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word retains its adj. nature, and forms its gen. pi. heidanero. our present heide, gen. heiden (for heiden, gen. heidens) is erroneoi;s, but current ever since luther. full confirmation is afforded by mid. lat. agrestis= paganus, e.g. in the passage quoted "in ch. iv from vita s. agili; ami the' wilde heiden' in our heldenbuch is an evident pleonasm (see supplement. 1 2 intkoduction. the worn out empire of the eomans saw both its interior convulsed, and its frontier overstept. yet, by the same mighty doctrine which had just overthrown her ancient gods, subjugated eome was able to subdue her conquerors anew. by this means the flood-tide of invasion was gradually checked, the newly converted lands began to gather strength and to turn their arms against the heathen left in their rear. slowly

d, in pertz 8, 176-8. irmin. illing. 259 in the nibelungeulied 1285. 1965 2009, these heroes appear again, they are the same, but differently conceived, and more akin to the n. german version in goldast^ irnvrit of duringen and irinc of tenemarke, one a landgraf, the other a markgraf, both vassals of etzel (attila. the lied von der klage (threnody) adds, that tliey had fallen under the ban of the empire, and fled to hunland; here we see a trace of the banishment that dieterich pronounced on iring. in the poems of the 13th century, however, irins is not a counsellor, still less a traitor and a murderer of irmenfried: the two are sworn friends, and both fall before the irresistible hagene and volker. add to all this, that the vilk. saga cap. 360, though silent on irnfried, tells of h'ung's l

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se those most holy kings, who are around thy throne and who compose thy court. o universal father! one and alone! father alike of immortals and of mortals! thou hast especially created powers similar unto thy thought eternal and unto thy venerable essence. thou hast established them above the angels who announce thy will to the world. lastly, thou hast created us as a third order in our elemental empire. there our continual exercise is to praise and to adore thy desires. there we ceaselessly burn with eternal aspiration unto thee o father, o mother of mothers, o archetype eternal of maternity and of love, o son, the flower of all sons, form of all forms, soul, spirit, harmony and numeral of all things. amen. hiero: making with his scepter the banishing circle and pentagram in the air in fr

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

al magick. she is mother, healer and the faithful wife who annually restored her consort osiris to life, thus magically causing the nile to flood and fertility to return to the land. she is the patroness of magick and spell-casting, having tricked ra the sun god into giving her his secrets. some accounts say she was taught by thoth, god of wisdom and learning. her cult spread throughout the roman empire and she remained in mediterranean lands in her guise as the black madonna, holding her infant son horus, until the middle ages. she is sometimes represented as a vulture, in which form she appears on amulets (protective charms) with an ankh, the symbol for life, engraved on each talon. isis demonstrated the power of maternal protection when she hid horus in the marshes from his evil uncle w

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hadowy figure behind the tremendous complication of central european upheaval at that terrible and instructive epoch; as adepts of his type always appear and always have appeared upon the theatre of history in great crises of nations. the age which could boast simultaneously three rival claimants to the direction of two of the greatest levers of the society of that era the papacy and the germanic empire when the jealousies of rival bishoprics, the overthrow of dynasties, the roman church shaken to her foundations, sounded in europe the tocsin of that fearful struggle which invariably precedes social reorganisation, that wild whirlwind of national convulsion which engulfs in its vortex the civilisation of a yesterday, but to prepare the reconstitution of a morrow. the enormous historical im

oney. as soon as i returned, the thief (although he was a bishop) was forced to himself bring it back to me in person and to return with his own hands to me the money, jewels, and account books, and to give me the principal reasons which had forced him to commit the theft, rather than any other person. six months ago i did write unto the grecian emperor,40 and i warned him that the affairs of his empire were in a very bad condition, and that his empire itself was on the brink of ruin,41 unless he could appease the anger of god. as there only remaineth unto me but a little while to live, those who remain after me will receive the news, of the result of this prophecy. the operation of the thirteenth chapter42 of the second book, i have twice performed; once in the house of savonia;43 and ano

lp of france and england, he lost the battle of nicopolis in 1396, he escaped on board a vessel in the black sea, and for eighteen months was a fugitive from his kingdom; and at the moment of his re-entering hungary he was made prisoner by the discontented nobles, and shut up in the citadel of ziklos. escaping thence into bohemia, he, however, reconquered his throne, and in 1410 was raised to the empire by one party among the electors, while josse, marquis of moravia, and wenceslaus were elected by other factions. a remarkable coincidence, seeing that at this moment when three emperors possessed the empire, the papacy had also three popes, viz: john xxiii (balthazar cossa, a neapolitan; gregory xii (ange conrario, a venetian; and benedict xiii (pierre de lune, a spaniard. the death of joss

and wenceslaus were elected by other factions. a remarkable coincidence, seeing that at this moment when three emperors possessed the empire, the papacy had also three popes, viz: john xxiii (balthazar cossa, a neapolitan; gregory xii (ange conrario, a venetian; and benedict xiii (pierre de lune, a spaniard. the death of josse, and the resignation of wenceslaus, left sigismond sole master of the empire. after having received the silver crown at aix-la-chapelle in 1414, he went to preside at the council of constance, where john huss was condemned, notwithstanding the safe conduct which he had obtained from the emperor. he endeavoured to end the differences between the roman and greek churches, visited france and england under pretext of reconciling charles vi. and henry v, but, as some say

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

ith the machines that generate it; and our methods depend on calculations involving mathematical ideas which have no correspondence in the universe as we know it<infinite" expressions (12) man is ignorant of the nature of his own being and powers. even his idea of his limitations is based on experience of the past, and every step in his progress extends his empire. there is therefore no reason to assign theoretical limits<god> to what he may be, or to what he may do (illustration: a generation ago it was supposed theoretically impossible that man should ever know the chemical composition of the fixed stars. it is known that our sense

ny. it must then consider the political conditions of the world; how other countries may help it or hinder it. it must then destroy it itself any elements discordant with its destiny. lastly, it must develop in itself those qualities which will enable it to combat successfully the external conditions which threaten to oppose is purpose. we have had a recent example in the case of the young german empire, which, knowing itself and its will, disciplined and trained itself so that it conquered the neighbours which had oppressed it for so many centuries. but after 1866 and 1870, 1914! it mistook itself for superhuman, it willed a thing impossible, it failed to eliminate its own internal jealousies, it failed to understand the conditions of victory<
own to their level 193 and fraternize with them. they will tear you in pieces at their leisure. not at once; they will wait until you have wholly broken the link between you and your holy guardian angel before they pounce, lest at the last moment you escape. anthony of padua and (in our own times "macgregor" mathers are examples of such victims. nevertheless, every magician must firmly extend his empire to the depth of hell "my adepts stand upright, their heads above the heavens, their feet below the hells<equinox> this is the reason why the magician who performs the operation of the "sacred magic of abramelin the mage, immediately after attaining to the knowledge and conversation of the holy guardian angel, must evoke the four great princes of the evil of the

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

scular action; what electricity is or how it is connected with the machines that generate it; and our methods depend on calculations involving mathematical ideas which have no correspondence in the universe as we know it.10) 12. man is ignorant of the nature of his own being and powers. even his idea of his limitations is based on experience of the past. and every step in his progress extends his empire. there is, therefore, no reason to assign theoretical limits11 to what he may be, or to what he may do (illustration: two generations ago it was supposed theoretically impossible that man should ever know the chemical composition of the fixed stars. it is known that our senses are adapted to receive only an infinitesimal fraction of the possible rates of vibration. modern instruments have e

complained that closing time was twelve-thirty a.m; when there was little or no class bitterness, the future seemed secure, and only nonconformists failed to enjoy the fun that bubbled up on every side. well, in those days there were music-halls; i can't hope to explain to you what they were like, but they were jolly (i'm afraid that there's another word beyond the scope of your universe) at the empire, leicester square, which at that time actually looked as if it had been lifted bodily from the "continong (a very wicked place) there was a promenade, with bars complete (drinking bars, my dear child, i blush to say) where magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 220 one might hope to find "strength and beauty met together, kindle their image like a star in a sea of glass

book for free on: www.abika.com 309 belt- it has killed off tiger, rhinoceros, anything with a nostril- is the curse of our military station at lebong- or was when i was there. at darjeeling, a few hundred feet higher, devil a one! they have no one to think: now how can we flourish up higher? those old forlorn-hope miss-sahibs- how wide are their nostrils! then- how? consider for a moment our own empire. how did that spread all over the planet? it was the imaginative logic, the audacity, the adroit adaptability, of the adventurer that blasted the road. the sunny socialist smiles his superior smile, and condescends to instruct us. that was an unfortunate, though perhaps sometimes necessary, stage in the perfection of society. something in that. but there are other kinds of adventure. my ima

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

to the land of midian, and we hear nothing of what he did there, yet immediately on his return he turns the whole place upside down. later on, too, he absents himself on mount sinai for a few days, and comes back with the tables of the law in his hand. st. paul (again, after his adventure on the road to damascus, goes into the desert of arabia for many years, and on his return overturns the roman empire. even in the legends of savages we find the same thing universal; somebody who is nobody in particular goes away for a longer or shorter period, and comes back as the "great medicine man; but nobody ever knows exactly what happened to him. making every possible deduction for fable and myth, we get this one coincidence. a nobody goes away, and comes back a somebody. this is not to be explain

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE LOST CONTINENT

recurrence was guarded against by removing the high house to the lofty mountain previously described, and a 'house' was chosen to cultivate the art of war, and entrusted with the duty of destroying any living thing that might approach within a hundred miles of atlas. only one other adventure of historical importance remains to be recorded. it is the attempt of some foolish atlanteans to found an 'empire, and so to be entirely distinguished from the missionary effort referred to previously. the original settlement of atlas, as has been the case with all flourishing colonies, was made by a few hardy pioneers, who strengthened themselves gradually by growth. but atlas in her momentary madness poured out blood and treasure in the fatuous attempt to impose alien domination on lands utterly unsu

but although little difficulty was found in conquering the country in the military sense, the natives had to be almost exterminated, and the labour of the survivors proved difficult to enforce. it was even then not a tenth as efficient as that of the serviles at home. the imported serviles moreover caught native diseases, and died in hundreds; and though by prodigious sacrifices the west african empire was kept going for nearly 200 years, it had to end at last no less ingloriously than the french adventure in mexico, or the english in india, and south africa* the main causes were the impossibility of breeding children in a climate so unsuitable, even of maintaining their own women, and above all the fact that the crude zro was not of a quality equal to that obtained in atlas, and that the

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

sociation for the dissemination of lies among young people) and otherwise known as a philanthropist. his relationship to the author (that of uncle) has procured him this rather disagreeable immortality. he was, let us hope, no relation to george archibald bishop, the remarkable preface to whose dreadfully conventionally psychopathic works is this. preface* in the fevered days and nights under the empire that perished in the struggle of 1870* to a collection of mss illustrating the psychopathia sexualis of von kraft-ebing [crowley s white stains t.s. the names of the parties have been changed. that whirling tumult of pleasure, scheming, success, and despair, the minds of men had a trying ordeal to pass through. in zola s la cur e we see how such ordinary and natural characters as those of s

boleth for the dissenter, and with which all classes of religious humbug, from the pope to the salvation ranter, from the mormon and the jesuit to that mongrol mixture of the worst features of both, the plymouth brother, have scared their illiterate, since hypocrisy was born, with abel, and spiritual tyranny with jehovah! society, in the long run, is eminently sane and practical; under the second empire it ran mad. if these things are done in the green tree of society, what shall be done in the dry tree of bohemianism? art always has a suspicion to fight against; always some poor mad max nordau is handy to call everything outside the kitchen the asylum. here, however, there is a substratum of truth. consider the intolerable long roll of names, all tainted with glorious madness. baudelaire

ie the sword of song 60 clarendon, ld. history of the great rebellion. de comines, p. chronicle. edwards, bryan. history of the british colonies in the w. indies. elton, c. origins of english history. erdmann. history of philosophy, vol. ii. froude. history of england. fyffe, c. a. history of modern europe. gardiner, s. r. history of the civil war in england. gibbon. decline and fall of the roman empire. green, j.r. a history of the english people. guizot. histoire de la civilisation. hallam, h. state of europe in the middle ages. hugo, v. napol on le petit. innes, prof. c. scotland in the middle ages. kingscote. history of the war in the crimea. levi, e. historie de la magie. macaulay, ld. history of england. mccarthy, j. ahistoryof our own times. maistre, jos. oeuvres. michelet. histoire

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQ I 1

question the validity of some of our data. so far our scepticism has not only knocked 120 to pieces our tower of thought, but rooted up the foundation-stone and ground it into finer and more poisonous powder than that into which moses ground the calf. these golden elohim! our calf-heads that brought us not out of egypt, but into a darkness deeper and more tangible than any darkness of the double empire of asar. hume put his little? to berkeley's god; buddha his? to the vedic atman- and neither hume nor buddha was baulked of his reward. ourselves may put? to our own? since we have found no! to put it to; and wouldn't it be jolly if our own second? suddenly straightened its back and threw its chest out and marched off as? suppose then we accept our scepticism as having destroyed our knowled

the womb of its mother, and scattered the gloom of night, and shouted in thy joy "let there be light" now that thou has seized the throne, thou shalt pass the portals of the tomb and enter the temple beyond. 228 there thou shalt stand upon the great watch-tower of day, where all is awakenment, and gaze forth on the kingdom of the vine and the land of the houses of coolness. thou shalt conquer the empire of the sceptre, and usurp the kingdom of the crown, for thou art as a little child, and none shall harm thee, no evil form shall spring up against thee. for yesterday is in thy right hand, and to-morrow in thy left, and to-day is as the breath of thy lips. i am the unveiled one standing between the two horizons, as the sun between the arms of day and night. my light shineth upon all men, an

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 2

e and his virile roll, more of a dance than a walk, easily dominated the company. yet there was at least one really remarkable figure in the pleasant gloom of the little cabaret. a man sat there, timid, pathetic, one would say a man often rebuffed. he was nigh seventy years of age, maybe; he looked older. for him time had not moved at all, apparently; for he wore the dress of a beau of the second empire. exquisitely, too, he wore it. sitting back in his dark corner, the figure would have gained had it been suddenly transplanted to the glare of a state ball and the steps of a throne. merrily frederic trolled out an easy, simple song with perfect art- how different from the laborious inefficiency of the opera- and came over to roderic to see that his coffee was to his liking "changes, freder

f- in the stones and bricks of it. might i- if you have nothing better to do- come to your studio now, and see them "i'm afraid the light" begin roderic. it was now ten o'clock "that is nothing" returned the other "i have my own criteria of excellence. a match-glimmer serves me" there was only one explanation of all this. the man must be an architect, perhaps ruined in the mad speculations of the empire, so well described by zola in "la curee "at your service, sir" he said, and rose. the old fellow was surely eccentric; but equally he was not dangerous. he was rich, or he would not be wearing a diamond worth every penny of two thousand pounds, as roderic, no bad judge, made out. there might be profit, and there would assuredly be pleasure. they waved, the one an airy, the other a courteous

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e of warriors shocks with man and horse. in mutual madness swift to see they shatter with unbridled force one on another: down they go swift in stupendous overthrow. out sword! out lance! curiass and helm splinter beneath the knightly blow. they storm, they charge, they hack and hew, they rush and wheel the press athrough. the weight, the murder, over whelm one, two, and all. nor silence knew his empire till sir palamede (the last) upon his fairy steed struck down his brother; then at once fell silence on the bloody mead, 59 until the questing rose again. for there, on that ensanguine plain standeth a-laughing at the dunce the single beast they had not slain. there, with his friends and followers dead, his brother smitten through the head, himself sore wounded in the thigh, weepeth upon th

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narrow verge of crag-like agony, springs and folds over the world its healing wings. gentleness, virtue, wisdom, and endurance- these are the seals of that most firm assurance which bars the pit over destructions's strength; and if, with infirm hand, eternity, mother of many acts and hours, should free the serpent that would clasp her with his length, these are the spells by which to reassume an empire o'er the disentangled doom. to suffer woes which hope thinks infinite; to forgive wrongs darker than death or night; 54 to defy power, which seems omnipotent; to love, and bear; to hope till hope creates from its own wreck the thing it contemplates; neither to change, nor falter, nor repent; this, like thy glory, titan, is to be good, great and joyous, beautiful and free; this is alone life

o'er the disentangled doom. to suffer woes which hope thinks infinite; to forgive wrongs darker than death or night; 54 to defy power, which seems omnipotent; to love, and bear; to hope till hope creates from its own wreck the thing it contemplates; neither to change, nor falter, nor repent; this, like thy glory, titan, is to be good, great and joyous, beautiful and free; this is alone life, joy, empire, and victory [scorpio "plays in accordance<aries. hail to thee that sailest heavenwards! hail to thee in whose eye is a flame of fire! hail, lord of the destroying army! mars. hail, brethren. bro. aries. hail unto thee, that hast fought at the side of our lord in the great battle! hail unto thee, our lady of tumult! terrible and beautiful was thou in the midst o

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uld have killed him for a trace of inflection in his voice. edgar rolles understood his torture, understood the suppressed intensity of ida's purpose, though he could not guess its nature. somehow he distrusted the event "take literature" he went on, in that even vigilant voice of his "take zola with his million marshalled facts. what 139 do they matter? nothing. we get the truth about the second empire- and if zola's facts were all false, it would not alter the truth he came to tell, poor, provincial, time-serving truth as it is "take ibsen! it is no accusation to say that norwegians never act as his characters do; no defence to prove that norwegians always do act so. it has nothing to do with the question. romeo and juliet make love in english- nobody minds! macbeth is not obliged to say

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

to the fourth physical ether, in which the centres of man exist. the agnishvattas are the builders on the fifth or gaseous subplane of the cosmic physical, and from the human standpoint are the most profoundly important, for they are the builders of the body of consciousness per se. from the psychic standpoint of occult physiology, they have a close connection with the physical brain, the seat or empire of the thinker, and as at this stage all that we can know must be viewed kama-manasically, it will be apparent that between the sympathetic nervous system and the brain is such a close interaction as to make one organised whole. this microcosmic correspondence is of interest, but in studying these groups of devas at present we will view them principally in their work as systemic and planeta

ALICE A BAILEY07 FROM INTELLECT TO INTUITION

meditation. our greatest need in the west lies in our failure to recognize the soul and the faculty of the intuition which in its turn leads to illumination. the late professor luzzatti, prime minister of italy, in the preface to his most valuable and scholarly book "god and- 20- from intellect to intuition copyright 1998 lucis trust freedom" says "it is everywhere noticed that the growth of the empire of man over himself does not keep step with the growth of the empire of man over nature."14(25) it is essential that the western world should perfect its educational systems in such a way as to bring about this conquest of the empire of ourselves. chapter three the nature of the soul "philosophers say the soul is double-faced, her upper face gazes at god all the time and her lower face look

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

he trained minds in the government, to the very roots of the national existence. that certain types of mind may regard this as an infringement of the liberty of the subject is of small importance, relatively speaking, compared to the gradually emerging synthesis which aims subjectively to kill out greed and end the exploitation of the many by the few. in great britain, we find the dictatorship of empire (if such a paradoxical term may be employed, but it is an empire of the middle classes, controlling and balancing. in italy, in turkey and elsewhere other great experiments are going on. the originators of these various national movements are often ignorant of the impulses which lie back of their work, and are frequently unable to explain the ideals toward which they are working, except in

ed as the arms of the prince of wales. the scintillating and brilliant french intellect, with its scientific bent, is accounted for by the interplay of the third ray of active intelligence with the fifth ray of scientific understanding. hence their amazing contribution to the knowledge and thought of the world, and their brilliant and colourful history. be it remembered also that the glory of the empire which was france is but the guarantee of a glory of divine revelation which lies ahead in the future, but which will never be theirs till they cease living in the wonder of their past and go forth into the future to demonstrate the fact of illumination, which is the goal of all mental effort. when the intellect of the french is turned towards the discovery and the elucidation of the things

h is the goal of all mental effort. when the intellect of the french is turned towards the discovery and the elucidation of the things of the spirit, then they will carry revelation to the world. when their egoic ray dominates the third ray, and when the separative action of the fifth ray is transmuted into the revealing function of this ray, then france will enter into a period of new glory. her empire will then be of the mind, and her glory of the soul. it is obvious that the governing faculty is strongly the outstanding characteristic of great britain. england is an exponent of the art of control, and her function has been, as you may realise, to- 238- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust produce the first tentative grouping of federat

ate the possibility of such grouping. the united states of america are doing a somewhat similar thing, and are fusing the nationals of many nations into one federated state with many subsidiary states, instead of subsidiary nations. these two powers function in this way and with this wide objective in order to give to the planet, eventually, a system of groupings within one national border or one empire, and yet with an international boundary which will be symbolic of the coming new age technique in government. the second ray of love or attraction governs, egoically, the british empire, and there is a relation between this fact and the fact that the sign gemini governs both the united states and london. the fluid, mercurial, intuitional mind is closely allied with the divine aspect of love

aspect of life, upon pageantry, upon possessions, and upon money as a symbol of that which connotes the form side. they mother and nurture civilisation and ideas. china, germany, great britain and italy are masculine and positive; they are mental, political, governing, standardising, group-conscious, occult, aggressive, full of grandeur, interested in law and in laying the emphasis upon race and empire. but they are more inclusive and think in wider terms than the feminine aspects of divine manifestation. the reader would find it useful to consult an earlier tabulation which i gave (see pages 382-383, and consider the higher and lower expressions of the rays, noting how they work out in relation to the rays personal and egoic of the different nations. take for instance the emergence into

ALICE A BAILEY13 PROBLEMS OF HUMANITY

re are progressive and reactionary groups. there are cruel and ambitious men in russia who would gladly exploit the world for the gain of russia and who would seek to impose the will of the proletariat upon all classes and castes throughout the civilized world; there are thinking men in russia and men of vision who are opposing them. there are reactionary and class-conscious people in the british empire who fear the growing power of the masses and who hang on desperately to their inherited prestige and standing; they would hold back the british people from progress and would like to see the restoration of the old hierarchical, paternalistic and feudal system; the mass of the people, speaking through the voice of labour, will have none of it. in the united states there is isolation, the per

sense of trained responsibility; they must be taught to realize that africa can belong to its own people and at the same time be a cooperating partner in world enterprise. this can only happen when the antagonism between the white people and the black races is ended; between the two of them goodwill must be demonstrated. right human relations must be firmly established between the emerging negro empire and the rest of the world; the new ideals and the new world trends must be fostered in the receptive negro consciousness and in this way "darkest africa" will become a radiant centre of light, ready for self-government and expressing true freedom. increasingly these negro races will forsake their emotional reaction to circumstances and events, and meet all that transpires with a mental gras

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

en he came before he was unrecognised, and is there any guarantee that this time it would be different? you may ask why would he not be recognised? because men's eyes are blinded with the tears of self-pity and not of contrition; because the hearts of men are still corroded with a selfishness which the agony of war has not cured; because the standards of value are the same as in the corrupt roman empire which saw his first appearance, only then these standards were localised and not universal as they are today; because those who could recognise him and who hope and long for his coming are not willing to make the needed sacrifices, and thus ensure the success of his advent. the advanced thinking, the success of the many esoteric movements and above all, the marvels of science and the wonder

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

d as the arms of the prince of wales. the scintillating and brilliant french intellect with its scientific bent is accounted for by the interplay of the third ray of active intelligence with the fifth ray of scientific understanding. hence their amazing contribution to the knowledge and the thought of the world and their brilliant and colourful history. be it remembered also that the glory of the empire which was france is but the guarantee of a glory of divine revelation which lies ahead in the future; it will never be theirs until they cease living in the wonder of their past and go forth into the future to demonstrate the fact of illumination which is the goal of all mental effort. when the intellect of the french is turned towards the discovery and the elucidation of the things of the

ch is the goal of all mental effort. when the intellect of the french is turned towards the discovery and the elucidation of the things of the spirit, then they will carry revelation to the world. when their egoic ray dominates the third ray and when the separative action of the fifth ray is transmuted into the revealing function of this ray, then france will enter into a period of new glory. her empire will then be of the mind and her glory of the soul. it is obvious that the governing faculty of the ray of will or power is the outstanding characteristic of great britain. england is an exponent of the art of control and her function has been to produce the first tentative grouping of federated nations the world has seen and to demonstrate the possibility of such a grouping. the united sta

he united states is doing a somewhat similar thing and is fusing the nationals of many nations into one federated state with many subsidiary- 27- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust states, instead of subsidiary nations. these two powers function in this way and with this wide objective in order eventually to give to the planet a system of groupings within one national border or empire, and yet with an international implication which will be symbolic of the coming new age technique of government. the second ray of love or of attraction governs from the soul angle the british empire and there is a relation between this fact and the fact that the astrological sign gemini governs both the united states and london. the fluid, mercurial, intuitional mind is closely allied with

pageantry, upon possession and upon money or its equivalent as a symbol of the form side of existence. they mother and nurture civilisation and ideas. china, germany, great britain and italy are masculine and positive; they are mental, political, governing, standardising, group-conscious, occult by inclination, aggressive, full of grandeur, interest in law and in laying the emphasis upon race and empire. but they are more inclusive and think in wider terms than the feminine aspects of divine manifestation. national relationships and the major intellectual cleavages are based also upon the governing ray influences. spain, austria and france, being governed by the seventh, fifth and third rays, have a close inter-relation. this worked out in a most interesting manner in the middle ages, and

h controls. a close study of that for which each nation stands will be most revealing and their pattern will emerge a pattern of personality selfishness or a pattern of soul goals. italy has a sixth ray soul and hence her devotion to her past and to the ancient "glory which was rome (for this is closely tied up with the memory aspect of the soul) and to the concept of the restoration of the roman empire. but as it is the soul ray which is upon this stream of ray- 31- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust influence, it is interesting to note that italy carries forward her plans with very little hate and with the minimum of persecution and of resentment; she stands steadily for peace, no matter what the people may believe under the influence of national propaganda and the the

untry and nation. it would, i feel, also be of value if i indicated the ruling sign of some of the capital cities of the countries dealt with in the above table. the focus of the immediate response of the peoples of the nations is frequently to be distinguished in the quality (if i may so call it) of their capital city and by the decisions there made. i would like to point out that in the british empire there are several major and distinctive sections which are themselves definitely governed by certain ruling signs; therefore, before giving the rulers of the capitals, i would like to indicate the influences which control the british empire through the medium of its component parts; they are an important factor in present events, owing to the major and powerful nature of the part great brit

factor in present events, owing to the major and powerful nature of the part great britain is playing in the present situation. as you will have noted great britain is ruled by gemini and taurus, and consequently the principles of multiplicity and integration are simultaneously present. duality, triplicity (england, scotland and wales) and also differentiation are the conditioning aspects of the empire. under the major control of gemini and taurus you have the following potencies active: egoic ruler personality ruler australia. virgo. 6th .c apricorn .1 0th canada .t aurus .2 nd. libra. 7th india. aries. 1st. capricorn .1 0th new zealand. gemini. 3rd. virgo. 6th south africa. aries. 1st. sagittarius. 9th these are the major divisions. there are lesser divisions but with these i am not her

people, and that taurus governs the material outer form of the nation; it is this factor that has led her people to appear before the world under the symbol of john bull, expressive of the british personality. it has been thought by certain astrologers that britain is ruled by aries, and this is true of it, as far as that small part which is called england is concerned; but i am dealing with the empire as a whole and not with a fraction of it. it is the gemini influence that has led to the constant movement and restlessness of the british people; which has led them to cross and recross the ocean and to stage a constant going out to the very ends of the earth, to return ever again to the centre from which they came. this is characteristic of the race. it is the gemini influence which has p

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

here are only five such outlets as far as effects on humanity are concerned; man's responsiveness to them, is demonstrated by the fact of their relative importance in conditioning world events and world affairs. wherever one of these outlets for spiritual force is found, there will also be found a city of spiritual importance in the same location. these five points are: 1. london. for the british empire. 2. new york. for the western hemisphere. 3. geneva. for all of europe, including the u.s.s.r. 4. tokyo. for the far east. 5. darjeeling. for all of central asia and india. later, two more points or outlets for energy will be added to these but the time is not yet. through these five places and areas in their neighbourhood, the energy of five rays pours forth, conditioning the world of men

spect. it is the service of the whole which is being attempted at great cost and the effort is to express the law of synthesis which is the new emphasis, pouring through from shamballa. hence the fact that the governments of many nations found asylum in great britain. likewise, if the forces of light triumph because of the cooperation of mankind, the energy expressing itself through this powerful empire will be potent in establishing a world order of intelligent justice and a fair economic distribution. the keynote of this force is "i serve" as i told you earlier in this treatise (see the last page of a treatise on the seven rays, vol. i. the force expressing itself through the centre, new york, is the force of the sixth ray of devotion or idealism. hence the conflicts everywhere to be fou

and the intellectual appeal will be studied, effort will be made to discover the soul quality and the personality nature (the spiritual and the materialistic tendencies) of these great aggregations of human beings which have come into expression in certain fixed localities because they are expressions of the force centres in the vital body of the nation. similarly, in connection with the british empire, a study will be made of london, sydney, johannesburg, toronto and vancouver with subsidiary studies of calcutta, delhi, singapore, jamaica and madras which are all subjectively related in a manner unforeseen by students at present. under the plan and contingent upon the energies pouring through the five planetary centres according to plan, there are three great fusing energies or vital cen

plan, there are three great fusing energies or vital centres present upon our planet: a. russia, fusing and blending eastern europe and western and northern asia- 313- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust b. the united states (and later south america) fusing and blending central and western europe and the entire western hemisphere. c. the british empire, fusing and blending races and men throughout the entire world. in the hands of these nations lies the destiny of the planet. these are the three major world blocs from the consciousness angle and from the angle of world synthesis. other and lesser nations will participate in the process with full independence and cooperation, voluntarily and through the perfecting of their national life in

ALICE A BAILEY20 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME IV ESOTERIC HEALING

nder the direction of the great white lodge. heights of luxury were reached in atlantis of which we, with all our boasted civilisation, know nothing and have never achieved. some faint traces of it have come to us from legends and from ancient egypt, from archeological discovery and old fairy tales. there was a recurrence of pure atlantean mischief and wickedness in the decadent days of the roman empire. life became tainted by the miasma of unadulterated selfishness and the very springs of life itself became polluted. men only lived and breathed in order to be in possession of the utmost luxury and of a very plethora of things and of material goods. they were smothered by desire and plagued by the dream of never dying but of living on and on, acquiring more and more of all that they desire

ALICE A BAILEY21 EDUCATION IN THE NEW AGE

ialism of the world's educational machine and by the selfish bias of the world's business in its many departments, plus the emphasis always laid upon the necessity of making money. little by little this disastrous state of affairs (which reached its climax in the early years of this century) has been slowly changing, so that today in many countries the welfare of the state itself, the good of the empire. the need of the nation is held before the child from its earliest years as the highest possible ideal. he is taught that he must serve the state, empire or nation with the very best that is in him; it is strongly inculcated into his consciousness that his individual life must be subordinated to the greater life of the state or nation, and that it is his duty to meet the national need, even

l automatically follow when the sense of awareness is steadily unfolded. the future of humanity is determined by its aspiration and ability to respond to the idealism which is today flooding the world. at this time also a still further step is taking place. everywhere and in every country men are being taught in their earliest years that they are not only individuals, not only members of a state, empire or nation, and not only people with an individual future, but that they are intended to be exponents of certain great group ideologies democratic, totalitarian, or communistic. these ideologies are, in the last analysis, materialising dreams or visions. for these, modern youth is taught that he must work and strive and, if necessary, fight. it is therefore surely apparent that behind all th

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

ashington the head centre. the heart centre is los angeles. the heart centre of germany is munich, and its head centre is nuremberg, whilst berlin is the throat centre. london is, of course, the heart centre for great britain (and temporarily it is also the head centre, though this will not always be the case, whilst ottawa is the throat centre and sydney is the solar plexus centre of the british empire. some day i may indicate to you the centres through which the forces of manifestation have to work for the various nations. this information constitutes one of the major hierarchical sciences and indicates to us who know it the possibilities latent in any nation, the point of attainment and the opportunities for work and advancement, or the obstacles to progress; this is gauged by the light

if there is an awakened insight, a true and sympathetic justice and wise patience. the u.s.a. has a similar task to perform for the americas, calling for statesmanship of a high order and a spirit of understanding. it will also be apparent to you if you have rightly understood the above suggestions that the shamballa force is working through that community of federated nations called the british empire and is expressing the will-towards-synthesis and the will to just and legal procedure. it is the force of the hierarchy which can express itself increasingly through the united states of america, for an intuitive recognition of subjective realities and a real sense of the higher values can and frequently do control the impulses governing this group of federated states. the will-to-be of hum

exception. they bring nothing new. world anarchy the history of the world has been built around the theme of war; its points of crisis have been the great battles. the thought of revenge motivates some nations; the demand for the righting of ancient historical wrongs influences others; the restitution of lands, earlier held, directs the acts of others. for instance: the ancient glory of the roman empire must be restored at the expense of the helpless little peoples; the culture of france must be paramount and french security must outweigh all other considerations; british imperialism has in the past outraged other nations; german hegemony and "living space" must dominate europe, and the german superman must be the arbiter of human life; american isolationism would leave humanity defenceles

tes of america; there is talk of a new order in asia, of the good neighbour policy in america, of a federal union of the democratic nations; there is also the steady spread of the soviet socialist republics. certain major groupings would seem possible and probably advisable. they might be divided as follows: 1. a federal union of the great democracies after the war. this might include the british empire as a whole, the united states, the scandinavian countries and certain northern european nations, including germany. 2. a union of the latin countries, including france, spain, all the mediterranean countries, the balkan countries (except one or two which might be absorbed into the u.s.s.r, and south america. 3. the united soviet socialist republics and certain asiatic nations working in col

le and the fires of revenge can have time to die down, the agony of mankind can be assuaged, and time be gained for calm, unhurried planning. 2. the danger of a return to so-called normality. the outstanding disaster which faces humanity at this time is a return to the state of affairs prior to the outbreak of war, and the rehabilitation of the old familiar world, with its imperialism (whether of empire or finance, its nationalisms and its distressed, exploited minorities, its vile distinctions and separative barriers between rich and poor, between the oriental and the occidental, and between the castes and classes which are found in every land without any exception. 3. the dangers incident to the necessary adjustments between the nations. any adjustment made- 243- the externalisation of t

ns of the germans will spare any of their citizens eventually to form a nation. the demand for national recognition is widespread; the emphasis upon humanity as the important unit is little heard. those nations impede the path of progress who live in the memory of their past history and boundaries and who look back upon what they call "a glorious past" resting upon the recollection of national or empire rule over the weak. this is a hard saying, but the nationalistic spirit constitutes a grave peril to the world; if perpetuated in any form, except as contributory to the good of humanity as a whole, it will throw the world (after the war) back into the dark ages and leave men no better off than they were, even though there have been twenty years of travail and agony. we could take the natio

f great value; the peculiar genius of each nation must be evoked for the enriching of the entire human family; the new civilisation must have its roots in and emerge out of the past; new ideals must come forth and be recognised, and for that the events and education of the past will have prepared the people. humanity itself must be the goal of interest and effort, and not any particular nation or empire. all this has to be wrought out in a practical, realistic manner, divorced from visionary, mystical and impractical dreams, and all that is done must be founded on one basic recognition human brotherhood, expressing itself in right human relations. the revolt so widely prevalent against the "vague visionings" of humanitarian dreamers is based upon the fact that out of the welter of words an

he law of rebirth. one of the english masters has in hand the definite guidance of the anglo-saxon peoples towards a joint destiny. the future for the anglo-saxon is great and not yet has the highest flow of the tide of its civilisation been reached. history holds much glory for england and america when they work together for world good, not supplanting each other or interfering with each other's empire but working in the fullest unison for the preservation of the peace of the world and the right handling of world problems in the field of economics and of education. as the seventh ray of organisation and of ceremonial work is now coming into prominence and manifestation, the work of the master on that ray is that of synthesising, on the physical plane, all parts of the plan. the master rak

