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18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

hunar. 177 showers, and his sacred tree supj^lies the nutritious acorn. thor's niinni was drunk to the prosperity of cornfields. the german thundergod was no doubt represented, like zeus and jupiter, with a long heard. a danish rhyme still calls him' thor med sit lange skidg (f. magnusen's lex. 957. but the on. sagas everywhere define him more narrowly as red-learded, of course in allusion to the fiery phenomenon of lightning: when the god is angry, he blows in his red beard, and thunder peals through the clouds. in the fornm. sog. 2, 182 and 10, 329 he is a tall, handsome, red-bearded youth: mikill vexti (in growth, ok ungligr, frisr synum (fair to see, ok rau&skcggja&r; in 5, 249 masr ra%i- skeggja3r. men in distress invoked his red beard: landsmenn toko]?at ras (adopted the plan) at hei

from w-hom a fruitful year and the thriving of crops was looked for. like the ship-procession, it was accompanied by dances and bonfires. sebast. frank, p. ol^ of his weltbuch' on the ehine, franconia and divers other places, the young men do gather all the dance-maidens and 'put them in a plough, and draw their piper, who sitteth on the plough piping, into the water; in other parts they draw 2. fiery plough kindled with a fire very artificial made thereon, until it fall to wrack' enoch wiedemann's chronik von hof tells how' on shrove-tuesday evil-minded lads drove a 'plough about, yoking to it such damsels as did not pay ransom; others went behind them sprinkling chopped straw and sawdust (siichs. provinz. bl. 8, 347) pfeiffer, chron. lips, lib, 2, 53' mos erat antiquitus lipsiae, ut lib

hildebrandslied has but too little to say of otacher. then vuldulf also (perhaps vuldr-ulf) will signify a glorious beaming wolf (see suppl. as siegfried eclipsed all other welisungs, so did diefcrich all the amalungs; and where the epos sets them one against the other, each stands in his might, unconquered, unapproachable. dieterieh's divine herohood comes out in more than one feature, e.g, his fiery breath, and his taking the place of wuotan or ero (p. 213-4) at the head of the wild host, as dietriclibcrn or bernhard. the fiery breath brings him nearer to donar, with whom he can be compared in another point also: dietericli is wounded in the forehead by an arrow, and a piece of it is left inside him, for which reason he is called the deathless^ not otherwise did the half of hrungnir's h

walk and manner of appearing was impetuous, like that of a god; when he first approached the burg of brynhildr* iors dusasi ok opphimin' earth shook and heaven, ssem. 241; and of brynhild's laughing, as of that of the gods (p. 324, we are told' hlo, boer allr dundi' she laughed and all the castle dinned, ssem. 208^ a divine strength reveals itself in many deeds and movements of heroes. dietrich's fiery breath may be suggestive of donar, or perhaps only of a di^agon* ob sin atem goebe fiur als eines wilden trachen (parz. 13-7, 18. a widely prevalent mark of the hero race is their being sticldcd hy leasts, or fed hy birds. a hind offers her milk to sigursr when exposed, vilk. saga 142; a she-wolf gives suck to the infant dieterich (like eomulus and liemus) together with her four blind whelps

3 8 INITIATION CEREMONY

e form. honoured hegemon, superintend the preparation of the theoricus and give the customary alarm. heg: rises, salutes the hierophant, quits the temple and sees the theoricus is thus prepared. wearing sash of theoricus, hoodwink and with the solid triangular pyramid formed of4 elements in right hand, hegemon takes theoricus by left hand and gives an alarm of 8 knocks. heg: his throne was like a fiery flame, and the wheels as burning fire. hiereus: opens door and admits them, returns to his place. heg: conducts theoricus to the north west facing the seat of hiereus. hegemon takes pyramid. hiereus: give me the sign, grip or token, grand word, mystic number and password of the grade of theoricus. theor: word shaddai el chai, no. 45, password mah. hiereus: give me also the mystic title and s

rending fire penetrating, tearing asunder the curtain of matter; fire constrained, fire tormenting, raging and whirling in lurid storm. by what sign dost thou seek to pass by? heg: by the symbol of the pyramid of flame. hiereus: hear thou the voice of axiokersos the second kabir: for not in matter did the fire which is the beyond first enclose his power in acts, but in mind; for the former of the fiery world is the mind of mind, who first sprang from mind, clothing the one fire with the other fire, binding them together so that he might mingle the fountainous craters while preserving unsullied the brilliance of his own fire. and thence a fiery whirlwind drawing down the brilliance of the flashing flame penetrating the abysses of the universe, for thence from downwards all extend their wond

g flame penetrating the abysses of the universe, for thence from downwards all extend their wondrous rays, abundantly animating light, fire, ether and the universe. from him leap forth all relentless thunders, and the whirlwind wrapped, storm enrolled bosom of the all splendid strength of hecate, father begotten and he who encircleth the brilliance of fire, and the strong spirit of the poles, all fiery beyond. hereunto is the speech of axiokersos. hiereus: leads theoricus round to hegemon's seat in south west. heg: takes red lamp and thus addresses theoricus. heg: axiokersa the third kabir spake to kasmillos the candidate and said i am the right basal angle of the triangle of flame; i am the fire astral and fluid, winding and coruscating through the firmament. i am the life of beings, the

these are mysteries which are evoked in the profound abyss of the mind. such a fire existeth extending through the rushings of air or even a fire formless whence comes the image of a voice or even a flashing light abounding, revolving, whirling forth, crying aloud. also there is the vision of the fire flashing courser of light, or also a child borne aloft on the shoulders of the celestial steed, fiery or clothed with gold, or naked or shooting with the bow shafts of light, and standing on the shoulders of the horse. but if thy meditation prolongeth itself thou shalt unite all these symbols in the form of the lion. then when no longer are visible unto thee the vault of the heavens, the mass of the earth, when to thee the stars have lost their light and the lamp of the moon is veiled when t

t judgement, with an angel blowing a trumpet and the dead rising from the tombs. but its meaning is far more occult and recondite than this, for it is a glyph of the powers of fire. the angel encircled by a rainbow whence leap coruscation s of fire, and crowned with the sun, represents michael, the great archangel, the ruler of solar fire. the serpents which leap in the rainbow are symbols of the fiery seraphim. the trumpet represents the influence of the spirit descending from binah, while the banner with the cross refers to the four rivers of paradise and the letters of the holy name. he also is axieros, the first of the samothracian kabiri, as well as zeus and osiris. the left hand figure below, rising from the earth is samael, the ruler of volcanic fire. he is also axiokersos, the 2nd

4 7 INITIATION CEREMONY

e crayfish emblem. hiero: leads practicus to tablet of the serpent of brass in east. hiero: this is the serpent nehushtan which moses made when the children of israel were bitten by the serpents of fire in the wilderness. it is the serpent of the paths of the tree. and he set it on a pole, that is, twined round the middle pillar of the sephiroth. and the word used in the passage in numbers 21 for fiery serpents, is the same as the name of the angels of geburah, the same spelling, the same pointing, seraphim, around the middle pillar of the sephiroth, because that is the reconciler between the fires of geburah and severity, and the waters of chesed or mercy, and hence it is said in the new testament, that it is a type of christ, the reconciler. and the serpent is of brass, the metal of venu

n a very peculiar combination; virgo, aries, fire, taurus, aries; virgo born of a virgin, aries the sacrificial lamb; fire the fire of the holy spirit; taurus the ox of earth, in whose manger he was laid; and lastly aries, the flocks of sheep whose herdsmen came to worship him. elohim yields air, libra, aries; virgo, water; the firmament, the balanced force, the fire of the spirit (for aries is a fiery sign operating in the zodiac) the virgin goddess and the waters of creation. returning to the spelling of yeheshuah, it is easy to see that the lamb is an appropriate symbol of jesus, from the prevalence of the aries symbol, whose fire is subdued and modified by its other associations. hiero: returns to his seat. heg: leads practicus to west. hiereus: in the theoricus grade you were shown th

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

le is up to you. as with all magick, there are disagreements about which archangel represents each element. this is because angels are found in a number of different traditions and religions and so may serve different functions under similar names. previously, i have associated raphael with the north and uriel with the east, seeing raphael in his aspect as a healer and protector, and uriel as the fiery dawn in the east. however, recently i have started to use a more traditional association of raphael as the messenger in the east and uriel as sentinel of the north and i have found that this works better. do read about angels and experiment to see what suits you. i have listed source material on pages 201-2 and you can find more information on the internet. use the elemental candle colour to

ABRAMELIN2

maimon would mean terrible violence and vehemence. this spirit is also called by the rabbins mhzal, mahazael, perhaps from the root mz= to consume, or devour. amaymon is spoken of in the various mediaeval magical works as being a very potent spirit, and the use of a ring, with magical characters to hold before the mouth while conversing with him, is recommended as a protection against his deadly, fiery, and poisonous breath. the sacred magic 86 the servitors of oriens, paymon, ariton and amaymon. hosen: from chaldaic, chvsn, chosen= strong, vigorous, powerful. saraph: from hebrew, shrp= to burn, or devour with fire. proxosos: perhaps from greek, prox, proxokos= a kid. habhi: from chaidee, chba, or hebrew, chbh= hidden. acuar: from hebrew, akr= a tiller of the earth. tirana: perhaps from he

ADDTLS

e. to chesed, c, and the key of the empress, the daughter of the mighty ones. chesed is, as it were, the first of the inferiors below binah, and the path of c is thus reciprocal betweeen chokmah and binah, forming, as it were, the base of the triangle of the supernals. to geburah, f, and the tarot key, the blasted tower, the lord of the hosts of the mighty, even as geburah represents strength and fiery power. to tiphareth is the a, lord of the fire of the world, even as tiphareth is, as it were the heart and center of the a of life. 18 the remaining four squares of the sephirotic cross have no planetary or astrological attributions. the ten squares of the sephirotic cross also stand for the ace and small cards of the suit represented by the element of the lesser angle. thus wands are attri

ision of elements in the sub-elements of the lesser angles. y d are referred to the cardinal signs,(a,d, g, and j) h c are referred to the kerubic or fixed signs,(b, e, h and k) w a are referred to the mutable signs,(c, f, i, and l) h (final) b are referred to the elements,(d, c, a, b) as to the reasons of this latter attribution, s.r.m.d. says that the four cardinal signs are called the most fiery because they are most solar in nature. that is, the 19 equinoxes and solstices occur when the a is in these signs. the kerubic or fixed signs are considered watery because they are the most shining and glittering in nature. the remaining four mutable signs are called the most airy because they are the most subtle in nature. while the four elements are the most earthy because their operation

angle no. 2 on the squares of the great cross is always m, as indicating the operation of the m in the primary element, and is shown white. triangle no. 4 is colored according to the element of the tablet; thus red for c tablet, blue for d, black for b, yellow for a. triangle no. 1 is to be colored according to the triplicity of the sign attributed to it, that is as to whether it is of an earthy, fiery, watery, or airy nature. triangle no. 3 is to be colored in that of the element ruled by the planet attributed to it. the rule governing the latter is: a and k rule the element of d. l and b rule the element of a. c and y rule the element of b. f rules the element of c. on the other hand, there are alternative methods, the use of which calls into operation other forces than elemental. thus t

a, therefore, the astrological symbol will be an airy sign. the rank is ruled by w, therefore, the symbol will be mutable a, c. the tarot key for c is the lovers. the hebrew letter attributed to it is u. the geomantic attribution is albus. take the d tablet, a angle, column h, rank y. the astrological symbol will be a watery sign. the rank is ruled by y, therefore, the symbol will be cardinal or fiery c d. the tarot key for c is the chariot. the hebrew letter for c is j. the geomantic attribution is populus. the following is by s.r.m.d. briefly, regarding the pronunciation of the angelical language, thou shalt pronounce the consonants with the vowel following in the nomenclature of the same letter in the hebrew alphabet. for example, in b, the vowel following b is e pronounced ay. therefo

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

ALEISTER CROWLEY ACROSS THE GULF

verturned, the napery awry, page 37 gulf.txt the lamps extinct or spilt, the golden cups, chased with obscene images, thrown here and there, the meats hanging over the edge of their bejewelled dishes, their juice staining the white luxury of the linen; and in the midst ourselves, our limbs as careless as the wind, motionless. one would have said: the end of the world is come. but through all that fiery abyss of sleep wherein i was plunged so deep, still stirred the cool delight of the knowledge that i had won the hand for which i played, that i was high priest of osiris in thebai. but in the morning we rose and loathed each other, our mouths awry, our tongues hanging loose from their corners like thirsty dogs, our eyes blinking in agony from the torture of daylight, our limbs sticky with s

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

s controversial, but tallqvist seems to think that it does, indeed, mean "burning; especially so as the incantations to be found therein invariably entail burning something, usually a doll made in the likeness of a witch or evil sorcerer that the magician wished to dispose of. hence, we have here probably the archetype of the great burning times of the inquisition, when people were condemned to a fiery death as witches and pagans. the chant "burn, witch! burn" can be found in the maklu text, in all its pristine glory. indeed, cthulhu calls. the conjuration "the binding of the evil sorcerers" alsi ku nushi ilani mushiti itti kunu alsi mushitum kallatum kuttumtum alsi bararitum qablitum u namaritum ashshu kashshaptu u kashshipanni eli nitum ubbiraanni ili-ia u ishtari-ia ushis-su-u-eli-ia el

sword of the people, open thy gate to me! ishtar, lady of the gift of love, open wide thy gate! gate of the gentle planet, libat, open unto me! ia gushe-ya! ia inanna! ia erninni-ya! ashta pa mabacha cha kur enni-ya! rabbmi lo-yak zi ishtari kanpa! inanna zi amma kanpa! bi zamma kanpa! ia ia ia be-yi razuluki! the invocation of the shammash gate spirit of the sun, remember! shammash, lord of the fiery disk, remember! in the name of the covenant sworn between thee and race of men, i call to thee! hearken and remember! from the gate of the beloved ishtar, the sphere of libat, i call to thee! illuminator of darkness, destroyer of evil, lamp of wisdom, i call to thee! shammash, bringer of light, i call to thee! kutulu is burned by thy might! azag-thoth is fallen off his throne before thee! is

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

h perceives and feeds. xcix* archangels of assiah. c* angels of assiah. ci. english of col. c. cii* the revolutions of adonai in assiah. 0. 1 wrffm metatron cdqh twyj chaioth ha-qadosh holy living creatures ynda 2 layxr ratziel \ynpwa auphanim wheels nyda 3 layqpx tzaphkiel \ylara aralim active ones, thrones dyna 4 layqdx tzadkiel \ylmcj chashmalim brilliant ones dnya 5 lamk kamael \yprc seraphim fiery serpents ndya 6 lapr raphael \yklm malakim kings aynd 7 laynah haniel \yhla elohim gods yand 8 lakim mikael \yhla ynb beni elohim sons of god anid 9 layrbg gabriel \ybrk kerubim angels of elements nayd 10 wpldns( wrffm) sandalphon (metatron \yca ashim flames ynad nyad ynda la ciii* the ten divisions of the body of god. civ. the ten earths in seven palaces. cv. english of col. civ. 0. 1 skull

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

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER CHANOKH

ame canale, sobola zodare fabeliareda caosaji od cahisa aneta-na miame ta viv od da. daresare sol-petahe-bienu. be-ri-ta od zodacame ji-mi-calazodo: sob-ha-atahe tariana luia-he od ecarinu mada qu-a-a-on! liber lxxxiv 27 the spirits of the fourth angle are nine, mighty in the firmament of waters: whom the first hath planted, a torment to the wicked and a garland to the righteous: giving unto them fiery darts to vanne the earth, and 7699 continual workmen, whose courses visit with comfort the earth; and are in government and continuance as the second and the third therefore hearken unto my voice! i have talked of you, and i move you in power and in presence, and the praise of your god in your creation [invokes: bitom; the whole tablet of fire. the angle of b of b. the lord of the flame and

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

orm and the consciousness of the elemental god of the quarter. after this, he begins to vibrate the "barbarous names" of the ritual. now let him not only fill his whole being to the uttermost with the force of the names; but let him formulate his will, understood thoroughly as the dynamic aspect of his creative self, in an appearance symbolically apt, i say not in the form of a ray of light, of a fiery sword, or of aught save that bodily vehicle of the holy ghost which is sacred to baphomet, by its virtue that concealeth the lion and the serpent that his image may appear adorably upon the earth for ever. let then the adept extend his will beyond the circle in this imagined shape and let it radiate with the light proper to the element invoked, and let each word issue along the shaft with pa

ugh all the depths of the universe; hear thou the voice of the fire "a similar fire flashingly extending through the rushings of air, or a fire formless whence cometh the image of a voice, or even a flashing light abounding, revolving, whirling forth, crying aloud. also there is the vision of the fire-flashing courser of light, or also a child, borne aloft on the shoulders of the celestial steed, fiery, or clothed with gold, or naked, or shooting with the bow shafts or light, and standing on the shoulders of the horse, then if thy meditation prolongeth itself, thou shalt unite all these symbols into the form of a lion" this passage- combined with several others- is paraphased in poetry by aleister crowley in his "tannhauser "and when "invoking often" thou shalt see that formless fire; when

ry triplicity: 24 :siamese benzoin: nu :rubeus: opoponax: 25 :lign-aloes :xi (sigma):acquisitio: 26 :musk, civet (also: omicron :carcer :saturnian perfumes: 27 :pepper, dragon's: pi :pentagram: blood, all hot: pungent odours: 28 :galbanum: psi :tristitia: 29 :ambergris: koppa :laetitia: 30 :olibanum, cinamon: rho :hexagram :all glorious odours :31 :olibanum, all: sampi :those of firey triplicity: fiery odours: 32 :assafoetida: tau :triangle: scammony, indigo: sulphur, all evil: odours :32 bis :storax, all dull: upsilon :those of earthy triplicity: heavy odours: weh note: on line 9, chi was omitted; lines 21& 32 bis, chi and tau there by error. these have been restored from liber 777 317& 318 table ii: liv: lv: lxiii: lxiv :key scale: the :the elements :secret names :letters of: and: the fo

t inches and diameter half an inch. let him fashion about the top a triple flame of gold. let him by his understanding and ingenium devise a deed to represent the universe. let his dominus liminis approve thereof. let the philosophus perform the same in such a way that the baculum may be partaker therein. let it when finished be consecrated as he hath skill to perform, and kept wrapped in silk of fiery scarlet "the lamp" let the dominus liminis take pure lead, tin, and quicksilver, with platinum, and, if need be, glass. let him by his understanding and ingenium devise a magick lamp that shall burn without wick or oil, being fed by the aethyr. this shall he accomplish secretly and apart, without asking the advice or approval of his adeptus minor. let the dominus liminis keep it when consecr

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

g the situation as in vedantism. we have, on the contrary, and attitude which was perhaps first of all, historically speaking, defined by zoroaster "nature teaches us, and the oracles also affirm, that even the evil germs of matter may alike become useful and good "stay not on the precipice with the dross of matter; for there is a place for thine image in a realm ever splendid "if thou extend the fiery mind to the work of piety, thou wilt preserve the fluxible body."35 it appears that the levant, from byzantium and athens to damascus, jerusalem, alexandria and cairo, was preoccupied with the formulation of this school in a popular religion, beginning in the days of augustus caesar. for there are elements of this central idea in the works of the gnostics, in certain rituals of what frazer c

erlap cara soror, do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. your last letter. i am glad: it shows you have been putting in some genuine original work. result! you make a very shrewd observation; you have noticed the curious fashion in which gods seem to overlap. it is not the same (you point out) with angels. in no other system do we find a parallel for the living creatures. wheels, wings, fiery serpents, with such quasi-human cohorts as the beni elohim who beget the children on women, to whom the qabalah has introduced us. the beni elohim is actually an exception; there is the incubus and some of the fairy folk, as well as certain gods and demi-gods, who act thus paternally. but you are right in the main. the arabs, for example, have "seven heavens" and seven orders of angels, also

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

are already at work; even accomplishment is prefigured. in the system of abramelin the lamen is a plate of silver upon which the holy guardian angel writes in dew. this is another way of expressing the same thing, for it is he who confers the secrets of that power which should be herein expressed. st. paul expresses the same thing when he says that the breastplate is faith, and can withstand the fiery darts of the wicked "this "faith" is not blind self-confidence 113 figure on this page: a vesica with balances, sword, rose and crown, along with several letters and numbers. this caption beneath "example of design for a lamen" 114 and credulity; it is that self confidence which only comes when self is forgotten. it is the "knowledge and conversation of the holy guardian angel" which confers

ALEISTER CROWLEY SEPHER SEPHIROTH

s rwmx a mark, aim hr+m a solemn promise, vow rdn spikenard (ct. 4:14) drn a spear xmwr merciful, compassionate mwxr 255 burdensome; with difficulty )rmwx the east xrzm a river, stream (gn. 2:10) rhn song of joy hnr 256 tidings (ps. 68:11; saying, speech hrym) the sons of the righteous qdc ynb dampnesses (pl; see 705. k.d. p.20) nymlwpm the spirit of the mother )m) xwr a spice merchant lkwr fire; fiery rwn words myrbd 257 the ark [of the covenant] nwr) magician m+rx to his fearers (ps. 25:14; see 353) wy)ryl the white wand hnbl lqm her dreadful self )rwn lights: the urim (see 490) myrw) 258 the red light mwd) rw) mercy ymxr illuminating, radiant rwhzm 259 throat nwrg 260 the concealed )rym+ will be exalted myry a vineyard mrk i.n.r (see 270) r n y the inept and the profane (lit. gto idols

it denotes shekinah) nwr++ym 325 need, indigence hkyrc 326 jesus (note the letters of hwhy completed by shin= 300 q.v: the spirit of god; a variant is: h#why) hw#hy vision hyy# 328 to steam; darkness k#x 330 boundary, terminus; crosspath; isthmus; distress rcm revolution; hurricane, tempest r(s transgression, error, crime l# 331 tamarisk; ga great tree h (gn. 21:33, trans. ga grove h) l) 332 the fiery light dwqyh rw) a void place ywnp mwqm 333 qabalah of the nine chambers rkb qy) choronzon (as spelt by mathers; cf. 317& see liber 418 10th ayre) nwznwrwx snow; to snow gl# to lie down #lg to be sexually excited; to lie with; royal paramour lg# 334 a still, small voice (i kings 19:12) hqd hmmd lwq 335 day of evil h(r ymy the king above the king of kings myklmh yklm klm ordering, disposition

ch-tower *nxb excellence, sublimity, glory, pride *nw)g to darken, dim *mm( 711 adon: master, lord *nwd) nothing; not *ny) the belly *n+b wealth *nwh hwhy of the gods is one hwhy *dx) hwhy myhl) hwhy prolonged; grew long *kyr) 712 between *nyb 713 the sphere of saturn y)tb# a turning, return; a response hbw#t abaddon: destruction, ruin (hell, as development of lw, 337; cf. 451 *nwdb) fed *nwz 714 fiery furnace )rwn nwt) justice: a title of geburah *nyd 715 secret hrtsn perfumed, fumigated trw+q defective *nzx 716 a matron )tynwr+m a trial, an experiment *nwxb miry *nwy 717 zayin: a sword *nyz 718 wise( ghe will understand that? h *nbyw arrows *mycyx 720 call to mind, account ytb#x thy navel (ct. 7:2) krr# wine *nyy honest; so, thus, just so, such, so much *nk image *mlc to be lovely, pleas

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE LOST CONTINENT

ss had much leisure for 'work, a subject to be explained later. the high priests and high priestesses were restricted in number to eleven times thirty-three in any one 'house. to them were entrusted the final secrets of atlas, and to them was confided the conduct of the experiments in which every will was bound up* the colour of the atlanteans was very various, though the hair was invariably of a fiery chestnut with bluish reflections. one might see women whiter than aphrodite, others tawny as cleopatra, others yellow as tu-chi, others of a strange, subtle blue like the tattooed faces of chin women, others again red as copper. green was however a prohibited hue for women, and red was not liked in men. violet was rare, but highly prized, and children born of that colour were specially reare

s the end of the tenth state, that zro should be a solid, but whether this was confirmed is beyond my knowledge. to return to the main magical theory, the quintessence, said they, or universal substance (which some strove to identify with hyle, others with the luminiferous aether) is the two-in-one, liquid and solid, the former part being also twofold, fluid and gaseous, and the latter earthy and fiery. the combination of these four phases of zro accounted for the universe. this quintessence is zro in some state unknown and incalculable. some expected to find it in its twelth state, some in a seventeenth, others in a thirty-seventh: all this was pure guesswork. some tradition to this effect appears to have reached plato; and the neo-platonists combined with those jews who had preserved fra

he atla without being instantly sucked up and devoured by it. this was the greatest death, and ardently desired by all. the favour was accorded only to those who discovered improvements in zro, or otherwise merited signal and supreme recognition from the state. hidden men listened to the cries of the victim, and thus learned the nature of the death. it appears that the black suddenly broke into a fiery rose 'the only* luminous thing in atlas, and a shooting forward enclosed him. for some reason which was never even guessed the atla refused women. those who had seen atla were however useless to instruct. they came forth from the presence smiling, and even under the most fearful tortures that the magicians could devise, continued to smile. this smile never left them during life, and the cons

tary body, and cul tivated them in solutions of zro under the invisible rays of black phosphorus. the best results of this work was a race of translucent jelly-folk of great intellectual development; but so far from being able to travel through space, they could hardly move in their own element. another school argued that as zro in vapour combined the virtues of the liquid and the solid zro, so a fiery state might be produced which would so impregnate their bodies as to make them 'mates of the aether. this school held that fiery zro already existed in nature "in the heart of the living atla, and asserted that those who died by absorption into atla passed straight to venus. many of them therefore tried hard to obtain messages from that planet. familiar with newton's first law of motion, the

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two was three,1 should know three was eight,2 if the circle were but squared; and this also one day shall ye know, my brethren! and she gave him the great and perfect gift of magic, so that he fared forth right comely and well-provided. now at that great wedding was a suggler,3 a riddler: for he said, thou hast beasts: i will give thee weapons one for one. for the lion did our father win a little fiery wand like a flame, and for his eagle a cup of ever flowing water: for his man the suggler gave him a golden-hilted dagger (yet this was the worst of all his bargains, for it could not strike other, but him-self only, while for a curious coin he bartered his good bull. alas for our father! now the suggler mocks him and cries: four fool s bargains hast thou made, and thou art fit to go forth a

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r above the ordinary. it was in chelsea, high up, in a rickety old house overlooking a dingy road and barges drawn up on the slimy, fetid mud-banks. and yet, even here, romance was present for the romantic; the fog-wreaths curling over the river clothed the houses opposite in soft mystery, as if they had been draped in blue samite, and through the water-laden air the sun glowed round and red as a fiery wheel of pha ton's chariot. the room was very bare; by the broad low window stood a large deal table crowded with instruments and glasses; strong electric lamps on the right and left testified to the prolonged labours of the optician. the roof of the garret ran up towards the centre, and by the wall there was a low truckle-bed, fenced off by a cheap japanese paper- screen. the whole of the w

0 moreover it stood upon the white sphere and the red cube; and it is not possible for any elixir to exceed this, unless it be by our path and working "he slayeth sir merlin the wizard" yet our brother perardua- and by now he was right skilful at the athanor- determined to attain to that higher projection of our art. therefore he subtly prepared a red dragon, or as some alchemists will have it, a fiery flying serpent, whereby he should eat up that sphinx of his, that he had nourished with such ingenium and care. now this red dragon hath seven fiery coils, proper to the seven silver stars. also was his head right venomous and greedy, and eight flames were about it; for that sphinx had two wings and four feet and two horns; but the serpent is one, even as the king is one "he slayeth the grea

s invocation" the book this book is divided into four parts: 160 10 "a similar fire flashingly extending through the rushings of air, or a fire formless whence cometh the image of a voice, or even a flashing light abounding, revolving, whirling forth, crying aloud. also there is the vision of the fire-flashing courser of light, or also a child, borne aloft on the shoulders of the celestial steed, fiery, or clothed with gold, or naked, or shooting with the bow shafts of light, and standing on the shoulders of the horse; then if thy meditation prolongeth itself, thou shalt unite all these symbols into the form of a lion" 11 weh note: in the sense used here, it might be more accurate to say "neshamiah. 12 ruach: the third form, the mind, the reasoning power, that which possesses the knowledge

, and spell out her windy alphabets whilst she squats like a toad above her, dribbling, filled with lewd thoughts and longings for the oleograph of the naked youth and the stinking secrecy of her "latrina" the child under the glittering horns of capricornus, when the mountains of the north glistened like the teeth of the black wolf in the cold light of the moon, and when the broad lands below the fiery girdle of many-breasted tellus blushed red in the arms of the summer sun, did miriam seek the cave below the cavern, in which no light had ever shone, to bring forth the light of the world. and on the third day she departed from the cave, and, entering the stable of the sun, she placed her child in the manger of the moon. likewise was mithras born under the tail of the sea-goat, and horus, a

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tresses curl like veils upon the limbs of the dancer that caresses with her flying feet the hymns that flow and ripple in the air, bathing all the doves of prayer "the musicians" lingering, low, fingering slow, the tingling bows of the violins go. trembling, twittering, dissembling, the lips of the flute-players wander over the stops, fiercer and fonder than scorpions that writhe and curl in the fiery breast of an arab girl["the dancers issue from beyond the veil" 18 "the prophet" sway like the lilies, gentle girls! like lilies glimmer! furl yourselves as he lily furls its radiance dimmer! curl as the lily-petal curls, subtler and slimmer! unfold your ranks and waft yourselves apart, that i may guess what pearl is at the heart, what dew-drop glistens on the crown gold-wrought within the c

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ed, and the earth perceiveth it not! o that our bed were seen of men, that they might rejoice in my fertility: that my sister might partake of my great light. o light of god, when wilt thou find the heart of man- write not! i would not that men know the sorrow of my heart, amen! i turned me to the west, and the archangel bore a flaming book, on which was written an in enochian. within was drawn a fiery scorpion, yet cold withal. until the book of the east be opened! until the hour sound! 5 until the voice vibrate! until it pierce my depth; look not on high! look not beneath! for thou wilt find a life which is as death: or a death which should be infinite. for thou art submitted to the four: five thou shalt find, but seven is lone and far. o lord god, let thy spirit hither unto me! for i am

his (how much more then that calvary which mocks it, as his ape mocks thoth) is but the empty shell of the mystery of zen. verily, i say unto thee, many are the adepts that have looked upon the back parts of my father, and cried "our eyes fail before the glory of thy countenance" and with that he gives the sign of the rending of the veil, and tears down the vision. and behold! whirling columns of fiery light, seventy-two. upon them is supported a mountain of pure crystal. the mountain is a cone, the angle of the apex being sixty degrees. and within the crystal is a pyramid of ruby, like unto the great pyramid of gizeh. i am entered in by the little door thereof, and i am come into the chamber of the king, which is fashioned like unto the vault of the adepts, or rather it is fitting to say

ritual. by eliphas l vi (a complete translation of "dogme et rituel de la haute magie, with a biographical preface by arthur e. waite, author of "devil worship in france" etc. etc. portrait of the author, and all the original engravings. 8vo, 406 pp, cloth, 1896. published 15s offered at 7s. 6p. the pillars of the temple, triangle of solomon, the tetragram, the pentagram, magical equilibrium, the fiery sword, realisation, imitation, the kabbalah, the magic chain, necromancy, transmutations, black magic, bewitchments, astrology, charms and philtres, the stone of the philosophers, the universal medicine, divination, the triangle of pantacles, the conjuration of the four, the blazing pentagram. medium and mediator, the septenary of talismans, a warning to the imprudent, the ceremonial of init

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levi, and blake "rintrah roars and shakes his fires in the burden'd air, hungry clouds swag on the deep" insatiable, he still pressed on, hungering for the knowledge of things outside; and in his struggle for the million he misses the unit, and heaps up chaos in the outer darkness of illusion. from the cloudless skies of mysticism he rushes down into the infernal darkness on winged thoughts "the fiery limbs, the flaming hair, shot like the sinking sun into the western sea" and we find him now in the goetic kingdoms of sorcery, witchcraft, and infernal necromancy. the bats flit by us as we listen to his frenzied cries for light and knowledge "the spiritual guide" and "the cherubic wanderer" are set aside for "the arbatel" and "the seven mysterious orisons" a hurried turning of many pages

terer thereby. therefore the reconciler between the light and the darkness, and the mediator between the stations of the hierophant and the hiereus. his symbols and insignia are: the robe of pure whiteness; the mitre-headed sceptre; the lamen. 249 "before the face of the gods in the place of the threshold" is the name of the hegemon; and she is the goddess thmais11 thmaist of dual form as 11 more fiery. s.r.m.d. says thmais contains the letters of hb:shin hb:taw hb:mem hb:aleph and probably is the origin of the greek theta epsilon mu iota sigma, the justice-goddess. thmait.12 "the kerux- the kerux is the principal form of anubis. the sentinel being the subsidiary form. the kerux is the anubis of the east, whilst the sentinel is the anubis of the west. the kerux is the herald, the guardian

water sephiroth_ in banner seven tablet hb:heh hb:vau hb:heh hb:yod of west palaces of water_ diagram 26. arrangement of the temple for the 31st path in the 3= 8 ritual. he then explains to the theoricus the twentieth key of the tarot. it is a glyph of the powers of fire. the angel crowned with the sun is michael, the ruler of solar fire. the serpents which leap in the rainbow are symbols of the fiery seraphim. the trumpet represents the influence of the spirit descending upon binah; and the banner with the cross refers to the four rivers of paradise. michael is also axieros; the left-hand 271 figure samael, the ruler of volcanic fire- he is also axiokersos; the right-hand figure is axiokersa "these three principal figures form the triangle of fire; and they further represent fire operati

baeus or god kephera "the emblem of the sun below the horizon, as he ever is when the moon is increasing above" the "hierophant" then leads the practicus to the serpent of brass, and says "this is the serpent nehushtan, which moses made 'and he set it upon a pole- that is, he twined it about the middle pillar of the sephiroth, because that is the reconciler between the fires of geburah (seraphim, fiery serpents) or severity, and the waters of chesed or mercy. this serpent is also a type of christ the reconciler, also it is known as nogah amongst the shells, and the celestial serpent of wisdom 'but the serpent of the temptation was the serpent of the tree of the knowledge of good and of evil, and not the serpent of the tree of life" illustration on page 278 approximated below_ aries_ gemini

so hath jesus to pass through the wilderness tempted by satan. but sagittarius the archer is a bi- corporate sign, the centaur, the man and the horse combined. recall what was said unto thee in the passage of the 31st path of fire leading into the 3= 8 of practicus 'also there is the vision of the fire-flashing courser of light, or also a child borne aloft on the shoulders of the celestial steed, fiery and clothed with gold, or naked, and shooting from the bow shafts of light, and standing on the shoulders of the horse. but if thy meditation prolongeth itself thou shalt unite all these symbols into the form of the lion.'27 for thus wilt thou cleave upwards by the path of hb:samekh, through the sixth sephira unto the path of hb:tet answering unto leo, the lion, the reconciling path between

yesod uniting with the volatised water rising from the cauldron though the influence of the fire beneath it. the chains which link the lion and the eagle to her waist are symbolic of the paths of hb:nun and hb:ayin, scorpio and capricornus as shown by the scorpion and the goat in the background. in her right hand she bears the torch of solar fire, elevating and volatizing the water in hod by the fiery influence of geburah; while with her left hand she pours from a vase the waters of chesed to temperate and calm the fire of netzach. illustration on page 287 approximated_ visita interiora terrae rectificando invenies occultam lapidem, veram medicinam v.i.t.r.i.o.l.u.m. 1.2.3.4.5.6.7. v.i.t.r.i.o.l. s.u.l.p.h.u.r. m.e.r.c.u.r.y. air water dee spirit subtilis aqua lux terrae salt fiat lux fla

d me, and 306 then did bewilderment possess me, for i found that i was robed in red garments in place of the white in which i had dressed myself. and as i wondered, the angel said to me 'they have been given thee; therefore again i knelt, and was endued with a great power "and as the great strength coursed through me i stood up and the angel gave me a white wand, placing it in my right hand; then fiery rain fell upon me, bursting into little flames as it touched me "taller and taller did i grow, striving up and upwards to reach the face of the great figure. and as i strove, i emerged from the centre of the crown of mine own head like a white bird; and so great had been my desire that i shot upwards past my skull like an arrow from a bended bow. and swerving down, i played around the head o

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ible with extended mind; for the intelligible is the flower of mind "a similar fire flashingly extending through the rushings of air, or a fire formless whence cometh the image of a voice, or even a flashing light abounding, revolving, whirling forth, crying aloud. also there is the vision of the fire-flashing courser of light, or also a child, borne aloft on the shoulders of the celestial steed, fiery, or clothed with gold, or naked, or shooting with the bow shafts of light and standing on the shoulders of the horse; then if thy meditation prolongeth itself, thou shalt unite all these symbols into the form of a lion- zoroaster. the most important of the psychological results of my experiments seem to me to lie in (alpha. i devoted much pains to obtaining this effect alone by taking only t

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

s are cheap! xviii "in this the things without figure are figured "a similar fire flashingly extending through the rushings of air, or a fire formless whence cometh the image of a voice, or even a flashing light abounding, revolving, whirling forth, crying aloud. also there is the vision of the fire-flashing courser of light, or also a child, borne aloft on the shoulders of the celes- tial steed, fiery, or clothed with gold, or naked, or shooting with the bow shafts of light, and standing on the shoulders of the horse; then if thy meditation prolongeth itself, thou shalt unite all these symbols into the form of a lion "but god is he having the head of the hawk- zoroaster "vin n anam- if hashish-analogy be able to assist us here, it is in that supreme state in which the man has built himsel

e agnus dei, or lamb of god that destroyeth (literally "burns out) the sins of the world. as it is written in the ordinary of the mass: the priest goeth unto the south of the altar and prays "o agnus dei! qui tollis- qui tollis peccata mundi- dona nobis pacem" and this fire, this lamb of god, is "aries" symbol of the dawning year: whose colour also is as the red fire, and which is the head of the fiery triplicity in the zodiac. so also in the grade of neophyte in the order of the golden dawn the hierophant weareth a robe of flame-scarlet as symbolic of the dawn. note- it may be objected to this enunciation of the colours that hb:yod, the father, is fire; that hb:heh, the mother, is water; that hb:vau, the son, is air, and yellow instead of red. this also is true, but it relates to the gove

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etween the two highest grades of the second order, as it is written "a similar fire flashingly extending through the rushings of air, or a fire formless whence cometh the image of a voice, or even a flashing light abounding, revolving, whirling forth, crying aloud. also there is the vision of the fire flashing courser of light, or also a child, borne aloft on the shoulders of the celestial steed, fiery, or clothed with gold, or naked, or shooting with the bow shafts of light, and standing on the shoulders of the horse; then if thy meditation prolongeth itself, thou shalt unite all these symbols into the form of a lion"(to be continued" 280 79 on this occasion the abramelin demons appeared as misty forms filling the whole house with a pernicious aura, which was still noticeable three years

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n and amen, and amen. 12 the chapter known as taurus the twelvefold renunciatiion of god and the unity thereof i adore thee by the twelve renunciations and by the unity thereof. 1. o my god, thou mighty one, thou creator of all things, i renounce unto thee the kisses of my mistress, and the murmur of her mouth, and all the trembling of her firm young breast; so that i may be rolled a flame in thy fiery embrace, and be consumed in the unutterable joy of thine everlasting rapture. 2. o my god, thou mighty one, thou creator of all things, i renounce unto thee the soft-lipp'd joys of life, and the honey-sweets of this world, and all the subtilties of the flesh; so that i may be feasted on the fire of thy passion, and be consumed in the unutterable joy of thine everlasting rapture. 3. o my god

ritual. by eliphas l vi (a complete translation of "dogme et rituel de la haute magie, with a biographical preface by arthur e. waite, author of "devil worship in france" etc. etc. portrait of the author, and all the original engravings. 8vo, 406 pp, cloth, 1896. published 15s offered at 7s. 6p. the pillars of the temple, triangle of solomon, the tetragram, the pentagram, magical equilibrium, the fiery sword, realisation, initiation, the kabbalah, the magic chain, necromancy, transmutations, black magic, bewitchments, astrology, charms and philtres, the stone of the philosophers, the universal medicine, divination, the triangle of pantacles, the conjuration of the four, the blazing pentagram, medium and mediator, the septenary of talismans, a warning to the imprudent, the ceremonial of ini

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rds, who takes life lightly in his hand to throw away at will's command, to know that view beyond the veil. o petty purities and pale, these visions i have spoken of! 25 the infinite lord of light and love breaks on the soul like dawn. see! see! great god of might and majesty! beyond sense, beyond sight, a brilliance burning from his glowing glance! formless, all the worlds of flame atoms of that fiery frame! the adept caught up and broken; slain, before his name be spoken! in that fire the soul burns up. one drop from that celestial cup is an abyss, an infinite sea that sucks up immortality! o but the self is manifest through all that blaze! memory stumbles like a blind man for all the rest. speech, like a crag of limestone, crumbles, while this one soul of thought is sure through all con

ture. olympas. stay! i bear a message. heaven hath sent the knowledge of a new sweet way into the secret element. olympas. master, while yet the glory clings declare this mystery magical! marsyas. i am yet borne on those blue wings into the essence of the all. now, now i stand on earth again, though, blazing through each nerve and vein, the light yet holds its choral course, filling my frame with fiery force like god's. now hear the apocalypse new-fledged on these reluctant lips! olympas. i tremble like an aspen, quiver like light upon a rainy river! marsyas. do what thou wilt! is the sole word of law that my attainment heard. arise, and lay thine hand on god! arise, and set a period unto restriction! that is sin: to hold thine holy spirit in! o thou that chafest at thy bars, invoke nuit b

a "cr me de menthe" that if mr. waite (even now) will ride on a camel from biskra to timbuktu with an ouled nail and the dancer m'saoud, he will produce absolutely first-rate poetry within six months. enough. but buy the book. a. quiller, jr. 114 an origin in fire of gold they set them out, the garlanded of old, who comb the mount of evil, strong and stout to wrest from venus' brow the comb "the fiery wind, the web unspun "the nine stars and the circling sun" not theirs to wander lost and lone, adream by mountain lake, and sea; not theirs to bear a face of stone away from human mystery: they pondered o'er the runes of time, they slew the serpent of the slime. the brutish brain, the nervous hands, the conscious power of thew and mind; the agony of burning sands, the blithe salt breezes blo

