suppl. the finns call the eagle icokko (kotka; but a poem descriptive of the northstorm begins: came the eagle on from turja, down from lappmark sinks a bird/ and ends: neath his wing a hundred men, thousands on his taips tip, ten in every quill there be] and in a mod. greek folk-song the sparrowhawk (as in horapollo) calls upon the winds to hush: a-rrb ra rpifcop^a ftovva lepdfci ecrvpe xaxta* trai/rer, ae/36, tra-vjrere

n in every quill there be] and in a mod. greek folk-song the sparrowhawk (as in horapollo) calls upon the winds to hush: a-rrb ra rpifcop^a ftovva lepdfci ecrvpe xaxta* trai/rer, ae/36, tra-vjrere ajro^re k axxr/v fjuav /3/oasm. 2 the winds are under the bird s command, and obey him. in another song the mother sets three to watch her son while he sleeps, in the mountains the sun, in the plain the eagle (aero, on the sea the brisk lord boreas: the sun sets, the eagle goes to sleep, and boreas goes home to his mother; 3 from, the whole context here we must understand by the eagle the sweet soft wind, and by boreas the cool northwind. hrcesvelgr (ohg. hreosuolah) means swallower of corpses, flesh-eater, sansk. kraviyada, and is used of birds of prey that feed on carrion, but may also be appli

branches of these races were most addicted to it, will by degrees unfold itself to future research (see suppl. praetorius (weltbeschr. 2, 162-3) relates, that the non-german people (wends) used to keep off or extirpate cattle-plagues by fixing round their stables the heads of mad horses and cows on 1 conf. sup. i, 838, planting the willow in the dead foal s mouth. 2 pretty much as they turned the eagle s head on the house, and thought thereby to shift the wind (p. 633-4. the heathen practice of fastening up animals heads explains many very old names of places in germ, and france, as berhaupten, tierhaupten, roshaupten, schni. 2, 223. ad locum qui nuncupatur caput caballinum, pertz 2, 278. ad locum qui vocatur caput equi (vita s. magni, in canisius s lect. ant. 1, 667, with the addition in

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

spering. he had a virtual monopoly of the town's trade in saltpetre, black pepper, and cinnamon, and easily led any other one shipping establishment save the browns in his importation of brassware, indigo, cotton, woollens, salt, rigging, iron, paper, and english goods of every kind. such shopkeepers as james green, at the sign of the elephant in cheapside, the russells, at the sign of the golden eagle across the bridge, or clark and nightingale at the frying-pan and fish near new coffee-house, depended almost wholly upon him for their stock; and his arrangements with the local distillers, the narragansett dairymen and horse-breeders, and the newport candle-makers, made him one of the prime exporters of the colony. ostracised though he was, he did not lack for civic spirit of a sort. when

HP LOVECRAFT AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

had previously clung to a desperate alternative and insisted- each to himself- that the omnipresence of the five-pointed motifs meant only some cultural or religious exaltation of the archaean natural object which had so patently embodied the quality of five-pointedness; as the decorative motifs of minoan crete exalted the sacred bull, those of egypt the scarabaeus, those of rome the wolf and the eagle, and those of various savage tribes some chosen totem animal. but this lone refuge was now stripped from us, and we were forced to face definitely the reason-shaking realization which the reader of these pages has doubtless long ago anticipated. i can scarcely bear to write it down in black and white even now, but perhaps that will not be necessary. the things once rearing and dwelling in th

ISIS UNVEILED

k hokhmael [spirit d the h0i7 ghort] may the ^lirits of matter [bad ipirits] recede be- fore it. amtri" exonim qf wattr (and adut "creatnre (d the water. i ezorciw thee .hy tkt ikrtt name* which are netxali, hod, and ytaod [kabalirtic trinity, in the beginning and in the end, by alpha and om^a, whkji are in the spirit aaoth [holy ghoet. or the 'vitimrmtu soui. i ezorciie and adjure thee? wandoing eagle, may the lord command thee by the winfj^ ike buli and ku flaming naird" ciim dicrub placed at the eaat gate of edn.j etoreim i4 on eiemadti spirit "serpent, in the name of the tetra- grammafam, the lord; he commandi thee, by the angel and the lion" angel of darkness, obey, and run away with this hoty [eurdaed] wattr. eagle in cfaaiu, obey thia aign, and retreat bdon the breath. moving aerpen

he doctrine of the pre-existence of souls in the worid of emanations "each soul separately appears before the holy king, dressed in a sublime form, with the features in which it is to appear in this worid. it is from this sublime form that the image proceeds* then it goes on to say that the types or forms of these faces "are four in number those of the angel or man, of the lion, the bull, and the eagle" furthermore, we may well express our wonder that irenaeus should not have re-enforced his argument for the four gospels by citing the whole pantheon of the four-armed hindfi gods! ezekiel in representing his four animals, now called cherubim, as ^jrpes of the four symbolical beings which in his visions support the throne of jehovah, had not tar to go for his models. the chaldaeo- babylonian

ezekiel in representing his four animals, now called cherubim, as ^jrpes of the four symbolical beings which in his visions support the throne of jehovah, had not tar to go for his models. the chaldaeo- babylonian protecting genii were familiar to him; the sed, alaph or kiritb (cherubim, the bull, with the human face; the nergal, human- headed lion; ustur, the sphinz-man; and the nattig, with its eagle's head" the religion of the masters the idolatrous babylonians and assyrians was transferred almost bodily into the revealed scripture of the captives, and from thence came into christianity. already we find ezekiel addressed by the ukeness of the glory of the lord "as son of man" this peculiar title is used repeatedly 573. agaitwt herttiet. ill, xi, 1 8. 574. zokar, iii, p. 104; am5t. ed. 5

old] as the ap- pearance of fire around about. from his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, i saw as it were the appear- ance of fire" esekiel, i, 26, 27 "and his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace" ir^vekuion, i, 15 "as for their faces. one was the face of a cherub, and the face of a uon. they also had the face of on oz and the face of an eagle" ezekui, i, 10; x, 14. this fourfold appearance we find in the two ehervbim of gold on the two ends of the ark; these symbolic four facet being adopted, moreover, later, one for each evangelist, as may be easily ascertained from the pictures of matthew, mark, luke, and john* prefixed to their respect- ive gospels in the roman vidgate and greek bihlet "taaut, the great god of the phoenid&ns"

JASMUHEEN THE FOOD OF GODS

s of knowledge, dawn, war and wisdom. patron of the arts, crafts, guilds and medicine. works with the nature symbols of wisdom, the owl and the serpent. and some of the north american indian goddesses. changing woman. brings abundance and teaches harmonious living and of love, hospitality and generosity. she also brings the wisdom of nature and teaches the honoring of our cycles. a shape-shifter. eagle woman. allows us to soar beyond stereotypes and break limiting bonds yet still be wise and nurture. represents spirit, valor, spiritual sight. spider woman. creates by thinking, dreaming and naming. reminds us that good comes from everywhere, brought the cherokee sun and fire. white shell woman. turquoise woman. protects us from our enemies, created the navajo, teaches us how to see life s j

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

legged effigies. 135 nothing of cadmus nor saint george, those names of great renown, survives them but their names; but shonke one serpent kills, t other defies, and in this wall, as in a fortress, lies. see weever s ancient funeral monuments. he calls the place burnt pelham, and he says: in the wall of this church lieth a most ancient monument: a stone wherein is figured a man, and about him an eagle, a lion, and a bull, having all wings, and a fourth of the shape of an angell, as if they should represent the four evangelists: under the feet of the man is a crosse flourie. the being represented cross-legged is not always a proof of the deceased having had the merit either of having been a crusader, or having made a pilgrimage to the holy sepulchre. i have' seen at milton, in yorkshire, t

s maintenance enjoined by the ordinances of the state, as it is still in the zend books, which remain after zoroaster. o brien's round towers of ireland, 1834, p. 359. i apprehend the word sin came to mean lion when the lion was the emblem of the sun at his summer solstice, 136 the rosicrucians. when he was in his glory, and the bull and the man were the signs of the sun at the equinoxes, and the eagle at the winter solstice. anacalypsis, vol. ii. p. 292. figure 23 is an egyptian bas-relief, of which the ex- fig. 23. planation is the following: a is the egyptian eve trampling the dragon (the goddess neith, or minerva; b, a crocodile; c, gorgon's head; d, hawk (wisdom; e, feathers (soul. the first and strongest conviction which will flash on the mind of every ripe antiquary, whilst surveyin

re the seven vowels, the elements of his name. the usual triple s.s.s. and bar, and the name cnoubic are the reverse of this gnostic gem. it is a beautiful intaglio on a pale plasma of the finest quality, extremely convex, as it has been found on examination. in the ophic planetary group (origen in celsum, vi. 25) michael is figured as a lion, suriel as a bull, raphael as a serpent, gabriel as an eagle, thautabaoth as a bear, eratsaoth as a dog, ouriel as an ass. emanations are supposed to pass through the seven planetary regions, signified by these chald an names, on their way to this world. it was through these seven planetary spiritual regions, or spheres, filled with their various orders of angels, that the gnostics mythed the saviour jesus christ to have passed secretly; disguising hi

rosicrucians. the right, white, on the left, red. these imply masculine and feminine, ideas. fig. 42. fig. 43. fig. 44. the accompanying figure is the winged human-headed lion. it comes from the nineveh gallery. it may be fig. 45. fig. 46. pyramid fig. 47. tower or tor. recognised as the winged bull, and also as the winged lion of st. mark. fig. 48. tower. fig. 49. tower of babel. the lion, bull, eagle, man, are the symbols of the evangelists; the man, or angel, standing for babylonian mythic tors. 209 st. matthew, the lion for st. mark, the bull for st. luke, and the eagle for st. john. in these strange fig. 50. pyramid. fig. 51. scarab us. fig. 52. egyptian colossus. aspects the evangelists figured in many ancient churches, and on most fonts. these representative forms are also fig. 53

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

l the next day, without revealing the slightest clue as to his whereabouts. some witnesses disagreed as to the exact words called out by oliver. some swore he called "it's got me" others were just as dogmatic and claimed he screamed "they've got me" said both, first "its"when attractor hit him& upon sight of l-m on receiving-port, said "they" different theories were advanced to the effect that an eagle might have carried him off. but who ever heard of an eagle carrying off a grown man? and would an eagle, even if it could do so, hover over the scene for half an hour, holding on to its victim? what about the missing bucket? would oliver, thus lifted up into the sky, still retain his hold on a bucket? would he not drop it and use both hands in the struggle? for a time it was thought that the

n sometime after 1500 ad, the indians killed two "thunderbirds" along the mississippi river, and carved and painted them, life size, on rocks on the illinois side. one of the carvings was destroyed by a stone quarry but the other one is still there. the indians along the upper mississippi called the bird "piazzi" meaning destroyer. in translating "thunderbird" from the indian languages, the word "eagle" was used. the average american, if he saw a gigantic bird carry off a calf, would be afraid to tell of it, because he would know that no one would believe him. or, if a pilot saw one, who would believe his story of a bird with a 25 or 30 foot wingspread? 99 s-m ships-thunderbirds or disabled l-m scout ship. both made considerable noise. old type ships made much noise, heard at a certain wav

KETAB E SIYAH

infant dreams. now with strong sorceries he undid those charms that the shedim wrought to bind the beasts that held watch over the lovers' sleep. then, the sentries then dismissed from watch, he made approach unto the slumb'ring pair and, with a gentle hand, aroused them from their rest. now, appearing as a shining giant before them, clad in resplendent light and of awesome aspect, tiger-headed, eagle-wings spread so wide that it seemed that they would enfold the world, striking, with a burning gaze, awe and terror into their hearts, he addressed the trembling, naked creatures with a voice of thunder, like the lion's roar, breathing, with his words, incandescent flame "infant children, unknowing of the world, i have been dispatched by the king of heaven, benign and most merciful, well-inc

y they have all been themselves destroyed. who then are you that comes to me? how are you named, dark angel" unmindful of the tyrants boasts, the warrior of chadel crossed in seven steps the hall and stood before the throne and spoke but these words in reply to the interrogation of methuselah, merciless king "i am abaddon, the destroyer" havoc rose and havoc fell within a blink, shrieking like an eagle swooping on his pray. shattering into splinters the spear that methuselah held, vainly, against the falling sword of adamant, and the blade went onwards in the downward motion, cutting in two the tyrant from his shoulder to his loin. with a sobbing shout the ruin of the king fell upon the floor, spilling entrails across the throne that told of but a single fate for the race of men 215 with t

from me that he would not hear those words that seemed as temptations to him. so did i myself turn from him and left him to his hermitage. thus did i return to chadel's gates, weeping for man's folly and the sorrow of his blindness. only that, by some act of will, he could make whole his sight 337 and see with undarkened vision then he might be uplifted from the pit and rise, deified, soaring, an eagle amongst the distant stars. this is not a gift of mine to give; alas, it is the prize for you to win and jesu did not but perceive. how then could the blind man reach out and seize this precious thing? yet ever are there those that will not see even the most resplendent glories. what is most tragic is that jesu's flawed vision would obscure for long ages the sight of all men and they would re

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE ONE

is rising ruling by right of his power i am the great god self-begotten, even nu, who pronounced his names, and thus the circle of gods was created "i am yesterday and know tomorrow. i can never more be overcome. i know the secret of osiris, whose being is perpetually revered of ra. i have finished the work which was planned at the beginning. i am the spirit made manifest, and armed with two vast eagle's plumes. isis and nephthys are their names, made one with osiris "i claim my inheritance. my sisns have been uprooted and my passions overcome. i am pure white. i dwell in time. i live through eternity, when initiates make offering to the everlasting gods. i have passed along the pathway. i know the northern and the southern pillars, the two columns at the gateway of the hall of truth "stre

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE TWO

re the essential spiritual beings called upon to praise god in the 'benedicite omnia opera. the kerubim are the living powers of tetragrammaton on the material plane and the presidents of the four elements. they operate through the fixed or kerubic signs of the zodiac and are thus symbolized and attributed: kerub of air man aquarius kerub of fire lion leo kerub of earth bull taurus kerub of water eagle scorpio tetragrammaton means 'four-lettered name' and refers to the unpronounceable name of god symbolized by 'jehovah. the laver of water of purification refers to the waters of binah, the female power reflected in the waters of creation. the altar of burnt offering for the sacrifice of animals symbolizes the qlippoth, or evil demons of the plane contiguous to and below the material univers

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

d meaning of self-sacrifice, immortality and holiness. so when these two emblems are taken in conjunction, as they always are in the name rose-croix, they betoken the love of self-sacrifice, the secret of immortality, and the sweet fragrance of a holy life. 791. the serpent represents eternity; the double triangle, spirit and matter; the pelican is another ancient symbol of self-sacrifice, as the eagle is of victory. 792. it is significant that up to this point the aspirant, having complied with certain requirements, may apply for advancement, may demand recognition of his progress. but now that he is coming in sight of higher degrees he may no longer make demand- he must wait for invitation from those who have already attained. it is not for him, but for them, to decide when he is ready t

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

points. they correspond also with the cherubim described by ezekiel, and with the four beasts of the revelation. s. john says of them: 77. and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. and the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. and the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, holy, holy, holy, lord god almighty, which was and is, and is to come(*rev, iv, 6-8) 78. ezekiel describes them a little differently: 79. their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. as for the

and is, and is to come(*rev, iv, 6-8) 78. ezekiel describes them a little differently: 79. their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. as for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. as for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. now as i beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. the appearance of the wheels and t

e mighty four will at once recognize that s. john and the prophet ezekiel had seen them too, however inadequate are their descriptions. the beast with the face of a man stands for the physical body (earth; the ox or the bull (as in the case of the bull of mithra and the apis bull) typifies the emotional or astral body (water; the lion symbolizes the will or the mental aspect (air; and the soaring eagle is taken to indicate the spiritual side of man s nature (fire. the egyptian forms were a little different; but the same four elements and their rulers are depicted in that ancient symbolism, which indeed we find in all religions. there is a four-faced brahma; there is the fourfold jupiter, who is aerial, fulgurant, marine and terrestrial. and that leads us back to the reality behind all thes

the rule and pattern of our revelations. a thousand times the unworthy may clamour, a thousand times may present themselves, yet god hath commanded our ears that they should hear none of them, and hath so compassed us about with his clouds that unto us, his servants, no violence can be done; wherefore now no longer are we beheld by human eyes, unless they have received strength borrowed from the eagle(*confessio fraternitatis, quoted op. cit, p. 90) 701. the confessio is clearly written by one deeply versed in genuine occult lore, and contains a veiled but unmistakable promise that real knowledge will be given to the earnest and unselfish aspirant. 702. a year later a third pamphlet was published at strasburg called the chymical marriage of christian rosenkreutz, supposed to have existed

tion of that same order of the temple into which baron von hund was received in 1743, which was derived from the scottish courtiers exiled at s. germains and from the college of clermont. according to thory (who, however, wrote sixty years after the event) this chapter was based on the three degrees of blue masonry, the scots or s. andrew s degree, and worked three higher grades- 5, knight of the eagle or select master; 6, illustrious knight or templar; 7, sublime illustrious knight. 748. in the later form in which it emerges in 1754 both jacobite and jesuit connections had been dropped, and the succession, together with certain ceremonial degrees, probably including a form of the kadosh, had passed into the hands of distinguished french noblemen, courtiers, military officers, and the elit

the 18, for the great ritual of the rosy cross used for the perfecting of the rosicrucian and egyptian brethren, though shorn already of much of its ancient splendour, was blended with the old mithraic eucharist handed down in the rites of heredom, to form the source of our modern workings of the rose-croix. the emperors ritual of the 30, then called the 24, grand commander of the black and white eagle, grand elect kadosh, reflected far more efficiently the egyptian teachings of black masonry than those which have to-day reached us through the hands of many editors, who were ignorant of their true meaning. the highest degree among them was the 25, now our 32, called most illustrious prince of masonry, grand and sublime knight commander of the royal secret; and the tracing board of the 32

me" sovereign prince of rose-croix grand pontiff or sublime scotch mason 21 noachite or prussian chevalier 20 venerable grand master of symbolic lodges the same noachite 21 grand master of the key of masonry 22 prince of libanus, knight royal arch alternatively royal axe* 23 knight of the sun, prince adept, chief of the grand consistory. 24 illustrious chief grand commander of the white and black eagle, grand elect kadosh 25 most illustrious sovereign prince of masonry, grand knight, sublime knight commander of the 28 30 32 royal secret* this is clearly a later title, and in the master the count s list the degree is given as grand elect, perfect and sublime mason* this is obviously a confusion in sound, the word being hache or axe. count goblet d alviella has pointed out both in this conne

LIBER 141

certain initiates that to obtain spiritual gifts, and to aid nature, the sacrament should be as it were a nuptial of the folk of earth; but that magick is of the demon, and that by a certain perversion of the office, may be created elementals fit to perform the will of the magician. now herein is a difficulty, since in this case the matter of the sacrament cannot exist, for that there is no white eagle to generate the gluten. howbeit, we hold that in this rite is great efficacy; it may be that for certain operations it is equal or superior to that explained to initiates of the ix. but we hold that in this case the priest must be an initiate, for that it is his will which determineth the magical character of his lion; so that if he hath no purpose but that of the goddess adonai he cannot ra

is essential power of the priest over that of which he is but the vehicle and guardian. for this reason the ninth degree is not so easy to be made effective by woman initiates. of what may be the result of a development parallel to that indicated above among the noble and chaste ladies of the order, it is at present impossible for us to declare; but a priori it seems that, though the lion and the eagle are best in combination, the lion is more likely to be able to dispense with the assistance of the eagle, than the eagle to make shift in the absence of the lion. for the gluten is but a menstruum or solvent, and containeth nothing in itself. the tradition also of certain lesser initiations confirmeth this. yet considerations of divinity and of philosophy, and even of physics, do assure that

LIBER 777

lisk oak, nux vomica, nettle[[hickory] 6 phoe nix, lion, child[[spider, pelican] acacia, bay, laurel, vine[[oak, gorse, ash, aswata] 7 iynx[[raven, all carrion birds] rose[[laurel] 8 hermaphrodite, jackal[[twin serpents, monoceros de astris] moly, anhalonium lewinii 9 elephant[[tortoise, toad [banyan, mandrake, damiana[[ginseng, yohimba] 1010 sphinx willow, lily, ivy[[pomegranate, all cereals] 11 eagle, man (cherub of d[[ox] aspen 12 swallow, ibis, ape[[twin serpents, fish, hybrids] vervain, herb mercury, major-lane, palm[[lime or linden] 13 dog[[stork, camel] almond, mugwort, hazel (as, moonwort, ranunculus[[alder, pomegranate] 14 sparrow, dove[[swan, sow, birds generally] myrtle, rose, clover[[fig, peach, apple] 15 ram, owl tiger lily, geranium[[olive] 16 bull (cherub of e[[all beasts of

all giant trees] 17 magpie, hybrids[[parrot, zebra, penguin] hybrids, orchids 18 crab, turtle, sphinx[[whale, all beasts of transport] lotus 19 lion (cherub of b[[cat, tiger, serpent, woman] sunflower 20 virgin, anchorite, any solitary person or animal[[rhinoceros] snowdrop, lily, narcissus[[mistletoe] 21 eagle[[praying mantis] hyssop, oak, poplar, fig[[arnica, cedar] 22 elephant[[spider] aloe 23 eagle-snake-scorpion (cherub of c) lotus, all water plants 24 scorpio, beetle, crayfish or lobster, wolf[[all reptiles, shark, crablouse] cactus[[nettle, all poisonous plants] 25 centaur, horse, hippogriff, dog rush 26 goat, ass[[oyster] indian hemp, orchis root, thistle[[yohimba] 27 horse, bear, wolf[[boar] absinthe, rue 28 man or eagle (cherub of d, peacock [olive, cocoanut 29 fish, dolphin[[bee

of the decans (ascendant. cl. magical images of the decans (succedent. 15 a tall, dark, restless man, with keen flamecoloured eyes, bearing a sword. a green-clad woman, with one left bare from the ankle to the knee. 16 a woman with long and beautiful hair, clad in flame-coloured robes a man of like figure (to the ascendant, with cloven hoofs like an ox. 17 a beautiful woman with her two horses an eagle-headed man, with a bow and arrow. wears crowned steel helmet. 18 a man with distorted face and hards, a horse s body, white feet, and a girdle of leaves a beautiful woman wreathed with myrtle. she holds a lyre and sings of love and gladness. 19 a man in sordid raiment, with him a nobleman on horseback, accompanied by bears and dogs a man crowned with a white myrtle wreath, holding a bow 20 a

. 7. gentian. 23. yellow honey. 8. dittany. 24. lignum aloes. 9. vervain. 25. cloves. 10. bay-tree. 26. cinnamon. 11. cedar. 27. calamus. 12. palm-tree. 28. aromaticus. 13. ash. 29. pepper. 14. ivy. 30. frankincense. 15. vine. 31. sweet marjoram. 16. mint. 32. libanotis. among animals 1. lion. 5. boar. 2. crocodile. 6. bull. 3. spotted-wolf. 7. baboon. 4. ram. among birds 1. phoe nix. 5. cock. 2. eagle. 6. crow. 3. vulture. 7. hawk. 4. swan. among insects 1. glow-worm. 2. beetle. among fish 1. sea-calf. 4. star-fish. 2. shell-fish. 5. strombi. 3. pullus. 6. margar. among metals 1. gold. col. xl. aaron s breastplate is very doubtful; we advise reliance on columns stones and tribes, we having chosen stones on bases of physical analogy to signs, colours &c. col. xlii. the following table of s

. m and n line 19. s and t line 20. w line 22. o line 24. line 25. u line 26. x line 28. z line 29. y see the handbook of geomancy, the equinox i: 2, p. 137.8 col. l. the catholic seven deadly sins in square brackets. col. lvii. egyptian quarters. cols. lvii, lix &c. beth elohim gives- michael, leo, and south to c and y. gabrial, bull, and north to b and h. raphael, man, and west to e and. uriel, eagle, and east to d and w. col. lxix. sattvas, h rajas, and f tamas g in a close analogy col. lxxix, line 13. add (3321) ttrc tumhcrbdc [shadbarshehmoth sharthathan, the spirt of the spirits of the moon. the final is counted as 700, as are the final\ s in col. lxxviii, line 13.9 col. lxxxv. line 6. or lamcj. line 9. or laynpz. col. lxxxix. add daath, ahyh. col. xciii, line 10. contains the earth

of their attacks or caresses. line 12. his attitude suggests the shape of the swastika or thunderbolt, the message of god. line 13. she is reading intently in an open book. line 14. she bears a sceptre and a shield, whereon is figured a dove as a symbol of the male and female forces. line 15. his attitude suggests f, and he is seated upon the cubic stone, whose sides show the green lion and white eagle. line 16. he is crowned, sceptred, and blessing all in a threefold manner. four living creatures adore him, the whole suggesting a pentagram by its shape. line 17. he is inspired by apollo to prophesy concerning things sacred and progane: represented by a boy with his bow and two women, a priestess and an harlot. line 18. he drives furiously a chariot drawn by two sphinxes. as levi drew it

rajas, and tamas. line 23. from a gallows shaped like the letter d hangs by one foot a young fair man. his other leg forms a cross with the suspending one. his arms, clasped behind his head, form an upright b, and this radiates light. his mouth is resolutely closed. line 25. a winged and crowned goddess, with flashing golden belt, stands, and pours from her right hand the flame of a torch upon an eagle, while in her left hand she pours water from an horn upon a lion. between her feet a moon-shaped cauldron of silver smokes with perfume. line 26. levi s baphomet is sound commentary on this mystery, but should not be found in the text. line 27. human figures thrown thence suggest the letter u by their attitude. line 28. a woman, naked, and kneeling onher left knee, pours from a vase in her r

th a golden banner bearing a white cross. below a fair youth rises from a sacrophagus in the attitude of the god shu supporting the firmament. on his left a fair woman, her arms giving the sign of water an inverted c on the breast. on his right a dark man giving the sign of fire an upright b on the forehead. line 32. an ellipse, composed of 400 lesser circles. at the corners of the card a man, an eagle, a bull, and a lion. within the circles a naked shining figure in the sign of earth right foot advanced, fight hand advanced and raised, left hand lowered and thrown back. the hands grip each a ray of dazzling light, spiril, the right hand being dextro- and the left hand l vo-rotary. a red scarf conceals the fact of male genital organs, and suggests by its shape the letter k. such is the con

awn z1 paper the children of horus or canopic gods had invisible stations in the corners of the temple. the most immediate source for the elemental attributions, though, is the golden dawn paper on enochian chess where the four pawns of each side are referred to these god-forms. it is not clear why crowley omitted tuamutef for water (a g.d. coptic form of this name is cited in connection with the eagle kerub in a ritual in equinox i (3. in a myth recounted by budge (op. cit. vol. i p. 158) these gods are said to have grasped the four pillars of heaven as sceptres: amset the south, hapi the north, tuamutef the east, and qebhsennuf the west. they were also said to guard the canopic jars in which the internal organs of the deceased were preserved, and their g.d. attributions to the crossquart