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

aterial ends and narrow theological and mental tenets, the hierarchy has been forced (much against its will) to withdraw some measure of its protecting power (though not all of it, fortunately for mankind. the way to the door where evil dwells was unimpeded, and humanity opened wide the door. the entrance for what might be regarded as cosmic evil was first opened in the decadent days of the roman empire (which was one reason why the christ chose to manifest in those days, was opened wider under the corrupt regime of the kings of france and, in our own day, has been opened still wider by evil men in every land. remember that the evil to which i refer here is not necessarily the foul and vile things about which people speak with bated breath. these are largely curable and the processes of in

ver there is a withering of the law and an uprising of lawlessness on all sides, then i manifest myself. for the salvation of the righteous and the destruction of such as do evil, for the- 494- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust firm establishing of the law, i come to birth in age after age" in the lawless and wicked period of the roman empire, the christ came. another instance of a notable and most ancient invocation is to be found in the gayatri where the people invoke the sun of righteousness in the words "unveil to us the face of the true spiritual sun, hidden by a disk of golden light, that we may know the truth and do our whole duty, as we journey to thy sacred feet" to this we should also add the four noble truths, as enun

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

ey embody the entire story of the relationship of spirit and matter, of life and form, and of soul and body. first "nature expresses invisible energies through visible forms" back of the objective world of phenomena, human or solar, small or great, organic or inorganic, lies a subjective world of forces which is responsible for the outer form. behind the outer material shell is to be found a vast empire of being, and it is into this world of living energies that both religion and science are now penetrating. everything outer and tangible is a symbol of inner creative forces and it is this idea that underlies all symbology. a symbol is an outer and visible form of an inner and spiritual reality. it is with this interplay of the outer form and the inner life [11] that hercules wrestles. he k

ARADIA GOSPEL OF THE WITCHES

e due (if not altogetherdue) to unavoidable causes which we cannot help, as, for instance, heredity, the being born sav-ages, or poor, or in vice, or unto bigotry and virtue in excess, or unto inquisitioning that is to say,when we are so overburdened with innately born sin that all our free will cannot set us free fromit. 31 it was during the so-called dark ages, or from the downfall of the roman empire until the thirteenthcentury, that the belief that all which was worst in man owed its origin solely to the monstrous abus-es and tyranny of church and state. for then, at every turn in life, the vast majority encountereddownright shameless, palpable iniquity and injustice, with no law for the weak who were withoutpatrons. page 61 n r r r r r lavernawas the roman goddess of thieves, pickpock

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

in.s. more ancient tradition states that other important historical figures were hiders of termas, including king songtsen gampo (srong btsan sgam po; 617-649. however, as the tradition has solidified, padmasambhava has become its central figure. despite the later popularity of padmasambhava as the chief originator of terma texts, it is significant that such prestigious figures of tibet s ancient empire specifically its most lauded kings were initially attached to the terma tradition. davidson, in his exploration of the tradition s early history, suggests that termas provide a perceptible connection to tibet s dynastic past. certainly the fallen empire itself, or at least the buddhist ideals that have come to recreate it, became viewed as a treasure to be continually discovered across tibe

transmission (eleventh century) onward, the land of tibet is perceived as a buddha land manifested out of the compassion of the bodhisattva avalokite.vara. matthew kapstein argues convincingly that this change was due to a dual process of buddhist conversion. during the height of imperial expansion in the yarlung dynasty, buddhism was incorporated for a number of political reasons to validate the empire as a center of the buddha s knowledge and power. after the dynasty fell, this mythic self-representation remained and the empire was in turn mythologized to validate buddhism. the attitude of conquest in tibet during these periods shifted from political to spiritual. by this process, the cult of avalokite.vara expanded in popularity, and in this view tibet itself came to supersede india as

manifests as the ritual act of purifying the land to further buddhist goals. this, then, can be read as a physical act of redefining the 115 see miller 2003 and stein 1972, p. 39. 116 for further references on the "supine demoness" see gyatso 1987, who provides a survey of this myth in multiple contexts, and miller 2003, who discusses this legend in the context of the consolidation of the tibetan empire. for a feminist interpretation, see marko 2003. see also blondeau and gyatso 2003. 60 mythographic landscape of tibet along a buddhist narrative parallel to the symbolic reenvisioning of the tibetan past through a buddhist lens, as discussed in chapter 2. significantly, such a symbolic reenvisioning through temple construction can also be found in the architecture of samy monastery, intenti

deity begtse (beg tse) who possessed the nechung oracle, though this tradition is not widely accepted today. 132 lama allowed the government to foil these plans before they were executed.239 for a further political motivation, georges dreyfus explains that the fifth dalai lama and his newly established government "used ne-chung s connection with pe-har to emphasize their connection with the early empire and thus strengthen their legitimacy."240 the nechung oracle lineage still exists today in dharamsala, north india where the fourteenth dalai lama resides. the dalai lama continues to consult the nechung oracle concerning the political endeavors of his government-in-exile. heller notes that this is the only state oracle tradition still in existence today, thus implying that the tsiu marpo o

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

herub' of old. god created satan, the fairest and wisest of all his creatures in this part of his universe, and made him prince of the world, and of the power of the air. he was placed in an eden, which was both far anterior to the eden of genesis. and of an altogether different and more substantial character, resembling the new jerusalem. thus, satan being perfect in wisdom, and beauty, his vast empire is our earth, if not the whole solar system. certainly no other angelic power of greater or even equal dignity has been revealed to us. the archangel michael himself is quoted by jude as preserving towards the prince of darkness the respect due to a superior, however wicked he may be, until god has formally commanded his deposition" then we are informed that "satan was from the moment of hi

of various conflicting and contradictory legends about them, gathered from pagan sources. the coluber tortuosus "the tortuous snake" a qualification said to have originated with the jews, had quite another meaning before the roman church distorted it- among others, a purely astronomical meaning. the "serpent" fallen from on high "deorsum fluens" was credited with the possession of the keys of the empire of the dead[[tou thanatus arche] to that day, when jesus saw it "falling like lightning from heaven (luke x. 17, 18, the roman catholic interpretation of cadebat ut fulgur to the contrary, notwithstanding; and it means indeed that even "the devils are subject" to the logos- who is wisdom, but who, as the opponent of ignorance, is satan or lucifer at the same time. this remark refers to divi

ind of that light which seeks to drag us towards the abyss of death, folly. hallucinations, visions, ecstasies are all forms of a very dangerous excitation due to this interior phosphorus. thus light, finally, is of the nature of fire, the intelligent use of which warms and vivifies, and the excess of which, on the contrary, dissolves and annihilates. thus man is called upon to assume a sovereign empire over that (astral) light and conquer thereby his immortality, and is threatened at the same time with being intoxicated, absorbed, and eternally destroyed by it. this light, therefore, inasmuch as it is devouring, revengeful, and fatal, would thus really be hell-fire, the serpent of the legend; the tormented errors of which it is full, the tears and the gnashing of teeth of the abortive bei

ype of moses in his legend) reign in the city of akkad about 1600 b.c- probably out of a latent respect for moses, whom the bible makes to flourish 1571 b.c- we now learn from the first of the six hibbert lectures delivered by professor a. h. sayce, of oxford, in 1887, that "old views of the early annals of babylonia and its religions have been much modified by recent discovery. the first semitic empire, it is now agreed, was that of sargon of accad, who established a great library, patronized literature, and extended his conquests across the sea into cyprus. it is now known that he reigned as early as b.c. 3750 "the accadian monuments found by the french at tel-loh must be even older, reaching back to about b.c. 4,000" in other words, to the fourth year of the world's creation agreeably w

000 years before* but their initiates had preserved all the records. even so late as the time of herodotus, they had still in their possession the statues of 341 kings who had reigned over their little atlanto-aryan sub-race (vide about the latter "esoteric buddhism" p. 66, fifth edition) if one allows only twenty years as an average figure for the reign of each king, the duration of the egyptian empire has to be pushed back, from the day of herodotus, about 17,000 years. bunsen allowed the great pyramid an antiquity of 20,000 years. more modern archaeologists will not give it more than 5,000, or at the utmost 6,000 years; and generously concede to thebes with its hundred gates, 7,000 years from the date of its foundation. and yet there are records which show egyptian priests- initiates- j

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

s- the fruits of kriyasakti. as time rolled on the holy caste of initiates produced but rarely, and from age to age, such perfect creatures: beings apart, inwardly, though the same as those who produced them, outwardly. while in the infancy of the third primitive race "a creature of a more exalted kind was wanting yet, and therefore was designed; conscious of thought, of more capacious breast for empire formed and fit to rule the rest" it was called into being, a ready and perfect vehicle for the incarnating denizens of higher spheres, who took forthwith their abodes in these forms born of spiritual will and the natural divine power in man. it was a child of pure spirit, mentally unalloyed with any tincture of earthly element. its physical frame alone was of time and of life, as it drew it

embodied entity called man. both these lead on the outward man, but one of them must prevail; and from the very beginning of the invisible affray the stern and implacable law of compensation steps in and takes its course, faithfully following the fluctuations. when the last strand is woven, and man is seemingly enwrapped in the net-work of his own doing, then he finds himself completely under the empire of this self-made destiny. it then either fixes him like the inert shell against the immovable rock, or carries him away like a feather in a whirlwind raised by his own actions, and this is- karma. a materialist, treating upon the periodical creations of our globe, has expressed it in one sentence "the whole past of the earth is nothing but an unfolded present" this was buchner, who little

BOOK OF DOOM

use this book means doom to servitude, mediocrity, and weakness. 1.7. the book of doom has been available for mankind as long as they roamed this planet, first as an oral tradition, then in written copies or in ideogrammic forms that were well guarded. 1.8. it exists in many forms and translations. 1.9. each of its forms contains the keys that unlock the knowledge, power and wisdom of the ancient empire. 1.10. with the power of the book of doom you will receive the keys so that you can work toward being accepted into the great interstellar order of algol. 1.11. the decision lies always with you. 1.12. this is so because you are the one who decides about his or her own fate. 1.13. if you think that you are ready for the book of doom, you may go ahead to reach for the keys that help you unlo

have the keys to specific expressions of power. 3.6. in the beginning is chaos. 3.7. algol is the gate of chaos which creates the worlds. 3.8. the world creates from the below of the chaos to the above. 3.9. created deities will always claim to have created the worlds. 3.10. this is so because created deities can neither understand themselves nor can they understand time. 3.11. the great infernal empire is the threshold of chaos and abyss. 3.12. there are four main realms in the great infernal empire. 3.13. the first realm of the great infernal empire is the infernal government, with lucifer, belial, satan, beelzebub, astaroth, and pluto. 3.14. the second realm of the great infernal empire is the domain of the seven infernal grand dukes, whose names are: mephistophilis, ariel, anifel, marb

n the great infernal empire. 3.13. the first realm of the great infernal empire is the infernal government, with lucifer, belial, satan, beelzebub, astaroth, and pluto. 3.14. the second realm of the great infernal empire is the domain of the seven infernal grand dukes, whose names are: mephistophilis, ariel, anifel, marbuel, aziel, aziabel, and barbuel. 3.15. the third realm of the great infernal empire is the domain of the five grand ministers and secret infernal counsels, whose names are: asmodeus, leviathan, baal, belphegor, and lucifuge. 3.16. the fourth realm of the great infernal empire is the domain of the twelve dukes, whose names are: ashmunaday, kedemel, set, hasmoday, sorath, hekate, lilith, barzabel, behemoth, nambroth, zazel, and hismael. 3.17. study well what the spirits of t

een somewhat distorted in this german classic. the hierarchy of the o.a.i. is indeed following these ancient principles as shown in this chapter, and so is the hierarchy of all branches of the o.a.i. caput quartum: the infernal alphabet of doom part 1: letters from f through g 4.1. the first letter of the infernal alphabet is f; it is ruled by lucifer, who is emperor supreme of the great infernal empire. 4.2. the second letter of the infernal alphabet is h; it is ruled by belial, who is viceroy of the great infernal empire. 4.3. the third letter of the infernal alphabet is t; it is ruled by satan, who is governor supreme of the great infernal empire. 4.4. the fourth letter of the infernal alphabet is th; it is ruled by beelzebub, who is governor of the great infernal empire. 4.5. the fifth

the great infernal empire. 4.3. the third letter of the infernal alphabet is t; it is ruled by satan, who is governor supreme of the great infernal empire. 4.4. the fourth letter of the infernal alphabet is th; it is ruled by beelzebub, who is governor of the great infernal empire. 4.5. the fifth letter of the infernal alphabet is l; it is ruled by astaroth, who is governor of the great infernal empire. 4.6. the sixth letter of the infernal alphabet is b; it is ruled by pluto, who is governor of the great infernal empire. 4.7. the seventh letter of the infernal alphabet is k; it is ruled by mephistophilis, who is grand duke of the great infernal empire. 4.8. the eighth letter of the infernal alphabet is o; it is ruled by ariel, who is grand duke of the great infernal empire. 4.9. the nint

he great infernal empire. 4.7. the seventh letter of the infernal alphabet is k; it is ruled by mephistophilis, who is grand duke of the great infernal empire. 4.8. the eighth letter of the infernal alphabet is o; it is ruled by ariel, who is grand duke of the great infernal empire. 4.9. the ninth letter of the infernal alphabet is y; it is ruled by anifel, who is grand duke of the great infernal empire. 4.10. the tenth letter of the infernal alphabet is a; it is ruled by marbuel, who is grand duke of the great infernal empire. 4.11. the eleventh letter of the infernal alphabet is s; it is ruled by aziel, who is grand duke of the great infernal empire. 4.12. the twelfth letter of the infernal alphabet is r; it is ruled by aziabel, who is grand duke of the great infernal empire. 4.13. the t

reat infernal empire. 4.11. the eleventh letter of the infernal alphabet is s; it is ruled by aziel, who is grand duke of the great infernal empire. 4.12. the twelfth letter of the infernal alphabet is r; it is ruled by aziabel, who is grand duke of the great infernal empire. 4.13. the thirteenth letter of the infernal alphabet is m; it is ruled by barbuel, who is grand duke of the great infernal empire. 4.14. the fourteenth letter of the infernal alphabet is e; it is ruled by asmodeus, who is grand minister of the great infernal empire. 4.15. the fifteenth letter of the infernal alphabet is u; it is ruled by leviathan, who is grand minister of the great infernal empire. 4.16. the sixteenth letter of the infernal alphabet is n; it is ruled by baal, who is grand minister of the great infern

ire. 4.14. the fourteenth letter of the infernal alphabet is e; it is ruled by asmodeus, who is grand minister of the great infernal empire. 4.15. the fifteenth letter of the infernal alphabet is u; it is ruled by leviathan, who is grand minister of the great infernal empire. 4.16. the sixteenth letter of the infernal alphabet is n; it is ruled by baal, who is grand minister of the great infernal empire. 4.17. the seventeenth letter of the infernal alphabet is i; it is ruled by belphegor, who is secret infernal counsel of the great infernal empire. 4.18. the eighteenth letter of the infernal alphabet is g; it is ruled by lucifuge, who is secret infernal counsel of the great infernal empire. translator's note: it is interesting that the sounds of these letters correlate to the system of eig

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

her, healer and the faithful wife who annually restored seite 36 wicca01.txt her consort osiris to life, thus magically causing the nile to flood and fertility to return to the land. she is the patroness of magick and spell-casting, having tricked ra the sun god into giving her his secrets. some accounts say she was taught by thoth, god of wisdom and learning. her cult spread throughout the roman empire and she remained in mediterranean lands in her guise as the black madonna, holding her infant son horus, until the middle ages. she is sometimes represented as a vulture, in which form she appears on amulets (protective charms) with an ankh, the symbol for life, engraved on each talon. isis demonstrated the power of maternal protection when she hid horus in the marshes from his evil uncle w

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an community of alexandria, preaches his homilies on genesis along with a lot of other works 216 to 276- life of mani, the illuminator, who founded manicheism, based on ideas from judaism, christianity, zoroasterism, gnosticism, etc. 244-261 mani sent a mission to egypt under adda and patteg reaching as far as alexandria and another mission was led by ammo penetrating to the far north-east of the empire, to parthia and marv and beyond where he founded communities. 250-325 ce iamblicus, neoplatonic philosopher, was born in chalcis, coele-syria 261-62 manichaean mission, led by adda and abzaxya made converts among the christian in karkuk. 262-310 porphyry of tyre, student of plotinus c. 270. christian monks begin congregating in the deserts of syria and egypt; of them possibly the most rekno

gnostic alchemist zosimos of panopolis, in whom he placed the historical point of the convergence of gnosticism and alchemy. zosimos accepted the hermetic teaching that the origin of the term "chemae" was from the books of the divine art of attaining immortality given to man by the fallen angels. 313: under emperor constantine, the edict of milan makes christianity a legal religion throughout the empire. a few years later, constantine begins building a new imperial capital on the bosphorus, which he modestly names constantinople. c.318 pachomius left his hermitage at an old serapis temple and founded the first known cenobitical or "communal type" monastery at tabennis near denderah, egypt. 325 council of nicea, can. of christian bible (to 13th cent) puranas. iamblichus: on nicomachus's int

y the rasa'il of ikhwan as-safa (encyclopaedia of the brotherhood of purity) and, possibly, by hermetic sources< bahya s the duties of the heart, written in arabic in around 1075, denote the first complete assimilation of muslim ascetic theology into judaism -s.d. goitein, ebrei e arabi, 1980, p. 179> 1162 to 1227- life of genghis khan, conqueror of china and russia, invader of europe and islamic empire, destroyer of assassin power. approximate beginnings of the wandering of the gypsies of north india. 1163: work begins on the gothic cathedral of notre-dame de paris. 1165 prester john letter addressed to manuel commentus, emperor of byznatium. c.1165- 1210 jehan bodel troubadour from provence. c. 1165- c. 1230 eleazar ben judah of worms. sodei razayya("secrets of secrets) in 4 parts -1st p

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aking one of us by the hand, with most profound reverence presented us to the king, whereupon the virgin began to speak thus: that to honour your royal majesties (most gracious king and queen) these lords here present have ventured here in peril of body and life, your majesties have reason to rejoice, especially since the greatest part are qualified for the enlarging of your majesties estates and empire, as you will find by a most gracious and particular examination of each of them. herewith i desired to have them presented in humility to your majesties, with most humble suit to discharge myself of this commission of mine, and most graciously to take sufficient information from each of them, concerning both my actions and omissions. hereupon she laid down her branch upon the ground. now it

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e generations, and extraterrestrial intervention, was both positive and negative. there was the civilisation called sumer in mesopotamia (now iraq, which developed alongside the birth of the brotherhood 23 the tigris and euphrates rivers. sumer is believed to have originated from around 6000bc, although such figures must be treated as only estimates. this would later become part of the babylonian empire, which greatly influenced the beliefs of judaism and, through that, christianity, as did the egyptian civilisation. you can read the detailed history of all this in the robots' rebellion. a contact who has worked on the 'inside' of government and security agencies in the uk told me a story which relates both to sumer and the themes of an extraterrestrial takeover. he says that in the 1960s

sonary or speculative masonry was born. it is likely that francis bacon was a force behind this transformation. the centre of the freemasonic network that now expanded rapidly was a new grand lodge (launched in london in 1717) which became known as the mother grand lodge of the world. it was a centre of freemasonic manipulation, encouraging other lodges to be set up throughout europe, the british empire, and the americas. many other versions of freemasonry were introduced, including the york rite and the scottish rite of michael ramsey (which was based on the knights templar system. the scottish rite has 33 degrees of initiation and today has enormous influence in the politics, economics, military, and security services of britain, europe, the united states, and many other countries. new y

ed briefly for the oppenheimer bank in hanover and then became a money lender who acted as paper power 39 an agent for william ix, landgrave of hesse-cassel. in 1785, william inherited the largest family fortune in europe, estimated at some $40 million.1 some of this was accumulated by hiring out troops to britain to fight in the brotherhood-engineered american war of independence. the rothschild empire was built on money embezzled by mayer amschel from william, who had in turn stolen it from the soldiers he had hired out to the british. the money, perhaps around $3 million, was paid by the british government to william to pay the soldiers, but he kept it for himself.2 william gave this money to rothschild to hide it from napoleon's armies, but instead rothschild sent it to england with hi

lliam, who had in turn stolen it from the soldiers he had hired out to the british. the money, perhaps around $3 million, was paid by the british government to william to pay the soldiers, but he kept it for himself.2 william gave this money to rothschild to hide it from napoleon's armies, but instead rothschild sent it to england with his son nathan to establish the london branch of the family's empire. nathan used the money to buy a vast quantity of gold from the east india company and he used this gold to finance the duke of wellington's military exploits. nathan manipulated the situation in such a way that this became the origin of the enormous rothschild fortune. we should remember that money, like everything, is an energy. it can be used for positive and negative purposes and it will

s military exploits. nathan manipulated the situation in such a way that this became the origin of the enormous rothschild fortune. we should remember that money, like everything, is an energy. it can be used for positive and negative purposes and it will carry the energy of the 'intent' behind it. to have the house of rothschild built on money which was embezzled from an embezzler meant that the empire was built from the 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

on the original loan to the governments. then, when the two or more countries have devastated each other with the help of money provided by the banks, those same banks lend them more money that doesn't exist to rebuild their shattered nations and infrastructure. this produces even more profits for the banks and, through debt, gives them control of those countries and their peoples. the rothschild empire quickly became highly skilled in such manipulation, as did those in america like j.r morgan, the rockefeller empire, and many others who, when you look behind the front organisations and 40. and the truth shall set you free smokescreens, are controlled by the same few families and individuals. there is evidence to suggest that in fact the house of rothschild was behind both of these great a

the stockmarket immediately rebounded and surged upwards. nathan proceeded to sell the stocks he had secretly acquired and reaped massive profits. this same basic method has been used ever since and is still used today to manipulate financial markets. stock market panics are not random. they are engineered to the detriment of everyone, except those who create them. the approach of the rothschild empire was summed up by mayer amschel when he said "give me control of a nation's currency and i care not who makes the laws".4 nathan rothschild took the rothschild fortune and influence to new levels. he boasted that he multiplied their capital 2,500 times in the course of five years.5 he established the private banking concern n.m. rothschild and sons in london with branches in paris, berlin, v

operates today, with a few at the centre using endless different fronts and names for the same organisation. just look at the names above the shops in the average city centre; if you look at who actually owns them, you will find it is the same few groups. you also find this with the apparently paper power 41 different soap powders and other products in the supermarkets. in america, the rothschild empire was represented by companies like kuhn, loeb, and co and it is likely, according to some researchers, that us companies such as j.p. morgan, speyer, and lehman, were also controlled or greatly influenced by the rothschilds. the british prime minister, benjamin disraeli, was very close to the rothschild family. they lent his government 4 million to buy a controlling stake in the suez canal i

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yed by a staggering cataclysm that struck the earth, maybe 11,500 to 12,000 years ago. atlantis went the same way, in stages, over the thousands of years that followed. the universal stories of the great flood are related to this. when atlantis came to an end amid more enormous geological upheavals, the bloodlines and their "gods" began again in the near and middle east from about 4,000bc with an empire based in sumer in what is now iraq, between the rivers euphrates and tigris. sumer, according to official "history, was the start of human "civilisation, but, in fact, it was merely the re-start after the atlantis upheavals. the seeding of extraterrestrial-human bloodlines continued and so did the policy of placing the purest of these hybrids, the reptilian-nordics, into the positions of ro

icial "history, was the start of human "civilisation, but, in fact, it was merely the re-start after the atlantis upheavals. the seeding of extraterrestrial-human bloodlines continued and so did the policy of placing the purest of these hybrids, the reptilian-nordics, into the positions of royal and administrative power over the people in sumer, egypt, babylon, the indus valley, and, as the sumer empire expanded, much further afield. similar seeding went on in other parts of the world, like the americas and china, but the middle eastern area was the most important to these extraterrestrial factions (at least at that time. these factions were dominated by the reptilian or "serpent race. over thousands of years these peoples expanded out of the middle and near east into europe and the "royal

king to perpetuate a particular genetic code, which can be quickly diluted by breeding outside of their hybrid circle. in the ancient world, one of the headquarters for the secret society network or illuminati, through which these bloodlines manipulate humanity, was babylon, also in the lands of sumer. this illuminati network then moved its headquarters to rome and during that time came the roman empire and the creation of the roman church, or institutionalised christianity. the headquarters moved on into northern europe after the fall of the roman empire and for a period was based in amsterdam, the netherlands. this was when the dutch began to build their empire through the dutch east india company and they settled south africa. in 1688, one of these hybrid bloodlines, william of orange

company and they settled south africa. in 1688, one of these hybrid bloodlines, william of orange, invaded england from the netherlands and took the british throne as william iii in 1689. william ruled jointly with queen mary and alone after her death in 1694. from this time, the illuminati moved their centre of operations to london. what followed, of course, was the "great" and enormous british empire. the plot xxiii this vast expansion of the british and other european empires to all parts of the world exported these nefilim hybrid bloodlines to every continent, including, most importantly today, to north america. when these european empires began to recede and collapse, especially in the 20th century, it appeared that these lands, like the americas, africa, and australia, had won their

agenda for the complete centralised control of the planet through a world government, central bank, currency, army, and a micro-chipped population connected to a global computer. this is the very governmental structure that is now staring us in the face. the bloodlines that control the world and our lives today are the same bloodlines that ruled lemuria, atlantis, sumer, egypt, babylon, the roman empire, and the british and european empires. they are the presidents of the united states, the prime ministers, the leading banking and business families, the media owners, and those who control the military. we have been ruled by the same interbreeding tribe of extraterrestrial or inner-terrestrial hybrids, the nefilim, for thousands of years and we are now facing a crucial time in their unfoldi

ich is nearly 500 feet high, consists of six and a half million tons of stone and around two and a half million individual blocks. some weigh 70 tons and in the other pyramids and walls are stones of 200, even 468 tons, and they are so perfectly cut and fitted together you could not get a piece of paper between designer history 13 them. there is enough stone in the great pyramid alone to build 30 empire state buildings and enough stone on the giza site to build a wall around the entire border of france some three metres high and one metre thick.2 some of these gigantic stones at giza and numerous temple sites were apparently taken from quarries hundreds of miles away. and we are told that "primitive" people did this? oh do come on. at baalbeck in the lebanon are structures thousands of yea

ntinent. but they are wrong on both counts, i would suggest. sumer was not the start of what is called civilised society on this planet. it was the most significant one to emerge after the catastrophe that destroyed the global society of the "golden age- atlantis and lemuria, or mu. sumer was not the beginning; it was the start-over-again which was to become the centre of another virtually global empire. indeed sumer, babylon, egypt, and the indus valley civilisations had actually begun tens of thousands of years before history records them. after the cataclysms, these advanced cultures in egypt and the indus valley, which "suddenly" and unexplainably manifested at a very high level of development, were not independent of sumer, as the historians claim. they were part of the same sumer emp

d of time, for there appears to be little or no background to these fundamental developments in writing and architecture."13 the question still to be answered is whether the incredible feats of building like the pyramids originate before the great cataclysms, which destroyed the legendary golden age (in other words, maybe upwards of 10,000 years ago and far longer, or were they built by the sumer empire which emerged when the world had again reached an advanced level of society after the upheavals. i have no doubt that it was a mixture of both. in the light of the rapidly emerging evidence, and the 16 children of the matrix fundamental re-assessment of timescales in the wake of that evidence, at least some of the world's greatest ancient wonders go back to the pre-cataclysmic global societ

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obalising bodies like the world bank, international monetary fund and the g-7/g-8summits. behind this constant and coordinated centralisation is a tribe of interbreedingbloodlines which can be traced to the ancient middle and near east. they emerged fromthere to become the royalty, aristocracy and priesthood of europe before expanding theirpower across the world, largely through the great british empire. this allowed the tribeto export its bloodlines to all the countries the british and european powers occupied,including the united states where they continue to run the show to this day. there havebeen just over 40 presidents of the united states and 33 of them have been geneticallyrelated to two people, englands king alfred the great and charlemagne, the famousmonarch in 9th century france

isdescribed in the sumerian tablets and the old testament (the sons of god whointerbred with the daughters of men. these hybrid human-reptile lines carry thereptilian genetic code and thus can be far more easily possessed by the reptilians ofthe lower fourth dimension. as we shall see, these bloodlines became the british andeuropean aristocracy and royal families and, thanks to the great british empire,they were exported across the world to rule the americas, africa, asia, australia,new zealand and so on. these genetic lines are manipulated into the positions ofpolitical, military, media, banking and business power and thus these positions areheld by lower fourth dimensional reptilians hiding behind a human form or by mind-puppets of the these same creatures. they operate through all race

y and france. theromans called them gauls and the greeks knew them as the keltoi or celts. groups ofthese celtic tribes also settled in bohemia and bavaria and others invaded northernitaly. sallust, the roman historian, records how romans were defeated a number of figure 8: the aryans and the reptile-aryans expanded by sea and land into europe under many names, andespecially thanks to the british empire, they would eventually take over the wodd. 61times by the cimbri, who he says were gauls. other roman historians say the cimbriwere celts. they were divided into three tribes, the belgae (north east france, thegauls (central france) and the acquitanae (southern france to the pyreneesmountains. by the second century bc, the gauls/celts (the white cimmerians from thecaucasus mountains and the

allywon, supremacy to control the course of events as the kings, queens, priests andmilitary leaders under the collective title i dub the babylonian brotherhood. that thebabylonians were part of the aryan race is confirmed by ancient inscriptions and titles.the kassi or cassi was a title first used by the phoenicians about 3,000 bc and thiswas adopted by the babylonians who ruled the mesopotamian empire. kassi alsoappears as a personal name of phoenicians in egypt and cassi was the inspiration forthe ruling kings known as catti in pre-roman britain, one of whom minted cas coinsfeaturing the sun-horse and other solar symbols.27this aryan expansion began as far back as 3,000 bc, probably earlier, with theirseafaring branch, the phoenicians. they were a technologically advanced peoplewho have

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 remnants of his people and settled in italy. there he married thedaughter of latinus, the king of the latins, and through this line later emerged theroman empire. according to many traditions, the grandson of aeneas, a man calledbrutus, landed in britain around 1,103 bc with a group of trojans, including somefrom colonies in spain. they referred to britain as the great white island after thewhite cliffs which abound on the south coast. in the south west of england is the townof totnes in devon, a short distance inland from torbay, the oldest seaport

d from torbay, the oldest seaport in the area.here there is a stone called the brutus stone on which, the legend says, the formertrojan prince stood after he first landed. welsh records say that brutus was met by threetribes of britons who proclaimed him king. brutus founded a city he called caer troia- new troy. the romans would later call it londinium. london became the operationalcentre of the empire of the babylonian brotherhood, and it still is, along with paris andthe v atican. in the king arthur stories, london or new troy, is troynavant, kingarthurs eastern gateway city and king arthurs camelot apparently means martiancity or city of mars. artefacts discovered by the german archaeologist, heinrichschliemann, at the site of ancient troy, contained many of the markings found onbritis

to the old testament, the one called abraham.king solomon and his temple are more symbolism. there is, again, no independentevidence for a person called king solomon. not once has his name appeared in anyinscriptions. before the levites wrote their texts, the greek historian herodotus (c. 485-425 bc, travelled and researched the lands and history of egypt and the near east. heheard nothing of the empire of solomon, the mass exodus of israelites from egypt, or thedestruction of the pursuing egyptian army in the red sea. nor did plato in his travels tothe same area. why? because it is all invention. the three syllables in sol-om-on are allnames for the sun in three languages. manly p hall wrote that solomon and his wives andconcubines were symbolic of the planets, moons, asteroids and other

nsidered sojewish is a genetic trait of southern russia and the caucasus, not israel. in 740 ad, apeople called the khazars had a mass conversion to judaism. koestler writes:the khazars came not from jordan, but from the volga, not from canaan, but from thecaucasus. genetically they are more related to the hun, uigar and the magyar than theseed of abraham, isaac and jacob. the story of the khazar empire, as it slowly emergesfrom the past, begins to look like the most cruel hoax that history has ever perpetrated.20there are two main sub divisions of those who call themselves jewish, thesephardim and the ashkenazim. the sephardim are the descendants of those wholived in spain from antiquity until the 15th century when they were expelled. theashkenazim are the ancestors of the khazars. in the

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ial realist philosophy espoused by nomolos was one of predator and prey emphasizing survival of the fittest. satan, remarked nomolos, was an androgynous being. in the future, he believed, mankind would evolve into an androgynous race. a new embassy a new aeon the embassy of lucifer was established in 1991 ce, by magus tsirk susej, as a political embassy representing the dark lord and his infernal empire and as the vehicle for the creation of a new aeon. magus susej understood at the time only that this new aeon, the aeon of lucifer, would begin sometime after the year 1999. in the year 2000, magus susej s magical experiments with aeonics culminated in the discovery of the word deitus as the magical dictum for the aeon of lucifer. the year 2001 ce became known as year 1 in the aeon of lucif

must accept responsibility for our actions both individually and collectively. there is much more to being a god than merely wielding power over others. we must accept the responsibility of actually being gods and act appropriately. the embassy of lucifer the embassy of lucifer (eol) was established in 1991, by magus tsirk susej, as a political embassy representing the dark lord and his infernal empire and as the vehicle for the creation of a new aeon. the ecclesiastical arm of the eol was known as the church of lucifer (col. the eol received a small amount of publicity (and caused a minor uproar in the small northern community of stewart, british columbia) when magus susej attempted to have the col added to the churches of stewart sign at the edge of town and placed in the churches of st

he earth, exercising the power and authority of the highest and ineffable king of hell* i bless and consecrate this water in the name of satan and in the name of lucifer (recite three times, then enter bath* sanctify me in the waters of the abyss that i may rise up, from this bath, reborn in the image of satan and go forth into the world as a living demon in the flesh to the glory of the infernal empire and to the majesty of the infernal king he, who shall reign forever upon the earth (exit bath, then say) as a sign of my rebirth, i take upon myself this cross which i shall wear at all times and in all places* dark lord, you have awakened me from death and given me life. i have emerged from the waters of leviatan, as a new born babe from the womb. wrapped in a blanket of darkness, i shall

ld, as lord of the underworld and the dead. i have taken the queen of the dead, as my wife and as my lover. once again, i return to the earth, reborn in the image of satan. i am reborn in the image of satan, as a living demon in the flesh (dip forefinger of left hand in anointing oil, form inverted pentagram on forehead. i am ordained as a priest of the dark lord and an ambassador of his infernal empire *recite threee times. invocation of the lord of the earth i call upon the lord of the earth, the horned god of the earth. pan, bacchus, dionysus, kernunnos, herne, lord of the earth, horned god of the earth, come forth and manifest thyself. lord of the earth, i invoke thee. lord of the earth, i summon thee. lord of the earth, i conjure thee. come forth, lord of the earth, and manifest thyse

forth, lord of the earth, and manifest thyself. come forth, lord of the earth, and manifest thyself. invocation of the queen of the earth i have called upon the lord of the earth, the horned god of the earth. and in calling upon the lord of the earth i have become the horned god of the earth. i am pan; i am bacchus; i am dionysus; i am kernunnos; i am herne. i sit upon the throne of the infernal empire, as lord of the living and the dead. i take the queen of the earth also as my wife and as my lover. ishtar, inanna, isis, demeter, ceres, queen of the earth, goddess of pleasure and fertility, come forth and manifest thyself. queen of the earth, i invoke thee. queen of the earth, i summon thee. queen of the earth, i conjure thee. come forth, queen of the earth, and manifest thyself within t

i am belial; and i am leviatan. i have opened the nine locks of the abyss and have received the mark of the beast. i have descended into the underworld, crossing the river styx. i have been baptized in the river styx and in the flames of hell. i have been reborn in the image of satan, as a living demon in the flesh. i have been ordained as a priest of the dark lord and ambassador of his infernal empire. i have sat upon the throne of the infernal empire as lord of the living and the dead. i have taken the dark goddess as my wife and as my lover. i have crossed the planetary spheres, the seven spheres above the earth, i have walked amonst the azonei, the unzoned ones, and the wanderers from the wastes. i have performed the ritual of descent. i have descended to the realm of chaos. i have be