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ugh i faint, though i char, though i choke, by the hour of our power i invoke, i invoke! by the mystical union of fairy and faun, unspoken, unbroken- the dust to the dawn- a secret communion unmeasured, unsung, the listless, resistless, tumultuous tongue- o virgin in armour, thine arrows unsling, in the brilliant resilient first rays of the spring! no godhead could charm her, but manhood awoke- o fiery valkyrie, i invoke, i invoke! aleister crowley. 198 illustration opposite page 199 described "the interpreter (script lettering at base, credited at lower right "carl hentschel ph. lc) this is a monochrome color tinted photo of a female violinist. she stands on a white draped block, the background is white, except for the floor which seems to be wooden and is interrupted by the block. she is

a whirling wheel of amethyst, and all the forces of the earth and heaven revolved therein. his body was the mighty sea itself, and it bore the scars of crucifixion that had made it two score times stronger than it was before. he too bore the wings and weapons of space and of justice; and in himself he was that great amen that is the beginning and the end of all. behind him were the seraphim, the fiery serpents. on their heads the triple tongue of fire; their glory like unto the sun, their scales like burning plates of steel; they danced like virgins before their lord, and upon the storm and roar of the sea did they ride in their glory "sir" cried the archangel "sir" cried kamael the mighty one, and his legions echoed the roar of his voice "hast thou called us forth to perform so trivial a

e lost no pips are capable of uttering. every note of the music itself accorded with the thought as symbol represents essence, and with its clangour mixed the maddening creak of the for ever oscillating cradle, until i felt driven into a ferocious despair. suddenly the nearest fiend, snatching up a pitchfork (also of white-hot iron, thrust it into my writing side, and hurled me shrieking into the fiery cradle. i sought in my torture to scale the bars; they slipped from my grasp and under my feet like the smoothest icicles. through increasing grades of agony i lay unconsumed, tossing from side to side with the rocking of the dreadful engine, and still above me pealed the chant of blasphemy, and the eyes of demoniac sarcasm smiled at me in mockery of a mother's gaze upon her child "let us si

the voice of thy spirit soft-calling my soul in its flight. as the breath of the wind that is borne from the island of love, as the swift-moving cloudlets that sail in the heaven above, as the warmth of the sunlight that breaks on the shimmering sea, and the sweetness that lurks in the sting of the honey-fed bee, so the joy of thy kiss, the dread offspring of serpent and dove. as the trail of the fiery lightnings which gleam in the dark, as the light from the measureless bow of the sevenfold arc, as the fires which glance o'er the face of the treacherous deep, when none but the furies may rest, and the nereids weep- so thy meteor eyes, brightest sirens alluring love's barque. when hid in the wonderful maze of thy whispering hair, alone with the shadows and thee, and away from the glare 325

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derelict sir palamede the saracen! 64 xxiv "one thing at least (quoth palamede "beyond dispute my soul can see: this questing beast that mocks my need dwelleth in deep obscurity" so delveth he a darksome hole within the bowels of etna dense, closing the harbour of his soul to all the pirate-ships of sense. and now the questing of the beast rolls in his very self, and high leaps his while heart in fiery feast on the expected ecstasy. but echoing from the central roar reverberates many a mournful moan, and shapes more mystic than before baffle its formless monotone! ah! mocks him many a myriad vision, warring within him masterless, turning devotion to derision, beatitude to beastliness. 65 they swarm, they grow, they multiply; the strong knight's brain goes all a-swim, paced by that maddenin

ritual. by eliphas l vi (a complete translation of "dogme et rituel de la haute magie, with a biographical preface by arthur e. waite, author of "devil worship in france" etc. etc. portrait of the author, and all the original engravings. 8vo, 406 pp, cloth, 1896. published 15s offered at 7s. 6p. the pillars of the temple, triangle of solomon, the tetragram, the pentagram, magical equilibrium, the fiery sword, realisation, imitation, the kabbalah, the magic chain, necromancy, transmutations, black magic, bewitchments, astrology, charms and philtres, the stone of the philosophers, the universal medicine, divination, the triangle of pantacles, the conjuration of the four, the blazing pentagram. medium and mediator, the septenary of talismans, a warning to the imprudent, the ceremonial of init

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nches and diameter half an inch. let him fashion about the top a triple flame of gold. let him by his understanding and ingenium devise a deed to represent the universe. let his dominus liminis approve thereof. let the philosophus perform the same in such a way that the baculum may be partaker therein. 18 let it when finished be consecrated as he hath skill to perform, and kept wrapped in silk of fiery scarlet "the lamp" let the dominus liminis take pure lead, tin, and quicksilver, with platinum, and, if need be, glass. let him by his understanding and ingenium devise a magick lamp that shall burn without wick or oil, being fed by the aethyr. this shall he accomplish secretly and apart, without asking the advice or approval of his adeptus minor. let the dominus liminis keep it when consecr

"nearly" passed.185 4. red sphere "darkened" and glorified and return to lighten tiphereth. the result was good. 20th. 1. tejas-apas meditation. 2. meditation on living object with the usual two figure result. 3. astral vision.186 i found myself in a boiling sea with geysers spouting around me. suddenly monsters shaped like lions and bulls and dragons rose from the deep, and about them sped many fiery angels, and titanic god-forms plunged and wheeled and rose amongst the waters. above all was built a white temple of marble through which a rose-flame flickered. there stood aphrodite with a torch in one hand and a cup in the other,187 and above her hovered archangels. then suddenly all was an immense void, and as i looked into it i beheld the dawn of creation. gusts of liquid fire flamed an

hich attack body from simulacrum 181 p. at various times used the "invocation of the bornless one" as given in "the goetia; also the pentagram rituals in liber o. 182 the first six angelic keys of dr. dee. 183 the explanation of the 5= 6 ritual. see chapter "the adept" 184 the colour of chokmah. 185 see plate vi "the kabbalah unveiled" s. l. mathers. 186 it is to be noted that this vision is of a fiery nature, and that it was experienced shortly after meditating upon tejas-apas. 187 very similar to the older form of "temperance" in taro. 188 see liber o, the equinox, vol. i, no. 2; plate "signs of the grades" i; and vol. i, no. 1; plates the "silent watcher" and "blind force" 118 with sign of enterer to draw force. this cycle repeat until simulacrum is at least capable of audible speech. i

with it, yet all but unremarked, came a melody as of the sweet-souled v n. again, by the grace ineffable of bh vani to the meanest of her devotees, arose the splendour of the inner sun. as bidden by my guru, i saluted the 166 dawn with pranava. this, as i foresaw, retained the dhy nic consciousness. the disk grew golden: rose clear of all its clouds, flinging great fleecy cumuli or rose and gold, fiery with light, into the aethyr of space. hollow it seemed and rayless as the sun in sagittarius, yet incomparably brighter: but rising clear of cloud, it began to revolve, to coruscate, to throw off streamers of jetted fire [this from a hill-top i beheld, dark as of a dying world. covered with black decayed wet peaty wood, a few pines stood stricken, unutterably alone.272] but behind the glory

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voices, move your wine-stained limbs in joyful invocation! maenads. ay, we sing. agave. hail, child of semele! to her as unto thee be reverence, be deity, be immortality! shame! treachery of the spouse of the olympian house, hera! thy grim device against the sweet carouse! lo! in red roar and flame did zeus descend! what claim to feel the immortal fire had then the theban dame! 37 caught in that fiery wave, her love and life she gave with one last kissing cry the unborn child to save. and thou, o zeus, the sire of bromius- hunter dire- didst snatch the unborn babe from that olympian fire: in thine own thigh most holy that offspring melancholy didst hide, didst feed, on light, ambrosia, and moly. ay! and with serpent hair and limbs divinely fair didst thou, dionysus, leap forth to the nect

on her bosom bare. o maiden, maiden queen! the lightning flows between thy mounting breasts, too magically fair. draw me, o draw me to a dreaming death! send out thine opiate breath, and lull me to the everlasting sleep, that, closing from the kisses of disdain to ecstasy of pain, i may sob out my life into their dangerous deep. who cometh from the mountain as a tower stalwart and set against the fiery foes! who, breathing as a jasmine-laden bower? who, crowned and lissome as a living rose? sharp thorns in thee are set; in me, in me beget the dolorous despair of this desire. thy body sways and swings above the tide of things, laps me as ocean, wraps me round as fire! ye elemental sorceries of song, surge, strenuous and strong, seeking dead dreams, the secret of the shrine; so that she drai

agdine snakes about thy brow 57 twine, and the disk of flaming light is on thee, seated in the prow of the sun's bark, enthroned above with lapis-lazuli for love and ruby for enormous force chosen to seat thee, thee girt round with leopard's pell, and golden sound of planets choral in their course["he rises" o thou self-formulated sire! self-master of thy dam's desire! thine eyes blaze forth with fiery light; thine heart a secret sun of flame! i adore the insuperable might: i bow before the unspoken name["he bows, then turns toward altar" for i am yesterday, and i to-day, and i to-morrow, born now and again, on high, on high travelling on dian's naked horn! i am the soul that doth create the gods, and all the kin of breath. i come from the sequestered state; my birth is from the house of d

use of wrath, servants of him that cometh forth at dawn with many-coloured lights, mounting from underneath the north, the shrine of the celestial heights["at altar" 58 he is in me, and i in him! mine is the crystal radiance that filleth aether to the brim wherein all stars and suns may dance. i am the beautiful and glad, rejoicing in the golden day. i am the spirit silken-clad that fareth on the fiery way. i have escaped from him, whose eyes are closed at eventide, and wise to drag thee to the house of wrong- i am armed! i am armed! i am strong! i am strong! i make my way: opposing horns of secret foemen push their lust in vain: my song their fury scorns; they sink, they grovel in the dust["he turns to" sol. hail, self-created lord of night! inscrutable and infinite! let orpheus journey f

paces await the expression and the hour of birth in silence through the adamantine girth. i rose in glory, gathered of the foam. the sea's flower folded, charioting me risen where dawns rose stole from its pearl-glimmering home, and heaven laughed, and earth: and mine old prison, the seas that lay beneath the mighty dome, shone with my splendour. light did first bedizen earth with its clusters of fiery dew and spray, when i looked forth and cried "it is the day" the stars are dewdrops on my bosom's space; the sun and moon are glances through my lashes, long, tender rays of night; my subtle face burns through the sky-dusk, lightens, fills, and flashes with solemn joy and laughter of love; the grace of all my body swaying stoops and dashes swift to the daisy's dawn of love: and swiftest, o s

mind. i am: i am not, but all-changing move the worlds evolving in a golden ladder, spiral or helical, fresh gusts of love filling one sphere from the last sphere grown gladder; all gateways leading far to the above. even as the bright coils of the emerald adder climb one by one in glory of sunlight, climb my children to me up the steep of time. i am: before me all the years are dead, and all the fiery locks of sunrise woven into the gold and scarlet of my head: in me all skies and seas are shaken and cloven: all life and light and love about me shed, begotten in me, in my moving moven, are as my tears: all worlds that ever swam as dew of kisses on my lips: i am. 77["she draws" leo "up to her. the others kneel in adoration" scorpio- apophis "plays her soft voluptuous melody<saint

thou art gone! the moon is dark beside thy crown; the sun seems a pale image of thy body bare; and for thine hair flash comets lustrous with the dewfall rare of tears of that most memorable one, the radiant queen, the veiled paphian. the wings of light divine beneath thy body shine; the invisible rayed with some tangible flame, seeking to formulate a name, 100 a citadel; and the winged heels are fiery with enormous speed, one spurning heaven; the other trampling hell; and thou- recede! o hermes! messenger of inmost thought! descend! abide! swift coursing in my veins shoot dazzling pains, the word of selfhood integrate of nought, the ineffable amen! the wonder wrought. bring death if life exceed! bid thy pale hermit bleed, yet life exude; and wisdom and the word of him drench the mute mind

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fair wind. laylah. fair wind! god! it is i than who have slain our son. the scorpion! my sole token["she falls on" sliman's "corpse] my son! only son of my love! one sole jewel of the world wert thou. and the accursed scorpion has betrayed me. oh, let me from this hour throw off all womanhood, all kindness, all compassion- all but my love that has made my heart a hell. from this hell spring forth fiery scorpions- eunuchs! girls! let us be men! take swords! take spears! truce or no truce, night or no night, out to the field. let us slay the dogs as they lie. god, hear me! make me mightier than semiramis! hate and revenge! battle and death! to arms! to arms! out into the night "during this speech the eunuchs, girls, and slaves, catching her madness, have all armed themselves from the trophie

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isham ever ill need of ever tell them that any han .estro us. their priests this hell forever. some:h0 ge jou help are damned to 103. but they make' men b r e n. wit the terror of it. hell iethey give victi/ vethat they may escape this reason allbe forever snvi 0 1utor?ien ors. so for this but one of these wic. pyllls' t nkmg. an i can catch 1 0 4.$0 for this reason. cha, i will escape from. this fiery pit. we ave our.hid 1 and' long and notfmdillg sa'th. bs, an men searching they .bema far corint y, ere e none, or if there be, 105. but when one of our ry.'oppressors die, or even be sick, 136 ever is the cry 'this be witches' malice, and the hunt is up again. and though they. slay ten of their own to one of ours; still they care not, they have countless thousands. 106. while weare few inde

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ever in need of man's help to search out and destroy us. their priests ever tell them that any who get our help are damned to this hell forever, so men be mad with the terror of it. 102. but they make men believe that they may escape this hell if they give victims to the tormentors. so for this reason all be forever spying, thinking "an i can catch but one of these wicca, i will escape from this fiery pit" 103. so for this reason we have our hidels, and men searching long and not finding, say "there be none, or if there be, they be in a far country" 104. but when one of our oppressors die, or even be sick, ever is the cry "this be witches' malice, and the hunt is up again. and though they slay ten of their own to one of ours, still they care not. they have countless thousands. 105. 106. w

e. thee we invoke, where gather thine own. by the nameless shore, forgotten and lone. come where the round of the dance is trod, horn and hoof of the goat foot god! by moonlit meadow, on dusky hill, where the haunted wood is hushed and still, come to the charm of the chanted prayer, as the moon bewitches the midnight air. evoke thy powers that potent bide in shining stream and the secret tide, in fiery flame by starlight pale, in shadowy host that rides the gale. and by the ferndrakes, faerie haunted, of forests wild and woods enchanted. come, o come! to the heartbeat's drum! come to us who gather below, when the broad white moon is climbing slow. through the stars to the heavens' height, we hear thy hoofs on the wind of night! as black tree branches shake and sigh, by joy and terror we kn

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

h all his bodies and terminates within the centre of the physical brain. this "silver thread (as it is rather inaccurately called in the bible, where the description of its loosing of the physical body and subsequent withdrawal is found) emanates from the heart centre of the solar angel, linking thus heart and brain, that great duality manifesting in this solar system, love and intelligence. this fiery sphere is linked likewise with many others belonging to the same group and ray, and thus it is a literal fact in demonstration that on the higher planes we are all one. one life pulsates and circulates through all, via the fiery strands. this is part of the revelation which comes to a man who stands in the "presence" with his eyes occultly opened. as a many tinted lotus of nine petals. these

se words "solar angel "sphere of fire" and "lotus" lies hid some aspect of the central mystery of human life, but it will only be apparent to those who have eyes to see. the mystic significance of these pictorial phrases will prove only a snare or a basis for incredulity to the man who seeks to materialise them unduly. the thought of an immortal existence, of a divine entity, of a great centre of fiery energy, and of the full flower of evolution, lies hidden in these terms, and they must be thus considered. at the fourth initiation, the initiate is brought into the presence of that aspect of himself which is called "his father in heaven" he is brought face to face with his own monad, that pure spiritual essence on the highest plane but one, which is to his ego or higher self what that ego

and the force is literally thrown into the initiate's bodies and centres, passing down through the centres on the mental plane, via the astral centres, to the centres on etheric levels, which finally absorb it. this is the stupendous moment for the initiate, and brings to him a realisation of the literal absolute truth of the phrase that "god is a consuming fire" he knows past all gainsaying that fiery energy and electric force constitute the sumtotal of all that is. he is literally bathed in the fires of purification; he sees fire on all sides, pouring out through the rod, circulating around the triangle, and passing through the bodies of the two sponsoring adepts. for a brief second, the entire lodge of masters and initiates, standing in their ceremonial places without the triangle, are

ation; he sees fire on all sides, pouring out through the rod, circulating around the triangle, and passing through the bodies of the two sponsoring adepts. for a brief second, the entire lodge of masters and initiates, standing in their ceremonial places without the triangle, are hidden from view by a wall of pure fire. the initiate sees no one, save the hierophant, and is aware of nothing but a fiery blaze of pure, blue-white flame, which burns, but destroys not, which intensifies the activity of every atom in his body without disintegrating, and which purifies his entire nature. the fire tries his work, of what sort it is, and he passes through the flame. the effect of the application of the rod. a. upon the initiate's bodies: the effect is four-fold and lasting, but varies according to

ike the rose, so that from the garden of the lower life may arise those sounds and scents, and a vibration strong enough to cross the intervening space between it and the portal; to still the restless waters of the emotional life, so that in their limpid, still expanse, that portal may be reflected, and the lower life mirror forth the spiritual life of the indwelling divinity; to pass through the fiery furnace those motives, words, and thoughts which are the mainspring of activity, and have their origin upon the mental plane. when these three aspects of the manifesting ego, the god within, are brought under control, co-ordinated, and utilised, then, even unconsciously to himself, will the voice of the disciple be heard, demanding the opening of the door. when the lower life upon the physic

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ght was keen "aum" said the mighty one, and gathered in his breath. the spark within the peopling third impelled to further growth. the builders of the lowest forms, manipulating densest maya, merged their production with the forms built by the watery ones. matter and water merged produced the third in time. ascension thus progressed. the builders worked in union. they called the guardians of the fiery zone. matter and water mixed with fire, the inner spark within the form were blended all together- 14- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust the mighty one looked down. the forms met his approval. forth came the cry for further light. again he gathered in the sound. he drew to higher levels the feeble spark of light. another tone was heard, the sound of cosmic fire, hid in the

le within the lower auric egg became the centre of cosmic dissonance. stanza xi the wheel of life turns within the wheel of outer form. the matter of fohat circulateth, and its fire hardeneth all the forms. the wheel that is not glimpsed moveth in rapid revolution within the slower outer case, till it weareth out the form. the forty-nine fires burn at the inner centre. the thirty-five circulating fiery vortices extend along the circle of the periphery. between the two passeth in ordered sequence the various coloured flames. the great triangles in their just arrangement hold hid the secret of the wheel of life. the cosmic fire radiates as directed from the second sphere, controlled by the ruler of the merging ray. the cohorts of the third encircling sphere in varied ranks mark out the lesse

d the mental, and rules over them not only on this planet, called the earth, but on the three planes in all parts of the system. he is one of the seven brothers (to use an expression familiar to students of the secret doctrine) who each embody one of the seven principles, or who are in themselves the seven centres in the body of the cosmic lord of fire, called by h. p. b "fohat" he is that active fiery intelligence, who is the basis of the internal fires of the solar system. on each plane one of these brothers holds sway, and the three elder brothers (for always the three will be seen- 37- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust and later the seven, who eventually merge into the primary three) rule on the first, third and the fifth planes, or on the plane of adi, of atma22(20)

affiliated groups of pupils, form the essence or centres in the body of one of the heavenly men, one of the planetary logoi. these seven again in their turn form the essence of the logos. each of the seven lords of fire25(23) are differentiated into numerous groups of fire entities, from the deva-lords of a plane down to the little salamanders of the internal furnaces. we are not dealing with the fiery essences of the higher planes at this stage in our discussion. we will only enumerate somewhat briefly some of the better known groups, as contacted in the three worlds. 1. physical plane. salamanders, those little fire elementals who can be seen dancing in every flame, tending the fires of the hearth and the home, and of the factory. they are of the same group as the fire spirits who can be

igher planes at this stage in our discussion. we will only enumerate somewhat briefly some of the better known groups, as contacted in the three worlds. 1. physical plane. salamanders, those little fire elementals who can be seen dancing in every flame, tending the fires of the hearth and the home, and of the factory. they are of the same group as the fire spirits who can be contacted deep in the fiery bowels of the planet. fire spirits, latent in all focal points of heat, who are themselves the essence of warmth, and can be contacted in the heat of the bodily frame, whether human or animal, and who are likewise the warmth terrestrial. the agnichaitans, a higher grade of fire spirit, who form a vortex of fire when viewed on a large scale, such as in volcanoes and large destructive burnings

are themselves the essence of warmth, and can be contacted in the heat of the bodily frame, whether human or animal, and who are likewise the warmth terrestrial. the agnichaitans, a higher grade of fire spirit, who form a vortex of fire when viewed on a large scale, such as in volcanoes and large destructive burnings. they are closely allied to a still more important group of devas, who form the fiery envelope of the sun. the pranic elementals, those minute fiery essences who have the ability to permeate the texture of the human body, of a tree, or of all that may be found in the human, vegetable and animal kingdoms, and who blend with the fires of the microcosmic systems. certain of the deva kingdom who may be described as ensouling certain of the great light rays, and who are in themsel

vegetable and animal kingdoms, and who blend with the fires of the microcosmic systems. certain of the deva kingdom who may be described as ensouling certain of the great light rays, and who are in themselves the essence of those rays. other forms of such elemental lives and of deva groups might be enumerated, but the above tabulation will suffice for our present purpose. 2. the astral plane. the fiery essences of this plane are more difficult for us to comprehend, having not, as yet, the- 38- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust seeing eye upon that plane. they are in themselves the warmth and heat of the emotional body, and of the body of feeling. they are of a low order when upon the path of desire, and of a high order when upon the path of aspiration, for the elemental

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the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me (john xvii. 20-23- 65- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust book ii the steps to union a. the five hindrances and their removal. b. the eight means defined. topic: the means of attainment. the yoga sutras of patanjali book ii the steps to union 1. the yoga of action, leading to union with the soul is fiery aspiration, spiritual reading and devotion to ishvara. 2. the aim of these three is to bring about soul vision and to eliminate obstructions. 3. these are the difficulty producing hindrances: avidya (ignorance) the sense of personality, desire, hate and the sense of attachment. 4. avidya (ignorance) is the cause of all the other obstructions whether they be latent, in process of elimination

or pratyahara, attention or dharana, meditation or dhyana, contemplation or samadhi. 30. harmlessness, truth to all beings, abstention from theft, from incontinence and from avarice, constitute yama or the five commandments. 81. yama (or the five commandments) constitutes the universal duty and is irrespective of race, place, time or emergency. 32. internal and external purification, contentment, fiery aspiration, spiritual reading and devotion to ishvara constitutes nijama (or the five rules. 33. when thoughts which are contrary to yoga are present there should be the cultivation of their opposite. 34. thoughts contrary to yoga are harmfulness, falsehood, theft, incontinence, and avarice, whether committed personally, caused to be committed or approved of, whether arising from- 67- the li

, energy is acquired. 39. when abstention from avarice is perfected, there comes an understanding of the law of rebirth. 40. internal and external purification produces aversion for form, both one's own and all forms. 41. through purification comes also a quiet spirit, concentration, conquest of the organs, and ability to see the self. 42. as a result of contentment bliss is achieved. 43. through fiery aspiration and through the removal of all impurity, comes the perfecting of the bodily powers and of the senses. 44. spiritual reading results in a contact with the soul (or divine one. 45. through devotion to ishvara the goal of meditation (or samadhi) is reached. 46. the posture assumed must be steady and easy. 47. steadiness and ease of posture is to be achieved through persistent slight

r pratyahara) is the subjugation of the senses by the thinking principle and their withdrawal from that which has hitherto been their object. 55. as a result of these means there follows the complete subjugation of the sense organs. the yoga sutras of patanjali book ii- 68- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust the steps to union 1. the yoga of action, leading to union with the soul is fiery aspiration, spiritual reading and devotion to ishvara. we must here bear in mind that we are beginning the book which outlines the practical part of the work, which gives the rules which must be followed if the aspirant hopes to achieve, and which indicates those methods which will bring about the realization of spiritual consciousness. the objective has been dealt with in book i. the aspira

uman family (with the exception of a percentage which entered the race too late to permit of the full flowering of the soul) will manifest as sons of god with all the powers of the god unfolded and consciously used on the physical plane and in the physical body. patanjali says that three things will bring this about, coupled with the following of certain methods and rules, and these three are: 1. fiery aspiration, the domination of the physical man so that every atom of his body is afire with zeal and endeavor, 2. spiritual reading, which has reference to the capacity of the mental body to see back of a symbol or to touch the subject lying back of the object, 3. devotion to ishvara, which relates to the astral or emotional body, the whole heart poured out in love to god god in his own hear

atom of his body is afire with zeal and endeavor, 2. spiritual reading, which has reference to the capacity of the mental body to see back of a symbol or to touch the subject lying back of the object, 3. devotion to ishvara, which relates to the astral or emotional body, the whole heart poured out in love to god god in his own heart, god in the heart of his brother, and god as seen in every form. fiery aspiration is the sublimation of karma yoga. devotion to ishvara is the sublimation of bhakti yoga, whilst spiritual reading is the first step to raja yoga "devotion to ishvara" is a large and general term covering the relation of the personal self to the higher self, the ishvara or christ principle in the heart. it covers also the relation of the individual ishvara to the universal or cosmi

earnest aspirant, are- 101- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. enlightenment. the light in the head, which is at first but a spark, is fanned to a flame which illumines all things and is fed constantly from above. this is progressive (see previous sutra, and is dependent upon steadfast practise, meditation and earnest service. 2. illumination the gradually increasing downpour of fiery energy increases steadily the "light in the head" or the effulgence found in the brain in the neighborhood of the pineal gland. this is to the little system of the threefold man in physical manifestation what the physical sun is to the solar system. this light becomes eventually a blaze of glory and the man becomes a "son of light" or a "sun of righteousness" such were the buddha, the christ

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, and if the ancient rules and formulas are grasped, we can approach our problem from a new angle and utilize our mental equipment in place of emotional application and feverish desire. the heart activity has its place, however, and patanjali in his well known aphorisms, which have guided the enterprise of hundreds of knowers, says that "the practices which make for union with the soul are first, fiery aspiration, then spiritual reading and, lastly, complete obedience to the master."1(55) the word "aspiration" comes from the latin "ad="to, and "spirare="to breathe, to breathe towards" as webster puts it. the word "spirit" comes from the same root. aspiration must precede inspiration. there must be a breathing out from the lower self before there can be a breathing in by the higher aspect

comes from the latin "ad="to, and "spirare="to breathe, to breathe towards" as webster puts it. the word "spirit" comes from the same root. aspiration must precede inspiration. there must be a breathing out from the lower self before there can be a breathing in by the higher aspect. from the standpoint of eastern mysticism, aspiration involves the idea of fire. it denotes a burning desire, and a fiery determination which eventually does three things for the aspirant. it throws a fierce light upon his problems, and constitutes the purificatory furnace into which the lower self has to go in order that all dross may be burned out, and it also destroys all hindrances which might keep him back. this same idea of fire runs through all books on christian mysticism, and many passages in the bible

ul step i trod, i traverse worlds on worlds of light and pierce some deeper depth of god."2(56) we start with an emotional realization of our goal and from then pass on, through the fire of discipline, to the heights of intellectual certainty. this is beautifully pictured for us in the bible in the story of shadrach, meschach and abednego. we read that they were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace, yet the result of that apparent tragedy was the releasing in their midst of the form of a fourth identity, whose appearance was like unto that of the son of god. these three friends are symbols of the threefold lower man. the name meschach means "agile" a faculty of the discriminative mind, the mental body. shadrach means "rejoicing in the way" and- 40- from intellect to intuition c

ejoicing in the way" and- 40- from intellect to intuition copyright 1998 lucis trust describes the transmutation of the emotional body, and the turning of the desire towards the way: abednego means "a servant of the sun" and thus emphasizes the fact that the sole function of the physical body is to be the servant of the son (sun, of the ego or soul (see daniel iii, 23-24. there is no escaping the fiery furnace, but the reward is commensurate with the trial. the significance of the second requirement, spiritual reading, must also be grasped. the word, to "read" is very obscure in its origin, and philologists seem to think that two words are responsible. one is the latin word "reri" to think, and the other the sanskrit word "radh" to be successful. perhaps both ideas are permissible, for it

mplicit obedience which the aspirant renders promptly to the highest impulse which he can register at all times and at any cost. when this obedience is forthcoming it calls forth from the soul a downpouring of light and knowledge, and christ points this out in the words "if any man shall do his will, he shall know (john 7, 17. these three factors obedience, a search for truth in every form, and a fiery longing for liberation are the three parts of the stage of aspiration and must precede that of meditation. they need not be expressed in their fullness and completeness, but must be incorporated in the life as working rules of conduct. they lead to detachment, a quality which is emphasized both in the east and in the west. this is the freeing of the soul from the thralldom of the form life

s of the east, the control of the breath was only permitted after the first three "means to union" as they are called, had been somewhat wrought out in the life. these "means" are: first, the five commandments. these are, harmlessness, truth to all beings, abstention from theft, from incontinence, and from avarice. second, the five rules, which are internal and external purification, contentment, fiery aspiration, spiritual reading, and devotion- 98- from intellect to intuition copyright 1998 lucis trust third, right poise. when a person is harmless in thought and word and deed, when he is unselfish and knows the meaning of poise emotional as well as physical posture then indeed he may practice breathing exercises, under proper instruction, and practice them with security. even then he wil

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intermediary, it awakens from darkness the rush light of anu, the speck" the "cosmic intermediary" is the term given to the etheric body, which is part and parcel of the universal ether. it is through the etheric body that all the energies flow, whether emanating from- 63- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust the soul, or from the sun, or from a planet. along those living lines of fiery essence pass all the contacts that do not emanate specifically from the tangible world. the dark light of the tiny atoms of which the physical vehicle is constructed is responsive to the stimulation passing down from the soul into its vehicle, and, when the man is under control of the soul, there eventuates the shining forth of the light throughout the body. this shows as the radiance emanat

he soul produce stimulation. the centres begin to vibrate, and their vibration awakens the atoms of the material body until eventually the powers of the vibrating etheric body have swung even the lowest centre into line with the highest. thus the fires of the body (the sum total of the energy of the atoms) are swept into increased activity until such time as there is a rising up the spine of that fiery energy. this is brought about by the magnetic control of the soul, seated "on the throne between the eyebrows. here enters in the work of one of the means of yoga, abstraction or withdrawal. where the three lights are blended, where the centres are aroused and the atoms are also vibrating, it becomes possible for the man to centre all three in the head at will. then, by the act of the will a

ut the sun "the fire burns fiercely. pain and the waters disappear. cold, heat, the light of day, the radiance of the rising sun and perfect knowledge of the truth appear "this is the path for all who seek the light. first form, and all its longing. then pain. then the assuaging waters and the appearance of a little fire. the fire grows, and heat is then active within the tiny sphere and does its fiery work. moisture likewise is seen; dense fog, and to the pain is added sad bewilderment, for they who use the fire of mind during the early stage are lost within a light illusory "fierce grows the heat; next comes the loss of power to suffer. when this stage has been outgrown, there comes the shining of the unobstructed sun and the clear bright light of truth. this is the path back to the hidd

lord agni, lord of the mental plane, and, in this mental age, we have the element of fire entering into the mechanics of living as never before. eliminate the products which are controlled by heat and you will bring our civilisation to a stop; you will bring all means of transportation to an end and all modes of lighting; you would throw all manufactories into the discard. basically again, these fiery lives, are found in all that burns, and in the warmth that holds all life formation on earth and causes the flourishing of all living things. 3. under the law of correspondences the mental plane has an analogy in the third subplane of the physical plane, the plane into which science is now entering. mind has, for its main expression in the material world what we call our scientific civilisat

ient scripture. electric fire, solar fire and fire by friction, when brought into conjunction, produce the manifested macrocosm and microcosm, and to this conjunction my earlier treatise on cosmic fire referred. these fires are esoterically one fire but this fire produces, according to the witnessing consciousness (itself at varying stages of evolutionary development) the effect of differentiated fiery essence. this fiery essence can be known as life itself, or as the "self-shining light" or it can be known as the active form inherent in the one substance which underlies all phenomena. in this final rule for magic the fires which are considered are those of matter itself which approach the shadow and (as the old commentary symbolically expresses it "rise up from the second darkness at the

as the active form inherent in the one substance which underlies all phenomena. in this final rule for magic the fires which are considered are those of matter itself which approach the shadow and (as the old commentary symbolically expresses it "rise up from the second darkness at the call of the spirit of light and meet in their appointed place that which will absorb them and raise them to the fiery point from whence the fires of living light and radiant life have come" the negation of the great illusion the phrase in rule xv which says "that blend the fire and water" has reference to the effect produced at the point of condensation, after the great words bringing about that effect have been pronounced. this rule is almost incapable of explanation and it is not permitted to me to give t

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

y. the first purpose of deity ray i. will or power. behind the central sacred sun, hidden within its rays, a form is found. within that form there glows a point of power which vibrates not as yet but shines as light electric. fierce are its rays. it burns all forms, yet touches not the life of god incarnate. from the one who is the seven goes forth a word. that word reverberates along the line of fiery essence, and when it sounds within the circle of the human lives it takes the form of affirmation, an uttered fiat or word of power. thus there is impressed upon the living mold the thought of (the hidden, inexpressible ray name) let dynamic power, electric light, reveal the past, destroy the form that is, and open up the golden door. this door reveals the way which leads towards the centre

by passing his power through their bodies, and their united effort leads to abstraction and a return to the center whence the initial impulse came. the first ray purpose therefore is to produce death, and some idea of that purpose may be gleaned if we study some of the names by which the ray lord is called: the lord of death the opener of the door the liberator from form the great abstractor the fiery element, producing shattering the crystallizer of the form the power that touches and withdraws the lord of the burning ground the will that breaks into the garden the ravisher of souls the finger of god the breath that blasts the lightning which annihilates the most high- 45- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust the qualities and character

lan the invoker of wrath the keeper of the magical word the temple guardian the representative of god the one who lifts to life the lord of death the one who feeds the sacred fire the whirling sphere the sword of the initiator- 61- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust the divine alchemical worker the builder of the square the orienting force the fiery unifier the key to the mystery the expression of the will the revealer of beauty this ray lord has a peculiar power on earth and on the physical plane of divine manifestation. his usefulness to his six brothers is therefore apparent. he makes their work appear. he is the most active of all the rays in this world period, and is never out of manifestation for more than fifteen hundred years. i

re of the fourth ray man is torn with their combat, and the outcome, when satisfactory, is spoken of as the "birth of horus" of the christ, born from the throes of constant pain and suffering. tamas induces love of ease and pleasure, a hatred of causing pain amounting to moral cowardice, indolence, procrastination, a desire to let things be, to rest, and to take no thought of the morrow. rajas is fiery, impatient, ever urging to action. these contrasting forces in the nature make life one perpetual warfare and unrest for the fourth ray man; the friction and the experience gained thereby may produce very rapid evolution, but the man may as easily become a ne'er-do-well as a hero. it is the ray of the dashing cavalry leader, reckless of risks to himself or his followers. it is the ray of the

path is by scientific research, pushed to ultimate conclusions, and by the acceptance of the inferences which follow these. the sixth ray of devotion special virtues: devotion, single-mindedness, love, tenderness, intuition, loyalty, reverence. vices of ray: selfish and jealous love, over-leaning on others, partiality, self-deception, sectarianism, superstition, prejudice, over-rapid conclusions, fiery anger. virtues to be acquired: strength, self-sacrifice, purity, truth, tolerance, serenity, balance and common sense. this is called the ray of devotion. the man who is on this ray is full of religious instincts and impulses, and of intense personal feeling; nothing is taken equably. everything, in his eyes, is either perfect or intolerable; his friends are angels, his enemies are very much

y be to a person, or it may be to a cause. he must always have a "personal god" an incarnation of deity to adore. the best type of this ray makes the saint, the worst type, the bigot or fanatic, the typical martyr or the typical inquisitor. all religious wars or crusades have originated from sixth ray fanaticism. the man on this ray is often of gentle nature, but he can always flame into fury and fiery wrath. he will lay down his life for the objects of his devotion or reverence, but he will not lift a finger to help those outside of his immediate sympathies. as a soldier, he hates fighting but often when roused in battle fights like one possessed. he is never a great statesman nor a good business man, but he may be a great preacher or orator. the sixth ray man will be the poet of the emot

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myopic perspective, nor love of interference (so dear to many people, nor misunderstanding of motive will hinder their cooperation with each other as disciples, nor their service to the world. 2. the law of magnetic impulse no. exoteric esoteric name name symbol ray energy- 68- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust 2. the law of the law of two fiery balls radiatory energy. magnetic impulse. polar union. and triangle. second ray manifesting energy. it would be well to remember that we are not considering here that aspect of the second ray which is peculiarly concerned with form, and which constitutes the cohering, magnetic agent in any form, whether atom, man or solar system. we are not here concerned with the relation between forms, eve

lodge. it is the symbol of the two balls of fire and the triangle. this has not only a planetary and cosmic significance, but has a very definite relation to the individual unfoldment (in the physical body) of the spiritual life of the disciple. let me put it very simply. students know that there are in the head two centres, the ajna centre and the head centre, two balls of fire, symbolic of the fiery consciousness of the soul, and not of the animal consciousness of the body. these two centres (externalised by the two glands, the pineal gland and the pituitary body) become vibrant and alive and intensely active, through service and meditation and right aspiration. a line of contact between them is eventually set up and established with increasing potency. there is also another line of out

consciousness of the soul, and not of the animal consciousness of the body. these two centres (externalised by the two glands, the pineal gland and the pituitary body) become vibrant and alive and intensely active, through service and meditation and right aspiration. a line of contact between them is eventually set up and established with increasing potency. there is also another line of outgoing fiery power toward the top of the spinal column. as the life of the soul gets stronger, the radiance of the centres increases, and the periphery of their sphere of influence is set up, creating a dual magnetic field. speaking esoterically they are "magnetically impelled towards each other" and towards the stored up energy to be found in the spine, and localised in the five centres up the spine. ev

cism, certain great triangles of energy will be found in the individual and consequently- 122- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust increasingly in humanity. then too the "forces of creative life" will circulate from the "point within the head (the head centre) along the "line to the heart" and then, with the throat centre, form a "triangle of fiery light. such is the way of group progress, and when this is being consummated, then the law of group progress begins definitely to function and to control. it might be of interest, if we here listed the recognised effects of the five laws with which we have been dealing: general physical law effect effect reaction quality 1. sacrifice world deliberate love for the s elflessness. saviours deat

to activity before there is any true integration of the whole man, and any true useful purpose to its activity. a period ensues wherein the man expresses himself in many undesirable ways which include a too strenuous one-pointedness, real fanaticism, sadistic effort with a supposed spiritual motive (such as was seen in the inquisition) and certain forms of mental breakdown. occultly speaking "the fiery vision proceeds to burn its victim and thus destroys the thread which holds his mind and brain in friendship close. this burning astral fever necessarily produces an effect upon the physical body as well as on the personality expression, and the trouble can then be recognised by others as real and serious in consequences and effects. frequently, there is little that can be done; sometimes no

ent. but unfortunately they are not understood for what they are and the available light and energy are misapplied or turned to selfish and personal ends. this cannot as yet be avoided by any but the more advanced and experienced disciples and occultists; and many aspirants must continue for some time destroying themselves (from the personality angle and in this life) in what has been called the "fiery light of their misunderstanding and the burning fire of their personality ambition" until they learn that humility and scientific technique which will make them wise directors of the light and the power which is pouring into and through them all the time- 370- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust a study, therefore, of the three types of

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no one in the group must permit himself to be glamoured. all this you are sensing, my brother, and this should indicate to you your progress in subjective sensitivity. later, a group relationship will be established and a group accomplishment stabilised which will warrant attention from the world of men. waste not time in anxiety as to the phenomenal achievement. that must inevitably come if the fiery aspiration of each of you and the power to persist is steadfastly nurtured. you can now resume more active meditation and a breathing exercise which i will give to you. in your meditation seek to keep the whole process in the head and remember that for you the problem is to become an "extrovert of the heart type" instead of being, as you are, an "introvert of the head type" therefore, for yo

g phrases "i pledge myself to the path of love. i demand of my soul that i, the spirit in form, shall act as a channel for compassion and an instrument for love until i know myself to be love itself. i am that love. with pure intent i serve. this love and zeal in me must feed the aspiration of my fellowmen. to this in knowledge full i pledge myself" your gift to this group of co-disciples is that fiery, dynamic, zealous aspiration which is the spiritual quality of the sixth ray, which governs your personality. june 1934 brother of mine: it is a year since i gave you any definite instructions and the time has now come when certain changes can be made. the progress towards heart development has proceeded well and the heart centre is more alive than heretofore. you are awakening to the consci

rry into all that work the ideal of ritual, of rhythm and of energy distribution, you will evoke a synthetic pattern, a unified procedure and a harmonious working out of the plan. therefore, i would ask you to give ten minutes each day to the pictorial visualisation of your entire work and programme. see each phase of it as a lotus of living beauty, connected with all the other phases by lines of fiery energy, thus bringing all parts of it into one whole. all the different phases will form a great unity of light and love, expressing itself through the will-to-good. be not side-tracked when doing this. use the building energy of your second ray personality and the seventh ray energy of your brain, because through your brain, your first ray soul energy is expressing itself. you do not here c

w worker: for all disciples, in the truest and the most significant sense, the past few months have constituted an intense period of trial, of testing and of suffering. from this you have naturally not been exempt. let not this, however, sadden you and do not ponder too deeply upon your reactions to all that has happened. that you could weaken under it or that you could in any way relinquish your fiery aspiration has in no way caused me anxiety. of this, there is no fear. but that the strain could become so heavy that all your powers would be given simply to standing steady and that you would have no strength to live joyously that is a point which i have definitely considered. there is no cause whatever for discouragement. today, in this hour of world stress and need, we are looking for di

each and keep your values clear. you have done good and faithful service and helped many. take help yourself without unduly emphasising in your own consciousness your own need. note: this disciple has never wavered and is earnestly endeavouring to work for the tibetan and to tread the path of discipleship under his instruction. to l. d. n-c. april 1939 brother of old: and what shall i say to you, fiery warrior in our work? just this: in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength and in an all-inclusive love lies your opportunity. this, i think you know. you have made real progress in swinging free from the limitations of a sixth ray personality during the past three years. i have watched you now for seven years and you have broken loose in- 198- discipleship in the new age- volume

rother, and be grateful for the days of coming duty, of quiet living, of steadfast orientation towards the light, of silent communication with your soul, of study and of thought. they are of as real value and of as true usefulness as e'en those hours when the technique of the presence entered into your consciousness. they lead towards the time when the technique is superseded by the presence. the fiery force of your life is now one-pointedly directed towards your goal. naught can cause you to step aside. the dynamic quality of your aspiration towards usefulness in service indicates energies which have been directed to the wish or the will to serve. can i make clear to you, my brother, that these energies must be now used differently, and that dynamic will must supersede dynamic longing. yo

brother and friend: the past six months have seen you subjected to much outer change; you have passed through difficulties of various kinds and many adjustments and re-adjustments; you have known physical suffering and pain, accompanied, at times by bewilderment. is this not so? but none of these things have held you or destroyed you, nor have they succeeded in tarnishing the white shield of your fiery faith. this you have held ever before you. such conditions of difficulty must be expected by all aspirants who have reached the point in their evolution when they can find their way into these groups. all of your group brothers have experienced a hard time and, without exception, have been tested and tried, or are being tested and tried. they are wrestling with glamour, apparently bewildered

