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ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 2

y-leaves: sere are the bays. fling down the myrtle: the myrtle decays. still be the strife of the strenuous days! still be thy stridency, player pandean! soothe me the lute; but oh hush to the paean! feed me on kisses of flowers lethean! specks on the wheel are the nights and the days, fast as they fall from me, lost in the haze, sobered to softness of silvery grays. satan is fallen from the pale empyrean down in the dusk with the dead galilean- fill me the cup of the poppy circean! ii hardly a glimmer to chasten the gloom. hardly a murmur of time at his loom. nothing of sense by the poppy-perfume. 191 boy, as you love me, i charge you to fold pipe over pipe into gardens of gold such as a god may be glad to behold. seated on high in the aeons of doom, sucked as a seed into the infinite wom

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

meates the egg with its vivifying spirit until the germ contained in it is ripe, was the mystery god whose name was unpronounceable. it is phtah, however "he who opens" the opener of life and death* who proceeds from the egg of the world to begin his dual work (book of numbers) according to the greeks, the phantom form of the chemis (chemi, ancient egypt) which floats on the ethereal waves of the empyrean sphere, was called into being by horus-apollo, the sun god, who caused it to evolve out of the mundane egg* in the scandinavian cosmogony- placed by professor max muller, in point of time, as "far anterior to the vedas" in the poem of voluspa (the song of the prophetess, the mundane egg is again discovered in the phantom-germ of the universe, which is represented as lying in the ginnungag

the primeval point of departure in the drama of humanity, and the solemn tragedy on the summit of calvary, the prelude to the hoped-for millennium. for roman catholics, satan is at the foundation of kosmos, christ in its centre, and antichrist at its apex. for both, the hierarchy of being begins and ends within the narrow frames of their respective theologies: one self-created personal god and an empyrean ringing with the hallelujas of created angels; the rest, false gods, satan and fiends. theophilosophy proceeds on broader lines. from the very beginning of aeons- in time and space in our round and globe- the mysteries of nature (at any rate, those which it is lawful for our races to know) were recorded by the pupils of those same now invisible "heavenly men" in geometrical figures and sy

ted human and personal god, the monstrous head from whence flow in two streams the dogmas of salvation and damnation. this is so true that even those clergymen who would be philosophers and who were masons, have, in their arbitrary interpretations, fathered upon the ancient sages the queer idea that "the monad represented (with them) the throne of the omnipotent deity, placed in the centre of the empyrean to indicate t.g.a.o.t.u- read "the great architect of the universe" a curious explanation this, more masonic than strictly pythagorean. nor did the "hierogram within a circle, or equilateral triangle[[footnote(s "science of numbers" by the rev. g. oliver (p. 36[[vol. 1, page] 614 the secret doctrine. ever mean "the exemplification of the unity of the divine essence; for this was exemplifi

DION FORTUNE MYSTICAL QABALA

hose centre is every-where and whose circumference is nowhere, a statement which, like so many in occultism, is inconceivable, yet nevertheless presents an image to the mind and therefore serves its purpose. kether, then (and for the matter of that, all the other sephiroth, is a state or condition of existence. we must always bear in mind that the planes do not tower up one above another into the empyrean like the storeys of a building, but are conditions of being, states of existence of different types, and though they developed successively in time, they occur simultaneously in space; existence of all types being present in a single being, as we realise when we remember that the being of man is made up of a physical body, emotions, mind, and spirit, all occupying the same space at the sa

take heaven upon her till the word was clothed with speech by lips of man" 13. therein we have the clue to the riddle. the gods are the creations of the created. they are made by the adoration of their worshippers. it is not the gods that do the vork of creation. this is done by the great natural forces working each according to its nature; the gods come in their processiofl after the swan of the empyrean has laid the egg of rnaul festation in the darkness of the cosmic night. mystical qabala page 149 14. the gods are emanations of the group-minds of races; they are not emanations of eheieh, the one and eternal. nevertheless, they are immensely powerful, because by means of their influence over the imaginations of their worshippers they link the microcosm with the macrocosm; for by meditat

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

tall dark man with red eyes, the egyptian decan demon for the first face of aries, it might be even worse to be devoured by this terrible jewish bad angel, azazael! in the forty-eighth cabalist conclusion, pico shows that he fully understands that there is a relationship between the ten spheres of the cosmos the seven spheres of the planets, the eighth sphere or the firmament of fixed stars, the empyrean, and the primum mobile and the ten sephiroth or numerations of cabala. quicquid dicant caeteri cabalisticae, ego decern sphaeras, sic decern numerationibus correspondere dico, ut ab edificio incipiendo, jupiter sit quartae, mars quintae, sol sextae, saturnus septimae, venus octauae, alercurius nonac, luna decimae, turn supra aedificium firmamentum tertie, primum mobilae secundae, coelum e