LIBER ALEPH

ion shall continue in all thy daily life. mark well, make ready a new child immediately after every birth. fourth, make an especial and direct invocation at thy mass, before the introit, formulating a visible image of this child, and offering the right of incarnation. fifth, perform the mass, not omitting the epiklesis, and let there be a golden wedding ring at the marriage of thy lion with thine eagle. sixth, at the consumption of the eucharist accept this child, losing thy consciousness in him, until he be well assimilated with thee. now then do this continuously, for by repetition cometh forth both strength and skill, and the effect is cumulative, if thou allow no time to dissipate itself. h the book of wisdom or folly 87 gq de hac formula considerationes kabbalistic (qabalistic conside

hough it be inert, yet is it most subject to change; for its number is four score and one, which is the moon; and these are alim, the gods elemental before h descending in their midst made them creative. so then thou mayst use constantly this formula to rearrange things in their own planes; and this is a most pragmatic consideration. t liber aleph vel cxi 92 gn de aquila sumenda (of consuming the eagle) ake in this work the eagle all undefiled and virginal for thy sacrament. and thy technick is the magick of water, so that thine act is of nourishment, and not of generation. therefore the prime use of this art is to build up thine own nature. but if thou hast skill to control the mood of the eagle, then mayst thou work many an admirable effect upon thine environment. thou knowest how great

create nothing. it is this straitness of the channel which giveth force to the stream. beware, o my son, lest thou cling overmuch to this mode of magick; for it is lesser than that other, and if thou neglect that other, then is thy danger fearful and imminent, for it is the edge of the abyss of choronzon, where are the lonely towers of the black brothers. also the formulation of the object in the eagle is by a species of intoxication, so that his nature is of dream or delirium, and thus there may be illusion. for this cause i deem it not wholly unwise if thou use this way of magick chiefly as a cordial; that is for the fortifying of thine own nature. t the book of wisdom or folly 93 gc de medicinis secundum quattuor elementa (of medicines according to the four elements) oncerning the use o

light of ekstacy. also, as this is the strongest so also it is the most sensitive of all things soever, and both proper and ready to take impress of will, not as a seal passively but with true recreation in a microcosm thereof. and this is a god alive and puissant to create, and he is a word of magick wherein thou mayst read thyself with all thine history and all hy possibility. also as to thine eagle, is not this chosen by nature herself by her way of attraction, without which harmony sthetic and magnetic thy lion is silent, and inert, even as achilles before his rage in his tent. now also herefore i charge thee, o my son, to partake constantly of his sacrament for it is proper to all virtue, and as thou dost learn to us it in perfection, thou wilt surpass all other modes of magick. yea

swer that it was in the dung. again, the tathagata, the buddha, most blessed, most perfect and most enlightened, added his voice, that there is no grain of dust which shall not attain to the arhan. keep therefore in just balance the relation of illusion to illusion in that aspect of illusion, neither confusing the planes, nor confounding the stars, nor denying the laws of their reaction, yet with eagle.s vision beholding the one sun of the true nature of the whole. verily, his is the truth, and unto it did also dionysus and tahuti and sri krishna set the seal of their witness. cleanse herefore thine heart, o my son, in the waters of the great sea, and enkindle it with the fire of the holy ghost. for his is his peculiar work of sanctification. n the book of wisdom or folly 121 dp de virgine

ared in the fable of scylla and charybdis, which are the formula of the rock and the whirlpool. now then meditate thou strictly upon his most worthy and adorable arcanum, to thy profit and enlightenment. t the book of wisdom or folly 135 ee de duobus pr miis vi (of the two rewards of the path) et it be a treasure in thine heart, o my son, this mystery that i shall next unveil before thine eyes, o eagle that art undazzled by the brilliance of light, that soarest continually with virile flight to thine august inheritance. behold the beatific vision is of two orders, and in the formula of the rosy cross it is of the heart and is called beauty; but in the formula of the silver star (id est, of the eye within the triangle) it is of the mind, and is called wonder. otherwise spoken, the former is

faction and perfection of the will and of the work, the completion of the true man as the reconcilor of the highest with the lowest, so for our convenience conventionally to distinguish them. this then is the adept, who doth will with solid energy as the bull, doh dare with fierce courage as the lion, doth know with swift intelligence as the man, and doth keep silence with soaring subtilty as the eagle or dragon. moreover, this sphinx is an eidolon of the law, for the bull is life, the lion is light, the man is liberty, the serpent love. now then his sphinx, being perfect in true balance, yet taketh the aspect of the feminine principle that so she may be partner of the pyramid, that is the phallus, pure image of our father the sun, the unity creative. the signification of this mystery is h

th itself perfectly with its vessel, that seeketh constantly its level, that penetrateth and dissolveth earth, that resisteth pressure maugre its adaptability, that being heated is the force to drive great engines, and being frozen breaketh the mountains in pieces. o my son, seek well to know! l the book of wisdom or folly 157 #a de dracone qu est aquila, serpens, scorpio (of the drragon which is eagle, serpent, scorpion) hreefold is the nature of life, eagle, serpent, and scorpion. and of these the scorpion is he that, having no lion of light and of courage within him, seemeth to himself encircled by fire, and, driving his sting into himself, he dieth. such are the black brothers, that cry: i am i, they that deny love, restricting it to their own nature. but the serpent is the secret natu

se the scorpion is he that, having no lion of light and of courage within him, seemeth to himself encircled by fire, and, driving his sting into himself, he dieth. such are the black brothers, that cry: i am i, they that deny love, restricting it to their own nature. but the serpent is the secret nature of man, that is life and death, and maketh his way through the generations in silence. and the eagle is that might of live which is the key of magick, uplifting the body and its appurtenance unto high ekstacy upon his wings. it is by virtue thereof that the sphinx beholdeth he sun unwinking, and confronteth the pyramid without shame. our dragon, therefore, combining the natures of the eagle and he serpent, is our love, the organ of our will, by whose virtue we perform the work and miracle o

LIBER CCCXXXV ADONIS

sightless, and thine eyes above me! thrice burnt and branded on this bleeding brow, stamp thou the candid stigma.even now [the lamp flashes forth into dazzling but momentary radiance. as it goes out a cone of white light is seen upon the head of the lady psyche, and before her stands a figure of immense height cloaked and hooded in perfect blackness] the king. come! for the throne is hollow. the eagle hath cried: come away! the stars are numbered, and the tide turns. follow! follow! thine adonis slumbered. as a bride adorned, come, follow! fate alone is fallen and wried. follow me, follow! the unknown is satisfied [the lady psyche is lifted to her feet. in silence she bows, and in silence follows him as he turns and advances to the gate while the curtain falls] 30 scene v: the garden of t

LIBER CCXLII AHA

r, i come to greet thee. here i bow to earth this consecrated brow! as a lover woos the moon aching in a silver swoon, i reach my lips towards thy shoon mendicant of the mystic boon! marysas. what wilt thou? olympas. let mine angel say .utterly to be rapt away. marysas. how, whence, and whither? olympas .by my kiss from that abode to this.to this. my wings? marysas. thou hast no wings. but see an eagle swooping from the byss where god stands. let him ravish thee and bear thee to a boundless bliss! olympas. how should i call him? how beseech? marysas. silence is lovelier than speech. liber ccxlii 2 only on a windless tree falls the dew, felicity! one ripple on the water mars the magic mirror of the stars. olympas. my soul bends to the athletic stress of god fs immortal loveliness. tell me

ah, boy, all crowns and thrones above is the sanctity of love. aha! 29 in his warm and secret shrine is a cup of perfect wine, whereof one drop is medicine against all ills that hurt the soul. a flaming daughter of the jinn brought to me once a winged scroll, wherein i read the spell that brings the knowledge of that king of kings. angel, i invoke thee now! bend on me the starry brow! spread the eagle wings above the pavilion of our love. rise from your starry sapphire seats! see, where through the quickening skies the oriflamme of beauty beats heralding loyal legionaries, whose flame of golden javelins fences those peerless paladins. there are the burning lamps of them, splendid star-clusters to begem the trailing torrents of those blue bright wings that bear mine angel through! o thou a

the word is spoken and concealed. olympas. i am stunned. what wonder was revealed? liber ccxlii 34 marsyas. the rite is secret. olympas. profits it? marsyas. only to wisdom and to wit. olympas. the other did no less. marsyas. then prove both by the master-key of love. the lock turns stiffly? shalt thou shirk to use the sacred oil of work? not from the valley shalt thou test the eggs that line the eagle fs nest! climb, with thy life at stake, the ice, the sheer wall of the precipice! master the cornice, gain the breach, and learn what next the ridge can teach! yet.not the ridge itself may speak the secret of the final peak. olympas. all ridges join at last. marsyas. admitted, o thou astute and subtle-witted! yet one.loose, jagged, clad in mist! another.firm, smooth, loved and kissed by the

LIBER CHANOKH

the invoking pentagram of spirit passive and pronounce these names: hyha alga hcoma [make the invoking pentagram of water and pronouce: l a. twabx \yhla] liber lxxxiv 25 and elohim said: let us make adam in our own image; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea! in the name of l a, strong and powerful, and in the name of twabx \yhla, spirits of water, adore your creator [make sigil of eagle with cup] in the name of larbg and in the sign of the eagle, spirits of water, adore your creator [make cross with cup] in the names and letters of the great western quadrangle, spirits of water, adore your creator [elevate cup] in the three great secret names of god, mph arsl gaiol that are borne upon the banners of the west, spirits of water, adore your creator [elevate cup] in the name of

ayala holado, od zodirome o coraxo das zodiladare raasyo. od vabezodire cameliaxa od bahala: niiso!12 salamanu telocahe! casaremanu hoel-qo, od ti ta zod cahisa soba coremefa i ga. niisa! bagile aberameji nonu ape. zodacare eca od zodameranu! odo cicale qaa! zodoreje, lape zodiredo noco mada, hoathahe i a i d a! the mighty seat ground, and there were five thunders that flew into the east. and the eagle spake and cried aloud: come away from the house of death! and they gathered themselves together and became13 (those) of whom it is measured, and it is as they are, whose* v.l .any echoing time between. the forty-eight keys or calls 32 number is 31. come away! for i have prepared (a place) for you. move therefore, and shew yourselves! unveil the mysteries of your creation. be friendly unto me

LIBER CORDIS CINCTI SERPENTE

een of them. 28. nor shall it be spoken in the markets that i am come who should come; but thy coming shall be the one word. 29. thou shalt manifest thyself in the unmanifest; in the secret places men shall meet with thee, and thou shalt overcome them. 30. i saw a pale sad boy that lay upon the marble in the sunlight, and wept. by his side was the forgotten lute. ah! but he wept. 31. then came an eagle from the abyss of glory and overshadowed him. so black was the shadow that he was no more visible. 32. but i heard the lute lively discoursing through the blue still air. 33. ah! messenger of the beloved one, let thy shadow be over me! 34. thy name is death, it may be, or shame, or love. so thou bringest me tidings of the beloved one, i shall not ask thy name. 35. where now is the master? cr

gainst me. i pass into the waters beyond death and beyond life. 57. how shall i answer the foolish man? in no way shall he come to the identity of thee! liber cordis cincti serpente svb figvra ynda 15 58. but i am the fool that heedeth not the play of the magician. me doth the woman of the mysteries instruct in vain; i have burst the bonds of love and of power and of worship. 59. therefore is the eagle made one with the man, and the gallows of infamy dance with the fruit of the just. 60. i have descended, o my darling, into the black shining waters, and i have plucked thee forth as a black pearl of infinite preciousness. 61. i have gone down, o my god, into the abyss of the all, and i have found thee in the midst under the guise of no thing. 62. but as thou art the last, thou art also the

LIBER CXCVII STORY OF SIR PALAMEDES

e prison is shattered, and sir palamede rusheth forth free. xxiii. sir palamede hath gone to the shores of the middle sea to restore his health. there he practiseth devotion to the beast, and becometh maudlin and sentimental. his knaves mocking him, he beateth one sore; from whose belly issueth the questing. xxiv. being retired into an hermitage in fenland, he traverseth space upon the back of an eagle. he knoweth all things.save only it. and incontinent beseedheth the eagle to set him down again. xxxv. he lectureth upon metaphysics.for he is now totally insane.to many learned monks of cantabrig. they applaud him and detain him, though he hath heard the questing and would away. but so feeble is he that he fleeth by night. sir palamdes, the saracen knight viii xxxvi. it hath often happened

s if a thirty couple hounds were in his belly! knight, awake! ah! well he woke! his love an scorn grapple in death-throe at his throat .lead me away (quoth he .my men! woe, woe is me was ever born so blind a bat, so gross a goat, as palamede the saracen. 78 xxxiv sir palamede the saracen hath hid him in an hermit.s cell upon an island in the fen of that lone land where druids dwell. there came an eagle from the height and bade him mount. from dale to dell they sank and soared. last to the light of the great sun himself they flew, piercing the borders of the night, passing the irremeable blue. far into space beyond the stars at last they came. and there he knew all the blind reasonable bars broken, and all the emotions stilled, and all the stains and all the scars left him; sop like a child

s soul, with perfect sense and sight fulfilled, touched the extreme, the giant goal! yea! all things in that hour transcended, all power in his sublime control, sir palamedes, the saracen knight 79 all felt, all thought, all comprehended .how is it, then, the quest (he saith .is not.at last!.achieved and ended? why taste i not the bounteous breath, receive the goodly gift of grace? now, kind king-eagle (by god fs death, restore me to mine ancient place! i am advantaged nothing then. then swooped he from the byss of space, and set the knight amid the fen .god. quoth sir palamede .that i who have won nine should fail at ten! i set my all upon the die: there is no further trick to try. call thrice accursed above men sir palamede the saracen. 80 xxxv .yea. quoth the knight .i rede the spell. t

LIBER DCCCLX JOHN ST

he living.1 amen amen without lie amen, and amen of amen. 12.40. i shall lie down to sleep in my robes, still wearing the ring of the masters, and bearing my wand in my hand. for to me now sleep is the same as waking, and life the same as death. in thy l.v.x. are not light and darkness but twin children that chase each other in their play? 7.55. awoke from long sweet dreamless sleep, like a young eagle that soars to greet the dawn. 9.20. after breakfast, have strolled, on my way to the studio, through the garden of the luxembourg to my favourite fountain. it is useless to attempt to write of the dew and the flowers in the clear october sunlight. yet the light which i behold is still more than sunlight. my eyes too are quite weak from the vision; i cannot bear the brilliance of things. 1 [p

LIBER DCCCXI ENERGIZED ENTHUSIASM

branches. the stalls had been retained; and at each knight fs hand burned a taper of rose-coloured wax, and a bouquet of roses was before him. in the centre of the nave was a great cross.a gcalvary cross of ten squares, h measuring, say, six feet by five.painted in red upon a white board, at whose edges were rings through which passed gilt staves. at each corner was a banner, bearing lion, bull, eagle and man, and from the top of their staves sprang a canopy of blue, wherein were figured in gold the twelve emblems of the zodiac. knights and dames being installed, suddenly a bell tinkled in the architrave. instantly all rose. the doors opened at a trumpet 18 liber dcccxi peal from without, and a herald advanced, followed by the high priest and priestess. the high priest was a man of nearly

LIBER HHH

li 3 but in the end he is overthrown by death, who covers him with a black cross. let his body fall supine with arms outstretched. 6. so lying, let him aspire fervently unto the holy guardian angel. 7. now let him resume his former posture. two-and-twenty times shall he figure to himself that he is bitten by a serpent, feeling even in his body the poison thereof. and let each bite be healed by an eagle or hawk, spreading its wings above his head, and dropping thereupon an healing dew. but let the last bite be so terrible a pang at the nape of the neck that he seemeth to die, and let the healing dew be of such virtue that he leapeth to his feet. 8. let there be now placed within his egg a red cross, then a green cross, then a golden cross, then a silver cross; or those things which these sh

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

suaconch2 being in the sign of the lion, that our father set out from his castle of ug3 to attain the quintessence or philosophical tincture. the way being dark and the golden dawn at hand, he did call forth four servants to keep him in the midst of the way, and the lion roared before him to bid the opposers beware of his coming. on the bull he rode, and on his left hand and his right marched the eagle and the man. but his back was uncovered, seeing that he would not turn. and the spirit of the path met him. it was a young girl of two and twenty years, and she warned him that without the serpent5 his ways were but as wool cast into the dyer.s vat. two-and-twenty scales had the serpent, and every scale was a path, and every path was alike an enemy and a friend. so he set out, and the darkne

eight,2 if the circle were but squared; and this also one day shall ye know, my brethren! and she gave him the great and perfect gift of magic, so that he fared forth right comely and well-provided. now at that great wedding was a suggler,3 a riddler: for he said .thou hast beasts: i will give thee weapons one for one. for the lion did our father win a little fiery wand like a flame, and for his eagle a cup of ever flowing water: for his man the suggler gave him a golden-hilted dagger (yet this was the worst of all his bargains, for it could not strike other, but himself only, while for a curious coin he bartered his good bull. alas for our father! now the suggler mocks him and cries .four fool.s bargains hast thou made, and thou art fit to go forth and meet a fool4 for thy mate. but our

LIBER LXXVIII

another. coquettish, good-natured and underneath a dreamy appearance. imagination stronger than feeling. very much affected by other influences, and therefore more dependent upon dignity than most symbols. she rules from 20 c to 20 d. c of c queen of nymphs or undines. xi the prince of the chariot of the waters king of cups a winged kingly figure with winged crown seated in a chariot drawn by an eagle. on the wheel is the symbol of a scorpion. the eagle is borne as a crest on his crown, cuirass and buskins. general attire like king of wands. beneath his chariot is the calm and stagnant water of a lake. his armour resembles feathers more than scales. he holds in one hand a lotus, and in the other a cup, charged with the sigil of his scale. a serpent issues from the cup, and has its head te

brown brown dark-brown light-brown dark light-brown dark dark dark-brown rich-brown symbols black horse, waving flames, club, scarlet cloak leopard, steady flames, wand with heavy head or end waved and salient flames, fire wand of zelator adept. tiger, leaping flames, gold altar, long club, largest at bottom. white horse, crab issuing from cup, sea ibis, crayfish issuing from cup, river scorpion, eagle; serpent issuing from cup, lake dolphin lotus, sea with spray, turtle from cup winged brown horse, driving clouds, drawn sword head of man severed, cumulus clouds, drawn sword arch fairies winged, whirling hair, nimbi, drawn sword and sickle silver altar, smoke, clouds, drawn sword light-brown horse, ripe cornland, sceptre with hexagram, pentacle as zelator adept barren land, fan, light one

ripe cornland, sceptre with hexagram, pentacle as zelator adept barren land, fan, light one side only, sceptre with cube, orb of gold flowerly land, bull, sceptre with orb and cross, orb held downward grass, flowers, grove of trees, sceptre with disk, pentacle like that in ace crests winged black horse fs head leopard fs head, winged lion fs head, winged tiger fs head peacock with opened fan ibis eagle swan winged hexagram winged child fs head winged angel fs head medusa fs head winged stag fs head winged goat fs head winged bull fs head winged ram fs head cards king queen prince princess king queen prince princess king queen prince princess king queen prince princess herein are resumed the especial characteristics of the four court cards of the suits suits 24 liber lxxviii of the thirty-s

LIBER MMCMXI NOTE ON GENESIS

n by the foolish man, as the material tarotic emblem of that which in its proper and higher manifestation is the spiritual ether. therefore we read .begun are the whirling motions. c signifieth mighty in flame, whereof it is also the hieroglyph. it is that ruach elohim brooding upon the face of the waters. so read .formulated is the primal fire* as it is written .thy youth shall be renewed as the eagle.s [psalm ciii, 5] now the eagle is n. for further consideration of this 13, vide in the portal ritual the explanation of that terrible key. see account of this ritual in .the temple of solomon the king. also, 13 is the numeration of dja= unity, as also is the great name of god, la, by aiq bekar or temurah. liber mmcmxi 14 y is the hand* symbolising power in action, and its taro key is the he

LIBER XCV THE WAKE WORLD

ble when you say that. we came into a dreadful dark passage again, so narrow and low, that is was like a dirty old tunnel, and yet so vast and wide that everything in the whole world was contained in it. we saw all the strange dreams and awful shapes of fear, and really i don.t know how we ever got through, except that the prince called for some splendid strong creatures to guard us. there was an eagle that flew, and beat his wings, and tore and bit at everything that came near; and there was a lion that roared terribly, and his breath was a flame, and burnt up the things, so that there was a great cloud; and rain fell gently and purely, so that he really did the things good by fighting them. and there was a bull that tossed them on his horns, so that they changed into butterflies; and the

instant, or of course i should have been turned into a horrid black toad. then there was another passage called the arrow by day, and there was a most lovely lady all shining with the sun, and moon, and stars, who was lighting a great bowl of water with one hand, by dropping dew on it out of a cup, and with the other she was putting out a terrible fire with a torch. she had a red lion and a white eagle, that she had via o v. oculus via s v. sustentaculum liber xcv 10 always had ever since she was a little girl. she had found them in a nasty pit full of all kinds of filth, and they were very savage; but by always treating them kindly they had grown up faithful and good. this should be a lesson to all of us never to be unkind to our pets. my fairy prince was laughing all the time in the thir

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

he first three stanzas relate to the frame story: he has been eight nights in the fire and is grateful for the sustenance from agnar, who will become a king. with stanza 4 he begins a series of visions of the dwellings of the gods, thor at thrudheim, ull at y ldalir, frey at alfheim, and so forth. stanzas 9 and 10 describe valholl, with its spear shafts, shields, and byrnies within and a wolf and eagle outside. eleven residences are described, but in place of a twelfth, stanza 17 says that vidar fs land grows with brush and high grass. stanzas 18.26 tell about life in valholl, including the food of the einherjar, the many doors, and heidrun and eikthyrnir. stanzas 27.30 catalog rivers and other bodies of water, and 31.35 describe yggdrasil. stanza 36 lists valkyries. stanzas 37.39 are abou

gd 27 (1939: 105.115. hrasvelg giant, originator of the wind. hrasvelg is the subject of a question odin puts to the wise giant vafthrudnir in their contest of wisdom: gwhence comes the wind/ so that it travels over the wave/ even men see it seldom h (vafthrudnismal, stanza 36. the giant answers in the following stanza: he is called hrasvelg, who sits at heaven fs end, a giant, in the shape of an eagle; deities, themes, and concepts 181 from his wings they say the wind comes over all people. snorri knew this stanza. he paraphrased and then quoted it in gylfaginning when having har answer gangleri fs question gwhence comes the wind? h snorri added the detail that the giant sat at the north end of heaven and that winds originate from under the eagle giant fs wings when he spread them for fli

w this stanza. he paraphrased and then quoted it in gylfaginning when having har answer gangleri fs question gwhence comes the wind? h snorri added the detail that the giant sat at the north end of heaven and that winds originate from under the eagle giant fs wings when he spread them for flight. hrasvelg is usually understood as gcorpse-swallower, h which would be an appropriate name both for an eagle and a giant, even if it has nothing to do with wind. jon hnefill a.alsteinsson reads the name as gshipwreck-current, h which would agree more readily with the wind moving over the sea. references and further reading: jon hnefill a.alsteinsson, ggods and giants in old norse mythology, h temenos 26 (1990, reprinted as ghrasvelgr, the wind-giant, reinterpreted, h in jon hnefill a.alsteinsson, a

gical present and ragnarok. see also game of the gods; ragnarok; vali, son of odin; vidar idun guardian of the apples of the gods; given over to and retrieved from the giant thjazi. the story is found in the skaldic poem haustlong, by thjodolf of hvin, and in the skaldskaparmal section of snorri sturluson fs edda. the story begins with odin, hoenir, and loki traveling and unable to cook an ox. an eagle in the tree above claims responsibility and says the ox will cook if he may have some. however, when he tries to take a vast amount, loki strikes at him with a staff. the staff sticks to the eagle and to loki fs hand, and the eagle flies off with loki in tow. as he bangs against things, loki agrees to the eagle fs demand: that he bring him idun and her apples. this he does by luring idun int

claims responsibility and says the ox will cook if he may have some. however, when he tries to take a vast amount, loki strikes at him with a staff. the staff sticks to the eagle and to loki fs hand, and the eagle flies off with loki in tow. as he bangs against things, loki agrees to the eagle fs demand: that he bring him idun and her apples. this he does by luring idun into the forest, where the eagle, who is actually the giant thjazi, arrives and carries her off. without their apples, the gods grow old and gray, and they force loki to agree to get idun back. 198 norse mythology in freyja fs falcon coat he flies to jotunheimar, changes idun into a nut, and flies off with her. thjazi pursues in the form of an eagle. the gods kindle a fire just as loki flies into asgard, and thjazi fs feath

changed himself into a snake and crawled into the borehole, and baugi struck at him with the drill but missed. bolverk went to where gunnlod was and slept with her for three nights, and she granted him three drinks of the mead. in the first he drank everything in odrerir, in the second everything in bodn, in the third everything in son, and so he had all the mead. then he changed himself into an eagle and flew off as quickly as he could, but when suttung saw the eagle flying, he changed himself into an eagle and flew after him. but when the asir saw where odin was flying, they put their barrel out front, and when odin came over asgard, he spat up the mead into the barrel. but suttung was so close to catching him that he sent some mead out the back, and this was not saved. everyone who wis

as located. presumably plains and mountains 238 norse mythology are related. the first part of each name could be the darkness of the waning moon or a dwarf name (nidi. see also nidafjoll; sindri nidhogg (evil-blow) dragon associated with yggdrasil, the world tree. grimnismal mentions nidhogg in two stanzas: 32. ratatosk is the name of a squirrel who shall run on the ash of yggdrasil; words of an eagle he shall carry down and say to nidhogg below. and 35. the ash of yggdrasil suffers difficulty, more than men may know; a hart bites from below, yet on the side it rots; nidhogg harms it from below. snorri adds that the words transported down by the squirrel are hostile and that he carries them in both directions, and that nidhogg is a snake or dragon, one of many who live below one of the ro

o apparently to the giants (lokasenna, stanza 34. the story of the arrangement of njord fs marriage to skadi is told in haustlong and skaldskaparmal, and njord plays a very passive role. the entire mythic complex involves travel by odin, loki, and hoenir, the disruption of their food supply by thjazi, the capture of loki when the staff he uses to strike deities, themes, and concepts 241 thjazi in eagle form sticks to the giant, and the subsequent removal of idun and her golden apples to thjazi. loki is forced to undertake the rescue of idun and does so in bird form. according to skaldskaparmal, he changes idun into a nut and flies off with her in his claws, and thjazi, again in the form of an eagle, flies in pursuit. after loki fs arrival with idun, the gods light a fire that singes thjazi

urmeeres und ihr mannlicher partner, h beitrage zur geschichte der deutschen sprache und literatur (tubingen) 82 (1960: 221.264, is centered on nerthus and njord but also includes discussion of ran and agir. ratatosk (bore-tooth) squirrel who lives on yggdrasil, the world tree. grimnismal, stanza 32, says this: ratatosk is the name of a squirrel who shall run on the ash of yggdrasil; words of an eagle he shall carry down and say to nidhogg below. according to snorri in gylfaginning, the words the squirrel transports are hostile ones, and he carries them in both directions, between the eagle atop the tree and the dragon nidhogg below. thus, the world tree is not only threatened by the harts and the dragon that chew on it and by its rotting side; it also bears, in the fauna it supports, ver

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY AND SET TYPHON

ntry of the luciferian practice is symbolized in luciferian witchcraft s "azothoz. in this work, i used the method of poem and prose to write a cipher of ensorcelling the self, or spiritual awareness through a luciferian and sethian mirror. in this work, my position was to clearly draw the connection and becoming process of self-initiation through the lore of the watchers, the nephilim, the black eagle and the essence of the adversary. the combination of art and text invoke the very spirit of shaitan and lilith to those who may embrace it. azothoz reaches into the current of magick to manifest itself in the initiate who may be of this essence, born by the spark of djinn fire to witch blood. this is a luciferian process of self- liberation which invites a deeper understanding of daemon and

MACNULTY W KIRK KABBALAH AND FREEMASONRY

given us a detailed picture in figure 20 which is a beautiful representation of the chapter of the royal figure 19. tracing board of the royal arch degree, john harris, c. 1820. figure 20. a representation of a chapter of the royal arch, john harris, c. 1820. arch. there are many openly kabbalistic symbols here. in the east there are banners depicting the four sacred beasts, the ox, the lion, the eagle, and the man: the archetypes of the inhabitants of the four worlds taken from the vision of ezekiel. arranged down the sides of the picture are banners with the devices of the twelve tribes of israel, they are analogous to the twelve signs of the zodiac, and they represent the twelve archetypal human groups. the central feature of this space is the pedestal surrounded by six candles. kabbali

MAGIC AND SPELLS

+ caster level) against dc 17. if fail, you can try again the next round. analyze portal has only a limited ability to reveal unusualproperties of portals, as follows: random portals: the spell reveals only that the portal is random; and whether it can be activated now. it does not reveal when the portal starts or stops functioning. 1 message 6 true seeing 2 gembomb 7 mordenkainen's magnificent 3 eagle's splendor mansion 4 sending 8 mind blank 5 fabricate 9 discern location undeath domain spells 1 detect undead 6 create undead 2 desecrate 7 control undead animate dead 8 create greater undead 4 death ward 9 energy drain 5 circle of doom variable portals: the spell reveals only that the portal is variable. if the caster studies the portal's destination, the spell reveals only the destination

he bolts at once, all your targets must be within 60 feet of each other. a darkbolt deals 2d8 points of damage to a living creature, and the creature is dazed for 1 round unless it makes a will save (a creature struck by multiple-bolts during the same round is dazed for a maximum of 1 round, no matter how many times it fails its save. undead take no damage, but are dazed if they fail their saves. eagle's splendor transmutation level: brd 2, hrp 2, sor/wiz 2, trade 3 components: v, s, m/df casting time: 1 action range: touch target: creature touched duration: 1 hour/level saving throw: will negates (harmless) spell resistance: yes (harmless) the transmuted creature becomes more poised, articulate, and personally forceful. the spell grants an enhancement bonus to charisma of 1d4+1 points, ad

v, s, m/df casting time: 1 action range: touch target: creature touched duration: 1 hour/level saving throw: will negates (harmless) spell resistance: yes (harmless) the transmuted creature becomes more poised, articulate, and personally forceful. the spell grants an enhancement bonus to charisma of 1d4+1 points, adding the usual benefits to charisma-based skills. sorcerers and bards who receive eagle's splendor do not gain extra spells, but the save dcs for their spells increase. arcane material component: a few feathers or' a pinch of dung from an eagle. illusion (shadow) level: craft 6, gnome 6 components: v, s, df casting time: 1 action elminster's evasion evocation level: sor/wiz 9 components: v, s, m, f, xp casting time: at least 10 minutes (see text) range: personal target: you dur