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

establishing of right human relations. this the church has hindered down the centuries, and has not helped because of its fanatical zeal to make "christians" of all peoples and not followers of the christ. it has- 5- the reappearance of the christ copyright 1998 lucis trust emphasised theological doctrine, and not love and loving understanding as christ exemplified it. the church has preached the fiery saul of tarsus and not the gentle carpenter of galilee. and so, he has waited. but his hour has now come, because of the people's need in every land and because of the invocative cry of the masses everywhere and the advice of his disciples of all faiths and of all world religions. it is not for us yet to know the date or the hour of the reappearance of the christ. his coming is dependent upo

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

h were called the axis powers, and the vision of the masses of people has not proved adequate to arrest, as yet, the materialising of this vision. but the spiritual intent of mankind is slowly growing and the great law of contrasts will eventually bring illumination. the lord of the world, the "ancient of days" is releasing new energies into humanity, transmuted in the present furnace of pain and fiery agony. this transmutation will bring about a new power of sacrifice, of inclusive surrender, a clearer vision of the whole and a cooperative spirit hitherto unknown and which will be the first expression of that great principle of sharing, so sorely needed today. i am not here speaking idealistically or mystically. i am pointing out an immediate and possible goal; i am giving a clue to a sci

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

ructive thinking, under the influence of the angel. d. the turning of the mind to the formulation of those forms of thought which must embody the revelation. e. then again a pause which is called "the pause preceding presentation" 8. the presentation of the revelation or of the imparted truth and its precipitation into the world of illusion comes next. in that world of illusion, it undergoes the "fiery ordeal" wherein "some of the fire within that which is revealed wings its way back to the source from whence it came; some of it serves to destroy the revealer, and some to burn those who recognise the revelation" this is a phase of agni yoga which, as you can see, is only for those who can penetrate beyond the angel into the place "where fire dwelleth" and where god, the presence, functions

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

h are readily perceived by those whose intuition is sufficiently awake; but its meaning should not be beyond the ability of any sincere student and thinker to penetrate if it appeals to them as significant and warranting their effort. i am a point of light within a greater light. i am a strand of loving energy within the stream of love divine. i am a point of sacrificial fire, focussed within the fiery will of god. and thus i stand. i am a way by which men may achieve. i am a source of strength, enabling them to stand. i am a beam of light, shining upon their way. and thus i stand. and standing thus, revolve and tread this way the ways of men, and know the ways of god. and thus i stand- 113- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust endnotes 1: discipleship in the new ag

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

f force emanating from the seven constellations. their intermediary work, therefore, is dual: 1. they are the mediators between spirit and matter. 2. they are the transmitters of force from sources extraneous to the solar system to forms within the solar system. each of these groups of beings is likewise septenary in nature, and the forty-nine fires of brahma are the lowest manifestation of their fiery nature. each group also may be regarded as "fallen" in the cosmic sense, because involved in the building process, or the occupiers of forms of some degree of density or another. hierarchy i. the first great hierarchy is emanated from the heart of the central spiritual sun. it is the son of god himself, the first born in a cosmic sense, even as the christ was the "eldest in a vast family of

at principle which in conjunction with the highest aspect lifts the lower aspect up to heaven. when these mysteries are carefully studied, and due application made to the lives of the greatest exponents of the at-one-ing principle, it will become apparent how great and all-important is their place in the scheme. it is for this reason that the units of the fifth hierarchy are called "the hearts of fiery love; they save through love, and in their turn these lives are peculiarly close to the great heart of love of the solar logos. these great redeeming angels, who are the sons of men on their own true plane, the mental, are ever, therefore, pictured as taking the form of twelve-petalled lotuses this symbology linking them up with "the son of divine love" the manifested solar system, which is

n, a great world period comes to an end. for a long time during this cycle of reincarnations and periods of manifestation, the human being is conditioned almost entirely by the activity of the non-sacred planets. these, as you know, are five in number: the sun (veiling a planet) the moon (veiling a planet) the earth itself mars pluto man speaking symbolically is the "five-pointed star and, at the fiery points, the forces of the man pour out and upon each fiery point appears a centre of reception" this is of course pictorially expressed, but the meaning is clear. however, as man nears the path of discipleship the influence of the sacred planets becomes increasingly effective, until after the final and fifth initiation the non-sacred planets have no effect, though the initiate wields their e

the sixth section of the old commentary "the cross of many changes (the mutable cross. a.a.b) continues with its whirling, carrying crucified thereon the form of a man in whom is found the seed of all illusion. but, from the cross whereon he has been slain e'en though he knew it not the man climbs down and feels his way (with pain and many tears) on to another cross a cross of blinding light, of fiery pain, of bitter woe, and yet the cross of liberation. it is a stationary cross, fixed in the heavens, and guarded by the angel. behind the cross, another cross appears, but that he may not reach (the angel guards the way) until the bull has rent and torn the man, and then the light shines forth; until the serpent dread has wrestled with the man and brought him to his knees, and then the lift

luminous than the others, and it is from these glowing triangles of light, issuing from wheels and vortices of fire, that the clairvoyant and the teachers of the race can appraise a man's position in the scheme of things, and judge of his attainment. at the culmination of life experience, and when man has reached his goal, each triangle is a radiant path of fire, and each centre a wheel of living fiery force rotating at terrific speed; the centre at this stage not only rotates in a specific direction, but literally turns upon itself, forming a living flaming iridescent globe of pure fire, and holding within it a certain geometrical shape, yet withal vibrating so rapidly that the eye can scarcely follow it. above all, at the top of the head will be seen a fiery display that seems to put all

gns in which the "three deaths" are undergone: 1. aries, which at different points along the path of life forces the soul on to the burning ground and subjects it to a purifying process during incarnation. through the lesser fire of mind, the "jungles of experience are set on fire and dissolve in flames and then the path stands clear and unobstructed vision is achieved" old commentary through the fiery processes of war and strife, brought to the individual through the influence of the planetary ruler, mars, the god of war, a needed purification takes place. the same purification, but this time through vision, comes to the developed man through the activity of the subjective ruler of the planet, mercury, who is the illuminating principle which releases the mind, directs the way of man throu

of the planetary ruler, mars, the god of war, a needed purification takes place. the same purification, but this time through vision, comes to the developed man through the activity of the subjective ruler of the planet, mercury, who is the illuminating principle which releases the mind, directs the way of man through life and enables him to become aware of the divine plan which underlies all his fiery experience. 2. scorpio, which brings about eventually the death of the personality and with which we shall later deal when we come to consider that sign. esoterically as well as exoterically, scorpio is the sign of death and burial in the earth, of descent into the depths in order to be lifted again on to the heights (the mountain top in capricorn. it is stated in some of the most ancient bo

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f india, of its longing for independence, of its internal strife and conflicts, of its multiple languages and races, its teeming population and its many creeds. i do not know it intimately for i was only there a few years, but i loved the people. people here in the united states know nothing of the problem and that is why they can advise great britain on what should be done. the rabid speeches of fiery hindus over here loom larger than the calm assurances of the british raj that as soon as hindus and moslems resolve their differences, india can have dominion status or complete independence. time and again, the attempt has been made to arrive at a constitution in which the moslem (the powerful, rich and warlike minority a minority of seventy millions) and the hindus can live together; a con

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

ts presence. germs are the first effect of an original cause. some few form a part of the planetary evil, which- 189- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust means that they have a deep-seated and mental origin and one of such magnitude that the finite minds of men cannot yet grasp them. such causes, for instance, may have their effects as a fierce and fiery and hot devotion to an idea or a person, or they may work out as an equally fierce and fiery fever in the physical body, and to this fever, according to its symptoms, a technical name will be given by the medical profession. the originating cause is the same, and the effects in the personality will differ according to the focus of the attention or where the emphasis of the life is laid. pond

hing, though in reverse, or constituting the opposite sides of the one reality. because man is a soul, and is spiritually determined to function as a soul, a state of friction is established between soul and personality; this friction is a major cause (if it is not the major cause) of all disease. here is a clue to the understanding of the phrase "fire by friction" the third aspect of the divine "fiery nature" of god, for "our god is a consuming fire. his nature, we are- 334- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust told also, is expressed through electric fire, through solar fire and through fire by friction. these three fires i dealt with at length in a treatise on cosmic fire and hinted at earlier in the secret doctrine. this law states that b

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oosing phrases which will convey a pictorial connotation to your minds; in this way the power- 51- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust of visualisation will be evoked and aid you in registering what i say. here are the phrases among which i shall choose one for each full moon contact. 1. the golden lotus of the heart. 7. the triangle of fire. 2. the burning ground of fiery red. 8. the golden way to god. 3. the mountain top, bathed in the morning sunrise. 9. the ocean and the rocky shore. 4. the uplifted hand. 10. the silver torch. 5. the equal four-armed cross. 11. the iridescent cube. 6. the open door. 12. the burning bush. i shall picture these to you and name them in your hearing. note whether you can both see and hear. my blessing rests upon you and togeth

it involves recognition also of the ashram and dedication to the master, under two symbols: the soul and the central point in the ashram. 2. the stage of affirmation. say with your whole heart as a soul the following ancient mantram "i am a point of light within a greater light. i am a strand of loving energy within the stream of love divine. i am a point of sacrificial fire, focussed within the fiery will of god. and thus i stand. i am a way by which men may achieve. i am a source of strength, enabling them to stand. i am a beam of light, shining upon their way. and thus i stand. and standing thus revolve and tread this way the ways of men, and know the ways of god. and thus i stand" this, brother of mine, is the best i can do with words and phrases as i attempt to transcribe into langua

vine inspiration, which is one for all types, all nations and all races in time and space. i have used the exoteric symbol of the flag to convey to you a hint as to the esoteric meaning of this very simple but most potent form. four words, or rather phrases, are found written, deep in the metal, around each side of the square- 189- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust fiery relations airy expansion earthy contact oceanic synthesis these words convey the highly inadequate and even unsuitable translation of certain phrases in the ancient sensa which are intended to convey the essential union, the related synthesis and the cooperative understanding which will some day distinguish a humanity, composed of many aspects which are nevertheless expressions of the one li

ttention you paid to the last instruction i gave you; you have also done a good and creative task, aiding a.a.b. even though it did not involve your own rays, i suggested your working temporarily along first ray lines because it would strengthen you greatly and bring the will aspect more definitely into expression. you will have realised that it has been necessary for you to develop more will and fiery determination and powerful understanding, prior to transfer into the ashram of k.h. this transfer will eventually take place, but you are not yet ready to stand the strong shamballa pressure which is ever to be experienced in the ashram of a chohan. mine, as you know, is an ashram subsidiary to his. why, therefore, did i direct you towards the will aspect when both ashrams are on the second

is the cause of the choosing of this special group through whom the problems emerging out of the changed conditions can be solved and handled. men will have to be trained for a state of discipleship even newer and different to the type which i have presented at this time and which intrinsically differs from that previously given. one of the major needs in your nature is the evocation of a new and fiery incentive. for this reason, i have (as i seldom do) indicated the future ahead of you. you and f.c.d. are both numbered among the "friends of christ" as this special group is called, and are upon a peculiar path of training. step by step, the nature of this path will be revealed to you, and, little by little- 468- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust you will per

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ossibility of the destruction of this world at this time through fire instead of flood. which of the two methods divine embodiment and natural cataclysm will be employed will really be decided by humanity through its use or non-use of free will and understanding. if humanity fails to unite under the banner of the forces of light against the forces of material aggression and selfishness, then the "fiery ordeal" might be unavoidable. there are also sleeping hosts which may be evoked for the aiding of the spiritual forces, and certain ancient prophecies hint at these, but as we study the new invocation phrase by phrase, i may be able to make this matter clearer, for there are several significances and meanings behind each phrase. the one thing i seek to make clear in these opening remarks is

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

olutionary arc, are following the law of their own being when they tend to become powerful, and thereby fully express that which is in them. c. a dominant controlling lunar lord who is that which we understand by the term the 'lower personality; he (if the personal pronoun can be used) is the sumtotal of the physical, astral and mental elementals, and it is this power which at present forces the 'fiery energies' of the body to feed the lower three centres. the etheric body has a unique and curious position, being simply the vehicle for prana or life and the centre which it uses exists in a category by itself. 3. all subhuman forms in their aggregate prove a powerful deterrent factor in the progress towards emancipation of the real man. they form the opposite to what we understand by the wo

considering group initiation move forward and outward into the wider reaches of the divine consciousness. these tests are applied when the soul grips the personality and the fire of divine love destroys the loves and desires of the integrated personality. two factors tend to bring this about: the slow moving forward of the innate conscience into greater control, and the steady development of the "fiery aspiration" to which patanjali*(2) makes reference. these two factors, when brought into living activity, bring the disciple into the centre of the burning ground which separates the angel of the presence from the dweller on the threshold. the burning ground is found upon the threshold of every new advance, until the third initiation has been taken. the "clear cold light" is the light of pur

ill show these aspects in a still more perfected form. but the relativity of these matters does not really concern us, and the perfection is from the angle of the human disciple today exactly what we understand by perfection. the masters know, however, that a higher, deeper and more intensive manifestation of divinity is potentially possible, but it causes them no concern or strain, no anxiety or fiery aspiration; they know, as no disciple can know, the workings of the law of inevitability. this law releases the masters (under the accompanying law of service, at the sixth initiation, into a wider field of experience, with all the divine assets- 286- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust and qualities so developed within them that th

with corresponding changes in their own lives. they must seek those new attitudes and those new creative approaches which will result not alone in the building of the individual antahkarana, but also in the fusion of the many "radiant strands" which will produce those "connecting cables" speaking symbolically, which will relate the planetary centres and present the medium along which can pass the fiery will and the predetermined purpose of deity. this will bring about the reconstruction of the manifested worlds, and in this task each and every one of you can have his share. let us now take up our next point in this section and indicate the technique for the constructing of the antahkarana. this will constitute an intensely practical teaching for which all that i have hitherto given should

sult of man's thinking than of man's emotional desires. it therefore automatically involved the three levels of human activity and was fought out upon the physical plane, although it was impulsed from the mental plane. the symbol of fire was this time involved, instead of water, and this fire led to the destruction of men and of cities by fire (literally "fire from heaven, by the evocation of the fiery emotions so prevalent in the councils of men at this time, and by the drought of the year 1947 which burnt up the terrain in europe and in great britain, being curiously enough preceded by the floods and waters of the earlier spring, thus evidencing the repetition of- 396- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust cycles; this repetition

flict between the mounting human spirit and the force of the totalitarian regime which seeks to hold it down, killing individualism. the innate strength of the human spirit to rise has never yet failed, and this conflict will prove the agent in harmonising many factors. within the comity of nations, certain of them have ever been prime agents for producing conflict. this is largely owing to their fiery temperament and their strong emotional bias and condition. the poles and the irish are prime "catalysts of conflict" and are constantly instigating difficulties between peoples. such has ever been their history. french aggression in the middle ages has also caused difficulty, and in later days, germany became the prime agent of conflict. today the jewish people are engineering trouble, and i

e sun wherein all things are known and felt, and through which all forms, all beings and all things can be bathed in love" ponder on these words, for the microcosmic correspondence to the macrocosmic fact is full of teaching value. see to it that "each lesson learned each day, each revelation grasped and understood, makes your heart full of love and enables you to love your fellowmen with ardent, fiery warmth" i am quoting some ancient aphorisms for disciples. at the ninth initiation of refusal, the revelation presented to the master concerns the nature of being and of existence. there is naught i can say to you which could be in any way explanatory of being, for being is related to that which creates, to the universal point of planetary or solar life which is, and has ever been, responsib

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

- 19- the labours of hercules and return to me, reporting on the deed" with shouts of triumph hercules rushed forth, running between the pillars of the gate with over-weening confidence and surety of power. and thus the labor started and the first great act of service was begun. the story that they tell carries instruction for the sons of men, who are the sons of god. the son of mars, diomedes of fiery fame, ruled in the land beyond the gate, and there he raised the horses and the mares of war, upon the marshes of his land. wild were these horses and fierce the mares and all men trembled at their sound, for they ravaged up and down the land, wreaking great damage, killing all the sons of men who crossed their path, and breeding steadily most wild and evil horses "capture these mares, and s

a hungry world: bread [121] for the body and bread for those who hunger and thirst after righteousness. all this as part of the nurturing function of the mother of the world, who nourishes the form and also the christ-consciousness latent in the form. the mutable cross and the planetary rulers virgo is one of the arms of the mutable cross, with its opposite sign of pisces, and the airy gemini and fiery sagittarius completing the four arms. it is the common cross of those who have probationary status. its description is as follows "the mutable cross is the cross of the holy spirit, of the third person of the christian trinity, as it organizes substance and evokes sensitive response from substance itself (note the beautiful correlation of this statement with the fact that the holy spirit ove

APOCRYPHON OF JOHN

epinoia might be a correction of the deficiency of the mother "and the man came forth because of the shadow of the light which is in him. and his thinking was superior to all those who had made him. when they looked up, they saw that his thinking was superior. and they took counsel with the whole array of archons and angels. they took fire and earth and water and mixed them together with the four fiery winds. and they wrought them together and caused a great disturbance. and they brought him (adam) into the shadow of death, in order that they might form (him) again from earth and water and fire and the spirit which originates in matter, which is the ignorance of darkness and desire, and their counterfeit spirit. this is the tomb of the newly-formed body with which the robbers had clothed t

BASIL VALENTINE TWELVE KEYS

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

ains, and become a water, with which the invigorating mineral bath may be prepared, and fortune, health, life, and strength restored to the king. twelve keys of basil valentine 32 of 95 third key by means of water fire may be extinguished, and utterly quenched. if much water be poured upon a little fire, the fire is overcome, and compelled to yield up the victory to the water. in the same way our fiery sulphur must be overcome by means of our prepared water. but, after the water has vanished, the fiery life of our sulphurous vapour must triumph, and again obtain the victory. but no such triumph can take place unless the king imparts great strength and potency to his water and tinges it with his own colour, that twelve keys of basil valentine 33 of 95 thereby he may be consumed and become i

e uninitiated this is a great mystery, but not to the master whom long experience has familiarized with the process. out of stones the master also prepares lime by burning which is very useful for our work v but before they are prepared with fire, they are mere stones. the stone must be matured and rendered fervent with fire, and then it becomes so potent that few things are to be compared to the fiery spirit of lime. by burning anything to ashes you may gain its salt. if in this dissolution the sulphur and mercury be kept apart, and restored to its salt, you may once more obtain that form which was destroyed by the process of combustion. this assertion the wise of this world denounce as the greatest folly, and count as a rebellion, twelve keys of basil valentine 37 of 95 saying that such

asure in mixing the liquid substance of the sages, lest that which is too much overpower that which is too little, and the generation be hindered. for too much rain spoils the fruit, and too much drought stunts its growth. therefore, when neptune has prepared his bath, measure out carefully the exact quantity of permanent water needed, and let there be neither too little nor too much. the twofold fiery male must be fed with a snowy swan, and then they must mutually slay each other and restore each other to life; and the air of the imprisoned fiery male will occupy three of the four quarters of the world, and make up three parts of the imprisoned fiery male, that the death vsong of the swans may be distinctly heard; then the swan roasted twelve keys of basil valentine 46 of 95 will become f

h a snowy swan, and then they must mutually slay each other and restore each other to life; and the air of the imprisoned fiery male will occupy three of the four quarters of the world, and make up three parts of the imprisoned fiery male, that the death vsong of the swans may be distinctly heard; then the swan roasted twelve keys of basil valentine 46 of 95 will become food for the king, and the fiery king will be seized with great love towards the queen, and will take his fill of delight in embracing her, until they both vanish and coalesce into one body. it is commonly said that two can overpower one, especially if they have sufficient room for putting forth their strength. know also that there must come a twofold wind, and a single wind, and that they must furiously blow from the east

royed by its creator, and all the dwellers upon earth shall be restored by resurrection to a glorified life. then the operations of earthly nature shall cease, and the heavenly and eternal dispensation shall take its place. when the sun in the winter pursues his course far away from us, he cannot melt the deep snow. but in the summer he approaches nearer to us, the quality of the air becomes more fiery, and the snow melts and is transmuted by warmth into water. for that which is weak is always compelled to yield to that which is strong. the same moderate course must be adopted in the fiery regimen of our magistery. for it is all important that the liquid should not be dried up too quickly, and that the earth of the sages should not be melted and dissolved too soon, otherwise your fishes wo

een garments. saturn is the prefect of the royal household, and in front of him astronomy bears a black standard, with a representation of faith in yellow and red garments. jupiter is the grand marshal, and is preceded by a banner of grey colour, borne by rhetoric, and adorned with a variegated representation of hope. mars is at the head of military affairs, and executes his office with a certain fiery ardour. geometry carries before him a crimson banner, on which you may behold courage in a crimson cloak. mercury holds the office of chancellor; arithmetic is his standard bearer, and his standard is of many colours; on it may be observed the figure of temperance in a many coloured robe. the sun is vice vregent, and is preceded by grammar, bearing a yellow banner, on which justice is repres

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

ndamental poison, ruzululu.482 in the power inside the red copper rock a boiling lake of blood churns.483 dark castle leather is tied up.484 bronze locks are arranged in proper order.485 in the power inside the castle of terrifying might demons the serpentine might demons are emanations of the assembly. their body color is a brilliant greenish red and their red matted hair is gathered fire light. fiery meteors gather from their eyes. bloody hailstones fall from their mouths. on their bodies they wear robes of red silk.486 they possess sleeves of blue-checkered satin. they possess majestic turbans of red silk on their heads. they possess belts of precious gold. they ride blue horses with black covers as mounts. their red silk mats flutter.487 their multicolored saddles spontaneously manifes

nd bone like a mountain. i offer all the piles of jewels (6a) i will offer the hundred thousand various [items] of the assembly of red horses, yaks of the might demons, sheep, birds, red dogs, hawks, eagles, water fowl, otters, the hard and cubic chopping block, and garments of silk ribbon" saying this, offer the amendment materials "in the middle of the commotion of frightening clotted blood and fiery wind, the king of the violence and might demons, tsiu mar, together with the assembly of the wrathful eight classes of haughty demons, settles by means of the swift joyful nature. with faith, i will offer the amrita,527 the nectar which is the unperformed medicine, and the assembly of the collection which is the purified, comprehended, and ignited torma gathering, to the great god and his re

nife might demon arose clean. called such, it is said six malicious might demons arose from his body. in this, some learned ones [say] that actually the six might demons arose from the six body parts of the murdered khotan prince chorpa (118.20-119.3) in that way, the great violence demon tsi mar has an extremely resplendent greenish-red body color, his red locks are radiant flames. from his eyes fiery meteors spring forth. from his mouth bloody hailstones fall. from his nose blizzards of disease swirl forth. from his ears poisonous black snakes issue. on his body he wears a cloak of red silk endowed with sleeves of variegated blue satin, and on his head he wears a majestic turban of red silk. endowed with a belt of golden jewels, he is frightening and courageous. he was born endowed with

BLACK WITCHCRAFT

orm bodies and have sexual relations to give life to other dragon children. she was said to have been the reunited with her mate samael (ahriman) after the fall, when he would not be roused by his fellow fallen ones and demons, only the words of az (lilith) could rouse him. he then kissed her form and caused menstruation, which was passed on to all women as lilith is directly connected with their fiery and dark sides. the goddess of luciferian witchcraft is lilith or babalon, as described previously. she is also hecate, the darkened moon goddess of the cunning circle, whose blessing is both youth, imagination and death. the son is within you and that is cain, the baphometic daemon whose magick is the core essence of the religion of sorcery. the very circle casting rite as written by gerald

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

life "like each of the seven regions of the earth, each of the seven* firstborn (the primordial human groups) receives its light and life from its own especial dhyani- spiritually, and from the palace (house, the planet) of that dhyani physically; so with the seven great races to be born on it. the first is born under the sun; the second under brihaspati (jupiter; the third under lohitanga (the "fiery-bodied" venus, or sukra; the fourth, under soma (the moon, our globe also, the fourth sphere being born under and from the moon) and sani, saturn* the krura-lochana (evil-eyed) and the asita (the dark; the fifth, under budha (mercury "so also with man and every 'man' in man (every principle. each gets its specific quality from its primary (the planetary spirit, therefore every man is a septe

s and the day fires (a. they dried out the turbid dark waters. with their heat they quenched them. the lhas (spirits) of the high; the lhamayin (those) of below, came (b. they slew the forms, which were two- and four-faced. they fought the goat-men, and the dog-headed men, and the men with fishes' bodies (a) the "flames" are a hierarchy of spirits parallel to, if not identical with, the "burning" fiery saraph (seraphim) mentioned by isaiah (vi. 2-6, those who attend, according to hebrew theogony "the throne of the almighty" melha is the lord of the "flames" when he appears on earth, he assumes the personality of a buddha, says a popular legend. he is one of the most ancient and revered lhas, a buddhist st. michael (b) the word "below" must not be taken to mean infernal regions, but simply

tion) that which is marked[[diagram] reads "root" as in the secondary likewise. thus in alchemy or western hermetism (a variant on eastern esotericism) we find- x[[diagram. x. sulphur. flamma. spiritus hydrargyum. natura. aqua sal. mater. sanguis[[vol. 2, page] 114 the secret doctrine. and these three are all quaternaries completed by their root, fire. the spirit, beyond manifested nature, is the fiery breath in its absolute unity. in the manifested universe, it is the central spiritual sun, the electric fire of all life. in our system it is the visible sun, the spirit of nature, the terrestrial god. and in, on, and around the earth, the fiery spirit thereof- air, fluidic fire; water, liquid fire; earth, solid fire. all is fire- ignis, in its ultimate constitution, or i, the root of which

pressive, and larger scale. if, indeed, the cell-theory applies equally to botany and zoology, and extends to morphology, as well as to the physiology of organisms[[footnote(s* see laing's "modern science and modern thought" p. 90[[vol. 2, page] 117 the outgrowth of races. and if the microscopic cells are looked upon by physical science as independent living beings- just as occultism regards the "fiery lives- there is no difficulty in the conception of the primitive process of procreation. consider the first stages of the development of a germ-cell. its nucleus grows, changes, and forms a double cone or spindle, thus[[diagram] within the cell. this spindle approaches the surface of the cell, and one half of it is extruded in the form of what are called the "polar cells" these polar cells n

pagodas[[footnote(s* see moses maimonides "more nevochim "science occulte" p. 646 "revolution du globe" vol. v, p. 464[[vol. 2, page] 206 the secret doctrine. and monuments, and in the imperial library at pekin, many a traveller has seen and recognised perfect representations of plesiosauri and pterodactyls in the multiform chinese dragons* moreover, the prophets speak in the bible of the flying fiery serpents* and job mentions the leviathan* now the following questions are put very directly- i. how could the ancient nations know anything of the extinct monsters of the carboniferous and mesozoic times, and even represent and describe them orally and pictorially, unless they had either seen those monsters themselves or possessed descriptions of them in their traditions, which descriptions

academie" of the "naive astonishment of geoffrey st. hilaire, when m. de paravey showed to him in some old chinese works and babylonian tiles dragons. saurians and ornithorhynchuses (aquatic animals found only in australia, etc, extinct animals that he had thought unknown on earth. till his own day* see isaiah, xxx. 6 "the viper and the flying serpent unto the land of trouble and anguish" and the fiery serpents conquered by the brazen serpent of moses* the fossils reconstructed by science, which we know ought to be sufficient warrant for the possibility of even a leviathan, let alone isaiah's flying serpents, or saraph mehophep, which words are translated in all the hebrew dictionaries as "saraph" enflamed or fiery venom, and "mehophep" flying. but, although christian theology has always c

meteoric fires and will-o'-the-wisps are called dragg, and in bretagne dreag, wraie (or wraith, the castle of drogheda in ireland meaning the devil's castle[[vol. 2, page] 207 kircher's dragon. of the third race. when, therefore, we are gravely asked by roman catholic writers to credit christopher scherer's and father kircher's cock-and-bull stories of their having seen with their own eyes living fiery and flying dragons, respectively in 1619 and 1669, we may be allowed to regard their assertions as either dreams or fibs* nor shall we regard otherwise than as a poetical license that other story told of petrarch, who, while following one day his laura in the woods and passing near a cave, is credited with having found a dragon, whom he forthwith stabbed with his dagger and killed, thus prev

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

e astral light. 75 primeval radiations from unity. 79 the web of being. 83 conscious electricity: fohat. 85- stanza iv- the septenary hierarchies. 86 the sons of the fire. 86 the vehicle of the universe- the dhyan chohans. 89 the army of the voice. 93 speech and mind. 95 the ogdoad and the heptad. 99 the stellar "sons of light. 103- stanza v- fohat: the child of the septenary hierarchies. 106 the fiery whirlwind and the primordial seven. 106 they produce fohat. 108 the correlation of the "gods. 113 evolution of the "principles" of nature. 119 the mystery of the fire. 121 the secret of the elements. 123 the square of the tabernacle. 125 the planetary spirits and the lipika. 129 the ring "pass not. 130 the sidereal book of life. 131 the soul's pilgrimage and its "rest. 134- stanza vi- our wo

d by the occultists life and by science "energy" then the process takes place[[footnote continued on next page[[vol. 1, page] 12 the secret doctrine. contracts (exhalation and inhalation. when it expands the mother diffuses and scatters; when it contracts, the mother draws back and ingathers. this produces the periods of evolution and dissolution, manwantara and pralaya. the germ is invisible and fiery; the root (the plane of the circle) is cool; but during evolution and manwantara her garment is cold and radiant. hot breath is the father who devours the progeny of the many-faced element (heterogeneous; and leaves the single-faced ones (homogeneous. cool breath is the mother, who conceives, forms, brings forth, and receives them back into her bosom, to reform them at the dawn (of the day o

mselves those manifestations of the one law, which we know as "the laws of nature" generically, they are known as the dhyan chohans, though each of the various groups has its own designation in the secret doctrine. this stage of evolution is spoken of in hindu mythology as the "creation" of the gods. in stanza v. the process of world-formation is described- first, diffused cosmic matter, then the fiery "whirlwind" the first stage in the formation of a nebula. that nebula condenses, and after passing through various transformations, forms a solar universe, a planetary chain, or a single planet, as the case may be. the subsequent stages in the formation of a "world" are indicated in stanza vi, which brings the evolution of such a world down to its fourth great period, corresponding to the pe

arupa universe. then come the "sons" the seven fighters, the one, the eighth left out, and his breath which is the lightmaker. 6. then the second seven, who are the lipika, produced by the three. the rejected son is one. the "sonsuns" are countless- stanza v. 1. the primordial seven, the first seven breaths of the dragon of wisdom, produce in their turn from their holy circumgyrating breaths the fiery whirlwind. 2. they make of him the messenger of their will. the dzyu becomes fohat, the swift son of the divine sons whose sons are the lipika, runs circular errands. fohat is the steed and the thought is the rider. he passes like lightning through the fiery clouds; takes three, and five, and seven strides through the seven regions above, and the seven below. he lifts his voice, and calls th

her[[footnote(s* verse 1 of stanza vi. is of a far later date than the other stanzas, though still very ancient. the old text of this verse, having names entirely unknown to the orientalists would give no clue to the student[[vol. 1, page] 33 the secret doctrine. 4. he builds them in the likeness of older wheels, placing them on the imperishable centres. how does fohat build them? he collects the fiery dust. he makes balls of fire, runs through them, and round them, infusing life thereinto then' sets them into motion; some one way, some the other way. they are cold, he makes them hot. they are dry, he makes them moist. they shine, he fans and cools them. thus acts fohat from one twilight to the other, during seven eternities. 5. at the fourth, the sons are told to create their images. one

of the latter on the material plane[[vol. 1, page] 74 the secret doctrine. the kabalists- between the former, the embodiment of divine wisdom in the region of the spiritual, and the latter, evil, on the plane of matter* jesus accepted the serpent as a synonym of wisdom, and this formed part of his teaching "be ye wise as serpents" he says "in the beginning, before mother became father-mother, the fiery dragon moved in the infinitudes alone (book of sarparajni) the aitareya brahmana calls the earth sarparajni "the serpent queen" and "the mother of all that moves" before our globe became egg-shaped (and the universe also "a long trail of cosmic dust (or fire mist) moved and writhed like a serpent in space" the "spirit of god moving on chaos" was symbolized by every nation in the shape of a f

he "spirit of god moving on chaos" was symbolized by every nation in the shape of a fiery serpent breathing fire and light upon the primordial waters, until it had incubated cosmic matter and made it assume the annular shape of a serpent with its tail in its mouth- which symbolises not only eternity and infinitude, but also the globular shape of all the bodies formed within the universe from that fiery mist. the universe, as well as the earth and man, cast off periodically, serpent-like, their old skins, to assume new ones after a time of rest. the serpent is, surely, a not less graceful or a more unpoetical image than the caterpillar and chrysalis from which springs the butterfly, the greek emblem of psyche, the human soul. the "dragon" was also the symbol of the logos with the egyptians

BLUE EQUINOX

a, cried the holy one, and from thy spark will i the lord kindle a great light; i will burn through the grey city in the old and desolate land; i will cleanse it from its great impurity. 4. and thou, o prophet, shalt see these things, and thou shalt heed them not. 5. now is the pillar established in the void; now is asi fulfilled of asar; now is hoor let down into the animal soul of things like a fiery star that falleth upon the darkness of the earth. 6. through the midnight thou art dropt, o my child, my conquerer, my sword-girt captain, o hoor! and they shall find thee as a black gnarl.d glittering stone, and they shall worship thee. 7. my prophet shall prophesy concerning thee; around thee the maidens shall dance, and bright babes be born unto them. thou shalt inspire the proud ones wit

t for the aspirant to direct his will to love upon it, so that his whole consciousness findeth liber cl 111 focus upon that one idea. and at the first it may be fixed and dead, or lightly held. this may then pass into dryness, or into repulsion. then at last by pure persistence in that act of will to love, shall love himself arise, as a bird, as a flame, as a song, and the whole soul shall wing a fiery path of music unto the ultimate heaven of possession. now in this method there are many roads and ways, some simple and direct, some hidden and mysterious, even as it is with human love whereof no man hath made so much as the first sketches for a map: for love is infinite in diversity even as are the stars. for this cause do i leave love himself master in the heart of every one of you: for h

al grace, that you will come as it were by fortune into states which transcend the practice itself, being of the nature of those works of pure light of which i will write to you in the chapter following after this. for there be certain gates which no being who is still conscious of dividuality, that is, of the self and not-self as opposites, may pass through: and in the storming of those gates by fiery assault of lust celestial, your flame will burn vehemently against your gross self, though it be already divine beyond your present imagining, and devour it in a mystical death, so that in the passing of the gate all is dissolved in formless light of unity. liber cl 117 now then, returning from these states of being, and in the return also there is a mystery of joy, you will be weaned from t

, close fast thy senses against the great dire heresy of separateness that weans thee from the rest. this verse reads at first as if the heresy were still possible in the hall of wisdom, but this is not as it seems. the disciple is urged to find out his ego and slay it even in the beginning. 36. let not thy .heaven-born. merged in the sea of m y, break from the universal parent (soul, but let the fiery power retire into the inmost chamber, the chamber of the heart, and the abode of the world.s mother. this develops verse 35. the heaven-born is the human consciousness. the chamber of the heart is the anahata lotus. the abode of the world.s mother is the muladhara lotus. but there is a more technical meaning yet.and this whole verse describes a particular method of meditation, a final method

a. yea, cried the holy one, and from thy spark will i the lord kindle a great light; i will burn through the great city in the old and desolate land; i will cleanse it from its great impurity. and thou, o prophet, shalt see these things, and thou shalt heed them not. now is the pillar established in the void; now is asi fulfilled of asar; now is hoor let down into the animal soul of things like a fiery star that falleth upon the darkness of the earth. through the midnight thou art dropt, o my child, my conqueror, my sword-girt captain, o hoor! and they shall find thee as a black gnarl.d glittering stone, and they shall worship thee. the equinox 48 37. step out from sunlight into shade, to make more room for others. the tears that water the parched soil of pain and sorrow, bring forth the b

ose who tread their path in darkness. the principal method of karma yoga indicated is the preaching of the good law. of course it will be understood that anyone thus unfortunately situated cannot understand the law, but the law is of such virtue that this is not a fatal disadvantage. see liber ccc. 54. behold migmar (mars) as in his crimson veils his .eye. sweeps over slumbering earth. behold the fiery aura of the .hand. of lhagpa (mercury) extended in protecting love over the heads of his ascetics. both are now servants to nyima (the sun) left in his absence silent watchers in the night. yet both in kalpas past were bright nyimas, and may in future .days. again become two suns. such are the falls and rises of the karmic law in nature. the astronomy of the author of this book is not equal

rotecting love over the heads of his ascetics. both are now servants to nyima (the sun) left in his absence silent watchers in the night. yet both in kalpas past were bright nyimas, and may in future .days. again become two suns. such are the falls and rises of the karmic law in nature. the astronomy of the author of this book is not equal to her poetic prose. mercury can hardly be said to have a fiery aura, or to be a silent watcher in the night. nor is it easy to attach any meaning to the statement that mars and mercury were once suns. the theories of transmigration of personality involved are a little difficult! the equinox 58 55. be, o lanoo, like them. give light and comfort to the toiling pilgrim, and seek out him who knows still less than thou; who in his wretched desolation sits st

BOOK OF ENOCH

il i came near a wall which was made of hailstones, and a tongue of fire surrounded it, and it began to make me afraid. 14.10] and i went into the tongue of fire and came near to a large house, which was built of hailstones, and the wall of that house was like a mosaic of hailstones and its floor was snow. 14.11] its roof was like the path of the stars and flashes of lightning, and among them was fiery cherubim, and their sky was like water. 14.12] and there was a fire burning around its wall and its door was ablaze with fire. 14.13] and i went into that house, and it was as hot as fire and as cold as snow, and there was neither pleasure nor life in it. fear covered me and trembling took hold of me. 14.14] and as i was shaking and trembling, i fell on my face. 14.15] and i saw in the visio

h, of red stone. 18.8] and the middle one reached to heaven, like the throne of the lord, of stibium, and the top of the throne was of sapphire. 18.9] and i saw a burning fire, and what was in all the mountains. 18.10] and i saw a place there, beyond the great earth; there the waters gathered together. 18.11] and i saw a deep chasm of the earth, with pillars of heavenly fire, and i saw among them fiery pillars of heaven, which were falling, and as regards both height and depth, they were immeasurable. 18.12] and beyond this chasm, i saw a place, and it had neither the sky above it, nor the foundation of earth below it; there was no water on it, and no birds, but it was a desert place. 18.13] and a terrible thing i saw there, seven stars, like great burning mountains. 18.14] and like a spir

d in the name of the lord" 67.4] and they will shut up those angels, who showed iniquity, in that burning valley, which my great-grandfather enoch had shown to me previously, in the west, near the mountains of gold and silver and iron and soft metal and tin. 67.5] and i saw that valley, in which there was a great disturbance, and a heaving of the waters. 67.6] and when all this happened, from the fiery molten metal, and the disturbance, which disturbed the waters in that place, a smell of sulphur was produced, and it was associated with those waters. and that valley of the angels, who led men astray, burns under the ground. 67.7] and through the valleys of that same area, flow out rivers of fire where those angels will be punished, who led astray those on the dry ground. 67.8] and in those

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like blood mixed with water, a dull yellow and grey. their form is that of a lion-lizard. 3. tzelladimiron- whose colors are like limpid blood, bronze and crimson. they are like savage triangular-headed dogs. 4. schechiriron- whose colors are black, and their form blended of reptile, insect and shell-fish, such as the crab and the lobster, yet demon-faced withal. 5. tzephariron- whose colors are fiery and yellow, and their form like merciless wolves and jackals. 6. obiriron- whose colors are like clouds, and their form like grey, bloated goblins. 7. necheshethiron- whose color is like copper, and their form is like that of a most devilish and almost human-headed insect. 9. nachashiron- whose colors are like serpents, and their form like dog-headed serpents. 10. dagdagiron- whose colors ar

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sexual problems. impulsive, loyal, fearful of the unknown; associated with soldiers, surgeons, sportspeople and craftspeople. each of the twelve zodiac signs is spoken of as being "ruled" by one of the planets. what this means is that there is a close affinity between the two. where a lesson nine: divination/ 129 130/ buckland's complete book of witchcraft planet is classed as being "watery" or "fiery, so the sign or signs that it rules are of that type. the sign aries is ruled by the planet mars. taurus is ruled by venus. gemini by mercury; cancer by the moon; leo by the sun; virgo by mercury; libra by venus; scorpio by mars; sagittarius by jupiter; capricorn by saturn; aquarius by saturn (some astrologers prefer uranus) and pisces by jupiter (again some say by neptune. generally it can

ign or signs that it rules are of that type. the sign aries is ruled by the planet mars. taurus is ruled by venus. gemini by mercury; cancer by the moon; leo by the sun; virgo by mercury; libra by venus; scorpio by mars; sagittarius by jupiter; capricorn by saturn; aquarius by saturn (some astrologers prefer uranus) and pisces by jupiter (again some say by neptune. generally it can be said that a fiery sign would not get along well with a water sign, nor would a water sign get along with an air sign. an air sign, however, would do well with a fire sign, and so on. let's now look at the twelve divisions, the spheres of influence, on the chart and see what each is concerned with. they are numbered on the chart. the first one is the sphere influencing the physical appearance; the body. the se