firmamentum tertie, primum mobilae secundae, coelum empyreum primae.2 though the way in which he is counting here is confusing,3 pico is thinking of correspondencies between the ten spheres and the ten sephiroth such as are sometimes set out as follows: sephiroth spheres (i) kether primum mobile (2) hokhmah eighth sphere (3) binah saturn 1 ibid, loc. cit. 2 ibid, p. i l l. 3 by starting with the empyrean, instead of the primum mobile, and by misplacing saturn, pico seems to confuse the normal order. ioo pico della mirandola and cabalist magic (4) hesod jupiter (5) gevurah mars (6) rahimin sol (7) netsch venus (8) hod mercury (9) yesod luna (10) malkuth elements it is this relationship of the sephiroth with the spheres of the cosmos which makes of cabala a theosophy related to the universe

by the nine spiritual orders, as follows: the four elements, which are mutable in substance and quality. the seven planets, which are not mutable in substance, but are so in quality and disposition. the eighth sphere, whose movement is opposite to that of the planets and which has the qualities of candor and splendor. the chrystalline sphere, which has simple motion and the quality of candor. the empyrean, where all is stable and the lumen of which is a quality of light superior to candor. in the stable and lucens empyrean is accommodated the trinity expressed in the nine orders of angels of dionysius. there are legions of angels in the orders and their number exceeds the faculty of human computation. the nine orders are: seraphim, cherubim, thrones; the hierarchy of the father. dominions

of the hierarchies with the spheres of the cosmos he got from dante who, in his convivio correlates the hierarchies with the spheres3 and, above all, in the paradiso, sets out the souls of the blest on the spheres of the seven planets; places the apostles and the church triumphant in the eighth sphere; in the ninth sphere ranges the nine angelic hierarchies; and crowns all with the trinity in the empyrean. ficino was a great student of dante, and was certainly thinking of the paradiso in the passage on the hierarchies analysed above for he makes a reference to dante's poem in it.4 the analysis of the varying quality of the light, expressed by different words for 1 ibid, loc. cit. 2 summa theologiae, pars i, quaest. 108, articles 5, 6. cf. m. de gandillac "astres, anges et genies chez marsi

t is reflected down the angelic hierarchies, flashing as in mirrors from one to another, is a characteristically dionysian conception, to which dante had given a somewhat new turn by describing how, as he and beatrice mount through the spheres of the planets, the light changes in quality at each ascent, reaching ever more dazzhng degrees of intensity in the eighth sphere, the ninth sphere and the empyrean. ficino, in the passage analysed above, seems to be definitely using, splendor of light in the eighth sphere, candor of a more intense light in the chrystalline sphere, and lumen of the supreme light in the empyrean (beyond which there is perhaps an even higher lux in the divine mind. he also uses such many varying terms for light in his de sole' and de lumine,1 though i am not sure that

uses them "more hermetico".7 if a comparison is to be made between his and fludd's works on harmony, he will show any reader that "rem mathematicam ego tradam mathematice, tu hermetice".8 the root of the matter is that "mathesis" or mathematics "more hermetico" as used by fludd on harmony means those numerological relationships, ultimately based on astrology, running through the three worlds, the empyrean, the celestial world, and the elemental world, and which bound together the macrocosm and the microcosm. mathematics in kepler's sense is quantitative measurement, and in his book he is applying it empirically and only in the celestial world, and there only to the movement of the planets. jam ut propius accedamus ad fundamenta, quibus robertus de fluctibus superstruit suam musicam mundana

GOETIA LUCIFERIAN

ssence from which the body and mind it itself a grand grimoire of shadowed knowledge. our soul must be enflamed as the serpent and must work accordingly as the devil in flesh, the tester of the limits and the initiator upon earth. work always with a goal in mind and do not dabble with the spirits of the goetia. you have been warned. working with angelic spirits angelic(k) spirits are celestial or empyrean forces, based primarily in the element air. they are commonly associated with lucifer and are the higher articulated solar and lunar shadow forms of the initiatic guide, by one conjoined with the demonic spirit the self develops in balance, rather than repression and self-deception. such angels are fallen, and contain a demonic or infernal aspect to their character. approach this with res

f which you will undertake. 14 the body of light is brought forth not through dreaming, but the waking plane/conscious mind. find a comfortable place to meditate, decorated in such which would represent the higher self/daimon. anoint the neck and arms in abramelin oil and have the chamber lit with natural light if possible allowing the sun to enter the chamber. remember, the point is to reach the empyrean or celestial realms of the aethyr, the higher consciousness of self. while quietly meditating, envision the astral body growing, of which a great fire and light is rising above the physical body, envision and eye within this fire. raise yourself up in through the aethyr, from which you are floating and rising in the sky. as you rise begin to visualize a great angel before you. there is a

resented. the three points of the triangle refers to the three aspects of hekate, being a meeting place of spirits often symbolized as the crossroads. the historical triangle in ceremonial magic is the materializing point of the daimon. while the present work explores the path of invoking such forces, the triangle itself served to unite the demonic (chthonic/atavistic) with the angelic (celestial/empyrean. the triangle contains in the center a circle, this is the summoning point of which solomon was said to bind such spirits. the inside of the triangle contains the name azazel, being a significant change from the traditional michael. the purpose of this is to have the circle blessed with the deific power of azazel, who is also more commonly recognized as lucifer. as the sorcerer of the lef

IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY

rue, and my red cap, too, hie over to england" p. 234 and seizing a twig she soared up the chimney, whither she was followed by all save madge. as the latter was making her preparations shamus rushed into the kitchen, snatched the cap from her, and placing himself astride of her twig uttered the magic formula. he speedily found himself high in the air over the irish sea, and swooping through the empyrean at a rate unequalled by the fastest aeroplane. they rapidly neared the welsh coast, and espied a castle afar off, towards the door of which they rushed with frightful velocity; shamus closed his eyes and awaited the shock, but found to his delight that he had slipped through the keyhole without hurt. the party made their way to the cellar, where they caroused heartily, but the wine proved

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

s, like the chiming of mighty bells. the multiprismatoidal temple was transparent like crystal, and yet somehow permeated with fire, so that in watching it one realized the meaning of the strange description in the revelation of a sea of glass mingled with fire. 946. as the angelic chorus swelled out the glow of this temple grew brighter and brighter, and lines of dazzling light shot out into the empyrean, bearing messages and greetings to worlds far away in space. and unmistakably there came a response to this wondrous call- even many responses. strange to us beyond all words in magnetism and in feeling were these replies from other worlds; but that they were replies there was no question. some came from other planets of our system; others just as surely came from worlds of which we at pr

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

, gives a fictitious value to the goods and pleasures of life on the earth and leads the procession of humanity from the garden of heaven, situated on the left wing, toward hell, on the right wing. 32 bosch, hieronymus the visions of eden and hell are also the theme of the last judgement, of four panels in the doges palace in venice (the fall of the damned, hell, paradise, and the ascent into the empyrean, which is rendered as a great cylinder seen in perspective in a blue light) and of the garden of earthly delights. the closed wings of the famous triptych represent the world on the third day of creation, a transparent sphere that shows, at the center, the dry land covered with vegetation, separating from the waters. the left wing shows the earthly paradise, the central panel is the garde

are the heavens of the planets: the moon, mercury, venus, the sun, mars, jupiter, saturn. the eighth heaven, the sphere of the fixed stars, is the highest visible region of the celestial world, and the ninth heaven, the primum mobile, governs the general motion of the heavens from east to west, and by it all place and time are ultimately measured. finally, beyond and outside the heavens, lies the empyrean, where there is neither time nor place, but light only, and which is the special abode of the deity and the saints. see also hell and heaven; purgatory; satan for further reading: bemrose, stephen. dante s angelic intelligences. their importance in the cosmos and in pre- christian religion. roma: edizioni di storia e letteratura, 1983. edwards, paul, ed. the encyclopedia of philosophy. ne

k: crossroad, 1993, 41 64. miller,mary, and karl taube. an illustrated dictionary of the gods and symbols of ancient mexico and the maya. london: thames and hudson, 1993. popul vuh. trans. dennis tedlock. 2nd ed. new york: touchstone, 1996. milton, john angels and demons (portrayed traditionally as fallen angels) are at the very center of john milton s (1608 1674) cosmic scenario, dwelling in the empyrean, a boundless region of light and freedom, and living dispersed throughout it in organized ranks. by using the old ptolemaic astronomy,milton was able to build a magnificent literary atlas of comparative maps, showing the arrangements before and after the fall of the angels. the oldest son of a london scrivener, john milton was born in london on 9 december 1608. as a boy he was very studio

LIBER ALEPH

n, that all conscious opposition to thy will, whether in ignorance, or by obstinacy, or through fear of others, may in the end endanger even thy true self, and bring thy star into disaster. and this is the true key to dreams; see that thou be diligent in its use, and unlock therewith the secret chambers of thine heart. t the book of wisdom or folly 15 x de via per empyr um (of the way through the empyrean) oncerning thy travellings in thy body of light, or astral journeys and visions so-called, do thou lay this wisdom to thy heart, o my son, that in this practice, whether things seen and heard be truth and reality, or whether they be phantoms in the mind, abideth this supreme magical value, namely: whereas the direction of such journeys is consciously willed, and determined by reason, and

doest affirm thy place in nature and her harmonies. neglect not the performance of the ritual of the pentagram, and of the assumption of the form of hoor-pa-kraat. neglect not the daily miracle of the mass, either by the rite of the gnostic catholic church, or that of the phoenix. neglect not the performance of the mass of the holy ghost, as nature herself prompteth thee. travel also much in the empyrean in the body of light, seeking ever abodes more fiery and lucid. finally, exercise constantly the eight limbs of yoga. and so shalt thou come to the end. n the book of wisdom or folly 17 p de clavicula somniorum (of the key of dreams) nd now concerning meditation let me disclose unto thee more fully the mystery of the key of dreams and phantasies. learn first that as the thought of the min