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

eavens (saturn) is the dwelling place of the different powers controlling the universe. the supreme council of the gods is composed of twelve deities--six male and six female--which correspond to the positive and negative signs of the zodiac. the six gods are jupiter, vulcan, apollo, mars, neptune, and mercury; the six goddesses are juno, ceres, vesta, minerva, venus, and diana. jupiter rides his eagle as the symbol of his sovereignty over the world, and juno is seated upon a peacock, the proper symbol of her haughtiness and glory. p. 34 oath of loyalty upon the sacred inscription. here also the kings donned azure robes and sat in judgment. at daybreak they wrote their sentences upon a golden tablet: and deposited them with their robes as memorials. the chief laws of the atlantean kings we

e scorpion, or the serpent, the symbol of the concealed spiritual mystery. this sign has three different symbols. the most common is that of a scorpion, who was called by the ancients the backbiter, being the symbol of deceit and perversion; the second (and less common) form of the sign is a serpent, often used by the ancients to symbolize wisdom. probably the rarest form of scorpio is that of an eagle. the arrangement of the stars of the constellation bears as much resemblance to a flying bird as to a scorpion. scorpio, being the sign of occult initiation, the flying eagle--the king of birds--represents the highest and most spiritual type of scorpio, in which it transcends the venomous insect of the earth. as scorpio and taurus are opposite each other in the zodiac, their symbolism is oft

f levi, by which he explains the mystery of the tablet, shows the upper region divided into the four seasons of the year, each with three signs of the zodiac, and he has added the four-lettered sacred name, the tetragrammaton, assigning jod to aquarius, that is canopus, he to taurus, that is apis, vau to leo, that is momphta, and he final to typhon. note the cherubic parallel--man, bull, lion and eagle. the fourth form is found either as scorpion or eagle depending upon the occult good or evil intention: in the demotic zodiac, the snake replaces the scorpion "the lower region he ascribes to the twelve simple hebrew letters, associating them with the four quarters of the horizon. compare the sepher yerzirah, cap. v, sec. 1 "the central region he ascribes to the solar powers and the click to

figures in the center pane of the tablet" the upper panel contains the twelve figures of the zodiac arranged in four triads. the center figure in each group represents one of the four fixed signs of the zodiac. s is the sign of aquarius; z, taurus; c, leo; and g, scorpio. these are called the fathers. in the secret teachings of the far east these four figures--the man, the bull, the lion, and the eagle--are called the winged globes or the four maharajahs who stand upon the corners of creation. the four cardinal signs--p, capricorn; x, aries; b, cancer; f, libra--are called the powers. the four common signs--v, pisces; a, gemini; e, virgo; h, sagittarius- are called the minds of the four lords. this explains the meaning of the winged globes of egypt, for the four central figures--aquarius

eus, chief of the gods of greece. there is not even an accurate description of this masterpiece now in existence; only a few old coins give an inadequate idea of its general appearance. the body of the god was overlaid with ivory and the robes were of beaten gold. in one hand he is supposed to have held a globe supporting a figure of the goddess of victory, in the other a scepter surmounted by an eagle. the head of zeus was archaic, heavily bearded, and crowned with an olive wreath. the statue was seated upon an elaborately decorated throne. as its name implies, the monument was dedicated to the spirit of the planet jupiter--one of the seven logi who bow before the lord of the sun. 4. eliphas levi includes the temple of solomon among the seven wonders of the world, giving it the place occu

holy animals now known as constellations--star groups which are merely symbols of impersonal spiritual impulses. chiron, the centaur, teaching the sons of men, symbolizes the intelligences of the constellation of sagittarius, who were the custodians of the secret doctrine while (geocentrically) the sun was passing through the sign of gemini. the five-footed assyrian man-bull with the wings of an eagle and the head of a man is a reminder that the invisible nature of man has the wings of a god, the head of a man, and the body of a beast. the same concept was expressed through the sphinx--that armed guardian of the mysteries who, crouching at the gate of the temple, denied entrance to the profane. thus placed between man and his divine possibilities, the sphinx also represented the secret do

teeth of the other. next: fishes, insects, animals, reptiles and birds (part two) sacred texts esoteric index previous next p. 89 fishes, insects, animals, reptiles and birds (part two) as appropriate emblems of various human and divine attributes birds were included in religious and philosophic symbolism that of pagans and of christians alike. cruelty was signified by the buzzard; courage by the eagle; self-sacrifice by the pelican; and pride by the peacock. the ability of birds to leave the earth and fly aloft toward the source of light has resulted in their being associated with aspiration, purity, and beauty. wings were therefore often added to various terrene creatures in an effort to suggest transcendency. because their habitat was among the branches of the sacred trees in the hearts

ich is a law in the spiritual world, is the impulse toward the center of spirituality. seeming to be capable of neutralizing the effect of gravity, the bird was said to partake of a nature superior to other terrestrial creation; and its feathers, because of their sustaining power, came to be accepted as symbols of divinity, courage, and accomplishment. a notable example is the dignity attached to eagle feathers by the american indians, among whom they are insignia of merit. angels have been invested with wings because, like birds, they were considered to be the intermediaries between the gods and men and to inhabit the air or middle kingdom betwixt heaven and earth. as the dome of the heavens was likened to a skull in the gothic mysteries, so the birds which flew across the sky were regard

ed to be the intermediaries between the gods and men and to inhabit the air or middle kingdom betwixt heaven and earth. as the dome of the heavens was likened to a skull in the gothic mysteries, so the birds which flew across the sky were regarded as thoughts of the deity. for this reason odin's two messenger ravens were called hugin and munin- thought and memory. among the greeks and romans, the eagle was the appointed bird of jupiter and consequently signified the swiftly moving forces of the demiurgus; hence it was looked upon as the mundane lord of the birds, in contradistinction to the phoenix, which was symbolic of the celestial ruler. the eagle typified the sun in its material phase and also the immutable demiurgic law beneath which all mortal creatures must bend. the eagle was also

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

edward's throne in westminster abbey) the way to invoke the lords, or dominant entities, of the four watchtowers is thus: place one of your lamps of art at the east just outside the circle boundary and light it; then taking your wand in both hands, raise it high above your head, close your eyes and slowly and powerfully chant an invocation to the powers of the air such as the following: all-wise eagle, great ruler of tempest, storm, and whirlwind, master of the heavenly vault, great prince of the powers of the air, be present we pray thee and guard this circle from all perils approaching from the east! as you do this, strongly imagine a wind from the east begin to blow on your face, steadily increasing as you repeat the spell. similarly, through your closed eyelids be aware of a light fro

ch, the seeds of the process will lie in the use of the archetypal symbolism of the four elements of the wise. in order to raise a tempest or wind, whether it be used to split clouds or tear up trees, contact has to be made with the powers of the air, using as many magical images congruent with the airy principle as appeal to you. the square of mercury may be of use and herne invoked. the kerubic eagle, or great bird, from the watchtower of the east should be called upon. the wand should be used as the emblem of power in your ritual, and you should seek to call up all the stormy, howling, blustering, wind-swept memories of gale and hurricane within your experience, and augment them by rhyming spell within a circle properly cast with mercurial incense. for a benevolent zephyr, invoke on a w

MEANING OF MASONRY

the universe; he realizes that the earth, the heavens, and all their contents, are externalizations, projected images, of corresponding realities present within himself. as the perfected head of creation, he beholds how he sums up in himself all the lower forms of life through which his organism has passed to attain to that perfection. the four symbolic standards exhibiting the lion, ox, man and eagle are a very ancient glyph, declaring among other things the story of the soul's evolution and its progress from the passional wild-beast stage to one which, while still sensuous and animal, is docile and disciplined for service, and thence to the stage of human rationality, which at length culminates in upward-soaring spirituality. similarly the displayed banners of the twelve israelitish tri

MICHAEL FORD WITCHMOON

shadows of vampiric sorcery, must be willing to become as those nocturnal archetypes which hide within their subconscious. you must embrace that within your deepest self, which is ever changing. in other words, take upon your conscious what is fitting to your personality and self. vampirism and lycanthropy is the most dangerous path to take on magickally, as it invites the dark arms of the black eagle and thanatos. proceed with caution. when i began focusing on the archetypes and symbols of vampirism i began drawing connections to the system of shape shifting according to the nature of the vampire presented. for example, a tale of female vampires would give them the astral form of a cat, an owl or raven. many male vampires would take the astral assumption of a wolf or bat. it was said tha

dances upon a lovelorn tomb. just as may eve is the light bringing birth of summer, so comes the shadow side and reverse, being the coming of the dead in the night of pan. samhain is the most significant to our sorcery, being a portal in nature to the shadows cast by the great torch of hecate and lilith. it is when we shed our skin to the skies of twilight, and rise to flight among those of black eagle (12. this is the time of the shadow current of witchcraft in which we exist by our own ids and desires, by our will and strength alone. this is the birth (november 1st) of the celtic winter, when the dead walk between the paths of twilight and dawn. from our day side to what shall be our night side: this is the night when the dead come to dance! when vampiric flesh and atavistic ecstasies ar

d all becomes "i remember preparing myself for the evening, incense burning thickly on this mid october evening. i had spent most of the day looking forward to this eve and now it had come. i knew, as an initiate who would go forth by night, that much significance would 90 90 manifest in the dream realm. sleep was coming, as welcome as a mid-evening lover. i had been focusing on a vision of black eagle, through a sigil based on the concept. night rose with a passion unmatched by even the most lustful embrace. as i closed my eyes, focusing upon the varcolaci sigil, i felt a power within my body rising; it was like a collection of energy that could make your body burst with excitement, if by chance you were in such a situation. as i was also very relaxed it was entirely a surreal feeling, de

ctivity and then awakening in the physical body. the participant generally feels much stronger and revitalized. nachtfahr- astral gatherings of wooded dreams so gathered with moss, and a silent watcher clothed in the ebony of twilight past. as the mist drapes our fragile sight a new form approaches, from which all is distilled, forming into a new vision. a night sky above, dark as the wings of an eagle of shadow, letting cascades of blood: it calls to us at crossroads lost, with bounded knowledge of seasons to be! the dream is the backwards gateway to the witches' sabbat, wherein desire is formed into flesh. belief exists on the consistency of experience. the following formula for the initiation of the astral sabbath is derived from ao spare and his experiences with ms. paterson, who was d

give birth again to more elementals. again they shall flourish. always they flourish. given birth by blood and will. animals who roam the wildlands in our semblance. regaining all that we are..all that we strive for. harmony is yet a consistent memory of defined knowledge. lies? hold them fast in our desire. our sigil covered in our gift of blood. our sweat and blood and our dreams. all! a black eagle is rising. in awe and joy we behold. our love! our gift! asmodeus, tongues of fire dance across the night sky, granting unending desire. as the fire of our spirit rising in the great sky, let our essence dance in the arms of hecate, a burning passion so noble in its love. black eagle 107 107 black eagle is what austin spare defined as an intrusive familiar. an intrusive familiar is an automa

the magickian is not skilled in sorcery and invocation/evocation. spirits which are called from the atavisms of the depths of the mind are often horrific and self destructive if not properly controlled and channeled. this can lead to cases of madness, schizophrenia, even what some lower religions call "possession. one of the more significant spirits which we have worked with was one called black eagle. our work with black eagle began in 1998 upon discovering a significant image of the spirit. black eagle is described as an american indian guide, but we have uncovered numerous vampiric elements of it's nature. a feature of this is that during dreams black eagle will appear in a blood red or black background, as if you are entering its plane of existence. this is why i refer to black eagle

t image of the spirit. black eagle is described as an american indian guide, but we have uncovered numerous vampiric elements of it's nature. a feature of this is that during dreams black eagle will appear in a blood red or black background, as if you are entering its plane of existence. this is why i refer to black eagle as a spirit beyond definition as an elemental. i had first approached black eagle as a qliipothic spirit, this was not entirely correct as black eagle was an american indian spirit. american indian sorcerers were actually shamans who practiced a high discipline, entering alternate states of being, the self same states that spare termed as "neither- neither- the abyss. the underworld and the waking world were often explored in depth connections between the spirit and the f

th flesh and spirit. the adept of such magick and sorcery is bound to the earth, and with numerous skills and practice can later leave the physical body at will in order to go between worlds. or even to take on the flesh of another. a wise sorcerer would seek to master both the methods of shaman and magickian, both the solitary and the ceremonial, great keys of knowledge exist through both. black eagle appears often as a pale indian spirit, either black, blue or red robed. sometimes this elemental appears in brown leather hides, with leathery skin which is abnormally pale and with burning black eyes. there have been occasions however when black eagle had no precise form at all, manifesting merely as a gray or different coloured shapeless mass. communication with black eagle is either done

lack eyes. there have been occasions however when black eagle had no precise form at all, manifesting merely as a gray or different coloured shapeless mass. communication with black eagle is either done through it showing images to your mind or through words, either a tongue which is not easily understood or with a heavy north american indian accent. if the mind is clear of dogma concerning black eagle, then one will obtain clear speech at some point. this is where one should implement the use of a magickal diary or notebook next to your bed. upon waking, one should take extensive notes of all of the images and words that appeared to you. the evocation method of black eagle is simple yet effective. you must first obain a clear image expressing the essence of black eagle. be warned however

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

seething fire the falchion of the mighty one a sunlight flaming mountains dashed together giants headlong rush men rend the paths of hell and heaven is rent in twainsiberian accounts relate:in the beginning was the earth, but then a great fire arose and raged for seven years and theearth was burned up. everything became sea. all the tungus were consumed except a boyand a girl who rose up with an eagle in the sky the world falls dead40atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation the persians bundahis relate in their legends:and ninety days and nights the heavenly angels were contending in the world with the con-federate demons of the evil spirit and there are the commentaries of more modern sources also, from those illustriousones who have contributed to our present civilization. h

from the odin hanging on thewinding tree to conan the barbarian, from alice through the looking glass todungeons and dragons, the themes are one. what is the tree of the east and the treeof the west? what are the two seraphim who guard the ark of the covenant? what arethe gates of v alhalla? why are there twin columns at the portals of illustrious edifices?what do the swastika, the double-headed eagle, the masonic double cube, the double-barred cross of lorraine, the two knights templars riding one horse, really signify?what are the real pillars of hercules that guarded the way to atlantis?atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation49 chapter 7records of blood and stoneof central importance to the proof of the war between the gods is the purely scientificaccounts of the devastati

called because they refer to the risingof the star sirius.this emphasis on the star sirius is singular since a name of the monarch of atlantis, posei-don, comes from the syllable po, meaning sirius and don meaning lord. even more sugges-tively, poseidon was the god of earthquakes and was said to be the creator of men. sirius also played a part in the moon landing of apollo 11. it appears that the eagle landedwhen the light from this star was the brightest. the landing also took place in july, when sir-ius is rising and visible from earth. ovason reveals that before the cameras filmed the atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation99 serpents in the streets official placing of the american flag, a masonic ceremony took place, which was never tele-vised or revealed to the american f

two hearts, the bad ones, that refuge was sought in the upper world by thehopi, the peaceful ones. the underworld was not destroyed but was only sealed up to prevent the twohearts from rising upon to the surface world.the second story tells of the descent of the hopi from the blue star of a constellation called the sevensisters. one version tells of their travel to earth on the back of enki, the eagle. grandfather, the greatspirit, allowed the first man to select his home from the many stars of the universe. enki told first manof his home earth, and brought him to visit. first man's exploration of the earth convinced him that thiswas where he wanted his children to be born and to grow. first man returned to the heavens to tellgrandfather of his decision. grandfather was pleased and grante

ted to first man the right to call earth hishome. first man soon returned to the green place or sakwap with his family shortly afterwards (manyof the hero stories throughout time and through many different cultures refer to a valiant group ofseven) these two legends remind of the story of kashyapa muni and his two wives, kadru, the mother of ser-pents, and vinata, the mother of garuda, the divine eagle, mentioned later. western africa the legend of da- the world was created by nana-buluku, the one god, who is neither male norfemale. in time, nana-buluku gave birth to twins, mawu and lisa, and it is they who shaped the worldand control it still, with their fourteen children, the v odou, or lesser gods. in the beginning, beforemawu had any children, the rainbow serpent, da, already existed

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

st the wishes of god, gives fire to mankind is also echoed in greek mythology. black magicians often equate azazel from the book of enoch, with lucifer and the greek god prometheus. the reason is that prometheus, against the wishes of zeus (god, stole fire from the gods and gave it to humanity. zeus, the furious god of mount olympus, punishes prometheus by binding him to a rock, and commanding an eagle to peck away at this liver, which regenerated every day. prometheus is depicted as incredibly intelligent, deceptive, and rebellious; prometheus, azazel, lucifer, the torch-bearer, the light bringer. the flame, or torch of the olympics, and it s corresponding tradition, is a commemoration of prometheus theft of fire from zeus. the statue of liberty, whose likeness is based on the goddess ish

, is associated with the element of water. water is symbolic for the passive force, and feminine quality of the womb, and its ability to bear life. water is likewise symbolic for blood and, more specifically, the previously discussed life-force. in magic, fire and water represent the polar opposites of male and female. water, who symbol is a downward-pointing triangle, is also associated with the eagle, the west, the color blue, and arch-angel gabriel. in magic, water corresponded to dreams, emotions, and psychic work. the last major magical tool is the scrying mirror. the scrying mirror is related to the moon, rather than one of the elements. since a spirit can more easily reveal itself in a mirror--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 56 an object called a scrying mirror is used as a medi

bull, the north, earthy colors like green and brown, and arch-angel uriel. the ritual tool pentacle should not be confused with the talismanic pentacles that are used to bind spirits and energies to. before being used in ritual, all ritual tools undergo a ceremony of consecration, which is a ritual where that tool is magically activated. the four animals assigned to the first four elements (lion,eagle,human,bull) also appear in the bible. ezekiel remarks on four living beings that came upon him instantly in a cloud [ezekiel 1:10, as for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. later on in the bible [revelation 4:7, nearly the exact

d the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. later on in the bible [revelation 4:7, nearly the exact same animals are mentioned again. and the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. the calling [3.6] as stated earlier, once the magician has invoked a spirit or type of energy he has a number of options. the first option is to invoke the spirit into his body. to invoke a being into your body allows for direct communication between the spirit and the magician, and even allows the being to partly control the magician. for this reason, magicians should only invoke benevolen

rees from the garden of eden represent the celestial sephiroth and the infernal (averse) sephiroth, in the east lies the tree of life, and in the west lies the tree of knowledge. in replacement of white and black, union of the angelic and the infernal may also be symbolized by the concepts of east and west; east being the divine direction, while the west is the infernal direction. a double-headed eagle looking left and right is an example of this. it also happens that satanic rituals are often oriented towards the west. the angelic counterpart, and the angelic race in general, is often symbolized by the sun, which represents the masculine principal of life; the demonic counterpart, and the demon race in general, is associated with the moon and the feminine principal of life. so naturally a

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ve the tap detached (available from medical supply companies, this will be the resting place or nganga of the vampyre, which would act as a coffin or tomb. obtain a small amount from a cemetery of burial ground, which will be the soil of which the vampyre would rest. a sigil representing the vampyre and association would be created. this maybe a sigil of ahriman or az, lilith or hecate, the black eagle or another such form. the back of the sigil may have printed the crest/sigil of vlad dracul or countess bathory. one may create a mask of the vampyre, which is associated to the ahrimanic sorcerer as well. when one prepares the skull the sigil should be placed at bottom, the soil above it and the mask above the soil. when the ritual of the vampyre is undertaken the sigil will be consecrated

MIDNIGHTS CIRCLE A COMMENTARY OF AZOTHOZ

n of being. as azothoz deals with the magickal transformation of being, the ensorcelment of self in the circle of cain and lilith, the further exploration of the watchers are given in the tracts the sun and the moon. each presents the developmental process of the witchblood propagated by the watchers who in spirit and dream bring knowledge to those who may invoke them. the invocation of the black eagle as propagated by austin spare presents a powerful nightside formula of image and concept which holds the sorcerer in isolation. one should seek the black eagle in dream, in those areas not conceptually noted from which shadows may hide. it is the initiatic guide which grants the knowledge of the darkness in the self. the focus and essence of azothoz lies in dreaming, how this may relate to t

not only the sabbat, but the sorcerous invocation of shaitan-lilith-azrael-ahriman, the infernal spirits who reside over the path itself. part two the lore of the fallen is a poetic-invocation of the cunning path, that of the sabbat and sethanic gnosis of lucifer and cain, from which the initiatic fire is passed from spirit to spirit. the spirit-familiar of austin osman spare, known as the black eagle is presented here as a guide by a sinistral (left way) sigillic formula, including an invocation chant and essay upon the shadow of this vampyric shade. two formulas of the sun and the moon are given, which is a sigillized text of the watchers of the book of enoch. the grimoire ends with an invocation of set the adversary. azothoz is beautifully illustrated by elda isela ford, who captures t

MORALS AND DOGMA

s is a direct result of the atrocious baseness of the despot. a miasma exhales from these crouching consciences that reflect the master; the public authorities are unclean, hearts are collapsed, consciences shrunken, souls puny. this is so under caracalla, it is so under commodus, it is so under heliogabalus, while from the roman senate, under c sar, there comes only the rank odor peculiar to the eagle's eyrie" it is the force of the people that sustains all these despotisms, the basest as well as the best. that force acts through armies; and these oftener enslave than liberate. despotism there applies the rule. force is the mace of steel at the saddle-bow of the knight or of the bishop in armor. passive obedience by force supports thrones and oligarchies, spanish kings, and venetian senat

ur winds of the heavens, that go forth from standing before the lord of all the earth" ezekiel saw the _four_ living creatures, each with _four_ faces and _four_ wings, the faces of a _man_ and a _lion, an _ox_ and an _eagle; and the _four_ wheels going upon their _four_ sides; and saint john beheld the _four_ beasts, full of eyes before and behind, the lion, the young ox, the man, and the flying eagle _four_ was the signature of the earth. therefore, in the 148th psalm, of those who must praise the lord on the land, there are _four_ times _four, and _four_ in particular of living creatures. visible nature is described as the _four_ quarters of the world, and the _four_ corners of the earth "there are _four" says the old jewish saying "which take the first place in this world _man, among t

with her presided over and governed the sublunary world. in this degree, unknown for a hundred years to those who have practised it, these emblems reproduced refer to these old doctrines. the lamb, the yellow hangings strewed with stars, the seven columns, candlesticks, and seals all recall them to us. the lion was the symbol of athom-re, the great god of upper egypt; the hawk, of ra or phre; the eagle, of mendes; the bull, of apis; and three of these are seen under the platform on which our altar stands. the first hermes was the intelligence or word of god. moved with compassion for a race living without law, and wishing to teach them that they sprang from his bosom, and to point out to them the way that they should go [the books which the first hermes, the same with enoch, had written on

ty-five intelligences compose altogether the fullness or _plenitude[[greek? a] of the divine emanations. with the ophites, a sect of the gnostics, there were seven inferior spirits [inferior to ialdabaoth, the demiourgos or actual creator _micha l, suri l, rapha l, gabriel, thauthabaoth, erataoth, and _athaniel, the genii of the stars called the bull, the dog, the lion, the bear, the serpent, the eagle, and the ass that formerly figured in the constellation cancer, and symbolized respectively by those animals; as _ialdabaoth, iao, adona, elo, ora, and _astapha_ were the genii of saturn, the moon, the sun, jupiter, venus, and mercury. the word appears in all these creeds. it is the _ormuzd_ of zoroaster, the _ainsoph_ of the kabalah, the _nous_ of platonism and philonism, and the _sophia_ o

y of the resurrection: and the cross and rose together are therefore hieroglyphically to be read _the dawn of eternal life_ which all nations have hoped for by the advent of a redeemer. the _pelican_ feeding her young is an emblem of the large and bountiful beneficence of nature, of the redeemer of fallen man, and of that humanity and charity that ought to distinguish a knight of this degree. the eagle was the living symbol of the egyptian god _mendes_ or _menthra, whom _sesostris-ramses_ made one with _amun-re, the god of thebes and upper egypt, and the representative of the sun, the word re meaning _sun_ or _king. the _compass_ surmounted with a crown signifies that notwithstanding the high rank attained in masonry by a knight of the rose croix, equity and impartiality are invariably to

iah that is yet waited for, by an incarnation of himself or by an inspired prophet, it does not belong to us as masons to decide. let each judge and believe for himself. in the mean time, we labor to hasten the coming of that day. the morals of antiquity, of the law of moses and of christianity, are ours. we recognize every teacher of morality, every reformer, as a brother in this great work. the eagle is to us the symbol of liberty, the compasses of equality, the pelican of humanity, and our order of fraternity. laboring for these, with faith, hope, and charity as our armor, we will wait with patience for the final triumph of good and the complete manifestation of the word of god. no one mason has the right to measure for another, within the walls of a masonic temple, the degree of venera

d, that none may note them. if they cannot wound upon proofs, they will do it upon likelihoods: and if not upon them, they manufacture lies, as god created the world, out of nothing; and so corrupt the fair tempter of men's reputations; knowing that the multitude will believe them, because affirmations are apter to win belief, than negatives to uncredit them; and that a lie travels faster than an eagle flies, while the contradiction limps after it at a snail's pace, and, halting, never overtakes it. nay, it is contrary to the morality of journalism, to allow a lie to be contradicted in the place that spawned it. and even if that great favor is conceded, a slander once raised will scarce ever die, or fail of finding many that will allow it both a harbor and trust. this is, beyond any other

s, the learned bishop of alexandria, and philo, adopt all these explanations. hermes calls the zodiac, the grent tent--tabernaculum. in the royal arch degree of the american rite, the tabernacle has four veils, of different colors, to each of which belongs a banner. the colors of the four are white, blue, crimson, and purple, and the banners bear the images of the bull, the lion, the man, and the eagle, the constellations answering 2500 years before our era to the equinoctial and solstitial points: to which belong four stars, aldebaran, regulus, fomalhaut, and antares. at each of these veils there are three words: and to each division of the zodiac, belonging to each of these stars, are three signs. the four signs, taurus, leo, scorpio, and aquarius, were termed the _fixed_ signs, and are

and aquarius, were termed the _fixed_ signs, and are appropriately assigned to the four veils. so the cherubim, according to clemens and philo, represented the two hemispheres: their wings, the rapid course of the firmament, and of time which revolves in the zodiac "for the heavens fly" says philo, speaking of the wings of the cherubim: which were winged representations of the lion, the bull, the eagle, and the man; of two of which, the human-headed, winged bulls and lions, so many have been found at nimroud; adopted as beneficent symbols, when the sun entered taurus at the vernal equinox and leo at the summer solstice: and when, also, he entered scorpio for which, on account of its malignant influences, aquila, the eagle was substituted, at the autumnal equinox; and aquarius (the water-be

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ch of which was superb in every detail at one time. a platitude was like a wife after a few years; she has lost none of her charms, and yet one prefers some perfectly worthless woman. i now found myself able to retrace the paths of thought which ultimately come together in a platitude. i would start with some few simple ideas and develop them. each stage in the process was like the joy of a young eagle soaring from height to height in ever increasing sunlight as dawn breaks, foaming, over the purple hem of the garment of ocean, and when the many coloured rays of rose and gold and green gathered themselves together and melted into the orbed glory of the sun, with a rapture that shook the soul with unimaginable ecstasy, that sphere of rushing light was recognized as a common-place idea, acce

e world. note that the atu 'death' in the tarot refers to scorpio. this sign is threefold: the scorpion that kills itself with its own poison, when its environment (the ring of fire) becomes intolerable; the serpent that renews itself by shedding its skin, that is crowned and hooded, that moves by undulations like light, and gives man wisdom at the price of toil, suffering, and mortality; and the eagle that soars, its lidless eyes bent boldly upon the sun 'death' is, to the initiate, an inn by the wayside; it marks a stage accomplished; it offers refreshment, repose, and advice as to his plans for the morrow. but in this verse the main point is that death is the 'crown' of all. the crown is kether, the unity "love under will" having been applied to all nuit-possibilities of all khu-energie

ive, form a coherent passage: notice the words 'death' in verses 63 and 66, and 'die' in verse 68. there is evidently an intention to identify the climax of love with that of life. it is then not unnatural for us to ask: can 'death' have some deeper significance than appears? scorpio, the zodiacal sign of death, is really the sexual or reproductive function of nature. it is the earth-transcending eagle, the self-restoring serpent, and the self-immolating scorpion. in alchemy it is the principle of putrefaction, the 'black dragon, whose state of apparent corruption is but a prelude to the rainbow-coloured spring-tide of the man in motley. the nymph of spring, syrinx, the trembling hollow reed which needs but breath to fill the world with music, attracts pan, the goat-god of ecstatic lust, b

the ninth degree of o.t.o. the 'child' is "babalon and the beast conjoined, the secret saviour, that is, the being symbolized by the egg and serpent hieroglyph of the phoenician adepts. the second kind is also a form of baphomet, but differs from the 'child' in that it is the lion-serpent in its original form. the process of softening and smoothing down is thus in this case that of vitalizing the eagle. it is inadvisable to word this explanation in terms too intelligible to the profane, since uninitiated attempts to make use of the formidable arcana of magick presented in this passage could lead only to the most fulminating and irremediable disaster. menstrual blood is the best blood because it is completely free of karma, being a natural elimination of the organism. the "sacrifice of chil