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capsizeth; it contains three hawk-headed forms of the god horus, and is steered by two male figures, who stand one in the bows and the other at the stern. in the middle of the boat stand the hawk-god bak, and the hawk-goddess baket, and behind them, standing on a snake, is the click to view the boat of rest. third form of horus. between the front steersman and baket is the serpent teka-hra, i.e "fiery face" and the aft steersman bears a name of similar meaning, nab-hra. the second boat is called uaa-herer, p. 47 i.e "the boat of rest" and has in the middle an osiris god in the form of a mummy; each end of the boat terminates in the head of a cynocephalus, and it is steered by two beings, one of whom is called tesem-hra-f, i.e "he whose face is like a knife" and the other khen-en-urt-f, cl

of the upper sky. it is they who make to arise in the sky gentle winds and humid breezes, and it is they who order those who live [upon earth] to place themselves in the great boat in the sky" in the upper register are- 1. twelve goddesses, each of whom stands upright, and bears on her shoulders a serpent which belches, forth fire from its mouth; their names are- click to view six goddesses with fiery serpents. 1. nefert-khau. 2. khet)-uat-en-ra. 3. nebt-seshesh-ta. 4. nefert-her-tept. 5. seuatchet-atebui-pet. p. 266 6. hat-em-taui-s. 7. qat-em-sepu-s. 8. sekhet-em-khu-s. 9. haat-em-sepu-s. 10. khet-ankh)-f. click to view six goddesses with fiery serpents. 11. pert-em-ap. 12. nebt-ar-em-uaa-abt. the text reads: p. 267 [paragraph continues "those who are in this picture with their own bodi

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i enter, into false knowledge as well as into true, so that i am not less the ignorance of the deluded than the wisdom of the sage. for what thou callest ignorance and folly is my pure knowing, imperfectly expressed through an uncompleted image of my divine perfection. woe unto them who condemn these my works unfinished! behold, they who presume to judge are themselves incomplete. through many a fiery trial of sorrow must they pass, ere the clear beauty of my wisdom may shine from out their hearts, like unto a light burning in a lamp of alabaster. 6 i am the doer of all. nothing moveth but by my power. mine is the healing influence flowing down from consecrated hands, mine the venom of the adder's fang. nothing falleth but by me and in whatsoever riseth mine is the power that lifteth up

life all seeds derive their growth and increase. aleph am i, the first and the root. from mine unfathomable will the universe hath its beginning. in my boundless wisdom are the types and patterns of all things. before all worlds i was; in all worlds i am; and when worlds are but a memory, i shall be. comment on aleph* a l e p h, pronounced awlef. transcribed as "a. the number 1. meaning: ox. the fiery intelligence. throughout this text the proper name "israel" should be understood as applying to the spiritual israel. this name means "he shall rule as god, and thus the text is addressed to all who, by identifying themselves with the divine will, become unobstructed channels for its expression. thus they truly live the divine life, and consequently share in the divine rulership, 2 "to me ne

foundation of beauty; yet her place is among the supernals, for she is the second emanation from the crown [77] t h e book of t o k e n s 6 after another manner, also, is binah the foundation of beauty, for she is aima, the mother, and that same aima is by number one with b n, ben, the son, which is tiphareth. this mother is the great sea, yet is the power flashing through the path of the sword a fiery power, for the sea is the sphere of shabbathai, which is the secret abode of fire. the fire of the father is shut up in the water of the mother, and from this fire and water proceedeth the airy spirit of the path of the sword. and this airy spirit is the breath of my angel, raphael, he who rightly apportioneth my word, and ruleth as lord in the sign of the twins [78] comment on zain* y z a i

to zain, begins in binah, the mother, and ends in tiphareth, the son. 6" great sea" is a name sometimes applied to binah, and binah is also shabbathai, sh b th a i, the sphere of saturn. saturn, in alchemy, is lead. alchemical lead is the secret abode of fire, because binah, although this sephirah is called the root of water, by practical qabalists, nevertheless conceals in her depths the active, fiery power of chokmah, the root of fire, just as the name aima contains the paternal i, and as b i n h is formed from jah, i h, a name of the father, and ben, b n, a name of the son. the "airy spirit" of the path of zain is a reference to the airy quality of the zodiacal sign gemini, whose ruler, according to the qabalah, is raphael, angel of the planet mercury [80] the meditation on cheth* 1 i a

divine perfections, encircled by the power of the letters wherewith is formed the whole creation. 3 and because the tally referreth to counting, and so to all the works of number, by this letter do i show first, that all things are brought forth through number, and second, that all works of power accomplished by the wise have number for their foundation. for the circle of the tally is the coiled fiery power which cometh from the sun, and to rule this, thou must learn to count [92] t e t h count aright, and thou shalt have oil for thy lamps, for the oil for lighting. containeth the secret of the letter teth. this is the oil which riseth like a serpent, the oil which thy father jacob poured upon the stone in the house of strength. 4 verily, he who knoweth the secret of that stone, knoweth a

of divine perfection; and in the ancient form of teth the circle surrounding the cross is a symbol of the "power of the letters, because the total number of hebrew letters is 22, and 22 is the characteristic number of any circle. arithmetic is the basis of all practical occultism. a knowledge of the esoteric properties and uses of number is indispensable to every seeker for liberation "the coiled fiery power" is the astral light, symbolized by a coiled serpent. it is also the kundalini of the yogis, and much concerning it will be found in the writings of madame blavatsky, who calls it fohat, and says outright that the letter teth is a symbol for fohat. see also arthur avalon's serpent power and shakti and shakta. the "lamps" are the "interior stars" or "chakras. the "oil" is the nerve-forc

ons shall be blest by the white brilliance which descendeth from the crown [114] comment on samekh* s a m e k h, pronounced saumek. transcribed as" s. the number 60. meaning: prop, support, the intelligence of probation or trial. 2 in hebrew" tried by fire" is bawkhan, b ch n, which adds to 60, the value of the letter samekh. furthermore, the sign sagittarius, attributed to samekh, belongs to the fiery triplicity. again b ch n may be read be-khane, by taking the initial b as a preposition signifying" in, and then it will be translated "in grace. there is also a yet deepei significance in this reading, because khane, ch n is an abbreviation for the words chokmah nesethrah, ch k m h n s th r h, the secret wisdom, i. e, the qabalah. hence wc may assume that the mystical trial by fire has some

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le is up to you. as with all magick, there are disagreements about which archangel represents each element. this is because angels are found in a number of different traditions and religions and so may serve different functions under similar names. previously, i have associated raphael with the north and uriel with the east, seeing raphael in his aspect as a healer and protector, and uriel as the fiery dawn in the east. however, recently i have started to use a more traditional association of raphael as the messenger in the east and uriel as sentinel of the north and i have found that this works better. do read about angels and experiment to see what suits you. i have listed source material on pages 201-2 and you can find more information on the internet. use the elemental candle colour to

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ircle. awaken now from the sleep of the mind, that i summon the spirits of strength and silent victory, from which my being shall emerge. guarded in the light of prometheus, the state of self- love shall produce kindness and love for those around me. so much that i may fortify myself through the emergence of godhood. facing the north, anthame pointed: angels of the north, which walks of light and fiery swords, voice of those who fall in defeat to your radiance, emerge and protect this circle of being, i call to thee angelick spirits of the watchtower: nanta! cnbr, roan, magl, psac facing the west, angels of the west, which the depths are protected by the force of your cups, emerge and protect this circle of being, i call to thee angelick spirits of the watchtower: bitom! xgzd, iaom, nlrx

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ndreds of miles. scattered among its masses of dark green foliage, fragrant hibiscus flowers burst into flaming shades of magenta, crimson, and violet. among the glossy leaves of the fusang tree lived ten naughty suns. they were left alone to play in paradise, neglected by their parents, the sun god dijun and the sun goddess shiho. each day, shiho left heaven in a pearl-shell chariot drawn by six fiery young dragons and passed by the fusang tree. the suns took turns clambering to the treetop to leap into the chariot and make the rounds with their mother as she roared by. it was the job of each working sun, as the goddess shiho wheeled her chariot across the sky, to shed light and warmth evenly across the world and wake up the roosters. but shiho had to scold her sons constantly for fixing

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aid the order in its timeless search for the mysteries of divine light. this quest must never be forgotten and should be recalled every day when we perform the qabalistic cross. let the celebration and solemn ceremony of the consecration of the vault remind us to always aspire to the highest point, just as the a is in its highest point in the sky. the three chiefs join wands and ankhs forming the fiery triangle through which the energy is raised. the wands held by the black ends now brings down the power. the vault is being charged through the magnetic power of the wands under the direction of the three chiefs. this builds and establishes a shield against the qlippoth, and at the same time, runs a line to them so that they may too be utilized in the performances of the great work. the chie

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thing, including them. another significant name in this period was dr john dee, an adept (high initiate) and the official astrologer to queen elizabeth i. he was also her unofficial secret agent, and signed his reports 007.6 in a diary entry written in prague in 1586, dee describes an encounter with a "little man" whose feet "seemed not to touch the ground by a foot height, who moved in a little fiery cloud" and who went up into the sky "in a great pillar of fire. in prague, dee gave the emperor rudolph an illustrated manuscript, written in code and claimed to be the work of roger bacon, the thirteenth century franciscan monk who upset the church authorities with his views and ideas. these included prophecies about the microscope, the telescope, the car, submarine, aeroplane, and the beli

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was created in a "flash of lightning" and "spawned in the west. can the mystery of sumer's sudden demise now be solved? could the "evil wind" have been nuclear fall-out? in around 1450bc, the classic minoan (former sumerian) culture was destroyed on crete by another sudden disaster that archaeologists and historians can't explain. once again all the cities were destroyed at the same time by some "fiery" holocaust. amid this series of immensely violent events and the internal war within the anunnaki, the sumer empire collapsed. its domains around the world began to self-govern, at least for a while, based on the knowledge, structure, beliefs, and myths of their former controllers. since then, the reptilian anunnaki have been manipulating from behind the scenes and through their hybrid blood

000bc, were "changelings" seeded by the union of the gods and humans. sargon the great, that famous ruler of the sumer empire, claimed this genetic origin and the very existence of "kingship" is reported very clearly to have been a gift of these gods. equally clear is that they were reptilian gods, as in "the reptiles verily descend. and there are many references by the sumerians to their gods as fiery, winged, serpents. the term u-shum-gal, often used to describe enki, translates as flying, fiery, serpent, which would perfectly describe a reptilian in a flying craft emitting a fiery exhaust. in fact the word shum can relate to the term "sky vehicle".1 there could be another origin for this "fiery" symbolism, also. the anunnaki god ninurta was called a mush-sha-tur-gal-gal- the "flying ser

serpents. the term u-shum-gal, often used to describe enki, translates as flying, fiery, serpent, which would perfectly describe a reptilian in a flying craft emitting a fiery exhaust. in fact the word shum can relate to the term "sky vehicle".1 there could be another origin for this "fiery" symbolism, also. the anunnaki god ninurta was called a mush-sha-tur-gal-gal- the "flying serpent with the fiery glance" and this fits perfectly with the descriptions by the zulu shaman credo mutwa in his stories of the reptilians in ancient and modern african legend. he says the reptilians have a third eye between the other two which opens from side to side instead of top down- the "fiery, red eye" in african tradition. from this can be flashed a red, laser-like beam, he says, which can knock a person

gels in religious texts are symbolic of the reptilians, some of which, according to ancient and modern descriptions, have wings and can fly. this is also symbolised in the flying reptilian gargoyle figures, which the bloodlines have on their homes, cathedrals, churches, and other buildings, including the british houses of parliament. seraph in the king james version of the bible is translated as "fiery serpent" and would seem to derive from the same root as the sumerian, seru, the name of a serpent in the epic of gilgamesh (the origin of the "noah" story, and sarpa, a sanskrit term for the indian reptilian "gods, the nagas. the jewish talmud forbids the depiction of the dragon, as it does the sun and the moon, both symbols of major anunnaki figures. a fragment of the hebrew dead sea scroll

story, and again we see the theme of the nordics or "aryans" in conflict with the serpent people. the edda says there were three main leaders of this serpent cult. they were the serpent goddess known as el; her consort, the male entity called wodan (votan was the atlantean fire god; and their son, baldr or balder. this was the serpent "trinity" of mother-father-son. el was also known as eldi or "fiery el, the "hound, and, highly significantly, as "mary".24 from this cult and "fiery el" came the term hell "burning in hell" and "fires of hell" el or hel was the norse queen of the underworld and her followers became known as "kinsman of hel".25 in medieval times, this was symbolised as the "harlequin, the lover of the maiden columbine-the-dove. columba, columbine, and the symbol of the dove

an area of woodland called burnham beeches, a few miles from slough, west of london. it is an ancient site mentioned in the domesday book of the 11th century, and it is not far from both the british prime 232 children of the matrix minister's country residence called chequers (chequers= black and white squares of freemasonry) and the former wycombe (wicca) home of the hellfire club (el-fire, the "fiery el) with its human sacrifice rituals involving royalty and the american founding father, benjamin franklin (see the biggest secret. burnham beeches is owned by the city of london, the globally- important financial district, and one of the most powerful illuminati operational centres on the planet. for those who don't live in the uk, the city of london does not mean the whole of the capital

traterrestrials" to abductees, is reported in exactly the same way by those who have seen these demonic manifestations at satanic rituals. there is a connection here for sure and many, at least many, of the "extraterrestrials" are in fact "inter-dimensionals" moving into our frequency range and then leaving again. the descriptions of these "demons" often have a very familiar ring also- very tall, fiery red eyes, and reptilian in appearance with scales, fangs, and claws. beings like that are commonly described, but demonic entities manifest in many forms. some of the reptilians and blond-haired, blue-eyed "nordics" could be the same entities in their other-dimensional forms. john a. keel wrote in our haunted planet about the knowledge of this phenomenon held by the ancients "early investiga

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, that he should deceive the nations no more.57in a dead sea scroll fragment translated by the hebrew scholar, robert eisenman,there is a description of a watcher called belial (bel, who is described as the prince ofdarkness and the king of evil. he is said to be terrifying in his appearance- like aserpent with a visage like a viper. one of the main angelic groups in hebrew lore is theseraphim or fiery serpents and the watchers are very much connected to thedescription of serpents. in the persian teachings they also talk of a being they describeas the old serpent having two feet, just as the book of enoch features walkingserpents. when you consider that the draco royal leadership is said to be up to 12 feettall and white skinned, indeed albino white, whiter than snow, it again relates to t

the north or south pole reach this magnetic ring their compasses pointstraight down and they believe they are at the pole. they are not. they are at themagnetic ring which encircles the poles. the light and warmth inside the earth comefrom an inner sun, it is claimed. marshall b. gardner, one of the best knownadvocates of a hollow earth, believed that this sun was created from the originalcentral fiery core around which the forming earth was spinning, very much like thepicture of donatis comet. if the earth is hollow, so it must be that the other planets,formed in the same way and subject to the same laws, would be hollow. how manycivilisations live within these planets while humans only look for life on the surface?some other questions for the solid-to-the-core advocates: why are icebergs

ious rituals.8 baal(lord or ruler, the supreme god of the canaanites and phoenicians, was said to be thegiver of life and moloch was the destroyer of life. both demanded appeasement bysacrifice. baal or moloch became identified with the roman god saturn.in honour of baal, the sun god and god of fire, the carthaginians, following the ritualsof the phoenicians and canaanites, rolled children into a fiery pit made in the shape of theimage of baal/moloch. at a site near modern tunis six thousand urns were foundcontaining the charred remains of infants. remember, these rituals and gods are thesame as those performed and worshipped by the satanists and the brotherhood today.this is why the children of waco were allowed to burn to death in an inferno causedentirely by the satanist controlled fbi

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ast, present, and to come. he can carry and re-carry men very speedily from one kingdom to another, at the will and pleasure of the exorcist. he ruleth over 66 legions of spirits, and he was of the order of potentates. his seal is this to be made and to be worn as aforesaid, etc (34) furfur- the thirty-fourth spirit is furfur. he is a great and mighty earl, appearing in the form of an hart with a fiery tail. he never speaketh truth unless he be compelled, or brought up within a triangle. being therein, he will take upon himself the form of an angel. being bidden, he speaketh with a hoarse voice. also he will wittingly urge love between man and woman. he can raise lightnings and thunders, blasts, and great tempestuous storms. and he giveth true answers both of things secret and divine, if c

l slay both him and his fellows. he governeth 30 legions of spirits, and this is his seal, etc (64) haures, or hauras, or havres, or flaurob. the sixty-fourth spirit is haures, or hauras, or havres, or flauros. he is a great duke, and appeareth at first like a leopard, mighty, terrible, and strong, but after a while, at the command of the exorcist, he putteth on human. shape with eyes flaming and fiery, and a most terrible countenance. he giveth true answers of all things, present, past, and to come. but if he be not commanded into a triangle, he will lie in all these things, and deceive and beguile the exorcist in these things, or in such and such business. he will, lastly, talk of the creation of the world, and of divinity, and of how he and other spirits fell. he destroyeth and burneth

-caosaji od acame canale, sobola zodare fa-beliareda caosaji od cahisa aneta-na miame ta viv od da. daresare solpetahe-bienu. be-ri-ta od zodacame ji-mi-calazodo: sob-ha-atahe tarianu luia-he od ecarinu mada qu-a-a-on (dee) the spirits of the 4th angle are nine, mighty in the firmaments of waters, whom the first hath planted, a torment to the wicked and a garland to the righteous giving unto them fiery darts to vanne the earth and 7,699 continually workmen whose courses visit with comfort the earth and are in government and continuance as the second and the third. wherefore hearken unto my voice. i have talked of you and i move you in power and presence, whose works shall be a song of honor and the praise of your god in your creation (lavey) the spirits of the fourth angle are nine, mighty

rnment and continuance as the second and the third. wherefore hearken unto my voice. i have talked of you and i move you in power and presence, whose works shall be a song of honor and the praise of your god in your creation (lavey) the spirits of the fourth angle are nine, mighty in the trapezoid, whom the first hath formed, a torment to the wretched and a garland to the wicked; giving unto them fiery darts to vanne the earth, and nine continual workmen whose courses visit with comfort the earth, and are in government and continuance as the second and third. therefore, harken unto my voice! i have talked of you, and i move you in power and presence, whose works shall be a song of honor, and the praise of your god in your creation! the seventh key anton lavey writes: the seventh enochian k

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or hecate lilith. she is maiden, whore and hag and her number is three just as the points of the triangle. lilith holds intensive wisdom of magick and such along with her mate, samael, is her gift to those children who recognize and identify with her nature. asmodeus the great demon king is a powerful spirit who was first presented in zoroastrian lore as aeshma of the wounding 27 spear, a war and fiery daeva. the hebrew ashmedai is one who gained a very high rank among the original angels, asmodeus was according to lore a seraphim, one of the highest ranks of angels. it is suggested in other hebrew lore that asmodeus was born from the demoness naamah and the fallen angel shamdon. asmodeus and samael were said to have had strife over one spirit of lilith. this is the waning moon, the moon o

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and fourthly, a special aspect of the deity. god as he is, in his entirety, being hidden behind the negative veils of existence, incomprehensible to unenlightened human consciousness. 20. the sephiroth may justly be considered macrocosmic, and the paths microcosmic; for the sephiroth, connected as they sometimes are in old diagrams by a flash of lightning, which is often depicted as hilted like a fiery sword, represent the successive divine emanations which constitute creative evolution; whereas the paths represent the successive stages of the unfolding of cosmic realisation in human consciousness; in old pictures a serpent is often depicted as twined about the boughs of the tree. this is the serpent nechushtan "who holdeth his tail in his mouth" the symbol of wisdom and initiation. the co

pantheons are being correlated with the spheres on the tree, it will be found that the sacrificed gods invariably come on to tiphareth, and for this reason it has been called the christcentre in the christian qahalah. mystical qabala page 34 23. we now have sufficient material to make a survey of the second triangle. jupiter, the beneficent ruler and lawgiver, is balanced by mars the warrior, the fiery and destructive force, and the two are equilibrated in tiphareth, the redeemer. in the supernal triangle we see the primary sephirah emanating a pair of opposites which express the two sides of its nature, chokmah, force, and binab, form, masculine and feminine sephiroth respectively. in the second triangle we have the pairs of opposites which find their equilibrium in a third, placed upon t

viding stability and endurance, but ill-dignified when the overplus of resistance causes it to become actively aggressive and we get obstruction and the accretion of effete matter. on the other hand, chesed, mercy, is well-dignified when ordering and preserving all things harmoniously; but illdignified when mercy becomes sentimentality and it usurps the sphere of saturn, preserving that which the fiery energy of mars, its opposite number, the sephirah geburah, should sweep out of existence. 11. the two pillars, then, represent the positive- negative forces in nature, the active and passive, the destructive and constructive, concreting form and free-moving force. 12. the sephiroth on the middle pillar may be taken as representing levels of consciousness and the planes on which they operate

ns. as is well known to [page 102] psychics, crystalline substances, metals, and certain liquids are the best media for conveying or storing subtle forces. colour plays an important part in the visions induced by meditation on the various sephiroth, and it is found by experience that a crystal of the appropriate colour is the best material out of which to make a talisman: a blood-red ruby for the fiery martian forces of geburah; an emerald for the green ray nature forces of netzach. 33. perfumes, especially incense, are also associated with the different sephiroth. as has already been noted, certain spiritual experiences and certain modes of consciousness are mystical qabala page 68 assigned to each sphere on the tree; it is well known that nothing induces states of mind or stimulates psyc

ll be observed that, just as the planets have their influence reinforced when they are in those signs of the zodiac which are called their own houses, so the tarot cards, when the significance of the sephirah coincides with the spirit of the suit, represent the active aspect of the influence; and when the sephirah and the suit represent different influences, the card is malefic. for instance, the fiery sword card is a card of evil omen when it finds itself in the sphere of influence of binab. 59. and finally to sum up. i have written of binab at this length because with her is completed the supernal triad and the first of the pairs of opposites. she represents not only herself but also the functioning partners, for it is impossible to understand any unit on the tree save by reference to th

in his chariot. situation on the tree: in the centre of the pillar of severity. yetziratic text: the fifth path is called the radical intelligence because it resembles unity, uniting itself to binah, understanding, which emanates from the primordial depths of chokmah, wisdom. titles given to geburah: din: justice. pachad: fear. god-name: elohim gebor. archangel: khamael. host of angels: seraphim, fiery serpents. mundane chakra: madim, mars. spiritual experience: vision of power. virtue: energy. courage. vice: cruelty. destruction. correspondence in the microcosm: the right arm. symbols: the pentagon. the five-petalled tudor rose. the sword. the spur. the scourge. the chain. tarot cards: the four fives. five of wands: strife. five of cups: loss in pleasure. mystical qabala page 118 five of

en we recall that in astrology saturn, the mundane chakra of binah, and mars, the mundane chakra of geburah, are called the greater and lesser infortunes, we see that there must be more than a superficial connection between the two. 32. binah is called the bringer-in of death because it is the giver of form to primordial force, thus rendering it static; geburah is called the destroyer because the fiery marsforce breaks down forms and destroys them. thus we see that binah is perpetually binding force into form, and geburah perpetually breaking up and destroying all forms with its disruptive energy. 33. but equally we must see that it is only when the protecting, preserving influence of chesed is in abeyance that the destructive influences of geburah are able to work upon the forms built up

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a crystalline substance, and crystalline substances, in their different forms, receive and hold etheric magnetism better than anything else. water, on the other hand, is the emblem of the psychic sphere. these two realms, between them, contain by far the greatest part of occult evil. it is rare indeed that spiritual wickedness in high places will reach up as far as the airy realms of mind or the fiery realms of spirit. if we want to get into touch with, or operate upon a particular sphere, we use as base a substance appropriate thereto. consequently, a solution of salt and water makes a better base than either salt or water could do separately because it enables us to cover the whole of the sphere of probable operations in a single act. it may be interesting to note concerning the magical

EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PAPYRUS OF ANI MALESTROM

iris, isis, horus, hathor. p. xlii theban version: list of chapters. chapter cxxxv* another chapter, which is to be recited at the waxing of the moon [each] month. this chapter has no vignette. chapter cxxxvia. the chapter of sailing in the boat of ra. vignette: the deceased standing with hands raised in adoration. chapter cxxxvib. the chapter of sailing in the great boat of ra, to pass round the fiery orbit of the sun. this chapter has no vignette. chapter cxxxviia. the chapter of kindling the fire which is to be made in the underworld. this chapter has no vignette. chapter cxxxviib. the chapter of the deceased kindling the fire. vignette: the deceased seated, kindling a flame. chapter cxxxviii. the chapter of making the deceased to enter into abydos. vignette: the deceased adoring the st

of the eye of horus "o ra-tmu, lord of the great house, prince, life, strength and health of all the gods, deliver thou [me] from the god whose face is like unto that of a dog, whose brows are as those of a man, and who feedeth upon the dead, who watcheth [1. many papyri read "nefer-tmu, son of bast, and the tchatcha" 2. or instruments of death. 3. i.e, the "oppressor] p. 289 at the bight of the fiery lake, and who devoureth the bodies of the dead and swalloweth hearts, and who shooteth forth filth, but he himself remaineth unseen" who then is this "devourer for millions of years" is his name, and he dwelleth in the lake of unt.[1] as concerning the fiery lake, it is that which is in anrutf, hard by the shenit chamber. the unclean man who would walk thereover doth fall down among the kniv

er of shades, who comest forth from [thy] retreat, i have not robbed (5) hail, thou whose limbs are terrible to look upon, who comest forth from restau, i have done no murder (6) hail, thou god who art in the form of two lions, who comest forth from heaven, i have not defrauded offerings (7) hail, thou god whose two eyes are of fire, who comest forth from sekhem, i have not done harm.[1 (8) hail, fiery god, who comest and goest,[2] i have not robbed god (9) hail, crusher of bones, who comest forth from suten-henen, i have told no lies (10) hail, thou who shootest thyself forth from the flame, who comest forth from het-ptah-ka, i have not snatched away food (11) hail, qerti, who comest forth from amentet, i have not worked affliction (12) hail, thou whose teeth are white, who comest forth f

(20) hail, thou who regardest that which is brought before thee, who comest forth from pa-amsu, i have not polluted myself (21) hail, thou mighty chief, who comest forth from the city of acacia trees, i have not caused terror (22) hail, khemi, who comest forth from kesui, i have not done that which is abominable (23) hail, thou who orderest speech, who comest forth from urib, i have never uttered fiery words (24) hail, thou babe, who comest forth from the heq-at nome, i have not stopped my ears against the words of right and truth (25) hail, thou who orderest speech, who comest forth from unes, i have not stirred up strife (26) hail, bast, who comest forth from the secret city, i have not caused [any] to weep (27) hail, thou whose face is turned behind thee, i have not lusted, nor have i c

ELLIS LOW TWELVE 1907

and hummocky in many places, having been thus twisted and flirted about by the gusts of wind that sometimes played pranks with the mobile stuff. not so much as a shrivelled cactus or yellow spear of grass showed; it was a scene of horrible waste and desolation from which one would shrink as from the core of death valley itself. vikka checked his pony directly at my side, and we peered across the fiery waste at the cool-looking spur in the distance. the sweat on our animals was baked dry. how we stood it is beyond my comprehension, but a man can become accustomed almost to anything. a few months previous, a half hour's exposure to such merciless heat would have tumbled me headlong from my saddle with sunstroke; but i had ridden for hours through this hellish temperature and felt no special

resemblance to other lumps visible in every part of the plain, these were grouped together more compactly. leading out from where we had halted, the trail of geronimo's band passed within a few rods, so that had 38 low twelve our command kept to the tracks, we must have ridden in front of them. every hillock of flaming sand hid the body of an apache. those terrible miscreants would grovel in the fiery dirt with every part of the body covered and only the serpentlike eyes peering out and fixed upon the white men. unsuspicious of anything of the kind, nothing would have been more natural than for us to ride quietly past. then when our faces were turned away, a jet of fire would spout from each hummock, and half our saddles would be emptied. that very thing has been done more than once in th

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princes; and i feared that the reluctance of the modern alchemist to divulge any secrets to a stranger and a foreigner would be no less. however, i drew from my pocket sir william crookes s spinthariscope. a small box containing a particle of radium highly magnified. and showed it to the sheikh. when he applied it to his eye and beheld the wonderful phenomenon of this dark speck flashing out its fiery needles on all sides, he was lost in wonder, and when i assured him that it would retain this property for a thousand years, he hailed me as a fellow-worker, and as one who had indeed penetrated into the secrets of the world. his reticence disappeared at once, and he began to tell me the aims and methods of alchemical research, which were indeed the same as those of the ancient alchemists of

ibe his intimacy with the angelic world. the angels described to him in great detail a level of spiritual existence qualitatively different from the visible world of sensation. angelic realms in jewish thought jewish teachers have developed an elaborate doctrine of a heavenly hierarchy. some, such as bechai and joshua, teach that every day ministering angels are created out of the river dinor, or fiery stream, and they sing an anthem and cease to exist; as it is written, they are new every morning. this idea appears to be a misunderstanding of biblical intent.to be renewed or created in the scriptural sense is to be regenerated. thus, to be renewed every morning is to be kept in a regenerate state; the fiery stream is the baptism by fire or divine love. in later doctrine, the angelic hiera

compassing aries, leo, and sagittarius; and the water triplicity, containing cancer, scorpio, and pisces. the signs are further divided into diurnal and nocturnal, the diurnal signs being all masculine and the nocturnal feminine. signs named after quadrupeds are, of course, quadrupedal; those named after human states of endeavor (e.g, water bearer, archer) are called humane. a person born under a fiery, masculine, diurnal sign is hot in temper and bold in character. if it is a quadrupedal sign, the native is somewhat like the animal after which the sign is called. thus in taurus, the native is bold and furious; in leo, fierce and aggressive. cancer, scorpio and pisces are called fruitful or prolific; and gemini, leo, and virgo, barren. sagittarius, because usually represented as a centaur

lungs, and liver were pierced with needles and placed in a sealed vessel over a fire, while everyone present kept strict silence. when the heart boiled or became ashes, the witch would be evident, since she would feel a burning pain in her body and beg to be released. the cock was also regarded as having a connection with light and with the sun, probably because of the redness of his comb and the fiery sheen of his plumage, or perhaps because he heralds the day. it is the cock who daily wakens the heroes in the scandinavian asgard (see alectromancy) cockatrice another name for the fabulous and deadly reptilian monster known as the basilisk. cock lane ghost widely discussed disturbances of a poltergeist in 1762 at a house on cock lane, smithfield, in london, england. they were attributed to

young children from epilepsy. coral was worn by children from roman times. it has also been used for rosaries as well as for bead necklaces and bracelets. corbenic a magic castle in the legends of king arthur, in which it is said the holy grail was kept. it was guarded by two lions. lancelot tried to enter it by his own strength, but instead of leaning on god for guidance, he was struck dumb by a fiery wind. in this state he remained for fourteen days without food or drink. cordonnier, gerard anatole f (1907) an engineer with the french naval construction service who had an interest in parapsychology. he was born april 19, 1907, at bailleul (nord, france, and studied at the ecole polytechnique, paris, the university of lyons, and the ecole nationale supevieve du genie maritime. honors for

chose. in the middle ages, when conjuration was regularly practiced in europe, devils of rank were supposed to appear under characteristic forms by which they were as well recognized as the head of any ancient family would be by his crest and armorial bearings. along with their names and characters were registered the shapes they were said to adopt. a devil would appear like an angel seated in a fiery chariot or riding on an infernal dragon and carrying a viper in his right hand; or he would assume a lion s head, a goose s feet, and a hare s tail; or put on a raven s head and come mounted on a strong wolf. among other forms taken by demons were those of a fierce warrior, or of an old man with a hawk in his hand riding upon a crocodile. a human figure would arise having the wings of a grif

and, while ransacking one of the rooms, they saw, in a chair, a grave, ancient man, with a long full-bottomed wig, and a rich, brocaded gown, etc. one of the robbers threatened to tear off his rich brocaded gown, another hit at him with a firelock, and was alarmed at seeing it pass through the air; and then the old man changed into the most horrible monster that ever was seen, with eyes like two fiery daggers red hot. the same apparition encountered them in different rooms, and at last the servants, who were at the top of the house, throwing some hand grenades down the chimneys of these rooms, the thieves were dispersed. without adding further stories of this kind, which may be taken for what they are worth, it is a generally received belief in ghost lore that spirits are accustomed to ap

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at rendered him invulnerable to any poison or any power of the elements. the physical body, therefore, is but a coarse husk in which, having lost his primitive invulnerability, a human is sheltered from the elements. in his condition of perfect glory and perfect happiness, adam was a natural king, ruling all things visible and invisible, and showing forth the power of the almighty. he also bore a fiery, two-edged, all-piercing lance .a living word, which united all powers within itself, and by means of which he could perform all things. matter passing through matter matter interpenetrating matter has been claimed frequently as a seance-room phenomenon. it is involved in the marvel of apports and teleportation of the human body, and its validation under test conditions, which has never occu

ms who are conscious during the production of phenomena appear to suffer more than those in trance. the extrication of power from their organism seems a veritable trial for nerve and flesh. producing the phenomena is often equivalent to putting the body on the rack. the neoplatonist philosopher iamblichus says in divination: often at the moment of inspiration, or when the afflatus has subsided, a fiery appearance is seen.the entering or departing power. those who are skilled in this wisdom, can tell by the character of this glory the rank of the divinity who has seized for the time the reins of the mystic s soul, and guides it as he will. sometimes the body of the man is violently agitated, sometimes it is rigid and motionless. in some instances sweet music is heard, in others discordant a

a calendar of holy days, events, and contacts. last known address: p.o. box 1302, mill valley, ca 94941. mines, haunted the belief that mines are haunted is an ancient and universal one, probably arising from the many eerie sounds and echoes that are heard in them and the perpetual gloom, which stimulates belief in apparitions. sometimes the haunting specters are gigantic creatures with frightful fiery eyes. such was the german bergmonch, a terrible figure in the garb of a monk, who could, however, appear in ordinary human shape to those towards whom he was well-disposed. frequently weird knockings were heard in mines. in germany these were attributed to the kobolds, small black beings of a malicious disposition. white hares or rabbits were also seen at times. the continual dangers attendi

y the exorcist be conjured to enter the same, where, by virtue of the names of the essence and divinity of god, they can speak nothing but what is true and right. the circle, therefore, according to this account of it, is the principal fort and shield of the magician, from which he is not, at the peril of his life, to depart, till he has completely dismissed the spirit, particularly if he be of a fiery or infernal nature. instances are recorded of many who perished by this means; particularly chiancungi, the famous egyptian fortune- teller, who was so famous in england in the 17th century. he undertook for a wager, to raise up the spirit bokim, and having described the circle, he seated his sister napula by him as his associate. after frequently repeating the forms of exorcism, and calling

he fetters of the body, so that to escape them, the soul must once more take refuge in the flesh. porphyry s theosophical conceptions, based on those of plotinus, were strongly and ably traversed by the theurgic mysteries of iamblichus, to whom the priest was a prophet full of deity. criticizing porphyry, iamblichus stated: often, at the moment of inspiration, or when the afflatus has subsided, a fiery appearance is seen.the entering or departing power. those who are skilled in this wisdom can tell by the character of this glory the rank of divinity who has seized for the time the reins of the mystic s soul, and guides it as he will. sometimes the body of the man subject to this influence is violently agitated, sometimes it is rigid and motionless. in some instances sweet music is heard, i

rmation he had received. in 1990 he began to channel regularly and received the material for a book that he called life after life, or the revelation of aquarius. in the late 1990s, an english translation of that book, on the destiny of the human soul, was made available to a western audience through the internet. the book describes the movement of the soul after death into various spheres of the fiery world, its meeting with spiritual hierarchies in space, and its preparation for reincarnation. while oris understanding of the destiny of the soul contradicts that of traditional russian christianity, he insists that his message is christian in its emphasis on the essential truth of love and its attempt to highlight jesus words that his followers would surpass his deeds. the channeled messag

d which flies at night without wings, and which, through the celestial dew, that rising continually falls back by a constant circulation, changes into what is called the head of the raven, and afterwards resolves into the tail of the peacock, then it assumes the hue of the tail of a peacock, and afterwards the colour of the feathers of a swan; finally acquiring an extreme redness, which marks its fiery nature, and in virtue of which it expels all kinds of impurities, and strengthens feeble members. this preparation, according to all philosophers, is made in a single vessel, over a single furnace, with an equal and continual fire, and this medicine, which is more than celestial, cures all kinds of infirmities, as well in human as metallic bodies; wherefore no one can understand or attain su

EVIL AND UNCLEAN SPIRITS

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

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

ing, and in its wake a utopian society would be built with the aid of space people and their earthly allies. solem surfaced publicly in july 1969 at the fort hall indian reservation in idaho, where he and several indian associates declared in a series of campfire meetings that flying saucers had arrived to fulfill a hopi prophecy about the day of purification. according to hopi tradition, a great fiery explosion would herald the coming of the true white brother. only those who had remained true to the ancient hopi ways would be spared. moving his operation to hotevilla, arizona, where the hopi sun clan was headquartered, solem worked with the 106-yearold chief dan katchongva to integrate flying saucers into the tribe s traditional faith. katchongva was a friend of contactee and fringe arch

FAUST

our human wit and art. thou essence, juice of lovely, slum brous flowers, thou extract of all deadly, subtle powers, thy favour to thy master now impart! i look on thee, and soothed is my distress; i seize on thee, the struggle groweth less. the spirit s flood-tide ebbs away, away. i m beckoned out, the open seas to meet, the mirror waters glitter at my feet to other shores allures another day. a fiery chariot floats on airy pinions hither to me! i feel prepared to flee along a new path, piercing ether s vast dominions to other spheres of pure activity. this lofty life, this ecstasy divine! thou, but a worm, and that deservest thou? yes! turn thy back with resolution fine upon earth s lovely sun, and now make bold to fling apart the gate which every man would fain go slinking by! here is t

worthy man, who over nature and her every sacred zone, quite honestly, in his odd plan mused with a wayward zeal that was his own, who, with adepts their presence lending, shut him in that black kitchen where he used, according to receipts unending, to get the contraries together fused. there was a lover bold, a lion red, who to the lily in a tepid bath was wed. both, tortured then with flames, a fiery tide, from one bride-chamber to another pass. thereon appeared, with motley colours pied, the youthful queen within the glass. here was the medicine; the patients died, and no one questioned: who got well? thus we with hellish nostrums, here within these mountains, in this dell, raged far more fiercely than the pest. i gave the poison unto thousands, ere they pined away; and i must live to h

e grain and stubble? wagner i saw him long since; not important did he seem to me. faust observe him well! what do you take the beast to be? wagner why, just a poodle; in his way he s worrying in his attempt to find his master s traces. faust but do you note how in wide spiral rings he s hurrying around us here and ever nearer chases? and if i err not, there s a trail behind him! along his path a fiery eddy flies. wagner only a plain black poodle do i see. don t mind him! i think it s an illusion of your eyes. faust he seems in magic nooses to be sweeping around our feet, a future snare to bind. wagner i see he doubts, he s timidly around us leaping, two strangers- not his master- does he find. faust the circle narrows; he s already near! wagner you see a dog! it is no spectre here. he sna

e of us two, or i or you, must quit this cell, i fear me. i m loath your right as guest thus to undo. the door is open, you ve a passage free. but what is this i now must see! can that happen naturally? is it phantom? is it reality? how long and broad the poodle grows! he rises up in mighty pose, tis not a dog s form that he shows! what spectre have i sheltered thus? he s like a hippopotamus with fiery eyes, jaws terrible to see. oh, mine you are most certainly. for such as your half-hellish crew the key of solomon will do. spirits[in the corridor] captured is someone within! stay without, none follow in! like a fox in a snare quakes an ancient hell-lynx there. but now give heed! hover hence, hither hover, under, over, and he soon himself has freed. can ye avail him, oh, do not fail him! f

er, and he soon himself has freed. can ye avail him, oh, do not fail him! for he has already done much to profit us, each one. faust first, to deal with this beast s core, i will use the spell of four: salamander must be glowing, undine self-coiling, sylph vanish in going, kobold keep toiling. who would ignore the elements four, their powers and dowers, no master he over spirits can be. vanish in fiery glow, salamander! gurgling, together flow, undine! in meteoric beauty shine, sylph! bring homely help, incubus! incubus! step forth and end the charm for us. none of the four hides in the beast. he lies quite calmly, grins evermore; i ve not yet hurt him in the least. thou lt hear me longer conjure thee stronger! art thou, fellow, one that out of hell has run? then see this sign! before whic

eir destruction share. faust now i perceive your worthy occupation! you can t achieve wholesale annihilation and now a retail business you ve begun. mephistopheles and truly there by nothing much is done. what stands out as the opposite of naught- this something, this your clumsy world- for aught i have already undertaken, it have i done no harm nor shaken with waves and storms, with earthquakes, fiery brand. calm, after all, remain both sea and land. and that accursed trash, the brood of beasts and men, a way to get at them i ve never found. how many now i ve buried in the ground! yet fresh, new blood forever circulates again. thus on and on- one could go mad in sheer despair! from earth, from water, and from air a thousand germs evolving start, in dryness, moisture, warmth, and cold! wer

to you are suited only day and night. faust ah, but i will! mephistopheles well said and right! and yet i fear there is but one thing wrong; for life is short and art is long. i d think you d let yourself be taught. associate you with a poet; then, in thought, you leave the gentleman full sweep, upon your honoured head to heap each good and noble quality: the lion s mood, the stag s rapidity, the fiery blood of italy, the northman s hardihood. the secret for it? let him find how magnanimity and cunning are combined, how with a youth s hot impulse you may fall in love according to a plan. might i myself know such a gentleman, him mr. microcosm i would call. faust what am i if i strive in vain to win the crown of all mankind which, though afar, all senses struggle to obtain? mephistopheles y