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d be no doubt about it that he disliked the english and all their ways very much indeed. i think that i was the only pure-blooded anglo-saxon who was in touch with him. as far as i know, he did not concern himself with mundane plane political activities, his idea being to organise a meditation group which should pour the regenerative spiritual force of the east into the group- soul of the british empire, which he declared was in a very bad way indeed. i maintained, however, that the group-soul was not dying, as he held, but very tired, for it was immediately after the war. moreover, i could not see how any body who disliked it so very much was going to be able to regenerate it. nor was i sure that the regeneration was going to be to our taste if we were to get it. this man, whom i will cal

EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PAPYRUS OF ANI MALESTROM

information on the subject, or whether they were brought into egypt by the early immigrants from the asiatic continent whence they came, or whether they represent the religious books of the egyptians incorporated with the funeral texts of some prehistoric dwellers on the banks of the nile, are all questions which the possible discovery of inscriptions belonging to the first dynasties of the early empire can alone decide. the evidence derived from the p. xii its antiquity. enormous mass of new material which we owe to the all-important discoveries of mastaba tombs and pyramids by m. maspero, and to his publication of the early religious texts, proves beyond all doubt that the greater part of the texts comprised in the book of the dead are far older than the period of mena (menes, the first

econd the king's name is given as hesep-ti. thus it appears that in the period of the xith dynasty it was believed that the chapter might alternatively be as old as the time of the ist dynasty. further, it is given to hesep-ti in papyri of the xxist dynasty,[10] a period when particular attention was paid to the history of the book of the dead; and it thus appears that the egyptians of the middle empire believed the chapter to date from the more [1. the date of mena, the first king of egypt, is variously given b.c. 5867 (champollion, b.c. 5004 (mariette, b.c. 5892 (lepsius, b.c. 4455 (brugsch. 2 see chabas, aeg. zeitschrift, 1865, p. 95. on the subject of the antiquity of egyptian civilization generally, see chabas, tudes sur l'antiquit historique d'apr s les sources gyptiennes, paris, 187

h difficulty to be understood,[2] and we also know the prominent part which he took as a recognized man of letters in bringing to the court of his father khufu the sage tetteta.[3] it is then not improbable that herutataf's character for learning may have suggested the connection of his name with the chapter, and possibly as its literary reviser; at all events as early as the period of the middle empire tradition associated him with it [1 "on explique d'ordinaire cette indication comme une marque d'antiquit extr me; on part de ce principe que le livre des morts est de composition relativement moderne, et qu'un scribe gyptien, nommant un roi des premi res dynasties memphites, ne pouvait entendre par l qu'un personnage d' poque tr s recul e. cette explication ne me para t pas tre exacte. en

ale" etc, with the promise "anpu-khent-amenta shall give thee thy thousands of loaves of bread, thy thousands of vases of ale, thy thousands of vessels [1. wiedemann, aegyptische geschichte, p. 170. in a mastaba at sakkara we have a stele of sheri, a superintendent of the priests of the ka, whereon the cartouches of sent and per-ab-sen both occur. see mariette and maspero, les mastaba de l'ancien empire, paris, 1882, p. 92. 2. see lepsius, auswahl, bl. 9. 3. see maspero, guide du visiteur au mus e de boulaq, 1883, pp. 31, 32, and 213 (no. 1027. 4 a discussion on the method of depicting this altar on egyptian monuments by borchardt may be found in aeg. zeitschrift, bd. xxxi, p. i (die darstellung innen verzierter schalen auf aeg. denkm lern. the versions of the book of the dead. http//www.s

"l'impression g n rale que l'on re oit au premier aspect du tombeau no. 5, est celle d'une extr me antiquit. rien en effet de ce que nous sommes habitu s voir dans les autres tombeaux ne se retrouve ici. le monument. est certainement le plus ancien de ceux que nous connaissons dans la plaine de saqqarah, et il n'y a pas de raison pour qu'il ne soit pas de la ire dynastie" les mastaba de l'ancien empire; paris, 1882, p. 73. because there is no incontrovertible proof that this tomb belongs to the ist dynasty, the texts on the stele of shera, a monument of a later dynasty, have been adduced as the oldest evidences of the antiquity of a fixed religious system and literature in egypt. 3. many of the monuments commonly attributed to this dynasty should more correctly be described as being the w

and other monuments--evidence of the extension of religious ceremonials, including the [1. see the texts of teta and pepi i. in maspero, recueil de travaux, t. v, pp. 20, 38 (ll. 175, 279, and pp. 165, t73 (ll. 60, 103, etc. 2. so far back as 1883, m. maspero, in lamenting (guide du visiteur de boulaq, p. 310) the fact that the b l q museum possessed only portions of wooden coffins of the ancient empire and no complete example, noticed that the coffin of mycerinus, preserved in the british museum, had been declared by certain egyptologists to be a "restoration" of the xxvith dynasty, rather than the work of the ivth dynasty, in accordance with the inscription upon it; but like dr. birch he was of opinion that the coffin certainly belonged to the ivth dynasty, and adduced in support of his

e (aeg. zeitschrift, bd. xxx, p. 94 ff) to prove by the agreement of the variants in the text on the coffin of mycerinus with those of texts of the xxvith dynasty, that the mycerinus text is of this late period, or at all events not earlier than the time of psammetichus. but it is admitted on all hands that in the xxvith dynasty the egyptians resuscitated texts of the first dynasties of the early empire, and that they copied the arts and literature of that period as far as possible, and, this being so, the texts on the monuments which have been made the standard of comparison for that on the coffin of mycerinus may be themselves at fault in their variants. if the text on the cover could be proved to differ as much from an undisputed ivth dynasty text as it does from those even of the vith

ribed upon the sarcophagus of taka, all of the xith and xiith dynasties, differ in extent only and not in character or contents from those of the royal pyramids of sakk ra of the vth and vith the versions of the book of the dead. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod03.htm (15 of 36 [8/10/2001 11:22:55 am] dynasties, it has been declared that the religion as well as the art of the first theban empire are nothing but a slavish copy of those of northern egypt.[2] the theban version. the theban version, which was much used in upper egypt from the xviiith to the xxth dynasty, was commonly written on papyri in the hieroglyphic character. the text is written in black ink in perpendicular rows of hieroglyphics, which are separated from each other by black lines; the titles of the chapters or s

ELIPHAS LEVI THE CONJURATION OF THE FOUR ELEMENTS

ngs! 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 returns to thee! endless movement in eternal stability, be thou eternally blest! we praise thee and bless thee in the changing empire of created light, of shadows, of reflections and of images; and we long unceasingly for thine immutable and imperishable light. let the ray of thy intelligence and the heat of thy love penetrate even to us; then what is movable will become fixed; the shadow will become a body; the spirit of the air will become a soul; the dream will become a thought, and we shall no longer be borne away by

surround thy throne, and who compose thy court, derive their origin. o father universal! only one! o father of blessed mortals and immortals! thou hast specially created powers who are marvelously like thine eternal thought and adorable essence. thou hast established them superior to the angels who announce to the world thy wishes. finally thou hast created us in the third rank in our elementary empire. there our continual employment is to praise thee and adore thy wishes. there we incessantly burn with the desire of possessing thee, o father! o mother! the most tender of all mothers! o admirable archetype of maternity and pure love! o son, the flower of sons! o form of all forms; soul, spirit, harmony and number of all things. amen. we exorcise the earth by the sprinkling of water, by th

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ation. henry of beaufort, cardinal of winchester, instigated the passage of an act, during the minority of henry vi, which forbade the masons to hold their accustomed chapters and assemblies. but the act was never enforced, and when henry vi. became of age he joined the order, while henry vii. was the grand master in england. the origin of operative masonry is traced back by many to the old roman empire, the pharaohs, the temple of solomon, even to the tower of babel and to the ark of noah. speculative free masonry originated in england and dates from the seventeenth century. its foundation lies in the "practice of moral and social virtue" its characteristic feature being charity in the broadest sense, brotherly love, relief and truth. it is because of this foundation, so closely approachi

ica, as at the cape of good hope and at sierra leone; on the gambia and on the nile; in all the larger islands of the pacific and indian oceans, as at ceylon, sumatra, st. helena, mauritius, madagascar; the sandwich group; in all the principal settlements of australia, as at adelaide, melbourne, parramatta, sidney, new zealand; in greece, where there is a grand lodge; in algeria, in tunis, in the empire of morocco, and wherever else in the old world the genius of civilization has obtained a standpoint, or christianity has erected the banner of the cross "in all the west india islands and in various parts of south america, as in peru, venezuela, new granada, guiana, brazil, chile, etc, masonry is prospering as never before. in mexico, even, respectable lodges are maintained, despite the opp

EMPERORS NEW RELIGION CHURCH OF SATAN

s or otherwise leave the new age milieu entirely. the ambiguity of the church of satan s views allows its followers to even radically adjust their views and still pay homage to the devil. instead of moving to another religion, they redefine their own religion to designate their new stance. it is a religious analogy to the warring states in chinese history: each state might win against the chinese empire, yet somehow it remained china. followers may shift stance many times and still refer to themselves as satanists, and a conflict does not ensue until they are confronted with discrepant views held by other people also believing to be satanists. it was not until the internet became available for everyone that such discrepancies became widely evident. where some new age religions keep their f

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y on onimancy. with the cock inside the circle, it must be observed from which letters he pecks the grains, and upon these letters new grains must be placed. the letters, when written down and put together will reveal the name of the person concerning whom inquiry has been made. according to legend the magician iamblicus used this art to discover the person who should succeed valens caesar in the empire, but the bird picking up four of the grains, those which lay on the letters t h e o, left it uncertain whether theodosius, theodotus, theodorus, or theodectes, was the person designated. valens, however, learning what had been done, put to death several individuals whose names unhappily began with those letters, and the magician, to avoid the effects of his resentment, took a draught of poi

the baby would have. if it were red, happy days were in store for the child, or if lead-colored, he would have misfortunes. american zen college encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 44 sources: waite, arthur edward. the occult sciences. 1891. reprint, secaucus, n.j: university books, 1974. amon according to an ancient grimoire, amon is the great and powerful marquis of the infernal empire. he is represented as a wolf with a serpent s tail, vomiting flame. when he appears in human form, his head resembles that of a large owl with canine teeth. he is the strongest of the princes of the demons, knows the past and the future, and can reconcile friends who have quarreled. he commands 40 legions. amorah quan yin (1950) amorah quan yin is the spiritual name of a contemporary channe

as sometimes represented as a large goat, sometimes as a horse, with an immense neck and frightful eyes. annius de viterbo (1432.1502) preaching friar born at viterbo who published a collection of manuscripts known as the antiquities of annius, full of fables and absurdities, and falsely attributed to berosus, fabius victor, cato, manettio, and others. he was also responsible for the treatise the empire of the turks and the book future triumphs of the christians over the turks and the saracens. these two works are explanations of the apocalypse. the author claimed that mahomet was the antichrist, and that the end of the world would take place when the christians overcome the jews and the muslims. annwyn (or annwfn) the celtic other-world. according to ancient belief, it might be located ei

erations that scientific investigation of apparitions has begun, growing out of the new post- enlightenment scientific mythologies, and resulting from the new level of skepticism towards paranormal occurrences that developed in the nineteenth century. there was an almost universal belief in ghosts, a belief which european explorers found among the peoples they encountered as they set out on their empire-building expansions. one of the most noteworthy features of ghosts in indigenous cultures was the fear and antagonism with which many regarded them. the spirits of the deceased were frequently thought to be unfriendly towards the living, desirous of drawing their souls into the spirit-world. sometimes, as with the australian aborigines, they were represented as malignant demons. naturally

ssional career and his leadership in the temple. aquarian foundation encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 82 sources: aquino, michael a. the church of satan. n.p: the author, 1989. lyons, arthur. satan wants you. new york: mysterious press, 1988. arabs the heyday of occultism, especially astrology and alchemy, occurred among the arab race at the time when the moors established their empire in the spanish peninsula. in the eighth century an arabian mystic revived the dreams and speculations of the alchemists and discovered some important secrets. geber, who flourished about 720.750, is reputed to have written upwards of five hundred works on the philosophers stone and the elixir of life. his researches in these occult subjects proved fruitless, but though the secrets of immort

0, and a naturalized american, became famous in the 1960s for his work as a ghost-hunter, appearing on television talk shows and serving as a favorite of celebrities. while he continued to pursue his work, his investigations were considered unreliable, in great part due to his faulty historical data. it was quite otherwise in budapest (and at this time hungary was then part of the larger austrian empire. here a considerable amount of interest was awakened, and many persons of note began to take part in the circles that were being formed there. among these persons were anton prohasker and dr. adolf grunhut. at length a society was formed, and baron edmund vay was elected president. a mr. lishner, of budapest, built a seance room, which the society rented. at that time there were some 110 me

monstrated much more interest in controlling the spread of ayahuasca than has the america drug enforcement agency. sources: ayahuasca home page. http//www.ayahuasca.com. june 12, 2000. luna, eduardo. ayahuasca visions. north atlantic books, 1999, and steven f. white, eds. ayahuasca reader: encounters with the amazon s sacred vine. synergistic press, 2000. ayperor (or ipes) a count of the infernal empire. ayton, w(illiam) a(lexander (1816.1909) modern alchemist and member of the famous hermetic order of the golden dawn occult society. he was born april 28, 1816, in london, england, and was educated at charterhouse school (then in london) and trinity hall, cambridge (matriculating 1837; latin prize essay, 1838.39; b.a, 1841. he was ordained as a deacon in the church of england in 1841 and be

archaeological school, 1892.95, and in egypt for the hellenic society, 1896; he also traveled in algiers, egypt, greece, and italy. he was elected mayor of rye, sussex, 1934.37, living at the famous lamb house that had been the residence of american novelist henry james for 18 years. he was an honorary fellow of magdalene college, cambridge, and was also made a member of the order of the british empire for his services to literature. his best-known fiction works were the series about social climber lucia pillson, later dramatized on british radio and television. his short stories on horror and fantasy themes showed him to be a master of the macabre. he died february 29, 1940. an e. f. benson society has been organized in britain, arranging social and literary events relating to benson and

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74.79. l ecuyer, michele. mafu. life times 1, no. 2 (winter 1986.87: 80.82. torres, penny [mafu. and what be god? vacaville, calif: mafu seminars, 1989. reflections on yeshua ben joseph. vacaville, calif: mafu seminars, 1989. magi priests of ancient persia and cultivators of the wisdom of zoroaster (or zarathustra (possibly 1500 b.c.e. they were instituted by cyrus when he founded the new persian empire and are supposed to have been of the median race. the german scholar k. w. f. von schlegel stated in his lectures on the philosophy of history (2 vols, 1829: they were not so much a hereditary sacerdotal caste as an order or association, divided into various and successive ranks and grades, such as existed in the mysteries.the grade of apprenticeship.that of mastership.that of perfect maste

terations in the hand of its median restorer, zoroaster, or whether this doctrine was preserved in all its purity by the order of the magi. he then remarked that on them devolved the important trust of the monarch s education, which must necessarily have given them great weight and influence in the state. they were in high credit at the persian gates (the oriental name given to the capital of the empire, and the abode of the prince) and they took the most active part in all the factions that encompassed the throne, or that were formed in the vicinity of the court. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. magi 955 in greece, and even in egypt, the sacerdotal fraternities and associations of the initiated, formed by the mysteries, had in general an indirect, although not unimportan

healed the sick in body and in spirit, and, in strict consistency with that character, ministered to the state, which is only the individual in a larger sense. the three grades of the magi alluded to were called the disciples, the professed, and the masters. they were originally from bactria, where they governed a little state by laws of their own choice, and by their incorporation in the persian empire, they greatly promoted the consolidation of the conquests of cyrus. their decline dates from the reign of darius hystaspes, about 500 b.c.e, by whom they were fiercely persecuted. this produced an emigration that extended from cappadocia to india, but they were still of so much consideration at a later period as to provoke the jealousy of alexander the great. magia posthuma (of c. f. de sch

holding the infant jesus, who in turn held a threepetaled lotus in his hand. the icon was seen to weep for the first time on november 14, 1696. it again was seen to weep on december 8, and on this second occasion the tears continued to flow for eleven days. the event had such impact that the town became known as mariapovch. word of the weeping icon reached the royal court of the austro-hungarian empire in vienna. the emperor ordered the icon to be brought to vienna. by the time that the emperor s representatives arrived to pick up the icon for transport back to vienna, it had become famous and large crowds gathered at every village on the way back to the capital, and they arrived only after many days delay. on december 1, 1698, the icon was finally placed in st. steven s basilica. the emp

the magician then dismisses the angel to his special sphere. besides having converse with angels, the magus also has power over the spirits of the elements and may choose to evoke one or more of them. to obtain power over the salamanders, for example, the comte de gabalis of the abbe de villars was largely concerned with the elementals and prescribed the following procedure: if you would recover empire over the salamanders, purify and exalt the natural fire that is within you. nothing is required for this purpose but the concentration of the fire of the world by means of concave mirrors in a globe of glass. in that globe is formed the solary powder, which being of itself purified from the mixture of other elements, and being prepared according to art becomes in a very short time a soverei

methuen, 1909. sunderland, la roy. pathetism: man considered in relation to his form, life, sensation; an essay towards a correct theory of mind. boston, 1847. the messenger the messenger, subtitled a guide to life s adventures, is a post-new age tabloid that serves southern california, with a particular focus on those counties immediately east of los angeles, popularly referred to as the inland empire, and on sedona, arizona, a small community looked upon by many as the center of the new age community in north america. each issue of the monthly newspaper is distributed freely throughout its target area since the initial appearance of the messenger in july of 1997. the messenger is built around a set of short feature articles, the great majority of which are written by new age leaders and

hologist who became a leading exponent of the teachings of g. i. gurdjieff and his most prominent pupil, p. d. ouspensky. nicoll was born in 1884. he was educated at aldenham school and caius college, cambridge university, going on to study medicine at st. bartholomew s hospital, london, and in vienna, berlin, paris, and zurich (b.a, m.b, b.c, cambridge; m.r.c.s, london. he was medical officer to empire hospital for injuries to the nervous system, a lecturer in medical psychology at birmingham university, england, and a member of the british psycho medical society. he became a member of the editorial staff of journal of neurology and psychopathy. during world war i he served in gallipoli in 1915 and mesopotamia in 1916. after his study in zurich, nicoll emerged as an early jungian psychoth

s known as the jehovah s witnesses, based his own prophecy of the second coming of christ. the edgar brothers, scottish bible students produced a massive two volume work on pyramidology beginning with russell s early writings. however, the majority of pyramidology texts were put to use by the british israelites, and the decline of british israelism that had followed the dismantling of the british empire had manifested in a marked reduction of interest in pyramidology in the last half of the twentieth century. among the last noteworthy attempts at selling pyramidology was one made by the encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. pyramids and pyramidology 1265 institute of pyramidology. adam rutherford founded the institute in london, england, in 1940, and it became an international

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ght and wastes not. at the dissolution of the monasteries in britain, by order of henry viii, a tomb, in yorkshire, purporting to be that of constantius chlorus, father of the great constantine, was opened and ransacked, and a lamp burning was found in it: he died 300 a.d.-see camden "brittania (gough's edition, iii. p. 572) lazius, in his "comment. reipub. romae" writes that the romans under the empire possessed the secret of preserving lights in tombs by means of the oiliness of gold, resolved by their art into a fluid.-see lib. iii, cap. 18. an ancient roman tomb was discovered in spain, near cordova, near the site of the ancient castellum priscum; in this tomb was found a lamp. this lamp is described by mr. wetherell, of seville. see an essay by wray "athenaeum" aug. 8th, 1846. the las

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

them back to atlantis, freeing other islands from atlantis s tyranny in the process. but when the battle was brought to atlantis s own shores, cataclysmic earthquakes and floods destroyed the island continent over a single night and day. the greek soldiers died along with the atlanteans, and atlantis sank to the bottom of the ocean, to rise no more. atlantis 31 illustration of the location of the empire of atlantis from atlantis: the antediluvian world by ignatius donnelly, 1882 (library of congress) that is not all the dialogues have to say, however. most of the discussion, much of it intricately detailed, describes a civilization that was nearly perfect before pride corrupted it. atlantis is supposed to be the place of model governance. in its prime it operated by the principles set fort

ace. the moon was also a colony of atlantis. modern-day astronauts found ruins of walls and roads there but were silenced by a government determined to keep the truth about atlantis from the public. the department of interplanetary affairs describes atlanteans as living lives of leisure and prosperity, while a national work force of robots, androids, and humanoids from genetic engineering did the empire s heavy lifting. atlantean science then fostered some bizarre genetic creations they discovered ways to cross-breed species to create mermaids and mermen, cyclops, unicorns and other creatures. that same genetic engineering gave atlanteans huge size and great strength. it all came crashing down, in both a literal and fig u r a t i ve sense, when the population s u r re n d e red itself to t

ecret had caused the attack. others saw it as just a tragic accident. in any case, marcoux s death ended efforts to explore blowing cave in search of underearthers. see also: hollow earth; shaver mystery further reading to ronto, richard, n.d. the sh a ver my s t e ry. http/ w w w. p a r a s c o p e. c o m/ n b/ a rt i c l e s/ s h a ve r/ my s t e ry. htm. untitled, n.d. http//www.rcbbs.com/docs/empire7. txt. bonnie in 1977, william hamilton, a california man interested in ufos, met a young, very pretty blond girl with almond-shaped eyes and perfect small teeth. bonnie, whom hamilton judged sincere and sane, told him she was born in 1951 in the lemurian city of telos, located inside an artificial domelike cavern a mile beneath mount shasta on california s northern border. bonnie told him

g to the channeling entity germane, human ancestors interacted with lyrans, members of an extraterrestrial race that functioned as stern, authoritarian teachers. early humans both revered and feared them. they were sturdy, large, light-skinned people. their symbols were birds, cats, and the phoenix. the phoenix image was an invention of theirs, intended to symbolize the indestructibility of their empire. they did not hold earthlings in high regard and hoped that the great flood would destroy all of them, so that the lyrans could start over with a new, improved civilization. other, more kindly disposed extraterrestrials, however, warned noah and others, and humanity was saved. travel to earth from the lyran system took generations. thus, once the lyrans arrived here, they could never leave

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our lungs, boys, swill and shout! up! holla! ho! altmayer my god! i m done for! here! some cotton wool! the fellow bursts my ear. siebel when vaulted ceilings echo back our song, then first we feel the bass is deep and strong. frosch quite right! then out with him who takes a thing amiss! ah! tara lara da! altmayer ah! tara lara da! frosch the throats are tuned for this! he sings. dear holy roman empire! say, how does it stick together? brander a nasty song! shame! a political song! a wretched song! thank god each morning, brother, that for the roman empire you don t need to bother! there is at least one gain i am most thankful for, that i m not kaiser and not chancellor. and yet we must not fail to have a ruler. stay! let us elect a pope! what do you say? you know the kind of quality that

is stricken, and no command will men obey. the citizen behind his wall, the knight upon his rocky nest, have sworn to last us out, and all maintain their power with stubborn zest. the mercenaries, restless growing, blusteringly demand their pay, and if to them no more were owing, they would be quick to run away. let one forbid what all men fain expect, he s put his hand into a hornet s nest; the empire which they should protect lies plundered, desolate, and waste. this furious riot no one is restraining, already half the world s undone; outside the realm kings still are reigning, but no one thinks it his concern- not one. treasurer who will depend upon allies! the funds they pledged as subsidies, like leaking pipe-borne water, do not flow. then, sire, of these wide states- yours by succes

lacking there, dig for a while the land. goblet and chain are auctioned off and sold; paper redeemed without delay in gold confounds the doubter who had scoffed and taunted. this men demand, to metals they are wonted. ready at hand the emperor s realm will hold henceforth enough of paper, jewels, gold. emperor. our realm owes you this great prosperity; as is the service, the reward should be. our empire s soil be trusted to your care, the worthiest guardians of the treasures there. you know the vast and well-preserved hoard, and when men dig, it s you must give the word. become as one, ye masters of our treasure, fulfil your stations dignities with pleasure here where in blest accord and unity the upper and the lower world agree. treasurer. twixt us no slightest strife shall cause division

lime, and slate, and other things from places distant. the people will haul these, thus from the pulpit taught; the church doth bless a man who serving her has wrought. exit. emperor great is the sin and heavy that i ve loaded on me; these tiresome sorcerers- sore damage have they done me. archbishop [returning again, with a very low obeisance. pardon, o sire, you gave that most notorious man the empire s coast; but he ll be smitten by the ban unless due penance to the holy church you tender and there tithe, interest, gifts, and revenues surrender. emperor [vexed] the land is not yet there; far out at sea it lies. archbishop a man who s right and patient sees his day arise. may your word in its strength forever be our stay! emperor [alone] i might as well cede my whole realm this very day

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

f religious teachers well versed in talmudic halacha (interpretations of verses in torah) and midrashic commentary (i.e. on the halacha. the sabaeans are thought to have been among the earliest inhabitants of syria, and only a little is known of their history, culture, and spirituality. the christian inhabitants consisted largely of the descendants of heretics who had been expelled from the roman empire. these arabian desert fathers possessed numerous apocalyptic and pseudo-epigraphic texts. but it is suspected that they had limited knowledge of the peshitta, and that the bulk of the material related to the prophet isa (master yeshuvah) and miryam (mary) in the qur an was derived from jewish sources. the hanifites were an arabian faith community largely concentrated in mecca, medina, and a

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tian beliefs, as well as, of course, by plato, especially the timaeus. they were perhaps the bible of an egyptian mystery religion, which possibly in kernel went back to the second century b.c" the mystery cult theory is opposed by festugiere, i, pp. 81 ff. 3 hermes trismegistus was highly organised and at peace. the pax romano, was at the height of its efficiency and the mixed populations of the empire were governed by an efficient bureaucracy. communications along the great roman roads were excellent. the educated classes had absorbed the graeco-roman type of culture, based on the seven liberal arts. the mental and spiritual condition of this world was curious. the mighty intellectual effort of greek philosophy was exhausted, had come to a standstill, to a dead end, perhaps because greek

ng in the seventeenth century. the world of the second century was weary of greek dialectics which seemed to lead to no certain results. platonists, stoics, epicureans could only repeat the theories of their various schools without making any further advances, and the tenets of the schools were boiled down in textbook form, in manuals which formed the basis of philosophical instruction within the empire. in so far as it is greek in origin, the philosophy of the hermetic writings is of this standardised type, with its smattering of platonism, neoplatonism, stoicism, and the other greek schools of thought. this world of the second century was, however, seeking intensively for knowledge of reality, for an answer to its problems which the normal education failed to give. it turned to other way

the gods than the busy rationalists, their successors. hence the strong revival of pythagoreanism in this age. they also had the impression that what is remote and far distant is more holy1; hence their cult of the "barbarians, of indian gymnosophists, persian magi, chaldean astrologers, whose approach to knowledge was felt to be more religious than that of the greeks.2 in the melting-pot of the empire, in which all religions were tolerated, there was ample opportunity for making acquaintance with oriental cults. above all, it was the egyptians who were revered in this age. egyptian temples were still functioning, and devout seekers after religious truth and revelation in the graeco-roman world would make pilgrimages to some remotely situated egyptian temple and pass the night in its vici

ic with philosophy, for in his case there was a body of supposedly most ancient philosophical writings to be studied, and these writings, in addition to their echoes of moses and their prophetic understandings of christianity before christ, also prophetically shadowed the teachings of the divine plato. lactantius wrote his divine institutes in the context of the rather superficially christianised empire of constantine, and his apologetics in that work are directed towards persuading pagans to become christians by emphasising how much in paganism is close to christianity, or prophetic of christianity. between lactantius and augustine there had taken place the pagan reaction under the 1 e. garin, medioevo e rinascimento, p. 155, mentions salutati and manetti as writers influenced by the asde

ecause she knew me, for i was continually going with the ambassador to court. and i know that i erred in praising this lady, she being a heretic, and above all in attributing to her the name of "diva* more significant, however, than the passage in de la causa, and which he did not mention to the inquisitors, are the praises of elizabeth in the cena de le ceneri where some vast, mystical universal empire is promised to the queen of england. bruno here joins in that mystical imperialism in the worship of the virgin de la causa, dial, i (dial, ital, pp. 222-3. 2 document, pp. 121-2. 288 giordano bruno: heroic enthusiast and elizabethan queen, of which her name "astraea, the virgin of the golden age, was a symbol: of elizabeth i speak, who by her tide and royal dignity is inferior to no other

ite would bring far horizons within her girdle and enlarge the circumference of her dominion to include not only britain and ireland but some new world, as vast as the universal frame, where her all-powerful hand should have full scope to raise a united monarchy.1 the use of the name "amphitrite" of elizabeth as the one, in the sense of an imperial or universal ruler, might associate her mystical empire with the amphitrite seen in the vision of "natural" divinity in the eroicifurori as the ocean of the fountain of ideas, the all as one. the eroicifurori is, indeed, bound up with the elizabethan cult in most curious and subtle ways. in the dedication to sidney, the queen appears as "that unique diana" and the vision of the nine blind men is described as having taken place in a country "peni

out the jovial, solarian, and venereal reform. vast and vague hopes of some religious settlement following on navarre's victory and conversion were aroused throughout europe, and particularly in venice, as agrippa d'aubigne ironically reports: divines. were finding by the figures of geomancy, by oracles, by the fatal name of bourbon, that this prince was destined to convert the hierarchies to the empire, the pulpit into a throne, the keys into swords, and that he would die emperor of the christians. the venetians were adoring this rising sun with such devotion that when a french gendeman passed through their town they would run to greet him. at the court of the emperor and in poland one heard public prayers that the empire might be confided into his fortunate hands, together with disputes

tual and temporal head of the whole world, all religions would be converted into one, and there would be a world-wide religious and political unity.2 how was it that campanella was able to switch from the revolt to these visions of a universal spanish monarchy or a universal theocracy under the pope? campanella's political ideas were entirely mediaeval and mystical. the ideal is the return of the empire in a new golden age, the ideal to which dante gave classical expression in his monarchia with its vision of universal peace and justice under one ruler. campanella seeks for a contemporary representative of ideal universal empire, finding this either in the spanish monarchy or in the papacy as a universal monarchy. when he goes to france, and switches now to the french monarchy, prophesying

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

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about us every day are simply changed, either they take on other forms or are removed to some other place. god cannot be destroyed, and as all things are parts of the deity everything lives and has always lived, seeming death being simply change. remnants of these doctrines are found in every portion of the globe; among the mexicans of the west as well as among the rude mountaineers of the burman empire" while contemplating the philosophical speculations of an ancient race bailly gave expression to the belief, that a "profoundly learned race of people existed previous to the formation of any of our systems" the wiser among the greek philosophers, those who, it is believed, borrowed their philosophical doctrines from the east, declare that "there is no production of anything which was not b

the time being, of the sect which refused longer to recognize the superior importance of the female in the god-idea. at what time in the history of mankind the tower of babel was erected has not been ascertained, but the great antiquity of chaldea is no longer questioned. sir henry rawlinson, in the royal geographical journal says "when chaldea was first colonized, or at any rate when the seat of empire was first established there, the emporium of trade seems to have been at ur of the chaldees, which is now 150 miles from the sea, the persian gulf having retired nearly that distance before the sediment brought down by the euphrates and tigris" to which baldwin adds "a little reflection on the vast period of time required to effect geological changes so great as this will enable us to see t

and by its maritime and commercial enterprise, introduced civilized conditions into every quarter of the globe. even in peru, in mexico, in central america, and in the united states are evidences of the old cushite religion and enterprise. baldwin, commenting on the greatness of this remarkable people, says that early in the period of its colonizing enterprise, commercial greatness, and extensive empire, it established colonies in the valleys of the nile and the euphrates, which in later ages became barbary, egypt, and chaldea. the ancient cushite nation occupied arabia and other extensive regions of africa, india, and western asia to the mediterranean. while remarking upon the vastness and antiquity of this old cushite race, rawlinson says that they founded most of the towns of western as

ant proceed with their clergy to the neva, where with solemn pomp the ice is broken and the water, which is held to be of virgin purity, is sprinkled upon the heads of czar, nobles, and other dignitaries. the following is an account given of the worship of hea not many years ago in the public press "an imperial and arch-episcopal procession was formed, consisting of, first, the high priest of the empire in all his most gorgeous robes, the two masters of ceremonies walking backwards (probably because not of a holy enough order, long double files of whiteand gold-robed bearers of sacred flambeaux or candles, for fire must enter into every ceremony, whether it is the male or female energy which is being worshipped. following these religieux came all the sacred relics and fetishes of the churc

ountrymen, and the appreciation in which his name and works are still held, are shown by the fact that his descendants constitute the only order of hereditary nobility in china "he lived five hundred years before christ; and yet to this day, through all the changes and chances of time and of dynasties, the descendants of confucius remain the only hereditary noblemen and national pensioners in the empire. even the imperial blood becomes diluted, degraded, and absorbed into the body politic after the seventh generation; but the descendants of confucius remain separate, through all the mutations of time and of government"[119 [119] thomas magee, in the forum, vol. x, p. 204. laotse, the founder of the smallest of the three sects in china, namely, confucianism, buddhism, and taoism, was an old

an she be embraced who no longer exists? to which they reply, she has come to life again, and is no longer called juno, but urama. for the mighty sol has embraced her"[125 [125] hyppolytus, vol. ii, p. 196. there is a tradition which asserts that during the early part of the second century, st. thomas went as a missionary to parthia; that after he had visited the various countries of the parthian empire, tarrying for a time at balkh, the capital of bactria, and the ancient residence of the magi, he went to india. soon after the visit of thomas to persia and india, there appeared in palestine and the adjacent countries a gospel of thomas, in which were set forth various stories closely resembling the legends found in the hindoo sacred writings. after comparing various passages of the bhagav

that finally here as elsewhere, the idea became prevalent that by sacrificing human victims to the god of destruction, his wrath might be appeased and the people saved from his vengeance. it is stated that human sacrifices were adopted by the aztecs early in the fourteenth century, about two hundred years before the conquest "rare at first, they became more frequent with the wider extent of their empire; till, at length, almost every festival was closed with this cruel abomination" notwithstanding these atrocities, in their conceptions of a future state of existence, and especially in their disposition of the unregenerate after death, are to be observed certain traces of human feeling and refined sensibility which are difficult to reconcile with the cruelty practiced in their religious rit

attention to this subject. the more exalted ideas which from the time of zoroaster to that of jesus had been struggling for existence, and which through various means had been gradually gaining a foothold, were, by the influx of crishnaism, soon choked out, and mythical christianity, which was but a gathering in of the grosser forms of the prevailing hindoo faith, mounted the throne of the roman empire. during the nineteen hundred years that have elapsed since the inauguration of this system, little has been understood concerning the real philosophy of christ--a philosophy which is seen to be simply a recognition of those higher scientific truths enunciated by an ancient race. the fact is observed in these later times that the altruistic principles involved in these teachings contain the

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g societies modelled on the procedures of the 267house of commons. this was followed in 1885 by the 'catherine street publishing association, an amalgamation of bottomley's publishingconcernwith a number of printersin catherine street. sinnett became a director, brought in the publisher kegan paul, and in1889took the first'steptowards bottomley's grandiose design of a vast printing and publishing empire by absorbing redway. bottomley succeeded in outbidding william heinemann for the firm of triibner&co, whose oriental list was highly lucrative, and the enlarged association tenderedfor-andsecured-the contract for printinghansard'sparliamentarydebates.the immediate outcome of all this was the formation of the hansard publishing union ltd, a vastconsortium that aimed to combine under one head