LIBER CCCXXXV ADONIS

, for we are but now, and our lady for ever [they go out. esarhaddon. i dreamed of thee! dreams beyond form and name! it was a chain of ages, and a flash liber cccxxxv 6 of lightning.which thou wilt.since.oh i see nothing, feel nothing, and am nothing.ash of the universe burnt through! astarte. and i the flame! esarhaddon. wreathing and roaring for an ageless aon, wrapping the world, spurning the empyrean, drowning with dark despotic imminence all life and light, annihilating sense. i have been sealed and silent in the womb of nothingness to burst, a babe fs bold bloom, into the upper aethyr of thine eyes. oh! one grave glance enkindles paradise, one sparkle sets me on the throne above, mine orb the world. astarte. nay, stir not yet. let love breathe like the zephyr on the unmoved deep, si

t 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 in deep purple, as mourning, and her hair is bound with a f

drops into the lamp that hangs from the height above the head of the lady adonis 29 psyche. this lamp remains dark. during this darkness the unicorn, the lion, and the peacock disappear] love me and lead me through the blind abysses! fill me and feed me on the crowning kisses, like flowers that flicker in the garden of glory, pools of pure liquor like pale flames and hoary that lamp the lightless empyrean! ah! love me! all space be sightless, and thine eyes above me! thrice burnt and branded on this bleeding brow, stamp thou the candid stigma.even now [the lamp flashes forth into dazzling but momentary radiance. as it goes out a cone of white light is seen upon the head of the lady psyche, and before her stands a figure of immense height cloaked and hooded in perfect blackness] the king. c

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY

olled and absorbed by the sorcerer s own astral body. one may feed the servitors themselves from this, that they may take their shadow and from your will form their shapes in darkness in whatever fashion you so desire. necromancy evocation and communion with the dead. sabbat- the meeting of witches in the dream plane, the secret arcana of leaving the body. there are two aspects of the sabbat, the empyrean/celestial (of air the luciferian sabbat) and the infernal sabbat (chthonic, demonic and earth based. these two elements of the dream conclave are connected with the symbolism of which the fraturnitias saturni focused upon as the higher and lower octave of saturn. shades shadows of the dead, spirits which commune with the living. the witches sabbat path works with shades from ancestral man

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY AND SET TYPHON

g, rather utilizing chaotic forces to utilize temporary order in the self to grow stronger and progress as an adept. chaos magick in the terms of which i refer to are tools of various forms of ritual belief to construct your own initiatory focus. the foundation is the consistent aspect of chaos sorcery in the luciferian path. the witches' sabbat itself is composed of two aspects, the celestial or empyrean (the highest aspect of light, luciferian fire and divinity) and the infernal (the lower aspects, the daemonic. what the witches' sabbat is the spiritual transference from the waking flesh (everyday life) to the astral/dream rite (the gathering of witches and sorcerer in the arena of the dream. the sabbat has been explored since before the middle ages, in the form of the infernal, daemonic

eriorized force which guides each person, others a force of the subconscious. i am partial by experience and direction that this is a force of the subconscious, the greater familiar is a result of atavistic workings (which include the bornless one ritual) from which the luciferian sorcerer calls both the evil genius (the demonic atavistic nature of self) in unity with the holy guardian angel, the empyrean angelic force, blended with the demonic aspect grants a higher articulation of the spirit force, which is still very much a part of us. the attendant spirit, as familiar may be considered an angelick/luciferian illuminated self. this is of course, not a separate entity but the projected and developed imagination of the sorcerer, from which he or she may visualize a force created from shad

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

octave. click to enlarge the consonances of the mundane monochord. from fludd's de musica mundana. this diagrammatic sector represents the major gradations of energy and substance between elemental earth and absolute unconditioned force. beginning with the superior, the fifteen graduated spheres descend in the following order: limitless and eternal life; the superior, the middle, and the inferior empyrean; the seven planets; and the four elements. energy is symbolized by fludd as a pyramid with its base upon the concave surface of the superior empyrean, and substance as another pyramid with its base upon the convex surface of the sphere (not planet) of earth. these pyramids demonstrate the relative proportions of energy and substance entering into the composition of the fifteen planes of b

tring connected at its upper end to absolute spirit and at its lower end to absolute matter--in other words, a cord stretched between heaven and earth. counting inward from the circumference of the heavens, pythagoras, according to some authorities, divided the universe into nine parts; according to others, into twelve parts. the twelvefold system was as follows: the first division was called the empyrean, or the sphere of the fixed stars, and was the dwelling place of the immortals. the second to twelfth divisions were (in order) the spheres of saturn, jupiter, mars, the sun, venus, mercury, and the moon, and fire, air, water, and earth. this arrangement of the seven planets (the sun and moon being regarded as planets in the old astronomy) is identical with the candlestick symbolism of th