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

sented in chapters four and five. the most prolific descriptions of the merkabah appear in the books of enoch. enochian literature takes its name from enoch son of yared. enoch was a righteous man in his generation and walked with elohim. 16 it is believed that in ancient times there may have been as many as 100,000 volumes of enochian literature, nearly all of whose last remains were lost in the fiery destruction of the great library of alexandria. this literature was virtually unknown from the fourth (when banned by hilary, jerome, and augustus) until the late nineteenth century ce, when three manuscripts deemed as authentic enochian material were discovered. two of the manuscripts, i enoch and iii enoch, were in ethiopian translation: these were found in what was once abyssinia, the dom

and another set of secret teachings privately to his most advanced disciples. the gospels themselves attest to this, and clement of alexandria wrote about such a secret teaching as late as the third century ce. of all the christian mystical literature, the most enigmatic and passionately discussed is the revelation of john. it opens with a description of john s vision of the ancient of days with fiery eyes and a two-edged sword coming from his mouth, etc. the text then goes on to delineate a series of seven sets of seven images. these images have long been regarded as allegorically depicting a linear series of events all occurring in the physical plane, leading to the reemergence of christ, his vanquishing of satan, and his ascension as the lamb of god to the throne on high in the new jer

st jews refute any credibility for master yeshuvah as being a messianic appearance of the lord hvhy. 2 f# hebrew name yeshuvah when master yeshuvah came, the jews were waiting for the messianic advent of the lord hvhy as acharit (the last, who was expected to liberate them from roman control and give the jews dominion in palestine. acharit has been described as riding a white horse and wielding a fiery sword (figure 3.11. when master yeshuvah s actions did not match the characteristics of acharit, he was rejected by the pundits and religious politicians' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8 (but not by many of the people. furthermore, master yeshuvah threatened to undermine the spiritual authority of the pharisees and the economic authority of the corrupt sadducees, at a time when the temple of jerusalem was

eless aspect of the supreme, and she the apparently changing aspect of the same. in truth, she and he are one and the same, being twin aspects of the one. 21 in the torah, there are a variety of images alluding to the station of vast face, such as darkness al (li lit. upon) the face of the deep 22 we also find a prominent image of the ancient of days in the revelation of john, described as having fiery eyes and a two-edged sword coming from his mouth (figure 6.2. then, there is the reference to darkness upon thick darkness in the light surah of the qur an.23 or like darkness in a vast ocean [vast face, covered with waves upon waves% e2 2 e" 2' 8: h f e 2 0 over them clouds, darkness upon thick darkness [i.e. face to face. and whoever allah gives not- light has notlight in all. the night of

ting in the field at sunset),3 and ya aqov( limping down the road at sunrise, after wrestling with paniel all night).4 the reader is referred to figure 7.3. the books of the prophets yield images such as king david the golden one whirling in ecstatic absorption before the ark of the covenant as it was brought to jerusalem (ii samuel, jeremiah bearing a yoke upon his neck, ezekiel ascending in the fiery chariot, the merkabah visions of isaiah and ezekiel, etc. the books of the writings provide our imaginations with images from the travails of job, the story of yonah in the belly of the leviathan, daniel in the den of lions, and other spiritual gems. one might envision the shekhinah seated in a forest setting as described earlier in chapter six, or as the presence of shadai stationed between

FIRE OF QAYIN RITE

e with the bellows. the mystick fire burns at the level of the navel within the microcosm. through the hollow reed i bring down the mystick fire from heaven and draw to the earth the royal flame of the sun by my enchantments. the witch now makes burnt offerings of resinous perfumes and aromatic oils to the fire, worshipping it as the light of the horned goat-angel and also contemplating it as the fiery essence of the daimon/genius within. horned father of the hidden craft, mighty tubal qayin, o brother of naamah-lilith, who didst descend as a serpent of the lightning upon earth s ancient mountains, o bringer of light, hear the prayer. in the brazen citadel, in the hall of flames i call upon thee, goat-angel of the golden horns, master of the primal fire, azael-qayin, appear in thy brillian

ng upon earth s ancient mountains, o bringer of light, hear the prayer. in the brazen citadel, in the hall of flames i call upon thee, goat-angel of the golden horns, master of the primal fire, azael-qayin, appear in thy brilliance. thou art he: who fell from the sun to consecrate humankind with sacred heat. thou art he: who led the hosts of the watchers, the fair sons of the gods to mingle their fiery seed with the beauteous daughters of men in the world s morning. thou art he: king of the daemons of wisdom, thine ministers who are the elder daemons formed of the fire: shemyaza, armaros, baraqijel, kokabel, ezeqeel, araqiel, shamsiel, sariel. thou art he: who instructed us in the mystery of the metals, the crafts of shaping, the magicks of transformation: who bequeathed the wise blood unt

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

ous, or divine mens, appears to trismegistus when his corporeal senses are bound as in a heavy sleep. trismegistus expresses his longing to know the nature of beings and to know god. pimander's aspect changes, and trismegistus sees a limitless vision which is all light. then a kind of obscurity or darkness appears, out of which comes a kind of fire in which is heard an indescribable sound, like a fiery groan, while from the light issues a holy word, and a fire without mixture leaps from the moist region up to the sublime, and the air, being light, follows the fiery breath "that light, says pimander "is i myself, nous, thy god. and the luminous word issuing from the nous is the son of god" trismegistus then sees within himself, in his own nous or mens, the light and an innumerable number of

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL 2

f the sea were designated by the term "salt" they had found that a certain amount of salt in the blood is necessary to the mental processes, also that excess salt in the blood produces insanity, as best proven by the experiences of shipwrecked sailors who become lunatics when they drink water containing the lunar element salt. thus also they established a connection between the moon and mind. the fiery lucifer spirits who have taken such a baneful part in man's evolution became associated with the fiery element "sulphur" the alchemists said that man is rendered unconscious and dies by continuous inhalation of this element; so man, the spirit, was rendered unconscious of and dead to the spiritual realms by the teachings which were instilled into him by the lucifer spirits. the metal mercury

saxon race, where the sound nain means "nine" the original word has been corrupted to mislead all not entitled to the knowledge. but all things change on this terrestrial sphere, and this applies also to the methods of initiation and the requirements thereof. hiram abiff failed in his great effort to make the molten sea at the time when he was building solomon's temple, because he, the son of the fiery lucifer spirits, did not know how to blend the element fire with the water poured into his mold by the sons of seth, the creatures of the water god, jehovah. at that time he was given a new hammer and a new word. the hammer was in the form of a cross. the word was written upon a disc, before he was finally slain by his adversaries. and so he slept until as lazarus, the widow's son of nain, h

ed over the deep of space, where the material for the coming earth planet was being gathered together and set in motion by the divine hierarchs; that this stage was followed by a period of luminosity, when the dark cloud of matter had become a fire mist; that this was followed by a period when the cold of space and the heat of the planet-in-the-making generated an atmosphere of steam close to the fiery core and mist further from the fiery center. when the mist had cooled sufficiently, it fell again as rain upon the fiery core, to be re-evaporated, and this continued in endless cycles, until by repeated boiling of the waters, an incrustation began to form around the fiery core. upon the islands of crust in the ocean of fire we first learn of humanity dwelling in solid physical bodies, where

are a place for you and will come again and receive you" later, john saw in a vision the new jerusalem descending from heaven, and paul taught the thessalonians by the word of the lord that those who are christ's at his coming shall be caught up in the air to meet him and be with him for the age. this is in line with the tendencies shown by past developments. the lemurians lived very close to the fiery core of the earth. the atlanteans inhabited the basins somewhat further away from the center. the aryans were driven by the flood to the hilltops where they are now living. and analogously, the citizens of the coming age will inhabit the air. but we know that our dense body gravitates towards the center of the earth, therefore, a change must take place; also paul tells us that flesh and bloo

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ovah. as our humanity and the other kingdoms of life on earth are variously affected by the present elements, so that some like heat, others prefer cold, some thrive on moisture and others require dryness, so also in the moon period among the angels, some had affinity for water, others abhorred it and loved fire. the continued cycles of condensation and evaporation of the moisture surrounding the fiery center eventually caused incrustation, and it was the purpose of jehovah to mold this "red earth" translated adam, into forms wherein to imprison and quench the spirits of the fire. to this end, he issued the creative fiat, and the prototypes of fish, fowl and every living thing appeared, even including the primitive human form, which were created by his angels; thus he hoped to make all tha

orm built of water and its concretions alone, it could never come to birth, so four months later when the fetus has reached the stage of development corresponding to the second sign of the watery triplicity, scorpio, the eighth sign, which corresponds to the house of death, samael, the dauntless ambassador of the lucifer spirits, invades the watery domain of the lunar hierarchy and introduces the fiery spark of the spirit into the inert form, to leaven, quicken and mould it into an expression of itself. there the silver cord which has grown from the seed-atom of the dense body (located in the heart) since conception, is welded to the part that has sprouted from the central vortex of the desire body (located in the liver) and when the silver cord is tied by the seed-atom of the vital body (

ilver cord is loosed, and the spirit returns to god who gave it, until the dawn of another life-day in the school of earth beckons it to a new birth that it may acquire more skill in the arts and crafts of temple-building. about five months after the quickening, when the last of the watery signs, pisces, has been passed, the representative of the lucifer spirits, samael, focuses the forces of the fiery sign, aries, where mars is positively polarized, so that under the impulse of their dynamic energy the waters of the womb are voided, and the imprisoned spirit is liberated into the physical world, to fight the battle of life. it may blindly butt its head against the cosmic forces typified by the first of the fiery signs, aries, the ram, which is a symbol of the brute strength brought to bea

ight the battle of life. it may blindly butt its head against the cosmic forces typified by the first of the fiery signs, aries, the ram, which is a symbol of the brute strength brought to bear upon the problems of life by the most primitive races; or it may adopt the more modern method of cunning, as a means of attaining mastery over others, which characteristic is indicated in the second of the fiery signs, leo, the lion, the king of beasts; or perchance it may rise above the animal nature, and aim at the stars with the bow of spiritual aspiration, typified by the last of the fiery signs, sagittarius, the centaur. the centaur is just ahead of the watery sign scorpio, a warning that one who tries to reach that prerogative as "phree messen" a son of fire and light, will surely feel the sti

as the spiritual conception of the sons of seth, and, therefore, during the period of construction the two classes joined forces, the underlying enmity being hidden under a superficial show of amity. it was, indeed, the first attempt to unite them, and had that been accomplished the world history from then on would have been altered in a very material manner. the sons of cain, descended from the fiery lucifer spirits, were naturally proficient in the use of fire. by it the metals hoarded by solomon and his ancestors were melted into altars, lavers and vessels of various kinds. pillars were fashioned by workmen under the direction of hiram abiff, and arches to rest upon them. the great edifice was nearing completion when he made ready to cast the "molten sea" which was to be the crowning e

of matter. from the cosmic angle or view point we note again that solomon's temple is the solar universe and hiram abiff, the grand master, is the sun which travels around the twelve signs of the zodiac, enacting there the mystic drama of the masonic legend. at the vernal equinox the sun leaves the watery sign of pisces, which is also feminine and docile, for the belligerent, martial, energetic, fiery sign aries, the ram or lamb, where it is exalted in power. it fills the universe with a creative fire which is immediately seized upon by the innumerable billions of nature spirits who therewith build the temple of the coming year in forest and fen. the forces of fecundation applied to the countless seeds slumbering in the ground causes them to germinate and fill the earth with luxuriant veg

en from the garden which he had tilled. this hiram felt to be an outrage and an injustice; so he applied himself to prepare the means whereby the sons of cain might "rend the veil" and open the way to god for "whosoever will" to this end he sent messengers over the world to collect all the metals with which the sons of cain had ever wrought. with his hammer he pulverized them and placed them in a fiery furnace to extract by alchemistry, from each particle, the quintessence of knowledge derived in the experience of working with it. thus the combined quintessence of these various base metals would form a spiritual sublimate of knowledge incomparable in potency, valuable beyond all earthly things. being of ultimate purity it would contain no color, but resemble a "sea of glass" whoever should

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

the letter od, which corresponds to it, is enclosed the imminence of the ten sephiroth. frequently it is called the ancient of the ancients, the ancient, or the ancient of days. for instance, in the book of daniel we read: i beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. 16 kether is also called the white head, the long face, macroprosopos, and adam qadmon or adam illaah- the supernal or primordial or heavenly adam. the remaining sephiroth are the short face. in the angelic order, kether is represented by the beasts of ezekiel, the holy living creatures of the chariot-throne, namely the four kerubim- the eagle, man, lio

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

magical masonsamael is also called: yetzer-ha-ra, a corrupt nature; melekh ha mareth, angel of death; nachash ha kadmoni, the old serpent; also ruach hattuma, the unclean spirit; leviathan the crooked serpent; azazel, the goat; ha shur, the ox; hakkelef, a dog, a hog; an ass, chamor; seir issim, a hairy goat: oref, a raven; edom, danger; kez col bazar, the end of all flesh, and seraph meosef, the fiery flying serpent. there are also many names relating to him to esau, and to edom: such are sharo shel esau, prince of esau; memunneh de esau conservator of esau; sham shel edom, prince of edom; rabba de edom, master of edom.theland of edom was used as a type of an evil place, and esau for a symbol of an evil human ruler.thejews, true to their notion of their own admirable estate, indeed have a

orientals have in general recognised this finer element in bodies,butmodern europeans have discardedit.the recognition of aether as a fifth element, additional to air, fire, water and earth was due to aristotle, the greek philosopher, who introduced the word quintessence of fifth principle, and considered it as at once divine and material. the stoics identified the aether with creative godhead, a fiery breath which gives rise to the material world.themost common opinion among christians today is, i suppose, that man consists of a soul and a body; while some other christians would say that man is formed of a spirit, soul and body.thesoul leaves the body at death, the former would say; while the latter would surmise that the spirit carries off the soul at death, while both agree that the des

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he hebrew cherubim with the heads of the bull, the lion, the eagle (for the eagle replaces the scorpion, unless the symbolism is intended to be of destructive nature, and the man. for when the sun enters the sign of the bull, in april, he stirs up the earth to vegetation, and the ancients said that this showed that the sign of the bull especiallyhad an earthly operation. in the lion, in july, the fiery heat is mostthe symbolism of the 4 ancients 21fymbollsmofthecourseof thezelatorpastthe4aticiehtseastfire.it .july.,redwate:r.mi.,3ai.anr.imt.oeeritblueair.2!!lanl'ient;jan, 225yellowwest.nwnj.nv',u",vmz255.;u":u22thesorcerer and his apprenticeevident. in the scorpion,inoctober..come the water floods, andin.aquarius,injanuary, come the keen and biting winds,ofwhich the element air is the type

capable of motion, causes it to become granular. and following that, operates the vayu tatwa which sweeps these granules into a circular motion. upon that again operates the taijas tatwa, which sweeps the moving particles into a glowing incandescent mass of fire mist, in fact. and so is born the first nebula, the nebula which hereafter shall take the formofour solar system.thenfollowing upon the fiery tatwa, the fiery current which has created the fire mist, comes the apas, its natural reaction, the cold and contracting force which draws this fire mist into whirling balls whirling round an empty space in the centre. and from that again the prithivi, which gives us cohesion, and which separates the dry land from the water. again, therunof these tatwic currents passes through the nebulous m

the admirable paper which sirius has contributed to thetransactions.but i just mention it now in order to recall it to your minds, and to have something to start upon. but now there is one remarkable thing to notice here, and202 the sorcererand his apprenticethat is, that the formation of this system has now given us direction; it has given us an up and down. for these whirling ballsintowhich the fiery mass of the nebulafirs]consolidated itself, go round on the same plane. that is.to say, we do not have one. globe going round. in one direction and others at considerable angles to it. we might have imagined something of that kind to have resulted from a whirling sphere gradually coalescing at its outside into whirling balls;butas a point of fact it is not so.thecircles are concentric within

ll material substances, the whole material universe. and not only are there the five modifications of the great breath- producing first of all akasa, that is the potentiality of movement; secondly, vayu, movement itself; thirdly, taijas, which is a mode of motion, light, electricity, and magnetism; then the reaction of heat and expansion, cold and contraction producing water, apas, rolling up the fiery incandescent gases of the nebulae into the worlds; and prithivi, the final form of apas, the cohesion, which makes the dry land appear from the waters- not only are there these five modifications, but also the positive and negative of each, viz, the pingala and ida, and also the susumna, the point of union between positive and negative. so that during. every day- i am speaking of our ordinar

GNOSTIC HANDBOOK

ymbol of the israelite tradition, throughout the old testament it is also used as a symbol of wisdom. moses uses a serpent to heal the people of israel, in gematria the serpent has the same numerical as the christ and is seen as a type of jesus. yet, at the same time, the serpent is cursed in the priestly rendition of genesis and seen as a symbol of evil. and the lord said unto moses, make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live numbers 21:8 the serpent clearly is the symbol of gnosis, wisdom and the earliest traditions. again, while we can see remnants of the gnostic faith in the myths and legends of genesis, we can also see clearly the later addition of elements that the fundamentalist pri

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

here forces take forms as intelligences, spirits, powers, archons and angels. there are many different descriptions of forces with this world, which is basically the astral planes. some of the more expressive are those of the hebrew hierarchy. kether. chaioth ha kodosh. holy living creatures. chokmah. orphanism. wheels. binah. aralism. thrones. chesed. chashmalim. shining ones. geburah. seraphim. fiery serpents. tiphareth. malachim. kings. netzach. elohim. the gods. hod. ben elohim. sons of the gods. yesod. cherubim. strong ones. malkuth. ishim. sons of fire. assiah: the lower world the world of matter is where things become solid, they manifest. attributions in this world can vary greatly, traditionally, there are the planets. but we have more than simply their physical manifestation. whi

GOETIA LUCIFERIAN

, a special thank you to fellow initiate marie buckner, ugly shyla and mother, robert mahar, shemyaza of immortal coil designs, magus books and all of the brothers and sisters of the order of phosphorus. lucifer triumphans! 3 illumination spell of the seeker the perception of the serpent s mind who in the dream of the celestial and infernal shall walk between the worlds. unto the angelic soul and fiery essence of the serpent, who comes as shadow but is revealed as light. i charge thee to open the gates of this book to those who are of its blood one who may take the knowledge of the pages in the in-between worlds of dreams do come forth, that the seeker shall be transformed in new shadow to the presence of the emerald light. i charge thee with guarding this book by the dreams of those unwil

gickal arte. preliminary work as one explores and seeks to understand those deep desires which motivate, inspire and sometimes terrify us, we are building a strong blackened tower of self. this allows us to not only understand our feelings and perceptions, but the possibilities of becoming something better. the goetia as it is a tool of darkness; it is also a tool of strengthening the self one of fiery light. one must observe the nature of goetic spirits, which generally may be harmful or beneficial depending on how may approach them. in a modern context, the magician is now able to step out of the medieval mode of summoning separately rather the sorcerer now moves forward into the point between the summoner and the summoned. this is the axis of which all change, self-deification and the w

cstasy, you will grow from this. the body of light the body of light is the astral double which is used to align with the angelic familiar/higher self. this daimon is called azal ucel, being the sigillic word combination of lucifer+ azazel, being the torch bearer and awakener through rebellion. the body of light may be developed by meditation, yoga and other acts that you may visualize a white or fiery essence which rises from your flesh; it is a beautiful brilliance of white light, the luciferian spirit from the sun. some will this light to change into a purple brilliance or blackened flame within the center, from which an eye arises. the eye would represent the eye of set/shaitan, the adversary and immortal genius of self. the azal ucel ritual and the rite of the adversary is a tool whic

is the vampyric guide, the shape shifting and phantom body of self. the luciferian path works with such demonic forces as initiatic guides, and is related directly to the self. the shadow is significant as the adversary as it is the dreamin body with sloughs off the waking physical body for the dreaming or astral plane to go forth to the sabbat, or the darkness of night. this is the immortal and fiery eye of shadow, 15 which aligned with the body of light, grows eternal and is able to separate from the physical body. when working with goetic demons or angels, allow the shadow and light aspects of the self to invoke them and gain their knowledge and attributes, that under willed association, you will grow in the perception of self. that which you seek from such contact you will ultimately

ce will in turn become a mask of what you are underneath the socially constructed self-makeup. begin focusing on what you are in the dark aspects, that which drives you and your deep desires. your form will change in the mirror, begin shaping it unto what shadow form you wish. now close your eyes and begin to enflesh the body of shadow. visualize yourself summon a great blackened shadow, which is fiery and violet in the fire of spirit. the shadow has long beast like talons, a face which becomes both a horned demon head, scaled with serpent skin and a wolf head arising further from the shadows, growling in a human and beast union. your shadow grows and expands, and may change form according to your will and desire. descend below the earth, allowing your ahrimanic shadow to absorb and associ

, one may create an ourabouris levianthanic boundary which is symbolic of the self encircled, that fascination and self-enchantment leads to the gates of the infernal and celestial peaks of magick light, the awakening of ones will and divinity. the circle should be understood as the essence of the self, that it is the bridge between the waking and dreaming, between the celestial and infernal, the fiery essence of the azazel. the original circle of solomon as redesigned by aleister crowley is indeed powerful in form, e.g. ourabouric circle, but in working with such a more luciferian focus was needed. the leviathan which makes the circle, is sigillized and charged essentially with the names of luciferian power, being sabaoth (the lord of the sabbat, or the sabbatic god, associated with zabba

then wish to have a small fire which you will hold the blade over. as it is heated in the flame, envision the fires of azazel and hecate, purifying and blessing the blade with your divine will. when the blade is heated, take the knife and place it in the water 24 by the blood i give i empower this blade, the very knife of my divine will by the moon waxing and waning i do receive the fallen stars fiery and ancient blade of steel do i summon thee, with the fires of azazel called shaitan do i consecrate thee, by the flames of hecate do i empower thee! the circle is cast in the sabbat journey of the celestial and infernal blessed is this sacred blade so mote it be! the black hilted knife (evocation dagger) the black hilted knife is the blade of barbarous evocation, the knife dedicated to shai

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r confine the elemental energy as in talisman working, then draw a circle clockwise around the pentagram; otherwise, do not draw a circle around it. the basic rule is that thou shall invoke toward and banish from the point to which the element is attributed. m has a watery symbol, k. it is the container of rain and moisture. o is symbolized by the sign of e. e is the sign when the hot sun is most fiery upon the earth. n is represented by the symbol. it is a symbol of alchemical distillation. l hath the laborious b. the following manner is the correct way to trace the kerubic emblems in the center of their respective pentagrams. 10 symbols: spirit wheel aquarius kerub leo kerub eagle kerub taurus kerub the attributions of the elements in their respective position are derived from the winds:

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS E

m arm the background color is yellow on the m arm and represents the flowing philosophic mercurial nature without hinderance of mobility or movement. this alludes to the ever flowing nature of m. 3 l arm this is composed of the four colors of twklm, and shows the l being the receptive container of all the four elements. citrine is attributed to the airy aspect, olive to the watery, russet to the fiery aspect and black to the lowest earthy aspect. here, also, is the mercurial force chief (as in the m arm, but in twklm, it is hindered by the compound nature. thus, it is more germinative rather than mobile. the q and p are respective from the sides of n and on the l arm which almost neutralizes their function and operation. together, they bring about the fixedness and immobility of l. o arm

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(cf. oadriax. magl: angel, also see mamgl. kerubic angel of earth angle of the water tablet. magm: subservient angel of water angle of water tablet, also known as malgm. mai: cacodemon of air angle of earth tablet. maladi: calling angel of earth angle of water tablet. malap: demonic name (reversal of palam) commanding cacodemons of water of air. malpirg: the fires of life and increase. malpirgi: fiery darts/ fire/ fires of life and increase. 36 malprg/ malpurg: fiery darts/ through thrusting fire. mals: name of the enochian letter representing p. mamgl: angel also known as magl. manin: in the mind. maoffas: measure/ be measured. map: cacodemon of fire angle of water tablet. mapm: 9639. mapsama: angel who appeared to dee and kelley; the name means "tell them" marb: according/ according to

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the element, the strength and purity whereof ye are masters in the elemental forces which ye control, that its outward and material form may remain a true symbol of the inward and spiritual force" fire wand empowering the lesser angle of o let the adept take up the magical sword of the art and recite the following "o thou mighty angel bziza who art ruler and president over the four angels of the fiery lesser quadrangle of o, i invocate thee to impress into this weapon the force and fiery energy of thy kingdom and servants, that by it, i may control them for all just and righteous purposes" using the sword, trace over the fire wand the invoking active spirit pentagram and the invoking fire pentagram with the lion kerub within a circle. note: when using the magical sword of the art in this

bove the fire wand, the invoking active spirit pentagram and invoking fire pentagram with the kerub in a circle as before. 7 empowering the lesser angle of m let the adept take up the air dagger and recite the following "o thou mighty angel bdopa, ruler and president over the four angels and governors of the subtle and aspiring etheric o, i beseech thee to bestow upon this weapon thy strength and fiery steadfastness, that with it i may control the spirits of thy realm for all just and righteous purposes" with the dagger held over the wand, trace the invoking active spirit pentagram and the invoking pentagram of o within a circle with the kerub in the center. empowering the lesser angle of l let the adept hold the pantacle on high and recite the following "o thou mighty angel bpsac, thou wh

ld over the wand, trace the invoking active spirit pentagram and the invoking pentagram of o within a circle with the kerub in the center. empowering the lesser angle of l let the adept hold the pantacle on high and recite the following "o thou mighty angel bpsac, thou who art ruler and president over the four angels of the denser l of o, i beseech thee to bestow upon this weapon thy strength and fiery steadfastness that with it i may control the spirits of thy realm for all just and righteous purposes" pick up the pantacle and trace over the wand within a circle, the invoking active spirit pentagram and invoking fire pentagram with the kerub in the center. water chalice empowering the lesser angle of o let the adept hold the fire wand on high, and recite the following "o thou powerful ang

the spirits of thy realm for all just and righteous purposes" pick up the pantacle and trace over the wand within a circle, the invoking active spirit pentagram and invoking fire pentagram with the kerub in the center. water chalice empowering the lesser angle of o let the adept hold the fire wand on high, and recite the following "o thou powerful angel hnlrx, thou who art lord and ruler over the fiery waters, i beseech thee to endue this chalice with the magic powers of which thou art lord, that i may, with its aid direct the spirits who serve thee in purity and singleness of aim" holding the fire wand over the chalice, within a circle, trace the invoking passive spirit pentagram and the invoking pentagram of n with the kerub in the center. empowering the lesser angle of n let the adept h

its aid i may direct the spirits who serve thee in purity and singleness of aim" with the pantacle held over the chalice, trace within a circle the invoking passive pentagram of spirit and the invoking pentagram of n with the kerub. air dagger empowering the lesser angle of o let the adept hold the fire wand on high and recite the following "o thou resplendent angel exgsd, thou who governest the fiery realms of m, i conjure thee to confer upon this dagger thy mysterious and magical powers, 9 that by its aid, i may control the spirits who serve thee for such purposes as be pure and upright" holding the fire wand over the air dagger, trace within a circle the invoking active spirit pentagram and the invoking air pentagram with the kerub in the center. empowering the lesser angle of n let th

the spirits who serve thee for such purposes as be pure and upright" 10 holding the pantacle over the dagger, trace within a circle the invoking active spirit pentagram and the invoking air pentagram with the kerub in the center. earth pantacle empowering the lesser angle of o let the adept hold the fire wand up on high and recite the following "o thou glorious angel naaom, thou who governest the fiery essences of l, i invocate thee to bestow upon this pantacle the magic powers of which thou art sovereign, that by its help, i may govern the spirits of whom thou art lord, in all seriousness and steadfastness" holding the fire wand over the russet portion, trace within a circle the invoking passive spirit pentagram and the invoking earth pentagram with the kerub in the center. empowering the

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acts as the "high priestess" to the inferior sephiroth. c and tarot key 3, the empress, is attributed to dsj. title of card: daughter of the mighty ones. dsj is the first of the inferiors below hnyb, and as it were, the base of the triangle of the supernals. f and tarot key 16, the blasted tower, is attributed to hrwbg. title of card: lord of the hosts of the mighty. hrwbg represents strength and fiery power. a and tarot key 19, the sun, is attributed to trapt. title of card: lord of the fire of the world. even as trapt is the heart and center of the sun of life. the four squares that remain haveth no planetary or astrological attributions. the 10 squares of the sephirotic cross also correspond to the aces and small cards of the suites represented by the elements of the lesser angle. thus

er governing the rank and also by a letter governing the column. thou mayest acquire the astrological attributions of each square (zodiacal for servient. the columns are attributed to the triplicity of the kerubic square atop, and the rank by the quality. 21 y d cardinal signs: a d g j h c kerubic signs: b e h k w a mutable signs: c f i l h b elements: d c a l the four cardinal signs are the most fiery because they are the most solar in nature. the equinoxes and solstices occur when a is in these signs. the kerubic or fixed signs are attributed to h and are considered watery because they are the most shining and glittery in nature. the remaining four mutable signs are considered the most airy because they are the most subtle in nature. the four elements are most earthy, their operation bei

he rank is ruled by w therefore the symbol will be mutable a, c. the tarot key for c is the lovers. the hebrew letter attributed to it is z. the geomantic attribution is albus. take the water tablet, a angle, column h, rank y. the column is ruled by h which is attributed to c. therefore the astrological symbol will be a watery sign. the rank is ruled by y, therefore the symbol will be cardinal or fiery c- d. the tarot key for d is the chariot. the hebrew letter for d is j. the geomantic attribution is populus. summarized pronunciation guide briefly, regarding the pronunciation of the angelical language, thou shalt pronounce the consonants with the vowel following in the nomenclature of the same letter in the hebrew alphabet. for example, in b, the vowel following "b" is "e" pronounced ay

he water tablet. triangle no. 1 c triangle no. 2 m triangle no. 3 c triangle no. 4 hrwbg here c is extremely strong, and is stirred to action by the energy of hrwbg. were it not for the m it would be the destroying energy of a flood, but the latter renders its effect more gentle and beneficient, promoting the solution and nourishment of matter. the square of "m" of "aismt, a kerubic square of the fiery lesser angle of the earth tablet. 29 triangle no. 1 queen of wands triangle no. 2 b triangle no. 3 c, triangle no. 4 d here b acting downwards and d upwards, the effect would be volcanic. the c is as strongly placed as the d by its union with the b. the queen of wands equals the c of d, h of y, reconciling these two elements. therefore the whole effect would be to produce a moist generating

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n. the rank is ruled by w therefore the symbol will be mutable a, c. the tarot key for c is the lovers. the hebrew letter attributed to it is z. the geomantic attribution is albus. take the c tablet, a angle, column h, rank y. the column is ruled by h which is attributed to c. therefore the astrological symbol will be a watery sign. the rank is ruled by y, therefore the symbol will be cardinal or fiery water- d. the tarot key for d is the chariot. the hebrew letter for d is j. the geomantic attribution is populus. summarized pronunciation guide briefly, regarding the pronunciation of the angelical language, thou shalt pronounce the consonants with the vowel folloing in the nomenclature of the same letter in the hebrew alphabet. for example, in beth, the vowel following "b" is "e" pronounce

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comfort. conclude us receivers of your mysteries. for why? ge-iad i l our lord and master is the all one! nanta, l the sixth key gah s diu chis em micalzo pil11 the spirits of the fourth angle are nine, mighty in the firmament zin sobam el harg mir babalon of waters: whom the first hath planted a torment to the wicked od obloc samvelg dlugar malprg and a garland to the righteous: giving unto them fiery darts ar caosgi od a c a m canal to vanne the earth, and 7, 6, 9, 9 continual workmen sobol zar f bliard caosgi od chisa netaab whose courses visit with comfort the earth, and are in government od miam ta viv od d darsar and continuance as the second and the third. wherefore, solpeth bi-en b-ri-ta od zacam hearken unto my voice. i have talked of you and i move you g-macalza sobol ath trian l

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mfort. conclude us receivers of your mysteries. for why? ge-iad i l our lord and master is the all one! nanta, l the sixth key gah s diu chis em micalzo pil- the spirits of the fourth angle are nine, mighty in the firmament zin sobam el harg mir babalon of waters: whom the first hath planted a torment to the wicked od obloc samvelg dlugar malprg 11 and a garland to the righteous: giving unto them fiery darts ar caosgi od a c a m canal to vanne the earth, and 7, 6, 9, 9 continual workmen sobol zar f bliard caosgi od chisa netaab whose courses visit with comfort the earth, and are in government od miam ta viv od d darsar and continuance as the second and the third. wherefore, solpeth bi-en b-ri-ta od zacam hearken unto my voice. i have talked of you and i move you g-macalza sobol ath trian l

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are the receptacles of air which temperate the blood as the wind does the waves of the sea the mephitic impurities of the blood in its traversal of the body requiring the dispersing force of the air, even as the sea under a calm, does putrefy and become mephitic. the heart is the great center of the action of fire leading its terrible energy as an impulse under the others. thence cometh from the fiery nature the red color of blood. the part above the heart is the chief abode of the ruach, as there receiving and concentrating the other expressions of its sephiroth. this part is the central citadel of the body and is the particular abode of the lower and more physical will. the higher will is in rtk of the body. for the higher will to manifest it must be reflected into the lower will by the

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prehension of the forces of the divine light. it is therefore suspended from a black collar to show that suffering is the purgation of evil "before the face of the gods in the place of the threshold" is the name of hegemon, and she is the goddess thma-ae-st having the following coptic forms: thma-ae-st- this is as in regards to the middle pillar and the influence from rtk. thma-aesh- this is more fiery as in regards to her influence with respect to the pillar of severity. thmaa-ett- this is more fluidic as in regard to her influence with respect to the pillar of mercy. she is the wielder of the sceptre of dual wisdom from hmkj, and therefore, is the mitre head split in two and not closed, to indicate the dual manifestation of wisdom and truth, even as the hall of the neophyte is called "th

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s ritual is based on the power of the tetragrammaton infused with the fires of life, the ruach elohim, through the letter c. when placed in the center it unites the masculine with feminine, the macrocosm with the microcosm, as in hwchy. when placed after the letters (chwhy) it unites the three principles of fire, water, and air with the final principal of earth. its sealing properties come from a fiery wall of c infused within the elements of the microprosop..ritual i r. r. e t a. c. z e l a t o r a d e p t u s m i n o r 2 3 step 1 perform the l.b.r.p. step 2 perform the b.r.h. step 3 perform the s.i.r.p. step 4 create a vortex. perform the adoration to the lord of the universe. step 5 stand west of the altar, face east, and recite the enochian spirit invocation. oh-el so-noo-ef vah-oh-ar

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ion, unto the newer life (lifts the cup up on high (first adept rings the bell during iao) all "iao" chief adept "the light of the cross (forms a cross 'and the bread and salt are as the foundations of my body which i destroy in order that they may be renewed (lifts bread and salt on high (first adept rings the bell during iao) all "iao" chief adept "the light of the cross (forms a cross 'and the fiery red flame that darts and flashes through the universe is the energy of mine undaunted will (lifts the lamp on high) 3 (first adept rings the bell during iao) all "iao" chief adept "the light of the cross (forms a cross 'for i am osiris triumphant, even osiris onnophris, the justified one. i am he who is clothed with the body of flesh, yet in whom is the spirit of the great unknowable one. i

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x. the magical sword is to be used in all cases where great force and strength are to be used and are required, but primarily, it is utalized for banishing and for defense against evil forces. for this reason, it is under the presidency of hrwbg and of f, whose names and forces are to be invoked at its consecration. this should take place on the day and hour of f, or else during the course of the fiery tattwa. any convenient sword may be adapted to this use, but the handle, hilt and guard must be such as to offer surfaces for inscriptions. it should be of medium length and weight. the motto of the adeptus should be engraved upon it, or upon the hilt in letters of emerald green, in addition to the mystic devices and names. the hilt, pommel and guard are to be coloured a flame red. the blade

gram of f, vibrating "rwbg \yhla" step 11 then, still holding the wand by the white band, recite your invocation to the power of hrwbg and the forces of f, tracing the sigil of each as you read it. 5 "o mighty power who governeth hrwbg, thou strong and terrible divine rwbg \yhla, i beseech thee to bestow upon this magical sword power and might to slay the evil and weakness i may encounter. in the fiery sphere of \ydm, may it be welded and tempered to unswerving strength and fidelity. may thy great archangel lamk bestow upon me courage wherewith to use it aright, and may the powerful angels of the order of the \yprc scorch with their flames the feebleness of purpose which would hinder my search for the true light" step 12 then, slowly trace in the air above the sword as if standing upon it

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the talisman before the fire tablet on side altar and draw the invoking circle and active spirit pentagram with the spirit wheel. then draw the invoking fire pentagram. invoke o by saying: in the name of \yhla, in the name of twabx hwhy and by the name of lakym your archangel, spirits of o, adore your creator. i command ye spirits of o to bind into this creature of talismans the substance of your fiery realm (trace cross) in the three great secret holy names of god borne upon the banners of the south, oip teaa pdoce, spirits of o give unto me the substance of your realm that it may be mine forever. bind it unto this creature of talismans which i have created (make invoking circle) in the name of edlprnaa, great king of the south, spirits of o,i command ye! concentrate upon this talisman th

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ened there was a great flood. 18 the cahto indians of california say simply that the sky fell .19 and ancient graeco- roman myths tell that the flood of deucalion was immediately preceded by awesome celestial events.20 these events are graphically symbolized in the story of how phaeton, child of the sun, harnessed his father s chariot but was unable to guide it along his father s course: soon the fiery horses felt how their reins were in an unpractised hand. rearing and swerving aside, they left their wonted way; then all the earth was amazed to see that the glorious sun, instead of holding his stately, beneficent course across the sky, seemed to speed crookedly overhead and to rush down in wrath like a meteor. 21 this is not the place to speculate on what may have caused the alarming dist

eared in the myths of central america, or of the high andes, or of 10 kingship and the gods, p. 153. 11 the ancient egyptian pyramid texts, p. 246. 12 for a more detailed discussion see the orion mystery, p. 17. bauval suggests that the benben may have been an oriented meteorite: from depictions it would seem that this meteorite was from six to fifteen tons in mass. the frightful spectacle of its fiery fall would have been very impressive, p. 204. 13 the penguin dictionary of religions, penguin books, london, 1988, p. 166. 14 e.g. the egyptian book of the dead, introduction, p. xlix; qsiris and the egyptian resurrection, volume ii, pp. 1-11. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 350 egypt. the priests of heliopolis, after all, had taught of the creation, but who had taught them? had they

trous instrument devised by the scientists of a lost civilization. weight is added to such extreme speculations when we remember that this is by no means the only golden box in the ancient world that functioned like a deadly and unpredictable machine. it has a number of quite unmissable similarities to the hebrews enigmatic ark of the covenant (which also struck innocent people dead with bolts of fiery energy, which also was overlaid round about with gold, and which was said to have contained not only the two tablets of the ten commandments but the golden pot that had manna, and aaron s rod )13 a proper look at the implications of all these weird and wonderful boxes (and of other technological artefacts referred to in ancient traditions) is beyond the scope of this book. for our purposes h

and immense heat .2 nor would we be too surprised to find that they might have formulated a mythical account something like this: 1 plato, timaeus and critias, penguin classics, 1977, p. 36. 2 the bhagavata purana, motilal banardass, delhi, 1986, part i, pp. 59, 95. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 467 the flames of the brahmastra-charged missiles mingled with each other and surrounded by fiery arrows they covered the earth, heaven and space between and increased the conflagration like the fire and the sun at the end of the world. all beings who were scorched by the brahmastras, and saw the terrible fire of their missiles, felt that it was the fire of pralaya [the cataclysm] that burns down the world.3 and what of the enola gay which carried the hiroshima bomb? how might our descen

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

it with the formula of mzkzb. stand with your wand and face south. trace the red banishing pentagram and hexagram of fire. fill the room with the scent of olibanum or cinmmon. step 2. recite the sixth cali as follows: the spirits of the fourth angle are nine who are mighty in the firmament of waters, who the first has planted as a torment to the wicked anda garland to the righteous. he gave them fiery darts to cover the earth, and 7699 continual workmen, whose courses visit the earth with comfort and who are in government and continuance like the second and the third. therefore listen to my voice. 1 have spoken of you, and 1 have advanced you in power and presence. your works shall be a song of honor, and the praise of your god shall be in your creation. step 3. vibrate the following name

n this square is a large lion with strong wide wings whose legs end in sharp eagle claws. this sphinx possesses both feminine and masculine characteristics. step 8. the archangel of this square is alrni (ah-larnee. his number is 224, the number for mi-ial meaning "the power to consume. the angel is lrni (l' ar-nee "he who stirs up" his number is 218, the number for the word torzu "to rise up" the fiery nature of this square is due to the nature of alrni and the flowing streams of emolional forces is caused by the power of lrni. step 9. the demora in this square is alr (ah-lar. his number is 114, the number for babalond meaning "harlot" he is a creature of the feminine current and will 134 seduce you into it if you are not careful. use your cup to remand you of your proper goals here and th

s leo (see figure 8, appendix c. the demonic nature of alr is his refusal to heed this spiritual impulse, but instead he uses the feminine current to give shape to the emotional forces of any who enter here. if you have any subconscious fears or desires when you enter here, alr will project them outwardly before you. if you remain in control, you can command the powers of alrni to extingish these fiery astral forms. step 10. the astrological force working in this square is leo, the solar creative power. the tarot influence is strength/ lust which manifests here as a very strong desire to create. the presence of the feminine current of sothis and the masculine current of leo will produce a blissful feeling in anyone who sees these currents in union here. the sexual nature of this square is

and travel through the abyss of zax. the enochian words nia-kod can be translated "safe traveling, or a means "of passage. the correct way to use this formula is suggested by its letters: you must face your personal annihilation (death in scorpio) in zax using your magical ability (temperance/ art in sagittarius) and initiated consciousness (hierophant in taurus. when your magical judgement (the fiery aeon) tells you that you are ready, you can then safely enter zax. if your karma (justice in libra) permits it, you will be successful (spirit of the empress. niakod is a mental sword that should accompany you when you enter or cross the 10th aethyr, zax. the degree of protection afforded by niakod is in direct pro-portion to your understanding of this formula. the sigh of niakod from the wa

ely small (however, sometimes their roles are seen reversed. when seen in tor, they usually symbolize the concept of extension in space. 213 lin, looking at the formless the infinite lord of light and love breaks on the soul like dawn. see! see! great god of might and majesty! beyond sense, beyond sight, a brilliance burning from his glowing glance! formless, all the worlds of flame atoms of that fiery frame! aleister crowley, aha after your experiences in tor you will be ready for the 22nd aethyr, un. this is the aethyr of the void. un marks the first stage in the mystical state called samadhi. here the beginning of form can be seen looking downward as a sense of extension in space while the beginning of the formless can be seen looking upward. the aethyr of un is the region where form an