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om any other source, for it must be borne in mind that the hebrews were taught at one time by the egyptians, and at a later date by the chaldean sages of babylon.itis a very curious fact that the classical nations, the greek and the roman, have handed down to usbutslight glimpses of the ancient magic, and this is the more notable because greece succeeded to the mastership of egypt and rome to the empire both of the greeks and of the jews. greece indeed succeeded to a shareofthe mysteries of the egyptians, for the eleusinian mysteries were copies of those more ancient and solemn ceremonies oflsis, osiris and serapis, but they lacked the true magic of egypt, and further the classics retain but faint glimpses of even the eleusinian secrets. and these glimpses serve only to disclose the fact t

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bright light and wastes not. at the dissolution of the monasteries in britain, by order of henry viii, a tomb, in yorkshire, purporting to be that of constantius chlorus, father of the great constantine, was opened and ransacked, and a lamp burning was found in it: he died 300 a.d. see camdenbrittania(gough's edition, iii. p.572).lazius, in hiscomment.reipub.rome,writes that the romans under the empire possessed the secret of preserving lights in tombs by means of the oiliness of gold, resolved by their art into a fluid. see lib.iii.,cap. 18. an ancient roman tomb was discovered in spain, near cordova, near the site of the ancient catellum priseum; in this tomb was found a lamp. this lamp is described by mr wether255 ell, of seville. see an essay by wray,athent2um,aug. 8th, 1846. the last

asserted relations between the incidents of these myths and astronomical facts, and have explained that greek and roman religious ideals were connected with the worship of the sun, moon, and stars.theprobably mythical orpheus is said to have first taught astronomy to the greeks. there are three lands which contest the claim to the earliest astronomical observations, egypt, india, and the akkadian empire of uncertain area, to which succeeded the babylonian civilization with which the chaldeans and hebrews were later associated. china also postulates a claim to an unknown antiquity for its astronomic learning, and astrology has always flourished among the chinese. there are really no data yet discovered which can prove which land was the source ofthehistory of astrology171astronomy; most pro

nd crassus. lucian also states that julius cresar noted the revolutions of the stars. nigidius figulus was famous as an astrologer in the later years of the roman republic, and foretold the supremacy of augustus cesar.172themagical masonthese roman astrologers became generally known as chal255 deans, whether they were greeks or italians; they rose to the zenith of fame in the early century of the empire,butlater were restrained by legal decisions, from the overt practice of their art. theogenes, a citizen of apollonia, was consulted by augustuscasar.thrasyllus was the astrologer of tiberiuscasar;his son was consulted by nero. ptolomreus advised otho, and seleneus gave warnings to vespasian. these facts are narrated by the historian tacitus.theastrologer heliodorus was the adviser of the em

hermes.thepseudonymous raphael has also devised a system174themagical masonof reckoning primary and secondary directions differing from that of zadkiel's lilly. quoting, we presume, from talmudic tradition, josephus, the historian of the jews, asserts that adam was instructed by divine inspiration in astrology, and that his son seth practised the art. he wrote abouta.d.66.theannals of the ottoman empire, and the history of the mohammedan rulers in asia, africa and spain, teem with narratives of astrological pre255 dictions, and supernatural warnings which helped to arouse the enthusiasm of these hardy and superstitious warriors. osman the first, the founder of the ottoman empire in 1299, is said to have been much guided by a sheik who professed astrology. timour or tamerlane, the tartar ch

hundred years, even before the aryan race separated into western and indian branches; at any rate, his name is found both in the zend avesta and the vedas of the hindoos. mithra worship may have sprung from the cult of the magi of media, a nationality which was dominant before that of persia.themedes and persians were famous nations of western asia for many centuries, and the boundaries of their empire varied greatly from agetoage: media became subject to persia about 560a.c.,while persia remaind a notable empire until it was conquered by the mohammedan arabs about 640a.d.thepresent-day parseesofindiaare now the only representatives of the zoroastrian faith. they hold a festival in honour of mithra on the 16th day of the 7th month,butthere are now no worshippers of mithra alone. mithraism

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s or series, based on combinationsofthe number 7.'itso closely resembles thetarot,thatthefour suits of the latter occupy its first four columns; ofthetwenty-oneatoutsfourteen occupythefifth column, and the seven otheratoutsthe sixth column.thissixth column of sevenatoutsis thatofthe six days of the week of creation. now, according to the chinese, this representation belongstothe first agesoftheir empire, to the drying up of the waters of the deluge bylao;it may be concluded, therefore, that it is an original, or a copyofthetarot,and,underany circumstances, that the latter is of an origin anterior to moses,thatit belongs to the beginning of our time, to the epoch ofthepreparation of the zodiac, and consequentlythatit must own 6600 years of existence'*this is partly taken by vaillant from co

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wycombe. there, to the sonorous tolling of the deconsecrated cloister's bell, they dressed in monkish robes and indulged in every manner of depravity, culminating in a black mass celebrated on the naked body of a debauched noblewoman and presided over by that notorious rake sir francis dashwood. their diabolical devotions concluded, the inner circle would adjourn to plot the course of the british empire. this "unholy sodality" as it has been called, styled themselves, with suitably a depiction of strange ceremonies in an eighteenth century masonic lodge. global freemasonry dhk gothic flair "the friars of st. francis of medmenham" though they have been immortalized by their popular epithet "the hell-fire club" in that gossipy age there was much speculation about the infernal activities of t

is germany. the campaigne agaisnt religion in germany "kulturkampf" 150 years ago, there was no such country as germany. the present territory called germany was ruled by a number of principalities. the largest of these was prussia, which occupied the eastern part of today's germany and a large part of poland. in the 1860's, prussia began to annex other small german states and founded the german empire in 1871. the ruler of this new state was the prussian prime minister and chancellor of the new german empire, otto von bismarck. bismarck was a successful statesman, especially in foreign politics, but did not enjoy the same success in domestic affairs. one of the reasons for this was a group of intellectuals known as the "national liberals" similar to the french anti-clerics, that adopted

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pin on the map for where the modern cycle of gnosis began. we could theoretically go back to atlantis, mu and beyond, but then we are voyaging into meta-history and speculation. it is generally accepted that egypt was the point of origin, at least in the modern cycle. there has been much pioneering work done to show that egypt was not some middle eastern backwater, but was a thriving cosmopolitan empire which had satellites around the world. it formed the nucleus in which much of the esoteric tradition developed. while much of the form of modern kabbalah originated in medieval mysticism, alchemy and hermeticism, we can clearly see that the basic mythology and forms was egyptian in origin. the recorded history of egypt covers an immense period of time. even the earliest forms of egyptian ci

GOLDEN DAWN INVOKING PENTAGRAM RITUAL OF AIR

shadow which changeth, and a vapor which passeth; thou, who mountest upon the clouds, and who walketh upon the wings of the wind. thou who breathest forth thy breath, and endless space is peopled; thou, who drawest in thy breath and all that cometh from thee, returneth unto thee! ceaseless movement, in eternal stability, be thou eternally blessed! we praise thee and we bless thee in the changless empire of created light, of shades, of reflections, and of images- and we aspire without cessation unto thy immutable and imperishable brilliance. let the ray of thine intelligence and the warmth of thy love penetrate even unto us! then that which is volatile shall be fixed, the shadow shall be a body, the spirit of air shall be a soul, the dream shall be a thought. and no longer shall we be swept

GOLDEN DAWN INVOKING PENTAGRAM RITUAL OF FIRE

ise those most holy kings, who are around thy throne and who compose thy court. o universal father, one and alone! father alike of immortals and of mortals. thou hast specially created powers similar unto thy thought eternal and unto thy venerable essence. thou hast established them above the angels who announce thy will to the world. lastly, thou hast created us as a third order in our elemental empire. there our continual exercise is to praise and to adore thy desires: there we ceaselessly burn with eternal aspiration unto thee! o father! o mother of mothers! o archetype eternal of maternity and of love! o son, the flower of all sons! form of all forms! soul, spirit, harmony and numeral of all things! amen. give the philosophus sign repeat the qabalistic cross. note: the lesser rituals o

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t a shadow which changeth, and a vapour which passeth; thou who mountest upon the clouds, and who walkest upon the wings of the wind. thou who breathest forth thy breath, and endless space is peopled; thou who drawest in thy breath, and all that cometh from thee returneth unto thee! ceaseless motion in eternal stability, be thou eternally blessed! we praise thee and we bless thee in the changelss empire of created light, of shades, of reflections, and of images, and we aspire without cessation unto thy immutable and imperishable brilliance. let the ray of thy intelligence and the warmth of thy love penetrate even unto us! then that which is volatile shall be fixed; the shadow shall be a body; the spirit of air shall be a soul; the dream shall be a thought. and no more shall we be swept awa

arise those most holy kings who are around thy throne, and who compose thy court. o universal father, one and alone! father alike of immortals and mortals. thou hast especially created powers similar unto thy thought eternal and unto thy venerable essence. thou hast established them above the angels who announce thy will to the world. lastly, thou hast created us as a third order in our elemental empire. there our continual exercise is to praise and to adore thy desires; there we ceaselessy burn with eternal aspirations unto thee, o father! o mother of mothers! o archetype eternal of maternity and love! o son, the flower of all sons! form of all forms! soul, spirit, harmony, and numeral of all things! amen- this translation of the elemental prayers is used in the golden dawn rituals. an al

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he true name of the pentagram is called the "flaming pentagram" or "star of great light" this affirms the power and force of the divine light to be found within this most sacred symbol. the pentagram must be traced with the single point upward. it is a symbol of spirit ruling over matter. when it is traced in an adverse fashion with the single point down, it becomes an "evil" symbol affirming the empire of the mundane and matter over the divine spirit. see that thou dost not trace it adversely except in rare circumstances when it is absolutely necessary for the working and conversing with an evil spirit. this is done only so that the evil natured spirit may be retained before thee without causing the spirit undo torment "know well that thou hast no right to injure or hurt even 'evil spirit

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a special manner to trapt. also, though the branches of the tree of knowledge of good and evil stretch into the seven lower sephiroth and downwards into the kingdom of shells, yet it is referred especially unto twklm. similarly with jxn and dwh, the right and left columns of the sephiroth are referred respectively thereto. in twklm, rah ynda is god, the lord and king, ruling over the kingdom and empire which is the visible universe. and twdwsy \lwu the world of foundations, the world of the elements, is the name of the sphere of operation of twklm which is called the sphere of the elements from which all things are formed, and its archangels are three: wrffm, the prince of countenance reflected from rtk, and wpldns, the prince of prayer (feminine, and nephesch ha messiah, the soul of the

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he same now in these last days, and chiefly in germany, most clear and pure is professed, and is nowadays cleansed 10 and void of all swerving people, heretics, and false prophets, in certain and noted countries maintained, defended, and propagated. also we use two sacraments, as they are instituted with all forms and ceremonies of the first and renewed church. in politia we acknowledge the roman empire and quartam monarchiam for our christian head, albeit we know what alterations be at hand, and would fain impart the same with all our hearts to other godly learned men, notwithstanding our handwriting which is in our hands, no man (except god alone) can make it common, nor any unworthy person is able to bereave us of it. but we shall help with secret aid this, so good a cause, as god shall

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heir punishments. although we believe ourselves to have sufficiently unfolded to you in the fama the nature of our order, wherein we follow the will of our most excellent father, nor can by any be suspected of heresy, nor of any attempt against the commonwealth, we hereby do condemn the east and the west for their blasphemies against our lord jesus christ, and offer to the chief head of the roman empire our prayers, secrets, and great treasures of gold. yet we have thought good for the sake of the learned to add somewhat more to this, and make a better explanation, if there be anything too deep, hidden, and set down over dark, in the fama, or for certain reasons altogether omitted, whereby we hope the learned will be more addicted unto us, and easier to approve our counsel. chapter ii conc

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angelic names lapr and cj. each name should be vibrated a minimum of four times. when you feel the power of the divine and angelic names coming to an apex, recite the following prayer to the sylphs "holy art thou lord of air, who has created the firmament, ydc yjla. almighty and everlasting, ever living be thy name. ever magnified in the life of all. we praise and we bless thee in the changeless empire of created light; and we aspire without cessation unto thy imperishable and immutable brilliance. amen" part 3 step 1 hold the lotus wand by the e band. continue to visualize the brilliant yellow sphere with the purple k symbol as well as the rtk sphere's divine white brilliance with the black fire of c. now bring the divine light down from above and formulate a brilliant scarlet red ball o

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s paid at the time, some of these traditions speak strikingly of a great civilization that was believed to have existed in peru many thousands of years earlier.2 powerful memories were preserved of this civilization, said to have been founded by the viracochas, the same mysterious beings credited with the making of the nazca lines. foam of the sea when the spanish conquistadores arrived, the inca empire extended along the pacific coast and andean highlands of south america from the northern border of modern ecuador, through the whole of peru, and as far south as the maule river in central chile. connecting the far-flung corners of this empire was a vast and sophisticated road system: two parallel north-south highways, for example, one running for 3600 kilometres along the coast and the oth

eating, university of kentucky press, 1968. 2 this is the view of fernando montesinos, expressed in his memorias antiguas historiales del peru (written in the seventeenth century. english edition translated and edited by p. a. means, hakluyt society, london, 1920. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 51 effect to speed up their ruthless advance into the inca heartland.3 the capital of the inca empire was the city of cuzco, a name meaning the earth s navel in the local quechua language.4 according to legend it was established by manco capac and mama occlo, two children of the sun. here, though the incas worshipped the sun god, whom they knew as inti, quite another deity was venerated as the most holy of all. this was viracocha, whose namesakes were said to have made the nazca lines and w

their work. it seemed, however, that some of the more remarkable structures routinely attributed to them could have been erected by earlier civilizations; the evidence suggested that the incas had often functioned as the restorers of these structures rather than their original builders. the same appeared to be true of the highly developed system of roads connecting the far-flung parts of the inca empire. the reader will recall that these roads took the form of parallel highways running north to south, one along the coast and the other through the andes. all in all more than 15,000 miles of surfaced tracks had been in regular and efficient use before the time of the spanish conquest, and i had assumed that the incas had been responsible for all of them. i now learned that it was much more l

et. i shivered and resumed reading. one thing was obvious amid the confused web of legends i had reviewed, legends which supplemented one another but also at times conflicted. all the scholars agreed that the incas had borrowed, absorbed and passed on the traditions of many of the different civilized peoples over whom they had extended their control during the centuries of expansion of their vast empire. in this sense, whatever the outcome of the historical debate over the antiquity of the incas themselves, nobody could seriously dispute their role as transmitters of the ancient belief systems of all the great archaic cultures coastal and highland, known and unknown that had preceded them in this land. and who could say just what civilizations might have existed in peru in the unexplored r

luded a cannibal feast for each warrior s family.5 another mass sacrifice was witnessed by the spanish chronicler diego de duran. in this instance the victims were so numerous that when the streams of blood running down the temple steps reached bottom and cooled they formed fat clots, enough to terrify anyone .6 all in all, it has been estimated that the number of sacrificial victims in the aztec empire as a whole had risen to around 250,000 a year by the beginning of the sixteenth century.7 what was this manic destruction of human life for? according to the aztecs themselves, it was done to delay the coming of the end of the world.8 4 joyce milton, robert a. orsi and norman harrison, the feathered serpent and the cross: the pre-colombian god-kings and the papal states, cassell, london, 19

in and cold, and then descended towards sea level on to tropical plains overgrown with lush plantations of palms and bananas. we were heading into the heartlands of mexico s oldest and most mysterious civilization: that of the so-called olmecs, whose name meant rubber people. dating back to the second millennium bc, the olmecs had ceased to exist fifteen hundred years before the rise of the aztec empire. the aztecs, however, had preserved haunting traditions concerning them and were even responsible for naming them after the rubber-producing area of mexico s gulf coast where they were believed to have lived.1 this area lies between modern veracruz in the west and ciudad del carmen in the east. in it the aztecs found a number of ancient ritual objects produced by the olmecs and for reasons

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

the pentagram the pentagram, symbol of the squaring of the circle by virtue of alhim =3.1415, symbol of man's will, of the evil 4 dominated by manis spirit aleister crowley, gematria traced as a symbol of good, itshould be placed with the single paint upward, representing the rule of the divine spirit. for i f thou shouldst write it with the two points upward, it is an evil symbol, affirming the empire of matter over that divine spirit which should govern it. the golden dawn's the ritual of the pentagram the five-pointed pentagrama represents the five cosmic elements of the watchtowers. the following diagram shows this relationship: the pentagram should always be traced with the single point of spirit aboye the four lower elemento. when invoking, the first fine drawn is towards the point

GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 3

tone survives of those low german lays and legends, out of which nevertheless proceeded the vilkinasaga that mirrors them back. the rise of our courtpoetry has without the slightest ground or necessity been ascribed to the crusades; if we are to assume any importations from the east, these can more conveniently be traced to the earlier and quieter intercourse of goths and northmen with the greek empire, unless indeed we can make up our minds to place nearly all the coincidences that stai'tle us to the account of a fundamental unity of the european nations, a mighty influence which is seen working through long ages, alike in language, legend and religion. i am met by the arrogant notion, that the life of whole centuries was pervaded by a soulless cheerless barbarism; this would at once con

tth. 25, 41 the devil has already 'his angels) was banished into darkness. luke 10, 18: ioewpovv top a-aravav? aatpairrjv ix rov ovpavov iteaovta, as the lightning darts into the ground, whereas a falling star usually affords a pleasing image (p. 722. at the same time, this revolt of the devil and his companions must be supposed to have had a higher antiquity. thus arose the doctrine of a satanic empire in rivalry with the celestial, a doctrine that daily met with more acceptance: the evil spirits maybe the weaker side and suffer 'defeat, but they go about enlisting wicked men, and seek thereby to replenish their host. compacts are made with the devil, and he aids his confederates even during their eai'thly life. from another side, the conversion of the heathen itself contributed to expand

GRIMM TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 2 1883 COMPLETE

d bavarian peasantry sunawetsfoir, sunwentsfeuer. h. sachs 1, 423d: auch schiirn die bubn (lads poke) sunwent feuer. at this season were held great gatherings of the people: die nativitatis s. johannis baptistae in conventu populi maximo (pertz 2, 386; this was in 860. in 801 charles the great kept this festival at eporedia, now ivrea (pertz 1, 190. 223; and lewis the pious held assemblies of the empire on the same day in 824 and 831. descriptions of midsummer fires agree with those of easter fires, with of course some divergences. at gernsheim in the mentz country, the fire when lighted is blessed by the priest, and there is singing and prayer so long as it burns; when the flame goes out, the children jump over the glimmering coals; formerly grown-up people did the same. in superst. i, 1

ap. 18 de divinis officiis comes not from alcuin, but some later author: otfried may have picked up his notion from it all the same.1 it says: nam ipsa crux magnum in se mysterium continet, cujus positio 1 i do not know if lafontaine had virgil s verses in his mind, or followed his own prompting, when he says of an oak: celui, de qui la tete au ciel etait voisine, et dont les pieds touchaient a 1 empire des morts. 798 time and world. tails est, ut superior pars coelos petatj inferior terrae inhaereat, fixa infernorum ima contingat, latitude autem ejus paries mundi appetat/ i can never believe that the myth of yggdrasil in its complete and richer form sprang out of this christian conception of the cross; it were a far likelier theory, that floating heathen traditions of the world-tree, soon

rld, has been shown, p. 809; nor is he named among the renovated gods a gimli in ssem. 10a or sn. 76, which would have been the place for it. in one ms. alone (sn. 75, var. 3) is apparently interpolated a gimli meffr surti; y and it is mainly on this that finn magnusen rests his hypothesis, that surtr is an exalted god of light, under whose rule, as opposed to that of osinn, the new and universal empire stands. he takes him to be that mightier one from whose power in the first creation days the warmth proceeded (p. 562, the strong (oflugr) or rich one revealed by the vala, who shall direct all things (sa er ollu rseftr, sa3m. 10b, like wise the mighty one foreseen by hyndla, whose name she dare not pronounce (j?a kemr annar enn mattkari]?6 j?ori ec eigi]?ann at nefna, seem. 119a; conf. the

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

f the dead. the expulsion of the hyksos was completed by king ahmose i (c.1550 1525 bce. the egyptians considered him to be the first king of a new dynasty and a new era. new kingdom (dynasties 18 20) and third intermediate period (dynasties 21 24: c. 1550 747 bce ahmose, and the other warrior kings of the early eighteenth dynasty, took egyptian armies as far as the euphrates. they established an empire in syria and palestine and took control of much of nubia. in the late sixteenth century bce, the royal court moved back to memphis, but thebes became the religious capital. most new kingdom rulers were buried there in underground tombs in the desert wadi now known as the valley of the kings (see figure 5. the offering cults for the dead kings were carried out in separate mortuary temples so

t the art of his reign has a serene beauty. seti s son rameses ii ruled egypt for sixty-seven 20 handbook of egyptian mythology figure 5. view of the desert hills at western thebes showing the pyramid-shaped mountain peak that overlooks the valley of the kings (courtesy of richard pinch) years and became a legend in the ancient world for his grandiose achievements. his battles against the hittite empire were celebrated in narratives, poetry, and pictures on the walls of the numerous temples he constructed in egypt and nubia. rameses eventually made peace with the hittites and married two hittite princesses. he constructed a new capital in the eastern delta, but he did not neglect thebes. the 21-meter-high columns of the central hall at karnak built under seti i and rameses ii give a sense

1153 bce, the second king of the twentieth dynasty. he defeated them by sea and land in battles that are recorded on the walls of his fortresslike mortuary temple at medinet habu. this whole temple is a monument to the triumph of order over chaos, but rameses iii was the last great temple builder of the new kingdom. temples and kings throughout the new kingdom much of the wealth generated by the empire and by the exploitation of egyptian and nubian gold fields was spent on building and endowing temples. all over the country the small, mainly mud-brick, temples that had been common in earlier periods were replaced by large stone structures whose walls were carved with hieroglyphic texts and scenes of kings with deities. major temples were like small towns, with their own granaries, slaught

govern the country on their behalf and col- introduction 33 figure 8. the memphite theology inscribed on the shabaqo stone. the inscription was damaged when the stela was reused as a grindstone (courtesy of geraldine pinch) lect tribute. a family from the region of sais in the delta collaborated with the assyrians for awhile. as soon as the assyrians were occupied with problems elsewhere in their empire, this family made egypt independent again and ruled as the twenty-sixth dynasty. under these kings, greek merchants were allowed to trade and settle in the delta. the cult center of the goddess neith at sais became one of the most important temples in egypt. according to a later tradition, the secret of how the soul can unite with god was inscribed in hieroglyphs in the sanctuary at sais.75

ss isis, whose cult was becoming increasingly important. later legend claimed that it was the failure of king nectanebo ii (360 343 bce) to complete a temple for the god onuris-shu that led to his defeat when the persians invaded again.80 this time the persians seem to have punished the egyptians by destroying some important temples. the second period of persian rule was brief because the persian empire was soon under attack from the greeks, led by the young king of macedonia, alexander the great. alexander liberated egypt in 332 bce and was crowned king in the temple of ptah at memphis. during his stay in egypt, he declared himself a living god and founded the city of alexandria on the mediterranean coast. after alexander s death, one of his generals, a macedonian called ptolemy, made him

ember of the ptolemy family, queen cleopatra vii (51 30 bce. after julius caesar returned to rome, cleopatra gave birth to a son, ptolemy caesarion. cleopatra used egyptian myth to political advantage by identifying herself with the goddess isis and her fatherless son with horus the child. a few years later cleopatra joined forces with another roman general, mark antony, to try to establish a new empire of the east. mark antony s patron deity was dionysus, the greek god generally identified with osiris. in 30 bce antony and cleopatra were defeated by octavian, who subsequently became the first emperor of rome under the title of augustus. egypt was reduced to being a province of the roman empire. roman period: 30 bce 395 ce for a time, roman rule had relatively little impact on the religiou

igions thriving in egypt. during the second and third centuries ce, christians were brutally persecuted for refusing to acknowledge that the roman emperors were gods. some early christian writers, such as the second-century ce bishop clement of alexandria, are useful though hostile witnesses on egyptian religion. during the fourth century ce, christianity became the dominant religion of the roman empire. the date usually given for the end of pharaonic culture is 395 ce. this was the year when the roman empire was divided into two. egypt became part of the eastern, or byzantine, empire, and most of its pagan temples were closed down by order of the emperor. the isis temple at philae on egypt s southern border stayed open until the sixth century ce because it was protected by nubian tribes w

the seventh century ce, egypt was invaded first by the persians and then by the arabs. the arabs brought with them the muslim religion, but many of the native egyptians (the copts) remained christian. the coptic language fell out of general use around 1000 ce, but it has continued to be used in the liturgies of the coptic church right up to the present day. for centuries egypt was part of an arab empire ruled by caliphs in damascus or baghdad. the most famous of these caliphs was haroun al-rashid, who features in the arabian nights entertainment, a vast collection of stories compiled in medieval egypt. egypt s greatest medieval leader was saladin (1169 1193 ce, who defended egypt and palestine against the christian crusaders. arabic literature flourished in egypt, and one of its themes was

HEAVEN HELL

times with and sometimes without illustrations, formed the "guides" to the ancient egyptian underworld, the form of the conceptions concerning the place of departed spirits as it appears in the recensions of the xviiith and xixth dynasties must now be considered. to reconstruct the form which they took in the predynastic period is impossible, for no materials exist, and the documents of the early empire are concerned chiefly with providing the deceased with an abundance of meat, drink, and other material comforts, and numbers of wives and concubines, and a place in sekhet-aaru, a division of sekhet-hetepet, to which the name "elysian fields" has not inaptly been given. in later times sekhet-aaru, or sekhet-aanru, comprised all sekhet-hetepet. of sekhet-hetepet as a whole the earliest known

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

s in defence of his country. prompting each other to action, they defeat the enemy and cover themselves with glory and pride. they makethe haughty foe bite the dust at their feet in supreme humiliation. for this they are crowned by history withthe unfading laurels of valour, which are those of success. they make a footstool of the fallen enemy andtransform their sire's little kingdom into a great empire. satisfied they could achieve no more for the present,they return to seclusion and to the dreamland of their sweet home. for three lustra more the soul-ego sits at its usual post, beaming out of its windows on the world around.over its head the sky is blue and the vast horizons are covered with those seemingly unfading flowers thatgrow in the sunlight of health and strength. all looks fair

he flies. the cave of the echoesa strange but true story* this story is given from the narrative of an eye-witness, a russian gentleman, very pious,and fully trustworthy. moreover, the facts are copied from the police records of p. theeye-witness in question attributes it, of course, partly to divine interference and partly to theevil one- h. p. b. in one of the distant governments of the russian empire, in a small town on the borders of siberia, amysterious tragedy occurred more than thirty years ago. about six versts from the little town of p-,famous for the wild beauty of its scenery, and for the wealth of its inhabitants- generally proprietors ofmines and of iron foundries- stood an aristocratic mansion. its household consisted of the master, a rich oldbachelor and his brother, who was

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

most tremendous odds against it. some vilify the theosophical society only because it presumes to attempt to do that in which other systems-church and state christianity preeminently-have failed most egregiously; others because they would fain preserve the existing state of things: pharisees and sadducees in the seat of moses, and publicans and sinners revelling in high places, as under the roman empire during its decadence. fair-minded people, at any rate, ought to remember that the man who does all he can, does as much as he who has achieved the most, in this world of relative possibilities. this is a simple truism, an axiom supported for believers in the gospels by the parable of the talents given by their master: the servant who doubled his two talents was rewarded as much as that othe

onality. both these lead on man, but one of them must prevail; and from the very beginning of the invisible affray the stern and implacable law of compensation and retribution steps in and takes its course, following faithfully the fluctuating of the conflict. when the last strand is woven, and man is seemingly enwrapped in the net-work of his own doing, then he finds himself completely under the empire of this self-made destiny. it then either fixes him like the inert shell against the immovable rock, or like a feather carries him away in a whirlwind raised by his own actions. such is the destiny of the man-the true ego, not the automaton, the shell that goes by that name. it is for him to become the conqueror over matter -ooo- page 85 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt the complex na

embodied entity called man. both these lead on the outward man, but one of them must prevail; and from the very beginning of the invisible affray the stern and implacable law of compensation steps in and takes its course, faithfully following the fluctuations. when the last strand is woven, and man is seemingly enwrapped in the network of his own doing, then he finds himself completely under the empire of this self-made destiny an occultist or a philosopher will not speak of the goodness or cruelty of providence; but, identifying it with karma-nemesis, he will teach that, nevertheless, it guards the good and watches over them in this as in future lives; and that it punishes the evil-doer-aye, even to his seventh rebirth-so long, in short, as the effect of his having thrown into perturbati

HOWE THE ALCHEMIST OF THE GOLDEN DAWN

aster of the andamanese, arch censor indra, an.d sponsor ketu] i indostan of the royal oriental order of sikh .and t?e sat b hal, gra d representative of the primitive and ongmal rite of phremasonry m bengal, madras and burmah. representative of the antient. and primitive rite of phremasonry in all parts of the wo ld w ere bodies.of that rite do not exist, and grand master of light m. the .indlan empire. honorary ixo of the dominion college of rosicrucians of canada and supreme magus of the rosicrucians of india (the document is in the library of the united grand lodge of england) 3 i have not seen the original french edition of aul christ.ian (i.e, j.-b. pitois, histoire de la m gie (1870 !he enghsh tr nslation by j. kirkup and julian shand, edited and revls d.by ross n,ichols 1952, does

t is not likely that harcourt himself really believes in local veto, but he knows that publicans exercise a great influence upon a wide circle of voters, and that on the unionist side, and so they want to swamp and get rid of them. it is the same with the house of lords, which prevents them forcing rome rule down our throats, that they may make popery predominant, and destroy the great protestant empire of england. west hoathley 18july 1895 care frater [gardner, the ms came last evening but too late to acknowledge by same post. you were good enough to pay carriage. i did not pay carriage to you, because qiuam] p[otero' said it is much safer to be delivered if carriage be not paid. i intended to have sent you 6 stamps to pay for that to you, but i had not so many, and our post office is a m

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

nt new england in nearly four years. when the coach crossed the pawcatuck and entered rhode island amidst the faery goldenness of a late spring afternoon his heart beat with quickened force, and the entry to providence along reservoir and elmwood avenues was a breathless and wonderful thing despite the depths of forbidden lore to which he had delved. at the high square where broad, weybosset, and empire streets join, he saw before and below him in the fire of sunset the pleasant, remembered houses and domes and steeples of the old town; and his head swam curiously as the vehicle rolled down to the terminal behind the biltmore, bringing into view the great dome and soft, roof-pierced greenery of the ancient hill across the river, and the tall colonial spire of the first baptist church limne

tsathoggua; one from the wholly abominable tcho-tchos; two from the arachnid denizens of earth's last age; five from the hardy coleopterous species immediately following mankind, to which the great race was some day to transfer its keenest minds en masse in the face of horrible peril; and several from different branches of humanity. i talked with the mind of yiang-li, a philosopher from the cruel empire of tsan-chan, which is to come in 5,000 a.d; with that of a general of the greatheaded brown people who held south africa in 50,000 b.c; with that of a twelfth-century florentine monk named bartolomeo corsi; with that of a king of lomar who had ruled that terrible polar land one hundred thousand years before the squat, yellow inutos came from the west to engulf it. i talked with the mind of

HP LOVECRAFT BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP

strial years "i am an entity like that which you yourself become in the freedom of dreamless sleep. i am your brother of light, and have floated with you in the effulgent valleys. it is not permitted me to tell your waking earth-self of your real self, but we are all roamers of vast spaces and travelers in many ages. next year i may be dwelling in the egypt which you call ancient, or in the cruel empire of tsan chan which is to come three thousand years hence. you and i have drifted to the worlds that reel about the red arcturus, and dwelt in the bodies of the insect-philosophers that crawl proudly over the fourth moon of jupiter. how little does the earth self know life and its extent! how little, indeed, ought it to know for its own tranquility "of the oppressor i cannot speak. you on ea

IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY

in its ecclesiastical organisation, its literature, and so on, it has developed along semi-independent lines. and so, on account of this remoteness. it would seem to have been prevented from acquiring and assimilating the varying and complex features which went to make up the witchcraft conception. or, to put it in other words, medi val witchcraft was a byproduct of the civilisation of the roman empire. ireland's civilisation developed along other and more barbaric lines, and so had no opportunity of assimilating the particular phases of that belief which obtained elsewhere in europe. consequently, when the anglo-normans came over, they found that the native celts had no predisposition towards accepting the view of the witch as an emissary of satan and p. 8 an enemy of the church, though

ISIS UNVEILED

certain practices, reputed ianoemi- it is to deserve well in the eyes of humanity and of religiou "fatheb vbmtub4 ds racuca" 27. let haidi punonjnss de la magte, p. iv. digilizocb, google the biographebs op the devil 15 a mcmt this is an unexpected honor indeed, for our american 'controls' in generalt and the innocent 'indian guides' in particular. to be thus introduced in borne as princes of the empire of eblis, is more than they could ever hope for in other lands* without in the least suspecting that she was working for the future welfare of her enemies the spiritualists and spiritists the church, some twenty years since, in tolerating des mousseaux and de mirville as the biographers of the devil, and giving her approbation thereto, tacitly confessed the literaty copartnership. m. the ch

that true gnosis, which ae communicated to the very few among the apohlet who were capable of receiving the same "thence, ascending into the middle space, he rats on the right hand of bda-baoth, but unperceived by him, and there collects all the souls which shall have been purified by the knowledge of christ. when he has collected all the spiritual light that exists in matter, out of bda-baoth's empire, the redemption will be accomplished and the world will be destroyed. such is the meaning of the re-absorption of all ijght into the pleroma or fullness, whence it originally descended* 413. king: the gnottia anif their bemaitu, p. 100; 2dd edit. 414. in ibe ootjiti cf nieodanum iida-bu)tli u called sabot by tbe pioiii and anony- mom author; evidently one of the final flings at tbe balf-
hey are not afraid to speak evil of diomries" says peter (2nd epistle, ii, 10, the original model for the later abusive tertullian and irenaeus "likewise (even as sodom and gomorrah) also these ^ay dreamers defile the fiesh. despise douinion, and speak evil of diantties" says jude (7, 8, repeating the -very words of peter, and thereby using expressions consecrated in the kabala. dominion is tlie 'empire' the tetoh of the kabalistic sephiroth" the poweri and 486. see john, i. ist. hippol: brfut^ au henntt, i. xxl 4ss. kieuker; naiur und urtprwig dtr emanalioruulire bei den kmiatulen, pp. 10, 11; fee sipkra thiamdkak, etc 489 "thoe mi nmtuiml hrvtt beaiu'"die dog i* turned \o hit own tomit aguu; and ihe tote th t wfts wuhed to ha mlloiriiig in u>e mire (f p
ince biblical critics have taken upon themselves to 'set the house in order' the cases have become reversed. pagan creditors now come from every part of the globe to claim their own, and christian theology begins to be suspected of complete bankruptcy. such is the sad result of the fanaticism of the 'orthodox' sects, ff hov to borrow an expression of the author of the dedine and fail cf the roman empire, never were, like the gnostics" the most polite, the most learned, and most wealthy of the christian name" and if not all of them "smelt garhc" as renan will have it, on the other hand few of these christian saints have ever shrunk from spilling their neighbors' blood, if the views of the latter did not agree with their own. and so all our philosophers were swept away by the ignorant and su