me d 6, the fourth beauty; shemesh, the sphere of the sun. from d 6 came d 7, the fourth victory; nogah, the sphere of venus. from d 7 came d 8, the fourth glory; kokab, the sphere of mercury. from d 8 came d 9, the fourth foundation; levanah, the sphere of the moon. from d 9 came d 10, the fourth kingdom; cholom yosodoth, the sphere of the four elements. by inserting a sphere (which he calls the empyrean) before the primum mobile, kircher moves each of the other spheres down one, resulting in the elimination of the sphere of the elements and making d 10 the sphere of the moon. in the world of assiah are to be found the demons and tempters. these are likewise reflections of the ten great globes of atziluth, but because of the distortion of the images resulting from the base substances of t

dam kadmon, the heavenly man (29) angelic beings (30) man in the image of god. the fourth order of gates is termed world of spheres and its divisions are as follows (31) the heaven of the moon (32) the heaven of mercury (33) the heaven of venus (34) the heaven of the sun (35) the heaven of mars (36) the heaven of jupiter (37) the heaven of saturn (38) the firmament (39) the primum mobile (40) the empyrean heaven. the fifth order of gates is termed the angelic world and its divisions are as follows (41) ishim--sons of fire (42) orphanim--cherubim (43) aralim--thrones (44) chashmalim--dominions (45) seraphim- virtues (46) melachim--powers (47) elohim--principalities (48) ben elohim--angels (49) cherubim- archangels [the order of the angels is a matter of controversy, the arrangement above di

more, amen; and have the keys of hell and of death" in the second and third chapters st. john delivers to the "seven churches which are in asia" the injunctions received by him from the alpha and omega. the churches are here analogous to the rungs of a mithraic ladder, and john, being "in the spirit" ascended through the orbits of the seven sacred planets until he reached the inner surface of the empyrean "after the soul of the prophet" writes the anonymous author of mankind: their origin and destiny "in his ecstatic state has passed in its rapid flight through the seven spheres, from the sphere of the moon to that of saturn, or from the planet which corresponds to cancer, the gate of men, to that of capricorn, which is the gate of the gods, a new gate opens to him in the highest heaven, a

d be related to the churches. some proceed from the hypothesis that saturn represents the church of ephesus; but from the fact that this city was sacred to the moon goddess and also that the sphere of the moon is the first above that of the earth, the planets obviously should ascend in their ancient order from the moon to saturn. from saturn the soul would naturally ascend through the door in the empyrean. in the fourth and fifth chapters st. john describes the throne of god upon which sat the holy one "which was and is, and is to come" about the throne were twenty-four lesser seats upon which sat twenty-four elders arrayed in white garments and wearing crowns of gold "and out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before t

bed as white animal of the shape and size of a mule, with the head of a woman and the tail of a peacock. according to some versions, mohammed merely rode alborak to jerusalem, where, dismounting upon mount moriah, he caught hold of the lower rung of a golden ladder lowered from heaven and, accompanied by gabriel, ascended through the seven spheres separating he earth from the inner surface of the empyrean. at the gate of each sphere stood me of the patriarchs, whom mohammed saluted as he entered the various planes. at the gate of the first heaven stood adam; at the gate of the second, john and jesus (sisters' sons; at the third, joseph; at the fourth, enoch; at the fifth, aaron; at the sixth, moses; and at the seventh, abraham. another order of the patriarchs and prophets is given which pl

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 1

ne spirits can bring thee; on the contrary, it gives them great pleasure to render service to man for whom many of these spirits have great liking and affinity, god having destined them for the preservation and guidance of those terrestrial things which are submitted to the power of man. there are different kinds of spirits, according to the things over which they preside, some of them govern the empyrean heaven, others the primum mobil, others the first and second crystalline, others the starry heaven; there are also spirits of the heaven of saturn, which i call saturnites. there are jovial, martial, solar, venerean, mercurial, and lunar spirits; there are also (spirits) in the elements as well as in the heavens, there are some in the fiery region, others in the air, others in the water