, you are my very blood; your name is like my own. exarp. this square sums up to 1488 and embodies the forces of the watchtower of air. it can be translated as: 0 air, you come to me with the same mercy that you have for all divided beings. 255 bitom. this square sums up to 786 and embodies the forces of the watchtower of fire. it can be translated as: 0 fire, your truth consumes me, like jaws of fiery flame. note. the gematric values of each of the four magick squares of the watchtowers is reduced by aiq bkr to 3, the number for manifestation. 256 how to use the magick squares if thou shalt perfectly observe these rules, all the followingsymbols (i.e, magick squares) and an infinitude of others will be granted unto thee by the holy guardian angel; thou thus l iving for the honour and glor

water of earth in this manual. the number 472 is equal to the angel izxp and his three co-rulers in fire of earth (zxpi, xpiz and pizx whose names each add to 472. also the name of the archangel niaom in fire of earth adds to 236 where 236x2=472. as you would expect, all of these watchtower squares contain strong forces of growth and healing. 276 enochian magick healing techniques by turning the fiery penetrating power of the mind inwards upon itself, and exalting the emotional system t o a c e r t a i n p i t c h, we ma y b e c ome awa r e o f previously unsuspected currents of force. currents, moreover, almost electric in their interior sensation, healing and integrating in their effect. it is the willed use of such a force that is capable of bringing health to body and mind. israel reg

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e angel order of the chashmalim (brilliant ones. expressively by the planet tzedek (jupiter, traditional giver of good things. humanly the development of male chromosomes in the foetus. 5 severity or economy. origination governed by the god-aspect elohim gibur (god-goddesses of strength/might).creation byarchangelchamael orsamael (burner or venom of god. formation by the angelic order of serafim (fiery serpents. expressively by the planet madim (mars. humanly by the development of female chromosomes in the foetus. 6 harmony and beauty. here life is brought to balance originatively by the god- aspect yhvh eloah ve-da at (i will be god-goddess of knowledge. creatively by archangel michael (the god-like. formatively by the angel order of the malachim (kings or messengers. expressively by shem

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uer' es ist ungeheuer^ there's something wrong. but both words go further, god is called hiuri, the devil unhiuri; ungelieuer is monstrum, portentum in general. the gothic form would be iduris, which seems nearly allied to haiiri (pruna, ember, on. hyr ignis, and is therefore the shining, the bright; if an ohg. gloss in graff 4, 1014 be correct, even the non-negative hiuri may signify dirus, viz. fiery in a bad sense, such as we shall find presently in connexion with ignes fatui. much the same in meaning with hiuri and unhiuri are iwldo and unholdo (pp. 266. 456, though these are applied more to spirits and daemons than to human souls; yet notker renders 'manes' by unholdon, so that holdo and unholdo also appear synonymous here. the ohg. hispanst fem (our gespenst n, spectre) meant properl

lled a dolgr, foe, fornald. sog. 2, 368. foi-nm. sog. 3, 200, and from this perhaps comes the upland dodoljor, manes defunctorum (ihre's dial. lex. 32, if not from dylja (celare, sw. doija (see suppl. now it is remarkable that even the on. draugar are described as begirt with fire' hauga eldar brenna' fornald. sog. 1, 434 'lupu upp hauga eldarnir' 1, 518. loha daim (p. 242) is tha icel. name of a fiery exhalation. to this day it is the popular belief all over germany, that souls which have not attained heavenly peace roam at night like bewildered birds, in fiery sliape^ on field and meadow, conf. wiesenlmpfer p. 829. the traveller, who takes them for village lights, they lure out of his way, now approaching, now retiring: they perch on his back like kobolds (superst. i, 611, and flap their

n scampers os" to tease him. in etner's unwiird. doctor p. 747' fire-men and frisking goats' are coupled together. the phenomenon has a vast variety of names. our commonest one is irlicht (err-light) and, from its resemblance to a burning wisp of straw, irwisch and on the rhine heerwisch; in- austria feuriger mann and fucldelmann (hofer 1, 251) fromfuchteln to burnish or jerk to and fro, viz. the fiery blade^ in 1 in lausitz the ignis lambens that plays about the tops of forest trees is called feuermann, laus. mouatsscbr. 1797. p. 7-19. 2 these fiery exlialations also settle on the masts of ships, marienleg. 87, 96, or the spears of warriors. the former kind the ancients named after the dioscuri, pliny 2, 37, the moderns call it 'feu de st. elme' for the flaming spears i have old authoriti

y, as will be shewn in ch. xxxv. shooting stars indeed pass for souls (p. 722, even with the greeulauders (majer's myth, lex. 2, 240) and mongols (bergmann 3, 42. ad. kuhn (pref. to mark, sagen p. ix) is for regarding all kobolds as orig. fire-divinities, and the domestic hearth-fire as the foundation of their worship. both kobolds and will o' wisps are called follet (p. 508-14, and kobolds, like fiery dragons (p. 601, bring money or corn; but the adder too is of kobold nature (p. 691, and the dominae bring gifts (p. 287, and so do devils. 918 spectres. will o' wisps bad once, no doubt, a wider meaning, wbicb bas now been narrowed down mainly to two classes of unblessed spirits, the souls of unchristened lobes and tbose of men who in tbeir lifetime dealt wrongly hij the cornfield, who resp

8 spectres. will o' wisps bad once, no doubt, a wider meaning, wbicb bas now been narrowed down mainly to two classes of unblessed spirits, the souls of unchristened lobes and tbose of men who in tbeir lifetime dealt wrongly hij the cornfield, who respected not the sacredness of landmai'ks^ unrighteous land-surveyors (swed. skiall-vrangare) may be seen hovering up and down the furrows with a long fiery pole, as if re-measuring the wrongly measured; whoso has ploughed of his neighbour's land, whoso has moved the mark-stone, on him falls the curse of wandering as a will o* wisp. hence about ploughing debatable strips, one hears the people say' ik mag niit spiiken gan* conf. deut. sag. nos. 284-5. thiele 1, 58 (see suppl. another class of spectres will prove more fruitful for our investigatio

rict. he dwells in the forest of gurre, and there hunts night and day^ like hackelberg, he uttered the presumptuous wish' god may fceep his heaven, so long as i can luuit in gurre for evermore' so now he rides from burre to gurre every night; as soon as the ear can catch his' hoho' and the crack of his whip, the people slink aside under the trees. foremost in the train run coal-black hounds, with fiery red-hot tongues hanging out of their throats; then appears wolmar on a wliite horse, sometimes carrying his head under his left arm (conf. superst. i, 605. if he meets any men, especially old men, he gives them hounds to hold. he follows one particular route, doors and locks fly open before him, and his track is named wolmar's street, voldemars- vej (antiqvariske annaler 1, 15; here one cann

rs, are doomed to ride about until the end of the world. at the head of the cavalcade comes giironjsse or reisarova^ with her long tail, by which you may know her from the rest; she is followed by a great multitude of either sex. rider and steed have a stately appearance in front; from behind you see nothing but guro's long tail. the horses are coal-black, have glowing eyes, and are governed with fiery rods and iron reins: the noise of the troop is heard from afar. they ride over loater as over land, their hoofs scarce skimming the surface. when they throw a saddle on a roof, some person will presently die in that house; where they expect drunken revelry, rioting and murder, they come and sit over the door^ they keep still so long as no crime is committed, but when it is, they laugh out lo

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modus liebinc, and the influence, so common in our fairy-tales, of snow and blood on the birth of a long wished for child. all this seems allied to heathen notions of creation, conf. 1 no doubt the familiar name kibbentrop is founded on some such tradition. 562 creation. chap. xxx. also i must call attention to the terms eitrdropi sasm. 35% eitrqvikja sn. 5, qvikudropi sn. 6: it is the vivifying fiery drop, and we do bestow on fire the epithet living/ eitr is our eiter, ohgr. eitar, as. ator, coming from ohg. eit, as. ad ignis; and its derivative sense of venenum (poison, fydpnaicov) seems inapplicable to the above compounds. it tallies with the views expressed at p. 316 on the gods having a beginning and an end, that in this system of creation too they are not described as existing from

so venerable, that the sun halts three times in reverence. 2 on the day before it, the herdsmen tie birchbark into torches, and having lighted them, they first march round the sheepfolds and cattle-pens, then go up the hills and let them burn out (vuk sub v.ivan dan. other slav countries have similar observances. in sartori s journey through carinthia 3, 349-50, we find the rolling of st. john s fiery wheel fully described. midsummerday or the solstice itself is called by the slovens kres, by the croats jcresz, i.e. striking of light, from kresati (ignem elicere, pol. krzesac; and as may is in irish mi-na-bealtine (fire-month, so june in slovenic is kresnik. at the kres there were leaps of joy performed at night; of lighting by friction i find no mention. poles and bohemians called the mi

the hewing of the christmas block is mentioned in the weisthiimer 2, 264. 302. on the engl. yule-clog see sup. i, 1109, and the scandinav. julblok is well known; the lettons call christmas eve blukku wakhars, block evening, from the carrying about and burning of the log (blukkis. 1 seb. frank (welfcbuch 51 3) reports the fol lowing shrovetide customs from franconia: f in other places they draw a fiery plough kindled by a fire cunningly made thereon, till it fall in pieces (supra, p. 264. item, they wrap a waggon-wheel all round in straw, drag it up an high steep mountain, and hold thereon a merrymaking all the day, so they may for the cold, with many sorts of pastime, as singing, leaping, dancing, odd or even, and other pranks. about the time of vespers they set the wheel afire, and let i

and linni. a fox after long burrowing struck upon the cave of a dragon watching hidden treasure, ad draconis speluncam ultimam, custodiebat qui thesauros abditos/ phaedr. 4, 19. then the story of the gold-guarding griffins must be included, as they are winged monsters like the dragons. in 0. slavic zmiy m, and zmiya f, signify snake, the one more a dragon, the other an adder. the boh. zmek is the fiery dragon guarding money, zmiye the adder; serv. zmay dragon, zmiya adder. mica, which the zmay shakes off him, is named otresine zmayeve (dragon s offshake, vuk p. 534. once more, everything 1 which reminds albrecht in titurel 3313 17 of a similar tale of eodolz, conf. parz. 518, 18 and diut. 3, 59. dkagon. beetle. 691 leads to glitter, gold and fire. the lith. smakas seems borrowed from slavi

celestial luminaries before going to bed at night (sup. i, 112, and among the mod. greeks, of offering a prayer when the evening star is on the rise. according to the edda, all the stars were sparks of fire from muspells-heim, that flew about the air at random, till the gods assigned them seats and orbits, sn. 9. sgem. 1. ignited vapours, which under a starry sky fall swiftly through the air like fiery threads lat. trajectio stellae, stella transvolans, ital. stella cadente, fr. etoile filante, span, estrella vaga, swed. stjernfall, dan. stiernskud (star-shoot, what the greeks call sidyew trajicere are by our people ascribed to a trimming of the stars light; they are like the sparks we let fall in snuffing a candle. we find this notion already in wolfram s wh. 322, 18: dehein sterne ist so

mblance to thorr (or donar, michael to the queller of garmr or fenris-ulfr; i do not say that enoch is equally to be identified with any particular god, but he might. surtr with the flaming sword may remind us of the angel that guards paradise, but he also finds his counterpart in the story of enoch and elias, for these two, at least in the legend of brandan (in bruns p. 187, have an angel with a fiery sword standing by their side.1 an as. homily de temporibus antichristi quoted by wheloc on beda p. 495 (supra p. 161n) contains remarkable statements. arrogant antecrist, it says, not only strives against god and his servants, but sets himself up above all heathen gods( he ahefs hine silfne ofer ealle]?a]?e hsej^ene men cwaedon ?8et godas beon sceoldon, on hsej?ene wisan. swylc swa wass ercu

s eowften and dhor indicate norse or danish influence. but a decisive connexion is established by the as. salomon and saturn (kemble p. 148: in the great battle 1 m. nethl. poems in blommaert 1, 105a. 2, 12a have simply an out man in enoch s place, but they mention the cherubin med enen swerde vierin. muspilli. eagna-eok. 813 between god and antichrist, we are told, thunder was threshing with his fiery axe, se thunor hit ^rysceft mid)?8ere fyrenan cecxe, by which is unmistakably meant thor s miolnir, the torrida chalybs (p. 180, and the confluence of heathen beliefs, with those about antichrist is placed beyond the reach of doubt. the devil too is called malleus, hammer, chap. xxxiii. whoever is inclined to refer the characteristics of our antiquity as a whole to roman and christian tradit

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

temples.46 like the pyramid complexes of the old kingdom, new kingdom temples were models of the egyptian cosmos.47 the undulating mud-brick walls that surrounded temples may have represented the primeval waters that were thought to surround the inhabited world. sacred lakes were used for reenactments of myths of the emergence of the creator from the primeval waters or for the pacification of his fiery daughter, the eye goddess. in the outer courtyard the king was represented in reliefs or colossal statues as the champion of maat. the battles that he was shown fighting were sometimes real and sometimes imaginary, but the foreign enemies always represented the forces of chaos.48 the massive pylon gateways resemble defensive structures, but they also stood for the mountains of the eastern ho

seem to have completely adopted egyptian religion. they favored the cult of the feline goddess bastet and rebuilt part of her temple at bubastis. reliefs in the festival hall of osorkon ii (c. 874 850 bce) show all the deities of egypt gathering at 30 handbook of egyptian mythology bubastis to honor the king s jubilee. bastet was one of the goddesses who could take the role of the eye of ra, the fiery protector of the sun god and of every king. the cycle of myths associated with the eye goddess became increasingly prominent during the first millennium bce. most of the northern kings were buried in the city of tanis, in tombs within the temple of amun-ra. some of these tombs have versions of new kingdom underworld books, such as the book of the day and the book of the night, inscribed on t

a wonder. egyptian cosmogonies (creation accounts) often combine several different traditions about the creator, but rarely in any kind of temporal framework.3 the first act of the creator might be an exhalation of breath or a great cry. the first light came with the first appearance of the creator as the life-giving power of the sun. this manifestation could be pictured as an eye, a child, or a fiery bird. in coffin texts spell 75, although the creator is still alone in the nun, he/she sends out his/her eye to illumine the darkness and search for other life. another image of the first sunrise was a blue lotus rising above the surface of the nun (see lotus in deities, themes, and concepts. from the new kingdom onward, a naked child or a ram-headed figure was shown sitting in the lotus to

o a snake. when the snake comes to life, she leaves it at a crossroads where ra passes every day. when ra next walks this road to view his creation, he is bitten by the unseen snake. the poison burns like fire, and ra gives a terrible scream that dis- mythical time lines 69 turbs all the gods. as the snake has come from the body of ra just like the eye goddess, it presumably has the same terrible fiery poison as that goddess s snake form. at first, ra is unable to speak because his lips are trembling and his limbs are shaking. the poison had overwhelmed his body like the inundation overwhelms everything in its path. then the sun god takes courage and explains to his followers that he has been stung by an unknown creature, not created by him. he summons his children, the other gods, to see

iod when the world and humanity were well established. in these versions, the eye goes to a distant realm, sometimes identified with the nubian or libyan deserts. there she rages in her terrible leonine form, destroying everything she meets. ra is left vulnerable to his enemies, so he sends out one or more of the gods to persuade his daughter to return. this is a dangerous undertaking because the fiery power of the solar eye is stronger than all other deities. in some versions the chosen divine messenger is onuris (inhur. onuris was a hunter god whose name means the one who brings back the distant one. the onuris myth is only known from scattered allusions. it seems that as the most powerful and cunning of hunters, onuris is able to track down and subdue the solar lioness. he brings her ba

of the dead. four baboons with scorching breath guarded the lake of fire in the underworld, where they judged deities, themes, and concepts 113 figure 24. a deceased woman and a baboon adoring the sun. vignette from a copy of the book of the dead (courtesy of geraldine pinch) the rich and the poor alike. it was in the form of a baboon that thoth traveled through the nubian desert in search of the fiery daughter of the sun god. the eight baboons of the horizon were associated with solar worship. these baboons (sometimes reduced to four or two) were shown standing on their hind legs and raising their front paws to greet the rising sun. the baboons, the souls of the east, praise you when they call out to you at the appearance of your sun disk. the baboons were sometimes equated with the eight

were identified with various celestial bodies, such as the disk of the sun, the full moon, the morning star, and sopdet (sirius. these celestial eyes could all be shown as the part-hawk, part-human eye known as the wedjat eye (see figure 12. the eye of ra was regarded as ra s daughter and protector. this eye goddess was associ- 128 handbook of egyptian mythology ated with both fire and water. her fiery glance destroyed the enemies of the divine order while her tears created life. after the primordial creator god atum had produced shu and tefnut, they became lost in the watery darkness of the nun. atum sent his eye to find them and gave light to darkness. this act was sometimes interpreted as the first sunrise and the moment when atum was united with ra to become the creator sun god. in the

HEAVEN HELL

l. the egyptians had no belief in a purgatory. the fires of the other world were, it is true, occupied daily in burning up the damned and the opponents of the sun-god, but each day brought its own supply of bodies, souls, spirits, demons, etc, for annihilation. in all the books of the other world we find pits of fire, abysses of darkness, murderous knives, streams of boiling water, foul stenches, fiery serpents, hideous animal-headed monsters and creatures, and cruel, death-dealing beings of various shapes, etc, similar to those with which we are familiar in early christian and medi val literature, and it is tolerably certain that modern nations are indebted to egypt for many of their conceptions of hell. in the present work the object has been to give the reader the complete hieroglyphic

s god was sati-temui. aat v. aatenkhu. the spirits here live upon the inert and feeble. its god was probably osiris. p. 39 click to view aat iii. click to view aat iv. click to view aat v. aat vi. ammehet, which is presided over either by sekher-at or sekher-remus. this was sacred to the gods, the spirits could not find it out, and it was accursed for the dead. aat vii. ases, a region of burning, fiery flame, wherein the serpent rerek lives. aat viii. ha-hetep, a region containing roaring torrents of water, and ruled over by a god called qa-ha-hetep. a variant gives the name of this aat as ha-sert, and that of its god as fa-pet. click to view aat vi. click to view aat vii. click to view aat viii. p. 40 click to view aat ix. click to view aat x. aat ix. akesi, a region which is unknown even

e book am-tuat, called net-ra, and before the sun-god can come to the dweller in the tuat he must pass over a space which is said to be 120, or 220, atru, or leagues, in length. the river urnes, on which the boat moves, is 300 atru in extent, and is divided into two portions. on looking into the boat of the sun-god we see that this deity has transformed himself, and that he no longer appears as a fiery disk, but as a ram-headed man, p. 106 who stands within a shrine; in other words, ra has taken the form of osiris, in order that he may pass successfully through the kingdom of the dead, whose lord and god is osiris. the name given to this form is af, or afu, which means literally "flesh" and "a dead body" it was as a dead body that osiris first entered the tuat, and those who wished to beco

e pits, so that they may be destroyed. now the pits here referred to are four in number (vol. ii, p. 137, and they are filled with fire; into these the enemies of the god are cast, and the keepers of them are adjured by horus to watch and tend the fires. who the plotters against the god may be it is impossible to say, but it is quite clear that one portion of the fourth division of the tuat was a fiery hell wherein all the wicked were consumed. it is interesting to note that of the beings who are to the left of the boat of afu-ra horus is the only one whom the god addresses. next: fifth division of the tuat. ii. the kingdom of khenti-amenti-osiris according to the book of gates sacred texts egypt ehh index index previous next fifth division of the tuat. ii. the kingdom of khenti-amenti-osi

is ra, whose body is on earth, but whose soul is in heaven. on the left of the path of afu-ra are twelve tchatcha, or "great chiefs" and nine souls, who are adoring a god (vol. ii, pp. 227, 231; before each soul are a loaf of bread and some sekemu herbs. the tchatcha p. 170 perform a very important duty in this division, for they distribute to the souls who have been ordered by ra, to live by the fiery lake serser the food which has been allotted to them; in other words, they give the souls the portion of food which it has been decreed they should receive daily, and no more and no less, and the souls receive their destined allowance, and have to be content therewith. judging from the texts here and elsewhere in the book of gates it seems that there was some power in the tuat, probably khen

the body and soul of the star-god shetu, who follows afu-ra and casts the living ones to him every day. all the other deities here represented assist the god in his passage, and help him to arrive on the horizon of the east. the region to the left of the boat is one of fire, and representations of it which we have in the book am-tuat and the book of gates may well have suggested the beliefs in a fiery hell that have come down through the centuries to our own time. quite near the boat stands horus, holding in the left hand the snake-headed boomerang, with which he performs deeds of magic; in front of him is the serpent set-heh, i.e, the everlasting set, his familiar and messenger (vol. i, p. 249. horus is watching and directing p. 178 the destruction of the bodies, souls, shadows, and head

mmersed, head downwards, in the depths of its fires (vol. i, pp. 249-253. the texts which refer to the pits of fire show that the beings who were unfortunate enough to be cast into them were hacked in pieces by the goddesses who were over them, and then burned in the fierce fire provided by set-heh and the goddesses until they were consumed. the pits of fire were, of course, suggested by the red, fiery clouds which, with lurid splendour, often herald the sunrise in egypt. as the sun rose, dispersing as he did so the darkness of night, and the mist and haze which appeared to cling to him, it was natural f or the primitive peoples of egypt to declare that his foes were being burned in his pits or lakes of fire. the redder and brighter the fiery glare, the more effective would the burning up

HELENA BLAVATSKY NIGHTMARE TALES

th to the frozen north, where waters harden into crystal groves and "waves on wavesin solid mountains rise; whither he now speeds to reign and- speeds to die. nightmare talesix17 xonward, onward rushes the black, fire-vomiting monster, devised by man to partially conquer space andtime. onward, and further with every moment from the health-giving, balmy south flies the train. like thedragon of the fiery head, it devours distance and leaves behind it a long trail of smoke, sparks and stench.and as its long, tortuous, flexible body, wriggling and hissing like a gigantic dark reptile, glides swiftly,crossing mountain and moor, forest, tunnel and plain, its swinging monotonous motion lulls the worn-outoccupant, the weary and heartsore form, to sleep. in the moving palace the air is warm and bal

e. o franz! then onlywilt thou hear with what a magic power the full notes of unselfish love will issue forth fromthy violin. perchance, with a last caressing touch of its chords, thou wilt remember that theyonce formed a portion of thine old teacher, who now embraces and blesses thee for the lasttime. samuel. two burning tears sparkled in the eyes of franz, but they dried up instantly. under the fiery rush ofpassionate hope and pride, the two orbs of the future magician-artist, riveted to the ghastly face of the deadman, shone like the eyes of a demon. our pen refuses to describe that which took place on that day, after the legal inquiry was over. as anothernote, written with a view of satisfying the authorities, had been prudently provided by the loving care of theold teacher, the verdic

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

ubstance of all bodies "of the same nature as the bodies which they formed" these atoms, he taught, were primarily put in page 143 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt motion by nous (universal intelligence, the mahat of the hindus, which nous is an immaterial, eternal, spiritual entity; by this combination the world was formed, the material gross bodies sinking down, and the ethereal atoms (or fiery ether) rising and spreading in the upper celestial regions. antedating modern science by over 2,000 years, he taught that the stars were of the same material as our earth, and the sun a glowing mass; that the moon was a dark uninhabitable body, receiving its light from the sun; and beyond the aforesaid science he confessed himself thoroughly convinced that the real existence of things, perce

ll as by the indian philosophers, by the egyptian, the chaldean, and hellenic hierophants, and also by the hebrews (in their cabala, and even in genesis. for it is only owing to deliberate mistranslation that the hebrew word asdt was translated "angels" from the septuagint, while it means emanations, aeons, just as with the gnostics. indeed, in deuteronomy the word asdt or ashdt is translated as "fiery law" whilst the correct rendering of the passage should be "from his right went (not a fiery law, but) a fire according to law" viz, that the fire of one flame is imparted to and caught up by another-like as in a trail of inflammable substance. this is precisely emanation, as shown in isis unveiled. in evolution, as it is now beginning to be understood, there is supposed to be in all matter

HP LOVECRAFT COOL AIR

letting her son esteban continue to run errands for him. when i suggested other physicians, the sufferer would fly into as much of a rage as he seemed to dare to entertain. he evidently feared the physical effect of violent emotion, yet his will and driving force waxed rather than waned, and he refused to be confined to his bed. the lassitude of his earlier ill days gave place to a return of his fiery purpose, so that he seemed about to hurl defiance at the death-daemon even as that ancient enemy seized him. the pretence of eating, always curiously like a formality with him, he virtually abandoned; and mental power alone appeared to keep him from total collapse. he acquired a habit of writing long documents of some sort, which he carefully sealed and filled with injunctions that i transmi

HP LOVECRAFT POETRY AND THE GODS

ed on before, and at night on helicon the shepherds hear strange murmurings and half-remembered notes. woods and fields are tremulous at twilight with the shimmering of white saltant forms, and immemorial ocean yields up curious sights beneath thin moons. the gods are patient, and have slept long, but neither man nor giant shall defy the gods forever. in tartarus the titans writhe and beneath the fiery aetna groan the children of uranus and gaea. the day now dawns when man must answer for centuries of denial, but in sleeping the gods have grown kind and will not hurl him to the gulf made for deniers of gods. instead will their vengeance smite the darkness, fallacy and ugliness which have turned the mind of man; and under the sway of bearded saturnus shall mortals, once more sacrificing unt

HP LOVECRAFT THE NAMELESS CITY

ht edged with gold. i heard a moaning and saw a storm of sand stirring among the antique stones though the sky was clear and the vast reaches of desert still. then suddenly above the desert's far rim came the blazing edge of the sun, seen through the tiny sandstorm which was passing away, and in my fevered state i fancied that from some remote depth there came a crash of musical metal to hail the fiery disc as memnon hails it from the banks of the nile. my ears rang and my imagination seethed as i led my camel slowly across the sand to that unvocal place; that place which i alone of living men had seen. in and out amongst the shapeless foundations of houses and places i wandered, finding never a carving or inscription to tell of these men, if men they were, who built this city and dwelt th

HUEBNER LOUISE WITCHCRAFT FOR ALL WICCA 04

a lesbian, for instance, might marry on wednesday. on the other hand, saturn's people, those who marry on saturday, generally stick to their commitment, sometimes against all odds. they might end up hating each other, even become sexually incompatible, yet still they usually stay together. 14. unwanted lover spell speaking of sex and war, there is a tuesday-oriented spell that comes in handy for fiery young ladies. an experienced spellcaster who has increased her animal magnetism and sexual attraction frequently runs into the problem of having too many lovers. now she needs a spell to get rid of an unwanted lover. as she is totally responsible for having created this irresistible attraction, she can also break the spell and get rid of the old lover to make way for the new. you must call o

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

retical part of it, but point directly to the practical use, because it is here that the greatest arcanum is to be found. in the oldest book of wisdom, the tarot, something has already been written about this great mystery of the elements. the first card of this work represents the magician pointing to the knowledge and mastery of the elements. on this first card the symbols are: the sword as the fiery element, the rod as the element of the air, the goblet as that of the water and the coins as the element of the earth. this proves without any doubt that already in the mysteries of yore, the magician was destined for the first tarot card, mastery of the elements having been chosen as the first act of initiation. in honor of this tradition i shall give my principal attention to the elements

nciple of fire as it has been said before, akasa or the etheric principle is the cause of the origin of the elements. according to the oriental scriptures, the first element born from akasa is believed to be tejas, the principle of fire. this element as well as all the others manifest their influence not only in our roughly material plane but also in everything created. the basic qualities of the fiery principle are heat and expansion. in the beginning of all things created therefore must have been fire and light, and in the bible we read: fiat lux there shall be light. the origin of the light, of course, is to be sought in the fire. each element and therefore that of fire, too, has two polarities, i.e, the active and the passive one, which means positive) and negative. plus will always si

d the evil to the passive side. but fundamentally spoken, there are no such things as good or bad; they are nothing but human conceptions. in the universe there is neither good nor evil, because everything has been created according to immutable rules, wherein the divine principle is reflected and only by knowing these rules, shall we be able to come near to the divinity. as mentioned before, the fiery principle owns the expansion, which i shall call electrical fluid for the sake of better comprehension. this definition does not just point to the roughly material electricity in spite of its having a certain analogy to it. every one will realize at once, of course, that the quality of expansion is identical with extension. this elementary principle of fire is latent and active in all things

re also two poles, the active one being constructive, life-giving, nourishing and protective, whereas the negative pole, similar to the one of fire, is destructive, dissecting, fermenting, and dividing. as this element owns the basic quality of shrinking and contraction, it has produced the magnetic fluid. fire as well as water are operating in all regions. according to the rules of creation, the fiery principle would not be able to exist all by itself if it did not conceal inside as opposite pole the principle of water. these two elements, fire and water, are the basic elements with the help of which all has been created. in consequence of these facts, we have everywhere to reckon on two main elements. moreover with the electrical and magnetical fluids which represent the contrasting pola

ch all has been created. in consequence of these facts, we have everywhere to reckon on two main elements. moreover with the electrical and magnetical fluids which represent the contrasting polarities. 4. the principle of air another element derived from akasa is that of air. initiated people do not regard this principle as a real element, but they will grant it the role of a mediator between the fiery and the watery principles, so that the principle of air will, in a certain way, establish the neutral equilibrium, acting as a medium between the active and the passive activities of water and of fire. through the interaction of the active and passive elements of fire and water the whole created life has become motion. in its mediatorship the principle of air has assumed the quality of warmt

kingdoms of nature, of animals and of human beings will be found in the following chapters. the main point is that the reader gets a general impression about the workshop and the effect of the elemental principles in the entire universe. 6. the light light is established on the principle of fire. light without fire is unconceivable and for this particular reason it is an aspect of the fire. each fiery element can be converted into light and the other way around. therefore light involves all the specific qualities such as shining, penetrating, expanding. the opposite of light is darkness, which has come out of the principle of water. darkness has the contrasting specific qualities of the light. without darkness, light would not only remain quite unrecognizable, but without darkness there w

, keeping it alive, and dissolving it. the positive part in the body, the building up, is therefore the business of the positive or active side of the elements. the preserving part is brought about by the linking or connecting part of the elements, i.e, the neutral, whereas the destructive or dissolving part in the body is realized by the negative qualities of the elements. it is obvious that the fiery principle in the active form with its electrical fluid will exert the active, expansive, building-up influence. the contrary will be the case in the negative form. the watery principle, in its active form, will influence the building-up activity; in its negative form, it will produce the disintegrating, dissolving activity of all the fluids in the body. with the principle of air rests the ta

INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW CHUMBLEY

cifixion. outside the city gates the soldiers found a romany smith. he didn t ask the need for the long nails so late at night; he just needed the money. the smith obliged and began making the nails, one by one. however, whilst heating the fourth nail in the fire, he asked who they were for. on learning they were for christ s crucifixion, the gypsy ceased his work abrup tly and fled. however, the fiery nail that had been in the forge never cooled down; it remained a glowing spike of blood-red flame. and, so it is said, the uncooling nowl will follow the descendants of the romany smith wherever they go. it is held that the romany smith was himself a descendant of tubal-cain, the first metal- worker, and he had in turn learned his art from cain. personally, i consider that the old craft has

INVOCATION OF OUR LORD OF MIDNIGHT MAHAZHAEL DEVAL

us as the bone-white man, the skeletal lord of light! let space be thy flesh and bone be thy form: thy stature eclipsing the sky. for lighting-bolts do adorn thee and storm-clouds are a halo around thee. thy face is the skull, the death s-head oracle, laughing in all adversity. thine eyes reveal the dual abyss, shining bright in voidful darkness. thy heart is a seething spider s nest, strung on a fiery web between the bone-beams of thy breast. thy phallus is the minaret of joy rais d for the world s delight; unto whom all djinn must turn in prayer and from whence the serpent s holy seed is scattered- to baptise the world in all misrule! thine are the hooves of the he-goat, cloven to walk in all worlds alike. here reveal thyself a -dancing, gleaming in splendour on the burial mound! hail to

ISIS UNVEILED

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

e ancient mysteries. this is the true reason why dialecticians, as well as aristotle himself, the 'prying philosopher' were ever obnoxious to christian theology. even luther, while on his work of r^orm, feeling the ground insecure under his feet, notwithstanding that the dogmas had been reduced by him to their simplest expression, gave full vent to his 54. daderotiom, xzziii, 2, p^wk? traiiiut d 'fiery l w' in the en^idi bible. digitizecoy google orphean views of aether 35 fear aad hatred of aristotle. the amount of abuse he heaped upon the memory of the great logician can ofily be equaled never surpassed by the pope's anathemas and invectives against the liberals of the italian government. collected, they might easily fill a copy of a new en- cyclopaedia with models for monkish diatribes

was at best a aun-and- serpent worship, diluted perhaps with acme alight monotheistic notions before the latter were forcibly crammed into the so-called* inspired scrip- tures' by ezra, at the time he was alleged to have rewritten the mosaic books. at all events the book^ nvmberi was a later book; and there the sun-and-aerpeot worship is as plainly traceable as in any pagan story. the tale of the fiery serpents is an sjlegoty in more than one sense. the 'serpents' were the lemiet or ophitet, who were moses' body- guard (see exodiu, xxxii, 26; and uie command of the 'lord' to moses to hang the heads of the people "before the lord against the bun" which is the emblem of this lord, is unequivocal. the tuaotk or prophets, as well as the nazarenes, were an anti> bacchus caste, in so far that in

him and drove the young man from his presence" hen follow a series of adventures told in allegorical language, which show that jesus supple- mented his initiation in ulc jewish kabala with an additional acquisition of the secret wisdom of egypt. when the persecution ceased, they both returned to judaea" tlie real grievances against jesus are stated by the learned author of tda ignea satanae (the fiery darts of satan) to be two in number: 1st, that he had discovered the great mysteries of their temple, by having been initiated in egypt; and 2nd, uiat he had profaned them by exposing them to the vulgar, who misunderstood and disfigured them. these grievances are stated in the toledoui yesku as follows "there exists, in the sanctuary of the living god, a cubical stone, on which are sculpture

prophet is so addressed. it ia as extraordinary to see irenaeus indulging in sudi graphic descriptions of jesus as to show him "the maker of all. sitting upon a cherub* unless he identifies him with shekhinah, whose usual place was among the charoubs of the mercy seat. we also know that the cherubim and seraphim are titles of the 'old serpent (the ortbodox devil) the seraphs being the burning or fiery serpents, in kabalistic symbolism. the ten emanations of adam kadmon, called the sephi- roth, have all emblems and titles corresponding to each. so for instance the last two are victory, or yehovah-tze'baoth, whose symbol is the right column of solomon, the pillar jachin; while qlokt is the left pillar, or boaz, and its name is 'the old serpent' and also 'seraphim and cherubim* the 'son of m

JASMUHEEN THE FOOD OF GODS

s us with the atoms of her essence. reminds us to be grounded in the reality of nature and to balance and embrace all aspects of our selves from the heavenly to the earthly. sedna. eskimo goddess who rules the underworld. reminds us of the nourishing gifts that we can find in the darker places that we most fear. pele. hawaiian volcano goddess of creative fire. reminds us that even in the midst of fiery eruption there is creation and new life. regenerates with fire. ix chel. mayan moon goddess married to the sun, is the midwife to creative ideas. goddess of fertility and freedom. patron of childbirth and medicine. hina .polynesian goddess said to be the original creator of the world, of gods and goddess and of humans. represents the ability to be nourished in all situations. brigid. celtic

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th, slinketh, broadeneth. note him reddening, glowing, whitening. tremble at his face, dilating; at the meaning that is growing into it, to you. see that spark from the blacksmith's anvil! struck, as an insect, out of a sky containing a whole cloud of such. rare locusts, of which pharaoh and the cities of the plain read of old the secret! one, two, three sparks; dozens come: faster and faster the fiery squadrons follow, until, in a short while, a whole possible army of that hungry thing for battle, for food for it fire glances up; but is soon warned in again! lest acres should glow in the growing advance. think that this thing is bound as in matter-chains. think that he is outside of all things, and deep in the inside of all things; and that thou and thy world are only the thing between: a

great alphabet. the familiar london streets, even, can give thee the persian s god: though in thy pleasures, and in thy commerce-operations, thou so oft forgettest thine own god. whence liberated are those sparks? as stars, afar off, of a whole sky of flame; sparks, deep down in possibility, though close to us; great in their meaning, though, small in their show; as distant single ships of whole fiery fleets; animate children of, in thy human conception, a dreadful, but, in reality, a great world, of which thou knowest nothing. they fall, foodless, on the rejecting, barren, and (on the outside) the coldest stone. but in each stone, flinty and chilly as the outside is, is a heart of fire, to strike at which is to bid gush forth the waters, as it were, of very fire, like waters of the rock!

ight lights of the world still about it brightest though they be in the matter which makes them the lightest to the material sight; but it is an occult, mysterious, or inner not even magnetic, but a supernatural fire: a real, sensible, and the only possible mind, or god, as containing all things, and as the soul of all things; into whose inexpressibly intense, and all-devouring and divine, though fiery, gulf, all the worlds in succession, like ripe fruit to the ground, and all things, fall, back into whose arms of immortal light: on the other side, as again receiving them, all things, thrown off as the smoke off light, again fall! at the shortest, then, the theory of the magi may be summed up thus. when, as we think, fire is spotted over all the world, as we have said, it is we who make th

fying, until it flashed truth upon the worlds in the grand fire- dogma! that faith to which sprung monuments from all the sea-borders at which glittered the beak-itself an imitation flame of every many-oared, single ship of their adventurous, ocean-dotting fleets, the precursors of the exploring ships of the vikings. we claim the caldron of the witches as, in the original, the vase or urn of .the fiery transmigration, in which all the things of the world change. we accept the sign of the double-extended fingers (pointed in a fork, or of horns, which throughout italy, the greek islands, greece, and turkey, is esteemed as the counter-charm to the evil eye, as the occult magian telegraphic. the horns, or radii of the merry-andrew, or jester, or motley, and the horns of satan,-indeed, the figu

the view southwards. in regard to the royal and sumptuous obsequies of queen eleanor, fabian, who compiled his chronicles towards the latter part of the reign of henry vii, speaking of her burial-place, has the following remark: she hathe ii wexe tapers brennynge vpon her tombe both daye and nyght. which so hath contynned syne the day of her buryinge to this present daye. the beacon-warning, the fiery cross of scotland, the 106 the rosicrucians. universal use of fires on the tops of mountains, on the seashore, and on the highest turrets of castles, to give the signal of alarm, and to telegraph some information of importance, originated in the first religious flames. elder to these summoning or notifying lights was the mysterious worship to which fire rose as the answer. from religion the

the heathen; the passing of the children through the fire to moloch; the devotion of the consummate, the most physically perfect, and most beautiful, to the glowing nemesis, in that keenest, strangest, yet divinest, fire-appetite; the offered plunder, the surrendered lives, of the predatory races? what signifies the sacrifice of iphigenia, the burning of living people among the gauls, the indian fiery immolations? what is intended even by the patriarchal sacrifices? what is the meaning of the burnt offerings, so frequent in the bible? in short, what read we, and what seem we conclusively to gather, we repeat, in this mystic thing, and hitherto almost meaningless, if not contradictory and silencing, institution of sacrifice by fire? what gather we, otherwise than in the explanation of the

imitative stellar mazes, or to the fateful charts in the letter-written skies. the astro- fig. 31. the letters s and z. 139 nomical stalls, or stables were the many sections into which the hosts of the starry sky were distributed by the chaldseans. the decumens (or tenths, into which the ecliptic was divided, had also another name, which was ashre, from the hebrew particle as, or ash, which means fiery, or fire. the romans displayed reverence for the ideas connected with these sacred stones. cambyses, in egypt, left the obelisks or single magic stories. the linghams in india were left untouched by the mohammedan conquerors. the modern romans have a phallus or lingha in front of almost all their churches. there is an obelisk, altered to suit christian ideas (and surmounted in most instances

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eads broken. the breadth of the cloud was about two miles. the hailstones were some round, some semispherical and others were embossed and crenulated like the foot of a drinking glass, the ice being very transparent and hard. 1812: the latest remarkable fall of aerolites in europe, of which there is a distinct account, was in the vicinity of laigle, normandy, early in the afternoon of april 26. a fiery globe of a very brilliant splendor, which moved in the air with great rapidity, was followed in a few seconds by a violent explosion which lasted five or six minutes and was heard for thirty leagues in all directions. three or four reports like those of a cannon were followed by discharge resembling musketry fire, after which a dreadful rumbling was heard like the beating of a huge drum. the

cosmic clouds. we will have other occasions to mention cosmic clouds, in connection with things astronomers have seen in space. for now, it is enough to say that when these clouds contact the earth, we have dust, gas, obscuration, darkness, cold and meteorological disturbances in general; a blending of meteoritic and meteorological conditions. according to the chicago tribune, january 7, 1892, a fiery blast shot across the state of georgia, on the previous june 5th described as "a black tornado, filled with fire" about this time there were earthquake shocks in italy, approximately the same geographical latitude; people in new york state were watching a glare in the sky and shocks were felt. on june 8th, dust fell from the sky in northern indiana. quakes followed around the world for sever

of observations of illuminated crosses, burning globes, horrid celestial clashing noises, beams of fire, discolored sun, sun dogs and mock suns is reported from 1501 through 1557. these reports include a thunderbolt that disrupted the bridal chamber of francois montmorency and diane de france. heh! chuckle, lost his "erection" the chronicles of basel, ad 1478, recount "divers kinds of crosses and fiery bowls fell to the ground from the sky leaving tokens behind" yes, may still be laying there. in the early winter of 1387, a fire in the sky was seen many times, like a burning and revolving wheel, or a round barrel of flame, emitting fire from above, and others in the shape of a long fiery beam, in the country of leicester, england. imploded& burning ship-frame, some expierimentals (sic) wer

r northern hemisphere, it left behind it smoke with sparks. an old ark being "demolished (italics by a) march 20, ad 1168 "a globe of fire was seen moving to and fro in the air" i wonder if there is any significance to the month of march in regard to these events? only a few old arks now remain. most are 128 waystations (there are two great-arks, one new) for earth duty ad, 1104: burning torches, fiery darts, flying fires were often seen in the air in this year. and there were, near stars, what looked like swarms of butterflies and little fiery worms of a strange kind. they flew in the air and took away the light of the sun as if they had been clouds. above latter is excellent description of grecian mercury hat. that is just exactly what his hat& mayhap himself, was designed from. ad, 1067

surface. its size makes this a debatable hypothesis. would he believe it when he sees it? but there was one astronomical event, which escaped general notice by being in the freak class. only in retrospect is its significance revealed, for it was one of those dogs which seldom get reported except by na ve folk who think that what they see is what they see. there have been several reports of misty, fiery or cometary objects, which exhibited unusual motion. often times, our attention is only attracted to them by unusually rapid movement, but even this has some statistical value and may signify the proximity of the object to earth. such a report was telegraphed by russian astronomers in the early 1920's and was said to be moving ten degrees per hour. however, some alert observers have been acu