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

for the pike or jack a fish famous for the profuse generation of a certain insect, as some fishermen know full well. this once (incredible as it may seem) formed an object of worship, for the sake of the inexpressibly sublime things which it symbolised. although so mean in itself, and although so far off, this implied the beginning of all sublunary things. the bees of charlemagne, the bees of the empire in france, are scarabs, or figures of the same affinity as the bourbon lilies. they deduce from a common ancestor. now, the colour heraldic on which they are always emblazoned is azure, or blue which is the colour of the sea, which is salt. in an anagram it may be expressed as c. following on this allusion, we may say that ventre-saintgris! is a very ancient french barbarous expletive, or o

als: they are talismans or charms. fig. 241. jacinth: gnostic gem. fig. 242. mithraic sacrifice: gnostic. fig. 248: osiris, or the old man; a terminal figure. at the foot, the celestial globe and masonic pentagon, or solomon's seal. the field is occupied by symbols and letters, seemingly hebrew. the whole design is medi272 the rosicrucians. val, hardly a production of even the lowest times of the empire. this is one of the pieces most evidently bespeaking a rosicrucian origin. deeply cut in a coarse-grained green jasper (gnostics, p. 213. fig. 243. egyptian apis, or golden calf. fig. 249: anubis walking; in each hand, a long egyptian sceptre terminating in a ball; in the field, the sun and moon (adjuncts marking the astrological character of this talisman, which therefore must be ascribed

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

rrestrial or of great terrestrial antiquity, can already have it. if the u.s.a. can foresee space navigation in such a short time, there is no reason why russia's mathematicians and physicists cannot have stumbled onto the principles which makes it possible. but there is another, and much more plausible, possibility. have the russians captured a space ship? or have space people taken over the red empire? nuts. the secrets of ancient flight and levitation, according to researchers into very ancient oriental records and reported by churchward, leslie, and others, have been preserved in the monasteries of the himalayas: in tibet, nepal, india and china. can there be a direct relationship between this fact and russian anxiety to capture and control those mountain fastnesses? could easily be so

e implies intelligence, even of an incipient, primitive or rudimentary type. our contention is that some kind of intelligence has adapted itself to this environment, if it was not actually indigenous thereto. we shall close this section with a mystery. the following is from fate, of april 1951. 65 the mystery of the falling grain one day last summer construction men were working on the top of the empire state building tower, 1,467 feet above the street, preparing to put up a new television mast. suddenly, something stung the check of one of the men. then another reached into his shirt collar and picked out a grain of something or other. he looked at it in puzzlement, then flung it aside. then other men began to notice the kernels falling upon them. while they looked in bewilderment, nearly

ian and the second postdiluvian, speaking in general terms and putting the flood, or its equivalent, far enough back in history so as to coincide with the cataclysm which caused it. all of the centers of civilization and cultural renaissance recognized by present-day anthropologists india, peru, yucatan, egypt, babylonia, greece, china, rome, england and others are but the reviving remnants of an empire and civilization which colonized the world a hundred thousand years ago. they area all "parts" or nuclei, in one great renaissance which has been taking place for, roughly, six to ten thousand years. in it are some traces of the archaic, original, master culture, and, perhaps through india, tibet, egypt and middle america, there are some tenuous links between our immature revival and the pa

KASAK VEEDE UNDERSTANDING PLANETS IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA

as an, whose son was enki. in the old babylonian period, of course, the city god of babylon, marduk became the main god and was also to be son of enki and grandson of an. as an was more like a deus otiosus, marduk as an acting god started to be identified with the acting main god enlil, whose son, god of war ninurta was identified with marduk fs son, multifunctional nabu. the rise of the assyrian empire put the city god assur on the throne of the main god, but in the late babylonian 13 period marduk rised again. in local tradition, of course, both had the power all the time, but while marduk has been mentioned also in more distant regions, assur stayed a city and state god, never reaching the status of a planetary god. however, according to another interpretation the concept of assur devel

KETAB E SIYAH

nation, i hesitated not in replying to him with confident affirmation of my satisfaction at the rule of the most perfect king, speaking these words with love-filled heart 'in all of heaven and earth, regardless of the quest's strenuity, none could hope to find a greater king than our most worthy and majestic father, surely the most perfect of kings. whose dominion could rival the most magnificent empire of our father that extends from the west unto the east and from the northern sky unto the southern sky? our most esteemed father reigns in heaven and earth with sight to pierce the veil of all illusion and an ear that knows all falsehood. his judicious soul determines all that is good and ill and his mighty sceptre exalts and lays low in accordance with the dictates of his will. those who s

speech is well considered indeed and wholly worthy of a prince amongst the elohim. indeed, all that you proclaim is noble, good and right, the best that i have given ear to. yet, and may i pray your forgiveness, i do find a certain weakness in your argument which i shall now expound to you. do you believe, in your most honourable heart, that our father alone could be so potent, ruling so great an empire as he does and being so learned in ancient science such that he can master the very elements and thus create or destroy what he will, or does it seem to you, my brother, as it appears to my swift thought, that any with such dominion and learning could be as great a regent as our father, commanding those powers that he commands and perceiving all that he perceives by his most prescient eye

ur winter into spring, stirring us from slumber with new life. i say this: those who would be dead, stay! but those who would live follow me as i follow satan who has seen the way to new glories beyond the blind darkness of this eternal death of ours. follow and live, this i say. but to those who would stay, know this, i will return to this place and see it consumed in flame that my brother's new empire might rise from its ashes and embers just as new life is born from death after the fire's ravages and my wrath is hotter than flame. it shall consume you lovers of death and i shall rejoice in that destruction" and the host of my brothers paid heed to the speech of moloch, 46 some cursing his words as treachery and reviling him who spoke them, some bemoaned his speech and mourned his passin

your hearts you know, that our most worthy brother, satanael who stands before you, telling undesired truths, is most righteous in his proud vision. a long night has descended and an age has come to an end. heaven's star has long waxed in the sky and it has reached its zenith, bringing victory to us over gog and magog's spawn, the brutal and monstrous giants who were lords of the earth until our empire conquered them when satan hurled from heaven a burning mountain down upon them. now that star falls and wanes, 51 growing duller with passing time, dying forever in the sky until it is a fading memory of the dream. with its star, heaven too shall die, passing away like a cloud, and when, once, all feared its power, it shall be forgotten by time. time has no respect for kings and the empires

and grow languid, unmindful of disasters banking up against them, and thus fall to ruin and dust, beneath the armoured march of the hosts of those who would usurp their might. once i was a champion of heaven, my bloodied sword felling many foes beneath its gilded banner, 54 but now i choose to champion another cause, that of my brother, satanael, against that which was once my cause, building an empire, fitter than the last, and one that shall never fall, never ceasing strive for greater glory and thus prevailing over the great foe that has ruined all empires unto this date. i speak of sopor and weariness that comes when kings lie down. thus, those who are my brothers now, i give to you a choice of fates: march at my side, my comrades, against the decadence of heaven or cling like crows t

master and you fear me well, ruing this day that you betrayed me. no longer are we the elohim, we are the shedim, the apostates, the bringers of the new world" hearing my speech, the shedim roared, the spell of fear upon them broken. 64 they mocked and jeered their craven brothers and then, with a different voice, turned their eyes to me, acclaiming my first victory and blow against that decadent empire they now abhorred. then, still singing of this triumph and of triumphs that would be won, they followed me, as i raised up my sword and led my people, the shedim, in procession from the gates of heaven, and, descending upon wings of flame, down from that upper realm to the earth, resplendent in her emerald garb, promising new tomorrows to be won. this is the truth! 65 theomachy hear me o my

nation, i hesitated not in replying to him with confident affirmation of my satisfaction at the rule of the most perfect king, speaking these words with love-filled heart 'in all of heaven and earth, regardless of the quest's strenuity, none could hope to find a greater king than our most worthy and majestic father, surely the most perfect of kings. whose dominion could rival the most magnificent empire of our father that extends from the west unto the east and from the northern sky unto the southern sky? our most esteemed father reigns in heaven and earth with sight to pierce the veil of all illusion and an ear that knows all falsehood. his judicious soul determines all that is good and ill and his mighty sceptre exalts and lays low in accordance with the dictates of his will. those who s

speech is well considered indeed and wholly worthy of a prince amongst the elohim. indeed, all that you proclaim is noble, good and right, the best that i have given ear to. yet, and may i pray your forgiveness, i do find a certain weakness in your argument which i shall now expound to you. do you believe, in your most honourable heart, that our father alone could be so potent, ruling so great an empire as he does and being so learned in ancient science such that he can master the very elements and thus create or destroy what he will, or does it seem to you, my brother, as it appears to my swift thought, that any with such dominion and learning 89 could be as great a regent as our father, commanding those powers that he commands and perceiving all that he perceives by his most prescient ey

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

and energy; and this was the fourth of the objects intended to be served by the sacred and secret ritual, of which that of masonry is a relic. 59. the egyptian race 60. the egyptian race of the period of which i have been speaking was of mixed blood, but dominantly aryan. our researches show that about 13,500 b.c. a band of men and women belonging to the highest classes of the great south indian empire which then existed set out on an expedition to egypt, by way of ceylon, having been directed to do so by the manu. the ruling race in egypt in those days was a branch of what has been called in theosophical books the toltec sub-race- a branch probably identical with that cro-magnon race which inhabited europe and africa somewhere about 25,000 b.c. in ancient types of man(*op. cit, p. 71) si

y had, however, been displaced by various others before the aryo-egyptians returned from arabia, settled near abydos, and gradually in a peaceful manner became once more the dominant power. two thousand four hundred years later the manu (under the name of menes) incarnated, united the whole of egypt under one rule, and founded at the same time the first dynasty and his great city of memphis. this empire had already flourished for more than a millennium and a half before the reign of rameses the great, who was himself the master of one of the principal lodges at the time when i had the honour to belong to it. 65. the grand lodges 66. during the time when i was living in egypt, the government of the country was directed from within the organization of the mysteries. egypt was divided into fo

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

onally believed that the gods and heroes had reigned over egypt for a little less than eighteen thousand years before the time of mena(*diod. sic, hist, bk. i, xliv) the book man: whence, how and whither carries us much further into the past, and gives us the following facts. 54. the atlantean conquest of egypt took place over one hundred and fifty thousand years ago, and the first great egyptian empire lasted until the catastrophe of 75,025 b.c, when the two great islands ruta and daitya were whelmed beneath the ocean, and only the island of poseidonis remained(*op. cit, pp. 119 and 132, and the story of atlantis, by scott elliott) it was during the dominance of that empire that the three pyramids were built in accordance with the astronomical and mathematical lore of the atlantean priest

l its glory save the three pyramids rising above the waters(*man: whence, how and whither, pp. 242 and 283) after this, when the swamps had become habitable, there came a negroid domination; and then the land was again colonized by the atlanteans, who restored the splendour of the egyptian temples and established once more the hid-den mysteries which had been celebrated in the great pyramid. this empire lasted up to the time of the aryanization of egypt in 13,500 b.c; it was ruled by a great dynasty of divine kings, among whom were many of the heroes whom greece later regarded as demigods, such as herakles of the twelve labours, whose tradition was handed on to classical times. 55. it was to this people about 40,000 b.c. that the world teacher came forth from the white lodge, bearing the n

n from the captivity; and the priestly writers who did this work transfigured in a glow of enthusiastic romance the poetic traditions of their nation. 266. the jewish migrations 267. the jewish race is an offshoot of that semitic people who formed the fifth sub-race of the atlantean root-race. some four thousand years before the great cataclysm of 75,025 b.c, which overwhelmed the first atlantean empire of egypt, the manu had led his especial followers into the uplands of arabia in order that they might be separated from the bulk of the atlanteans, and that a new type might be evolved from them which would later be developed into the aryan root-race. strict injunctions were given by the manu that there was to be no intermar-riage with neighbouring races, so that the purity of the new stock

faiths were planned by the priests with full knowledge of the hidden side of what they were doing; it was for this reason that builders were always associated with temples and temple-worship, and the secrets of building were carefully guarded as part of the teaching of the mysteries. thus the confusion between speculative and operative, which was purposely effected at the breaking-up of the roman empire, presented no difficulties to the powers behind, since those two aspects had always worked in close association, and it was merely a question of emphasizing the one, and of temporarily withdrawing the other into yet further silence and secrecy. no essential change was required. 433. the work of king numa 434. plutarch tells us that the roman collegia were originally founded by numa, the sec

colony at eboracum or york, later to be so prominent in masonic legend and tradition; and another centre was at verulam, afterwards known as s. albans. 443. the introduction of the jewish form 444. the introduction of the jewish form of the masonic ceremonies was intentionally arranged by the powers who stand behind freemasonry about the time when christianity was gaining ascendancy in the roman empire. it would have been almost impossible to continue the mysteries of bacchus or those of mithra in their original form, while there was so much opposition between the christian faith and the old pagan religion. no such opposition was in roman days felt towards the jews, among whom the christian faith arose and had its early nurture; and the jewish form of the mysteries was therefore adopted b

446. the mysteries of bacchus quite naturally and gradually gave place to the jewish form of the same tradition as christianity grew more and more powerful; for this was not incompatible with the christian faith as the greek and egyptian traditions would have been; and the speculative secrets were more and more confused with operative terminology until the transition was complete. when the roman empire of the west was destroyed, political power came more and more into the hands of the church, which grew very suspicious of secret societies, and suppressed them with great vigour. she did not, however, persecute the operative masons, whom she regarded as a body of men wisely guarding the secrets of their trade, which she supposed to be concerned with the measurements of columns and arches, q

siness and wanton destruction. yet they also were an instrument in the hand of the divine power, and their crass ignorance contained within itself the seed of certain qualities which were in danger of dying out and being forgotten among the decaying races which they were destined to leaven and partially to replace. 459. the withdrawal of the mysteries 460. even before the destruction of the roman empire the withdrawal of the mysteries as public institutions had taken place; and this fact was mainly due to the excessive intolerance displayed by the christians. their amazing theory that none but they could be saved from the hell which they themselves had invented naturally led them to try all means, even the most cruel and diabolical persecutions, to force people of other faiths to accept th

fiscation of goods be their punishment(*codex theodosianus xvi, 10, 14, 23, quoted in a source book for ancient church history. ayer, p. 371) 474. wherever possible the temples of the gods were destroyed, the ancient libraries were burnt, the statues and other relics were broken in pieces by the brutal hands of the savage christians- and what destruction remained to be accomplished in the western empire was completed by the no less barbarian invaders. so perished the outer worship of the gods of greece and rome; the mysteries were withdrawn into inviolable secrecy, which remained unbroken until after the reformation, when the church had lost her power to burn and torture all who did not at least pretend to be in agreement with her doctrines. 475. the crossing of traditions 476. this retire

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

d: a bureaucratic system of palaces and offices emerged in which the officers were the immortals of the taoist tradition. prayers came to resemble an official petition within a bureaucracy. a pantheon of divinities ran the system, assigning positions to officers based on their merits. on the other hand, the infernal dimension of the netherworld was a projection of the chinese prison system of the empire, in which criminals were punished and money could be given in the form of bribes to alleviate the punishment. thus spirit money, offered to the dead by the living family, assured the lightening of the punishment for the dead. ancient chinese graves were typically filled with items that could assure assistance and help at the moment of one s judgment in the netherworld. neither heaven nor he

stroy itself before its time has come. through the will of true magic, the living could control their own environment with her and satan s help. lilith soon realized that since creation knew of its beginning, it could not comprehend the idea of not having an end. therefore satan fashioned his creation to cycle through death and life periodically, and die only to be reborn once again into lilith s empire. all that would survive its conclusion would be those who were in harmony with the law of thelema, which states: do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. the earth evolved as it pleased, to adapt to the changes it caused in its own environment. some began to stray from the ultimate law: lex talionis, or, the law of the jungle. those who followed their 291 appendix i: sample document

LIBER CCCXXXV ADONIS

arge upon the gilded curves of tigris. she fs the swan that drew the gods to gaze, the fawn that called their passion to his glades of emerald, the maid that maddened mithras, the quick quiver of reeds that drew oannes from the river. she is gone. the garden is a wilderness. oh for the banquet of the lioness, the rich astounding wines, the kindling meats, the music and the dancers! fiery seats of empire of the archangels, let your wings ramp through the empyrean! lords and kings of the gods, descend and serve us, as we spurn and trample life, fill death fs sardonyx urn with loves immortal.how shall i endure this moment fs patience? ah, she comes, be sure! her foot flits on the marble. open, gate [the gate, not of the house but of the garden, opens. the lady psyche appears. she is clothed i

LIBER CXCVII STORY OF SIR PALAMEDES

e of warriors shocks with man and horse. in mutual madness swift to see they shatter with unbridled force one on another: down they go swift in stupendous overthrow. out sword! out lance! curiass and helm splinter beneath the knightly blow. they storm, they charge, they hack and hew, they rush and wheel the press athrough. the weight, the murder, over whelm one, two, and all. nor silence knew his empire till sir palamede (the last) upon his fairy steed struck down his brother; then at once fell silence on the bloody mead, until the questing rose again. for there, on that ensanguine plain standeth a-laughing at the dunce the single beast they had not slain. there, with his friends and followers dead, his brother smitten through the head, himself sore wounded in the thigh, weepeth upon the d

LIBER CXLVIII SOLDIER AND THE HUNCHBACK

an to question the validity of some of our data. so far our scepticism has not only knocked to pieces our tower of thought, but rooted up the foundation-stone and ground it into finer and more poisonous powder than that into which moses ground the calf. these golden elohim! our calfheads that brought us not out of egypt, but into a darkness deeper and more tangible than any darkness of the double empire of asar. hume put his little? to berkeley fs god; buddha his? to the vedic atman!.and neither hume nor buddha was baulked of his reward. ourselves may put? to our own? since we have found no! to put it to; and wouldn ft it be jolly if our own second? suddenly straightened its back and threw its chest out and marched off as? suppose then we accept our scepticism as having destroyed our knowl

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

sociation for the dissemination of lies among young people) and otherwise known as a philanthropist. his relationship to the author (that of uncle) has procured him this rather disagreeable immortality. he was, let us hope, no relation to george archibald bishop, the remarkable preface to whose dreadfully conventionally psychopathic works is this. preface* in the fevered days and nights under the empire that perished in the struggle of 1870* to a collection of mss illustrating the .psychopathia sexualis. of von kraft-ebing. the names of the parties have been changed. that whirling tumult of pleasure, scheming, success, and despair, the minds of men had a trying ordeal to pass through. in zola.s .la cur e. we see how such ordinary and natural characters as those of saccard, maxime, and the

boleth for the dissenter, and with which all classes of religious humbug, from the pope to the salvation ranter, from the mormon and the jesuit to that mongrol mixture of the worst features of both, the plymouth brother, have scared their illiterate, since hypocrisy was born, with abel, and spiritual tyranny with jehovah! society, in the long run, is eminently sane and practical; under the second empire it ran mad. if these things are done in the green tree of society, what shall be done in the dry tree of bohemianism? art always has a suspicion to fight against; always some poor mad max nordau is handy to call everything outside the kitchen the asylum. here, however, there is a substratum of truth. consider the intolerable long roll of names, all tainted with glorious madness. baudelaire

ire de al magie notes 57 clarendon, ld. history of the great rebellion. de comines, p. chronicle. edwards, bryan history of the british colonies in the w. indies. elton, c. origins of english history. erdmann. history of philosophy, vol. ii. froude. history of england. fyffe, c. a. history of modern europe. gardiner, s. r. history of the civil war in england. gibbon. decline and fall of the roman empire. green, j.r. a history of the english people. guizot. histoire de la civilisation. hallam, h. state of europe in the middle ages. hugo, v. napol on le petit. innes, prof. c. scotland in the middle ages. kingscote. history of the war in the crimea. levi, e. historie de la magie. macaulay, ld. history of england. mccarthy, j. a history of our own times. maistre, jos .uvres. michelet. histoire

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

rom europe is known as the boat-ax culture. around 1000 b.c.e. the scandinavian bronze age begins, and from this same period there are numerous spectacular rock carvings, which may have had a religious purpose. the scandinavian iron age begins circa 500.400 b.c.e, and its first stage, up to around the beginning of our era, is known as the pre-roman iron age, despite incipient trade with the roman empire. around the beginning of our era we begin to get runic inscriptions from scandinavia and the continent in a language that is identifiably germanic, and in scandinavia the so-called roman iron age begins. on the continent this is the time when the germanic peoples confront the roman empire, with increasing success. by around 400 c.e. gold appears in scandinavia, and the germanic iron age beg

d wherever they went. certainly there is some truth to such a picture, especially in the early part of the viking age, when the scandinavian sailors do seem to have had military advantages, with their light, swift, maneuverable ships. but it is important to consider that there were individual forays, larger expeditions, armies wintering in england and on the continent, and, finally, the north sea empire of cnut the great. besides this military activity there was continuous trade and a pattern of settlement in the lands to which the scandinavian ships came. some of these lands were already settled, such as the french coast and northeast england. in normandy the scandinavians left relatively little trace, but in england their influence was great. the creation of the danelaw.a relatively fixe

ime both through their euhemerization and through their presence in some of the lives of the saints translated from latin into icelandic. according to the notion of the euhemerization that prevailed in medieval iceland, the gods were originally human beings who had emigrated from the middle east (tyrkland) to scandinavia long ago. they would have left their homeland at some point during the roman empire, which can be reckoned to around 100 b.c.e. both snorri sturluson and saxo grammaticus associate the legendary king frodi, grandson of frey according to snorri, with the peace that occurred when christ was on earth. and the translated lives of the saints put the norse gods (in place of jupiter, mars, diana, and other roman gods) in the time and space of early christianity.even if they are o

ted him with any of their gods. our name gsaturday h reflects a simple borrowing of his name, as does dutch zaterdag. scandinavian lordag/lordag means gwashday. h these translations offer us some sense of both the stability and innovation of the oral tradition that carried the mythology forward from the migration period to the high middle ages, from somewhere near the northern border of the roman empire to the scandinavian outpost on iceland. we see that ty lr has lost 202 norse mythology most of the glory implied by the etymology of his name, which derives from the same indo-european root as the names of zeus and jupiter and of our word gdeity h (compare latin deus; his predecessor may once have been a far greater warrior than ty lr seems to be in the extant mythology. we surmise that the

LURQUIN STONE EVOLUTION AND RELIGIOUS CREATION MYTHS

mutations have no effect on our health because they affect portions of our dna that play no role in our well-being. these mutations are called neutral mutations. they are neither beneficial nor detrimental. gregor mendel (1822 1884) is rightly seen as the father of genetics. mendel was a catholic monk trained in physics and biology who lived in the city of brno, then part of the austro-hungarian empire and now located in the czech republic. as many people know, mendel established his laws of genetics based on the work he did with pea plants. he was a contemporary of darwin, but mendel and darwin were completely unaware that their respective studies were of great relevance to each other. at first sight, one might wonder what pea-plant genetics has to do with the grand scheme of evolution

ed scientist, such as, for example, jesus christ, roman emperor constantine, or darwin, can radically and quickly change the thinking of many. this is how christianity first appeared, through the teachings of jesus christ (surely a type of cultural evolution, and then evolved further through the actions of among others, emperor constantine (who made christianity the official religion of the roman empire, martin luther, and henry viii of england (the founder of anglicanism, who can all be seen as innovators and modifiers of preestablished order. this is also how evolutionary theory first spread. in the many-to-one mode, where several people are transmitting the same message to one individual, cultural innovations are rare because this type of transmission is akin to social pressure or peer

our [scientific] concepts, rigorous [deterministic] physical law being no more than a macroscopic appearance (translated by p.f.l) louis de broglie, savants et de couvertes in his famous foundation series, the late isaac asimov, science fiction writer and biochemistry professor at boston university, imagined that a new mathematical science called psychohistory, invented during the first galactic empire, allowed humans to predict the future and influence it. scientist that he was, asimov knew very well that psychohistory could not possibly be a deterministic science, a science that provided absolute certainty regarding the outcome of any events. he knew that psychohistory could only be probabilistic. in other words, this science provided only the odds that such or such an event (such as th

to predict the future and influence it. scientist that he was, asimov knew very well that psychohistory could not possibly be a deterministic science, a science that provided absolute certainty regarding the outcome of any events. he knew that psychohistory could only be probabilistic. in other words, this science provided only the odds that such or such an event (such as the fall of the galactic empire) would take place at a statistically estimated time in the future. psychohistory could not guarantee if and when any specific event would take place; it could offer only probabilities. unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately, psychohistory does not yet exist, because, as asimov foresaw, the mathematics and computing time involved in compiling the trillions of actions taken daily by billions o

e, if the age of the universe were concentrated into one single calendar year, with the big bang taking place on january 1, earth would have formed on september 14. the oldest bacterial fossils would have been alive on october 9 and the first worms would have appeared on december 16. the first dinosaurs came into existence on december 24 and the first humans on december 31 at 10:30 p.m. the roman empire was flourishing on december 31 at 11:59:56 p.m, and the renaissance in europe took place on december 31 at 11:59:59 p.m. the last second of the year represents the last five centuries that saw the industrial revolution, the appearance of modern democracy, and space exploration. it is only with a good appreciation of the time elapsed since the birth of the universe that one can come to accep

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

ns of the eclectic himself. eclecticism can scarcely be considered philosophically or logically sound, for as individual schools arrive at their conclusions by different methods of reasoning, so the philosophic product of fragments from these schools must necessarily be built upon the foundation of conflicting premises. eclecticism, accordingly, has been designated the layman's cult. in the roman empire little thought was devoted to philosophic theory; consequently most of its thinkers were of the eclectic type. cicero is the outstanding example of early eclecticism, for his writings are a veritable potpourri of invaluable fragments from earlier schools of thought. eclecticism appears to have had its inception at the moment when men first doubted the possibility of discovering ultimate tru

of mithras become that at least one roman emperor was initiated into the order, which met in caverns under the city of rome. concerning the spread of this mystery school through different parts of europe, c. w. king, in his gnostics and their remains, says "mithraic bas-reliefs cut on the faces of rocks or on stone tablets still abound in the countries formerly the western provinces of the roman empire; many exist in germany, still more in france, and in this island (britain) they have often been discovered on the line of the picts' wall and the noted one at bath" alexander wilder, in his philosophy and ethics of the zoroasters, states that mithras is the zend title for the sun, and he is supposed to dwell within that shining orb. mithras has a male and a female aspect, though not himself

e placed one of his sons as a ruler, as he is said to have done over the saxons and the franks. he then advanced through cimbria to denmark, which acknowledged his fifth son skiold as its sovereign, and passed over to sweden, where gylf, who did homage to the wonderful stranger, and was initiated into his mysteries, then ruled. he soon made himself master here, built sigtuna as the capital of his empire, and promulgated a new code of laws, and established the sacred mysteries. he, himself, assumed the name of odin, founded the priesthood of the twelve drottars (druids) who conducted the secret worship, and the administration of justice, and, as prophets, revealed the future. the secret rites of these mysteries celebrated the death of balder, the beautiful and lovely, and represented the gr

arms against each other and that they should come to the assistance of any of their number who was attacked. in matters of war and great moment the final decision was in the hands of the direct descendants of the family of atlas. no king had the power of life and death over his kinsmen without the assent of a majority of the ten. plato concludes his description by declaring that it was this great empire which attacked the hellenic states. this did not occur, however, until their power and glory had lured the atlantean kings from the pathway of wisdom and virtue. filled with false ambition, the rulers of atlantis determined to conquer the entire world. zeus, perceiving the wickedness of the atlanteans, gathered the gods into his holy habitation and addressed them. here plato's narrative com

ecut and resurfaced, in the walls of mohammedan mosques and palaces in various parts of cairo and its environs. pyramid problems c. piazzi smyth asks "was the great pyramid, then, erected before the invention of hieroglyphics, and previous to the birth of the egyptian religion" time may yet prove that the upper chambers of the pyramid were a sealed mystery before the establishment of the egyptian empire. in the subterranean chamber, however, are markings which indicate that the romans gained admission there. in the light of the secret philosophy of the egyptian initiates, w. w. harmon, by a series of extremely complicated yet exact mathematical calculations; determines that the first ceremonial of the pyramid was performed 68,890 years ago on the occasion when the star vega for the first t

ll the vital powers of the three kingdoms and families of sublunary nature-mineral, plant, and animal (man considered as an animal. at one of her ears was the moon and at the other the sun, to indicate that these two were the agent and patient, or father and mother principles of all natural objects; and that isis, or nature, makes use of these two luminaries to communicate her powers to the whole empire of animals, vegetables, and minerals. on the back of her neck were the characters of the planets and the signs of the zodiac which assisted the planets in their functions. this signified that the heavenly influences directed the destinies of the principles and sperms of all things, because they were the governors of all sublunary bodies, which they transformed into little worlds made in the

t prophets, philosophers, and dignitaries carried a scepter, the upper end of which bore a representation of the solar globe surrounded by emanating rays. all the kingdoms of earth were but copies of the kingdoms of heaven, and the kingdoms of heaven were best symbolized by the solar kingdom, in which the sun was the supreme ruler, the planets his privy council, and all nature the subjects of his empire. many deities have been associated with the sun. the greeks believed that apollo, bacchus, dionysos, sabazius, hercules, jason, ulysses, zeus, uranus, and vulcan partook of either the visible or invisible attributes of the sun. the norwegians regarded balder the beautiful as a solar deity, and odin is often connected with the celestial orb, especially because of his one eye. among the egypt

e air, water, and fire; the fire is above, the water is below, and a breath of air establishes balance between them. the token is: the fire carries the water. the letter (m) is mute (sh) is hissing like fire; there is (a) among them, a breath of air which reconciles the two. 4. the dragon (tali) is in the universe like a king upon his throne; the celestial sphere is in the year like a king in his empire; and the heart is in the body of men like a king in warfare. 5. god also set the opposites against each other: the good against the evil, and the evil against the good. good proceeds from good, evil from evil; the good purifies the bad, the bad the good. the good is reserved for the good, and the evil for the wicked. 6. there are three of which each stands by itself: one is in the affirmati

MARS COCIDIUS AND THE REDCAPS IN LANCASHIRE

e veteran legionaries were regularly settled on demobilisation, and became a centre for the breeding of cavalry horses. contrary to popular myth not all roman troops were withdrawn in 410. only the comitenses or mobile field army was withdrawn, the standing garrisons or limitanaei (at ribchester& carlisle) remained in place as did the foederati or military allies placed at strategic places in the empire in the case of valentia the troops of manau goddodin in lothian (from whence cunedda was sent to retake north wales in the 5th century, german tungrian troops on the wall near carlisle, and a cohort of aelian sailors at ravenglass (cumberland. the notitia dignitatum specifically lists a large array of comitenses forces available to both the count of britain and the count of the saxon shore

shop and may well have brought an army with him. the province of valentia was later the romano-british kingdom of rheged which persisted until it was overthrown by the norse kings of york. modern research of inscriptions (of which more than 8,000 remain) and surviving texts has shown that the extent and quality of latin literacy in western and northern britain was higher than anywhere else in the empire even rome at this time. this coupled with evidence of extensive re-building in the cities during the 5th and 6th centuries implies that far from declining romano-british culture was undergoing a renaissance during this period. the main deities of brigantia/rheged were naturally enough brigantia (brigit) and cocidius (goch in modern welsh i.e. the red one. cocidius was a god of hunting and t

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the last" a reference to his attributed divinity. these words were sometimes formed into an equal-armed cross, which symbol though pagan in origin, as has been already mentioned, became a suitable stock on which to graft the newly arrived cult symbol, the latin or cross of crucifixion. this emblem was then used as a code sign among early converts. however, prior to the formation of the holy roman empire, the early christians themselves were subject to great persecution, and someone hit on an ingenious method of continuing the use of the pater noster code sign and still utilizing all the letters comprising the cross, but cunningly forming them into an acrostic which was at the same time a palindrome. that is, a square of words which reads the same across as it does down, and also can be rea

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th destined to each one of us a spirit, which watches over us and takes care of our preservation; these are called genii, who are elementary like us, and who are more ready to render service to those whose temperament is conformed to the element which these genii inhabit; for example, shouldest thou be of a fiery temperament, that is to say sanguine, thy genius would be fiery and submitted to the empire of ba l. besides this, there are special times reserved for the invocation of these spirits, in the days and hours when they have power and absolute empire. it is for this reason that thou wilt see in the following tables to what planet and to what angel each day and hour is submitted, together with the colours which belong unto them, the metals, herbs, plants, aquatic, a rial, and terrestr

grant, o lord, that we may become responsive unto thy grace, so that through it we may have a full confidence in and knowledge of thee, and that the spirits may discover themselves here in our presence, and that those which are gentle and peaceable may come unto us, so that they may be obedient unto thy commands, through thee, o most holy adonai, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and whose empire endureth unto the ages of the ages. amen. after having said all these words devoutly, let the master arise, and place his hands upon the pentacles, and let one of the companions hold the book open before the master, who, raising his eyes to heaven, and turning unto the four quarters of the universe, shall say: o lord, be thou unto me a tower of strength against the appearance and assault of

to him upon mount sinai; thou who hast granted unto solomon thy servant these pentacles by thy great mercy, for the preservation of soul and of body; we most humbly implore and supplicate thy holy majesty, that these pentacles may be consecrated by thy power, and prepared in such manner that they may obtain virtue and strength against all spirits, through thee, o most holy adonai, whose kingdom, empire, and principality, remaineth and endureth without end. these words being said, thou shalt perfume the pentacles with the same sweet scents and perfumes, and afterwards having wrapped them in a piece of prepared silk cloth, thou shalt put them in a place fit and clean, which thou mayest open whenever it shall please thee, and close it again, at thy pleasure and according unto thy will. we wi

is described in the chapters pertaining thereto, with the proper pen, paper, and ink, or blood. but if the matter is to be accomplished by invocation, before thy conjurations, thou shalt, while burning incense, say devoutly in thine heart: sceaboles, arbaron, elohi, elimigith, herenobulcule, methe, baluth, timayall, villaquiel, teveni, yevie, ferete, bacuhaba, guvarin; through him by whom ye have empire and power over men, ye must accomplish this work so that i may go and remain invisible. and if it be necessary in this operation to trace a circle, thou shalt do as is ordained in the chapter concerning circles; and if it be necessary to write characters &c, thou shalt follow the instructions given in the respective chapters. this operation being thus prepared, if there be an especial conju

similar experiment thou shalt say: prayer. o god, who hast created all things, and hast given unto us discernment to understand the good and the evil; through thy holy name, and through these holy names- iod, iah, vau, daleth, vau, tzabaoth, zio, amator, creator, do thou, o lord, grant that this experiment may become true and veritable in my hands through thy holy seal, o adonai, whose reign and empire remaineth eternally and unto the ages of the ages. amen. this being done, thou shalt perform the experiment, observing its hour, and thou shalt perfume and incense as is laid down in the proper chapter; sprinkling with exorcised water, and performing all the ceremonies and solemnities as we shall instruct thee in the second book of our key. book one page 57 chapter xviii. concerning the hol