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way. but all was not lost. just as hope (which lay at the bottom) was about to escape, pandora hastily closed the lid of the jar, and thus preserved to man that never-failing solace which helps him to bear with courage the many ills which assail him.[10] having punished mankind, zeus determined to execute vengeance on prometheus. he accordingly chained him to a rock in mount caucasus, and sent an eagle every day to gnaw away his liver, which grew again every night ready for fresh torments. for thirty years prometheus endured this fearful punishment; but at length zeus relented, and permitted his son heracles (hercules) to kill the eagle, and the sufferer was released. third dynasty.olympian divinities. zeus[11 (jupiter. zeus, the great presiding deity of the universe, the ruler of heaven a

ous, benignity of the father and friend of mankind. he may be recognized by his rich flowing beard, and the thick masses of hair, which rise straight from the high and intellectual forehead and fall to his shoulders in clustering locks. the nose is large and finely formed, and the slightly-opened lips impart an air of sympathetic kindliness which invites confidence. he is always accompanied by an eagle, which either surmounts his sceptre, or sits at his feet; he generally bears in his uplifted hand a sheaf of thunder-bolts, just ready to be hurled, whilst in the other he holds the lightning. the head is frequently encircled with a wreath of oak-leaves. page 28 page 29 the most celebrated statue of the olympian zeus was that by the famous athenian sculptor phidias, which was forty feet high

thenian sculptor phidias, which was forty feet high, and stood in the temple of zeus at olympia. it was formed of ivory and gold, and was [29]such a masterpiece of art, that it was reckoned among the seven wonders of the world. it represented the god, seated on a throne, holding in his right hand a life-sized image of nike (the goddess of victory, and in his left a royal sceptre, surmounted by an eagle. it is said that the great sculptor had concentrated all the marvellous powers of his genius on this sublime conception, and earnestly entreated zeus to give him a decided proof that his labours were approved. an answer to his prayer came through the open roof of the temple in the shape of a flash of lightning, which phidias interpreted as a sign that the god of heaven was pleased with his w

h each other, these national gatherings must have been most valuable as a means of uniting the greeks in one great bond of brotherhood. on these festive occasions the whole nation met together, forgetting for the moment all past differences, and uniting in the enjoyment of the same festivities. it will doubtless have been remarked that in the representations of zeus he is always accompanied by an eagle. this royal bird was sacred to him, probably from the fact of its being the only creature capable of gazing at the sun without being dazzled, which may have suggested the idea that it was able to contemplate the splendour of divine majesty unshrinkingly. the oak-tree, and also the summits of mountains, were sacred to zeus. his sacrifices consisted of white bulls, cows, and goats. zeus had se

ally the supreme god of heaven, and never appears upon earth. the most celebrated temple of jupiter was that on the capitoline hill in the city of rome, where he was worshipped under the names of jupiter-optimus-maximus, capitolinus, and tarpeius. page 38 the romans represented him seated on a throne of ivory, holding in his right hand a sheaf of thunderbolts, and in his left a sceptre, whilst an eagle stands beside his throne. hera (juno. hera, the eldest daughter of cronus and rhea, was born at samos, or, according to some accounts, at argos, and was reared by the sea-divinities oceanus and tethys, who were models of conjugal fidelity.[16] she was the [39]principal wife of zeus, and, as queen of heaven, participated in the honours paid to him, but her dominion only extended over the air

and the unrighteous, fawning upon and caressing the good, whilst they rushed upon all evil-doers and drove them away. hephastus is usually represented as a powerful, brawny, and very muscular man of middle height and mature age; his strong uplifted arm is raised in the act of striking the anvil with a hammer, which he holds in one hand, whilst with the other he is turning a thunderbolt, which an eagle beside him is waiting to carry to zeus. the principal seat of his worship was the island of lemnos, where he was regarded with peculiar veneration. vulcan. the roman vulcan was merely an importation from greece, which never at any time took firm root in rome, nor entered largely into the actual life and sympathies of the nation, his worship being unattended by the devotional feeling and enth

by the chastening sorrows and sufferings of its earthly career.[51] page 173 eros is represented as a lovely boy, with rounded limbs, and a merry, roguish expression. he has golden wings, and a quiver slung over his shoulder, which contained his magical and unerring arrows; in one hand he bears his golden bow, and in the other a torch. he is also frequently depicted riding on a lion, dolphin, or eagle, or seated in a chariot drawn by stags or wild boars, undoubtedly emblematical of the power of love as the subduer of all nature, even of the wild animals. in rome, eros was worshipped under the name of amor or cupid. hymen. hymen or hymenaus, the son of apollo and the muse urania, was the god who presided over marriage and nuptial solemnities, and was hence invoked at all marriage festiviti

ttributes, however, were regarded by the romans as applying more particularly to the imperishable vigour and immortal glory of the state. in rome, several temples were erected in honour of this goddess [157] ganymedes. ganymedes, the youngest son of tros, king of troy, was one day drawing water from a well on mount ida, when he was observed by zeus, who, struck with his wonderful beauty, sent his eagle to transport him to olympus, where he was endowed with immortality, and appointed cup-bearer to the gods. ganymedes is represented as a youth of exquisite beauty, with short golden locks, delicately chiselled features, beaming blue eyes, and pouting lips. page 177 the muses. of all the olympic deities, none occupy a more distinguished position than the muses, the nine beautiful daughters of

informed them that the golden fleece was guarded by a fearful dragon, that king aetes was extremely cruel, and, as the son of apollo, was possessed of superhuman strength. arrival at colchis..taking with them the four new-comers they journeyed on, and soon came in sight of the snow-capped peaks of the caucasus, when, towards evening, the loud flapping of wings was heard overhead. it was the giant eagle of prometheus on his way to torture the noble and long-suffering titan, whose fearful page 253 groans soon afterwards fell upon their ears. that night they reached their journey's end, and anchored in the smooth waters of the river phases. on the left bank of this river they beheld ceuta, the capital of colchis; and on their right a wide field, and the sacred grove of ares, where the golden

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onry, p. 92) european mysticism was not dead at the time the united states of america was founded. the hand of the mysteries controlled in the establishment of the new government for the signature of the mysteries may still be seen on the great seal of the united states of america. careful analysis of the seal discloses a mass of occult and masonic symbols chief among them, the so-called american eagle. the american eagle upon the great seal is but a conventionalised phoenix. not only were many of the founders of the united states government masons, but they received aid from a secret and august body existing in europe which helped them to establish this country for a peculiar and particular purpose known only to the intiated few (manly p. hall, the secret teachings of all ages, pp. xc and

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hated him. he earned immortality by performing 12 impossible tasks. when he went to olympus he married zeus daughter hebe. hermes hermes was the messenger of the gods and zeus son by maia, daughter of the titan atlas. he is wearing his winged hat and carrying his herald s staff, the caduceus. ganymede ganymede was a young prince of troy; zeus was so overwhelmed by his beauty that he descended in eagle form and snatched the beautiful youth to be his cup-bearer on olympus. hera, queen of the gods hera was zeus wife and sister. in one account it was she, not her mother rhea, who saved zeus from being swallowed by their father cronos (see above. she was the goddess of marriage, and many of the stories about her centre on her jealousy of zeus many affairs. saturn by francisco de goya (1746 182

rts of an animal should be sacrificed to the gods, prometheus tricked zeus into choosing the bones and the fat rather than the meat. in retaliation, zeus removed the gift of fire from the world, causing great suffering to humankind. in response, prometheus stole fire from the sun, which he gave back to the world. furious, zeus chained prometheus to a rock, where his liver was eaten each day by an eagle, and grew back each night. epimetheus the name epimetheus means afterthought or hindsight; prometheus means forethought or foresight. as the names suggest, epimetheus, shown here making human beings out of clay to prometheus model, was rather foolish and entirely without his brother s guile and cunning. turned into a monkey when prometheus was chained to the rock by zeus, epimetheus, his not

d 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, zeus is often called the cloud-gatherer. he is often shown with his weapon, the thunderbolt. zeus and dana dana was the beautiful daughter of acrisius, king of argos, who was supposed to rule in rotation with

th a discus several years later. condemned to death accused of complicity in deceiving him, dana s handmaiden was put to death when acrisius discovered the birth of his grandson perseus. the rape of europa by valentin alexandrowitsch serow (1865 1911) i shall sing of zeus, the best and greatest of the gods, farseeing, mighty, the fulfiller of designs. homeric hymn to zeus griffin the griffin part-eagle, part-lion is one of many fantastic monsters and beasts in greek mythology. the griffin on dana s bed represents the strong guard under which her father had placed her; outside the doors was a pack of savage dogs. dana, princess of argos dana was the daughter of acrisius of argos by eurydice, the daughter of lacedemon (not to be confused with eurydice, wife of orpheus. acrisius twin brother

stick in old age. cheated of her prey, the sphinx casts herself from the rock to her death. oedipus was abandoned as a baby because laius was told by apollo s oracle at delphi that he must remain childless or risk calamity to thebes. laius either disobeyed the oracle s advice or was so upset that he got drunk and slept with his wife jocasta anyway. the sphinx this monster with a woman s head, an eagle s wings, a serpent s tail, and the body of a lion, was the daughter of echidna (who was part-woman, part-serpent. echidna s brood included many of the monsters of greek mythology, including the chimaera (see p. 47, the hydra, cerberus (see p. 31, the nemean lion, and the crommyon sow (see pp. 54 55. 49 the tragedy of oedipus oedipus feet the name oedipus means swollen foot. when he was left

in a musical contest [see p. 41) garden of the hesperides the garden of the hesperides was at the edge of the earth, enclosed behind a high wall. inside, the golden-apple tree was guarded by a terrifying serpent. it took hercules a long time to discover the whereabouts of the garden and reach it. on the way he had many adventures, which included freeing prometheus (see pp. 24 25) and killing the eagle that daily fed on his liver. cranes of vigilance cranes are a symbol of vigilance. however, as the hesperides seem to be asleep, and the apples that they are guarding are eventually stolen, the presence of the cranes may be ironic. daugh ters of a titan the hesperides were the daughters of the titan atlas (see p. 22) and hesperis, the daughter of the evening star hesperus (venus. they lived

ater, in the fifth century bce, to the romans. heroic divinities, who in life had been involved in many battles and adventures, the romans believed that they helped them on the battlefield. columbines underfoot grow purple columbines representing resolution, or a desire to win. they may refer to zeus determination to make love to leda. the latin name for columbine is aquilegia, from the latin for eagle. it refers to the spur-shaped petals reminiscent of talons and may be another reference to zeus, who is often accompanied by an eagle (see p. 44. polydeuces mother of fated girls three of leda s daughters helen, timandra, and clytemnestra became victims of aphrodite s (venus) anger when tyndareus overlooked her when making sacrifices to the gods. she doomed them to be twice-married and thric

. below was niflheim, the realm of the dead, and its citadel hel. the ninth world is sometimes said to be hel and sometimes the primeval fire of muspell, which will devour creation at the end of time. yggdrasil itself will survive, and will protect in hoddmimir s wood the man and woman who will re-people the world. the branches of yggdrasil spread out over the whole world, and reach up to heaven. eagle a giant eagle sits at the top of yggdrasil, with a hawk perched between its eyes. the flapping of the eagle s wings causes winds in the worlds below. tree of sacrifice yggdrasil literally means terrible horse or odin s horse, as odin, when he was sacrificed on the tree to gain knowledge of the magic runes, is described as riding it, in the same sense that norse poets refer to a gallows tree

in the grass they shall find the golden chess pieces of the gods. two people, lif and lifthrasir, will survive in the branches of the world tree and repopulate the earth. 71 the world tree myth dragon at the roots at the bottom of yggdrasil in niflheim lies the dragon nidhogg, which gluts itself on corpses. he also gnaws at the roots of the world tree, hoping to destroy it. he is at war with the eagle at the top. three roots yggdrasil had three roots. beneath the first was the well of fate guarded by the three norns who control people s lives. beneath the second was the well of wisdom, guarded by the head of the aesir mimir, who was killed by the vanir gods, but whose head odin preserved with herbs and spells. beneath the third was a well of poison, from which flowed the rivers of hel. it

PHOSPHORUS

lgol the eye of the adversary -initiation of the witches sabbat, the development of astral projection and dreaming sorcery -the self-transformative benefits of the celestial sabbat and solar/twilight rebirth -the self-deification process of the infernal sabbat shape shifting and sexual congress via dreaming and astral projection -shape shifting and vampyric sorcery purpose and practice -the black eagle as the initiator of the vampyric and ahrimanic path consistent and successful work with 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 e

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 including if famulus attends the self. 4. averse tree of life (daath) and the spheres of the qlippoth. devotion to the essence of each sphere and its daemonic attributes to be used in a positive way. 5. a working of the black eagle as the initiator unto the path of shadow, records in a detail of 2 pages on successful contact with the black eagle. examples, records, etc. iii the adversary ascending into the noon-tide sun 13 -color red symbol shaitan of midnight -adversary in flesh the egyptian godform of set-an -mastery over spiritual and material planes -isolated and perfected strength of will and independence -the sel

PROMETHEUS

vens out in the astral realms and become their own savioe prometheus prometheus was one of the titans who was given the task of creating mankind by zeus. he felt great compassion for his creations and stole fire from heaven and cheated the gods in the apportionments of the sacrifice to aide them. this incurred the wrath of zeus who had him chained to mount caucasus and sent the gigantic kaukasian eagle to feed on his ever-regenerating liver. many generations later herakles freed him from this torture. parents (1) iapetos& klymene (theogony 507, works& days 54, hyginus fab 142 (2) iapetos& asia (apollodorus 1.8 (3) iapetos (quintus smyrnaeus 10.190, diodorus siculus 5.67.1 (4) themis (prometheus bound 8& 211& 873) offspring (1) deukalion (by pronoia (catalogues of women frag 1 (2) deukalion

of women frag 1 (2) deukalion (apollodorus 1.45 (3) aidos (pindar olympian 3 "now iapetos took to wife the neat-ankled mad klymene, daughter of okeanos, and went up with her into one bed. and she bare him. clever prometheus, full of various wiles. and ready-witted prometheus he [zeus] bound with inextricable bonds, cruel chains, and drove a shaft through his middle, and set on him a long- winged eagle, which used to eat his immortal liver; but by night the liver grew as much again everyway as the long-winged bird devoured in the whole day. that bird herakles, the valiant son of shapely-ankled alkmene, slew; and delivered the son of iapetos from the cruel plague, and released him from his affliction- not without the will of olympian zeus who reigns on high, that the glory of herakles the t

s of women& eoiae frag 1 (from scholiast on apollonius rhodius arg. iii.1086 "against the wise prometheus bitter-wroth the sea-maids [nereides] were, remembering how that zeus, moved by his prophecies, unto peleus gave thetis to wife, a most unwilling bride. then cried in wrath to these kymothoe 'o that the pestilent prophet [prometheus] had endured all pangs he merited, when, deep-burrowing, the eagle tare his liver aye renewed -quintus smyrnaeus 5.334 "and there [depicted on the shield of eurypylos son of herakles, at the world's end, were kaukasos' long glens, where herakles, rending prometheos' chains, and hurling them this way and that with fragments of the rock whereinto they were riveted, set free the mighty titan. arrow-smitten lay the eagle of the torment there beside -quintus smy

ere herakles, rending prometheos' chains, and hurling them this way and that with fragments of the rock whereinto they were riveted, set free the mighty titan. arrow-smitten lay the eagle of the torment there beside -quintus smyrnaeus 6.269 "there [depicted on the quiver of herakles] was the titan iapetos' great son [prometheus] hung from the beetling crag of kaukasos in bonds of adamant, and the eagle tare his liver unconsumed- he seemed to groan -quintus smyrnaeus 10.190 "after creating men prometheus is said to have stolen fire and revealed it to men. the gods were angered by this and sent two evils on the earth, women and disease; such is the account given by sappho and hesiod -greek lyric i sappho frag 207 (from servius on virgil "the story goes that prometheus stole the fire and zeus

and from his crown athene sprang up, clad in her armor -apollodorus 1.20 "prometheus, after forming men from water and earth, gave them fire, which he had hidden in a stalk of giant fennel to escape the notice of zeus. when zeus found out, he ordered hephaistos to rivet the body of prometheus to mount kaukasos, a skythian mountain, where he was kept fastened and bound for many years. each day an eagle would fly to him and munch on the lobes of his liver, which would then grow back at night. that was the price that prometheus paid for stealing fire, until herakles set him free later on. now prometheos had a son deukalion and was married to pyrrha, the daughter of epimetheus and pandora, the first woman created by the gods. when zeus was ready to obliterate the bronze generation of men, pro

ould not die because he was immortal. prometheus thereupon proposed herakles to zeus, to become immortal in place of kheiron: and so kheiron died -apollodorus 2.83-87 "then after proceeding through libya to the sea beyond, he appropriated the goblet from helios [for the trip from libya to the kaukasos mountains. when he [herakles] reached the mainland on the other side he killed with an arrow the eagle on the kaukasos, the product of ekhidna and typhon that had been eating the liver of prometheus. then he selected for himself a restraining bond of olive, and released prometheos; and he offered zeus kheiron, who was willing to die in herakles place. prometheus advised herakles not to go after the apples himself, but rather to relive atlas of the celestial sphere and dispatch him. so when he

is left to be the winner. pausanias 1.30.2 "for aras, they say, was a contemporary of promethe us, the son of iapetus, and three generations of men older than pelasgus the son of arcas -pausanias 2.14.4 [in the temple of zeus at olympia are paintings] prometheus still held by his chains, though herakles has been raised up to him. for among the stories told about herakles is one that he killed the eagle which tormented prometheus in the kaukasos, and set free prometheus himself from his chains. pausanias 5.11.6 at panopeus [in phokis] there is by the roadside a small building of unburnt brick, in which is an image of pentelic marble, said by some to be asklepios, by others prometheus. the latter produce evidence of their contention. at the ravine there lie two stones, each of which is big e

torrent, and they smell very like the skin of a man. they say that these are remains of the clay out of which the whole race of man was fashioned by prometheus -pausanias 10.4.4 and now the last recess of the black sea opened up and they [the argonauts] caught sight of the high crags of the kaukasos, where prometheus stood chained by every limb to the hard rock with fetters of bronze, and fed an eagle on his liver. the bird kept eagerly returning to its feed. they saw it in the afternoon flying high above the ship with a strident whirr. it was near the clouds, yet it made all their canvas quiver to its wings as it beat by. for its form was not that of an ordinary bird: the long quill-feathers of each wing rose and fell like a bank of polished oars. soon after the eagle had passed, they he

intment from her box. this salve was named after prometheus. a man had only to smear it on his body, after propitiating the only-begotten maiden [hekate] with a midnight offering, to become invulnerable by sword or fire and for that day to surpass himself in strength and daring. it first appeared in a plant that sprang from the blood-like ichor of prometheus in his torment, which the flesh-eating eagle had dropped on the spurs of kaukasos. the flowers, which grew on twin stalks a cubit high, were of the colour of korykian saffron, while the root looked like flesh that has just been cut, and the juice like the dark sap of a mountain oak. to make the ointment, medea, clothed in black, in the gloom of night, had drawn off this juice in a caspian shell after bathing in seven perennial streams

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

n abraham and sarah were old, and had entered the primordial days.29 the verse gand abraham was old, having come into days h occurs after sarah died, when isaac was already 37. nonetheless, the torah stresses how abraham and sarah were (already) old when isaac was born. the zohar interprets the phrase ghaving come into days h to mean ginto the primordial days that always renew [a person] like the eagle, h30 alluding to the verse, g[g-d] renews your youth like an eagle. h31 the gprimordial days h are the six lower sefirot of atik yomin (corresponding to the six days of creation. since atik yomin corresponds to delight, the source of life, an influx from this level renews a person fs youth. indeed, after this verse and the ensuing story of isaac fs marriage to rebecca, the torah recounts how

es over gevurah, and (2) as the ideal blend of chesed and gevurah, tiferet is a direct revelation of g-d fs goodness and glory rather than an indirect one.18 the name we are concerned with is the second of the 72. it presumably is associated with gevurah since it is the second. the four faces of the beasts that carried the divine throne in ezekiels vision were that of a man, a lion, an ox, and an eagle. the lion-face signified chesed, the ox-face gevurah, the eagle-face tiferet (and the midot below it, and the man-face malchut. thus, this name (yud-lamed-yud) and the ox-face are related by virtue of their mutual association with gevurah. the difference is that in [the initials from] this verse, the yud fs are ascendant. they indicate the force of chesed. the lamed is left to be last. it in

ppearance: they were human figures, but each one had four faces, and each one had four wings c. their faces and their wings were alike on the four of them c. as for the likeness of their faces: each one had a human face [in the the arizal on parashat vayikra (2) 416 front; each of the four had a lion fs face to the right; each of the four had an ox fs face to the left; and each of the four had an eagle fs face [in the back. h1 corresponding to this gdivine chariot h is an gimpure chariot, h or the array of powers through which g-d channels life force into the realm of evil, in order to create and sustain it until such time as its purpose has been served and it can be dispensed with. the soul[s] of the domesticated animal descend from the face of the ox of the chariot [those of] the wild an

rray of powers through which g-d channels life force into the realm of evil, in order to create and sustain it until such time as its purpose has been served and it can be dispensed with. the soul[s] of the domesticated animal descend from the face of the ox of the chariot [those of] the wild animals descend from the face of the lion in the chariot [those of] the fowl descend from the face of the eagle of the chariot. the permitted (kosher) domesticated animals of this world are derived from the face of the ox in the chariot; the permitted wild animals are derived from the face of the lion (even though lions themselves are not kosher; the permitted birds are derived from the face of the eagle. forbidden animals and fowl are derived from the corresponding faces of the beasts of the unholy c

e machpelah cave].8 now, the forces of evil seek to overcome this situation and undergo the rectification process [of becoming a partzuf] as well all the way up to the levels that are opposite arich anpin, abba, and ima of atzilut, and thus be able to channel their light through hairs the same way as is done in the side of holiness. referring to this, scripture states: gif you will ascend like an eagle, and put your nest amongst the stars, i will pull you down from there, says the l-rd. h9 for if.g-d forbid.evil would be allowed to undergo this rectification process at the levels of arich anpin, abba and ima, the world would be destroyed! that is, a contraction of the life force of holiness through the channel of hair to the realm of evil would be disastrous at these levels, since the inte

all the foreign beliefs, heresies, or planned sins that you harbored. alternatively, these words refer to whatever haughtiness or obstinacy you possess. you should gshave h these off yourself, i.e, uproot them and contemn yourself as dust. g cand trim her nails, h meaning that if you have anything you robbed or extorted that you [literally or figuratively] snatched with your fingernails, like an eagle snatches [animals] with its fingernails and devours them, then the correction for this for you to return what you stole or extorted. in this way. g cshe shall remove the skirt of her captivity from her, h meaning those gfilthy garments h that were created out of your misdeeds, through which the soul was captured and robed in foreign clothes. g cand she shall sit in your house, h meaning that

our elders, they will tell you: 8when the most high gave nations their homes and set the divisions of man, he fixed the boundaries of [the] peoples in relation to israel fs numbers. 9for g-d fs portion is his people, jacob is the rope of his inheritance. 10he found him in a desert region, in an empty, howling waste. he engirded him, watched over him, guarded him as the pupil of his eye. 11like an eagle, who rouses his nestlings, gliding down to his young, so did he spread his wings and take him, bear him along on his pinions; 12g-d alone did guide him, no alien god at his side. 13he set him atop the highlands, to feast on the yield of the earth; he fed him honey from the rock, and oil from the flint rock, 14curd of cows and milk of flocks; with the best of lambs, and rams of bashan, and he

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

he two pillars may be dispensed with but formulated in the imagination as present. he may find it very uskful to paint flashing angelic tablets according to the instructions found elsewhere, as well as the banners of tvhe east and west, pla&g these in the appropriate cardinal quarters of his improvised temple. if he is able to obtain small plaster-casts of the heads of the kerubirn- the lion, the eagle, bull and man- and place these in the proper stations, they will be found together with the tablets to impart a considerable amount of magical vitality and atmosphere to the temple. what actually they do bestow is rather subtle, and perhaps indefinable. they are not absolute essentials, however, and may be dispensed with. but since magic works by the intervention of symbol and emblem, the su

sing ruling by right of his power. i am the great god self-begotten, even nu, who pronounced his names, and thus the circle of the gods was created "i am yesterday and know tomorrow. i can never more be overcome. i know the secret of osiris, whose being is perpetually revered of ra. i have finished the work which was planned at the beginning, i am the spirit made manifest, and armed with two vast eagle's plumes. isis and nephthys are their names, made one with osiris "i claim my inheritance. my sins have been uprooted and my <113> passions overcome. i am pure white. i dwell in time. i live through eternity, when initiates make offering to the everlasting gods. i first knowledge lecture 57 have passed along the pathway. i know the northern and the southern pillars, the two columns at the ga

sential spiritual beings called upon to praise god in the 'benedicite omnia opera' the kerubim are the living powers of tetragrammaton on the material plane and the presidents of the four elements. they operate through the fixed or kerubic signs of the zodiac and are thus symbolised and attributed- kerub of air-man-aquarius zv.5 kerub of fire-lion-leo q kerub of earth-bull-taurus w kerub of water-eagle-scorpio tll or. tetragrammaton means four-lettered name and refers to the <121> unpronounceable name of god symbolised by jehovah. the laver of water of purification refers to the waters of binah, the female power reflected in the waters of creation. the altar of burnt offmmnfgo r the sacrifice of animals syrnbolises the qlippoth or evil demons of the plane contiguous to and below the materi

x of the earth in whose manger he was laid, and lastly aries the flocks of sheep whose herdsmen came to worship him. elohim yields air, libra, aries, virgo, water-the firmament, the balanced forces, the fire of the spirit (for aries is a fiery sign, operating in the zodiac, the fire god dess, and the waters of creation. 84 the golden dawn: volume 1 book one <167> the terms raven or crow, lion and eagle have various alchemical significations. generally raven-initiation through blackness lion-heat and sulphurous action eagle-sublimation one great difference between chemical and alchemical processes is that alchemy only employs a gradual heat continually but carefully increased, and does not commence with violent heat. the cucurbite is a lass boiler attached to the lower part of the alembic

. they are over the universe as a king upon his throne, and they are in the revolution of the year as a king traversing his dominions, and they are in the heart of man as a king in warfare. and the twelve loaves are the images of those ideas, and are the outer petals of the rose; while within are the four archangels ruling over the four quarters, and the kerubic emblems of the lion, man, bull and eagle. around the great central lamp which is an image of the sun, is the great mother of heaven, syrnbolised by the letter heh, the first of the simple letters, and by its number 5, the pentagram, malkah the bride, ruling in her kingdom malkuth, crowned with a crown of twelve stars. these twelve circles further represent the 12 foundations of the holy city of the apocalypse, while in christian sy

eturning to hiereus when the speech is finished. hiereus (as they go round the third time) i have passed through the gates of the firmament. give me your hands, for i am made as ye, ye lords of truth! for ye are the formers of the soul. hiereus puts down sword and stands with cup in right hand, banner of west in left, barring the way of hegemon and zelator. hiereus the priest with the mask of the eagle spake and said "thou canst not pass the gate of the western heaven, unless thou canst tell me my name <77> heg heka, mistress of hesur, ruler of water, is thy name. thou art toum, the setting sun. hiereus in what signs and symbols do ye come? heg in the letter mem* in the banner of light; and the symbol of the twenty-two letters. hiereus (standing back and making sign of eagle 43 over zelato

t not pass the gate of the western heaven, unless thou canst tell me my name <77> heg heka, mistress of hesur, ruler of water, is thy name. thou art toum, the setting sun. hiereus in what signs and symbols do ye come? heg in the letter mem* in the banner of light; and the symbol of the twenty-two letters. hiereus (standing back and making sign of eagle 43 over zelator with cup) in the sign of the eagle, child of water, thou art purified. pass thou on. hegives banner of west to hegemon who continues to circumambulate with zelator, giving banner of west to kerux as he passes him. hiereus reads as theygo round the fourth time, whi1ekeru.x rises with saltin his right hand, the banner of the west in left. hiereus (as they go round) 0 lord of the universe- thou art above all things and thy name

water is placed. he makes in the air mer the tablet the invoking circle and pentagrams of water. and elohim said "let us make adam in our image, after our likeness and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea. in the name of a l strong and powerful, and in the name of elohim tzabaoth, spirits of water adore your creator! takes cup from before the tablet and makes therewith the sign of the eagle fl in the air before it. in the name of gabriel, the great archangel of water, and in the sign of the eagle, spirits of water adore your creator! makes a cross with the cup. in the name and letters of the great western quadrangle revealed unto enoch by the great angel ave, spirits of water adore your creator! holds cup on high. in the three great secret names of god, borne upon the banners o

s. heg. the seraphim in the vision of isaiah are described as having six wings-'with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly."that is, his synthesis is to be found in the hexagram and in the idea of the seven, more especially dominating the planetary region. but the kerubim of ezekiel have each 4 faces- those of the lion, the bull, the man and the eagle <173> counterchanged with each other by revolution, whence the symbolic forms of the wheels beside them, wherein was the spirit; and with two of the wings they covered their bodies and two were stretched upwards one to another. so the synthesis of the kerubim is found in the revolving cross, in the pentagram, and in the idea of one spirit dominating the four elements. but the kerubim of st