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h proud speeches, such as we have heard, slandering both your brothers and father to appease your proud heart's fury, 39 and injury shall be done to you alone, whether your spirit be most pure, free of the taint of wickedness, the malice that your brothers claim, or whether it be spoilt as they say. these things shall have no weight when the balances are checked against you and you are cast intop fiery ruin as a dire admonishment to those who would stand in opposition to the lord of infinitude. heed me, my best loved son. i beg you heed my plea to you and bring not my hand against the one that i cherish above all others" hearing these words of my father, he whom i once loved above life and served with my every fibre, my heart was filled with burning ire that seared all love that once i che

with proud speeches, such as we have heard, slandering both your brothers and father to appease your proud heart's fury, and injury shall be done to you alone, whether your spirit be most pure, free of the taint of wickedness, the malice that your brothers claim, or whether it be spoilt as they say. these things shall have no weight when the balances are checked against you and you are cast intop fiery ruin as a dire admonishment to those who would stand in opposition to the lord of infinitude. heed me, my best loved son. i beg you heed my plea to you and bring not my hand against the one that i cherish above all others" hearing these words of my father, he whom i once loved above life and served with my every fibre, my heart was filled with burning ire that seared all love that once i che

e hosts of heaven, driving from the sky their winged knights and renewing once more the banished rain with a more gory shower. upon the northern plain they too descended and drew up their ranks for battle, making sure their own defences. now then do face each other across some small stretch old adversaries, baalzebub and michael, each taunting the other and boasting of his own, whilst abaddon and fiery moloch counsel action, lusting for the battle's passion and thirsting once again for elohim blood. this time i have tended you in fevered sleep, sometimes still as death and others crying out in most vexed agitation. now my art is worked indeed and your strength is resolved and little before is it most needed if this meeting of well-matched forces is to be resolved. our host cannot make adva

r they will surely eat us all up. annihilate them, or they will us. half and half remedies are of no avail. however, when a lie has gone to far- when it has taken up its abode in the very tissue, bones, and brains, of a people, then all remedies are useless. even the lancet is of no avail. repentance of past misdeeds cannot "save" decadents from extermination. the fatal bolt is shot, and into the fiery furnace of wholesome slavery they must go, to be there righteously consumed. from their ashes something new, something nobler, may possibly evolve; but even that is the merest optimistic supposition. in nature the wages of sin are always death. nature does not 437 love the wrong doer, but endeavors in every way to destroy him. her curse is on the brow of the "meek and lowly. her blessing is

, and i said, before both god and lucifer i have been enthralled, but now i am isolate- apart from either, and i know not what course i am to choose. whereupon the visage of michael grew dark, and he said, this i have long feared, for as lucifer was not by god alone created, so he is an errant force whose will conforms not to the great will of god. alas that the supreme benevolence of god and the fiery radiance of the archangel of light should produce discord in concert! for this i now see- that lucifer is estranged from the harmony of heaven, and that his will is determined to challenge that of god itself. i must counsel lucifer, for i would heal him of this thing if i may. but i thought, alas, archangel, thou art in ignorance of thy own blindness! for lucifer shall surely not abandon his

prismic light into the surrounding void. and the brilliance said, i am lucifer revealed, who am the eternal flame. i go now to earth, for no longer shall man be confounded in godly ignorance. and then the brilliance became as a flash of fire in the vastness of space, and we knew that satan had departed from hell. but on earth, where man wandered in mindless bliss, the firmament blazed forth with fiery tongues, and all the land was covered by the black flame, which burned not, though it bewildered the eye to see it. and raphael and his guardian angels were dismayed, for nowhere could 454 they see man or the spirit which had come to him. then did raphael call upon michael to strike the black flame with the force of god, but even then was the flame vanishing of its own accord. and at first i

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s may arise in the neophyte fs own mind will at once be seized and intensified by the angel, and all sorts of hints will be offered as to methods of putting them into practice. but it cannot be too often reiterated or too strongly impressed upon the aspirant that all this will happen only if he makes a definite effort to lay himself open to the angelic influence, only if he fills himself with the fiery love which is the common factor and line of communication between the two evolutions which otherwise differ so widely. 816. if we are at all to understand these wondrous denizens of a higher world, which is yet a part of our world (and it is clearly our duty to try to understand them, we shall need to widen out our entire conception of life. our studies in earlier degrees should have given u

selves we must be absolutely impersonal, we must have forgotten ourselves utterly, yet we must be filled with the divine fervency of love for humanity. 820. a man may feel: gthese things are too high for me; who shall be sufficient for them? h if karma puts the opportunity in his way, the achievement is within his power, even though it may mean harder work than he has ever yet undertaken. and the fiery love which is the very essence of the life of his seraph will awaken ever more and more of the latent quality in himself, until what now seems impossible has been realized, has become a part of his daily existence. 821. the 30 brings its angel also, of appropriate character- a great blue deva of the first ray, who lends his strength to the knight k.h, somewhat as the crimson angel assists th

ll the angels turned sharply to the north, and joined in chanting a longer invocation, as a result of which two other angels appeared, completing the third square. but these two were cosmic angels, of the types which are not limited to one solar system; so that now all the nine angelic orders were represented; and when they had outlined their square of golden light we had before us on the floor a fiery delineation of the forty-seventh proposition of the first book of euclid- with the preparation of which the adept who was acting as w.j.w. was so closely associated in his incarnation as pythagoras. 939. figure 16 940. 941. again the angels wove their lines of light, but this time throwing them upwards into the air, so that upon each of the three squares they erected a pyramid, and upon the

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tion of the mysteries of the great goddess isis. 120. the conductor now left the aspirant, warning him that many dangers surrounded and awaited him, and exhorting him to continue unshaken. heavy doors closed behind him, rendering his return impossible. presently he entered a spacious hall filled with flames through which he had to rush with the greatest speed. even when he had passed through this fiery furnace he came to another hall the floor of which was covered with a huge network of red-hot iron bars with very narrow interspaces between them. having surmounted this difficulty he reached a wide and rapid channel across which he had to swim. on the other side he found a narrow landing place bounded by two high walls of brass, in each of which was an immense wheel of the same metal, and b

the prototype of all this wealth of symbolism is found in the mysteries of egypt, wherein the measurements of the great pyramid were studied as emblematical of the proportions of the universe, and contained vast stores of occult and astronomical lore. the jews applied what they knew of the egyptian system to the temple of king solomon, reflecting the wisdom of egypt through the lens of their own fiery and poetical tempera-ment, whence some portion of it gradually passed on the one hand into written and exoteric literature, and on the other was handed down in the secret lodges of masonry. 306. the loss of the divine name 307. the second great doctrine of kabbalism which concerns us here is the loss of the divine name, or rather of the correct method of pronouncing that name. the jews thoug

logies between mithraism and christianity are very close; they are well summarized thus in the encyclopedia britannica: 425. the fraternal and democratic spirit of the first communities, and their humble origin; the identification of the object of adoration with light and the sun; the legends of the shepherds with their gifts and adoration, the flood, and the ark; the representation in art of the fiery chariot, the drawing of water from the rock; the use of bell and candle, holy water and the communion; the sanctification of sunday and of the 25th of december; the insistence on moral conduct, the emphasis placed upon abstinence and self-control; the doctrine of heaven and hell, of primitive revelation, of the mediation of the logos emanating from the divine, the atoning sacrifice, the cons

ecember; the insistence on moral conduct, the emphasis placed upon abstinence and self-control; the doctrine of heaven and hell, of primitive revelation, of the mediation of the logos emanating from the divine, the atoning sacrifice, the constant warfare between good and evil and the final triumph of the former, the immortality of the soul, the last judgment, the resurrection of the flesh and the fiery destruction of the universe- these are some of the resemblances at their root lay a common eastern origin rather than any borrowing(*ency. brit (11th edn, art. mithras) 426. the great powers behind evolution appear at one time to have thought seriously of making mithraism the religion of the fifth sub-race instead of the maimed christianity which had rejected its own gnosis and put aside its

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even the most evil person is turned out of hell to once again participate in the cycle reincarnation. this does not mean, however, that buddhist hells are any less gruesome than western hells. to cite a representative passage from the pali canon: the guards of hell lay him down and chop him with axes and turn him upside down and slice him with razors, and bind him to a chariot and drag him over a fiery blazing earth, and drive him up and down a great mountain of fiery blazing coals, and turn him upside down and hurl him into a fiery blazing iron cauldron; and there he boils, throwing up scum to the surface, rising and sinking and going across; and he feels pain that is sharp and bitter and severe. but he has not finished his time until he has exhausted his evil deeds. and this is only the

ost other ancient cultures, egypt believed in an ethically based judgment after death. egypt thus represents a major shift in afterlife concepts, and the whole idea of afterlife judgment may well have been pioneered by the egyptians. just to reach the hall where osiris sat in judgment was a task wherein the newly dead faced many perils. the deceased could mistakenly take routes that culminated in fiery dead ends where sinister demons lay in wait.obviously, people were very concerned that they be able to conduct themselves successfully on this journey, so over time guidebooks were put together so people would know what was expected of them, what were the relevant mythologies, how to say the right prayers, magical formulas, and so on. in the beginning, this information was placed on the wall

ced on a scale over against a feather, symbolic of truth. sometimes instead of a feather an image of maat, the goddess of truth, was used. if the heart was too heavy, the sinful party would be considered to have failed the test. according to some accounts, the unfortunate person would then be eaten and destroyed by a demon called ammit. according to other accounts, the person would be placed in a fiery pit, attended by evil-minded demons who tortured them. if, however, the heart balanced the feather, all was well and the person, now with a new body called the sahu, was free to enter the happy world of the sekhet aaru (field of rushes. the hardest part was over, but there were still some dangers or trials to face, as the sahu was not invulnerable. the book of the dead was still useful for s

ligions, and the media. lexington: university press of kentucky, 2000. paul,william. laughing screaming: modern hollywood horror and comedy. new york: columbia university press, 1994. tudor, andrew.monsters and mad scientists: a cultural history of the horror movie. oxford, uk: basil blackwell, 1989. fire (hellfire) an essential component of the traditional conception of hell is that it is a hot, fiery place where sinners are punished by being burned. this characteristic is reflected in everything from revivalist sermons warning about the wages of sin to infernal jokes. it is even common to allude to hell as the hot place. the most general source of this notion appears to be the intersection between observations of volcanic activity and the widespread practice of burying the dead. it is on

diate source of the fire and brimstone image (brimstone is an antique word for sulfur) is the book of revelation. in the revised standard version, the relevant passage reads: but as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, as for murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their lot shall be in flight 91 the lake that burns with fire and sulphur (rev. 21:9. this vision of a fiery lake seems to be taken more or less directly from the experience of witnessing hot lava flows. zoroastrian eschatology is also drawing from that same experience when it postulates that in the final judgment everyone will be put through an ordeal of fire pictured as a river of molten metal in which good individuals will have their dross burned away and evil people will be consumed. in the jud

s in a frightful tornado of flame. the source attributed to this fire varies. of particular importance is the widespread image of a mare with flames issuing out of her mouth (an image that may ultimately be derived from the ancient vedic rite of horse sacrifice) as the source of this doomsday fire. in a well-known mythological episode, shiva, in a moment of anger, slew kama, god of desire, with a fiery blast from his third eye. once set in motion, however, this fire could not be 118 humor stopped, and threatened to destroy the three worlds before the appointed time of the apocalypse. brahma therefore transformed the fire into a fire-breathing mare. the mare s fire, which is inextinguishable, is held in check until the endtime by her residence at the bottom of the ocean. while consuming the

did not listen to the torah; those who hung by their tongues spoke foolishly and slanderously; those who hung by their hands robbed and murdered their neighbors. the women who hung by their hair and breasts uncovered them in the presence of young men in order to seduce them (cohn-sherbok 1987, p. 29. at later points in this same account, sinners were punished by scorpions and by being lashed with fiery chains by angels of destruction. heaven is described with the same kind of vividness, although its pleasures are far more restrained than the tortures of hell. see also demons; lilith; sheol for further reading: cohn-sherbok, daniel. death and immortality in the jewish tradition. in paul badham and linda badham, eds. death and immortality in the religions of the world. new york: paragon hous

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1 saffron, all generous odours cocaine. 22 galbanum tobacco. 23 onycha, myrrh caseara, all purges sulphates 24 siamese benzoin, opoponax. 25 lign-aloes. 26 musk, civet (also 'ian perfumes) orchis [satyrion. 27 pepper, dragon s blood, all hot pungent odours. 28 galbanum all diuretics. 29 ambergris[[menstrual fluid] all narcotics. 30 olibanum, cinnamon, all glorious odours alcohol. 31 olibanum, all fiery odours. nitrates 32 assafoe tida, scammony, indigo, sulphur (all evil odours. lead 32 bis storax, all dull and heavy odours. bismuth 31 bis[[no attribution possible] stramonium carbon table of correspondences 14 xlv. magical powers [western mysticism. xlvi. system of taoism. 0 the supreme attainment[[vision of no difference] the tao or great extreme of the yi king. 1 union with god shang ti

h perceives and feeds. xcix* archangels of assiah. c* angels of assiah. ci. english of col. c. cii* the revolutions of adonai in assiah. 0. 1 wrffm metatron cdqh twyj chaioth ha-qadosh holy living creatures ynda 2 layxr ratziel \ynpwa auphanim wheels nyda 3 layqpx tzaphkiel \ylara aralim active ones, thrones dyna 4 layqdx tzadkiel \ylmcj chashmalim brilliant ones dnya 5 lamk kamael \yprc seraphim fiery serpents ndya 6 lapr raphael \yklm malakim kings aynd 7 laynah haniel \yhla elohim gods yand 8 lakim mikael \yhla ynb beni elohim sons of god anid 9 layrbg gabriel \ybrk kerubim angels of elements nayd 1010 wpldns( wrffm) sandalphon (metatron \yca ashim flames ynad nyad ynda la ciii* the ten divisions of the body of god. civ. the ten earths in seven palaces. cv. english of col. civ. 0. 1 sku

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

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t inches and diameter half an inch. let him fashion about the top a triple flame of gold. let him by his understanding and ingenium devise a deed to represent the universe. let his dominus liminis approve thereof. let the philosophus perform the same in such a way that the baculum may be partaker therein. let it when finished be consecrated as he hath skill to perform, and kept wrapped in silk of fiery scarlet. the lamp. let the dominus liminis take pure lead, tin, and quicksilver; with platinum, and, if need be, glass. let him by his understanding and ingenium devise a magick lamp that shall burn without wick or oil, being fed by the athyr. this shall he accomplish secretly and apart, without asking the advice or approval of his adeptus minor. let the dominus liminis keep it when consecra

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lect 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 mind standeth before the soul and hindereth its manifestati

agents is to gain a knowledge preliminary of thine own powers, and of high states, so that thou goest not altogether blindly and without aim in hy quest, ignorant of the ways of thine own inner being. also, thou must work always for a definite end, never for pleasure or for relaxation, except thou wilt, as a good knight is sworn to do. and thou being hero and magician art in peril of abusing the fiery agents only, not those of earth, air or water; because these do really work with thee in purity, making thee wholly what thou wouldst be, an engine indefatigable, a mind clear, calm, and concentrated, and a heart fierce aglow. n the book of wisdom or folly 95 gp de sacramento vero (of the true sacrament) ut in the sacrament of the gnosis, which is of the spirit, is there naught hurtful, for

LIBER CCCXXXV ADONIS

, the buoyant barge 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. s

ou naked, strip your flesh in strips with my lips, gnaw your bones like a dog. off, sow! off, grumpet! strumpet! scum-pit! flails to thresh your body! clubs to mash your face in! knives to cut away your cat.s nine lives! astarte (entering hastily) what fs this? who are you? what right have you to come and make this havoc in the home? can you not see what wreck your tempest makes? begone! i have a fiery flight of snakes to lash you hence! psyche. it may be mine fs the right. it may be you are nothing in my sight. it may be i have found my lord at last; and you.his concubine? may be out-cast. astarte. this is the sure thing, that i chase thee. slaves! hither your whips! that are more black with blood of such as this thing than your skins with kisses of your sun fs frenzy [the slaves run up

ess of purer pangs of drunkenness; each marble wall and pillar swerves majestical my course to curves subtle as breasts and limbs and tresses of this caressed suave sorceress.s that raves and rests in wildernesses whose giant gifts are strength that scars her soul and lifts her to the stars, savage, and tenderness that tunes her spirit.s splendour to the moon.s, and music of passion to outrun the fiery fashion of the sun. hush! there fs a stir not mine amid the groves, a foot divine that yet is not like love.s. hush! let me furl my forehead! i fll be gone to flicker and curl above great babylon [the gate of the garden opens. the lady psyche advances and makes way for the king of babylon. he is attended by many companies of warriors in armour of burnished silver and gold, with swords, spear

LIBER CCXLII AHA

ho takes life lightly in his hand to throw away at will fs command, to know that view beyond the veil. o petty purities and pale, aha! 11 these visions i have spoken of! the infinite lord of light and love breaks on the soul like dawn. see! see! great god of might and majesty! beyond sense, beyond sight, a brilliance burning from his glowing glance! formless, all the worlds of flame atoms of that fiery frame! the adept caught up and broken; slain, before his name be spoken! in that fire the soul burns up. one drop from that celestial cup is an abyss, an infinite sea that sucks up immortality! o but the self is manifest through all that blaze! memory stumbles like a blind man for all the rest. speech, like a crag of limestone, crumbles, while this one soul of thought is sure through all con

ture. marsyas. stay! i bear a message. heaven hath sent the knowledge of a new sweet way into the secret element. olympas. master, while yet the glory clings declare this mystery magical! marsyas. i am yet borne on those blue wings into the essence of the all. now, now i stand on earth again, though, blazing through each nerve and vein, the light yet holds its choral course, filling my frame with fiery force like god.s. now hear the apocalypse new-fledged on these reluctant lips! olympas. i tremble like an aspen, quiver like light upon a rainy river! marsyas. do what thou wilt! is the sole word of law that my attainment heard. arise, and lay thine hand on god! arise, and set a period aha! 31 unto restriction! that is sin: to hold thine holy spirit in! o thou that chafest at thy bars, invok

LIBER CHANOKH

ar-caosaji od acame canale, sobola zodare fa-beliareda caosaji od cahisa aneta-na miame ta viv od da. daresare sol-petahe-bienu. be-ri-ta od zodacame ji-mi-calazodo: sob-ha-atahe tariana luia-he od ecarinu mada qu-a-aon! the spirits of the fourth angle are nine, mighty in the firmament of waters: whom the first hath planted, a torment to the wicked and a garland to the righteous: giving unto them fiery darts to vanne the earth, and 7699 continual workmen, whose courses visit with comfort the earth; and are in government and continuance as the second and the third.therefore hearken unto my voice! i have talked of you, and i move you in power and in presence, and the praise of your god in your creation [invokes: bitom; the whole tablet of fire. the angle of b of b. the lord of the flame and

LIBER CORDIS CINCTI SERPENTE

a, cried the holy one, and from thy spark will i the lord kindle a great light; i will burn through the grey city in the old and desolate land; i will cleanse it from its great impurity. 4. and thou, o prophet, shalt see these things, and thou shalt heed them not. 5. now is the pillar established in the void; now is asi fulfilled of asar; now is hoor let down into the animal soul of things like a fiery star that falleth upon the darkness of the earth. 6. through the midnight thou art dropt, o my child, my conquerer, my sword-girt captain, o hoor! and they shall find thee as a black gnarl fd glittering stone, and they shall worship thee. 7. my prophet shall prophesy concerning thee; around thee the maidens shall dance, and bright babes be born unto them. thou shalt inspire the proud ones wi

LIBER CXCVII STORY OF SIR PALAMEDES

derelict sir palamede the saracen! 57 xxiv .one thing at least (quoth palamede .beyond dispute my soul can see: this questing beast that mocks my need dwelleth in deep obscurity. so delveth he a darksome hole within the bowels of etna dense, closing the harbour of his soul to all the pirate-ships of sense. and now the questing of the beast rolls in his very self, and high leaps his whole heart in fiery feast on the expected ecstasy. but echoing from the central roar reverberates many a mournful moan, and shapes more mystic than before baffle its formless monotone! ah! mocks him many a myriad vision, warring within him masterless, turning devotion to derision, beatitude to beastliness. they swarm, they grow, they multiply; the strong knight.s brain goes all a-swim, paced by that maddening m

LIBER DCCCXI ENERGIZED ENTHUSIASM

grew rosy, then purple. the high priest sharply and suddenly threw up energized enthusiasm 19 his hand; instant silence. he now poured out the wine from the flask. the high priestess gave it to the girl attendant, who bore it to all present. this was no ordinary wine. it has been said of vodki that it looks like water and tastes like fire. with this wine the reverse is the case. it was of a rich fiery gold in which flames of light danced and shook, but its taste was limpid and pure like fresh spring water. no sooner had i drunk of it, however, than i began to tremble. it was a most astonishing sensation; i can imagine a man feel thus as he awaits his executioner, when he has passed through fear, and is all excitement. i looked down my stall, and saw that each was similarly affected. durin

LIBER LIBERI VEL LAPIDIS LAZULI

ant of eternity. how shall i come forth into the light? 53. thou art he, o god! o my darling! my child! my plaything! thou art like a cluster of maidens, like a multitude of swans upon the lake. 54. i feel the essence of softness. 55. i am hard and strong and male; but come thou! i shall be soft and weak and feminine. 56. thou shalt crush me in the wine-press of thy love. my blood shall stain thy fiery feet with litanies of love in anguish. 57. there shall be a new flower in the fields, a new vintage in the vinyards. 58. the bees shall gather a new honey; the poets shall sing a new song. 59. i shall gain the pain of the goat for my prize; and the god that sitteth upon the shoulders of time shall drowse. 60. then shall all this which is written be accomplished: yea, it shall be accomplished

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

two was three,1 should know three was eight,2 if the circle were but squared; and this also one day shall ye know, my brethren! and she gave him the great and perfect gift of magic, so that he fared forth right comely and well-provided. now at that great wedding was a suggler,3 a riddler: for he said .thou hast beasts: i will give thee weapons one for one. for the lion did our father win a little fiery wand like a flame, and for his eagle a cup of ever flowing water: for his man the suggler gave him a golden-hilted dagger (yet this was the worst of all his bargains, for it could not strike other, but himself only, while for a curious coin he bartered his good bull. alas for our father! now the suggler mocks him and cries .four fool.s bargains hast thou made, and thou art fit to go forth an

LIBER MMCMXI NOTE ON GENESIS

o the agnus dei, or lamb of god that destroyeth (literally burns out) the sins of the world. as it is written in the ordinary of the mass: the priest goeth unto the south of the altar and prays .o agnus dei! qui tollis.qui tollis peccata mundi.dona nobis pacem. and this fire, this lamb of god, is aries, symbol of the dawning year: whose colour also is as the red fire, and which is the head of the fiery triplicity in the zodiac. so also in the grade of neophyte in the order of the golden dawn the hierophant weareth a robe of flame-scarlet as symbolic of the dawn. note..it may be objected to this enunciation of the colours that y, the father, is fire; that h, the mother, is water; that w, the son, is air, and yellow instead of red. this also is true, but it relates to the governance of the e

LIBER SAMEKH

rm and the consciousness of the elemental god of the quarter. after this, he begins to vibrate the gbarbarous names h of the ritual. now let him not only fill his whole being to the uttermost with the force of the names; but let him formulate his will, understood thoroughly as the dynamic aspect of his creative self, in an appearance symbolically apt, i say not in the form of a ray of light, of a fiery sword, or of aught save that bodily vehicle of the holy ghost which is sacred to baphomet,22 by its virtue that concealeth the lion and the serpent that his image may appear adorably upon the earth for ever. let then the adept extend his will beyond the circle in this imagined shape, and let it radiate with the light proper to the element invoked, and let each word issue along the shaft with

all the depths of the universe: hear thou the voice of the fire! h ga similar fire flashingly extending through the rushings of air, or a fire formless whence cometh the image of a voice, or even a flashing light abounding, revolving, whirling forth, crying aloud. also there is the vision of the fire-flashing courser of light, or also a child, borne aloft on the shoulders of the celestial steed, fiery, or clothed with gold, or naked, or shooting with the bow-shafts of light, and standing on the shoulders of the horse; then if thy meditation prolongeth itself, thou shalt unite all these symbols into the form of a lion. h this passage.combined with several others.is paraphrased in poetry by aleister crowley in his tannhauser:32 and when, invoking often, thou shalt see that formless fire; wh

LIBER XCV THE WAKE WORLD

n.t see them, and then there was the sound of the sea and one could look through into the deep, and there was the ocean raging beneath one.s feet, and strong dolphins riding on it and crying aloud .holy! holy! holy. in such an ecstasy you couldn.t think, and rolling and playing for sheer joy. it was all lighted by a tiny, weeny, shy little planet, sparkling and silvery, and now and then a wave of fiery chariots filled with eager spearmen blazed through the sky, and my fairy prince said .isn.t it all fine. but i knew he didn.t really mean it, so i said .kiss me. and he kissed me, and we went on. he said .good little girl of mine, there.s many a one stays there all his life. i forgot to say that the whole place was just one mass of books, and people reading them till they were so silly, they

LIBER XV CHYMICAL JOUSTING OF PERARDUA

as a bull fs. moreover it stood upon the white sphere and the red cube; and it is not possible for any elixir to exceed this, unless it be by our path and working. he slayeth sir merlin the wizard. yet our brother perardua.and by now he was right skilful at the athanor!.determined to attain to that higher projection. therefore he subtly prepared a red dragon, or as some alchemists will have it, a fiery flying serpent, whereby he should eat up that sphinx of his, that he had nourished with such ingenium and care. now this red dragon hath seven fiery coils, proper to the seven silver stars. also was his head right venemous and greedy, and eight flames were about it; for that sphinx had two wings and four feet and two horns; but the serpent is one, even as the king is one. the chymical jousti

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

urces, precious objects, and, especially, women. the flow of such wealth is all in one direction, from the jotnar to the asir, and in fact one might divide the narratives of the mythic present into those in which the gods acquire something from the giants and those in which an attempt by the giants to acquire something from the gods is foiled. in the mythic future, this world order will come to a fiery end as gods and giants destroy each other and the cosmos, but a new world order is to follow in which the world will be reborn and inhabited by a new generation of asir. the historical background scandinavia consists of the low-lying danish islands and the peninsula of jutland and the great scandinavian peninsula, which in its northern reaches is divided in two by the huge mountain range kno

na, and other roman gods) in the time and space of early christianity.even if they are only for the most part envisioned in these texts as idols animated by demons. it is furthermore possible.perhaps likely.that ragnarok was seen by at least some christians as the demise not only of the pagan gods but of the belief in and worship of them. their day would have preceded that of christ, and it had a fiery and perhaps well-deserved end. certainly the famous stanza 65h of voluspa, found in the late-fourteenth-century redaction of the text, supports such a possibility, for it mentions the coming to power of gthe powerful one, from on high, he who rules all. h whoever created this verse appears to have considered the world he and his fellow christians lived in to be the new world that followed ra

ed. and from those drops of poison life emerged, with the power that the heat sent, and it grew into a human form, and that one is called ymir, but the frost giants call him aurgelmir, and all the families of frost giants descend from him. although it has been argued that this passage suggests that muspell is a place, the notion seems hardly credible. rather, it seems that muspell presides over a fiery region outside the realm of the gods, and from there some chaos beings will come when ragnarok is at hand; after all, the world is to be consumed by flames. there are fascinating cognates in other germanic languages. old high german has a poem that modern editors call muspilli because that word is to be found in it as a word for the subject of the poem, the christian last judgment. in the ol

old high german has a poem that modern editors call muspilli because that word is to be found in it as a word for the subject of the poem, the christian last judgment. in the old saxon heliand, an epic about christ, the form mudspell is to be found, with the same meaning. taking into account the medieval icelandic materials as well, scholars are inclined to understand the word as referring to the fiery end of the earth. the figure in scandinavian mythology would be a personification of that notion. see also ginnunga gap references and further reading: most of the work on muspell-muspilli-mudspell is in german. the most recent book, that of heinz finger, untersuchungen zum gmuspilli, h goppinger arbeiten zur germanistik, 244 (gottingen: kummerle, 1977, doubts the close parallel between the

50. which asir will rule the possessions of the gods, when surt fs fire dies down? 51. vidar and vali will inhabit the holy places of the gods, when surt fs fire dies down. surt plays an active role at ragnarok, for according to voluspa, stanza 53, he goes up against frey and kills him. as is usual, snorri sturluson has more to say. in the gylfaginning section of his edda, he assigns surt to the fiery world of muspell: that one is called surt, who sits there at the end of the world as a guardian. he has a burning sword, and at the end of the world he will travel and harry and defeat all the gods and burn the entire world with fire. when snorri gets to ragnarok at the end of gylfaginning, he writes that surt rides first of the sons of muspell, with fire before and after him, with a sword t

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY AND SET TYPHON

e apocalypse. in early persian manifestation, ahriman and the archdaevas. in egyptian lore, apep is by cipher and study nothing more than set revealed, his primal draconian aspect of self. apep embodies the very essence of set and may even be considered associated with his shadow or demonic form. in the tenth and eleventh sections of the tuat set-heh is shown as being to the left of the gods in a fiery place, horus standing in front of setheh in the form of a serpent. anubis the lord of jackals and opener of the way, anubis is hermes, the gateway unto death. anubis is a tester, one who would way the heart of he or she that sought to emerge or dive unto the celestial or infernal realms. anubis is also a mortuary god, residing over embalming and funeral preparations. within luciferian sorcer

MAGIC AND SPELLS

r lower level, but does not counter or dispel it. darkness spells of higher level block a moonbeam. arcane material component. a pinch of white powder. moonfire evocation [light] level: moon 9 components: v, s, df casting lime: 1 action range: close (25 ft+ s -ft./2 levels) area: cone duration: instantaneous (see text) saving throw: reflex half (see text) spell resistance: yes magic '73 a cone of fiery. white moonlight springs from your hand. living creatures in the area feel an unnatural chill and take 1d8 points of damage per two caster levels, to a maximum of 10d8. undead and shapechangers take double damage. this application of the spell allows a reflex save for half damage. all magical auras within the cone glow .with a faint blue light for 1 round per caster level. disguised, shapech

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

verted, the great arcanum was always concealed in symbol or allegory; and those who can today discover its lost keys may open with them a treasure house of philosophic, scientific, and religious truths. click to enlarge the orphic egg. from bryant's an analysis of ancient mythology. the ancient symbol of the orphic mysteries was the serpent-entwined egg, which signified cosmos as encircled by the fiery creative spirit. the egg also represents the soul of the philosopher; the serpent, the mysteries. at the time of initiation the shell is broke. and man emerges from the embryonic state of physical existence wherein he had remained through the fetal period of philosophic regeneration. next: the ancient mysteries and secret societies which have influenced modern masonic symbolism sacred texts

osely interwoven. the encyclop dia britannica makes the following statement concerning the mithraic and christian mysteries "the fraternal and democratic spirit of the first communities, and their humble origin; the identification of the object of adoration with light and the sun; the legends of the shepherds with their gifts and adoration, the flood, and the ark; the representation in art of the fiery chariot, the drawing of water from the rock; the use of bell and candle, holy water and the communion; the sanctification of sunday and of the 25th of december; the insistence on moral conduct, the emphasis placed on abstinence and selfcontrol; the doctrine of heaven and hell, of primitive revelation, of the mediation of the logos emanating from the divine, the atoning sacrifice, the constan

f december; the insistence on moral conduct, the emphasis placed on abstinence and selfcontrol; the doctrine of heaven and hell, of primitive revelation, of the mediation of the logos emanating from the divine, the atoning sacrifice, the constant warfare between good and evil and the final triumph of the former, the immortality of the soul, the last judgment, the resurrection of the flesh and the fiery destruction of the universe-[these] are some of the resemblances which, whether real or only apparent, enabled mithraism to prolong its resistance to christianity" the rites of mithras were performed in caves. porphyry, in his cave of the nymphs, states that zarathustra (zoroaster) was the first to consecrate a cave to the worship of god, because a cavern was symbolic of the earth, or the lo

temple of poseidon. at alternate intervals of five and six years a pilgrimage was made to this temple that equal honor might be conferred upon both the odd and the even numbers. here, with appropriate sacrifice, each king renewed his click to enlarge the scheme of the universe according to the greeks and romans. from cartari's imagini degli dei degli antichi. by ascending successively through the fiery sphere of hades, the spheres of water, earth, and air, and the heavens of the moon, the plane of mercury is reached. above mercury are the planes of venus, the sun, mars, jupiter, and saturn, the latter containing the symbols of the zodiacal constellations. above the arch of the heavens (saturn) is the dwelling place of the different powers controlling the universe. the supreme council of th

ng, study the stars, establish rational forms of government, and become conversant with the sacred mysteries. among the mayas, quetzalcoatl, the savior-god (whom some christian scholars believe to have been st. thomas, issued from the waters and, after instructing the people in the essentials of civilization, rode out to sea on a magic raft of serpents to escape the wrath of the fierce god of the fiery mirror, tezcatlipoca. may it not have been that these demigods of a fabulous age who, esdras-like, came out of the sea were atlantean priests? all that primitive man remembered of the atlanteans was the glory of their golden ornaments, the transcendency of their wisdom, and the sanctity of their symbols--the cross and the serpent. that they came in ships was soon forgotten, for untutored min

tion of its motion. therefore, the fire is called the son of striving. the workman passed as a whirlwind through the universe, causing the substances to vibrate and glow with its friction, the son of striving thus formed seven governors, the spirits of the planets, whose orbits bounded the world; and the seven governors controlled the world by the mysterious power called destiny given them by the fiery workman. when the second mind (the workman) had organized chaos, the word of god rose straightway our of its prison of substance, leaving the elements without reason, and joined itself to the nature of the fiery workman. then the second mind, together with the risen word, established itself in the midst of the universe and whirled the wheels of the celestial powers. this shall continue from

image, not an earthy man but a heavenly man dwelling in the light of god. the supreme mind loved the man it had fashioned and delivered to him the control of the creations and workmanships "the man, desiring to labor, took up his abode in the sphere of generation and observed the works of his brother--the second mind--which sat upon the ring of the fire. and having beheld the achievements of the fiery workman, he willed also to make things, and his father gave permission. the seven governors, of whose powers he partook, rejoiced and each gave the man a share of its own nature "the man longed to pierce the circumference of the circles and understand the mystery of him who sat upon the eternal fire. having already all power, he stooped down and peeped through the seven harmonies and, breaki

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

mighty wings! all those present with you in the circle, should they be witches, must also maintain the same visualization as you chant. relinquish the wand, and move clockwise to the south now, lighting a lamp of art there. take your athame in hand and raise it high above your head. as you do, visualize the sun above your head, blazing with midsummer intensity. suddenly, form the burning orb, a "fiery sword" a searing bolt of lightning cleaves the baking air, forking toward the south side of your circle, answering the summons of your uplifted witch blade. see a pillar of incandescent fire spring up at the circle rim! hear the thunderclap crash in your ears as you cry the words of summoning to the fiery one! feel the heat radiating from him as he takes up his watch in the south. o thou lio

ind's eye, see the rampaging one: between cernunnos' horns from his forehead juts a blazing torch. in his right hand he bears either a flaming sword, a trident, or, alternatively, supports an immense burning staff of gold entwined with serpents and ivy and surmounted by a great gleaming pinecone: the lord of misrule! with his coming, give full play to all the rage and torment within you. feel the fiery blood of anger coursing through your veins! allow yourself to be possessed by wrath and fury as you again perform your circumambulations widdershins, anticlockwise! then take your scarlet candle in your right hand, and with your left begin to anoint it with sabbat oil. start at the centre of the candle and work first up, then down, up again and then down again. keep this up for a full five m

he names of war gods from a variety of pantheons such as "thunor, balor, ares, mars" or a name of the horned one himself such as "barabbas, barabbas" or the old witch curse "rentum tormentum("rend and torment them) or a word which you feel conjures up the full burning, terrifying presence of destruction such as "hiroshima! hiroshima! hiroshima" each number must now be written in, infused with the fiery intensity of a repetition of your charm, using your witchly imagination to whip up a series of suitably terrifying and aggressive thoughts in your mind. again, as always in operative witchcraft, it is only your personal imagination that can really trigger off the powers of your deep mind. it is at this point that you must feel frenzied enough to gnash your teeth, as i mentioned earlier. this

cast with mercurial incense. for a benevolent zephyr, invoke on a wednesday with the moon waxing at 8 a.m, 3 p.m, or 10 p.m; for a destructive storm, conjure at one of the same hours on a thursday with the moon waning. for an electrical storm, call upon cernunnos and all the powers of fire on a tuesday with the moon waning. the great lion from the watchtower of the south must be invoked, and your fiery athame or sword must be brandished as a magical emblem; burn an incense of wrath and chastisement. thunor and all the storm gods must attend on you! finally, for mist, cloud, or rain, invoke the lady habondia as ruler of the great waters, and that serpent of old, mighty tiamat, from the watchtower of the west. burn your lunar incense from chapter 3, and use your chalice of salt water as the

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 1

ings 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, and others upon the earth, which can all render service to that man who learns their nature, and knows how to attract them. furthermore, i wish to make thee understand that god hath 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

ure, and knows how to attract them. furthermore, i wish to make thee understand that god hath 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 t

f thou omittest one single condition thou wilt never arrive at the accomplishment of the art. for those matters then which appertain unto the moon, such as the invocation of spirit, the works of necromancy, and the recovery of stolen property, it is necessary that the moon should be in a terrestrial sign, viz: taurus, virgo, or capricorn. for love, grace, and invisibility, the moon should be in a fiery sign, viz: aries, leo, or sagittarius. book one page 15 for hatred, discord, and destruction, the moon should be in a watery sign, viz: cancer, scorpio, or pisces. for experiments of a peculiar nature, which cannot be classed under any certain head, the moon should be in an airy sign, viz: gemini, libra, or aquarius. but if these things seem unto thee difficult to accomplish, it will suffice

g rested the rings of the said opened scissors on the thumb-nails of two persons, let one of them say the following prayer: prayer. dies mies yes-chet bene done fet donnima metemauz; o lord, who liberatedst the holy susanna from a false accusation of crime; o lord, who liberatedst the holy thekla; o lord, who rescuedst the holy daniel from the den of lions, and the three children from the burning fiery furnace, free the innocent and reveal the guilty. after this let him or her pronounce aloud the names and surnames of all the persons living in the house where the theft hast been committed, who may be suspected of having stolen the things in question, saying: by saint peter and saint paul, such a person hath not done this thing. book one page 45 and let the other reply: by saint peter and s

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 2

ught to be done at the first hour of venus, and at the eighth hour of the day; but by night at the third and at the seventh. at all times of practicing and putting into execution magical arts, the moon should be increasing in light, and in an equal number of degrees with the sun; and it the key of solomon page 84 is much better from the first quarter to the opposition, and the moon should be in a fiery sign, and notably in that of the ram or of the lion. therefore, to execute these experiments in any manner whatsoever, it should be done when the moon is clear, and when she is increasing in light. in order to put in execution those of invisibility after everything is properly prepared, the moon should be in the sign of the fishes, in the hours proper and fitting, and she should be increasin

lms cli; ciii; cvii, and shalt say: o lord god, who governest all things by thine almighty power, give unto me, a poor sinner, understanding and knowledge to do only that which is agreeable unto thee; grant unto me to fear, adore, love, praise and give thanks unto thee with true and sincere faith and perfect charity. grant, o lord, before i die, and descend into the realms beneath, and before the fiery flame shall devour me, that thy grace may not leave me, o lord of my soul. amen. after this thou shalt add: i exorcise thee. o creature of wax, by him who alone hath created all things by his word, and by the virtue of him who is pure truth, that thou cast out from thee every phantasm, perversion, and deceit of the enemy, and may the virtue and power of god enter into thee, so that thou maye

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON PENTACLES

ure 17. the holy pentacles page 63 editor s note. within the pentacle are the names of the nine orders of angels, those of six of them in ordinary hebrew characters, and the remainder in the letters which are known as "the passing of the river" these nine orders are: 1, chaiath ha-qadesch, holy living creatures; 2, auphanim, wheels; 3, aralim, thrones; 4, chaschmalim, brilliant ones; 5, seraphim, fiery ones; 6, melakim, kings; 7, elohim, gods; 8, beni elohim, sons of the elohim; 9, kerubim, kerubim. the versicle is from psalm xviii 7 "then the earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the hills also moved and were shaken, because he was wroth" the key of solomon page 64 jupiter. figure 18. the first pentacle of jupiter. this serveth to invoke the spirits of jupiter, and especially those