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themselves after the first psalm, and before continuing with the others, he should pronounce these words: amor, amator, amides, ideodaniach, pamor, plaior, anitor; through the merits of these holy angels will i robe and indue myself with the vestments of power, through which may i conduct unto the desired end those things which i ardently wish, through thee, o most holy adonai, whose kingdom and empire endureth for ever. amen. take notice that if the linen garments were vestments of the levites or of the priests, and had been used for holy things, that they would be all the better. figure 58. the key of solomon page 96 chapter vii. of places wherein we may conveniently execute the experiments and operations of the art the places best fitted for exercising and accomplishing magical arts an

and descend. michael, gabriel, raphael, and the others, are not names but titles. the first of the numbers is the unity. the first of the divine conceptions called the sephiroth is kether or the crown. the first category of the spirits is that of chaioth ha-qadesh or the intelligences of the divine tetragram, whose letters are symbolized by the mysterious animals in the prophecy of ezekiel. their empire is that of unity and synthesis. they correspond to the intelligence. they have for adversaries the thamiel or double-headed ones, the demons of revolt and of anarchy, whose two chiefs, ever at war with each other, are satan and moloch. the second number is two; the second sephira is chokmah or wisdom. the spirits of wisdom are the auphanim, a name which signifieth the wheels, because all ac

e intelligence. they have for adversaries the thamiel or double-headed ones, the demons of revolt and of anarchy, whose two chiefs, ever at war with each other, are satan and moloch. the second number is two; the second sephira is chokmah or wisdom. the spirits of wisdom are the auphanim, a name which signifieth the wheels, because all acts in heaven like immense wheels spangled with stars. their empire is that of harmony. they correspond to the reason. they have for adversaries the chaigidel, or the shells which attach themselves to material and lying appearances. their chief, or rather their guide, for evil spirits obey no one, is beelzebub, whose name signifieth the god of flies, because flies haunt putrefying corpses. the third number is three. the third sephira is binah or understandi

they have for adversaries the chaigidel, or the shells which attach themselves to material and lying appearances. their chief, or rather their guide, for evil spirits obey no one, is beelzebub, whose name signifieth the god of flies, because flies haunt putrefying corpses. the third number is three. the third sephira is binah or understanding. the spirits of binah are aralim, or the strong. their empire is the creation of ideas; they correspond to activity and energy of thought. they have for adversaries the satariel, or concealers, the demons of absurdity, of intellectual inertia, and of mystery. the chief of the satariel is lucifuge, called falsely and by anti-phrase lucifer (as the eumenides, who are the furies, are called in greek the gracious ones. the fourth number is four. the fourt

absurdity, of intellectual inertia, and of mystery. the chief of the satariel is lucifuge, called falsely and by anti-phrase lucifer (as the eumenides, who are the furies, are called in greek the gracious ones. the fourth number is four. the fourth sephira is gedulah or chesed, magnificence or mercy. the key of solomon page 124 the spirits of gedulah are the chaschmalim, or the lucid ones. their empire is that of beneficence; they correspond to the imagination. they have for adversaries the gamchicoth or the disturbers of souls. the chief or guide of these demons is ashtaroth or astarte, the impure venus of the syrians, whom they represent with the head of an ass or of a bull, and the breasts of a woman. the fifth number is five. the fifth sephira is geburah or justice. the spirits of geb

on. they have for adversaries the gamchicoth or the disturbers of souls. the chief or guide of these demons is ashtaroth or astarte, the impure venus of the syrians, whom they represent with the head of an ass or of a bull, and the breasts of a woman. the fifth number is five. the fifth sephira is geburah or justice. the spirits of geburah are the seraphim, or the spirits burning with zeal. their empire is that of the chastisement of crimes. they correspond to the faculty of comparing and of choosing. they have for adversaries the golab or incindiaries, genii of wrath and sedition, whose chief is asmodeus, whom they also call samael the black. the sixth number is six. the sixth sephira is tiphereth the supreme beauty. the spirits of tiphereth are the malachim, or the kings. their empire is

beauty. the spirits of tiphereth are the malachim, or the kings. their empire is that of the universal harmony. they correspond to the judgment. they have for adversaries the tagaririm, or disputers, whose chief is belphegor. the seventh number is seven. the seventh sephira is netzach, or victory. the spirits of netzach are the elohim or the gods, that is to say the representatives of god. their empire is that of progress and of life; they correspond to the sensorium or to sensibility. they have for adversaries the harab-serapel, or the ravens of death, whose chief is baal. the eighth number is eight. the eighth sephira is hod or eternal order. the spirits of hod are the beni elohim or sons of the gods. their empire is that of order; they correspond to the inner sense. they have for adver

gods. their empire is that of order; they correspond to the inner sense. they have for adversaries the samael or jugglers, whose chief is adramelech. the ninth number is nine. the ninth sephira is yesod, or the fundamental principle. the spirits of yesod are the cherubim or angels, those powers which fecundate the earth, and which are represented in hebrew symbolism under the form of bulls. their empire is that of fecundity. they correspond to true ideas. they have for adversaries the gamaliel or obscene, whose queen is lilith, the demon of debaucheries. the tenth number is ten. the tenth sephira is malkuth, or the kingdom of forms. the spirits of malkuth are the ischim, or the virile ones; they are the souls of the saints whose chief is moses (let us not forget that it is solomon who spea

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the nature of the sun. they serve to repress the pride and arrogance of the solar spirits, which are altogether proud and arrogant by their nature. editor s note. mystical characters of the sun and the names of the angels: shemeshiel, paimoniah, rekhodiah, and malkhiel. figure 34. the third pentacle of the sun. this serveth in addition (to the effects of the two preceding) to acquire kingdom and empire, to inflict loss, and to acquire renown and glory, especially through the name of god, tetragrammaton, which therein is twelve times contained. editor s note. the name ihvh, twelve times repeated; and a versicle somewhat similar to daniel iv. 34 "my kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and my dominion endureth from age to age" figures 32 and 33. the holy pentacles page 71 figure 35. the fourt

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times, that is whilst the spirit comes, for without a doubt he will come. note: the same method is used in all the following spirits of this 2nd. book theurgia goetia, as is here of pamersiel& his servants aforesaid. solomon s table the conjuration "i conjure thee, o thou mighty& potent prince pamersiel who ruleth as a king in the dominion of the east &c" padiel the 2nd. spirit in order under the empire of the east, is padiel, he ruleth in the east& by south as a king& governeth 10,000 spirits by day& 200,000 by night besides several thousand under them, they are all naturally good& may be trusted, solomon saith those spirits hath no power of themselves but what is given them by their prince padiel, therefore he hath made no mention of any of their names, because if any of them be called t

dukes which belong to the night& their seals under barmiel: berbis seal acereba seal gabir seal marques seal morcaza seal ashib seal carnet seal baabal seal those of the day must be called in the day& those of the night, in the night. the conjuration "i conjure thee o thou mighty& potent prince barmiel &c" lemegeton: clavicula salomonis 16 gediel the 6th. spirit in order, but the second under the empire of the south is gediel, who ruleth as king in the south& by west, who hath 20 chief spirits to serve him in the day& as many in the night& they have servants at their command whereof we shall make mention but of 8 of the chief spirits that belong to the day& as many that belong to the night, who hath 20 servants apeice to attend them, when they are called forth to appearance, they are very

piel seal carga seal rabas seal ariel seal malugel seal theurgia goetia 19 asyriel the 8 dukes that belong to the night: amiel seal marott seal buter seal fiascua seal cusrel seal onuel seal aspiel seal hamas seal the conjuration "i conjure thee o thou mighty& potent prince asyriel, who rulest as a king &c" lemegeton: clavicula salomonis 20 maseriel the 8th. spirit in order but the 4th. under the empire of the south is called maseriel, who ruleth as king in the dominion of the west& by south& hath a great number of princes& servants under him to attend him, whereof we shall make mention of 12 of the chief spirits that attend him in the day time& 12 that attend& do his will in the night time, which is sufficient for practise, they are all good natured& willing to do your will in all things

espoel seal theurgia goetia 21 maseriel the spirits belonging to the night. arach seal sarmiel seal baras seal rabiel seal naras seal amoyr seal eliol seal atriel seal nogoiol seal badiel seal eras seal sdvar seal the conjuration "i conjure thee o thou mighty& potent prince maseriel, who ruleth as king &c" lemegeton: clavicula salomonis 22 malgaras the 9th. spirit in order but the first under the empire of the west is called malgaras, he ruleth in the dominion of the west& hath 30 dukes under him in the day& as many for the night& they every one of them have 30 servants to attend them excepting miliel, barfas, asper& deiles for they have but 20 apeace. arois& basiel hath but 10, and they are all very courteous& will appear willing to do your will, they appear 2& 2 at a time with their serv

rfas seal arois seal theurgia goetia 23 malgaras the 12 dukes belonging to the night followeth: arac seal cubi seal aspiel seal asper seal libiel seal caron seal deilas seal rabae seal zamor seal basiel seal dodiel seal amiel seal the conjuration "i conjure thee o thou mighty& potent prince malgaras &c" lemegeton: clavicula salomonis 24 darochiel the 10th. spirit in order but the second under the empire of the west is dorochiel, who is a mighty prince ruling in the west& by north& hath 40 dukes to attend on him in the day& as many for the night, with an inumerable company of servants, whereof we shall make mention of 24 chief dukes that belong to the day& as many for the night, with their seals as followeth. note the 12 first that belong to the day& of the night hath 40 servants apiece to

mel seal here followeth the 14 dukes that belong to the night: anfel seal godiel seal barfos seal burfa seal saddiel(#1) seal ofsidiel seal adan seal asurel seal almod seal pathir seal narad seal lasphoron seal ethiel seal saddiel(#2) seal the conjuration "i conjure thee o thou mighty& potent prince usiel &c" theurgia goetia 29 the seal of cabariel the 12th. spirit in order but the 4th. under the empire of the west is cabariel, who is a mighty prince ruling in the west& by north, he hath 50 dukes to attend him in the day& as many for the night; with them are many servants to attend them, whereof we shall make mention but of 10 of the chief dukes that belong to the day& as many for the night& every one of them hath 50 servants to give attendance when their master is called& note that those

belong to the night &c. thariel his seal paras his seal arayl his seal culmar his seal lazaba his seal aleasy his seal sebach his seal quibda his seal belsay his seal morael his seal sarach his seal arepach his seal lamas his seal thureal his seal the conjuration "i conjure thee o thou mighty& potent prince &c" theurgia goetia 33 symiel, his seal the 14th spirit in order [but the second under the empire of the north] is called symiel, who ruleth as king in the north& by east; who hath 10 dukes to attend him in the day, and a 1000 for the night& every one of them hath a certaine number of servants whereof we shall make mention of the 10 that belong to the day; and 10 of those that belong to ye night& those of the day are very good and not disobedient; as those of the night are, for they are

s seal the 10 following belong to the night. mafrus; his seal 70 apiel; his seal 30 curiel; his seal 40 molael; his seal 10 arafes; bis seal 50 marianu; his seal 100 narzad; his seal 20 murahe; his seal 30 richel; his seal 120 malad; his seal 130 the conjuration "i conjure thee o thou mighty& potent prince &c" theurgia goetia 35 armadiel, his seal the 15th. spirit in order [but the 3rd. under the empire of the north] is called armadiel, who ruleth as king in the north east part; and hath many dukes under him, besides other servants; where of we shall make mention of 15, or the chiefe dukes, which hath 1260 servants to attend them; these dukes are to be called in the day& night, dividing the same into 15 parts; beginning at sunrise with the first spirit& so on till you come to the last spir

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iples of faith and the humanitarian ideals of masonry are with some men taking the place of the theology offered in the various churches; it is probable that to some extent they do so. but the fact is with us that the ideals of the masonic order are making a wide appeal to the best instincts of large numbers of men and that the order has imperceptibly become the greatest social institution in the empire. its principles of faith and ethics are simple, and of virtually universal acceptance. providing means for the expression of universal fraternity under a common divine fatherhood and of a common loyalty to the headship and established government of the state, it leaves room for divergences of private belief and view upon matters upon which unity is impracticable and perhaps undesirable. it

s around the uncreated, imperishable and only true god, the word of god joining in the strain" the mysteries came to an end as public institutions in the sixth century, when from political considerations they and the teaching of the secret doctrine and philosophy became prohibited by the roman government, under justinian, who aimed at inaugurating an official uniform state-religion throughout its empire. subsequently, as the roman empire declined and broke up, the roman catholic church emerged from it, which, as we know, has resolutely discountenanced any authority in religion and philosophy as a rival to her own and at the same time claimed supremacy and an over-riding jurisdiction in temporal matters also. for the freemason the result of that church's conduct is instructive. for when an

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attainable in time. he said that their ownlives should be laid down, if necessary, to ensure the glorious end game. his instruc-tions were that the entire planet earth would have to be owned and stripped of its nat-ural resources to procure the wealth and power needed to create the means for carryingout their long-term plan. so it is from this time in history and from such a small island that an empire begins.england set out to create its giant exploitative empire, which extended its tentacles tothe corners of the world and ruthlessly and efficiently subdued nations and cultureswho stood in its way. the hudson bay and east india consortiums were founded, thegreat trade routes opened, and the human slave trade instigated. countries were thenruthlessly and systematically looted of their nat

ow adapt if it is to fulfill its destiny (theodore roszak, where the wasteland ends. protestantism was crafted as a perfect a la carte work ethic oriented religion. it wasto engender the appropriate psychological disposition in the masses. it succeeded. rarely has it been publicly revealed that colonialism is based on a closely guarded,occult agenda. this move of englands aristocracy to launch an empire was the begin-ning of a new phase in the history of the serpent race. it signaled the beginning ofthe modern age. the later age of enlightenment and the subsequent industrial agewere also stages along the way, each defined by advancement in technology and geno-cide. the major advances in civilization are processes that wreck the societies in which theyoccur (alfred north whitehead)civilizat

worldwide web, a bleak picture presents itself. our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. we have guided missiles and misguidedmen (martin luther king, jr.)the combined military expenditures of all the world s governments in 1987 were so largethat all of the social programs of the united nations could be financed for three hundredyears by this expenditure (william h. koettke, the final empire)the benefit to ordinary man of all this expenditure and industry is virtually non-exis-tent except on the usual utilitarian level. if one is interested to know how the existen-tial dynamics or metaphysical constitution of any agency comes to ruin, merelyour future in the stars128atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation observe how much of what is naturally and inherently good an

me is that mankind finally discovers the correct means to the end and vanquishes itsenemy, with no excessive loss of life or home-world. mankind will prove itself its own defender andredeemer. we will eradicate the enemy externally and finally resolve the question of evil on themicrocosmic level. the beasts will be slain, the maidens rescued, the planet saved, and the endinghappy.this is the true empire strikes back outcome.4y ou may notice something is missing from these scenarios. there is no mention ofanyone or anything else coming to our rescue. there is no mention of the conventionalavengers and redeemers: gods, greys, christs, angels, or pleiadeans. there is noflash gordon on his way.we can accept god becoming man to save man, but not man becoming god to save himself (v ernon howard)

gordon on his way.we can accept god becoming man to save man, but not man becoming god to save himself (v ernon howard) 2bridges to babylon, from the album by the rolling stones, one of the bands funded by the present, but ancient, powerful psychedelic cult of dionysus.3start the fuse tector, from sam peckinpah's classic western, the wild bunch, which shows exactly how to fightfire with fire.4the empire strikes back, from the film of the same name by george lucas. lucas, founder of industrial light and magic, is one of the bloodkin to the atlantean serpents, as he never ceases intimating in his films. his mov-ies are modernizations, and even corruptions of, tolkien's lord of the rings.atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation131 epilogue: time to change the road youre on natural

erior culture that has answers for all the world s people. the addict, truly, is a personwho is emotionally dependent on things: television, substances, personality routines, otherpeople, mental ideologies, total immersion in some cause or work. if the object of depen-dency is moved, addicts will experience insecurity, discomfort, distress, the symptoms ofwithdrawal (william h. koettke, the final empire) we reproduce catastrophe because we ourselves are traumatized both as a species andindividually, beginning at birth. because we are wounded, we have put up psychic defensesagainst reality and have become so cut off from direct participation in the multidimensionalwilderness in which we are embedded that all we can do is to navigate our way cautiouslythrough a humanly designed day-to-day su

ill your kids and they rape your wivesthey rip your flesh, tear your heart and take you down to hellatlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation159 appendix a: the minstrels speak they don't give a damn on any kind of lifephantoms bring evil, destruction and deathnight after night the same old gamethey all look so harmless but deep in their heartssatan is lurking, and he will break outthe empire of deceivers is built upon your fearyou'll have to lose it 'cause the end is nearwarheads, armies stand to strike, i know it isn't righti wanna get out of here, i don't wanna dieinfernal destruction of fire you'll burnthen you'll be helpless but it's not too latestand up right now and you'll be the winneror satan will get you, take you forevergenocide everywherewhere's the saviour of this w

exhalations (p. 408) at last an evil one, denominated ahriman, corrupted the world. after having dared to visit heaven he descended upon the earth and assumed the form of a serpent (from zend avesta)the norse legendsy et, before all things, there existed what we call muspelheim. it is a world luminous, glowing, not to bedwelt in by strangers, and situate at the end of the earth. surtur holds his empire there. in his hand thereshines a flaming sword.muspel muspel is the lands of the south. connects with tolkiens numenor, with arcadia and ultima thule.viracocha of perucalled the white one. he constructed the sun and moon and created the inhabitants of the earth. thelatter attacked him with murderous intent.he civilized the peruvians, taught them arts and agriculture and religion; they calle

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f the original purpose of the mysteries, which was to teach men to know and practice their duties to themselves and their fellows, the great practical end of all philosophy and all knowledge. truths are the springs from which duties flow; and it is but a few hundred years since a new truth began to be distinctly seen; that man is supreme over institutions, and not they over him. man has _natural_ empire over _all_ institutions. they are for him, according to his development; not he for them. this seems to us a very simple statement, one to which all men, everywhere, ought to assent. but once it was a great new truth--not revealed until governments had been in existence for at least five thousand years. once revealed, it imposed new duties on men. man owed it to _himself_ to be free. he owe

one, even by the feeblest or humblest, cannot help but have their effect. more or less, the effect is inevitable and eternal. the echoes of the greatest deeds may die away like the echoes of a cry among the cliffs, and what has been done seem to the human judgment to have been without result. the unconsidered act of the poorest of men may fire the train that leads to the subterranean mine, and an empire be rent by the explosion. the power of a free people is often at the disposal of a single and seemingly an unimportant individual--a terrible and truthful power; for such a people feel with one heart, and therefore can lift up their myriad arms for a single blow. and, again, there is no graduated scale for the measurement of the influences of different intellects upon the popular mind. pete

of commerce, has always at last proven the ruin of states, because it invariably leads to injustices that make a state detestable; to a selfishness and crooked policy that forbid other nations to be the friends of a state that cares only for itself. commercial avarice in india was the parent of more atrocities and greater rapacity, and cost more human lives, than the nobler ambition for extended empire of consular rome. the nation that grasps at the commerce of the world cannot but become selfish, calculating, dead to the noblest impulses and sympathies which ought to actuate states. it will submit to insults that wound its honor, rather than endanger its commercial interests by war; while, to subserve those interests, it will wage unjust war, on false or frivolous pretexts, its free peop

ed sepulchres, which appear beautiful outward, but are within full of bones of the dead and of all uncleanness. the republic cloaks its ambition with the pretence of a desire and duty to "extend the area of freedom" and claims it as its "manifest destiny" to annex other republics or the states or provinces of others to itself, by open violence, or under obsolete, empty, and fraudulent titles. the empire founded by a successful soldier, claims its ancient or natural boundaries, and makes necessity and its safety the plea for open robbery. the great merchant nation, gaining foothold in the orient, finds a continual necessity for extending its dominion by arms, and subjugates india. the great royalties and despotisms, without a plea, partition among themselves a kingdom, dismember poland, and

lties and despotisms, without a plea, partition among themselves a kingdom, dismember poland, and prepare to wrangle over the dominions of the crescent. to maintain the balance of power is a plea for the obliteration of states. carthage, genoa, and venice, commercial cities only, must acquire territory by force or fraud, and become states. alexander marches to the indus; tamerlane seeks universal empire; the saracens conquer spain and threaten vienna. the thirst for power is never satisfied. it is insatiable. neither men nor nations ever have power enough. when rome was the mistress of the world, the emperors caused themselves to be worshipped as gods. the church of rome claimed despotism over the soul, and over the whole life from the cradle to the grave. it gave and sold absolutions for

over the indies, endeavored to crush out protestantism in the netherlands, while philip the second married the queen of england, and the pair sought to win that kingdom back to its allegiance to the papal throne. afterward spain attempted to conquer it with her "invincible" armada. napoleon set his relatives and captains on thrones, and parcelled among them half of europe. the czar rules over an empire more gigantic than rome. the history of all is or will be the same--acquisition, dismemberment, ruin. there is a judgment of god against all that is unjust. to seek to subjugate the _will_ of others and take the _soul_ captive, because it is the exercise of the highest power, seems to be the highest object of human ambition. it is at the bottom of all proselyting and propagandism, from that

ents of their inglorious fame; but those will enjoy that delight and march in that triumph, who can trace the remote effects of their enlightened benevolence in the improved condition of their species, and exult in the reflection, that the change which they at last, perhaps after many years, survey, with eyes that age and sorrow can make dim no more--of knowledge become power--virtue sharing that empire--superstition dethroned, and tyranny exiled, is, if even only in some small and very slight degree, yet still in _some_ degree, the fruit, precious if costly, and though late repaid yet long enduring, of their own self-denial and strenuous exertion, of their own mite of charity and aid to education wisely bestowed, and of the hardships and hazards which they encountered here below. masonry

; a reflection of the uncreated light; a mirror that can collect and concentrate upon itself all the moral splendors of the universe. it is the soul alone that gives any value to the things of this world; and it is only by raising the soul to its just elevation above all other things, that we can look rightly upon the purposes of this earth. no sceptre nor throne, nor structure of ages, nor broad empire, can compare with the wonders and grandeurs of a single thought. that alone, of all things that have been made, comprehends the maker of all. that alone is the key which unlocks all the treasures of the universe; the power that reigns over space, time, and eternity. that, under god, is the sovereign dispenser to man of all the blessings and glories that lie within the compass of possession

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

ated, and at its conclusion she was reconducted, in a fainting condition, to her cell. the following is a striking instance of the ambiguity of oracular predictions:.croesus, the rich king of lydia, before going to war with cyrus, king of persia, consulted an oracle as to the probable success of the expedition. the reply he received was, that if he crossed a certain river he would destroy a great empire. interpreting the response as being favourable to his design, croesus crossed the river, and encountered the persian king, by whom he page 226 was entirely defeated; and his own empire being destroyed, the prediction of the oracle was said to have been fulfilled. soothsayers (augurs. in addition to the manifestation of the will of the gods by means of oracles, the greeks also believed that

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

were thirtytwo collegia. by this time the collegia had become essential state institutions wed to strong municipal organization. during the third century these institutions preserved their traditional importance but lost much of their former independence. they became cogs in the imperial administration, albeit the most important cogs, for they were in direct contact with the population. with the empire now an absolute monarchy, the governmental authority was gradually assuming the task of assuring not only law and order, but material prosperity as well. to do this, it set up a vast system of social classes in such a way that all the services necessary to survival and living had sufficient personnel. the utmost effort was made to maintain the individual authority of each man in his duty or

based on municipal organization and professional groups eventually inspired european sovereigns in their fight against feudalism and in their quest to strengthen their authority at the time of the crusades, when they found roman social institutions still in place in the east. 10 the origins of freemasonry from ancient times to the middle ages the principal collegia in the latter days of the roman empire, christian influences brought about both a decline in slavery and the development of free labor. this labor remained completely organized under the corporative form of the collegia and each professional was compelled to join the college of his trade. the institution realized the height of its development in the fourth century.9 at this time a distinction was made between public and private

ndividuals involved in these services remained so their entire lives and at no time had the right to sell their work. the other professions made up the private colleges, which were actually semi-public bodies. these included mainly the dendrophori and tignarii, artisans specializing in woodwork. the college of the tignarii, homebuilders, remained hugely important and was widespread throughout the empire. among the other colleges were the argentarii (bankers, the lapidarii and marmorii (various categories of stone and marble workers, the centonarii (garment manufacturers, the negotiares vini (wine merchants) and the medici (doctors) and professori (teachers. generally speaking, the state granted each collegium a monopoly on its trade. the members enjoyed certain advantages. for instance, th

p of roman builders had experienced the influence of foreign peoples because of the itinerant nature of these artisans and the fact that the romans benefited from the architectural knowledge of the greeks, who in turn had been influenced by the persians, egyptians, and syrians. in fact, the influence of the syrians must have been considerable following their significant immigration into the roman empire, to rome particularly, during the later years of its existence "it was especially in the first century that the syrian exercised his activities, charged with almost all the minor crafts. the syrus (oriental in the broad sense of the term) entered everywhere, introducing with him the tongue and mores of his country."11 indeed* for more on the symbolic myth of hercules and its connection with

ages it became one of the principles of social organization. even at the beginning of the fifteenth century, fra angelico's contemporaries would say that angels came down to paint his painting during the inspired slumber of this incomparable dominican monk. on the social and practical plane, it is not out of the question that traditional rites of the collegia survived during the time of the late empire, despite the triumph of christianity and its transformation into the state religion. with their initiatory and sacred value adapted to the new spirit of the age, these rites had in their favor the strength of popular custom and the people's interest in retaining them as signs of identification and professional secrets. it is generally thought that it was for reasons of this nature that earl

ughout great britain and the scots and picts continued to harass the romans, who, finding themselves attacked from all sides, left this land at the beginning of the fifth century. at this same time, almost the whole of europe succumbed to the attacks of barbarians. 2 the collegia and the barbarian invasions what happened to the collegia, particularly the organization of builders, when the western empire collapsed under repeated waves of invasion? the fate of roman institutions varied by region. obviously, they survived in those countries that were not occupied by conquering forces, which is how, in those parts of italy that remained "roman (those transferred to the protection of the eastern empire and byzantium notably ravenna, rome, and venice) the collegia continued to develop in the for

otably saint maurice cathedral, which was consecrated around 580' all this attests to the survival of not only roman traditions, but also important associations of builders, artists, and specialists. the fate of the collegia among the visigoths and burgundians roman institutions persisted to a great extent in the kingdoms of the burgundians and the visigoths, who had established themselves in the empire as foederati and hospites (billeted mercenaries. roman laws continued to apply to gallo-roman citizens in these lands. in fact, visgoth and burgunidan kings had compilations of roman law drafted for the use of barbarian judges responsible for adjudicating among gallo-romans. these were the lex romana visigothorum or the breviary of alaric (505-506) and the lex romana burgundionum from the s

uildings connected to the memory of king gontran and queen brunhilde.2 the last of the gallo-roman provincial leaders may well have been a bishop of cahors, saint didier or gery, who died in 654. he won fame as a builder and was regarded by his contemporaries as having rediscovered the ancient mechanical system for producing large cut stones, which had been abandoned during the final years of the empire. in addition to his cathedral, he repaired or built part of the ramparts of cahors, erected bridges across the lot river, and built an episcopal palace and various religious establishments. the collegia and the barbarian invasions 23 the knowledge and reputation of the gallo-roman builders was such that their influence extended outside gaul. according to bede, in the year 675 bishop benoit

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is to create a school,a place where communicable methods of initiation can be developed. a iii 's addition are for all- they will spread through the temple as a drop of honey would spread through milk. a good example would be the index card discussion method that magister barrett taught me that i have passed onto various conclaves, that now facilitates discussions in many far corners of the black empire. the iii emulates set, particularly in his coming into being. we understand that such events are not something that happened in some far-off historical time. we know that such events happen in a dimension of mind and can be said to be happening all the time. these events are synchronistic with our xeper. there are two stories of the birth of set. one that he tore himself form the womb of hi

erial glory. set's eclipse may well have been due to a more subtle, yet pervasive sentiment sweeping egypt. as sauneron and many other egyptologists have acknowledged, egyptian philosophy was based upon a millennia-old conviction of the absolute presence and influence of the neteru, and in the virtue of a social system in which the preservation of cyclical harmony was all-important. while the new empire of the xix-xx dynasties extended egypt's influence to palestine and mesopotamia, it also made the egyptians aware that there were many other functioning cultures in which the neteru were unknown [at least by their egyptian names. moreover the concept of egypt as just one among a number of nation-states competing for power and influence in the mediterranean, rather than as the one civilizati

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

hura mazda and ahriman this silver plaque from luristan, from the eighth century bce, shows the twins, ahura mazda and ahriman, emerging from the body of zurvan, the supreme god and personification of time. on either side stand figures representing the three stages of man youth, maturity, and old age. mithra mithra was a persian god who became widely venerated in the west, especially in the roman empire, as mithras. he was said to be the son of ahura mazda one of the seven divinities created by ahura mazda to oppose the demons created by ahriman. he was a god of order; but in the need to maintain order, became a god of war and warriors. he was seen as a more approachable god one who in a sense mediated between the pure goodness of ahura mazda and the pure evil of ahriman. his shrines depic

aintain order, became a god of war and warriors. he was seen as a more approachable god one who in a sense mediated between the pure goodness of ahura mazda and the pure evil of ahriman. his shrines depict him slaying a bull, a ritual act thought to ensure new life in the renewed creation; worshippers bathed in the blood from sacrificed bulls. the mystery cult of mithras as practiced in the roman empire was solely for men; it was an ascetic cult that emphasized truth and right living, holding out in return the promise of life after death. this roman statue shows the god mithras slaying the bull. the end of all things as the end of time draws near, the savior, saoshyant, will arise. he will prepare the world to be made new, and help ahura mazda to destroy ahriman. in the time of saoshyant

is death, hagen refused to reveal where he had hidden the treasure. the swan knight lohengrin, the swan knight, is shown here as the very image of the parfit gentil knyght. he appears in a vision to elsa, and she becomes convinced that he is her future husband and will come to save her. 75 lohengrin elsa, heiress to brabant as heiress to the duchy of brabant, elsa was a princess of the holy roman empire. in the year 1204 (when wolfram von eschenbach was probably at work on parzival, henry of brabant,who has no sons, received authority from emperor philip to name his daughter maria as his heir, thus giving topicality to von eschenbach s use of lohengrin story. swan helm lohengrin s helm with swan s wings marks him as a knight, both of this world and of the spirit world. ortrud ortrud, wife

PIKE CUMMINGS THE SPURIOUS RITES OF MEMPHIS AND MISRAIM

ngo, w[est] i[ndies, the rite of heredom in twenty-five degrees and established a grand consistory to govern it, entirely independent of the grand orient of france. but had nothing to do with the formation of the supreme council. de grasse-tilly, in b i a e, gave the degrees of the ancient and accepted scottish rite to the principal members of the grand orient of france; and after the fall of the empire a supreme council in the bosom of the grand orient was organized, which still exists. though now inactive. legitimate scottish rite masonry in france is now under control of the supreme council d d x, which is independent of the grand orient. it has been claimed that the rite of misraim owed its principles and form of organization to the primitive rite of philadelphes of narbonne, which was

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

greece, and the legs represented rome. media and persia [clothed] the garms h [of holiness; this is why they are counted as two, inasmuch as there are two arms. greece [clothed] the gtorso h; it is therefore counted as one [in] the present exile [evil clothes] the legs [of holiness, there are therefore two [aspects to it] edom and ishmael, corresponding to the two legs and feet. the former roman empire (europe and north africa) was inhereted by christianity and islam. this is alluded to in the verse: g cwho have defamed the heels of your messiah, h8 since this exile is that of the feet. that is why it is written, gand [the stone] smote the image on its feet. h9 this exile is the final one before the advent of the messiah. both christianity and islam have corrupted the doctrine of the mess

mes, which are branches from these roots. these [four letters] are the four rivers of the garden [of eden, as is known. similarly, in the realm of evil, there are four rivers.[known by the same names] the pishon, the gichon [the tigris, and the euphrates]13.which are the roots, which divide into seventy nations. as our sages say: g ethe name of the first was pishon f.this refers to the babylonian empire; ethe name of the second was gichon f.this refers to the medean empire, h etc.14 since all seventy nations are included within these four grivers, h therefore the entire jewish people were exiled to each of these four [archetypal] nations. babylonia, medea [greece, and rome. but the other seventy nations are just particulars and branches [of these, and each of these [lesser] nations took on

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

of the many-coloured rainbow of promise "before all things" commences a phrase in one ritual "are the chaos, the darkness, and the gates of the land of night" it is in this dark chaotic night so blindly called life, a night in which we struggle, labour and war incessantly for no reasonable end, that we ordinary human beings stumble and proceed about our various tasks. these gates of the far-flung empire of the night indeed refer eloquently to the material bondage whichwe ourselves have created- a bondage whereby we are tied to our circumstances, to our selves, to trial of every kind, bound to the very things we so despise and hate. it is not until we have clearly realised that we are <37> enmeshed in darkness, an interior darkness, that we can commence to seek for that alchemical solvent w

w which changeth, and a vapour which passeth: thou, who mountest upon the clouds, and who walkest upon the wings of the wind. thou, who breathest forth thy breath, and endless space is peopled: thou, who drawest in thy breath, and all that cometh from thee, retumeth unto thee! ceaseless motion, in eternal stability, be thou eternally blessed <90> we praise thee and we bless thee in the changeless empire of created light, of shades, of reflections, and of images- and we aspire without cessation unto thy immutable and imperishable brilliance. let the ray of thy intelligence and the warmth of thy love penetrate even unto us! then that which is volatile shall be fixed; the shadow shall be a body; the spirit of air shall be a soul; the dream shall be a thought. and no more shall we be swept awa

e those most holy kings who are around thy <152> throne and who compose thy court. 0 universal father, one and alone! father alike of immortals and mortals. thou hast specially created powers similar unto thy thought eternal and unto thy venerable essence. thou hast established them above the angels who announce thy will to the world. lastly, thou hast created us as a third order in our elemental empire. there our continual exercise is to praise and to adore thy desires: there we ceaselessly bum with eternal aspirations unto thee, 0 father! 0 mother of mothers! 0 archetype eternal of maternity and love! 0 son, the flower of all sons! form of all forms! soul, spirit, harmony and numeral of all things! amen! hiero makes banishing circle and pentagrams with sceptre before tablet. depart ye in

ray, representing a radiation from the divine. therefore is it called the flaming pentagram, or star of great light, in affirmation of the forces of divine light to be found therein. traced as a symbol of good, it should be placed with the single point upward, representing the rule of the divine spirit. for if thou shouldst write it with the two points upward, it is an evil symbol, affirming the empire of matter over that divine spirit which should govern it. see that thou doest it not. yet, if there may arise an absolute necessity for working or conversing with a spirit of evil nature, and that to retain him before thee without tormenting him, thou hast to employ the symbol of the pentagram xeversed (for, know thou well, thou canst have no right to injure or hurt even evil spirits to gra

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

csof the heavenly bodies. next to that of tilling the soil to obtain sustenance for life, astronomy is theoldest science, for it became essential to measure time, and this could be furnished only through astudy of the firmament.the first recorded observations off any remarkable accuracy are those from the tower of bel, atbabylon, by the assyrians in the 23rd century before this era. this powerful empire understood theuse of the dial, the precession of the equinoxes, and within a fraction the exact length of the tropicalyear, they even predicted in some cases, the return of comets.rituals of the societas rosicrucianis in angliaphilosophus43 the chief seat of astronomical learning among the hindus, was at benares, but the knowledge of theindians in this science was not equal to their neighbo

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

in his person for the academical tastes of the philosopher and rhetorician, and after affording himself the spectacle and satisfaction of expiring like epaminondas with the periods of cato, he had in public opinion, by this time fully christianized, but anathemas for his funeral oration and a scornful epithet for his ultimate memorial. let us pass over the petty minds and small matters of the bas-empire, and proceed to the middle ages. stay, take this book! glance at the seventh page, then seat yourself on the mantle which i am spreading, and let each of us cover our eyes with one of its corners. your head swims, does it not, and the earth seems to fly beneath your feet? hold tightly, and do not look right or left. the vertigo ceases: we are here. stand up and open your eyes, but take care