MICHAEL FORD A RITE OF THE WEREWOLF

me of the devil by flying with familiars and other demons is not too far from realistic workings in the present time. lucifer is found in the higher octave of the sphere of saturn. this mighty angel12 is a revealed source of black light, or intelligence/development/wisdom. lucifer is also a source of brilliance, a state of gnosis from which the sabbatic practitioner emerges. it is in this highest empyrean13 realms of which light is best experienced, the air and astral plane, from which all wind rushes about you like a tornado, where flame and sun envelopes your being and your astral body is purified by flame. the embodiment of wisdom in western occultism is view in the anthropomorphic form of baphomet, called also the sabbatic goat14. the baphometic angel-daemon who resides above a globe (

a, within the early zoroastrian religion. the middle eastern cults and sects of magical practice produced what we commonly call magickal paths today. what was lost or well forgotten, by some incantation or spell of remembrance, such surged forth as a bestial atavism that which was dead now emerged as a 12 angels are considered by abu-hamid mohammed al-ghazali to be the higher faculties of man. 13 empyrean= highest heavens, heights, the astral plane which leads to the psyche or genius revealed. see the key of solomon the king by s.l. mathers, the symbolism of angels (higher octave) and demons (lower octave or infernal spirits. this term is inextricably the same as celestial, the sabbat of luciferian light. 14 baphomet is a magickal transformation of being. baphomet, being the head of wisdom

MICHAEL FORD BOOK OF CAIN

gan to sing beautiful hymns, such as which never sounded so sorrowful, yet touching in their passion for their coming forth into being. belial was indeed different from azazel while lucifer was fire and air in spirit, belial was of earth and found this place comfortable and familiar. belial said unto azazel, who would else wake and join us in this moment of triumph that we are without the highest empyrean realm we now look about to understand we are different, strong and noble in our selves. awake with us djinn! leviathan arose before them. he had taken the form of a great serpent, a dragon who beheld both sexes of human flesh leviathan would seek the oceans and understood the art of sorcery as a totality of being timeless and alive in its sacred flame. leviathan found the nightmares comfo

MICHAEL FORD WITCHMOON

s do i rise unto the company of the spirits of the air, to join in union with those of cunning fire spirits who illuminate in the flame of the sun! i do seek to go forth unto the angelic soul lucifer rising through my self emerald crowned bringer of light. i seek the gates of heaven and holy essence of the sun, that my spirit may become the essence of flame and creation. i shall go forth unto the empyrean gathering of the elphame to strengthen in the light of lucet azazel who brought us to the gates of becoming. i am both shadow and light, i shall go forth in dream and waking flesh infernal- the earthly demonic sabbat the descent of the luciferian self (spirit) unto the darkness of set the peacock cloaked essence of the serpent. the infernal sabbat is the earthly gathering of the shades of

MICHAEL W FORD NOX UMBRA

r of my arcane of desire to grow strong in my form by the fifth which is the name xaremiza-akhian-nas, grave haunting shade which drinks from those which trespass our guarded path, emerge and protect my circle of essence. by the sixth which is the name khesut-nomida being that which wanders the desert under the shadow of cain, seek now our coven of being, we who drink of the dual ecstasies of the empyrean and infernal meeting of spirts. by the seventh which is the name lilkamena, born of the congress of incubi and succubi, who shall tempt mine enemy unto death and my friend into the pleasures of life, i summon thee forth. by the eighth which is the name marakalaz, haunter of fields of the dead, feasting of those who have passed the veil, i summon thee into the temple to protect this coven

dess of fire and beasts. it is barbara koltuv, ph.d. who suggests that the knowledge of lilith is necessary for strengthening man's ego, the shadow of the self. it is lilith who inspires sexual dreams, creative inspiration and sensuality. the daemonic feminine is therefore essential to the development of man and woman. it is also the gateway to the sabbat- the dreaming conclave of the luciferian (empyrean, of the light) and infernal. lilith in her dark and fiery aspect is one part of the adversary, the opposing force which initiates through antinomianism and self-deification. in a work which pre-dates the zohar, it is suggested that lilith and samael were born by an emanation beneath the throne of god. their shape was an androgynous being, double-faced and thus revealed as a part of the ad

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end; and was finally admitted to a luminous region where the sun, with his most brilliant light, put to rout the shades of night. then he himself put on the costume of the sun-god or the visible source of ethereal light, in whose mysteries he was initiated; and passed from the empire of darkness to that of light. after having set his feet on the threshold of the palace of pluto he ascended to the empyrean, to the bosom of the eternal principle of light of the universe, from which all souls and intelligences emanate. plutarch admits that this theory of two principles was the basis of all the mysteries, and consecrated in the religious ceremonies and mysteries of greece. osiris and typhon, ormuzd and ahriman, bacchus and the titans and giants, all represented these principles. phanes, the lu

r which reason he is his own father, and self-originated. for he is both a beginning and god of gods, a monad from the one, prior to substance and the beginning of substance; for from him is substantiality and substance, whence also he is called the beginning of things conceived by the intellect. these then are the most ancient beginnings of all things, which hermes places before the ethereal and empyrean and celestial gods "chang-ti, or the supreme lord or being" said the old chinese creed "is the principle of everything that exists, and father of all living. he is eternal, immovable, and independent: his power knows no bounds: his sight equally comprehends the past, the present, and the future, and penetrates even to the inmost recesses of the heart. heaven and earth are under his govern