REGARDIE TALISMANS

r cancer and laetitia for pisces. populus is drawn thus: and from it several little emblematic designs may be drawn with ease. laetitia is thus: and its emblems may be drawn so: these symbols therefore may be placed around the circumference of the circle, together with the traditional symbol of water, the inverted triangle. we would also include what the golden dawn called the kerub of water, the eagle s head, representing the sublimation of the intrinsic energy of scorpio as the active power of god operating through the element water. thus: all of these symbols, including the silver crescent of apas, should be placed on side four of the talisman. incidentally, i suggest several rough drafts should be attempted first, until one is gradually evolved that is entirely pleasing to the student

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

s are millstones; if you cannot be the miller you must be the grain. you are called to be king of air, water, earth and fire; but to reign over these four living creatures of symbolism, it is necessary to conquer and enchain them. he who aspires to be a sage and to know the great enigma of nature must be the heir and despoiler of the sphinx: his the human head, in order to possess speech; his the eagle's wings, in order to scale the heights; his the bull's flanks, in order to furrow the depths; his the lion's talons, to make a way on the right and the left, before and behind. you therefore who seek initiation, are you learned as faust? are you insensible as job? no, is it not so? but you may become like unto both if you choose. have you overcome the vortices of vague thoughts? are you with

he ritual, where we shall complete our indications of the characteristics of the great arcanum, and of the means of recovering this tremendous power' here let us add a few words on the four magical elements and elementary spirits. the magical elements are: in alchemy, salt, sulphur, mercury and azoth; in kabalah, the macroprosopus, the microprosopus and the two mothers; in hieroglyphics, the man, eagle, lion and bull; in old physics, according to vulgar names and notions, air, water, earth and fire. but in magical science we know that water is not ordinary water, fire is not simply fire, etc. these expressions conceal a more recondite meaning. modern science has decomposed the four elements of the ancients and reduced them to a number of so-called simple bodies. that which is simple, howev

to consecrate something to mercury or venus is the fiery sword 37 to magnetize that object according to a direct intention, whether pleasure, science or profit be the end in view. the analogous metals, animals, plants and perfumes are auxiliaries to this end. the seven magical animals are (a) among birds, corresponding to the divine world, the swan, the owl, the vulture, the dove, the stork, the eagle and the pewit (b) among fish, corresponding to the spiritual or scientific world, the seal, the catfish, the pike, the mullet, the chub, the dolphin, the sepia or cuttlefish (c) among quadrupeds, corresponding to the natural world, the lion, the cat, the wolf, the he-goat, the monkey, the stag and the mole. the blood, fat, liver and gall of these animals serve in enchantments; their brain co

such as gold, silver, iron, copper, fixed mercury, pewter and lead. the kabalistic signs of the seven spirits are: for the sun, a serpent with the head of a lion; for the moon, a globe divided by two crescents; for mars, a dragon biting the hilt of a sword; for venus, a lingam; for mercury, the hermetic caduceus and the cynocephalus; for jupiter, the blazing pentagram in the talons or beak of an eagle; for saturn, a lame and aged man, or a serpent curled about the sun-stone. all these symbols are found on engraved stones of the ancients and especially on those talismans of the gnostic epochs which are known by the name of abraxas. in the collection of the talismans of paracelsus, jupiter is represented by a priest in ecclesiastical garb, while in the tarot he appears as a grand hierophant

istic alphabet of the tarot. thus, figure i, entitled the juggler, represents the active principle in the economy of divine and human autotelia. figure ii, vulgarly called pope joan, represents dogmatic unity based upon numbers, and is the personification of the kabalah or the gnosis. figure iii represents divine spirituality under the emblem of a winged woman, holding in one hand the apocalyptic eagle, and in the other the world suspended from the end of her sceptre. the other emblems are equally clear, and can be explained as easily as the first. turnthe kabalah 49 ing now to the four suits, namely, clubs, cups, swords, and circles or pantacles, commonly called deniers all these are hieroglyphics of the tetragram. thus, the club is the egyptian phallus or hebrew jod; the cup is the cteis

existence of which is a fact, which has a movement conformed to calculations having the great magical arcanum for their ascending and scale. this universal arcanum, the final and eternal secret of transcendent initiation, is represented in the tarot by a naked girl, who touches the earth only by one foot, has a magnetic rod in each hand, and seems to be running in a crown held up by an angel, an eagle, a bull and a lion. fundamentally, the figure is analogous to the cherub of jekeskiel, of which a representation is given, and to the indian symbol of adda-nari, which again is analogous to the adonai of jekeskiel, who is vulgarly called ezekiel. the comprehension of this figure is the key of all occult sciences. readers of my book must already understand it philosophically if they are at al

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re of air; i will curb the steeds of the sun by the will of my heart, by the thought of my mind, and by the apple of the right eye. therefore i do exorcise thee, creature of air, by pentagrammaton, and in the name tetragrammaton, wherein are firm will and true faith. amen. sela: fiat. so be it. the prayer of the sylphs must be recited next, after tracing their sign in the air with the quill of an eagle. prayer of the sylphs spirit of light, spirit of wisdom, whose breath gives and takes away the form of all things; thou before whom the life of every being is; a shadow which transforms and a vapour which passes away; thou who ascendest upon the clouds and dost fly upon the wings of the wind; thou who breathest forth and the limitless immensities are peopled; thou who drawest in and all whic

undines at the west. these beings influence the four temperaments of man; that is to say, the gnomes affect the melancholy, salamanders the sanguine, undines the phlegmatic and sylphs the bilious. their signs are: the hieroglyphs of the bull for the gnomes, who are commanded with the sword; those of the lion for salamanders, who are commanded with the bifurcated rod or magic trident; those of the eagle for the sylphs, who are commanded by the holy pantacles; finally, those of the water-carrier for undines, who are commanded by the cup of libations. their 32 the ritual of transcendental magic respective sovereigns are gob for the gnomes, djin for the salamanders, paralda for the sylphs and nicksa for the undines. when an elementary spirit torments, or at least vexes, the inhabitants of this

re or with a reed dipped in various colours, mixed with powdered loadstone. then, holding the pantacle of solomon in one hand and taking up successively the sword, rod and cup, the conjuration of the four should be recited with a loud voice, after the following manner: caput mortuum, the lord command thee by the living and votive serpent! cherub, the lord command thee by adam jotchabah! wandering eagle, the lord command thee by the wings of the bull! serpent, the lord tetragrammaton command thee by the angel and the lion! michael, gabriel, raphael, and anael! flow moisture, by the spirit of eloim. earth, be established by adam jotchabah. spread, firmament, by jahubehu, zebaoth. fulfil, judgment, by fire in the virtue of michael. angel of the blind eyes, obey, or pass away with this holy wa

d the lion! michael, gabriel, raphael, and anael! flow moisture, by the spirit of eloim. earth, be established by adam jotchabah. spread, firmament, by jahubehu, zebaoth. fulfil, judgment, by fire in the virtue of michael. angel of the blind eyes, obey, or pass away with this holy water! work, winged bull, or revert to the earth, unless thou wilt that i should pierce thee with this sword! chained eagle, obey my sign, or fly before this breathing! writhing serpent, crawl at my feet, or be tortured by the sacred fire and give way before the perfumes that i burn in it! water, return to water; fire, burn; air, circulate; earth, revert to earth, by virtue of the pentagram, which is the morning star, and by the name of the tetragram, which is written in the center of the cross of light! amen. th

he talisman, with a circle for the sun, a crescent for the moon, for mars a sword, a g for venus, for jupiter a crown and a scythe for saturn. the reverse must bear the sign of solomon, that is, the six-pointed star composed of two superposed triangles; in the centre there is placed a human figure for the talismans of the sun, a chalice for those of the moon, a dog's head for those of mercury, an eagle's for those of jupiter, a lion's head for those of mars, a dove's for those of venus, and a bull's or goat's for those 46 the ritual of transcendental magic of saturn. the names of the seven angels must be added in hebrew, in arabic or in magical characters like those of the alphabet of trithemius. the two triangles of solomon may be replaced by the double cross of the wheels of ezekiel, whi

standing between seven golden 60 the ritual of transcendental magic candlesticks and holding seven stars in his hand, represents the unique doctrine of hermes and the universal analogies of the light. the woman clothed with the sun and crowned with twelve stars is the celestial isis, or the gnosis; the serpent of material life seeks to devour her child, but she takes unto herself the wings of the eagle and flies away into the desert. a protestation of the prophetic spirit against the materialism of official religion. the mighty angel with the face of a sun, a rainbow for nimbus and a cloud for vestment, having pillars of fire for his legs, and setting one foot upon the earth and another on the sea, is truly a kabalistic panthea. his feet represent the equilibrium of briah, or the world of

mployed symbolical and figurative expressions, and have been right in so doing, not only to deter the profane from operations which would be dangerous for them, but to make themselves intelligible to adepts by revealing the entire world of analogies which is ruled by the one and sovereign dogma of hermes. for such, gold and silver are the sun and moon, or the king and queen; sulphur is the flying eagle; mercury is the winged and bearded hermaphrodite, throned upon a cube and crowned with flames; matter or salt is the winged dragon; metals in the molten state are lions of various colours; finally, the whole work is symbolized by the pelican and phoenix. hermetic art is, therefore, at one and the same time, a religion, a philosophy and a natural science. considered as religion, it is that of

phic and numerical alphabet, expressing by characters and numbers a series of universal and absolute ideas (2) a scale of ten numbers, multiplied by four symbols and connected with twelve figures representing the twelve signs of the zodiac (3) plus the four genii of the cardinal points. the symbolical tetrad, represented in the mysteries of memphis and thebes by the four forms of the sphinx. man, eagle, lion and bull. corresponded with the four elements of the old world, water being signified by the cup held by the man or aquarius; air by the circle or nimbus surrounding the head of the celestial eagle; fire by the wood which nourishes it, by the tree fructifying in the heat of earth and sun, finally, by the sceptre of royalty, which the lion typifies; earth by the sword of mithras, who ea

ed teraphim of the book of hermes 129 michas, he cites a curious passage from philo, which is a complete revelation as to the ancient and sacerdotal origin of our tarots. gaffarel thus expresses himself: ghe (philo the jew) speaking of the history concealed in the before-mentioned chapter of judges, says that michas made three gimages of young boys and three young calves, three also of a lion, an eagle, a dragon and a dove, all of fine gold and silver; so that if anyone sought him to discover a secret concerning his wife, he interrogated the dove; concerning children, the young boy; concerning wealth, the eagle; concerning strength and power, the lion; concerning fecundity, the cherub or bull; concerning length of days, the dragon. h this revelation of philo, though deprecated by gaffarel

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cifer. before lucifer left heaven, he was known to be a guardian cherub. cherubim are special angels assigned to protect jehovah (from what? that's an interesting question) after lucifer's departure from heaven, jehovah had to assign four cherubim to do the work that lucifer had previously done. the first is described as lion-like, the second is calf-like, the third is as a man, and the fourth is eagle-like. revelation 4:6-8 and before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto chrystal; and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. and the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face of a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. and the four beasts each had six wing

stal pyramid to the assistant, who returns it to its proper place on the altar, and returns with the grail (chalice, symbol of water, while the invocator turns westerly, counter-clockwise, followed by all initiates. the invocator proceeds by invoking the element of water, drawing an inverse invoking pentagram of water, and completing the invoking pentagram by drawing in its center the sign of the eagle. the water incense is placed on the charcoal of the westerly censer by an assistant. the invocator hands the air dagger to his assistant in exchange for the grail, symbol of water. the invocator raises the symbol of water and says] we invoke thee, oh hcoma, mighty spirit of primal chaos and emotion. come forth at our summoning and bestow thy essence unto this grail and the contents therein

darkness, far from any influence that might affect the working. 3. during the invoking of the elemental forces the same technique of visualization of the invoking pentagrams should be used, with the addition of the elemental symbols that are to be drawn in the center of the pentagrams, namely the sign of leo for fire, the sign of aquarius for air, the sign of taurus for earth, and the sign of the eagle for water. 4. just prior to the drawing down of the elemental forces, in order that they may be combined and balanced within the table of union, all participants should visualize all the elemental pentagrams and signs as glowing together in their respective locations. following the invocator's motions the members of the assemblage should visualize the elemental forces, represented by the ele

f male energy. it is definetely a phallic symbol and as such stands for the creative effect of active energy on the passive, sperm and egg being one of the best representations of such energy's impact and results. the serpent has had a place of long standing in occult tradition and it is not inappropriate that it should turn up as one of the suspect its presence, like that of the scorpion and the eagle, to be similar in function to the three figures on the old temple of set stele from the year x with its three ascending forms of being rising ever upward on the evolutionary scale. the eagle, according to the old beast, is exaltation above solid matter and is the highest of the card. it may be an eagle, but the outlines and shape are not at all unlike those of the phoenix, the great presence

ascending forms of being rising ever upward on the evolutionary scale. the eagle, according to the old beast, is exaltation above solid matter and is the highest of the card. it may be an eagle, but the outlines and shape are not at all unlike those of the phoenix, the great presence born from fire. if seen as such, the theme of the card has far greater meaning than would have been read from the eagle as the third form of putrefaction alone. the most prominent form in trump xiii is that of the dancing skeleton with irs sweeping scythe. in a contemporary sense i do not think the osirian crown necessarily appropriate to a symbol placed there to indicate active change, although to be fair about it one must recall dclxvi's incurable love of taking the intricate into the land of overkill. if w

auties, your many powers. come, and welcome [bell, then] hail east; hail west. hail to the rising sun, and the awakening of day. hail to the setting sun, and the coming of night. hail to you who rise up and put to sleep every living being. come my friends, join me. lend me your strengths, your effects, your many powers. come, and welcome [bell, then] hail height; hail depth(1. hail to the soaring eagle, the towering mountains. hail to the diving whale, the deep ocean trenches. hail to the planets, the stars, infinity. hail this earth, its support, and its hidden interiors. come my friends, join me. lend me your strengths, your frontiers, your many powers come, and welcome. classification: v2- c21z- 1 author: robert menschel ii date: january 26, xix subject: invocation reading list: 6k, 9k

il to qeb, the north wind, to winter storms, and to the aurora borealis. hail to shehbi, the south wind, to the hurricane and typhoon, and to peaceful, blue summer skies. come my friends, join us. lend us your strengths, your beauties, your many powers. come, join us this night, as we wield our power, and bring new beauty into this world. come, and welcome. hail up; hail down. hail to the soaring eagle, and the towering mountains. hail to the diving whale, and the deep ocean trenches. hail to nut, the sky: the planets, the stars, infinity. hail to geb, the earth: its strength, its support, and its hidden interiors. come my friends, join us. lend us your strengths, your frontiers, your many powers, as we explore the frontiers of this universe, as we define the frontiers of this universe, an

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t to be worshipped, but denied" so he drew his sword and cut her down. and he returned to mahound in his tent and said what he had seen. and the prophet said "now may we come into jahilia" and they arose, and came into the city, and possessed it in the name of the most high, the destroyer of men. o o o how many idols in the house of the black stone? don't forget: three hundred and sixty. sun-god, eagle, rainbow. the colossus of hubal. three hundred and sixty wait for mahound, knowing they are not to be spared. and are not: but let's not waste time there. statues fall; stone breaks; what's to be done is done. mahound, after the cleansing of the house, sets up his tent or the old fairground. the people crowd around the tent, embracing the victorious faith. the submission of jahilia: this, to

SATANGEL

de, meaning snake feet. abraxas is recognised as a devil of black witchcraft, and the name appears in various evocatory formulae. it is also applied as a title sometimes given to lucifer/satan. adramelech, adramelek (hebrew king of fire. an angel of the throne, now a fallen angel, arch-demon chancellor of the order of the fly, patron of hypocrites. manifests as a peacock or a mule, or as bearded, eagle winged, lion bodied. charged with the devil s livery. corresponds to the quabballistic sphere of yod. identified with sacrifices by fire. agares (goetic, from greek agreus meaning hunter, also the name of an avatar of dionysos. a duke ruling in the east. formerly of the angelic order of virtues. appears as an old man riding a crocodile, with a goshawk on his fist. causes earthquakes, destroy

2ohio 3ohio ohio ohio 1woe! woe! 2yea woe! 3be to the earth, 4for her iniquity 5is, 6was, 1ohio ohio 2noib ohio 3caosgon 4bagle madrid 5i 6zir 1and shall be great. 2come away! 3but not your mighty sound 1od chiso drilpa 2niiso 3crip ip nidali. the eleventh key 1the mighty seat 2groaned aloud 3and there were 4five 5thunders 1oxiayal 2holdo 3od zirom 4o 5coraxo 1which 2flew 3into the east, 4and the eagle spake, 5and cried with a loud voice: 1ds 2zildar 3raasy 4od vabzir camliax 5od bahal 1come away! 1niiso! 1 and they gathered themselves together and became the house of death, sign of the cross 2of whom it is measured, 3and it is 1salman teloch 2casarman holq 3od t i ta 1they whose number is 31. 2come away! 3for i have prepared for you 1z soba cormf i ga 2niiso! 3bagle abramg 1a place. 2move

SATANIC BIBLE

holado, od zodirome o coraxo das zodiladare raasyo. od vabezodire cameliaxa od bahala: niiso! salamanu telocahe! casaremanu hoel-qo, od ti ta zod cahisa soba coremefa i ga. niisa! bagile aberameji nonu ape. zodacare eca od zodameranu! odo cicale qaa! zodoreje, lape zodiredo noco mada, hoathahe saitan (english) the mighty throne growled and there were five thunders that flew into the east. and the eagle spake and cried aloud: come away from the house of death! and they gathered themselves together and became those of whom it measured, and they are the deathless ones who ride the whirlwinds. come away! for i have prepared a place for you. move therefore, and show yourselves! unveil the mysteries of your creation. be friendly unto me for i am your god, the true worshipper of the flesh that li

SATANIC RITUALS

loomed in unrecognized forms in various parts of the world as diverse structures- with each serving as a surface marker for an entrance, allegorical or otherwise, to the nether world. thus considered, the yezidi towers and the satanic influence they contained become a microcosm of a far more portentous network of control. the "clans" of the yezidis consisted of: sheikan, at mount lalesh; sinjar (eagle's lair, in kurdistan; halitiyeh, in turkey; malliyeh, on the mediterranean; sarahdar, in georgia and southern russia; lepcho, in india and tibet; and the kotchar, who, like the bedouins, moved about with no permanent sector. the yezidi interpretation of god was in the purest satanic tradition. the idea, so prominent in greek philosophy, that god is an existence absolute and complete in himse

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

alty. all levels of egyptian society were concerned about their afterlife and wanted to be prepared to meet it successfully. sacred symbols the winged bull, a blend of sky god and earth god powers, is a strong symbolic representation of the mesopotamian religion. the winged bull has the head of a man bearing a cap with two (and sometimes three) horns, the body of a bull or lion, and wings like an eagle. the horns on the cap symbolize the bull s godlike nature. large sculptures of the creatures were found at three sites of ancient mesopotamia, from a time when assyria ruled the region (1350 612 bce. these sites are khorsabad, nineveh, and nimrod. they represent spiritual guardians that repel evil, and they always appear in pairs. assyrian kings often had pairs of winged bulls flanking the e

orld religions: biographies he met six grandfathers. these men represented the central spirit or mystery of lakota belief. each grandfather gave him some special gift, such as a wooden cup of water that represented the life force, a sacred pipe to cure sick people, or a red stick which sprouted blooming branches and represented rebirth. the grandfathers told black elk that he had the spirit of an eagle and would make his nation live once again. black elk also experienced tests of strength and endurance in the vision. horses ran at him from the four directions of the compass. he saw a village of tepees arranged in a circle, but the village seemed to be dying until he rode through it and planted the red stick. the stick quickly grew into a tree at the center of the village, giving fresh life

y john g. neihardt. published by the university of nebraska press. national anthropological archives, smithsonian institution/72-7016. world religions: primary sources 39 black elk speaks now he had a bow in his hands. take this, he said. it is the power to destroy, and it is yours. then he pointed to himself and said: look close at him who is your spirit now, for you are his body and his name is eagle wing stretches. and saying this, he got up very tall and started running toward where the sun goes down; and suddenly he was a black horse that stopped and turned and looked at me, and the horse was very poor and sick; his ribs stood out. then the second grandfather, he of the north, arose with a herb of power in his hand, and said: take this and hurry. i took and held it toward the black ho

ines continually. take courage, younger brother, he said, for across the earth they shall take you! then he pointed to where the daybreak star was shining, and beneath the star two men were flying. from them you shall have power, he said, from them who have awakened all the beings of the earth with roots and legs and wings. and as he said this, he held in his hand a peace pipe which had a spotted eagle outstretched upon the stem; and this eagle seemed alive, for it was poised there, fluttering, and its eyes were looking at me. with this pipe, the grandfather said, you shall walk upon the earth, and whatever sickens there you shall make well. then he pointed to a man who was bright red all over, the color of good and of plenty, and as he pointed, the red man lay down and rolled and changed

tions, counting me, and now i am seeing the third. then he rose very tall and started running toward the south, and was an elk; and as he stood among the buckskins yonder, they too were elks. now the fifth grandfather spoke, the oldest of them all, the spirit of the sky. my boy, he said, i have sent for you and you have come. my power you shall see! he stretched his arms and turned into a spotted eagle hovering. behold, he said, all the wings of the air shall come to you, and they and the winds and the stars shall be like relatives. you shall go across the earth with my power. then the eagle soared above my head and fluttered there; and suddenly the sky was full of friendly wings all coming toward me. now i knew the sixth grandfather was about to speak, he who was the spirit of the earth

nd perpetuates our species, it is thought to be sacred. the god lustily imbues us with the urge that ensures our species biological future. symbols often used to depict or to worship the god include the sword, horns, spear, candle, gold, brass, diamond, the sickle, arrow, magical wand, trident, knife and others. creatures sacred to him include the bull, dog, snake, fish, stag, dragon, wolf, boar, eagle, falcon, shark, lizard and many others. what happened next. in wicca: a guide for the solitary practitioner, cunningham goes on to explain both the theory and the practice of wicca. he explains the roles of numerous sacred objects used in wiccan worship, including the broom, the wand, the cauldron, the magic knife, the crystal sphere, and others. he draws on eons: long periods of time, ones

s. to the hindu, man is not traveling from error to truth, but from truth to truth, from lower to higher truth. to him all the religions from the lowest fetishism to the highest absolutism, mean so many attempts of the human soul to grasp and realize the infinite, each determined by the conditions of its birth and association, and each of these marks a stage of progress; and every soul is a young eagle soaring higher and higher, gathering more and more strength till it reaches the glorious sun. unity in variety is the plan of nature, and the hindu has recognized it. every other religion lays down certain fixed dogmas and tries to force society to adopt them. it places before society only one coat which must fit jack and john and henry, all alike. if it does not fit john or henry he must go

SECRET TEACHINGS OF THE ROSICRUCIANS IN THE 16 17C

ason in flesh is blind. i. god god is free everywhere within and without all creature time measure of nature the angel with six wings. ii. father. god is the alpha and omega the beginning and the end time measure of the law lion with six wings. iii. son. god is the first and the last. time of the evangelium ox with six wings. iv. holy ghost. and there is no god but the one god time of fulfillment eagle with six wings. the way of life is above to the wise, so that you shun the hell beneath. prov. 15, 24. the tree of good and evil knowledge there is one tree bearing two kinds of fruits. its name is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. like its name, are its fruits: namely, good and bad fruits of life and death, of love and hate, of light and darkness. this tree was put before adam, an

SIFRA DETZNIYUTHA

when the son75 is revealed, and united in one grade, in one combination, in order that they may be explained, the d v (vav dalet) are included with the yod y (dvy. woe when this is removed and they76 are manifested, they are the spices of the molds, the reddish ones, they pass as not, they tarry as not in one-place. and the chayot run forth and return. flee unto your place.77 if you rise like an eagle, and if you will set your nest among the stars, from there i shall bring you down.78 and you, the grasses. were brought forth from the earth.79 when? when the name (hvhy) was implanted. and thus air came forth. and a spark80 came to be. 1) one skull extends to its side.81 full of the dew of two colors over it. 2) three cavities in which the marked letters are manifested as vhy 3) black ones

SINISTER TAROT

181 see zohar iii: 285a-286a. 182 see zohar ii: 132a and 205b. 183 torah b reshith 1:20. 184 i samuel 2:30. 185 habakuk 2:20. 186 torah vaidaber 12:7. 187 psalms 24:7, zohar i: 218a. 188 i samuel 2:30. 189 torah b reshith 1:7. 190 torah b reshith 1:26. 191 isaiah 2:12order of nine angles septenary tree of wyrd sphere of jupiter the sinister tarot by christos beest 0 the power within is great the eagle eats its human offspring cold music here blue woman hold the horse s head while the seer weaves physis ga wath am the gradual unfolding of nature; the source of evolution, that which creates wyrd. the essence behind the appearance of things. ga wath am: the power within me is great. i headless the white angel impaled by seven. seven bells rung, the cortege from a black hill passed the squatt

e long term aims beyond the causal death of an individual; changing aspects of a society by significant creations and thus changing a whole race of people- fulfilling the destiny or wyrd of the ethos of a civilization. acts that inaugurate a new aeon. the causal nature that is dictated by the essence of things fate etc. xi autumn a marriage beneath the earth in elixir she washes her hands a black eagle a palace of light she becomes the snake who offers the sword to sever the arm desire- lidagon alchemy: the union of two balancing forces that, as a nexion, create change through sinister intent- the energies in action as earthed and affected by that which is re-presented by atus vi, vii and vii. xii two horses fight within a circle of trees (the sun at night) two angels laughing in a room of

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

r knowledge, but petulant presumption; thy thirst for happiness, but the diseased longing for the unclean and muddied waters of corporeal pleasure; thy very love, which usually elevates even the mean, a passion that calculates treason amidst the first glow of lust. thou one of us; thou a brother of the august order; thou an aspirant to the stars that shine in the shemaia of the chaldean lore! the eagle can raise but the eaglet to the sun. i abandon thee to thy twilight "but, alas for thee, disobedient and profane! thou hast inhaled the elixir; thou hast attracted to thy presence a ghastly and remorseless foe. thou thyself must exorcise the phantom thou hast raised. thou must return to the world; but not without punishment and strong effort canst thou regain the calm and the joy of the life

ted to the common bondage of the mortal. in the intense desire and anguish of his heart, perhaps, lay a power not yet called forth; for who has not felt that the sharpness of extreme grief cuts and grinds away many of those strongest bonds of infirmity and doubt which bind down the souls of men to the cabined darkness of the hour; and that from the cloud and thunderstorm often swoops the olympian eagle that can ravish us aloft! and the invocation was heard, the bondage of sense was rent away from the visual mind. he looked, and saw, no, not the being he had called, with its limbs of light and unutterably tranquil smile not his familiar, adon-ai, the son of glory and the star, but the evil omen, the dark chimera, the implacable foe, with exultation and malice burning in its hell-lit eyes. t