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

ich is possible and determined by science. this is for the operation of magnetism between two or more persons. solitary magnetism requires preparations of which we have spoken in, our initial chapter, when enumerating and establishing in all their difficulty the essential qualities of a veritable adept. in the following chapters we shall elucidate further this important and fundamental point. the empire of will over the astral light, which is the physical soul of the four elements, is represented in magic, by the pentagram, placed at the head of this chapter. the elementary spirits are subservient to this sign when employed with underthe pentagram 27 standing, and by placing it in the circle or on the table of evocations, they can be rendered tractable, which is magically called their impr

ore that sign of the cross? the sign is nothing by itself, and has no force apart from the doctrine of which it is the summary and the logos. now, a sign which summarizes, in their expression, all the occult forces of nature, a sign which has ever exhibited to elementary spirits and others a power greater than their own, fills them naturally with respect and fear, enforcing their obedience by the empire of science and of will over ignorance and weakness. by the pentagram also is measured the exact proportions of the great and unique athanor necessary to the confection of the philosophical stone and the accomplishment of the great work. the most perfect alembic in which the quintessence can be elaborated is conformable to this figure, and the quintessence itself is represented by the sign o

very logos, that is to say, of all actions and all forms. our acts modify our magnetic respiration in such a way that a seer, meeting any person for the first time, can tell whether he is innocent or criminal, and what are his virtues or his crimes. this faculty, which belongs to divination, was called by the christian mystics of the early church the discernment of spirits. those who abdicate the empire of reason and permit their wills to wander in pursuit of reflections in the astral light, are subject to alternations of mania and melancholy which have originated all the marvels of demoniacal possession, though it is true, at the same time, that by means of these reflections impure spirits can act upon such souls, make use of them as docile instruments and even habitually torment their or

free: it is a right that must be earned. force is for all, but all do not know how to rest upon it: it is a power that must be won. we attain nothing without more than one effort. the destiny of man is to be enriched by his own earning and afterwards to have, like god, the glory and pleasure of dispensing it. magic was called formerly the sacerdotal art and the royal art, because initiation gave empire over souls to the sage and the capacity for ruling wills. divination is also one of the privileges of the initiate; now, divination is simply the knowledge of effects contained in causes and science applied to the facts of the universal dogma of analogy. human acts are not written in the astral light alone; their traces are left upon the face, they modify mien and carriage, they change the

nation of all secrets, whether of philosophy, nature or the future itself. we shall recur to this work in the twentieth chapter of our ritual. 52 xi[ k the magic chain manus force the great magical agent, by us termed the astral light, by others the soul of the earth, and designated by old chemists under the names of azoth and magnesia, this occult, unique and indubitable force, is the key of all empire, the secret of all power. it is the winged dragon of medea, the serpent of the edenic mystery; it is the universal glass of visions, the bond of sympathies, the source of love, prophecy and glory. to know how to make use of this agent is to be the trustee of god's own power; all real, effective magic, all occult force is there, and its demonstration is the sole end of all genuine books of s

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ols, then shall the magnificences of the antique worships be restored to the memory of men, proclaiming the progress of the human mind in the intuition of the light of god. but of all forms of progress the greatest will be that which, restoring the keys of nature to the hands of science, shall enchain for ever the hideous spectre of satan, and, explaining all abnormal phenomena, shall destroy the empire of superstition and imbecile credulity. to the accomplishment of this work we have consecrated our life, and do still devote it in the most toilsome and difficult researches. we would emancipate altars by overthrowing idols; we desire the man of intelligence to become once more the priest and king of nature, and we would preserve by explanation all images of the universal sanctuary. the pro

will perform the works of solomon; if you be holy like christ, you will accomplish the works of christ. to direct the currents of the inconstant light, we must be established in the constant light. to command the elements, we must have overcome their hurricanes, their lightnings, their abysses, their tempests. in order to dare we must know; in order to will, we must dare; we must will to possess empire and to reign we must be silent. 11 chapter i preparations every intention which does not assert itself by deeds is a vain intention, and the speech which expresses it is idle speech. it is action which proves life and establishes will. hence it is said in the sacred and symbolical books that men will be judged, not according to their thoughts and their ideas, but according to their works. w

ng 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 which came forth from thee unto thee returneth; endless movement in the eternal stability, be thou blessed for ever! we praise thee, we bless thee in the fleeting empire of created light, of shadows, reflections and images; and we aspire without ceasing towards thine immutable and imperishable splendour. may the ray of thine intelligence and the warmth of thy love descend on us: that which is volatile shall be fixed, the shadow shall become body, the spirit of the air shall receive a soul, and dream be thought. we shall be swept away no more before the temp

constitute thy court, derive also their origin, o universal father! o sole and only father of blessed mortals and immortals! in particular thou hast created powers which are marvellously like unto thine eternal thought and thine adorable essence; thou hast established them higher than the angels, who proclaim thy will to the world; finally, thou hast created us third in rank within our elementary empire. there our unceasing exercise is to praise thee and adore thy good pleasure; there we burn continually in our aspiration to possess thee. o father! o mother, most tender of all mothers! o admirable archetype of maternity and of pure love! o son, flower of sons! o form of all forms, soul, spirit, harmony and number of all things! amen. the earth is exorcised by aspersion of water, by breathi

ptenary. baptism, which consecrates the element of water, is in analogy with the moon; ascetic penance is under the auspices of samael, the angel of mars; confirmation, which imparts the spirit of understanding and communicates to the true believer the gift of tongues, is under the auspices of raphael, the angel of mercury; the eucharist substitutes sacramental realization of god made man for the empire of jupiter; marriage is consecrated by the angel anael, the purifying genius of venus; extreme unction is the safe-guard of the sick about to fall under the scythe of saturn; and orders, consecrating the priesthood of light, is marked more especially by the characters of the sun. almost all these analogies were observed by the learned dupuis, who thence concluded that all religions were fal

the observance of days of good or evil augury. it is over such matters above all that the triple chain 63 imagination is creative, so that both days and numbers seldom fail to be propitious or otherwise to those who believe in their influence. consequently, christianity was right in proscribing the divinatory sciences, for in thus diminishing the number of blind chances it gave further scope and empire to liberty. printing is an admirable instrument for the formation of the magic chain by the extension of speech. no book is lost; as a fact, writings go invariably precisely where they should go, and the aspirations of thought attract speech. we have proved this a hundred times in the course of our magical initiation; the rarest books have offered themselves without seeking as soon as they

ce; or finally, when it is ridiculous by its atrocity. the sectaries of hell have discredited heaven. say to a reasonable man that equilibrium is the law of motion and life, that liberty, which is moral equilibrium, rests upon an eternal and immutable distinction between true and false, between good and bad; tell him that, endowed as he is with free will, he must place himself by his works in the empire truth and goodness, or slide back eternally like the rock sisyphus, into the chaos of falsehood and evil; then he will understand the doctrine, and if you term truth and goodness heaven, falsehood and evil hell, he will believe in your heaven and hell, over which the divine ideal rests calm, perfect and inaccessible to either wrath or offence, because he will understand that if in principle

n day, when the north once more seems to threaten europe; but it is also the destiny of hoar-frost to be melted by the sun, and darkness disappears of the writing of the stars 101 itself when the light manifests. such is for us the last word of prophecy and the secret of the future. gaffarel adds yet another prognosis drawn from the stars, as, for example, the progressive weakening of the ottoman empire; but, as mentioned already, his constellated letters are exceedingly arbitrary. he states, for the rest, that he derived his predictions from a hebrew kabalist, rabbi chomer, but does not pretend to understand him especially well. here follows a table of magical characters designed according to the zodiacal constellations by ancient astrologers: each of them represents the name of a genius

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ded history (more than 3,000 years. there was no caste, racial, or sexual discrimination; foreigners were considered "less than human(=egyptian, but could remedy this misfortune simply by moving to egypt and adopting egyptian culture. egypt was ultimately destroyed by foreign conquerors (persia, macedonia, rome) and her inability to adapt to the continuing competition of foreign cultures. her new empire of the setian (xixxx) dynasties was a protectionist backlash rather than an effort to "civilize" or create a permanent empire [as per macedonia, persia, or rome. mesopotamian philosophy mesopotamia is that area (the "fertile crescent) in the ancient near east generally defined to include sumer (beginning ca. 2500 bce, babylonia (b. 2000 bce, and assyria (b. 1300 bce, and which shared cultur

tutor to the young alexander [the great. moving to athens, he founded his lyceum in rivalry with plato's academy in 335 bce, after having been denied the headship of the academy [where he had earlier been a student of plato's for 20 years. in 323 bce, when alexander the great died, aristotle was hounded from athens on a charge of "impiety" his works were lost to europe upon the fall of the roman empire; they resurfaced in the time of thomas aquinas and were treated as catholic dogma. aristotle attempts to disprove or attack plato, but his criticisms are somewhat shaky. an example is his attack on plato's elitism, while he himself defends the concept of natural slavery. aristotle may be credited with endeavoring to interrelate many fields of knowledge carefully and systematically. otherwis

nt all his life breaking records. the golden mean, at its best, can only keep you from extravagant blunders; it will never get you anywhere" the hellenistic era the hellenistic era of european civilization encompasses the time from the death of alexander the great in 323 bce to- 100 ce. it was a period characterized by aggressive and innovative trade encouraged by ptolemaic egypt and the seleucid empire of persia/fertile crescent/southern turkey. with a business climate not unlike that of the present day, upper- and merchant-class entrepreneurs prospered, but the lower classes experienced depressed wages and living standards. this resulted in widespread migration into urban areas and the consequent creation of large cities (such as alexandria, with a population of 500,000- 1,000,000. helle

quent creation of large cities (such as alexandria, with a population of 500,000- 1,000,000. hellenistic art differed from hellenic by a greater emphasis on qualities of exaggerated realism, sensationalism, and voluptuousness. luxurious palaces and elaborate public works were undertaken. a flowering of the sciences occurred in astronomy, mathematics, geography, medicine, and physics. the seleucid empire embraced elam, sumeria, persia, babylonia, assyria, syria, phoenicia, and at times asia minor and palestine. the function of the empire was to give to the near east the economic protection provided earlier by persia and later by the roman empire. commerce was the key to its prosperity. old persian trade routes were expanded. money produced in egypt, rhodes, seleucia, and pergamon replaced t

sm and equality of all humans as elements of nature. but he does not advocate violent social revolutions or drastic policies to attain these ends. change must come "naturally" not artificially. stoics sought harmony in society, which. unlike epicureans. they acknowledged as natural. the stoic ideal was a "world society (cosmopolis) transcending regional divisions: one of alexander's goals for his empire. a variant on stoicism was the early cynicism of antisthenes (444-365 bce) and diogenes (d. 323 bce, who advocated a rejection of worldly goods and involvement [including politics] and a concentration on virtue as the only worthy goal. cynicism's simple opportunism. taking what life offers, for better or worse. was eventually absorbed into the ethical posture of stoicism. mulford sibley (au

almost constant warfare until the conquest of the italian peninsula by 265 bce. in 287 bce a law was enacted specifying that assembly acts should become law whether or not approved by the senate. there was continuous political strife among faction leaders such as marius, sulla, pompey, and julius caesar (whose assassination in 44 bce signaled the end of the republic and the beginning of the roman empire. roman law is traditionally dated to the publication of the twelve tables ca. 450 bce. juries decided questions of fact; judges (praetors) interpreted the applicable laws. there were three branches of roman law (1) civil law [ius civile: enacted laws particular to rome (2) law of the people [ius gentium: laws considered to apply to all peoples, foreign and domestic, and (3) natural law [ius

the former calls for self-seeking actions while the latter advocates altruism. the roman republican ethic was one of self-sacrifice for the city-state, but by cicero's own time it had become evident that rome's preeminence in italy and across the mediterranean had come about because of her self-seeking and exploitive policies. the surprising lack of political speculation in the roman republic and empire is perhaps due to the practical demands upon the existing systems. rome was not a culture which enjoyed the "leisure to be itself" at any time. she was constantly fighting either for her existence, to expand her newfound power, or to administer an empire too large for a single city-state to administer comfortably. philosophy was welcomed only insofar as it contributed to the city's responsi

t that the first mystery hath twelve mysteries, whereas the ineffable hath but one mystery" the answer is that they are really one mystery; this mystery is ordered into twelve, and also into five, and again into three, while still remaining one; they are all different aspects or types of the same mystery. 5. the mysteries of mithras the chief point of contact among the many religions of the roman empire was in the common worship of the sun, and the inner core of this most popular cult was, from about bc 70 onwards, to be found in the mysteries of mithras "the worship of mithras, or of the sungod, was the most popular of heathen cults, and the principle antagonist of the truth during the first four centuries of our period" such is the statement of one who looks at it from the point of view

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king penguin inc. for marianne contents i the angel gibreel ii mahound iii ellowen deeowen iv ayesha v a city visible but unseen vi return to jahilia vii the angel azraeel viii the parting of the arabian seas ix a wonderful lamp satan, being thus confined to a vagabond, wandering, unsettled condition, is without any certain abode; for though he has, in consequence of his angelic nature, a kind of empire in the liquid waste or air, yet this is certainly part of his punishment, that he is. without any fixed place, or space, allowed him to rest the sole of his foot upon. daniel defoe _the history of the devil_ i the angel gibreel 1 "to be born again" sang gibreel farishta tumbling from the heavens "first you have to die. hoji! hoji! to land upon the bosomy earth, first one needs to fly. tat-t

t any rate, you'll agree that for such an actor (for any actor, maybe, even for chamcha, but most of all for him) to have a bee in his bonnet about avatars, like much-metamorphosed vishnu, was not so very surprising. rebirth: that's god stuff, too. or, but, then again. not always. there are secular reincarnations, too. gibreel farishta had been born ismail najmuddin in poona, british poona at the empire's fag-end, long before the pune of rajneesh etc (pune, vadodara, mumbai; even towns can take stage names nowadays) ismail after the child involved in the sacrifice of ibrahim, and najmuddin _star of the faith; he'd given up quite a name when he took the angel's. afterwards, when the aircraft _bostan_ was in the grip of the hijackers, and the passengers, fearing for their futures, were regre

e the most recent batch of burglars had taken not only the usual video and stereo but also the wolfhound guard dog. it was not possible, he had begun to feel, to live in a place where the criminal elements kidnapped the animals. pamela told him it was an old local custom. in the olden days, she said (history, for pamela, was divided into the ancient era, the dark ages, the olden days, the british empire, the modern age and the present, petnapping was good business. the poor would steal the canines of the rich, train them to forget their names, and sell them back to their grieving, helpless owners in shops on portobello road. pamela's local history was always detailed and frequently unreliable "but, my god" zeeny vakil said "you must sell up pronto and move. i know those english, all the sa

of the first, and dead, nasreen. furthermore: it was said that his second wife refused to set foot in the old place "or isn't allowed to" zeeny hypothesized in the back of the black-glass-windowed mercedes limousine which changez had sent to collect his son. as saladin finished filling in the background, zeenat vakil whistled appreciatively "crazee" the chamchawala fertilizer business, changez's empire ofdung, was to be investigated for tax fraud and import duty evasion by a government commission, but zeeny wasn't interested in that "now" she said "i'll get to find out what you're really like" scandal point unfurled before them. saladin felt the past rush in like a tide, drowning him, filling his lungs with its revenant saltiness _i'm not myself today, he thought. the heart flutters. life

any time. in those days before meteorology such matters were impossible to predict. for this reason the cara- vanserais prospered. the produce of the world came up from zafar to sheba, and thence tojahilia and the oasis of yathrib and on to midian where moses lived; thence to aqabah and egypt. from jahilia other trails began: to the east and north--east, towards mesopotamia and the great persian empire. to petra and to palmyra, where once solomon loved the queen of sheba. those were fatted days. but now the fleets plying the waters around the peninsula have grown hardier, their crews more skilful, their navigational instruments more accurate. the camel trains are losing business to the boats. desert-ship and sea-ship, the old rivalry, sees a tilt in the balance of power. jahilia's rulers

es away from the sunlight falling through the window "yes" bitterness, cynicism "it was a wonderful thing i did. deeper truth. bringing you the devil. yes, that sounds like me" o o o from the peak of mount cone, gibreel watches the faithful escaping jahilia, leaving the city of aridity for the place of cool palms and water, water, water. in small groups, almost empty- handed, they move across the empire of the sun, on this first day of the first year at the new beginning of time, which has itself been born again, as the old dies behind them and the new waits ahead. and one day mahound himself slips away. when his escape is discovered, baal composes a valedictory ode _what kind of idea _does "submission" seem today _one full of fear _an idea that runs away. mahound has reached his oasis; gi

opened eyes, stroked moustacheless hennaed beard, sucked teeth, and responded to the now-indisputable horns on the brow of the shivering fellow whom jumpy, like the cat, appeared to have dragged in, with the above impromptu quip, stolen, with commendable mental alacrity for one aroused from his slumbers, from lucius apuleius of madaura, moroccan priest, ad 120--180 approx, colonial of an earlier empire, a person who denied the accusation of having bewitched a rich widow yet confessed, somewhat perversely, that at an early stage in his career he had been transformed, by witchcraft, into (not an owl, but) an ass "yes, yes" sufyan continued, stepping out into the passage and blowing a white mist of winter breath into his cupped hands "poor misfortunate, but no point wallowing. constructive a

redictably, professed herself horrified, bracketing othello with shylock and beating the racist shakespeare over the head with the brace of them) he had been striving, like the bengali writer, nirad chaudhuri, before him- though without any of that impish, colonial intelligence's urge to be seen as an enfant terrible- to be worthy of the challenge represented by the phrase _civis britannicus sum. empire was no more, but still he knew "all that was good and living within him" to have been "made, shaped and quickened" by his encounter with this islet of sensibility, surrounded by the cool sense of the sea- of material things, he had given his love to this city, london, preferring it to the city of his birth or to any other; had been creeping up on it, stealthily, with mounting excitement, fr

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part from the circle, destroying it completely k (the munich handbook, fifteenth century) barbaric evocation the 18 calls of enoch dr. john dee was an unquestionably powerful and influential magus. he was the official court astrologer of queen elizabeth i, and as a secret agent his code was 007. it is said that he visited her in norwich, presenting her with a brilliant new idea called the british empire. with kelly, he sought the knowledge and communication of angels. evidently, such was obtained, although there is much room for speculation concerning the true nature of those spirits summoned. the techniques they employed had their routes in those same practices described in the grimoire as summoning the denizens of hell. their researches brought a new gift to the traditions of the black a

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t, du plumage bleut de 1'orgueil qui s'attriste d'un paon jadis vainqueur au jardin du coeur -verlaine "too true, too soon" might be the closing statement of the little band of heretics who survived eight centuries of cruel christian and moslem persecution-the yezidis. from their mecca-the tomb of their first leader, sheik adi-situated on mount lalesh near the ancient city of nineveh, the yezidi empire stretched in an invisible band approximately three hundred miles wide to the mediterranean junction of turkey and syria on one end, and the mountains of the caucasus in russia on the other. at intervals along this strip were seven towers-the towers of satan (ziarahs)-six of them trapezoidal in form, and one, the "center" on mount lalesh, shaped like a sharp, fluted point. each tower was top

ition of the air of enlightenment as he pours incense into brazier. he intones] priest: we bring of thy garden, o mighty lucifer, the fragrances which abound therein. vapors of millennia which thou hast shared with thy chosen flock are rekindled now to fill this chamber with thy presence. we toll the bell in thy name and thereby summon the whispering voices of wonder from all the regions of thine empire. breathe of his breath, o brother of the night, and nourish thy warning brain. from the despair and agony of thy former direction, thy new path is tonight set forth in all the brilliance of lucifer's flame. his zephyrs now guide thy steps into the ultimate power which knowledge brings. the blood of those who fail is eternally bright on the jaws of death, and the hounds of night pursue their

SATANISM AN EXAMINATION OF SATANIC BLACK MAGIC

ng of the candles to the devil and the obscene kiss'(7) where the witch kisses the devils behind. following the obscene kiss, initiation, baptism or marriage would occur followed by the feast and the orgy which concluded the witches sabbath. the inclusion of a feast and an orgy at the end of the witches sabbath is very much reminiscent of the bacchanalia that existed during the times of the roman empire. the bacchanalia was originally a secret sorority that eventually initiated men into its cult. its members, who were said to indulge licentiously in their passions, were also alleged to have been responsible for a number of deaths, performed in secret caves, and defilements of its male members who refused to take the oath of the cult or to commit specific vices. when the cult was finally re

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

ixion by roman authorities in jerusalem. 70 ce roman troops crush the great revolt by occupying jerusalem, massacring jews, and destroying the second temple. 142 revelations given to the holy man zhang daoling (also spelled chang tao-ling, who becomes the first of the great celestial masters in daoism. 224 651 during the sassanid dynasty, zoroastrianism spreads aggressively throughout the persian empire. 313 the roman emperor constantine converts to christianity. 380 the emperor theodosius i declares christianity the official religion of the roman empire. 610 according to islamic belief, the prophet muhammad begins receiving revelations and prophecies from the archangel jabra il (gabriel. 632 the death of muhammad marks the beginning of a long period of islamic civil war and separation of

d by specialist priests, who were the only people allowed to worship the deities. the akkadians the development of religion in mesopotamia followed the movement of peoples in the region. historians say that the sumerian civilization lasted from about 3500 to about 2000 bce. sargon the great (reigned c. 2334 c. 2279 bce, the king of akkad, a territory to the north of sumer, created the first great empire in mesopotamia by conquering sumer. sargon brought many of his own akkadian gods into sumer with his armies. he did not, however, engineer the destruction of the sumerian gods. instead, a unique mixture of gods, part sumerian and part akkadian, formed a new pantheon. the akkadians did, however, make one important change in sumerian culture. king sargon and his successors took on tasks forme

and to foretell future events to ensure the good will of the gods and to protect against demons. astronomical (relating to the heavens) events took on major importance and astrology, the study of the influence of the stars and planets on human affairs, became nearly a science for the priests. organized mesopotamian religion collapsed after cyrus of persia, a zoroastrian, conquered the babylonian empire in 539 bce. history of ancient egyptian religion the official ancient egyptian religion lasted from about 3110 bce to 550 ce. the official beginning of the religion is the date that menes (c. 2925 bce, a king of upper egypt, is believed to have defeated a king of lower egypt and unified the nation. menes set up a national religion in the process, worshipping the creator god ptah at his new

1844 1921, as his successor. another son, muhammad ali, claimed that the will was a fake, and that he was the next rightful leader of the baha s. muhammad ali even took his claims to the ottoman authorities. abdu l-baha eventually excommunicated his brother, officially banning him from membership in the faith. in 1908 a group of rebels known as the young turks led an uprising against the ottoman empire. after the successful rebellion, political prisoners were freed, and abdu l-baha was permitted to travel to other countries to spread the word of baha. in 1910 he set out on a three-year tour that included egypt, the united states, and europe. world religions: almanac 73 baha during his visit to the united states, the foundation stone for a baha house of worship was laid in wilmette, illino

been waiting. the jewish bible speaks of a messiah, a person appointed by god to free the jews from their enemies and then become king of the jews. ultimately this popular new movement with jesus as its leader attracted the attention of the authorities. although the territory of palestine, where jesus lived, was technically under the control of the roman world religions: almanac 121 christianity empire, traditional jewish leaders maintained quite a bit of authority. the ruling body at the time was a group of seventy-one jewish elders called the sanhedron. the sanhedron felt threatened by jesus s teachings and by the popular opinion that he might be the messiah. they did not have the authority to eliminate jesus, but they knew that the romans did. the romans did not want any mass movements

s, overseeing the operation of the church in a city or district, while priests led worship. these offices slowly came to be officially separate from the laity, or regular members of the congregation. a ceremony called ordination gave a person holy orders or the duties of a priest. meanwhile, missionaries spread the gospel (a term meaning good news) of christ, finding converts throughout the roman empire (a convert is a person who changes their religious beliefs) the first pope, or leader of the church, was established at the end of the first century. the new testament was collected by about 130 ce, and this helped to spread christianity. persecution of early christians for the first few centuries of its existence, christianity was a martyr s religion (martyrs are people who sacrifice their

and whose believers could not worship the emperor was a threat to the emperor s power. despite such difficulties, by the fourth century, christianity had spread as far west as spain and into both persia (present-day iran) and india to the east. in 313 the roman emperor constantine (d. 337; ruled 306 337) declared a policy of religious tolerance. he made christianity a legal religion in the roman empire. then in 380 theodosius i (347 395) declared it the official religion of the roman empire. as of 410 christians had the power to ban non-christian religions from the empire. the church adapted parts of the roman culture to its organization. it used roman political districts to mark its own religious districts and allowed more state involvement in church affairs. with mainstream acceptance c

e early history of christianity, helping to preserve the traditions of the church. the orders kept the sacred texts in huge libraries and practiced the forms of religion and prayer as established by the early christians. the eastern orthodox church is established the two centers of christianity were rome and constantinople( present-day istanbul, turkey. these cities were also centers of the roman empire. with invasions from northern europe in the fifth century and the loss of political power, rome was placed in a much weaker position than constantinople, the eastern capital of the empire. there were divisions between the two seats of power. the church in rome by the end of the second century began using latin as the language of worship and in religious texts. the church in the east, howeve

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(above, n. 15) 46-47. 29 see "iao und set (above, n. 6) 48. doresse did not note the evidence of the magical papyri. 30 m. tardieu lists 13 cases of aberamentho and cognates "aberamentho" in studies in gnosticism and hellenistic religions presented to gilles quispel on the occasion of his 65th birthday, ed. r. van den broek and m.j. vermaseren, etudes preliminaires aux religions orientales dans l'empire romain 91 (leiden 1981) 92 jarl fossum and brian glazer that the three gems with the inscription, aberamentho, discussed by c. bonner more than forty years ago cannot be identified as seth representations.31 thus, aberamentho was obviously no inherent title of seth-typhon. as shown by m. tardieu (above, n. 30, aberamentho or, actually, aberamentho[o]uth, derives from the hebrew phrase, ym r

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m and knowledge; one difference between a wise man and a fool is the application. a fool may know better but take the wrong path anyway. history reveals that civilizations tend to follow a pattern; they rise only to fall, and decadence and corruption are the main culprits in the destruction of the mighty. after once becoming infected, it only takes a generation or two to bring a great and shining empire to its knees, it's lofty ideals shattered like glass, and its citizens scattered on the winds like so many seeds. in as little as forty winters of the first little gray cloud seen upon the horizon of social and political corruption, a mighty empire may well lie in ashes. all successful civilizations start out with the lessons of the last great failure hot and fresh in the minds of the found

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

quick; i would be gone" mascari muttered some inaudible words, bowed low, and led the way to the chamber in which viola was confined. chapter 3.xviii. merc: tell me, therefore, what thou seekest after, and what thou wilt have. what dost thou desire to make? alch: the philosopher's stone. sandivogius. it wanted several minutes of midnight, and glyndon repaired to the appointed spot. the mysterious empire which zanoni had acquired over him, was still more solemnly confirmed by the events of the last few hours; the sudden fate of the prince, so deliberately foreshadowed, and yet so seemingly accidental, brought out by causes the most commonplace, and yet associated with words the most prophetic, impressed him with the deepest sentiments of admiration and awe. it was as if this dark and wondro

, even these might serve you to trace back the primeval settlements of the hellenes to the same region whence, in later times, the norman warriors broke on the dull and savage hordes of the celt, and became the greeks of the christian world. but this interests you not, and you are wise in your indifference. not in the knowledge of things without, but in the perfection of the soul within, lies the empire of man aspiring to be more than man "and what books contain that science; from what laboratory is it wrought "nature supplies the materials; they are around you in your daily walks. in the herbs that the beast devours and the chemist disdains to cull; in the elements from which matter in its meanest and its mightiest shapes is deduced; in the wide bosom of the air; in the black abysses of t

and sybarite, roman and saracen and norman had, at intervals of ages, pitched the invading tent. all the visions of the past the stormy and dazzling histories of southern italy rushed over the artist's mind as he gazed below. and then, slowly turning to look behind, he saw the grey and mouldering walls of the castle in which he sought the secrets that were to give to hope in the future a mightier empire than memory owns in the past. it was one of those baronial fortresses with which italy was studded in the earlier middle ages, having but little of the gothic grace or grandeur which belongs to the ecclesiastical architecture of the same time, but rude, vast, and menacing, even in decay. a wooden bridge was thrown over the chasm, wide enough to admit two horsemen abreast; and the planks tre

, round and round him, and often sat by the infant's couch, with its hateful eyes. chapter 6.iii. fuscis tellurem amplectitur alis. virgil (embraces the earth with gloomy wings) letter from zanoni to mejnour. mejnour, humanity, with all its sorrows and its joys, is mine once more. day by day, i am forging my own fetters. i live in other lives than my own, and in them i have lost more than half my empire. not lifting them aloft, they drag me by the strong bands of the affections to their own earth. exiled from the beings only visible to the most abstract sense, the grim enemy that guards the threshold has entangled me in its web. canst thou credit me, when i tell thee that i have accepted its gifts, and endure the forfeit? ages must pass ere the brighter beings can again obey the spirit tha

travail! where, heard through the thrilling darkness, it first whispered to my ear 'viola, thou art a mother' a mother! yes, i rise from my knees, i am a mother! they come! i am firm; farewell" yes; thus suddenly, thus cruelly, whether in the delirium of blind and unreasoning superstition, or in the resolve of that conviction which springs from duty, the being for whom he had resigned so much of empire and of glory forsook zanoni. this desertion, never foreseen, never anticipated, was yet but the constant fate that attends those who would place mind beyond the earth, and yet treasure the heart within it. ignorance everlastingly shall recoil from knowledge. but never yet, from nobler and purer motives of self-sacrifice, did human love link itself to another, than did the forsaking wife now

rage, never wanted pride, and the last often supplied the place of the first; thoughtfully, and with an impenetrable brow, he passed through the throng, leaning on st. just, payan and his brother following him. as they got into the open space, robespierre abruptly broke the silence "how many heads were to fall upon the tenth "eighty" replied payan "ah, we must not tarry so long; a day may lose an empire: terrorism must serve us yet" he was silent a few moments, and his eyes roved suspiciously through the street "st. just" he said abruptly "they have not found this englishman whose revelations, or whose trial, would have crushed the amars and the talliens. no, no! my jacobins themselves are growing dull and blind. but they have seized a woman, only a woman "a woman's hand stabbed marat" sai

y of death; but oh, divine consoler, even here, even in thy presence, the affections that inspire me, sadden. to leave behind me in this bad world, unaided, unprotected, those for whom i die! the wife! the child! oh, speak comfort to me in this "and what" said the visitor, with a slight accent of reproof in the tone of celestial pity "what, with all thy wisdom and thy starry secrets, with all thy empire of the past, and thy visions of the future; what art thou to the all-directing and omniscient? canst thou yet imagine that thy presence on earth can give to the hearts thou lovest the shelter which the humblest take from the wings of the presence that lives in heaven? fear not thou for their future. whether thou live or die, their future is the care of the most high! in the dungeon and on t

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d all the host of pharaoh that came into the sea after them" 1 but the command of the waters of the sea or river was claimed by the egyptian magician long before the time of moses, as we may see from an interesting story preserved in the westcar papyrus. 2 this document was written in the early part of the xviiith dynasty, about b.c. 1550 but it is clear that the stories in it date from the early empire, and are in fact as old as the great pyramid. the story is related to king khufu (cheops) by baiu-f-ra as an event which happened in the time of the king's father, and as a proof of the wonderful powers of magic which were possessed by the priest 3 called p. 8 tchatcha-em-ankh. it seems that on a certain day king seneferu was in low spirits, and he applied to the nobles of his royal househo

SPENSER THE CULT OF THE ALL SEEING EYE 1960

, and, its being of the doric order (which is the best proportioned and most agreeable to nature& composed of several members or parts, all, taken together, forming a beautiful composition of strength, congruity and usefulness, it may with great propriety signify a well planned government [the] stars 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

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

ictures the royal arch mason performing the magical sign of the master of the second veil, which i informally and more informatively call here the sign of the hidden hand of the men of jahbuhlun. according to duncan's the candidate presents this sign when he is approached by three sojourners from babylon. their objective: rebuild the temple of solomon in jerusalem and eventually establish a world empire of the jews. 58 codex magica in his teaching course on ancient masonry, c.c. zain of the brotherhood of light explains that the ritual for this degree requires a keen understanding of astrology. but, its performance is said to be derived from a passage in the scriptures "the sign is made" writes zain "by thrusting the hand into the bosom and again drawing it out."9 the official masonic expl

ravenous dark bird sublime mysteries of the llluminati's double-headed eagle and he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird- revelation 18:2 the royal secret..the secret of the universal equilibrium. shall at length make real the holy empire of true masonic brotherhood- albert pike, 33 morals and dogma two heads are better than one, except when they're on the body of only one eagle. texe marrs c a n the body of one bird have two 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 sim

soul-less creature" heaven and earth must be destroyed, crushed, and thoroughly converted into a new paradigm. in essence, heaven and earth are to become hell. the will of satan shall be done on earth as it is in hell. this is the exalted "royal secret" it is the illuminati's core doctrine, their cardinal teaching, that out of bloody, universal chaos will ultimately come equilibrium and the holy empire of the illuminati, to be ruled by their cabalistic messiah, or king actually the antichrist. pike revealed this ultimate objective to subordinate illuminists on page 861 of his celebrated textbook, morals and dogma: the royal secret, of which you are a prince, if you are a true adept..is that which the sohar (an occultic and cabalistic text) terms the mystery of the balance. it is the secre

his celebrated textbook, morals and dogma: the royal secret, of which you are a prince, if you are a true adept..is that which the sohar (an occultic and cabalistic text) terms the mystery of the balance. it is the secret of the universal equilibrium..such, my brother, is the true word of a master mason; such is the true royal secret, which makes possible, and shall at length make real, the holy empire of true masonic brotherhood.1 ruining god's creation ezekiel 28 tells us that, as first created by god, lucifer was a beautiful creature, one of the most lovely in heaven. his body was not of flesh but was made up of actual gems and jewels. even more fantastic, musical instruments were incorporated into his being. a beauty to behold. but then the deceitful lucifer rebelled, taking down with

e. create the problem, then come up with the pre-planned "solution" favored by the elite (photo and article: the european, april 17, 1994 "the czar is dead. long live the czar" seems to be the cry today in russia. czar nicholas and his entire family were massacred by lenin and the communists. but, in recent times, russia, under gorbachev, yeltsin, and putin, has once again officially returned the empire to the key symbol of the double-headed eagle. der spiegel, a popular german news magazine, carried this telling depiction of "czar boris (president boris yeltsin) on its cover, with the revived official seal on his breast. 264 codex magica believe it or not, in front of the department of justice building in washington, d.c. is a statue of a confederate general, albert pike. pike served as s

a or kingdom on planet earth. this kingdom would be the new age successor to ancient babylon and egypt. it would be a powerhouse nation that would, through magic and intellect, conquer the world. america would be its proxy. america would be its alter ego. america, then, must be fashioned into a cabalistic, jewish state. all hail the new the riddle of the great seal of the united states 267 egypt, empire of the ages, child of the sun god of the ancients! america, the new jerusalem, must unite with old jerusalem, and the zionist illuminati must reign! rothschild agent haym salomon had millions of dollars of largesse to spread around in bribes. and so he did. a good portion of the money went to fund the continental congress and its operations. some went into the treasury for the revolutionary

the jewish global revolutionary plot can be traced back to the days of adam weishaupt and his bavarian order of the illuminati (1776. churchill went on to emphasize that this "worldwide conspiracy for the overthrow of civilization, and the reconstruction of society..has been steadily growing" now, he warns, this band of thugs and murders "have become the undisputed masters of the enormous russian empire."6 solzhenitsyn records that over 60 percent of the commissars who headed gulag camps in the u.s.s.r. were jewish. other historians estimate the number at 80 percent. every leader of the dreaded checka, kgb and secret police was jewish, including the butcher beria. may day illuminism and communism it is interesting to note that that adam weishaupt, infamous founder of the illuminati, founde

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iluth, the archetypal world. the elements so far have been presented in what is know as the hermetic, or western mystery tradition. this is a system that has its roots in egyptian, hebrew and greek teachings. it should be noted that this is not the only elemental system in the world. in the orient they have five elements. these being metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. north of the ancient roman empire, the teutonics used frost, fire, and water. while the celtic tribes called them sky, land, and sea. this background denotes sections taken from my personal book of shadows. above the realm of man and elements, there dwells the one which are two. we call it the force, or tao, and we know it as the yin& yang, the archetypical male and female, our lord& lady. in its manifest form it is the spi