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i shall taste thy ecstasy of being! from the east, air and shadowed illuminator lucifer, crowned in emerald light, king of the circle of the wise do illuminate me, by dreaming and waking guide me into the astral plane to become, in the twilight i awaken to thy fiery spirit! o archon of this world, djinn of holy fire and perfected spirit do move through me as i descend with you! guide me unto the empyrean and celestial sabbat of self-deification! from the north, belial, lord of the earth and perfected essence of both angel and beast, do move the spirits of the earth of wolf and jackal, come forth through me! i seek thy mysteries of the earth, of the infernal sabbat and its pleasure of lilith-hecate! i descend into the caverns of darkness with thee! from the west, leviathan, lord of the gat

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ly perceive, that his existence upon earth is only intended by the deity as a.state of probation; and as this corporeal life shall terminate either in acts of piety or profaneness, soshall follow the reward or retribution of an impartial and just judge in a future of everlastingduration. when our bodies partake of the purified dust of the grave, may we be prepared to passfrom this ethereal to the empyrean world.proceed to the east. the password of this northern gate is 'terrigena (of the earth).by the initials of your four passwords, you form the word f. i .a. t.the zelator is conducted to the east in front of the celebrant, and has completed a square with fourcardinal points by his journey. the veil is removed. the zelator is now west of the altar, thecelebrant on the east. zelator places

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ns of baphomet" earlier, on the same page is "the thirtyfirst path is called the perpetual intelligence" a direct reference to the understanding of the magus v ts, and related to. the spiritual red of not mere" above. being the symbol for fire. continuing the point, in the book of thoth [21, on page 220, crowley refers to (shin) as "nuit, hadit, ra-hoor-khuit! the aeon of the twin child! exult, o empyrean; and on page 278 he compares it with the xxth trump card of the tarot called the aeon (in the old pack it is called the last judgment. on page 115, crowley offers the following explanation..an adaptation of the stele of revealing" and "the card therefore represented the destruction of the world by fire. this was accomplished in the year of the vulgar era 1904, when the fiery god horus too

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ed. 24. mystery of adam and eve. 25. complete man as the microcosm. 26. gift of five human faces acting exteriorly. 27. gift of five powers to the soul. 28. adam kadmon, the heavenly man. 29. angelic beings. 30. man in the image of god. fourth order: world of spheres 31. the moon. 32. mercury. 33. venus. 34. sol. 35. mars. 36. jupiter. 37. saturn. 38. the firmament. 39. the primum mobile. 40. the empyrean heaven. fifih order: the angelic world 41. ishim--sons of fire. 42. auphanim--cherubim. 43. aralim--thrones. 44. chashmalim--dominions. 45. seraphim--virtues. 46. malakim--powers. 47. elohim--principalities. 48. beni elohim--angels. 49. cherubim--arch-angels. sixth order: the archetype 50. god. ain suph. he whom no mortal eye bath seen, and who has been known to jesus the messiah alone. n

THE LUCIFERIAN PATH THE WITCHES SABBAT MICHAEL W FORD

ists in the mind and is performed in the spirit. the luciferian has instinctual knowledge that he or she has opened a current, by their own predilection, which intrinsically blends the realm of fantasy with in-flesh reality. when one drops to one knee in the forest or hidden place, summons the power of the earth and that which lies in their circle of being, the mind is guided to the celestial and empyrean (meaning the highest heavens) sabbat from those words chanted in waking can the tranceways be met and the will made flesh. the luciferian path is indeed based in the shadow. the luciferian is one who begins in darkness, masters the infernal aspects of his/her being and then seeks to illuminate further the light of imagination; the 3 flame of consciousness and isolate being this is known a

y, the averse pentagram represents the essence of the egyptian god of darkness and storms, set. set or set-an (shaitan) is the opposing force of darkness but intelligence and isolate consciousness. to be set-like is to be individual, willdriven and balanced. the center of the averse pentagram is called the eye of set or the eye of satan, the adversary. this symbol also represents the union of the empyrean (in this context that which fell from heaven) and the infernal (earth based. this is sigillized and explored via the god form cain or tubal-cain, who has been illustrated with horns and cloven hooves, the awakened sorcerer. the algol sigil is an 8-pointed chaos star with an averse pentagram in the center. this is explained in the glossary section and beholds a powerful but dangerous magic

flame. this is defined as the fire and perception of being, antinomianism. 3 the book of thoth weiser publications 15 lucifer is found in the higher octave of the sphere of saturn. this mighty angel4 is a revealed source of black light, or intelligence/development/wisdom. lucifer is also a source of brilliance, a state of gnosis from which the sabbatic practitioner emerges. it is in this highest empyrean5 realms of which light is best experienced, the air and astral plane, from which all wind rushes about you like a tornado, where flame and sun envelopes your being and your astral body is purified by flame. the embodiment of wisdom in western occultism is view in the anthropomorphic form of baphomet, called also the sabbatic goat6. the baphometic angel-daemon who resides above a globe (so