SPENSER THE CULT OF THE ALL SEEING EYE 1960

franklin secured william barton, a.m. a private citizen of philadelphia, as the second designer. gaillard hunt identified william barton as the son of reverend thomas barton, rector of st. james episcopal church, his mother being a sister of the famous david rittenhouse.4 william barton published a memoir of rittenhouse in 1813. the first device submitted by barton depicted among other emblems an eagle on the summit of a doric column, the all-seeing eye, and the stars:5 -24- the eagle displayed is the symbol of supreme power and authority, and signifies the congress; the pillar, upon which it rests, is used as the hieroglyphic of fortitude and constancy, and, its being of the doric order (which is the best proportioned and most agreeable to nature& composed of several members or parts, all

ars upon a blue canton, disposed in a circle, represent a new constellation, which alludes to the new empire, formed in the world by the confederation of those states* their disposition, in the form of a circle, denotes the perpetuity of its continuance, the ring being the symbol of eternity. william barton's second device transferred the all-seeing eye to the reverse side of the seal; pushed the eagle up to the crest; and placed a phoenix rising from the flames at the summit of the column.6 "the phoenix is emblematical of the expiring liberty of britain, revived by her descendants in america" the second device was adopted, reported on may 9, 1782 and referred to the secretary of congress, charles thomson, on june 13th. the final device, however, was a composite result of the ideas of bart

and referred to the secretary of congress, charles thomson, on june 13th. the final device, however, was a composite result of the ideas of barton, thomson and jefferson, who, for example, is known to have placed a triangle around the eye, and to have added the year 1776, e pluribus unum, and other items.7 charles thomson added the olive branch to the obverse side, and placed the stars above the eagle as the crest. the phrase annuit coeptis was drawn from virgil "audacibus annue coeptis" rendered as "favor my daring undertaking (aeneid, book 9 verse 625; also in georgics, i, 40. novus ordo seclorum was taken from virgil's 4th eclogue, 5th verse "magnus ab integro seclorum nascitur ordo" translated "the great series of ages begins anew" the final device was decided upon on june 20, 1782, b

umber 13 occurs twice in one of the forms of the tetragrammaton: jehovah: jhvh: j(10) h(5) v(6) h(5: 26: 2 x i3.19 another source2" claimed that the seal is a symbol of the rosicrucians and that the clouds represent the "white roses" of the order. the federation of british israelites adopted the reverse side as its own emblem.21 one of the dies of the face of the seal shows the dexter wing of the eagle with 32 feathers and the sinister (left) wing with 33 feathers, which supposedly establishes its connection with the scottish rite order.22 none of these claims are substantiated by any evidence which can be considered conclusive. the crest: the seal of solomon the controversy which has swirled around the symbolism of the great seal for over 180 years has by no means been limited to the reve

s connection with the scottish rite order.22 none of these claims are substantiated by any evidence which can be considered conclusive. the crest: the seal of solomon the controversy which has swirled around the symbolism of the great seal for over 180 years has by no means been limited to the reverse side. the crest heraldically is an independent device; it is correctly considered apart from the eagle and from the reverse side of the seal. as an emblem of arms -27- selected for special dignity the crest represents america herself. the eagle represents the people. the crest is composed of the stars, around which is disposed a circle of clouds, and the glory, a halo or corona of light. totten wrote that "the glory has not been correctly realized upon a single die used for great seal purpose

the crest did not occur by mere chance. mr. albert c. hopkins stated flatly that "the arrangement of the stars of the crest into the form of a six-pointed feudal star is wholly unknown to our flag whose new constellation it purports to represent."26 after the third die was cut in 1885 totten commented that "the incongruous if not still ominous sixpointed constellation continues to over shadow the eagle, and its talons are so enormously out of proportion that they look as if they belonged to the well-known monstrous bird of arabian mythology, the roc."27 a curious fact concerning the original great seal seems to have eluded the notice of all the writers who have concerned themselves with its history and significance. the face of the seal contains the number 13 repeated 6 times (as totten no

igious heritage of our nation could hardly have been expressed in a more felicitous fashion than it was in the symbolism of this painting. the glory of golden light is by far the most prominent feature of the blazon. it indicates in the strongest terms the presence of god. the heavenly rays of light extend from the outer perimeter of the circle of clouds out behind the entire upper portion of the eagle's body and even beyond the tips of its wings. the head of the eagle with its fierce curved beak is within the circle of clouds. no occult meaning can be attached to the number of feathers in the wings and tail. the escutcheon (shield) on the breast is curved; its sides meet in a point at the base of the tail. the curved shield is heraldically correct and has far greater esthetic appeal than

STEINER RUDOLF CHRISTIANITY AS MYSTICAL FACT

t that prometheus had warned him on no account to accept a gift from the gods. when the casket was opened, out flew every possible human affliction. only hope remained inside, because pandora quickly shut the lid, and hope exists still as a dubious gift from heaven. as for prometheus, on account of his relationship to humanity he was chained at zeus command to a crag in the caucasus mountains. an eagle continually gnaws his liver, which perpetually grows again. he is to pass his days in agonizing loneliness, until one of the gods freely sacrifices himself, that is, dedicates himself to death. prometheus meanwhile bears his suffering with unflinching patience, for he knows that zeus will be dethroned by the son of a mortal woman unless he himself becomes her husband. it was important for ze

s that zeus will be dethroned by the son of a mortal woman unless he himself becomes her husband. it was important for zeus to know this mystery; he sent the messenger-god hermes to prometheus to inquire about it, but prometheus refused to say anything. at this point the sagas of heracles and of prometheus are connected: in the course of his wanderings, heracles reaches the caucasus. he slays the eagle that gnawed at prometheus liver. and the centaur chiron, who cannot die, though he suffers from an incurable wound, sacrifices himself for prometheus. the titan is thereupon reconciled with the gods. 78 christianity as mystical fact the titans here are the force of will, a force of nature (kronos) originating from the primal spirit of things (uranus. they are not an abstraction personified a

. prometheus is a representative of those worlds from which humanity draws its forward-striving will, which is half nature-force, and half spiritual force. the will inclines toward both good and evil. indeed its destiny is fixed by its tendency either toward the spiritual or toward the perishable; and this destiny is the destiny of human beings themselves: chained to the perishable, gnawed by the eagle, we must suffer. our ultimate goal can be reached only when we withdraw into solitude to seek our destiny. but we have a secret. it consists in this: the divine power zeus must be married to a mortal, that is, a consciousness bound to a physical human body, so as to beget a son human wisdom, the logos, who will set free the god. in this way consciousness achieves immortality. but the secret

act around the archetypal source of reality we thus find beings who have already advanced far along the path of wisdom, who look upon the infinite and bear witness to it. in the center and around the throne were the four living creatures, full of eyes before and behind. the first living creature was like a lion. the second was like a bull. the third looked like a man. the fourth was like a flying eagle. and each of the four living creatures had six wings and was full of eyes around and within. and they cry without ceasing, both day and night, holy, holy, holy, is god, the almighty, who was, and is, and is to come. 137 it is easy to understand the living creatures; they represent the supersensible life that underlies the forms of all living beings. later they raise their voices in response

led by christianity, appears; with the opening of the fourth, it is the power of religion that appears and that is given a new perspective through christianity. the significance of the four living creatures emerges clearly: they are the four chief universal powers, which are to be given a new direction by christianity.141 war lion peaceful work bull justice human countenance religious aspiration eagle the meaning of the third being is made explicit when the third seal is opened and the text reads: a quart of wheat for a day s wages, three quarts of barley for a day s wages. thus the rider carries a pair of scales.142 when the fourth seal is opened, the rider who appears is called death, and hell was following close behind him; the rider stands for righteousness in religion. when the fifth

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

! 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 signs 189 of llluminati cultists 11 "cross my heart and hope to die" the mysterious "x" factor 205 12 that ravenous dark bird sublime mysteries of the illuminati's 241 double-headed eagle 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

, who, in reality, is merely an idolatrous representation of satan. yes, baal is the devil. to attempt in vain to combine the name of the true god with that of false gods like baal and on is particularly evil and grievous to the true god in heaven. yet, the mason does exactly this with jahbuhlun and then compounds his grave error by adopting as one of his chief logos the sign of the double-headed eagle (symbolizing one body of god, two heads) the triple tau yet another proof of the deviltry of the jahbuhlun hoax is the symbol of the triple tau, which is the most important symbol of the royal arch degree. made up of three interlinking tau symbols (t, these three are said to represent a triad of sacred, jewish powers of king, priest, and prophet. in other words, the mason assumes a trinity o

clinton's head.3 were the magazine's editors telling us that clinton is the devils' man, or was it some strange coincidence? even more weird and dramatic, inside that same issue was a photo of clinton in his oval office holding his hands and arms in the masonic display of the sign of admiration. now, get this: carved on the president's desk in the oval offices directly in front of clinton is the eagle, in the presidential seal or logo, with its face turned to the left. but on the carpet just in front of the desk one finds the presidential seal facing toward the right: two eagles, each facing in the opposite direction. this is clearly the double-headed eagle of freemasonry, a symbol representing the serpent, honored as the sun god in the mystery religions with its eagle-like, allseeing eye

his right hand, only this time it is lain on the display case parallel to the "sacred" document to which his focus and devotion is directed. a show of hands 183 newly elected president bill clinton holds out his arms in the masonic gesture of admiration and astonishment. was it just his joy at becoming president, or was clinton paying homage to the entity represented by the combined double-headed eagle carved on the front of the wood desk and imprinted in the great seal logo on the carpet (from time magazine, january 4, 1993, p. 29) slobodan milosevic, president of serbia, holds a rose aloft in his right hand signifying he is an initiate of the rosicrucian order. milosevic failed to carry out the wishes of the illuminati to the letter. therefore, in this same issue of time, he was called "

. her majesty, queen elizabeth of great britain, has a fortune of some $18 billion and a crown with an "x" in its centrum (majesty magazine, volume 25, august, 2004 "cross my heart and hope to die" 211 ehud barak, a freemason chosen prime minister of israel in 1999, with his wife, nava. this is a very staged "x" also significant is nava's earring, which has the emblem of the masonic double-headed eagle (photo: time magazine, may 31, 1999, p. 64) 212 codex magica larry summers, secretary of the treasury in the second term of the bill clinton administration, signals to his associates in the illuminati elite the strength of their order. we see first his crossed "x" hand position, the left hand path dominant. then there is the pillar of strength of jaquin and boa/ origins, and finally the blac

29th degree, grand scottish knight of st. andrew. 240 codex magica lisa marie presley demonstrates her cabalistic knowledge in this 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

at 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 heads? is such a notion insane? i believe so. insanity can be described as a demented man's firm belief that two totally contradictory and opposite things are nevertheless one and the same. if a man simultaneously embraces two competing, mutually exclusive ideas or philosophies, he can properly be deemed "out of his mind" or insane. if, for 242

ind of christ, but instead filled with instincts and ambitions of pride, lust, murder, and envy. as above, so below this, then, is the end-goal of illuminism: to destroy earth, debase civilization, end pure spirituality, induce chaos on earth, and bring order according to satan's illuminati script. earth is to be hell and hell on earth: as above, so below. this is the meaning of the double-headed eagle; the androgynous joining of man and woman; the mixing of the yin and yang; the checkerboard, black and white floors of the masonic lodges; the mirror images of the rosicrucians; the sulphurous tale of beauty and the beast; the witches parable of the lovely lady vs. the crone on her broom; the druid/satanic/catholic alternating of black and white priest vestments; the front and obverse (hidde

y cycle clash again, with synthesis being achieved once more. always the synthesis, the temporary solution or form, is unfrozen, the process of two competing forces reignited, and the cycle is continued. chaos begets order, but chaos ensues again, followed by order, and so on. the 244 codex magica manly p. hall, 33o, the 20th century's most revered masonic scholar, titled this "the double- headed eagle, the supreme symbol" in his classic book, the secret teachings of all ages. that ravenous dark bird 245 conflict of opposites leads finally to system equilibrium which is disturbed once again by renewed conflict, and a new, temporary stage of equilibrium is achieved. ever upward, evolving until perfection. so, the illuminist is a perfectionist ever changing, seeking more light as he travels

THE BOOK OF PLEASURE

by crowley in his ordo templi orientis (o.t.o) where it was- and still is- the fulcrum of magical power and the means of gaining access to trans-human dimensions and of communicating with the denizens of other worlds. spare maintained that he was in communication with extra-terrestrial intelligences and conscious forces possessed of superhuman power and knowledge. he referred frequently to black eagle,(note 6) who inspired many of his 'magical' drawings. black eagle seems to have been a concentration of sinister trans-cosmic current which, according to h.p. lovecraft (note 7, had been tapped in its primordial phase by the witch cults of new england. perhaps black eagle was the alter ego of mrs paterson, for it was not long after her death that this current began to manifest in spare's wor

k eagle seems to have been a concentration of sinister trans-cosmic current which, according to h.p. lovecraft (note 7, had been tapped in its primordial phase by the witch cults of new england. perhaps black eagle was the alter ego of mrs paterson, for it was not long after her death that this current began to manifest in spare's work. whatever the identity of spare's genius- mrs paterson, black eagle, or one of the 'host of familiars' by which he was habitually surrounded- the fact remains that spare produced a large amount of work during abnormal states of consciousness or self-induced trance. he was not mediumistic in the usual sense of the term, nor did he produce automatic drawings in the way that spirit mediums produce automatic texts. rather, spare transmitted his work in much the

4. the order of the silver star. 5. the equinox "the encyclopaedia of initiation, appeared in eleven numbers, ten of which were published between the years 1909 and 1913. two only of spare's drawings were reproduced. see the equinox, vol. 1, number 2, pages 140 and 161. 6. see the magical revival (frederick muller ltd. 1972, plate facing page 149, for a reproduction of spare's impression of black eagle, painted in 1946. 7. howard phillips lovecraft (1890-1937. the new england writer whose tales of terror involve traffic with extra-terrestrial entities. 8. see crowley's confessions. 7 8 definitions the words god, religions, faith, morals, woman, etc (they being forms of belief, are used as expressing different "means" as controlling and expressing desire: an idea of unity by fear in some fo

THE CANOPIC GODS SYMBOLISM

they belong. for ameshett, being to the east, the quarter of m, has the head of a man. tmo-oumathu, to the south has the head of a jackal who is the purveyor of the lion (for these are the vice-gerents of the elements, while the kerubim are the lords thereof; so tmo-oumathu is properly a jackal. kabexnuv in the west, in the region of n, has the form of a hawk, the subordinate form to the alchemic eagle of distillation, and the form also, of horus, the hiereus, beside whom is his station, and of whose symbolism he partakes. ahephi in the north, has the head of an ape. the symbology of the ape in ancient egypt is very complex. here it may be taken that while apis, the bull, represents the divine strength of the eternal gods, the ape represents the elemental strength which is far inferior and

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ed buried within the earthwork. to the native american tribes, the totems were sacred beings to which great importance was attributed. to have the mound shaped in such a design would ensure a positive afterlife destiny for the deceased. there are also ancient mounds shaped in a combination of animal and human forms, very likely indicating the name of a great chief, such as standing bear or strong eagle. excavation of certain mounds indicate that one or several bodies were buried at various levels, either on the floor, above it, or in a pit beneath it. in the effigy mounds shaped as birds or animals, the placement of the bodies was in the head or heart region. in the round mounds, the bodies were interred in the center; and in the linear earthworks, they were found along the central axis. t

ake their annual pilgrimage to the country s most venerated shrine, a basilica for the virgin mary in mexico city. in 1996, eight people were killed and 15 were injured in the press of pilgrims gathered around the site. the story of the virgin of guadalupe is one of a mystery within a miracle. in 1531, a 57-year-old aztec indian named juan diego (1474 1548, whose native name cuauhtlatoatzin means eagle that sings (or in some translations, eagle that talks, claimed to have encountered the blessed virgin mary on four occasions in desolate regions outside of mexico city. at first she appeared as a beautiful, dark-skinned 14-year-old mexican indian girl, who then revealed herself as the evervirgin mary, mother of god. during later appearances, mother mary told diego that she wished a church bu

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the skies and the spirit of thunder, could assume the form of a human when it suited its purpose. the cosmology of many of the western tribes establish a thunderbird in each of the four corners of the world as guardians and protectors, fighting always to keep away evil spirits. many scholars over the centuries have attributed the native american myths of the thunderbird to their reverence for the eagle, the largest of indigenous birds in north america. interestingly, however, many people have claimed to have seen for themselves a great bird, far larger than the eagle, flying overhead. in fact, even in the nineteenth century, some witnesses were claiming to have seen flying monsters that resembled pterodactyls, the winged reptiles that should have been extinct 60 million years ago. on april

. sissippi, published in paris in 1681. in a small volume published in 1698, father louis hennepin (1626 after 1701, another early explorer of the wilds of the west, had also described the two enormously large petroglyphs. in his 48-page booklet the piasa or the devil among the indians (morris, ill, 1887, p. a. armstrong described the creatures as having the wings of a bat, but of the shape of an eagle s they also had four legs, each supplied with eagle-shaped talons. the combination and blending together of the master species of the earth, sea, and air so as to present the leading and most terrific characteristics of the various species thus graphically arranged, is an absolute wonder and seems to show a vastly superior knowledge of animal, fowl, reptile, and fish nature than has been acc

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

a large raptorlike bird with a wingspan that matched the length of his cessna 207, about 14 feet. when moses coupchiak, a heavy equipment operator from togiak, spotted the monster bird flying toward him, he said that he thought it was a small airplane until it banked to the left and flew away. biologists in the region said that they believed the witnesses sighted a bird known as the steller s sea eagle, a species native to northeast asia, that occasionally shows up on the aleutian islands and on kodiak, alaska. the steller s sea eagle can have a wingspan of eight feet and is about three times as large as a bald eagle. m delving deeper armstrong, p. a. the piasa or the devil among the indians. morris, ill, 1887. coleman, loren. top cryptozoological stories of the year 2001. the anomalist, j

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he above alarmist concerns, only the part about the currency may have some credence. on the front of a one-dollar bill, there is a portrait of george washington (1732.1799, an avowed mason, who donned his masonic apron and presided over the dedication of the united states capitol. the flip side of the bill displays the great seal of the united states. the front side of the seal depicts the spread eagle, arrows in one claw, olive branch in the other, and a banner proclaiming e pluribus unum in its beak. opposite the spread eagle, the backside of the seal, is an incomplete pyramid with an eye floating in a glowing triangle where the capstone should be. above the eye is the caption annuit coeptis, commonly translated as ghe has favored our undertaking, h and in a scroll beneath is the slogan

nline] http//www.rense.com/general6/baltic.htm crosses christians wear crosses to remember the crucifixion of jesus christ (c. 6 b.c.e..c. 30 c.e) and because they believe that nothing unholy can stand in the presence of the cross. the cross as a christian amulet dates back to the fourth century, when the roman emperor constantine (d. 337) adopted it as his symbol instead of the traditional roman eagle. that act symbolized the conversion of rome to a christian empire. but amulets with crosses date back to mesopotamia and egypt, and served as a symbol long before associations of the cross with the crucifixion of jesus christ. native americans already had amulets with crosses by the 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 objects of mystery a

THE GOD OF THE WITCHES

g."it is only necessary to look at the figure of the dancing god of ari350ge (plate i) to see that in all the medievalcases we are dealing with a man in some kind of disguise. the description given by agnes sampson, one ofthe leaders of the north berwick witches, of the so-called devil of her coven would apply equally well to theari350ge figure "his face was terrible, his nose like the beak of an eagle, great burning eyes, his hands and legswere hairy, with claws upon his hands, and feet like the griffin"[34] yet there is probably not less than eightthousand years between the painting and the recorded description. again in a scene of worship on anegyptian papyrus of the xxiind dynasty, about the tenth century b.c, a woman is depicted in the act ofpraying to her god (plate vi. but the descr

round the patient's body and the augury obtained from it. it was ofthis magical practice that the unfortunate janet pereson[34] was accused in durham in 1570 the chargeagainst her stated that "she uses witchcraft in measuring of belts to preserve folks from the fairy. as late asthe eighteenth century the magical power of the garter is well illustrated in a story from the orkneys,[35]"there was an eagle flew up with a cock at scalloway, which one of these enchanters seeing, presently took astring (his garter as was supposed, and casting some knots thereupon with the using the ordinary words, theeagle did let fall the cock into the sea".the garter in legend can be of great importance. the story attached to the castle of sewingshields, innorthumberland,[36] states that in a cave under the cas

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

the fruits of one's audacity, one must keep silent. to know, to dare, to will, to keep silent, are, as we have said elsewhere, the four qabalistic words which correspond to the four letters of the tetragram and to the four hieroglyphic forms of the sphinx. to know, is the human head; to dare, the claws of the lion; to will, the mighty flanks of the bull; to keep silent, the mystical wings of the eagle. he only maintains his position above other men who does not prostitute the secrets of his intelligence to their commentary and their laughter. all men who are really strong are magnetizers, and the universal agent obeys their will. it is thus that they work marvels. they make themselves believed, they make themselves followed, and when they say "this is thus" nature changes (in a sense) to

and arms is the classic roman agricultural magical square of five lines: sator, arepo, tenet, opera, rotas. the outer points of the hexagram extend lines radially to irregularly divide the space to the rectangular border, upper and lower points excepted. above the upper point are the words "keter pole arctique" and there is a nob at that spot with a line pulled diagonally upward to the left by an eagle, facing counter clockwise. above the eagle is the word "netsah, to the right "l air. the line from the upper right point has "l' ete" above it and the figure of a winged lion below, facing outward and progressing upward. the lion has "hod" written to the right of its head and vertically extended left foreleg "le feu" below its tail and downwardly extended right hind leg. the line from the lo

THE LUCIFERIAN PATH THE WITCHES SABBAT MICHAEL W FORD

not only the sabbat, but the sorcerous invocation of shaitan-lilith-azrael- ahriman, the infernal spirits who reside over the path itself. part two the lore of the fallen is a poetic-invocation of the cunning path, that of the sabbat and sethanic gnosis of lucifer and cain, from which the initiatic fire is passed from spirit to spirit. the spirit-familiar of austin osman spare, known as the black eagle is presented here as a guide by a sinistral (left way) sigillic formula, including an invocation chant and essay upon the shadow of this vampyric shade. two formulas of the sun and the moon are given, which is a sigillized text of the watchers of the book of enoch. the grimoire ends with an invocation of set the adversary. azothoz is beautifully illustrated by elda isela ford, who captures t

THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES

aped object "i may be nuts, but i saw it, whatever it was" howard phillips, another witness, declared. the next big year for our phantom fliers was 1961. residents along florida's tamiami trail began seeing what one woman described as "a big vulture. with a wingspread of about fifty-five feet. isn't that sorta unusual" in may 1961, a new york pilot was buzzed by "a damned big bird, bigger than an eagle. for a moment i doubted my sanity because it looked more like a pterodactyl out of the prehistoric past" the thing had swooped at his plane as he cruised up the hudson river valley. far away, in the ohio river valley, another startled pair had an even more breathtaking experience. a woman prominent in civic affairs in point pleasant, west virginia, was driving on route 2 along the ohio river

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

lord of the world. and the second comes from the east, and is called sed and has the shape of a bull, but with a human face, and is very mighty. and the third comes from the south, and is called lamas, and is of the shape of a lion, but with a human head, and governs those things of the flame and the burning wind. and the fourth comes from the west, and is called nattig, and is of the shape of an eagle, but with a human body, having only the face and wings of an eagle, with an eagle's claws. and this eagle comes from the sea and is a great mystery. and from nuzku upon uru they come, and do not wait, and are always present, and they receive the wanderers in their seasons. and the season of sed is that of the great night, when the bear is slain, and this is in the month of airu. and the seas

THE ROSICRUCIAN MANIFESTOS

efore if the unworthy cry and call a thousand times, or if they shall offer and present themselves to us a thousand times, yet god hath commanded our ears, that they should hear none of them: yea god hath so compassed us about with his clouds, that unto us his servants no violence or force can be done or committed; wherefore we neither can be seen or known by anybody, except he had the eyes of an eagle. it hath been necessary that the fama be set forth in everyone s mother tongue, because those should not be defrauded of the knowledge thereof, whom (although they be unlearned) god hath not excluded from the happiness of this fraternity, the which shall be divided and parted into certain degrees; as those which dwell in the city of damascus in arabia, who have a far different politick order

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

he altar, and the water which floweth about it, may be licked up by the fire of the great coronation. as another ariadne i here offer this work to my readers as a twisted clue of silk and hemp to guide them safely through the labyrinthine mysteries of poetry and magic, whose taurine crags hug the blue sky, amorous as the kisses of pasiphae; across the elysian fields of myrtle and asphodel, up the eagle-crested slopes of olympus, and over the shining sun-scorched sands of ammon, tawny and silken as the crouching form of some colossal lion, to the cool groves of eleusis child-like dreaming in the bosom of silvery attica by the blue agean sea. yet those who would drink deeper of the wine of this magical eucharist, spilt with due reverence on the pages of this volume, they must seek it in the

reconstruction of the same idea as held in exodus, xxxiii, moses was unable to look at god face to face; it was also the same idea as held by charles darwin. the theory of evolution. the growth of the protoplast into man, of evil into good. khephra, god of the morning emerging from the black thunders of night. above us flames the zodiac, the sign of the balance lies between virgo and scorpio, the eagle is the emblem of good, the scorpion of evil, the eaglewinged serpent of good and evil; and it is with this doctrine of good and evil that we shall now deal. as there was darkness before syhla formed the light, and as knowledge is the outcome of ignorance, so is also virtue the outcome of vice. eritis sicut deus, scientes bonum et malum. it was satan, the lucifer of milton, the devil of blake

d, the hand which supports but does not hold, directing but never compelling. then the isis of aceldama is unveiled, and the secret is caught from the ageworn lips of the sphinx. on the crimson field of the exoteric the body of exclusive esoterism lies dead, the soul has sloughed the skin of caste, has riven the fetters of law, has smitten the last head from the hydra of religion; and rises as an eagle-winged serpent, sublime, neither good nor evil, pristine, adamic, immaculate: xxiv. an ecstasy to which no life responds, is the enormous secret i have learned: when self-denial fs furnace-flame has burned through love, and all the agonizing bonds that hold the soul within its shell are turned to water weak; then may desires obtain the cypress crown they seek. it is only when we lose the che

y, h when crowley writes: i deny nothing. at the term it is just nothing i affirm *the sword of song, vol. ii, p. 163. man is but an ephemeron: we float upon the blue like sunlight specks in dew, and like the moonlight on the lake we lie *mysteries: lyrical and dramatic, vol. i, p. 95. yet he rises: golden, the electric spark of man is drawn deep in the bosom of the world, to soar new-fledged, an eagle to the dazzling dawn with lidless eyes undazzled, to arise, son of the morning c *the fatal force, vol. i, p. 145. finds freedom as his god: and freedom stands, re-risen from the rod, a goodlier godhead than the broken god *mysteries: lyrical and dramatic, vol. i, p. 107. it was in the winter of 1619 that descartes made the famous resolution to gtake nothing for truth without the clear knowl

njures *the cloud upon the sanctuary, p. 3. this appearance of truth is practically what the hindu would call hmaya, h in which all created beings live. there is a way which leads beyond it, and any man can discover it, if he be fit and willing, and this way leads to god. the absolute truth lying in the centre of mystery is like the sun, it blinds ordinary sight, and man sees only the shadow. the eagle alone can gaze at the dazzling light, likewise only the prepared soul can bear its lustre. nevertheless the great something which is the inmost of the holy mysteries has never been hidden from the piercing gaze of him who can bear the light *the cloud upon the sanctuary, p. 30. the whole progress of the adept is to speed out of this changing shadowland into the full blaze of the sunlight; in

THE TAROT OF C C ZAIN

cross of matter, where rays of sun and moon meet, and so signifies the union of male and female forces. from her brow the sacred serpent thrusts its head as a symbol of enlightenment. in her right hand she carries a scepter surmounted by a globe. this is essentially a phallus, and indicates the perpetual action of creative energy upon all things born or to be born. in her left hand she carries an eagle, the symbol of fruitfulness and of the heights to which the flights of the spirit can raise itself through the emotions engendered in union. the seat upon which she rests is covered with eyes, indicating that through union the eyes of the soul have been opened to a knowledge of good and evil. this ensemble pictures, in terms of universal symbolism, generation, gestation, and universal fecund

phon, genius of evil, is precipitated. on a circular platform in equilibrium on the wheel, is poised a sphinx, holding in its claws a javelin. at the foot of the dual column two serpents raise their heads. this is the wheel of destiny. the circular platform upon which the sphinx stands represents the zodiac; and the sphinx, as a composite of the four constellations marking the zodiacal quadrants- eagle, lion, man and bull--signifies the passage of time. it holds a javelin in its claws to indicate that time is always fructifying events and ever ready to strike to right or left as the wheel turns under its impulsion, raising the humble and lowering the proud. the eight spokes of the wheel, eight being the number of justice, symbolize that time and opportunity, in the course of divine provide

g this entering into a new and active life in a realm above matter. the adept--arcanum xxi. in divination, arcanum xxi may be read as success or attainment. arcanum xxi is figured by a kneeling young girl playing on a harp of three strings. above is a wreath of twelve flowers, each flower having three blossoms. at each of the four angles of the wreath is a head; the two below being the head of an eagle and the head of a bull, the two above being the head of a lion and the head of a man. the man's head has the sacred serpent at its brow to indicate mental fertility. in the center of the wreath is a phallus and a yoni conjoined. this sacred lingha is soaring upward through the wreath, sustained by two wings. the young girl symbolizes purity of life. she is modestly clothed to indicate simpli

ls, as represented joined in the winged linga, have garnered the flowers of zodiacal experience on all planes, physical, astral and spiritual. the head of the lion signifies the creative forces of the solar sign, leo, and the courage which is necessary to all real attainment. the head of the bull represents the fructifying agent of nature and points out the necessity of labor in all progress. the eagle signifies that sex, as signified by the sign scorpio, has been turned into channels which lead to spirituality. and the head of the man indicates that both intuition and intelligence are necessary guides in unfolding the highest spiritual possibilities. these four emblems ranged around the zodiac typify the processes of evolution. they are the four forms of the egyptian sphinx, and also symb

THE WITCH CULT OF ZOS VEL THANATOS

ives a feeling of immensity (which sees a small form, whose limit you cannot reach. this should be practiced before experiencing and foregoing. the emotion that is felt if the knowledge which tells you why" austin spare also was later adept in the practice of dream control and assuming various god forms thereof. the most significant forms were of thanatos and a building association with the black eagle. it was by this that spare was present in the astral witches sabbat, a conclave of desired astrals joined in a blissful union of their belief. much continues in this latent form beyond this time. austin spare's work with atavistic resurgence has proved well linked with the zos kia cultus. atavisms are a resurgence of characteristics which have elapsed many generations. it is also possible to

ms and desires, that by serpent and flame shall they become flesh. the only thing true here is the lie which becomes the flesh of his self-love. the ascension of the ego from ecstasy to ecstasy when the mind of akoman (daemon within) is uplifted by rite and trance, can then their very words make the flesh they seek. by the whore who is a divine mother and love, to the winged familiar of the black eagle s flesh, to the baphometic god which is our desire flesh out, can then we rise to the totem of our gods and goddesses. witch mother this is the desire of the hag and the circle of the triple moon d queen of the sabbat. the witch mother speaks to us in dream, offers withered flesh to the repulsed and becomes as beauty in the black mirror of desire. in the circle join with her no matter the re