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r. sorcery, alchemy and witchcraft although christianity affirms the existence of a transcendent reality, it has always 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 xviii introduction distinguished between religio (reverence for god) and superstitio, which in latin means unreasonable religious belief. christianity became the state religion of the roman empire in 395 c.e, and in 525 the council of oxia prohibited christians from consulting sorcerers, diviners, or any kind of seer. a canon passed by the council of constantinople in 625 prescribed excommunication for a period of six years for anyone found practicing divination or who consulted with a diviner. although the church had issued many canons warning against the practice of witchcraft or m

nineteenth- century irish woman while under hypnosis made a dramatic impact upon the public imagination. newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals debated the validity of the memory, and the controversy surrounding this alleged case of reincarnation has not resolved itself to this day. william j. barker of the denver post published the first account of this now-famous case in that newspaper s empire magazine. barker told how morey bernstein, a young pueblo business executive, first noticed what an excellent subject mrs. s. was for deep trance when he was asked to demonstrate hypnosis at a party in october of 1952. it was some weeks later, on the evening of november 29, that bernstein gained the woman s consent to participate in an experiment in age-regression. the amateur hypnotist had

ose coming is in harmony with the working of satan with all power and signs and false miracles. 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 180 religious phenomena in both the prophecies of daniel and john the revelator, the evil king, the antichrist, is associated with 10 rulers who give their power and allegiance to him in order to form a shortlived empire of bloodshed and destruction. and the ten horns of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them, and he shall be diverse and speak great words against the most high god and shall wear down the saints of the highest one and think to make changes in times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand for three and one half years (daniel 7:24. and there are

etween asia and africa and in a key position between the euphrates and the nile rivers, thus providing a traditional meeting place of armies from the east and from the west. for thousands of years, the valley of mageddon, now known as the jezreel valley, had been the site where great battles had been waged and the fate of empires decided. thothmes iii, whose military strategies made egypt a world empire, proclaimed the taking of megiddo to be worth the conquering of a thousand cities. during world war i in 1918, the british general allenby broke the power of the turkish army at megiddo. most scholars agree that the word armageddon is a greek corruption of the hebrew har-megiddo, the mound of megiddo, but they debate exactly when the designation of armageddon was first used. the city of meg

fourteenth century, the jewish geographer estori ha-farchi suggested that the roadside village of lejjun might be the location of the biblical megiddo. ha-farchi pointed out that lejjun was the arabic form of legio, the old roman name for the place. in the early nineteenth century, american biblical scholar edwin robinson traveled to the area of palestine that was held at that time by the ottoman empire and became convinced that ha-farchi was correct in his designation of the site as the biblical megiddo. later explorers and archaeologists determined that the ruins of the ancient city lay about a mile north of lejjun at what had been renamed by the ottoman government as the mound of tell el-mutasellim, the hill of the governor. today, tourists visit tel megiddo in great numbers, attracted

th of jesus christ? new york: doubleday, 1978. 666 the association of the number 666 with the antichrist is derived from revelation 13:18 in which john the revelator is told in his apocalyptic vision that the number of the beast is 666 and that the number stands for a person. in john s world of the first century, the beast that ruled the earth would have been the emperor, the caesar, of the roman empire, nero (37c.e. 68 c.e. using the hebrew alphabet, the numerical value of caesar nero, the merciless persecutor of the early christians, is 666. although jesus (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e) made it clear when speaking to the apostles that no one will know the exact hour or day of his second coming, for many centuries certain christian theologians have associated the rise of the antichrist to power

nt mysteries. later, the greek disciples of this secret tradition would call him hermes trismegistus (three times great, and he would be credited for originating the material contained in 42 books of esoteric science. in the time of the ramses (c. 1300 b.c.e, egypt shone as a beacon light of civilization throughout the known world, and while the leaders of foreign nations sought to barter for the empire s rich produce in order to avert local famines and to make treaties with pharaoh in order to avert his military might, seekers of the divine sciences came from the distant shores of asia minor and greece to study in the sanctuaries with magi and hierophants who they believed could give them the secrets of immortality. the students who would be initiates of the mystery schools were well awar

that sought to persuade a kingdom to understand his belief in monotheism. for the 17 or so years of his reign, akhenaten was so absorbed in preaching his new faith that he sought to conquer no new territories nor did he heed the reports of his military commanders and allies to shore up the defenses of egypt s borders. to the dismay of those who had grown wealthy with the expansion of the egyptian empire, akhenaten was not the great warrior-pharoah that so many of his predecessors to the throne had been. neither was he an effective missionary, for the angry, dispossessed priests of amun and the outcast servants of the many other gods only bided their time to resume control of the spiritual needs of the egyptian people. while some scholars maintain that akhenaten s experiment in monotheism h

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r. sorcery, alchemy and witchcraft although christianity affirms the existence of a transcendent reality, it has always 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 xviii introduction distinguished between religio (reverence for god) and superstitio, which in latin means unreasonable religious belief. christianity became the state religion of the roman empire in 395 c.e, and in 525 the council of oxia prohibited christians from consulting sorcerers, diviners, or any kind of seer. a canon passed by the council of constantinople in 625 prescribed excommunication for a period of six years for anyone found practicing divination or who consulted with a diviner. although the church had issued many canons warning against the practice of witchcraft or m

istoric monster s devastation of japan s capital. burr s scenes were deftly spliced into the original japanese footage to ensure the film obtaining a worldwide audience. in the devil within her (1975, joan collins (1933, the manipulative alexis of the television series dynasty (1981 89, had the role of a nightclub entertainer whose baby had been cursed by an evil dwarf. she fared little better in empire of the ants (1977, when collins portrayed a real estate broker who, through a bizarre transformation machine, became a slave to intelligent, human-sized ants. in the science fiction classic donovan s brain (1953, nancy davis (mrs. ronald reagan (1921) played the girlfriend of a scientist who falls under the telepathic control of the rich man s brain that he is keeping alive. the star of suc

en were invited, and dining couches and small tables were provided for the guests, who regaled themselves with dishes of fowl, game, fish, bread, and wine. in homer s iliad, the greeks are portrayed as hosts of magnificent banquets who celebrated with sumptuous feasts all important events in their lives, such as births, marriages, holidays, and victories in warfare. during the days when the roman empire flourished, the feasts in rome surpassed any others, because the wealthy had the food products that enabled them to dine in lavish style, and what delicacies they might have lacked, they sent for, sending their representatives throughout the known world to obtain choice fruits and viands. the romans were noted for their hospitality. nothing was too rich or too costly for the entertainment o

were to be confronted by extraterrestrial aliens. if that alien culture were technologically superior to human culture which it would be if it had successfully conquered space to land on earth lasswell stated that the human race would be in the same relationship to another planet that folk societies in human history had often occupied when faced by an industrialized nation of western europe or an empire that possessed advanced weaponry. he went on to say that human religions, arts, and sciences would be judged inferior to whatever doctrines and formulas were held by the invaders, and in such an event as an extraterrestrial invasion, there would be the grim possibility that the superior culture might select the brightest, healthiest, and most promising earth children and separate them from

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sorcery, alchemy and witchcraft although christianity affirms the existence of a transcendent reality, it has always 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 xviii introduction distinguished between religio (reverence for god) and superstitio, which in latin means gunreasonable religious belief. h christianity became the state religion of the roman empire in 395 c.e, and in 525 the council of oxia prohibited christians from consulting sorcerers, diviners, or any kind of seer. a canon passed by the council of constantinople in 625 prescribed excommunication for a period of six years for anyone found practicing divination or who consulted with a diviner. although the church had issued many canons warning against the practice of witchcraft or m

cted a guerilla-type warfare against them, they by no means drove the invaders from spain as legend told it. after about 714, the gothic monarchy of spain had been replaced by the institutions of the conquering arabs, and a short time after spain had fallen to the moors, it became the most prosperous and civilized country in the west. within a few more years, the arabs had extended their european empire north of the pyrenees mountains to the south of france and from the mouth of the garonne to that of the rhone. in 732, charles martel of france stemmed the muslim tide of conquest at the battle of tours, and the arabs retreated back to spain where they retained a peaceful possession of the country for many centuries. cordova became a highly respected seat of art and learning, and the arab p

its recent acquisitions in the new world. ferdinand reasoned that the moors and the jews had grown too powerful and too rich, and that he could extend 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 secret societies 13 those who followed apollinario in the garduna, would be licensed by god and the holy virgin to destroy the invading heathens. spanish empire farther if he were to acquire their wealth. he also considered them heretics because they were not christians. the slaughter of innocent people began in earnest with muslim and jewish shopkeepers and scholars condemned as heretics and witches. the terrible machinery of the inquisition was quite effective in and of itself, but ferdinand recalled the stories of the garduna, who killed only he

hools in greece and rome were popular with aristocrat and commoner alike and kept alive the mystical impulse in both cultures. many researchers have drawn comparisons between certain of the mystery school traditions and the great festivals, the sabbats of the witches as they gathered in the forests of europe. when constantine the great (d. 337) legally sanctioned christianity throughout the roman empire, he in effect granted the early church fathers a kind of dominion over their constituents that they had not previously enjoyed. as the influence of the christian clergy grew in the empire, many of them expressed their opinions that magic and sorcery were not harmonious with the teachings of christ. at the ecumenical council of laodicea held in 364, a canon was issued that forbade christian

ights, nobles, and clerics returned from their encounters with the muslim armies with a great appreciation of their science and their sophisticated levels of magic. other crusaders remained after battles had been won or lost to explore the arts of the eastern sorcerers and to learn for the first time of the alchemical works of the magi of old persia and the scholars and magicians of the byzantine empire. many christian adventurers returned with the secrets of what they called gconstantinople magic h and began to experiment with the ancient teachings in hidden laboratories. by 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 40 magic and sorcery the twelfth century, a school of medieval magic built on the magical systems of the spanish moors and the

e) tem- 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 92 magic and sorcery 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 magic and sorcery 93 followers of the order of italian witchcraft known as stregeria claim that their tradition has maintained an unbroken lineage that goes back before the days of the roman empire. according to the ways of the strege, the goddess of the old religion, whether known as diana, aradia, or demeter, has always been the benefactress of the outcast, the lonely, the people of the night. when the new religion of christianity achieved dominance in italy, the strege revered mother mary as an expression of the goddess diana. throughout italy, sicily, and malta, there are many str

tion of medieval europe had descended from the central asian plateau. centuries ago, they had strained against the barriers that the roman legions had set against them until they had finally broken through and flooded the continent. christianity and gcivilized h ways were unknown to them at first, and they brought their own gods, customs, and rituals into the land. at the dissolution of the roman empire, the civilizing force in europe became the roman catholic church, and even though the ecclesiastical institution made great inroads into the pagan culture, it could not completely wash away the old rituals and nature worship. surviving the roman empire socially in the middle ages was the oppressive feudal system. once-proud warriors were reduced to the role of serf farmers, and although the

that such a decline has begun, others will counter that in many ways the papacy has a greater world influence in the twenty-first century that it has enjoyed for quite some time. another quatrain tells of the next-to-last pope declaring monday as his day of rest and wandering far because of a frantic need to deliver his people from economic pressures. a last great battle, in which the gbarbarian empire h shall be defeated, is determined by some interpreters of nostradamus as being predicted for the year 2332. in this last battle of armageddon, a young german leader will force the warring nations to lay down their arms and observe a lasting world peace. nostradamus and a host of other prophets have designated palestine as the site for this last desperate warfare. perhaps the controversial

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nd the spirit, force and intelligence, violence and harmony. the giants are those who usurped the earth in ancient times; the flood was a great revolution. the ark is tradition preserved in a family: religion at this period becomes a mystery and the property of the race. ham was cursed for having revealed it. 32 nimrod and babel are the two primitive allegories of the despot, and of the universal empire which has always filled the dreams of men- a dream whose fulfilment was sought successively by the assyrians, the medes, the persians, alexander, rome, napoleon, the successors of peter the great, and always unfinished because of the dispersion of interests, symbolized by the confusion of tongues. the universal empire could not realize itself by force, but by intelligence and love. thus, to

fferently from others; they forefeel misfortunes. so, people imprison them and kill them, or mock them, repulse them as if they were lepers, and leave them to die of hunger. then, when the predictions come true, they say "it is these people who have brought us misfortune" now, as is always the case on the eve of great disasters<clairvoyant levi. the levi who prophesied universal empire for napoleon iii was either the magus trying to use him as a tool, or a micaiah unadjured- o. m> our streets are full of prophets. i have met some of them in the prisons, i have seen others who were dying forgotten in garrets. the whole great city has seen one of them whose silent 40 prophecy was to turn ceaselessly as he walked, covered with rags, in the palace of luxury and riches. i have

t makes himself a devil; but as the law of solidarity is universal, the hierarchy exists in hell as it does in heaven. a wicked man will always find one more wicked than himself to do him harm; and when the evil is at its climax, it must cease, for it could only continue by the annihilation of being, which is impossible. then the man-devils, at the end of their resources, fall once more under the empire of the god-men, and are saved by those whom one at first thought their victims; but the man who strives to live a life of evil deeds, does homage to good by all the intelligence and energy that he develops in himself. for this reason the great initiator said in his figurative language "i would that thou wert cold or hot; but because thou art lukewarm, i will spew thee out of my mouth" the g

rought up, who does not wish to put himself uselessly outside the pale of society. so goes the world. charlatanism, when it is successful, is then, in magic as in everything else, a great instrument of power. to fascinate the mob cleverly, is not that already to dominate it? the poor devils of sorcerers who in the middle ages stupidly got themselves burnt alive had not, it is easy to see, a great empire on others. joan of arc was a magician at the head of her armies, and at rouen the poor girl was not even a witch. she only knew how to pray, and how to fight, and the prestige which surrounded her ceased as soon as she was in chains. does history tell us that the king of france demanded her release? that the french nobility, the people, the army protested against her condemnation? the pope

ties of this observation: but there exists a faculty called that of presentiments or sensitivism. events exist often in their causes before realizing themselves in action; sensitives see in advance 212 the effects in the causes. previous to all great events, there have been most astonishing predictions. in the reign of louis philippe we heard sleep-walkers and ecstatics announce the return of the empire, and specify the date of its coming. the republic of 1848 was clearly announced in the prophecy of orval, which dated at least from 1830 and which we strongly suspect to be, like those works attributed to the brothers olivarius, the posthumous work of mlle. lenormand. this is a matter of little importance in this thesis. that magnetic light which causes the future to appear, also causes thi

sily be the dupes of our mystifications. like all catholics, we believe in the existence of spirits of darkness, but we know also that the divine power has given them the darkness for an eternal prison, and that the redeemer saw satan fall from heaven like lightning. if the demons tempt us, it is by the voluntary complicity of our passions, and it is not permitted to them to make head against the empire of god, and by stupid and useless manifestations to disturb the eternal order of nature. the diabolical signatures and characters, which are produced without the knowledge of the medium, are evidently not proofs of a tacit or formal pact between these degenerates and intelligences of the abyss. these signs have served from the beginning to express astral vertigo, and remain in a state of mi

gence, and one's reason, without ever satisfying them. axiom xii to affirm and to will what ought to be is to create; to affirm and will what ought not to be, is to destroy. axiom xiii light< is an electric fire put by nature at the service of the will; it lights those who know how to use it, it burns those who abuse it. axiom xiv the empire of the world is the empire of the light< axiom xv great intellects whose wills are badly balanced are like comets which are aborted suns. axiom xvi to do nothing is as fatal as to do evil, but it is more cowardly. the most unpardonable of mortal sins is inertia. 237 axiom xvii to suffer is to work. a great sorrow suffered is a p

en a sun bursts forth in space it creates worlds or attracts them to itself. a single spark of fixed light promises a universe to space. all magic is in a word, and that word pronounced qabalistically is stronger than all the powers of heaven, earth and hell. with the name of "jod he vau he" one commands nature: kingdoms are conquered in the name of adonai, and the occult forces which compose the empire of hermes are one and all obedient to him who knows how to pronounce duly the incommunicable name of agla. in order to pronounce duly the great words of the qabalah, 241 one must pronounce them with a complete intelligence, with a will that nothing checks, an activity that nothing daunts. in magic, to have said is to have done; the word begins with letters, it ends with acts. one does not r

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before the sign of the cross. the sign is nothing by itself and has no force apart from the doctrine of which it is the summary and the logos. now a sign which summarizes, in their expression, all the occult forces of nature, a sign which has ever exhibited to elementary spirits and others a power greater than their own, fills them naturally with respect and fear, enforcing their obedience by the empire of science and of will over ignorance and weakness. by the pentagram is also measured the exact proportions of the great and unique athanor necessary to the confection of philosophical stone and of the great work. the most perfect alembic in which the quintessence can be elaborated is conformable to this figure, and the quintessence itself is represented by the sign of the pentagram.l2 here

"raphael" and "chassan" 5. when you feel the ball is alive and real, and spiritual power is pouring through you, and when you feel the power of the names, 6. say the prayer of the sylphs: holy art thou, lord of the air, who has created the firmament. shaddai el chai. almighty and everlasting, ever-living be thy name ever-magnified in the life of all. we praise and we bless thee in the changeless empire of created light; and we aspire without cessation unto thy imperishable and immutable brilliance. amen. part i: fire a 1. see a shaft of light descend once more to the heart center or solar plexus. 2. formulate a flaming sphere of brilliant red. see the ball extending from front to back. 3. superimpose on the red sphere the sign of leo 62 in the complementary color of emerald green. 4. vibr

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(as the same now in these last days, and chiefly in germany, most clear and pure is professed, and is now adays cleansed and voyd of all swerving people, hereticks, and false prophets) in certain and noted countries maintained, defended and propagated: also we use two sacraments, as they are instituted with all forms and ceremonies of the first renewed church. in politia we acknowledge the roman empire and quartam monarchiam for our christian head; albeit we know what alterations be at hand, and would fain 14 impart the same with all our hearts, to other godly learned men; notwithstanding our hand-writing which is in our hands, no man (except god alone) can make it common, nor any unworthy person is able to bereave us of it. but we shall help with secret aid this so good a cause, as god s

he ungodly thereby, with their due and deserved punishment, be augmented and multiplied. although we cannot be by any suspected of the least heresy, or of any wicked beginning, or purpose against the worldly government, we do condemn the east and the west (meaning the pope and mahomet) blasphemers against our lord jesus christ, and offer and present with a good will to the chief head of the roman empire our prayers, secrets, and great treasures of gold. yet we have thought good, and fit for the learned s sakes, to add somewhat more to this, and make a better explanation if there be anything too deep, hidden, and set down over dark in the fama, or for certain reasons were altogether omitted, and left out; hoping herewith the learned will be more addicted unto us, and be made far more fit an

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

face to face, but for a moment only, then all again is night. keats attained, and so did shelley and browning. read the last verses of the gprometheus unbound h and ga grammarian fs funeral, h and all will be plain; and it is this same ecstasy that burns white in these two superb poems, which flames a bright star of beauty guiding us on our long journey across the hundred thousand leagues of the empire of crowley fs pen. we find it shining brightly over almost every page, a fact which renders the task of quoting nigh endless. already we have cited a dozen or more examples. volume i flames like a subtly gemmed ring with the ecstasy of many moments, and many of the following citations in this essay will be both brilliant and flashing; and as are the sides of the heptagonal vault, so also wi

wind, who could not tell a harlot from a virgin; falling at once a prey to a bedizened old prostitute of sixty-three. those who should think the passion displayed in this tale as unbecoming and lustful, must indeed have minds composed of dung and cantharides, disappointed sterile old maids, or sated old matrons, pornophobics of the worst description. we know well the class, half exeter hall, half empire music-hall; gdouee h (as a charming little french brochure describes one of this type, gdu plus voluptueux temperament courut longtemps les aventures c mais ses ans et le grand usage altererent ses charmes, et elle prit le parti ordinaire, de donner a dieu ce qu felle ne pouvait plus offrir aux hommes, et pleura dans l fhypocrisie trente ans d famour et de plaisir. h we know the type well

re to hold. o love, no words, no songs. your breast my bower *jezebel: and other tragic poems, vol. i, p. 133. in gjezebel h we find the same desire, but unfanned by restraint, in whose place stands a woman fs disdain. he, the prophet, goes to curse her. but loves her instead: for lo! she saw me, and beheld my trembling lips curled back to curse, laughed with strong scorn, whose music knelled the empire of god fs universe. and on my haggard face upturned she spat! ah god! how my cheek burned! then as a man betrayed, and doomed already, i arose and went, and wrestled with myself, consumed with passion for that sacrament of shame. from that day unto this my cheek desires that hideous kiss. her hate, her scorn, her cruel blows, fill my whole life, consume my breath; her red-fanged hatred in m

icism of berashith gnothing was everything h; and in verse vii, the perfection of life in death habsorbed my life in his, dispersed me, gave me death. h this is pure buddhism *omar khayyam. in death is found release, freedom from desire, which fools alone reject. in the spiritual contemplation of life the slags of existence fall to the bottom of the burning furnace of the human soul; the power of empire and glory is shattered, gthe golden image with the feet of clay, h and the marred vessels of the (all)-mighty potter are cast outside, from the wheel of fate. why contemplate what is so unprofitable and useless? yet in this mysticism which is more intrinsically of the east, we find an intricate web of egotism tangled with the utilitarianism of the west; for it seems on reading further that

prised in the maxim ekeep silence f! h *eleusis, vol. iii, p. 221. gto know, to dare, to will, to keep silent, are the four words of the magus, inscribed upon the four symbolic forms of the sphinx. gto command the elements, we must have overcome their hurricanes, their lightnings, their abysses, their tempests. gin order to dare we must know; in order to will we must dare; we must will to possess empire, and to reign we must be silent. h .e. levi, the ritual of transcendent magic, pp. 30, 190. call hhomo sapiens h him who thinks; talkers and doers. missing links *gargoyles, vol. iii, p. 94. in his essay heleusis, h crowley suggests that the world fs history may roughly be divided into a continuous succession of periods, each embracing three distinct cycles. of renaissance, decadence, and s

e to stop the heart beating at will, etc *3. an enquiry concerning human understanding, pp. 70, 75. hume is ignorant of the supreme being, yet his ignorance is so naive, that he all but lifted the veil of isis. his gignorance h is in every way equivalent to berkeley fs ggod. h it is absolutely true of kant, who set himself the question, gmust we believe that mysticism is like some vast ocean, the empire of illusion? h* and then again and again answered in the negative *critique of pure reason, i, p. 304. he proposed time after time that reason be its own end, founded upon right and duty, and in the freedom of the gperson, h the moral sublimity of gduty h: it is not so much because it is subject to the moral law that the person has sublimity, but because it gives that law to itself, and is

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

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rahman merely bewilder the people, and render them the prey of priestcraft, while the christs of the latin, lutheran and anglican churches alike are but the machine-gods of all fraud and oppression, being stolen and prostituted from that christ in whom our fathers in the gnosis strove to synthesize the warring gods of syria, greece, chaldea, rome and egypt at the time when the growth of the roman empire first made travel and the intercommunication of the priests of mithras, adonis, attis, osiris, dionysius, isis, astarte, venus and many scores of others possible. traces of this recension are still visible in the mass and in the calendar of the saints, all gods and goddesses of universal import receiving the same honour by the same rites as before, while the local gods were replaced by sain

ho in the seventh degree were sworn most solemnly to chastity in the inmost as in the outermost, who have now as epopts of the illuminati beheld with our eyes, and as perfect, pontiffs of our noble order administered with our members, the initiation whose name is resurrection unto the light, we therefore are able to lighten the darkest places of the earth, and to consider wisely what lieth in the empire of the evil ones. read therefore these passages in the forgery called the epistle of paul to the file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p3c2.html (1 of 12 [12/28/2001 2:05:25 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. romans: let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof: neither present your members unto sin as i

g, the seed of which father and the son are in very truth but vehicles and guardians. and the nature of the spirit is liberty, and as the wind, he goeth as it listeth him to impregnate the worlds. and as the son is double, so is the spirit double; for he is both male and female. for the dove is the bird of venus; yet our ancient brother marcus valerius martialis that was grand orator of the roman empire in days of old hath hidden the sacred phallus 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

e. sons of heaven and daughters of earth, children of god and inheritors of immortality, the feast is ready in the mansions of my father. brothers of light, life, love and liberty, illustrious sir knights of the order of kadosch, strike with the pommels of your swords upon the gate of this sanctuary, the inmost, the unprofaned, the shrine which we have guarded for you through all catastrophies of empire from the days of enoch until now knock and it shall be opened up to you, and ye shall enter in, and taste that manna that cometh down from heaven! file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p3c3.html (16 of 18 [12/28/2001 2:05:41 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. farewell and now, very illustrious sir knights and highly illuminated brethren, hail and

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h contempt and wrath. 1:19 if it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the persians and the medes, that it be not altered, that vashti come no more before king ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she. 1:20 and when the king s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire (for it is great) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small. 1:21 and the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of memucan: 1:22 for he sent letters into all the king s provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own

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nd capitals of the same kind are still existing, in great numbers, among the ruins of thebes, in egypt; and more particularly upon those very curious ones in the island of phil, on the borders of ethiopia, which are, probably, the most ancient monuments of art now extant; at least, if we except the neighbouring temples of thebes. both were certainly built when that city was the seat of wealth and empire, which it was, even to a proverb, during the trojan war.2 how long it had then been so, we can form no conjecture; but that it soon after declined, there can be little doubt; for, when the greeks, in the reign of psammeticus (generally computed to have been about 530 years after the siege of troy, first became personally acquainted with the interior parts of that country, memphis had been f

e egyptian priests of the augustan age had a tradition, which they pretended to confirm by records, written in hieroglyphics, that their country had once possest the dominion of all asia and ethiopia, which their king ramses, or rameses, had conquered.1 though this account may be exaggerated, there can be no doubt, from the buildings still remaining, but that they were once at the head of a great empire; for all historians agree that they abhorred navigation, had no sea-port, and never enjoyed the benefits of foreign commerce, without which, egypt could have no means of acquiring a sufficient quantity of superfluous wealth to erect such expensive monuments, unless from tributary provinces; especially if all the lower part of it was an uncultivated bog, as herodotus, with great appearance o

cient quantity of superfluous wealth to erect such expensive monuments, unless from tributary provinces; especially if all the lower part of it was an uncultivated bog, as herodotus, with great appearance of probability, tells us it anciently was. yet homer, who appears to have known all that could be known in his age, and transmitted to posterity all he knew, seems to have heard nothing of their empire or conquests. these were obliterated and forgotten by the rise of 1 tacit. ann. lib. ii, c. 60. of priapus 53 new empires; but the renown of their ancient wealth still continued, and afforded a familiar object of comparison, as that of the mogul does at this day, though he is become one of the poorest sovereigns in the world. but far as these egyptian remains lead us into unknown ages, the

he one tending to weaken the bands of society by destroying the sanctity of oaths, and the other to subvert that decency and gravity of manners, upon which the romans so much prided themselves. the introduction of strange gods, without permission from the magistrate, was also prohibited in both cities; but the restriction extended no farther than the walls, there being no other parts of the roman empire, except judea, in which any kind of impiety or extravagance might not have been maintained with impunity, provided it was maintained merely as a speculative opinion, and not employed as an engine of faction, ambition, or oppression. the romans even carried their condescension so far as to enforce the observance of a dogmatical religion, where they found it before established; as appears fro

. both came from the collection of m. baudot of dijon. the lady here bridles only the principal phallus; the legs are, as in the monument last described, those of a bird, and it is standing upon three eggs, apple-formed, and representing the organ of the other sex. 1 plate xxv, fig. 3. 2 a french antiquary has given an emblematical interpretation of this figure. perhaps, he says, it signifies the empire of woman extending over the three ages of man; on youth, characterized by the bell; on the age of vigour, the ardour of which she restrains; and on old age, which she sustains. this is perhaps more ingenious than convincing. 3 see our plate xxxvi, fig 3. 122 on the worship of the in regard to this last-mentioned object, another very remarkable monument of what appears at n mes to have been

tainly in their origin religious observances. the boar was intimately connected with the worship of frea.1 from our want of a more intimate knowledge of this part of teutonic paganism, we are unable to decide whether some of the superstitious practices of the middle ages were derived from the romans or from the peoples who established themselves in the provinces after the overthrow of the western empire; but in italy and in gaul (the southern parts especially, where the roman institutions and sentiments continued with more persistence to hold their influence, it was the phallic worship of the romans which, gradually modified in its forms, was thus preserved, and, though the records of such a worship are naturally accidental and imperfect, yet we can distinctly trace its existence to a very

ccupied by the vandals, and by the tribe of the obotrites, considered as a division of the vendes. they appeared to be intended to represent some of the deities worshipped by the people who made them; and some of them bore inscriptions, one of which was in runic characters. from this circumstance we should presume that they belonged to a period not much, if any, older than the fall of the western empire. some time afterwards, a few statuettes in metal were found in the island of sardinia, so exactly similar to those just mentioned, that d hancarville, who published an account of them with engravings, considered himself justified in ascribing them to the vandals, who occupied that island, as well as the tract of germany alluded to.1 one of these images, which d hancarville considers to be t

fingers. so profound is the belief of its efficacy in italy, that it is commonly believed and reported there that, at the battle of solferino, the king of italy held his hand in his pocket with this arrangement of the fingers as a protection against the shots of the enemy. there were personages connected with the worship of priapus who appear to have been common to the romans under and before the empire, and to the foreign races who settled upon its ruins. the teutonic race believed in a spiritual being who inhabited the woods, and who was called in old german scrat. his character was more general than that of a mere habitant of the woods, for it answered to the english hobgoblin, or to the irish 152 on the worship of the cluricaune. the scrat was the spirit of the woods, under which chara

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iral to the unmanifest (symbolized by the right-hand hindu swastika) when he preached nonviolence. the answer was the outward-counterclockwise spiral of peaceful revolution. hitler sent an inward-counterclockwise spiral to the unmanifest (symbolized by the left-hand nazi swastika) when he preached the enslavement and extermi- nation of the "lower" races. the answer was the destruction of the nazi empire, an outward-clockwise spiral. veil of unknowinq it should be pointed out that evil intention cannot be cast in the form of a clockwise spiral to deceive the all and lessen its retribution. no one can deceive universal consciousness. evil intentions always form an inward counterclockwise spiral, regardless of what mask may be put over them. magicians may turn clock- wise in the magic circle

any stone age societies were ruled by women and worshipped a female supreme deity. fertility fetishes with exaggerated female attributes, such as the famous venus of willendorf, have been unearthed at numerous sites of ancient human habitation. cultures devoted to the goddess tend to be stable and agrarian, inward-seeking and secretive in their rites. they build no empires, but are subject to the empire-building of more aggressive neighbors. cults of female gods, existing away from the center of societies, can still be observed. remnants of goddess worship are evident in the adoration of the virgin mary among christians, the veneration of the matronit and shekhinah among jews, the worship of shakti among hindus. the women's movement has sparked a revival of interest in the goddess. the con

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to the "warrior lord of the forties" needs no explanation. remember, this book was psychically received by crowley in 1904, long before the second world war and the detonation of the atomic bomb in the 1940s. jung perhaps feared the ill-defined approaching threat of the 1980s, which, as it turned out, was not marked by the nuclear holocaust of a third world war, but by the collapse of the soviet empire and the destruction of the iron curtain. it might be speculated that it is in this way that horus asserts that the 1980s "cower before me and are abased" 176. crowley, book of the law, 734. chapter nine: ufo abductions 145 as can be seen from the quotation, crowley predicted a violent antagonism toward not only christianity but toward all the major world religions. how much of a part adolf

WALLIS BUDGE E A LEGENDS OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS

dge which constitute the power and happiness of those heavenly beings. it is therefore well observed by homer (iliad, xiii. 354, and indeed with more propriety than be usually talks of the gods, when, speaking of zeus and poseidon, he tells us that both were descended from the same parents, and born in the same region, but that zeus was the elder and knew most; plainly intimating thereby that the empire of the former was more august and honourable than that of his brother, as by means of his age he was his superior, and more advanced in wisdom and science. nay 'tis my opinion, i own, that even the blessedness of that eternity which is the portion of the deity himself consists in that universal knowledge of all nature which accompanies it; for setting this aside, eternity might be more prop

WHO ARE THE DRACONIANS

olonize a good section of the galaxy within only a few centuries. could this explain the claims made by some contactees of interstellar wars that have raged between the nordic "lyrans" and the reptiloid "dracos? the vega lyrans are now reportedly allied with other human colonial worlds such as those in zenatae andromeda, tau ceti and procyon whereas the alpha dracos have apparently extended their empire to epsilon bootes, rigel orion, and zeta ii reticuli. a third "intermediary" group- wherein both humanoid and reptiloid and other genetically-engineered species reportedly engage in conflicts and/or collaborations due to involvement with a common non-exclusive collective or group-mind matrix called the "ashtar" or "astarte" network- is centered in sirius-b and in turn in arcturus, aldebaran

ase (that same species again) beneath death valley. she was brought before the "ancient one" my nickname for the reptilian chieftain that she met. this entity stood taller than the others of its species and actually wore an egyptian headress with a cobra snake motif on the front! i saw the sketch she drew. facsinating [note: could these reptilians be connected to the 'gizeh 'kamagol, or 'phoenix' empire below egypt that was reportedly deeply involved with the bavarians/nazi's? incidentally in regards to death valley, in past years the d.v/ panamint mt. base was, according to several contactees, a major earth-base for "federation" vega, etc. personnel& delegates on earth, however if this base had some connections with the neo-mayan "ashtarian" city-complex beneath mt. shasta, then in light

europe, russia, red china, australia and so on. in other words our planet is the chessboard, the countries are the squares, we are the 'pawns, and the draco are the chess players. if this conspiracy continues as planned they could "divide-and- conquer" us into oblivion, with most of the human population being eliminated (wars, famine, plagues, etc. then they plan to emerge from their underground empire consisting of multi-connected bases- dulce, pine gap, gizeh, neu schwabia, etc, where most of the humans have since been 'replaced. when they emerge, they plan to take total control of our society, or what's left of it. abductee billy dee tells of a personal friend of his who worked within a deep-level intelligence agency, and who had interrogated a draco that had been captured. after the i

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ntain? they asked him. i do, the boy replied. in that case, they said, would you know where we might find the hidden dwelling of the hermit ta kuei? yes, he answered, i can tell you. what a fascinating child! said the emperor to his companions. he knows this much he stepped from his chariot. let me test him, and called the boy to him. tell me, said the yellow emperor. if you were in charge of the empire, how would you go about ruling it? i know only the tending of horses, the boy replied. is ruling the empire any different from that? not satisfied, the emperor questioned him again. i realize that 276 governing is hardly your concern. still, i would like to know if you have ever had any thoughts about it. the boy did not answer. the emperor asked him once more. the boy replied by asking, is

ld you go about ruling it? i know only the tending of horses, the boy replied. is ruling the empire any different from that? not satisfied, the emperor questioned him again. i realize that 276 governing is hardly your concern. still, i would like to know if you have ever had any thoughts about it. the boy did not answer. the emperor asked him once more. the boy replied by asking, is governing the empire different from tending horses? explain the tending of horses, said tile yellow emperor, and i will tell you. when taking care of horses, said the boy, we make sure that no harm comes to them. in doing so, we put aside anything within ourselves that would injure them. can ruling a nation differ from that? the yellow emperor bowed his head twice to the ground. heavenly master he exclaimed. in

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became possessed of the ancient wisdom more than from any one other source, for the hebrews were taught at one time by the egyptians and later by the chaldees of babylon. it is a curious fact that the classic nations, the greeks and romans, have handed down to us but slight glimpses of the ancient magic, and this is more notable because greece succeeded to the mastership of egypt, and rome to the empire of both the greeks and jews. greece did indeed succeed to a share in the mysteries of the egyptians for the eleusinian mysteries were copies of the ancient ceremonies of isis, osiris and serapis; but they lacked true magic. and further, the classic writings contain but faint glimpses of even the eleusinian mysteries, and these disclose the fact that the pupils were partly ignorant of the tr

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