membrance, such surged forth as a bestial atavism that which was dead now emerged as a necromantic shade. by the wealth of symbolism there is indeed much to develop from be ready to grasp that which was always slightly out of reach by dream, that fleeting moment of truth not so lightly fallen before you. 4 angels are considered by abu-hamid mohammed al-ghazali to be the higher faculties of man. 5 empyrean= highest heavens, heights, the astral plane which leads to the psyche or genius revealed. see the key of solomon the king by s.l. mathers, the symbolism of angels (higher octave) and demons (lower octave or infernal spirits. this term is inextricably the same as celestial, the sabbat of luciferian light. 6 baphomet is a magickal transformation of being. baphomet, being the head of wisdom

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ng, in which thou shalt weigh the suns, and moons, and all the hosts of heaven; and thy foot-stool shall be the abyss, and thy sceptre a sword of flaming fire, thy crown the zodiac set with the flashing stone of the wise. robed in glory, and wisdom, and understanding, a light of loveliness, thou, god-voiced with thunder and lightning, shalt breathe forth words of fire to flame forever through the empyrean of heaven and to resound without ceasing beyond the nadir of hell. thou shalt plunge into the mystery of all things and become as a sun unto thyself, and with thine own beams shalt thou paint the hueless ocean of thy godhead. thou shalt see things as they are; and all shall dissolve around thee, and thou around all, till unity itself become but nothingness in the unutterable bliss of a bo

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imagination, the higher faculties of man and woman. such a sabbat differs from the infernal sabbat in that it is more aethyr or astral based, air and dreamlike space. the luciferian sabbat is the gathering of spirits and the psyche set free; liberation and being within the very circle of leviathan, the crooked serpent of ageless existence. lucifer is the model of the celestial or sometimes called empyrean rite as it is a focusing on self-transformation through willed direction; the black magician driven by self-determined goals to become something and transform into a godlike state. this requires isolation, introspection and an honesty which is both complimenting and insulting. as the infernal sabbat is the mastery of the earth, the luciferian sabbat is the mastery of the spirit and the ps

s many secrets; he could do so with speed and cunning. he taught further in the form of azazel men and women about warfare, weapons, armor to the opposites such as make up and sorcery. azazel was now shaitan, his shadow doctrine of witchcraft was of ahriman the dragon, shaitan had now transformed into a sense of continually progressing perfection isolate consciousness, strength, knowledge of both empyrean and the secret abodes of hell and how both may create a powerful god like being for those who dare. the ones who fell with lucifer were taught sexual magick and procreation by az lilith, who resided near the red sea in caves. az resided also in the blackest depths of hell; she instructed demons, monsters, and other druj the art of sexual copulation and how to spawn daemons. az lilith was

cubi, daemons who held sexual congress with humans and with their emissions spawned other shadow forms. shaitan then became as seker, the lord of death in ancient memphis, which later became set the prince of darkness. set or shaitan had impacted the earth in its wave of creation, of knowledge and prowess did humanity excel. shaitan then moved its consciousness both of darkness and light into the empyrean and infernal (chthonic) realms of above and below. on the earth lucifer or azal ucel has manifested as a symbolic initiator through cain the witch father, born of the union of the dragon and the whore, tubal-qayin as he is often called is the nomad, the sorcerous initiator of those who seek the black light of iblis. for the witches sabbat initiate, lucifer is the black flame of intelligen

dragon and the whore, tubal-qayin as he is often called is the nomad, the sorcerous initiator of those who seek the black light of iblis. for the witches sabbat initiate, lucifer is the black flame of intelligence and will; he represents the foundation of the great work of becoming; he is the anthropomorphic power of self-deification and self-reliance. lucifer exists in the aethyric abode, in the empyrean heights of spiritual ecstasy and storms above the earth itself. lucifer is the inspirer of wisdom, of the ongoing search for knowledge. he is the black snake and peacock angel of the yezidis, the magister of the sun who creates from within to outwards; his words create the spark of vox sabbatum the witches sabbat 22 inspiration to become flesh. the gift of lucifer is the black flame of th

versarial fire-djinn, yaltabaoth who was the wisest among the angels. as called also azal ucel, sigillized as azothoz, yaltabaoth is the deific force with a mask of a beast and an angel. let this invocation be most holy and the solar logos shall manifest through the baphometic wisdom of darkness. this calling should be conducted in the high rite of the celestial or luciferian sabbat, called often empyrean or of the highest aethyr or heavens. this is the self-focused rite of the magician becoming as the adversary, the dragon-angel awakening of the isolate intellect. you are essentially becoming as the prince of darkness through the highest rites of theurgy and magick. invoke with your entire essence, with every fiber of your being. the chthonic conjuration that which raises the self towards

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