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

you the following degrees of the a. and a. rite: knight of the sword and of the east. prince of jerusalem. i also confer upon you the corresponding degrees of the reduced rite of memphis; or a& p. rite. knight of the sword. knight of jerusalem. finally i confer upon you the following degrees of the o.r. of mizraim. knight of the sublime choice. prussian knight. knight of the temple. knight of the eagle. knight of the black eagle. prince of jerusalem. the secrets of all these degrees are now open for you to study. bro. herald. i command you to proclaim that our brethren are duly exalted to the degrees of c.p.i. file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p2c6.html (6 of 9 [12/28/2001 2:04:24 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. herald: by order of the v

ry excellent and perfect grand marshal to clothe you in scarlet mantle, and to conduct you to the altar (done) kneel, sir knight, if you will (done. m.w.s. draws sword, and strikes him on the left shoulder, right shoulder, and back; and on forehead with hilt) by virtue of the power and authority in me vested, i hereby make, create, and constitute you, now and for ever, a knight of the pelican and eagle and a sovereign prince of the holy order of rose croix of heredom! rise, perfected and puissant prince, and receive the emblems of our order. h.p: i present you with this rose. i invest you with the apron, collar, and jewel of our order. i gird you with this sacred sword (done) g.m: lastly, i seal you with this seal of perfection (done) before you are again admitted to any chapter, you must

iven by &c. the pass word on the threshold of the black room, or chamber of death. and in this place the meaning &c. the royal omnific password is. very excellent and perfect g.m. you will now place our new companion in arms between the pillars in the west and proclaim him (done) g.m: oyez! oyez! oyez! by command of the most wise sovereign, i proclaim sir (dame. a knight (dame) of the pelican and eagle, a perfect and puissant sovereign prince (princess) of the holy order of rose croix of heredom. m.w.s: i invite him (her) accordingly to take his (her) seat beneath the banner of love in this princely chapter (he takes his seat) file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p2c7.html (12 of 14 [12/28/2001 2:04:51 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. sir kni

the pylon of the west 11 of larger size. here hangs the volume of the sacred law. of the altar it is not written. the knights and dames are clad in the black or white velvet or silk tunics and knee-breeches and silk stockings of the iv but instead of the mantle of green velvet is a mantle of black velvet. the garter is black with gold lettering: the shoes black with gold buckles. the collarette, eagle and sash of 30 are worn. the tassels of the mantle are of gold cord. the cap is that of a templar, but black with the insignia in gold. sword and belt are black and gold. the ante-room contains the tomb of j(acobus) b(urgundus) m(olensis) and is hung with black. the chamber of reflections contains a small altar or table on which is a skull and the ever-burning lamp. in the mouth of the skull

t and freedom have slowly penetrated, and today we are at liberty to love the light of life (all resume insignia in ante-room) noble sir knight, i now re-invest you with the insignia of our order. this ring of profession is always to be worn on the right thumb. its inscription v.d.c.a. stands for vult deus sanctum amorem, and for certain other words which will one day be communicated to you. this eagle is that of frederick of prussia, who first shook the power of the papacy. the insignia are black, particularly the mantle, which though white within, a symbol of our light and purity, shews that we must still walk in a cloak of darkness and secrecy; for light and freedom are not fully ours. yet in secret we may still worship as we will (all officers resume places in temple. g.c. passes in gi

nd%20settings/michael..secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p2c8.html (12 of 13 [12/28/2001 2:05:02 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. lady of the sword, guard the portal of the temple (done) hail babalon! hail, bearer of the holy grail (she bears cup as before in opening) let us form the mystic square (the four companions face outward with hands joined, while g.c. and c.b. exchange greeting? t, eagle grip, and words. she changes to babalon whom he invokes in silence) g.c: peace from the sun! and from the o.h.o. and from the g(rand) m(aster) b(aphomet) c.b: the graal is veiled (g.c. and c.b. leave the temple followed by others all arm in arm; s.b. and k.s. bring up the rear, disrobe in the anteroom) file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p2c8.html

le, from shape or tradition. the ancestor; revered as an incarnation of the phallus. the yoni or kteis; revered as the house of the phallus, and his complement. the snake; revered as giver of death, and as a symbol of the spermatozoon. he has often the head of the lion; to indicate the mighty power of the spermatozoon. the egg; revered as solar, and in itself as the vehicle of phallic energy. the eagle; and many other winged creatures; also wings attached to the symbols. this represents the flight of life from one resting-place to another, and is therefore a proper attribute of the phallus. the tree; is but the flowering phallus. the stars; these being the concourse of the brethren of the sun are venerable for the wise even as he. and the star-universe is as it were his mother, whence nuit

s in this image. he is the mother. he is the womb. he is the sperm that fertilizes the ovum: nay, but he is that fertilized and self-living thing which is neither sperm nor ovum, but their marriage, the perfect tincture, the medicine of metals, the philosophical stone, the universal medicine, the elixir of life. he is that dove that, returning to the ark of noah, bore a branch of olive. he is the eagle of jupiter, he is the swan of brahma. file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p3c3.html (10 of 18 [12/28/2001 2:05:41 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. from this duplicity of speech hath sprung infinite confusion in the vulgar mind. for they understand not that man is the guardian of the life of god; woman but a temporary expedient; a shrine indeed

without it no possibility could be. it is the fire of prometheus in the well-tended lamp of vesta; it is the kneph of the priests of memphis, the disc of the sun in the arms of khephra; and the serpent entwined about the egg. ask of our brethren the alchemists, and of the adepts of the rosy cross. the first answer: it is nothing but the lion with his coagulated blood, and the gluten of the white eagle; it is the ocean wherein both sun and moon have bathed. the others: it is the dew upon the rose that hath concealed the cross. ask of the ancients: they reply that the oldest of the gods is saturn. beware lest thou also be deceived! blessed be he that hath discovered unto us the arcanum arcanorum! this is the dissolved stone; this is the elixir of life, this is the universal medicine, this i

THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION

[shall be] an abomination unto you: 11:11 they shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. 11:12 whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that [shall be] an abomination unto you. 11:13 and these [are they which ye] shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they [are] an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 11:14 and the vulture, and the kite after his kind; 11:15 every raven after his kind; 11:16 and the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, 11:17 and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, 11:18 and the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, 11:19 and the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and

yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase. 14:9 these ye shall eat of all that [are] in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat: 14:10 and whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it [is] unclean unto you. 14:11 [of] all clean birds ye shall eat. 14:12 but these [are they] of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and ossifrage, and the ospray, 14:13 and the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, 14:14 and every raven after his kind, 14:15 and the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, 14:16 the little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, 14:17 and the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant, 14:18 and the stork, and the heron after her kind, and t

nd with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all [things] 28:48 therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all [things] and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. 28:49 the lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth [as swift] as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; 28:50 a nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: 28:51 and he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which [also] shall not leave thee [either] corn, wine, or oil [or] the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy deuteronomy p

ed to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of israel. 32:9 for the lord s portion [is] his people; jacob [is] the lot of his inheritance. 32:10 he found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. 32:11 as an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: 32:12 [so] the lord alone did lead him, and [there was] no strange god with him. 32:13 he made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; 32:14 butter of

refore i said [it] he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. 9:23 if the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. 9:24 the earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where [and] who [is] he? 9:25 now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. 9:26 they are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle [that] hasteth to the prey. 9:27 if i say, i will forget my complaint, i will leave off my heaviness, and comfort [myself] 9:28 i am afraid of all my sorrows, i know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. 9:29 [if] i be wicked, why then labour i in vain? 9:30 if i wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; 9:31 yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes sha

r rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. 39:24 he swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that [it is] the sound of the trumpet. 39:25 he saith among the trumpets, ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. 39:26 doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom [and] stretch her wings toward the south? 39:27 doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? 39:28 she dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. 39:29 from thence she seeketh the prey [and] her eyes behold afar off. 39:30 her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain [are] there [is] she. 40:1 moreover the lord answered job, and said, 40:2 shall he that contendeth with the almighty

e lord, o my soul: and all that is within me [bless] his holy name. 103:2 bless the lord, o my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 103:3 who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; 103:4 who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; 103:5 who satisfieth thy mouth with good [things; so that] thy youth is renewed like the eagle s. 103:6 the lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. 103:7 he made known his ways unto moses, his acts unto the children psalms page 366 of israel. 103:8 the lord [is] merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 103:9 he will not always chide: neither will he keep [his anger] for ever. 103:10 he hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor reward

en thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee: 23:2 and put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite. 23:3 be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat. 23:4 labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. 23:5 wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. 23:6 eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: 23:7 for as he thinketh in his heart, so [is] he: eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart [is] not with thee. 23:8 the morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. 23:9 speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy w

bs page 406 grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is not filled with water; and the fire [that] saith not [it is] enough. 30:17 the eye [that] mocketh at [his] father, and despiseth to obey [his] mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. 30:18 there be three [things which] are too wonderful for me, yea, four which i know not: 30:19 the way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. 30:20 such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, i have done no wickedness. 30:21 for three [things] the earth is disquieted, and for four [which] it cannot bear: 30:22 for a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is fill

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

. see proclus in theol. platon. lib. i, c. 28. 2 lucian, de dea syri. 3 matth. ch. iii, ver. 17. 4 see plate iii, fig. 5. kalousi de thn artemin qrakej bendeian, krhtej de diktunnan. pal ph. de incred. tab. xxxi. see also diodor. sic. lib. v& euripid. hippol. v. 145. 5 pausan. lib. ii, c. 38. 86 on the worship in the vision of ezekiel, god is described as descending upon the combined forms of the eagle, the bull, and the lion,1 the emblems of the therial spirit, the creative and destructive powers, which were all united in the true god, though hypostatically divided in the syrian trinity. man was compounded with them, as representing the real image of god, according to the jewish theology. the cherubim on the ark of the covenant, between which god dwelt,2 were also compounded of the same f

or bowl, of marble, in the imperial museum at vienna, is surrounded by a series of figures of similar character, which are engraved by von hammer, who sees in one group of men (who are furnished in the original with prominent phalli) and serpents, a direct allusion to ophite rites. next after these comes a group which we have reproduced in our plate,2 representing a strange figure seated upon an eagle, and accompanied with two of the symbols represented on the coffer found in burgundy, the sun and moon. the two symbols below are considered by von hammer to represent, according to the rude medi val notions of its form, the womb, or matrix; the fecundating organ is penetrating the one, while the infant is emerging from the other. the last figure in this series, which we have also copied,3 i

schief, perched on a stick or besom, or carried upon a goat or other animal, with an infant or two behind, and guided or driven on by the devil himself. and when satan will transport them into the air (which is an indulgence only to the most superior, he sets them off and launches them up like fired rockets, and they repair to and dart down upon the said place a hundred times more rapidly than an eagle or a kite could dart upon its prey. these women, on their arrival, reported to satan all the mischief they had perpetrated. poison, of all kinds and for all purposes, was there the article most in vogue. toads were said to form one of its ingredients, and the charge of these animals, while alive, was sonnes s y abbrutissent et transforment en bestes, perdant la parole tant qu elle sont ainsi

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

n, adam and eve had no circles around them, but were aspects of the unity of the all. table of square elements names of cod letters of ihvh archangels evangelists beasts quarters seasons motions worlds elementals winds rivers growth colors instruments fire ihvh tzabaoth yod michael mark lion south summer linear atziluth salamanders notus pison stalk red rod water elohim el chai he gabriel matthew eagle west fall rotary briah undines zephyrus gihon fruit blue cup air shaddai ha-aretz va u raphael john angel north winter vibratory yetzirah sylphs boreas hiddikel seed yellow dagger earth adonai tzabaoth he auriel luke bull east spring mixed assiah gnomes eurus phrath root black pentacle the four elements are a philosophical division of form into its essential quali- ties based on its kinds of

ose their effectiveness as they grow complex and stray farther from the roots of the art. the elements are dependable. their natures are relatively easy to grasp and they convey the same meaning to all peoples in all ages. in ancient times the elemental principles were represented by the emblems of four beasts whose natures embody the underlying essences of the elemental forces: 1) lion (fire; 2) eagle (water; 3) angel (air; 4) bull (earth. it would be difficult to trace the origin of these kerubic figures; they go back to ancient babylon, in whose ruins archaeologists have found their effigies, and doubtless their genesis is even earlier. they may have arisen not long after the human race began to favor agriculture over the nomadic lifestyle. on first look it appears that the eagle would

whose ruins archaeologists have found their effigies, and doubtless their genesis is even earlier. they may have arisen not long after the human race began to favor agriculture over the nomadic lifestyle. on first look it appears that the eagle would be a more appropriate emblem for the element air than the angel, but upon deeper consideration this is not so self- evident. no one who has seen an eagle catch a fish could fail to connect it with water. water is the medium of transmission, the element of formation, and the eagle has long been a symbol for the messenger or herald. air is the element of thought, the product of the impulse begun with fire, and angels are beings of the higher intellect. even with these considerations many occultists still maintain that at some time in the distan

onnect it with water. water is the medium of transmission, the element of formation, and the eagle has long been a symbol for the messenger or herald. air is the element of thought, the product of the impulse begun with fire, and angels are beings of the higher intellect. even with these considerations many occultists still maintain that at some time in the distant past a mistake was made and the eagle and angel were inverted from their rightful places in the zodiac. there is no way to prove or disprove this claim, so it seems best to use the traditional interpretations. in the heavens the four beasts are placed at the corners of the zodiac, each rep- resenting one of the elemental triads: lion-leo, eagle-scorpio, angel-aquarius, and bull-taurus. this assignment has been changeless for tho

efore they can be applied to the earth. imagine that you are looking at the zodiac in the sky, and further imagine that the zodiac is not an arc across the heavens, but is elevated high enough above the earth so that it becomes a circle. if the zodiac is rotated so that leo, the lion, emblem of fire, falls to the bottom (equivalent to the south) and the beasts are applied to the compass, then the eagle, emblem of water, will touch the east. but this is clearly wrong: the west is accepted as the quarter assigned to elemental water. however, if you imagine the zodiac shrinking and falling flat onto the earth and yourself viewing it from the back, the eagle touches the west while the lion is in the south, a reasonable assignment when all else is considered: angel* eagle heavens bull lion hori

clearly wrong: the west is accepted as the quarter assigned to elemental water. however, if you imagine the zodiac shrinking and falling flat onto the earth and yourself viewing it from the back, the eagle touches the west while the lion is in the south, a reasonable assignment when all else is considered: angel* eagle heavens bull lion horizon (east) bull earth (south) lion (north) angel (west) eagle fire is most appropriate to the south, region of blazing heat. water is the tra- ditional element of the west, where for the ancients the shoreless atlantic lay. earth can be assigned to the east, the direction of the unmeasured steppes that led to fabled china. north is the empty quarter where the winds were supposed to make their home, appropriate to air. adam kadmon stands with the axis o

d to fabled china. north is the empty quarter where the winds were supposed to make their home, appropriate to air. adam kadmon stands with the axis of the earth along his spine, circled by the moon and stars. on his brow is the angel, elemental air, symbol of his higher aspi- rations. the lion, fire, lies curled around his lower body, symbol of strength and generation. on his right hand sits the eagle, symbol of life-giving water, of mercy and love. at his left is the bull and in his left hand, the dry, hard clay of earth. in western magic, the beasts were considered too fierce and dangerous to be used as emblems of the elements. over a period of time a sublimation took place and the beasts were replaced by the four angels drawn from the lore of the kabbal- ah-michael, gabriel, raphael, a

ntagram are closely bound together. the ordering of the points of the star is of some importance in practical work- ing. it defines the structure of many rituals. the lower four points, which form a rough square, are given to the four elements and have been set in their order for thousands of years. they are emblematically depicted by the four beasts: 1) the lion (fire) on the lower right, 2) the eagle (water) on the upper right, 3) the angel (air) on the upper left, 4) the bull (earth) on the lower left. the fifth point of spir- it, or light, emanates the four and is their origin. spirit is the fifth element, the quintessence, of ancient philosophy. here is one way of drawing the five-pointed figure that shows the relationship of the elements. in three dimensions it is the pyramid of egyp

ater fire table of pentagram u 9 elements instruments colors fingers senses life forms emblems sephiroth letters in name of cod divine names archangels orders of angels spirit lamp white middle sight thinking human tiphareth shin ihvh("adonai) eloah va-daath raphael malachim fire rod red ring hearing running lion netzach yod ihvh("adonai) tzabaoth haniel elohim water cup blue index taste swimming eagle hod he (1 st) elohim tzabaoth michael beni elohim air dagger yellow small smell flying angel yesod va u shaddai; el chai gabriel kerubim earth pentacle black thumb touch crowing bull malkuth he (2nd) adonai ha-aretz x e sandalphon the point of spirit is shifted from the center to the upper side of the square to signify its rule over the four elements and to emphasize that it is the point of

TYSON DONALD SOUL FLIGHT

ms which she used when she was practicing her sorcery. she wore upon her feet shaggy calfskin shoes, with long, tough latchets, upon the ends of which there were large brass buttons. she had catskin gloves upon her hands, which were white inside and lined with fur.2 beast and spirit relations in :soul flight, the shaman is able to assume at will the shape of a beast such as a wolf, a bea.r, or an eagle, in order to more swiftly progress to his destination. the animal forms selected are those of beasts who have a magical relationship with the shaman or his tribe, and are believed by the shaman to be linked to him by ties of blood; a shaman might take on the form of a wolf if he believed his family line descended from wolves because the wollf form would confer upon him heightened abilities

possible they learned how to encourage the occurrence of these soul flights using chanted prayers and physical austerity. the astral landscape seen by ezekiel was inhabited by four strange angels who were characterized by the prophet as "living creatures (ezekiel 1:5. they had six wings, as did the seraphim seen by isaiah, but in addition they had four faces: that of a man, a lion, an ox, and an eagle. again, we can be certain it was a soul flight because god gave the prophet a book in the form of a written scroll and told him to eat it. ezekiel wrote "so i opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll (ezekiel 3:2. the prophet elijah is significant for another reason. he is one of only a handful of men said in the bible to have ascended into heaven while still inhabiting his body of

ded by oak leaves, superimposed on a swastikakith curved arms. hitler would later use the swastika as the symbolism of nazism. on november 9, 1918, just prior to germany's acceptance of the humiliating armistice treaty that ended the first world war, the newly established thule society met and resolved to continue the struggle for german supremacy. sebottendorff proclaimed as its new symbol a red eagle, declaring to his fellow members that the eagle was an aryan symbol, and that its color symbolized its "capacity for self-immolation by fire" which, he told his audience "warns us that we must die in order to live."157o n may 9, 1945, upon hearing of the surrender of nazi germany to th'e allies, sebottendorff committed suicide by jumping into the bosporus strait in turkey. in order to involv

to live."157o n may 9, 1945, upon hearing of the surrender of nazi germany to th'e allies, sebottendorff committed suicide by jumping into the bosporus strait in turkey. in order to involve the common worker in his vision of a revitalized germany, sebottendorff had one of the thule society members, a newspaper reporter named karl 157. sebottendorff, bevor hitler kam, 57 (cited by baker, invisible eagle, chap. 1. chapter eight: remote viewing and the cia 121 harrer, form a "workers ring near the end of 1918. this was renamed deutsche arbeiterpartei (german workers' party, or dap, on january 5, 1919 and in february of the following year, was transformed into the national socialist german workers' party, or nsdap. one of its members was adolf hitler, who had been hired to spy on its activitie

lve: the tarot 219 her legs cross as she leaps in time to the music from one bare foot to the other. she uses two small white wands to guide the serpent, holding one in each hand and applying them so skillfully that there is never a threat of her being bitten. on the stage curtain behind her are painted four heads that represent the four winds at the corners of the world-the heads of an angel, an eagle, a bull, and a lion. the members of the audience in the small, dark theater strain with mingled wonder and horror as the python sways and hisses. it is evident that they are not accustomed to such worldly entertainments. leaving the theater, you find that it is contained within a fairground tent. other tents beckon, advertising their shows as the wonders of the world. their lights shine brig

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circle. the invoking the guardians of the quarters 135 sounds become ever more concentrated, until they assume a vaguely humanoid shape that is a beautiful dark blue, the color of the sea. as you watch with your astral vision, this shape defines itself into an angel of vast size, taller even than your enlarged astral body. the angel has the light-brown, feathered head and hooked beak of a golden eagle, and white feathered wings that hang downward on its back almost to its bare feet. it wears a long robe of a rich, dark-blue color. extend your conscious to the angel. as the angel becomes aware of your existence, gaze directly into its bronze-colored eyes. visualize the angel nod its beaked head in acknowledgement and spread its white wings so that they fill the entire region of the west. d

st appropriate of the four golden dawn earth colors, which are citrine, olive, russet, and sable. dark brown or black would also be acceptable. these angels are visualized in various ways by different offshoot traditions of golden dawn magic-sometimes as four human figures, sometimes as four living invoking the guardians of the quarters 139 creatures that express the elements (man-air, lion-fire, eagle-water, bull- earth, sometimes as four heads without bodies, sometimes as four pillars of stone or four pillars of elementally colored light. once you gain skill in visualizing the guardians of the quarters, they may be summoned more quickly with no reduction in their authority or weakening of their power as protectors of the circle. this exercise is designed to prepare you to effectively per

ning your head, visualize behind your back the blue of the western pentagram transfer into the pillar beyond it. as the pillar turns deep blue, the western pentagram fades to a clear golden-white. the blue pillar thickens and solidifies into the towering, blue-robed angel gabriel. the angel stands barefoot beyond the circle, gazing down at you with vigilant awareness in its eyes. the golden-brown eagle's head of the angel glows with the residual energy of your vibrated words. watch with your astral awareness as the angel opens wide its white wings to fill the western quarter. vibrate upon your breath the following words "at my right hand, mich-a-el" exhale the remainder of your breath while maintaining your enlarged stature and your expanded aura. while still facing east, visualize the bri

ded aura. visualize the blue of the western pentagram transfer itself into the pillar behind you. as the pillar turns deep blue, the western pentagram fades to a clear golden-white. the blue pillar thickens and solidifies into the towering, blue-robed angel gabriel. the angel stands barefoot beyond the circle, gazing down at you with vigilant awareness in its bronze-colored eyes. the golden-brown eagle's head of the angel glows with the residual energy of your vibrated words. without shifting your physical gaze from the east, watch with your astral awareness as the angel turns its back upon the circle to face west, and opens wide its white wings to fill the western quarter. draw a deep breath and hold it for four slow beats as you focus your awareness in your heart-center. vibrate upon you

des to a clear golden-white, the pentagram turns bright red. draw a deep breath and hold it four slow beats as you focus your awareness in your heart-center. vibrate upon your breath the following words "be-hind me, gab-ti-el" exhale the remainder of your breath while maintaining your expanded aura. visualize the blue-robed angel in the west lower its wings and turn around to face the circle. the eagle-headed angel gazes down upon you with an alert but emotionless expression. its body wavers and lengthens into a deep-blue pillar. the color of the pillar transfers itself into the white pentagram that is set in the ring of the astral circle in the west. as the pillar fades to a clear golden-white, the pentagram turns blue. draw a deep breath and hold it four slow beats as you focus your awar

ded aura. visualize the blue of the western pentagram transfer itself into the pillar behind you. as the pillar turns deep blue, the western pentagram fades to a clear golden-white. the blue pillar thickens and solidifies into the towering, blue-robed angel gabriel. the angel stands barefoot beyond the circle, gazing down at you with vigilant awareness in its bronze-colored eyes. the golden-brown eagle's head of the angel glows with the residual energy of your vibrated words. watch with your astral awareness as the angel opens wide its white wings to fill the western quarter. vibrate upon your breath the following words "at my right hand, mich-a-el" exhale the remainder of your breath while maintaining your enlarged stature and your expanded aura. visualize the bright red of the southern p

n to focus in the west, just beyond the shining ring of the magic circle. the sounds become ever more concentrated, until they assume a vaguely humanoid shape that is a beautiful dark blue. as you watch with your astral vision, this shape defines itself into an angel of vast size, taller even than your enlarged astral body. the angel has the light-brown, feathered head and hooked beak of a golden eagle. long white wings hang down its back almost to its bare feet. it wears a long robe of a rich, dark blue color. extend your conscious to the angel. as the angel becomes aware of your existence, gaze directly into its bronze-colored eyes. mentally will the angel to turn and spread its wings. visualize the angel nod its feathered head in acknowledgement, then turn away from the circle and sprea

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of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of god. and before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto a crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts, full of eyes before and behind. and the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. and the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, holy, holy, holy, lord god almighty, which was, and is, and is to come (rev. 4:2-8) in this text, the manifest and occult permutations of tetragrammaton appear in the form of the twenty-four elders seated about the throne of christ, but also as the twenty-fou

the birds, as well as with all the beasts of the field, because he understood their languages. from the legends of the jewish midrash, we learn something about the throne itself, which solomon is said to have fashioned in the shape of the "throne of glory which is above" with the help of the holy spirit. in the throne were the shapes of the four living creatures-the man, the lion, the ox, and the eagle. the lion was placed opposite the ox, probably on the arms of the throne, and presumably the man was opposite the eagle on the two sides of the back. behind the throne was the likeness of a wheel and cherubim. the throne was made of pure gold studded with pearls and precious stones. inside its seat was hidden "a tablet engraved with a serpent on a pole" a great sapphire stone served solomon

by means of the power of the ring he regained his kingdom. he captured sakhar, tied a great stone around his neck, and threw the demon into a deep lake. throughout the stories about the ring runs a swallowing motif. ashmodai swallows the ring to keep it from solomon. in the arab version, it is the fish who swallows the ring. according to a story in the zohar, solomon would ride on the back of an eagle to the dark gathering place of evil spirits, where the fallen angels uzza and azael lay bound in vast iron chains that were fastened to the roots of the abyss. solomon would put his seal ring into the mouth of the eagle and hide under its left wing, and the power of the name upon the ring would force the dark angels to tell him all the secrets of supernal wisdom. in alchemy, a common image i

than curiously decorated bits of j ewelry. the following ritual procedures are structured upon the system of occult correspondences given in my book, the new magus. this differs in several important respects from the more common golden dawn system. in the new magus system, the assignments to the quarters are: quarter element archangel tetramorph sign south fire michael lion leo west water gabriel eagle scorpio north air raphael angel aquarius east earth uriel bull taurus also, in the new magus system, the left and right sides of the kabbalistic cross are the inverse of those given by the golden dawn. in the new magus, the left shoulder is assigned to geburah and the right shoulder to 106 tetragrammaton gedulah. occultists familiar with the system of the golden dawn can easily modify these

alized as four flaming pillars of different colors: michael in the south is red, raphael in the north is yellow, gabriel in the west is blue, and uriel in the east is green. speak the words of the invocation: before me michael, guardian of fire, the lion of the south; behind me raphael, guardian of air, the angel of enzpowering the rings the north; on my right hand gabriel, guardian of water, the eagle of the west; on my left hand uriel, guardian of earth, the bull of the east. the four surround me (elevate your hands, palms up, fire above (lower your hands, palms down, water below (put your palms together in a gesture of prayer over your heart center, i am the heart of the four, i am the center of my universe. amen. this concludes the preliminary operations, which are designed to cleanse

and its angel is said to astrologically rule a sign, or pair of signs. the wings of a particular zodiac sign would fall under the ruling angel of that sign. still a third approach would be to command the wings by the authority of the archangels of the four beasts, ruling each wing by the name of the beast to which it belongs. the angels associated with the four beasts are michael (lion, gabriel (eagle, raphael (man, and uriel (bull. for example, the angel of severity vabashiah, who is the forward wing on the left side of the back of the bull, would be ruled by assuming the god-form of uriel. there is an easier way that eliminates the necessity of assuming a variety of god-forms, each of which rules a specific wing, or set of wings. it is to assume the god-form of the messiah, who rules al

th of the vials is said to be "for two times and a half" a seemingly inexplicable reference, save that it also occurs in revelation. the mother of the word of god, he who is the mounted version of the heavenly christ who rules all the nations of the world with a rod of iron, is persecuted by the red dragon, satan, forcing her to flee his vengeance "and to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent (rev. 12:14. we may gather from this that the plagues of the seven vials were of the same duration as the persecution of the mother of the word. a "time" is a year, but years in heaven are not reckoned in the same way as years upon the earth, th

or manifest themselves from the watchtower of the north, but not their "noises" or thunders, which convey their destructive power. the angels, or more probably their ministers, are to appear silently with their mouths closed, because, as it says in revelation 9:19 "their power is in their mouth" the eleventh key the mighty seat groaned, and there were thunders 5 which flew into the east; and the eagle spake, and cried with a loud voice, come away! and they gathered themselves together and became the house of death, of whom it is measured, and it is as they are whose number is 31. come away, for i have prepared for you! move, therefore, and show yourselves. open the mysteries of your creation. be friendly unto me, for i am the servant of the same your god, the true worshiper of the highest

he throne of the heavenly christ, which emits thunder and lightning. these thunders are the verbal expression of the will of god, which immediately become realized in the world because the words of god are the things of men. why they are said to be five in number is unclear, unless it is a reference to the five princes that support the train of the king of each watchtower in kelley's vision. the "eagle" would seem to be a reference to the mother of heavenly christ, who to escape from the wrath of satan is given wings by god "and appendix a: the keys 217 to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent (rev. 12:14. her place must be the quart

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se halla la clave de nuestra liberaci n. 27 the cross has four points. the cross of initiation is phallic. the insertion of the vertical phallus into the formal ecteris forms a cross. this is the cross of the initiation that we must place upon our shoulders. the four sacred animals of alchemy are: the lion that hides the enigma of fire; the man that represent the mercury of secret philosophy; the eagle that corresponds to the air; the bull that symbolizes the earth. egypt s sphinx (as well as ezekiel s sphinx) has the sacred symbolism of the four creatures of alchemy. the water contained in the lakes, rivers and oceans when heated by the fire of the sun are transformed into clouds that ascend up to the sky, and after a period of digestion are converted into lightning and thunder. this same

ng to the order of melchizedeck. it is necessary for the student to become familiar with all the elemental creatures of the four elements. salamanders live in fire; undines and nereids live in water; sylphs live in the air and gnomes live in the earth. the gospel of mark is symbolized by a lion (fire; the gospel of matthew is represented by a youth (water; the gospel of john is represented by the eagle (air) and the gospel of luke is represented by the bull (earth. the four gospels symbolize the four elements of nature and the realization of the great work (the magnus opus. por lo com n esos santuarios de misterios se hallaban situados al pie de alg n volc n. los disc pulos ca an sin sentido al suelo. en esos instantes el hierofante sacaba a los estudiantes de entre el cuerpo f sico y en a

alkimistas. el ligamen de la cruz con el tri ngulo s lo es posible mediante el oro potable (fuego sagrado) de la alkimia. 34 the innermost puts the cross of initiation with the arcanum four of the tarot over his shoulders. we will end this lecture by stating that the elementals of fire are commanded with the trident of iron or with the wand of iron; the elementals of the air are commanded with an eagle feather or any other bird; the elementals of water are commanded with a cup filled with water and the elementals of the earth with a sword or with a brand new knife. the special kingdom of the gnomes resides in the region of the north; the one of the salamanders in the south. the one of the sylphs in the east and the one of the undines in the west. these four elemental hierarchies form a cro

iones) el gran hierofante jes s el cristo cantaba estos mantrams en el laboratorium oratorium de la pir mide de kefren. 52 the seven kabbalistic signs of the planets are: moon: a globe sliced by two half moons. mercury: one caduceus and the cynocephalus11. venus: a sexual lingam. sun: a serpent with the head of a lion. mars: a dragon biting guards of a sword. jupiter: the flaming pentagram or the eagle's beak. saturn: a limping elder, or a serpent entwined on a helicious12 stone. the seven pentacles [talismans] have the power of attracting the seven planetary forces. gold is the sun s metal; silver is the moon s metal; iron is the metal of mars; copper is the metal of venus; quicksilver is mercury s metal, tin is jupiter s metal and lead is the metal of saturn. perfect pentacles [talismans

k with mercury, sulfur and salt in order to raise the metallic serpent upon the pole. the adam christ is born in us only by working with the prima matter: mercury, sulfur and salt; the phoenix bird that is born from its own ashes stands upon the double circle of mercurial matter. we need to become imitators of this mythological bird; however, this is only possible when we work with the grain. the eagle of volatility is the terrestrial adam that is dominated by the crow of putrefaction. the moon goddess carries upon her head a white swan. we must whiten the crow with sexual transmutation until transforming it into the immaculate swan of ascension. the entire symbolism of the great work is enveloped within the ninth key. no one can work with the sephirothic tree without being an alchemist an

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rom whence many of the joint alien/military abductions, animal mutilations, and biogenetic projects are reportedly being carried out. this volume is soon to be published in hard copy form by http//www.umind.com. anyway, numerous people have described the activities taking place within this underground facility beneath the archuleta mesa, many of their stories appear in the dulce book at http//www.eagle-net.org/dulce/ this mesa lies just north of the small town of dulce, new mexico within the jicarilla apache reservation in north-western new mexico. one of these sources was a man by the name of thomas edwin castello, who claimed that he worked in this joint nsa/alien facility as a director of security. others claim that the core of the nsa is no longer "human" but is actually controlled by

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t to be interrupted by trick-or-treaters. if the rituals are performed properly, there is often the feeling of invisible friends taking part in the rites. another date which may be utilized in planning celebrations is the actual cross-quarter day, or old halloween, or halloween o.s (old style. this occurs when the sun has reached 15 degrees scorpio, an astrological 'power point' symbolized by the eagle. this year (1988, the date is november 6th at 10:55 pm cst, with the celebration beginning at sunset. interestingly, this date (old halloween) was also appropriated by the church as the holiday of martinmas. of all the witchcraft holidays, halloween is the only one that still boasts anything near to popular celebration. even though it is typically relegated to children (and the young-at-hear

still throw a viable beltane bash as long as it's before may 5th. this may also be a consideration for covens that need to organize activities around the week-end. this date has long been considered a 'power point' of the zodiac, and is symbolized by the bull, one of the 'tetramorph' figures featured on the tarot cards, the world and the wheel of fortune (the other three symbols are the lion, the eagle, and the spirit) astrologers know these four figures as the symbols of the four 'fixed' signs of the zodiac (taurus, leo, scorpio, and aquarius, and these eight sabbats of witchcraft get any book for free on: www.abika.com 20 naturally align with the four great sabbats of witchcraft. christians have adopted the same iconography to represent the four gospel-writers. but for most, it is may 1s

days from sundown to sundown. however, british witches often refer to the astrological date of aug 6th as old lammas, and folklorists call it lammas o.s('old style. this date has long been considered a 'power point' of the zodiac, and is symbolized by the lion, one of the 'tetramorph' figures found on the tarot cards, the world and the wheel of fortune (the other three figures being the bull, the eagle, and the spirit. astrologers know these four figures as the symbols of the four 'fixed' signs of the zodiac, and these naturally align with the four great sabbats of witchcraft. christians have adopted the same iconography to represent the four gospel-writers 'lammas' was the medieval christian name for the holiday and it means 'loaf-mass, for this was the day on which loaves of bread were b

the welsh myth of blodeuwedd, the autumnal equinox is the only day of the whole year when llew (light) is vulnerable and it is possible to defeat him. llew now stands on the balance (libra/autumnal equinox, with one foot on the cauldron (cancer/summer solstice) and his other foot on the goat (capricorn/winter solstice. thus he is betrayed by blodeuwedd, the virgin (virgo) and transformed into an eagle (scorpio. two things are now likely to occur mythically, in rapid succession. having defeated llew, goronwy (darkness) now takes over llew's functions, both as lover to blodeuwedd, the goddess, and as king of our own world. although goronwy, the horned king, now sits on llew's throne and begins his rule immediately, his formal coronation will not be for another six weeks, occurring at samhai

n is often the symbol of a sun god) he is betrayed by his 'virgin' wife blodeuwedd, into standing with one foot on the rim of a cauldron and the other on the back of a goat. it is only in this way that llew can be killed, and blodeuwedd's lover, goronwy, llew's dark self, is hiding nearby with a spear at the ready. but as llew is struck with it, he is not killed. he is instead transformed into an eagle. putting this in the form of a bardic riddle, it would go something like this: who can tell in what season the lion (llew, betrayed by the virgin (blodeuwedd, poised on the balance, is transformed into an eagle? my readers who are astrologers are probably already gasping in recognition. the sequence is astrological and in proper order: leo (lion, virgo (virgin, libra (balance, and scorpio (f

g this in the form of a bardic riddle, it would go something like this: who can tell in what season the lion (llew, betrayed by the virgin (blodeuwedd, poised on the balance, is transformed into an eagle? my readers who are astrologers are probably already gasping in recognition. the sequence is astrological and in proper order: leo (lion, virgo (virgin, libra (balance, and scorpio (for which the eagle is a well-known alternative symbol. also, the remaining icons, cauldron and goat, could arguably symbolize cancer and capricorn (representing summer and winter, the signs beginning with the two solstice points. so llew is balanced between cauldron and goat, between summer and winter, on the balance (libra) point of the autumnal equinox, with one foot on the summer solstice and one foot on th

spring and fall, as patron goddess of flowers and owls, respectively. although it is far more speculative than the preceding material, a final consideration would pursue this mirror-like life pattern of llew and goronwy to its ultimate conclusion. although llew is struck with the sunlight spear at the autumnal equinox, and so 'dies' as a human, it takes a while before gwydion discovers him in his eagle form. how long? we may speculate 13 weeks, when the sun reaches the midpoint of the sign (or form) of the eagle, scorpio- on halloween. and if this is true, it may be that llew, the sun god, finally 'dies' to the upper world on halloween, and now passes through the gates of death, where he is immediately crowned king of the underworld, the lord of misrule (in medieval tradition, the person p

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sh language. he shows up in the mabinogian with the other gods of the welsh and may act as the welsh muse. i have been in many shapes before i assumed a constant form: i have been a narrow sword, a drop in the air, a shining bright star, a letter among words in the book of origins. i have been lantern light for a year and a day, i have been a bridge spanning three score rivers. i have flown as an eagle, been a coracle on the sea, i have been a drop in a shower, a sword in a hand, a shield in battle, a string in a harp. nine years in enchantment, in water, in foam, i have absorbed fire, i have been a trout in a covert, there is nothing of which i have not been part. i fought, though small, at the battle of goddeu brig. with prydain s ruler, with his rich-laden fleet. unwise bards pretend a

ful and hopeful as yours. the whites, too, shall pass sooner than other tribes. continue to contaminate your own bed, and you will one night suffocate in your own waste. when the buffalo are all slaughtered, the wild horses all tamed, the secret corners of the forest heavy with the scent of many men, and the view of the ripe hills blotted by talking wires, where is the thicket? gone. where is the eagle? gone. and what is it to say farewell to the swift and the hunt, to the end of living and the beginning of survival? we might understand if we knew what it was that the white man dreams, what he describes to his children on the long winter nights, what visions he burns into their minds, so they will wish for tomorrow. but we are savages. the white man s dreams are hidden from us. chief seatt

egend. when at last he started on his quest, it was a beautiful morning in late spring. the grass was up, the leaves were out, nature was at its best. two medicine men accompanied him. they put up a sweatlodge to purify him in the hot, white breath of the sacred steam. they smoked him with the incense of sweet grass, rubbing his body with salve of bear grease. around his neck they hung it with an eagle s wing. they went to the hilltop with him to the vision pit and make an offering of tobacco bundles. they told the young man to cry, to humble himself, to ask for holiness, to cry for power, for a sign from the great spirit, for a gift which would make him into a medicine man. after they had done all they could, they left him there. he spent the first night in the hole the medicine men had d

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emeh hemelech, 153. 1.2. there are three causes of dropsy, depending on diseases of the breast, the liver and the kidneys. there are three forms of coma, that is insensibility; due to brain injury, brain disease and brain poisoning. there are three modes of death, beginning either at the brain, the lungs or the heart. bichat, physiologie. one zodiacal sign, that of scorpio, has three emblems; the eagle in the highest symbolism, the snake, and the scorpion in evil aspects only. astrologic natal figures are often erroneous by reason of the alleged moment of birth being incorrect. there are three modes of rectification, two are ancient, the animodar of ptolemy and the trutine of hermes; and there is one modern method, the natal epoch of w. r. old. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vi

s inherent in the elements and created things. again, read hymn 269 in hymns ancient and modern, a most orthodox volume. principalities and powers, watch for thy unguarded hours, and hymn 91, christian, dost thou see them, on the holy ground, how the troops of midian compass thee around? if these are not the evil elementals, what are they? francis barrett mentions the 4 consecrated animals, lion, eagle, man and calf, emblems of the kerubim on the terrestrial plane; 4 archangels, michael, gabriel, numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott uriel, raphael; note, all end in the deity name, el, i.e. al, of the hebrews. 54. the gnostics said that all their edifice rested on a 4- pillared basis; truth, intelligence, silence, bathos. note the earth was formed on th

hrates, gihon, hiddekel and pison; 4 rivers of the infernal regions according to the greeks, phlegethon, cocytus, styx and acheron; 4 elements of metaphysics; being, essence, virtue, action. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott 4 masonic virtues. 4 evangelists and gospels; matthew, mark, luke, john, related to the four kerubic forms of the man, lion, bull and eagle (see wheel of fortune of tarot, key 10--hew65) and thus to the zodiacal signs--aquarius, leo, taurus and scorpio (the relation of aquila to scorpio is a rosicrucian secret. one of the abstruse dogmas of the kabalah concerns the four worlds of emanation; atziluth, briah, yetzirah and assiah. these are not worlds in any ordinary sense, but rather planes of development and existence, the former

ultiple of 5. the hebrew letter h, heh, 5, was in occult kabalah always deemed of female potency. there were 5 principal parts of solomon s temple. david blesses the lord 5 times in psalms ciii, civ. the talmud says that there are 5 little things which are a terror to 5 strong things; the mosquito to the lion; the gnat to the elephant; the ichneumon fly to the scorpion; the flycatcher bird to the eagle and the stickleback to the leviathan. lewisohn, zoology of the talmud. 64. five things have in them a one-sixtieth part of 5 other things; fire is one-sixtieth of hell; honey one-sixtieth of manna; the sabbath one-sixtieth of the sabbath hereafter; sleep of death; and a dream one-sixtieth of prophecy. talmud, berachoth, 57.2. even on the sabbath you may kill 5 things the fly in egypt; the wa

18) said that ia (the gnostic deity) was the sun and the first and last of the planetary set, hence the 7 concentric spheres. duncan assigns these minerals and animals to the 7 heavenly bodies known to the ancient world and are as follows: table of planets, aniiimals and metals planet animal metal moon bull silver mercury serpent quicksilver venus dove, copper sun lion gold mars wolf iron jupiter eagle pewter saturn ass lead numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott note also the number of 7 pipes in the musical instrument at the mouth of the old deity pan, the great whole, a sun god (not the later rural pan. 78. an ancient symbol of the universe was a ship with seven pilots, in the center of the ship, a lion; possibly from an idea that the sun first rose i

sociations of birds, animals and flowers with heavenly bodies has the authority of the greco-roman mythology- numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott table of biiirds, aniiimals and flowers greek latin bird animal vegetable pallas minerva owl she-goat olive aphrodite venus dove he-goat myrtle helios sol cock bull laurel hermes mercury ibis dog hazel zeus jupiter eagle hart horsechestnut demeter ceres sparrow sow apple hephaistos vulcan goose ass box aries mars magpie wolf dog-wood artemis diana daw hind palm hestia vesta heron lion pine hera juno peacock sheep thorn poseidon neptune swan horse elm the astrologers associated colors with the twelve signs of the zodiac, thus- numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott table of

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iff der ekstatischen einheit der zeitlichkeit bei heidegger. allgemeine zeitschrift f r philosophie 7 (1982: 27 55. wolfson, elliot r. abraham abulafia kabbalist and prophet: hermeneutics, theosophy and theurgy. los angeles: cherub press, 2000. along the path: studies in kabbalistic myth, symbolism, and hermeneutics. albany: state university of new york press, 1995. beneath the wings of the great eagle: maimonides and thirteenth- century kabbalah. in moses maimonides (1138 1204) his religious, scientific, and philosophical wirkungsgeschichte in different cultural contexts, edited by g rge k. hasselhoff and otfried fraisse, 209 237. w rzburg: ergon verlag, 2004. beyond good and evil: hypernomianism, transmorality, and kabbalistic ethics. in crossing boundaries: essays on the ethical status

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ve, 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 elixir of magick, the blood, wine, and poison in the chalice. and yod repeating that god, and pr ophesying the vau that follows it, ends with daleth the letter of venus, the do or of the palace of love. then vau r

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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 of magick, the blood, wine, and poison in the chalice. and yod repeating that god, and prophesying the vau that follows it, ends with daleth the letter of venus, the door of the palace of love. then vau repr

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forth and expend yourself through the seal of truth" make fire grade sign (see appendix e. continue circumambulating deosil. replace wand on the altar and pick up the cup. circumambulate deosil once to the west. face west and draw the invoking pentagram of spirit (passive) while vibrating "hcoma agla" draw the invoking pentagram of water while vibrating "emph arsel gaidl al" draw the sign of the eagle within the pentagram and say "0 mighty king of the west, the hebyobeaatanun, come forth and expend yourself through the seal of truth" make the sign of the water grade (see appendix e. replan the cup in west of altar and pick up the dagger. continue cir curnambulating deosil; north, south, west, north, and stop it east (facing east. draw the invoking pentagram of spirit (ac tive) while vibra

ign scorpio angelic name cadaamp "of dan (scorpio, jacob says 'dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of israel. dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. i have waited for thy salvation, 0 lord' moses says 'dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from bashan' the armorial bearings of dan are green, and an eagle. these things 38 fit with the martial and fierce nature of this sign, in which mars principally bears sway. to the sign scorpio the egyptians attributed the serpent, and also typhon, the slayer of osiris, and on this account they called it the 'accursed sign' in good symbolism it is generally represented by the eagle. the horse's heels which the serpent bites are found in the centaur figure

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uman into the divine. the blending of the dew and fire in purification and consecration. the exaltation of the cross of light. so, from the four we pass to three the triangle of spirit rising from the cube of matter. isis the eternal virgin (under whatever name we hail her. eternal mother, sophia, mary; osiris, father, and son jesus. and between them the serpent which must be transformed into the eagle. the destroyer who must become the transmuter. remember also that these 3 letters have a further significance thus 't' stands for the ego, the indestructible unit which survives from life to life "0" is the eternal spirit, embracing the universe, reaching out beyond the boundaries of time and space, yet revolving about the "i" and between them the "a" of the astral, the veil of perpetually s

no man shutteth, and shuttest, no man openeth, come and bring the prisoner out of the prison house, and him that sitteth in darkness out of the shadow of death" all repeat the 4th sign all face east mg "el, strong and powerful "el, lord of light, bestow on us thy grace, that we in unity with thee may impart these mysteries, a father only may bestow upon a son initiate; that he, becoming thus the eagle, may soar to heaven and contemplate thy face. for verily, it is beyond his reach; that being beneath the sway of death, he should unaided soar into the height, together with the golden sparkling of the &infancy that knows no death. grant we beseech thee most merciful, that he may be holy even as thou art holy, that being made one with thee, he may draw all men unto thee. amen (they prostrate

ed upon the cross of manifestation, and thence commit themselves again unto the father "man indeed standeth between spirit and matter, betwixt angel and animal, at the summit of his ascent. we behold as in a glass darkly, that perfected being whom our father strove to represent in the sphinx, compound of the four elements in balanced disposition "the intelligence of man; the soaring spirit of the eagle, the fiery heart of the lion, and the firm stability of the bull. born of the spirit, he must descend into malkuth, even till he is clothed with the coat of skin; the body which is prepared for him, by the humble brothers of the flesh. and thence shall he arise again, bearing him that creation which groaneth and travaileth together with him until now awaiting redemption "the 21st path is the

this, the altar. kg "the father hath given commandment and the son hath made for me a spiritual body through his own soul. i am he who hath travelled far and who hath made pilgrimage among the stars of heaven, even the heart of the mother and she gave both to me because it was her will to do so "i am osiris, the first born of the gods "i have become a divine being "i have renewed my youth as the eagle "behold, i was watched and guarded; but now i am released "behold, i was bound with cords, but now is my crystal sphere within the starry heavens "lo i have knowledge and i have truth; yea movement is restored unto my hands and feet "i have passed through the gate of fomalhaut "i have come forth from the star sothis "i have received the heart of the lion "i am crowned with the crown of 72 ra

ekiel are grouped together in consonance with the inward meaning of your progress through the grades of the. leo at the summit signifies the grade of philosophus and the purification of your natural will. the bull at the lowermost point represents malkuth and the consecration of your earthly body. the man corresponds to yesod, the grade of theoricus and the purification of your material mind. the eagle has reference to hod, to the 3=8 of practicus, and to the human emotions and desires which are hallowed therein. the white ribbon from which the lamen depends signified the consecration of your entire personality. you enter, therefore, also in virtue of purity. the four living creatures correspond in zoharic tradition to the angels of the four quarters and to the divine names emblazoned ther

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gs is announced to their people by joyful phenomena, and their death by terrible, the same holds good of heroes. their generosity founds peace and prosperity in the land. frosi's reign in denmark was a period of bliss; in the year of ilakon's election the birds bred twice, and trees bore twice, about which beautiful songs may be gleaned out of his saga, cap. 24. on the night that ilelgi was born, eagles cried, and holy waters streamed from the mountains, sam. 149. sigur&'s walk and manner of appearing was impetuous, like that of a god; when he first approached the burg of brynhildr* iors dusasi ok opphimin' earth shook and heaven, ssem. 241; and of brynhild's laughing, as of that of the gods (p. 324, we are told' hlo, boer allr dundi' she laughed and all the castle dinned, ssem. 208^ a div

as fornam 4494, wyrd fornam 2411 (conf. os. wurd farnimid, hel. ill, 11, swylt fornam 2872, wyrd forsweop (supra p. 406; conf' ililde grap' 5009. and as other beings that do us good or harm are by turns aroused and quieted, it is said picturesquely: hildi vekja (bellonam excitare, seem. 160^ 246; elsewhere merely vig vekja (bellum excitare) 105. the valkyrs, like osinn (p. 147, are accompanied by eagles and ravens, who alight on the battlefield^ and the waging of war is poetically expressed as ala gogl gunna^ sysf.ra (aves alere sororum belli, ssem. 160^ the forms in ohg. were hiltia and gundia (gudea, both found in the hild. lied 6, 60, though already as mere common nouns; composite proper names have -hilt -gunt^ the legend of hildr, who goes to the val at night, and by her magic wakes th

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the first stage, the inner plan, to manifestation as the impetus for success or fulfilment in the everyday world. these energies amplify your own. for example, passing incense, representing the air element, over the symbol activates the innate power of rushing winds that cut through inertia and bring welcome change, harnessing the energies of wide skies in which there are no limits, soaring like eagles, carrying your wishes to the sun. you can unite other elemental forces by using the appropriate tools and substances. similarly, you might begin a chant, a medley of goddess names or a mantra of power linked with the theme, or a slow spiral dance around the circle. you could try drumming or tying knots either on individual cords or in a group, creating a pattern with the longer cords of fel

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teries. and i have seen them turn the very moon's rays into liquid, the which they poured upon their stones for a purpose i could not divine. and i have seen them turn into many strange kinds of beast as they gathered in their appointed places, the temples of offal, whereupon horns grew from heads that had not horns, and teeth from mouths that had not such teeth, and hands become as the talons of eagles or the claws of dogs that roam the desert areas, mad and howling, like unto those who even now call my name outside this room! i cry laments, but no one hears me! i am overwhelmed with horror! i cannot see! gods, do not cast thy servant down! remember the sword of the watcher. do not touch it until you want it to depart, for it will depart at a touch and leave thee unprotected for the remai

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should a medium be immune to self-deception spurred by the wish-fiend? while there are people walking about outside the bug-house who can find mrs. simpson and generals de gaulle, franco, allenby, montgomery and who else in the "centuries" of nostradamus, we should be stupid to assign everything to conscious fraud. 28 in that case what about poor tiny aleister? do please allow me the happy young eagles of the old testament; what clearer prophecy of psychoanalysis, it's only the english for freud and jung and adler! no, by no means always fraud. yet at any s ance the "investigators" take no magical precautions soever- against, say, the impersonation of iophiel by hismael, or the doves of venus by the a'arab zareq. all they attempt especially at "demonstrations" and "materializations" is to

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d, and the leaves of the book are by six: by seven is that great amen. then our father saw one hundred and four horses that drove an ivory car over a sea of pearl, and they received him therein and bade him be comforted. with that he awoke and saw that he would have all his desire. in the morning therefore he arose and went his way into the desert. there he clomb an high rock and called forth the eagles, that their shadow floating over the desert should be as a book that men might read it. the shadows wrote and the sun recorded; and on this wise cometh it to pass, o my brethren, that by darkness and by sunlight ye will still learn ever these the arcana of our science. lo! who learneth by moonlight, he is the lucky one! so our father, having thus founded the order, and our sacred book being

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prophet" bid the virgins veil the bride! lead her forth, a shower of spray, 17 a flower of foam upon the tide, a fleece of cloud upon the day! so my sightless eyes may see in the transcendental trance the virgin of eternity lead the demi-gods to dance. has the tree of life its root in the soul or in the skin? is it god, or is it brute, that comes mystically in for the doves within the flute, the eagles on the violin? ah! the perfume's coiling tresses curl like veils upon the limbs of the dancer that caresses with her flying feet the hymns that flow and ripple in the air, bathing all the doves of prayer "the musicians" lingering, low, fingering slow, the tingling bows of the violins go. trembling, twittering, dissembling, the lips of the flute-players wander over the stops, fiercer and fon

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nd kissing once again the lips, swerve downwards and unite with the red figure below me. 307 "i grow great, and my white wand becomes a wand of living fire. then i perceived that the angel had left me, and that once again fiery rain was falling around me "after this i departed, and in the air was surrounded by dark forms, whom i commanded to lead me back to the circle. then i sank amid a flock of eagles, and, descending, prayed and rejoined my body "my body was intensely strengthened; i was filled with a feeling of power and glory. i gave thanks' no. 10 "queen's hall. during the "andante" of beethoven's symphony in c (no. 5) i assume white astral, and fill the entire hall. then i looked up to god, and impulses of praise and prayer possessed me. presently i shrink forcibly and re-enter my b

l giant stride away from before our terror- stricken eyes. similarly, the adept will see in these visions a great ordered kingdom, and behind all their apparent chaos rule and law; for he will understand that the sudden changing, the leaping from blue seas to silver temples, and the rushing past fiery pillars, people worshipping, red garments, hawks; and then square pillars, an eye, or a flock of eagles, is not due to disorder in the realm of the vision, but to the want of paraphrase in the mind of the beholder when he, on his return, attempts to interpret what he has seen in rational symbols and words. 318 a chain of thought is simply a series of vibrations arising from the contact of a sense with a symbol or a series of symbols "if controlled by the reasoning power, and licensed by the w

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s work! toum goeth down into thy waters, and the daylight passeth, and the shadows come! but i, i pass not, nor go down! the light of my godhead gleams ever in thy glowing skies; horus is my name, and the city of darkness is my house: thoth is on the prow of my bark and i am khephera that giveth light! come unto me! come unto me, i say, for i am he that standeth in thy place! behold! ye gathering eagles in the sky! i am come into the west! i am lifted up upon your wings! ye that follow the bier to the place of rest. ye that mourn osiris in the dusk of things! behold he is in me and i in him! i am he that ruleth in amenta! in sleei (sigma lambda eta iota) is my rule, and in death is my dominion! mine are the eagles that watch in the eye of horus! mine is the bark of darkness, and my power i

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mory of tears, even across the shadowless brow of the desert. yet as from the breast of a slave-girl do i pluck the fragrant blossom of thy crimson splendour. 10. o woe unto me, my god, woe unto me; for all the feastings of my flesh have sickened to the wormy hunger of the grave, writing in the spasms of indolent decay. yet in the maggots of my corruption do i shadow forth sunlit hosts of crown d eagles. 11. o woe unto me, my god, woe unto me; for all my 46 craft is as an injured arrow, featherless and twisted, that should be loosed from its bowstring by the hands of an infant. yet in the wayward struggling of its flight do i grip the unwavering courses of thy wisdom. 12. o woe unto me, my god, woe unto me; for all my faith is as a filthy puddle in the sinister confines of a forest, splash

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was, and red were his young lips, and blue his eyes. but his body was ethereal like a film of dew upon a glass, or rust clinging to an airy garment; and all was stained hideously with black "my remenu" she said "after so long" he whispered in her ear. the light behind her flickered and went out. the spirit laid her violin and bow upon the ground. the music went on- a panting, hot melody like mad eagles in death struggle with mountain goats, like serpents caught in jungle fires, like scorpions tormented by arab girls. and in the dark she sobbed and screamed in unison. she had not expected this: she had dreamt of love more passionate, of lust more fierce-fantastic, than aught mortal. and this? this real loss of a real chastity? this degradation not of the body, but of the soul! this white-h

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upon the savage scaur, remote from every haunt of men, from every haunt of life afar. there doth he find sit palamede sitting as steadfast as a star. scarcely he knew the knight indeed, for he was compassed in a beard white as the streams of snow that feed the lake of gods and men revered that sitteth upon caucasus. so muttered he a darkling weird, 22 and smote his bosom murderous. his nails like eagles' claws were grown; his eyes wer