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ast, present, and to come. he can carry and re-carry men very speedily from one kingdom to another, at the will and pleasure of the exorcist. he ruleth over 66 legions of spirits, and he was of the order of potentates. his seal is this to be made and to be worn as aforesaid, etc (34) furfur- the thirty-fourth spirit is furfur. he is a great and mighty earl, appearing in the form of an hart with a fiery tail. he never speaketh truth unless he be compelled, or brought up within a triangle. being therein, he will take upon himself the form of an angel. being bidden, he speaketh with a hoarse voice. also he will wittingly urge love between man and woman. he can raise lightnings and thunders, blasts, and great tempestuous storms. and he giveth true answers both of things secret and divine, if c

l slay both him and his fellows. he governeth 30 legions of spirits, and this is his seal, etc (64) haures, or hauras, or havres, or flaurob. the sixty-fourth spirit is haures, or hauras, or havres, or flauros. he is a great duke, and appeareth at first like a leopard, mighty, terrible, and strong, but after a while, at the command of the exorcist, he putteth on human. shape with eyes flaming and fiery, and a most terrible countenance. he giveth true answers of all things, present, past, and to come. but if he be not commanded into a triangle, he will lie in all these things, and deceive and beguile the exorcist in these things, or in such and such business. he will, lastly, talk of the creation of the world, and of divinity, and of how he and other spirits fell. he destroyeth and burneth

ed, and there came up locusts, which appeared upon the whole land, and devoured all which the hail had left; and by the name schema amathia which ioshua called upon, and the sun stayed his course; and by the name alpha and omega, which daniel named, and destroyed bel, and slew the dragon; and in the name emmanuel, which the three children, shadrach, meshach and abed-nego, sang in the midst of the fiery furnace, and were delivered; and by the name hagios; and by the seal31 of adoni; and by ischyros, athanatos, paracletos; and by o theos, ictros, athanatos; and by these three secret names, agla, on, tetragrammaton, do i adjure and constrain thee. and by these names, and by all the other names of the living and true god, the lord almighty, i do exorcise and command thee, o spirit n, even by h

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are attributed to the fire hath more knowledge therein than any other, and those of the water hath more knowledge therein than any other, and also those of the earth hath knowledge therein than any other, and likewise those of the air. and to know which belongs to the fire, earth, air& water, observe the nature of the signs& you cannot err, for those that is attributed aries is of the same nature fiery& so the like in the rest, but if any planet be in that degree that ascends, then that angel is of the nature of the sign& planet both& observe the following method& you cannot but obtain your desire &c. here followeth a table of the signs& planets& their natures. these be the 12 angels that are attributed to the 12 signs (of the zodiac, because of those that hath not got the very degree of t

each 2 drams, of 1 scruple& let it be melted to engrave the same hour the enters. lemegeton: clavicula salomonis 20 so when you know the angel that governs the sign& degree of your nativity& having the seal ready that belongs to that sign& degree as is showed before, then you are next to understand what order he is of, as is showed herein the following part. first these genijs that belong to the fiery region, that is and governed by michael the great angel who is one of the chief messengers of god, who is toward the south, therefore these genijs are to be observed in the first hour of a sunday& at the 8th. hour, also at the 3rd& 10th. at night, directing yourself toward that quarter, they appear in royal apparel holding scepters in their hands, and riding on a lyon or a cock, their robes

MEANING OF MASONRY

mere inert passivity, a negative quantity unbalanced by a positive opposite. its active properties are the product of the union of itself with its underlying and inspiring divine basis, as modified by the good or evil tendencies of the soul itself. god" breathed into man the breath of life and man became--no longer a soul, which he was previously--but a living (energizing) soul" this product, or fiery energy, of the soul is the spirit of man (a good or evil force accordingly as he shapes it) and is symbolized by what has always been known as the fire triangle (with apex upward and base downward, which symbol is approximately reproduced in the compasses. to summarize; the three greater lights emblematize the inextricably interwoven triadic groundwork of man's being (1) the divine word or s

MICHAEL FORD BOOK OF CAIN

s the day of rebellion of set against osiris. succubus publishing phosphorus inner publications front cover- cain sigil by elda isela ford grand luciferian circle blood moon and further developed by michael w. ford back page sigil cain the blacksmith by elda isela ford that azazel fell from the heavens as a great star, enthroned with the emerald crown of the highest aethyr, came down blazing as a fiery meteor. he plunged to the depths of the earth, the darkest areas where no being of light dwelled. those who descended with azazel, whom is called lucifer by later ones only had glimpsed at the fire which azazel had shown unto them. the passed into the nightmare lands, where they felt lost as their fire was nearly extinguished. azazel woke still illuminated brightly, a dark star which beheld

dragon grew in its surrounding flames and the king transformed into an angelic prince, and said unto me- cain, my son of sons, you will find your mother and sister tomorrow, then you shall walk the path of night. by the noon tide sun you have walked, and with the scorpions and serpents of the desert sands have you come forth as god. your sign which is my sign on earth is the pitch fork within the fiery sun, that is our aged mark of being and becoming. cain, my son, our kin is ever deep and eternal. you are blessed in the fire of sathan, the adversary. much will be taught to you when the moment is right. i thanked my father and fell to sleep. my dreams were pleasant and filled with sorcerous images which i understood came from the gates i opened forth. i woke in the feeling of sweat and fil

more, stagnant and decrepit the very sun had raped me of all of which i was. i fell into oblivion. i woke then in the darkness of a cave, on a padded rock ground. i was aching yet slightly refreshed. i wondered so where i was, i had only a loin cloth to cover me, and was chilled in the damp cave air. i heard many voices and noises around me, i grew scared from this. before was she, beautiful and fiery, pale and raven haired. it was mother, lilith who was the queen of demons, yet she was so beautiful and full of life. my mother welcomed me, and her touch was cold. her waist was made of flames, yet she transformed into the bottom half of a beast. she spoke to me of what i was to become, and that i had passed through a rite of passage. i was to become immortal and forever a spirit who walked

she would remain in the dragon s coils and be immortal, and life never ending. it was within the circle, that lilith showed to me that which i may make my life never ending; much was presented to me, which i found illuminating. that body is the vessel of manifestation, the marriage of light and darkness. the circle of summoning is the extent of self, and the fire which surrounds is the circle of fiery will and spirit of the spirit. lilith showed me the art of the sabbat, and how i may become al-aswad at will. the shadow was grown and made strong by the arts of ahriman, who was as darkness. the beast became human flesh, and i was able to become both. i was brought in union and great ecstasy the harmony of the celestial heights of my father s realm, being the air and fire. i was also shown

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

ed flame illuminate from this very forge! from the west, i invoke the force of anubis, the opener of the way let the violet light of the dead empower my spirit! from the south, i invoke the force of thoth, whose lamp illuminates my path let the fires of wisdom and self-discover guide my path! from the east, i invoke horus, being the fire and strength of spirit reveal thy essence as azal ucel, the fiery djinn of change and rebellion! cain, bringer of the cauldron of change and self transformation do protect my very being of self, that i may grow and ascend in our family born of witch blood pure. i seek the coils of leviathan, the darkend grave earth of ahriman and the dream plane of lucifer. allow the gates to open before me! i encircle myself in the dragon s coils, the beast of my father a

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n dawn (llewellyn 1971: but fundamentally it is the ascent of the dragon or, if you wish, an upwelling of the unconscious archetypes- a highly dangerous and unbalancing ascent, until they are assimilated to consciousness- which first renders da ath a possibility. it is the fall which is responsible for the acquisition of self-knowledge. thus it stands proven claims blavatsky that satan or the red fiery dragon, the lord of phosphorus and lucifer, or light bearer is in us; it is our mind- our tempter and redeemer, our intelligent liberator and savior from pure animalism. da ath is the zone where vampyre phantoms, shades, ghosts and demonic spirits dwell. the necromancies of the night side of earth are channels from which the qlipoth emerge. all morbid desires and acts which fester in the hum

the barrier, wolves created in the darkness do i call forth! by the first moon envelope me virgin goddess, i come unto you in the evening light. embrace me in thy kingdom of the cunning craft, speak 66 66 unto me as the freshly dead, the virgin from the tomb. guide me and walk with me unto the luciferian sabbat. by the second moon maiden who rides upon the dragon s spine, i summon thee bring thy fiery essence into my circle, enflame me in the cunning fire and blood of your fornications. uplift me into the spirit of the red dragon- akhuraku, hecau, zrazza by the third moon moon of death, aged witch queen of the sabbat, hex casting hag of the nganga and grave-bound fetish, mother of vampyres and wolves, come thou forth and encircle me guide me unto the infernal sabbat hekas satahan zrazzu u

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noise. an aerial chariot, the pushpaka, conveys many people to the capital of ayodhya. the sky isfull of stupendous flying-machines, dark as night, but picked out by lights with a yellowishglare (mahavira of bhavabhuti, an 8th century jain text, speaking of earlier records)now v ata s chariot s greatness! breaking goes it, and thunderous is its noise, to heaven ittouches, makes light lurid [a red fiery glare, and whirls dust upon the earth. the airplane occupied by salva was very mysterious. it was so extraordinary that sometimesmany airplanes would appear to be in the sky, and sometimes there were apparently none.sometimes the plane was visible and sometimes not visible, and the warriors of the yadudynasty were puzzled about the whereabouts of the peculiar airplane. sometimes they wouldse

hose who kill you? you will be but aman, not a god, in the hands of those who slay you. 10 you will die the death of the uncircumcisedat the hands of foreigners. i have spoken, declares the sovereign lord. ezekiel continues by comparing the king of tyre to the fallen angel, satan: you were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so i ordained you. you were on the holy mount ofgod; you walked among the fiery stones. 15 you were blameless in your ways from the day youwere created till wickedness was found in you. 16 through your widespread trade you were filledwith violence, and you sinned. so i drove you in disgrace from the mount of god, and i expelledyou, o guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones. 17 your heart became proud on account ofyour beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because o

less people, and i have gone straight to you forshelter and am crying out in pain. i beg you, for my desire is so strong. therefore you must please meby giving yourself; it is proper for you to make me a satisfied woman. sri v aisampayana said: thus addressed by the virgin daughter of the serpent lord, the son of kunti,basing his actions on the religious law, did for her all that she desired. the fiery hero arjuna spent thenight in the palace of the naga king, and when the sun rose he too rose up from kauravya's abode. similar story is recorded in the harivansha, which is the addendum to the mahabharata. yadu, thefounder of the yadava family, went for a trip to the sea, where he was carried off by dhumavarna, kingof the serpents, to the capital of the serpents. dhumavarna married his five

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th bat wings. this is a form of the adversary. these spirits seek to continually join their bodies with other spirits and forces both sexual vampires, draining energy through the heat and desire built energy and by possession. working as a vampyre in this sphere represents that you must seek to understand the sexual desires within yourself, the fire of being and what your drives are. satan is the fiery aspect of the adversary, understand in the heat of emotion that you must always calm and collect yourself at times drain with caution, control will keep the chi/prana within. pluto chokmah beelzebub chaigidel (chigdal: chedeziel+ itqueziel+ golebriel+ dubriel+ alhaziel+ lufexiel blackened demonic giant-spirits with venomous serpents coiled around them. saturn binah lucifuge sateriel (sataral

rgy in the nightmare. schechiriron cancer (june 21 july 22 -active water spirits whose forms are black their form blended of reptile, insect and like the crab and the lobster, yet demon-faced. the vampyre magickian may seek atavistic knowledge through dreams with these demons, also draining emotions from others when sleeping. shelhabiron leo (july 23 august 22 -fixed fire spirits whose colors are fiery, yellow and they appear as merciless wolves and jackals, howling among flames and seeking to devour those in their path. master these spirits by evoking shelhabiron and entering the nightmare, visualize your devouring a wolf and its blood, using a belt made of its skin. you can transform yourself accordingly and rise up as a beast. tzephariron virgo (august 23rd september 22nd -mutable earth

e, rather a willed direction of self-advancement by transformation. daeva represents a mask of power, specifically to perceived energies. dregvant [avestan/pahlavi] in historical zoroastrian lore, a person embodied with druj, the spirit of darkness. druj is refered as both feminine and masculine, thus is an initiatory term relating to the foremost union of ahriman and az, the blackened matter and fiery darkness of his bride. a dregvant is a yatu or initiate of the daeva-yasna. druj [avestan/pahlavi] lie referring to demons, feminine and masculine. the later derived term is interestingly enough the old persian draug, meaning also lie and is held connected to serpent, snake or dragon (i.e. worm. druj is a title representing antinomian power in a personage, a daeva in flesh. evil eye in the o

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ests 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 adversary (the opposer, shaitan. samael, in hebrew legend has t

beasts) are found chanting to her in the dark of night. lilith went forth to the desert to become the queen of zemargad (the desert domain, she then joined with samael and gave birth to thousands of liliam, lilitu, the demon succubi who copulate with the shadow of man and woman. it was when lilith entered the desert and began creating demons in the caves by the red sea that her bestial aspect and fiery darkness of spirit emerged and grew in its coming into being. she practiced along with her children the lilitu, sorcery and seduction, and with the sexual fluids created more succubi and demonic forms. lilith in this aspect is our teacher and initiator of magick and sorcery, that by using sexual fluids and charging/consecrating talismans, we may create servitors and familiars. the son of sam

old north- from the mouth ofarezura- taprev, mitrokht- azi dahaka- come forth unto this circle i empower my being and through the sorcerous path do i walk! to know- to will- to keep silent akhtya i summon- akhtya i become akhtya in dreams i commune! facing the south and the white candle "i initiate myself on the serpent's hidden path i awaken to the shadows ofahriman i am embraced by the cold and fiery embrace ofaz in the darkness i am born, of the vampyres kiss in the light of dawn i emerge- awake in the flame of the dragon -djinn so it is done! the gates of arezura this is a ritual from which the initiate opens the gates of hell, that is the meeting place of sorcerers and witches- those who travel into the darkness and flame of the sabbat. the gates of arezura is the initiatory point of

and wolf. this inversion leads to the strengthening of self under the activity of encircling belief into tangible form. one should prepare for the ritual of arezura by a deep introspection, becoming aware of what you wish to achieve and become. you master the self through the entry and exploration of the gates of hell- it is also the meeting place of sorcerers, witches and daevas (demons) of the fiery darkness. it is where dreams become flesh. the invocation- facing the north, the direction of arezura i summon thee, gateway of arezura that you shall open forth to me hail unto thee ahriman, lord of flame and shadow dweller in the dark places of the earth lord and creator of wolves, serpents and toads. as the night comes forth, you shall attend through me i open these gates as the gathering

MORALS AND DOGMA

lowed by labor_ the faith of the arab had become stronger than that of the christian, and he conquered. the sword is also, in the bible, an emblem of speech, or of the utterance of thought. thus, in that vision or apocalypse of the sublime exile of patmos, a protest in the name of the ideal, overwhelming the real world, a tremendous satire uttered in the name of religion and liberty, and with its fiery reverberations smiting the throne of the c sars, a sharp two-edged sword comes out of the mouth of the semblance of the son of man, encircled by the seven golden candlesticks, and holding in his right hand seven stars "the lord" says isaiah "hath made my mouth like a sharp sword "i have slain them" says hosea "by the words of my mouth "the word of god" says the writer of the apostolic letter

of this moral education; the various circles of society, its advanced stages; kingdoms and republics, its universities. riches and poverty, gayeties and sorrows, marriages and funerals, the ties of life bound or broken, fit and fortunate, or untoward and painful, are all lessons. events are not blindly and carelessly flung together. providence does not school one man, and screen another from the fiery trial of its lessons. it has neither rich favorites nor poor victims. one event happeneth to all. one end and one design concern and urge all men. the prosperous man has been at school. perhaps he has thought that it was a great thing, and he a great personage; but he has been merely a pupil. he thought, perhaps, that he was master, and had nothing to do, but to direct and command; but there

o a type of the sorrow of the craft for the death of hiram, the grief of the jews at the fall of jerusalem, the misery of the templars at the ruin of their order and the death of de molay, or the world's agony and pangs of woe at the death of the redeemer, it is the right of each to do so. the third apartment represents the consequences of sin and vice and the hell made of the human heart, by its fiery passions. if any see in it also a type of the hades of the greeks, the gehenna of the hebrews, the tartarus of the romans, or the hell of the christians, or only of the agonies of remorse and the tortures of an upbraiding conscience, it is the right of each to do so. the fourth apartment represents the universe, freed from the insolent dominion and tyranny of the principle of evil, and brill

tal, before the general resurrection. the spartan mother, who, giving her son his shield, said "with it, or upon it" afterward shared the government of laced mon with the legislation of lycurgus; for she too made a law, that lived after her; and she inspired the spartan soldiery that afterward demolished the walls of athens, and aided alexander to conquer the orient. the widow who gave marion the fiery arrows to burn her own house, that it might no longer shelter the enemies of her infant country, the house where she had lain upon her husband's bosom, and where her children had been born, legislated more effectually for her state than locke or shaftesbury, or than many a legislature has done, since that state won its freedom. it was of slight importance to the kings of egypt and the monarc

orces against the grim northern despotism. mahomet announced to the arabian idolaters the new creed"_there is but one god, and mahomet, like moses and christ, is his apostle" for many years unaided, then with the help of his family and a few friends, then with many disciples, and last of all with an army, he taught and preached the koran. the religion of the wild arabian enthusiast converting the fiery tribes of the great desert, spread over asia, built up the saracenic dynasties, conquered persia and india, the greek empire, northern africa, and spain, and dashed the surges of its fierce soldiery against the battlements of northern christendom. the law of mahomet still governs a fourth of the human race; and turk and arab, moor and persian and hindu, still obey the prophet, and pray with

ame with menaces and despair, surrounding them with terrors and alarms that disturbed their repose during all their life. for the material horrors of tartarus, allegorical to the initiate, were real to the mass of the profane; nor in latter times, did, perhaps many initiates read rightly the allegory. the triple-walled prison, which the condemned soul first met, round which swelled and surged the fiery waves of phlegethon, wherein rolled roaring, huge, blazing rocks; the great gate with columns of adamant, which none save the gods could crush; tisiphone, their warder, with her bloody robes; the lash resounding on the mangled bodies of the miserable unfortunates, their plaintive groans, mingled in horrid harmony with the clashings of their chains; the furies, lashing the guilty with their s

and that spiritual principle that forms the breath of the winds; the moon by humidity and dryness; and both by the forces of the air which they share in common. by this beneficial influence everything is born, grows, and vegetates. wherefore this whole huge body, in which nature resides, is maintained by the combined action of the sun and moon, and their five qualities--the principles spiritual, fiery, dry, humid, and airy" so five primitive powers, elements, or elementary qualities, are united with the sun and moon in the indian theology--air, spirit, fire, water, and earth: and the same five elements are recognized by the chinese. the phoenicians, like the egyptians, regarded the sun and moon and stars as sole causes of generation and destruction here below. the moon, like the sun, chan

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esponding conception. she was supposed, as already related, to have issued from the head of zeus himself, clad in armour from head to foot. the miraculous advent of this maiden goddess is beautifully described by homer in one of his hymns: snow-capped olympus shook to its foundation; the glad earth re-echoed her martial shout; the billowy sea became agitated; and helios, the sun-god, arrested his fiery steeds in their headlong course to welcome this wonderful emanation from the godhead. athene was at once admitted into the assembly of the gods, and henceforth took her place as the most faithful and sagacious of all her father's counsellors. this brave, dauntless maiden, so exactly the essence of all that is noble in the character of "the father of gods and men" remained throughout chaste i

which her brother is about to appear. when he has burst forth in all the glorious light of day, eos disappears, and helios now drives his flame-darting chariot along the accustomed track. this chariot, which is of burnished gold, is drawn by four fire-breathing steeds, behind which the young god stands erect with flashing eyes, his head surrounded with rays, holding in one hand the reins of those fiery coursers which in all hands save his are unmanageable. when towards evening he descends the curve[26] in order to cool his burning forehead in the waters of the deep sea, he is followed closely by his sister selene (the moon, who is now prepared to take charge of the world, and illumine with her silver crescent the dusky night. helios meanwhile rests from his labours, and, reclining softly o

e the horses. the goddesses speedily obeyed the command, and the father then anointed the face of his son with a sacred balm, to enable him to endure the burning flames which issued from the nostrils of the steeds, and sorrowfully placing his crown of rays upon his head, desired him to ascend the chariot. the eager youth joyfully took his place and grasped the coveted reins, but no sooner did the fiery coursers of the sun feel the inexperienced hand which attempted to guide them, than they became restive and unmanageable. wildly they rushed out of their accustomed track, now soaring so high as to threaten the heavens with destruction, now descending so low as nearly to set the earth on fire. at last the unfortunate charioteer, blinded with the glare, and terrified at the awful devastation

last the unfortunate charioteer, blinded with the glare, and terrified at the awful devastation he had caused, dropped the reins from his trembling hands. mountains and forests were in flames, rivers and streams were dried up, and a general conflagration was imminent. the scorched earth now called on zeus for help, who hurled his thunderbolt at phaethon, and with a flash of lightning brought the fiery steeds to a standstill. the lifeless body of the youth fell headlong into the river eridanus,[27] where it was received and buried by the [66]nymphs of the stream. his sisters mourned so long for him that they were transformed by zeus into poplars, and the tears they shed, falling into the waters, became drops of clear, transparent amber. cycnus, the faithful friend of the unhappy phaethon

the arrows of heracles must be used against the enemy; and thirdly, they must obtain possession of the wooden image of pallas-athene, the famous palladium of troy. the first condition was easily fulfilled. ever ready to serve the interests of the community, odysseus repaired to the island of scyros, where he found neoptolemus, the son of achilles. having succeeded in arousing the ambition of the fiery youth, he generously resigned to him the magnificent armour of his father, and then conveyed him to the greek camp, where he immediately distinguished himself in single combat with eurypylus, the son of telephus, who had come to the aid of the trojans. to procure the poison-dipped arrows of heracles was a matter of greater difficulty. they were still in the possession of the much-aggrieved p

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spirit world< you can work magic 1: the witching circle the gray man what witches do welcome to the coven anyone can be a witch the circle of protection the sign of the elder gods love and witchcraft the black pullet the magic of herbs the children of the night the fear of witchcraft witchcraft made easy be your own secret coven 2: you can awaken your magic power the ritual that will awaken your fiery serpent physical sensations of occult power seeing your invisible power how to invoke the secret forces of nature a thank you email using witchcraft to smooth your path through life creating your personal grimoire 3: wiccan money spells how to cast spells that really work thank you letter #1 practical witchcraft the magic word that will bring money to you the green candle spell thank you let

basis. the circle begins and ends at the doorway of the room. the sign of the elder gods the pentagram (five-pointed star) is another tool used by both witches and magicians to keep evil forces at bay. the more complicated forms of magic require the magician to create a cabalistic circle of protection- in which a pentagram is visualized at each of the cardinal points, joined one to the other by a fiery circle with the magician at its center. there is more to it than this, of course. the protection of the four archangels is requested, along with the visualization of the archangels and the elemental forces associated with them. in detail, i ll be explaining how to do it later in this book. the pentagram represents man- the five points being his head, two arms, and two legs. inverted it becom

be specific, and your notebook is a handy reminder that a certain spell will produce a certain result. you will get your first inkling of the power you are in touch with as you see the magical happenings in your life recorded in your notebook. chapter 2 you can awaken your magic power you have a power within you that can be woken. it is what the ancient avatars of the mystic east use to call the fiery serpent the great body of radiance and the immutable light. it is the same power that you can now use to work any magic you want. you may have expected that at this stage you would be told to obtain mystic robes, magic wands, bat s wings, eye of newt, and cauldrons, or to indulge in blood drinking and human sacrifice. such occult paraphernalia and activities are not only out of date, but als

use to work any magic you want. you may have expected that at this stage you would be told to obtain mystic robes, magic wands, bat s wings, eye of newt, and cauldrons, or to indulge in blood drinking and human sacrifice. such occult paraphernalia and activities are not only out of date, but also totally unnecessary to make your magic power work for you. the first, very simple step in waking your fiery serpent from its ancient slumber is to find a place where you can create a witching circle. the old grimoires, hand-written books of magic spells, invocations, herbal recipes, incantations and other magical lore were most specific in what they said about the location of a witching circle. dark forests, secluded caves, abandoned ruins, or upon the seashore beneath a full moon were considered

your cleared area, you can stretch your hands and arms out all around you. this is your personal witching circle. if you wish you can burn a stick of incense and have the room illuminated by candles placed at the four cardinal points. and, until you are confident in your power to keep mischievous spirits at bay, a circle of protection marked on the floor in salt. the ritual that will awaken your fiery serpent here now is a ritual to summon the magic power within you. this requires only a few minutes of your time each day and privacy. when witches work their rituals, they work naked. the absence of clothing leaves them completely free and unrestricted, not only in body, but also in mind and spirit. you should work the spells and rituals that follow in this manner. stand at the center of yo

achieving your desire. spend a few minutes thinking about whatever it is that you seek in the way of happiness and peace of mind. say a simple thank you to the spirits and go about your daily affairs. repeat daily until the ritual draws your desire to you. chapter 3 wiccan money spells in chapter two you learned that the magic power of witchcraft can be woken through the study and practice of the fiery serpent ritual. if you never learned another thing about the occult world, the knowledge that you already possess marks you as a genuine witch. but there is more, much more. obtaining money through the use of magic spells and rituals is just one more amazing secret that is revealed to you in the pages of this remarkable book. how to cast spells that really work spells are the fun part of wha

ai. repeat three times. you will experience a pleasant sensation in your pelvic region. complete this part of the ritual by extending the shaft of white light to your feet, where a fifth sphere is visualized. this is the sphere of earth. see it as clearly as you can. speak the fifth sacred name of power: adonai elohim. repeat three times. the image you have in your mind s eye should be a shaft of fiery white light running from your head to your toes, inside your body, studded with five gigantic, brilliant white gems three along the center and one at each end. you will now experience the power of the spheres physically. a great calmness will surge through your mind, and your skin will prickle with a vibrant current of raw magic power. it remains only to circulate it and then direct it to ch

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e second month, at beltane (on the eve of may, at lammas (on the first day of the eighth month, at roodmas (on the fourteenth day of the ninth month, and at hallowmas (on november eve. call out to dread azathoth when the sun is in the sign of the ram, the lion, or the archer; the moon decreasing and mars and saturn conjoin. mighty yog-sothoth shall rise to ye incantations when sol has entered the fiery house of leo and the hour of lammas be upon ye. evoke ye terrible hastur on candlemas night, when sol is in aquarius and mercury in trine. supplicate great cthulhu only at hallowmas eve when the sun abides within the house of the scorpion and orion riseth. when all hallows falls within the cycle of the new moon the power shall be the strongest. conjure shub-niggurath when the beltane fires g

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

n to the house of dust the palace of erishkegal, the queen of darkness. gilgamesh triumphant gilgamesh defeated humbaba, who begged for mercy with tears in his eyes and promised to be his servant. gilgamesh almost agreed, but enkidu said he was not to be trusted and persuaded gilgamesh to kill him. humbaba this lionlike figure may represent humbaba, a forest giant with a countenance. like a lion, fiery breath, and terrible jaws. when he roared, it was like a storm, and his eyes blazed with the power of death. at the suggestion of the sun god shamesh, gilgamesh and enkidu traveled into the faraway forest where they found and killed him. by doing so they incurred the anger of the gods, especially enlil, the chief god, lord of earth and air. gilgamesh. struck humbaba with a thrust of the swor

h were sacred to demeter, although violets and lilies are also mentioned. the rape of persephone 29 persephone was stolen away from the island of sicily. the earth giant typhoeus was imprisoned beneath the island and his struggles were creating earthquakes. hades was concerned in case the earth gaped open and let in daylight, which would frighten the dead. black horses hades black horses drew his fiery chariot towards the chasm of the underworld. they were among his most prized possessions, along with his helmet of invisibility, which he once lent to perseus (see pp. 46 47. demeter is shown on this greek blackfigure amphora, together with her daughter persephone and the god apollo in his chariot. snake snakes have many meanings in greek myth depending on the context. a symbol of fertility

is closely associated with the moon. in her triple aspect she is said to represent selene (luna) in heaven, artemis on earth, and persephone (proserpine) in the underworld (see pp. 28 29. apollo and daphne 38 apollo and daphne apollo, the god of archery, music, prophecy, and light, was very powerful, but not always successful in love. his first love was the nymph daphne, who refused him. apollo s fiery passion and daphne s cold resistance were both the fault of eros (roman cupid, who, angry at jokes apollo had made, shot him with a golden arrow to make him fall in love, and daphne with a leaden one so that she would reject him. apollo pursued daphne with loving entreaties, all of which she spurned, as far as the banks of the river peneus. here, just as he reached out for her, she called up

otection of hera. when jason was hurrying to the court of king pelias to lay his claim to the throne, he had to cross a flooded river. an old woman stood forlornly on the bank and begged him to carry her across. he did so, losing one of his sandals in the process. the old woman was hera in disguise, and this small service earned jason her devoted help. medea, witch and lover medea, a witch with a fiery and ruthless temperament, was madly in love with jason. when she thought he was plotting with her brother apsyrtus to leave her behind, she boiled with rage, longing to set the argo on fire, and hurl herself into the flames. although medea used her magic to help him, jason was terrified of her. her aid was substantial not only did she charm the serpent that guarded the golden fleece, but she

m shame. at the last moment, the goddess took pity and cut her down, allowing her to live in the form of a spider, with her weaving skills intact. the judgment of paris 62 the judgment of paris p aris was the son of king priam and queen hecuba of troy, the ancient city of ilium in asia minor. shortly before he was born, hecuba dreamt that she had given birth to a burning torch from which wriggled fiery snakes. as she awoke, she screamed that troy was burning. hecuba s fearful dream was interpreted to mean that paris would bring about the fall of troy. therefore, a shepherd was sent to expose him on mount ida. but five days later, the shepherd found the child unharmed, suckled by a she-bear, so he adopted him. one day, while caring for his adoptive father s flocks, paris was visited by herm

er purposefully to rescue his children. the wolf dates from the fifth century bce but the children are later additions. she-wolf romulus and remus the norse gods 68 the norse gods o din the chief god, or all-father of the norse gods and his brothers, vili and ve, created the world from the body of the first living creature, the frost giant ymir, whom they killed. ymir had come into being when the fiery sparks of the hot, southern land of muspell had met with the melting ice of niflheim, the cold land in the north. when odin and his brothers killed him, ymir s blood drowned all the frost giants except bergelmir and his wife, who later bore a race of giants, forever opposed to the norse gods (see opposite. once he was dead, the brothers used ymir s bones to make mountains, his skull to make

th ogoun, the god of war and iron, and with ghede (g d) in his role as ghede nimbo, the gravedigger. ghede, the lord of death and life ghede, the master of the underworld, is also a lord of life, strongly associated with erotic activity and with the protection of children. he is a glutton for both food and drink, stuffing food into his mouth with both hands and washing it down with great swigs of fiery spirits. yet he is also elegant and sophisticated. he brooks no questioning of his authority. earlier this century, a crowd of ghedes (voodoo priests possessed by his spirit) marched on the palace of president borno in port-au-prince, singing papa ghede is a handsome fellow. each was dressed in ghede s best clothes: top-hat and tailcoat, smoked glasses, a cigarette or cigar, and a cane in hi

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nciple. two supporting magistra s and the current magister. titles of three coven guardians- coven maleficia vox barathrum the magister of coven/director- yatus akhtya seker arimanius -the utterance/voice of the abyss. a student, emerging as an independent voice or gate of hell, from the angelo-saxon word helan, meaning secret or hidden place. pairikas soror azhdeha iii director and overseer -the fiery dragon, an office of scarlet women. pairikas soror teth ii- director and overseer praecantrix dana dark -the ghost serpent, a witch of solitary and dreaming sorcery 3 each are bound to the circle to further expand, refine and direct the initiatory process under the practice of the luciferian witchcraft, persian and ahrimanean sorcery within a left hand path perspective. the grade structure o

l to the luciferian path of phosphorus. we as an order embrace the essence and ideal of lucifer, the bringer of light. it is through a detailed and individualized harrowing of hell that we emerge as one isolate, beautiful, and willing to go forth through initiation further. it is essential to use that which stimulates your imagination, that will urge you to move away from stasis to strive for the fiery essence of the fallen angel, that which would know heaven and hell. much of the sex magickal practice of phosphorus is solitary and is designed to create and develop the will and god itself self-deification. 5 0 void and the abyss title veneficus lucifugum -fly the light into the darkness- color white symbol witches mark forked stave within sun -study of fulmino-lucifer, how this spirit rela

n a gateway opening forth a shadowed figure arises before you this is the black man of the sabbat, the initiator who you shall seek to become like- i salute thee spirit of blackened flame, i come unto thee as clay but which holds a spark. with thy stave immolate my being with the cunning fire, that i shall awaken in the bloodied caul the mark of cain. face now the four directions- from the south, fiery essence of the darkness, satanas i do summon thee, i shall descend into the pleasure fields of midnight and noon 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 arch

e 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 gateways of the darkness of the oceans, i do summon thee to behold my path! i seek thou crooked serpent of which i shall walk with in the timeless arena of thy being! i seek to pass through the gateway of the abyss! leviathan arise and cast thy fiery eye into my very spirit! 15 i proclaim my self as created and reborn in luciferian light! i affirm cain as my earthly guide and blacksmith who shall light my fire of being! i affirm samael-azazel as my fiery initiator of becoming in the light of the sun! i affirm lilith hecate as the night initiator and goddess of the moon! i affirm my awakening into the throne of baphomet! visualize cain co

nister atmosphere may come forth with use. this triangle-circle should be meditated upon to bring forth a calm and serpentine consciousness, concentrate on the essence of lucifer as shadow, for a minimum of ten minutes and then as light for an equal time. relate both to you personally and how you are becoming in this light reflect on who you were and where you are going. 5. the algol sigil is the fiery and diabolic essence of isolate consciousness, the eye and heart of set, ahriman and hecate. it is both daimon and seraph, a mirror and a gate of hell. meditate and focus upon this mirror. 6. the sigil of lucifer is the mark of the rebellion of spirit, the separation of ain soph (limitless light) to the dual ecstasies of shadow and flame. mark thy soul/spirit/consciousness with the sigil of

PHOSPHORUS THE SHADOWING FORTH OF LUCIFER

f active fire. this duality is the changeable essence of progression and evolution. lucifer emerges by name as the roman "bringer of light, lucem fero..the carrier of the torch. a gnostic god, the holy bible mentions little of him besides the basis of origin "you were the anointed cherub who covers; i established you; you were on the holy mountain of god; you walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones. you were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, til iniquity was found in you -holy bible, ezekiel. later on the morning star as is called became the dragon and the devil. shaitan was the base for this materization, which means to oppose, to accuse. lucifer was invariably the first rebel. lucifer is of the spirit of light, from which the foundation of luciferic magick is

the instance of both shadow and light, blood red and jet black. lucifer is the colour of an awakened and enlightened mind. the psyche which is open for magical inspiration. blavatsky understood the significance of balance within the individual, to ascend the individual from the beast like qualities so inherent within our subconscious. blavatsky wrote "thus it stands proven that satan, or the red fiery dragon, the "lord of phosphorus" and lucifer, or "light bearer" is in us; it is our mind-our temptor and redeemer, our intelligent liberator and saviour from pure animalism" asmodeus/ahriman is the fountain head of sorcery and earth based black magic. asmodeus is the god of black witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy and diabolism. the balance of asmodeus/ahriman is to unite the materialistic fles

PROMETHEUS

ow although man acquired in this way the wisdom of daily life, civic wisdom he had not, since this was in the possession of zeus; prometheus could not make so free as to enter the citadel which is the dwelling-place of zeus, and moreover the guards of zeus were terrible: but he entered unobserved the building shared by athene and hephaistos for the pursuit of their arts, and stealing hephaistos's fiery art and all athene's also he gave them to man, and hence it is that man gets facility for his livelihood, but prometheus, through epimetheus' fault, later on (the story goes) stood his trial for theft -plato protagoras 320c-322a "and asia [was named] after the wife of prometheus; yet the lydians claim a share in the latter name, saying that asia was not named after prometheus' wife asia -her

eagle and since it was slain, men began, when victims were sacrificed, to offer livers on the altars of the gods to satisfy them in place of the liver of prometheus. hyginus astromomica 2.15 [typhoeus to zeus declaring his intentions when he seizes the throne of heaven] and the soaring round kaukasos, another and better eagle shall tear the bleeding liver, growing for ever anew, of hephaistos the fiery: since fire was the for which prometheus has been suffering the ravages of his self-growing liver. dionysiaca 2.298 [aion father time addresses zeus] prometheus himself is the cause of man s misery prometheus who cares for poor mortals! instead of fire which is the beginning of all evil he ought rather to have stolen sweet nectar, which rejoices the heart of the gods, and given that to men

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on. in contrast, on yom tov (the jewish holidays) a jew is permitted to do some form of work, such as cooking. from this we see that binah relates to yom tov. binah is an intermediary level between chochmah which is separate and holy, and the emotions and action (the sefirot from chesed through malchut (it is specifically because of this that chochmah is called "pleasure" whereas binah is called "fiery joy. in the same way that pleasure is introverted, and only "drops" of it can trickle out, so is it with chochmah which the zohar calls "a thing unto itself. in contrast, binah is tangible comprehension, which can be felt and expressed. in contrast to the introspective pleasure of chochmah, binah is a fiery joy, which is felt and expressed) this is because, as mentioned above, chochmah is ho

a previous generation certain individuals did an "analysis" of the available data and came to the conclusion that humans "evolved" from apes. most people today, however, who subscribe to this belief have not done the analysis to arrive at this conclusion. rather, they accept it as fact, and may even swear by it. furthermore, if one were to tell them otherwise, their emotions would be ignited with fiery indignation and they would consider him to be an unenlightened ignoramus and a boor etc. nonetheless, they cannot logically explain the truth of their position. their emotions are merely operating on the basis that "science" says so, and therefore it must be true. another example of this is christianity. millions upon millions of people believe in christianity blindly without ever having exa

unenlightened ignoramus and a boor etc. nonetheless, they cannot logically explain the truth of their position. their emotions are merely operating on the basis that "science" says so, and therefore it must be true. another example of this is christianity. millions upon millions of people believe in christianity blindly without ever having examined the truth or falseness of it, and yet they have fiery emotions about it. these emotions are not the result of their own intellectual investigation and understanding, but are the result of the "conclusions" of previous generations etc. they just "take their word for it" as absolute truth, without any thought or analysis into the actual truth or absurdity of it. this too is a chashmal, but on a multigenerational or national level) from this we se

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

uld succeed it in ruling over the jews. by making a similar statue entirely of gold, nebuchadnezzar sought to subvert the prophecy and perpetuate the kingdom of babylonia. chananiah, misha fel, and azariah (whose babylonian names were shadrach, meisach, and abednego) were daniel fs jewish companions, who refused to bow down to this statue. nebuchadnezzar punished them by having them thrown into a fiery furnace, but they emerged unscathed. he also intended to build a tower and a city, as it is written, gis this not the great [city of] babylon that i built up [into a royal house with my powerful strength, to glorify my splendor? h6 1 genesis 11:1-9. 2 ibid. 10:8 ff. 3 daniel 3:1. 4 isaiah 14:14. 5 daniel 3:3-30. 6 ibid. 4:27. the arizal on parashat noach (2) 34 the people who built the tower

as the king of sheshach,8 for the numerical value of sheshach is the same as that of keter. sheshach in at-bash is bavel, babylonia. sheshach: shin-shin-kaf= 300+ 300+ 20= 620. keter: kaf-taf-reish= 20+ 400+ 200= 620. g-d, in his mercy, confounded his plan and ruined his intentions, and the statue fell on its face, for it was overcome by chananiah, misha fel, and azariah. they were saved from the fiery furnace just as our father abraham had been saved. similarly, g-d humbled nimrod before our father abraham, and he was saved from the fiery furnace. when abraham became known as a crusader against idolatry, nimrod had him thrown in a fiery furnace, but abraham emerged unscathed. when nimrod saw that his scheme [to get rid of abraham] failed, he gathered four kings and waged war against five

he was saved from the fiery furnace. when abraham became known as a crusader against idolatry, nimrod had him thrown in a fiery furnace, but abraham emerged unscathed. when nimrod saw that his scheme [to get rid of abraham] failed, he gathered four kings and waged war against five kings, all in order to snatch the divine beneficence from our father abraham. after the incident with nimrod and the fiery furnace, abraham and his family left babylonia to eventually settle in the land of israel. the torah then relates how king amrafel of shinar (another name for babylonia) joined forces with three other neighboring kings and waged war against five kings of city-states in the land of israel. when they conquered them, abraham went to rescue his nephew lot (who had been taken captive) and defeate

e kings you killed will come and kill you. h (another opinion: einar told him, gyou fre already 99 years old; why subject yourself to this pain? h) eshkol said, gyou are old; if you cut yourself you will bleed to death. h (another opinion: eshkol said, gwhy arouse the wrath of your enemies [who oppose doing anything that promotes divine consciousness? h) mam-re said, gyour g-d stood by you in the fiery furnace, in the famine, in your war against the kings, and if he asks you to circumcise yourself you won ft listen? h10 mam-re: mem-mem-reish-alef= 40+ 40+ 200+ 1= 281. 280 signifies, as we saw, the states of gevurah, which seek to couple and thereby be sweetened. 9 ecclesiastes 5:7. 10 bereishit rabbah 42:8; midrash tanchuma, vayeira 3. the opinions in parentheses are those of bereishit rab

f this is as follows: when adam [and eve] sinned, in order to be rectified they were reincarnated into the three patriarchs and three matriarchs. the sin of the tree of knowledge of good and evil comprised the three cardinal sins that a jew is commanded to lay down his life rather than transgress: idolatry, murder, and infidelity.1 abraham rectified the sin of idolatry when he was thrown into the fiery furnace in ur, as it is written, gand you shall burn their asherah-trees in fire. h2 the asherah-tree was an idol. we see here that the destruction of idolatry is by fire, and abraham submitted to the fire rather than serve idols. he thus rectified this aspect of adam fs sin [abraham was not subjected to this ordeal] because of himself, but rather because of the spark of ishmael that was sti

of abel fs soul within him] as much as his brother abraham did. and it is known that he was burned for the sanctification of g-d fs name, albeit not wholeheartedly, since he waited [to consign himself to the flames] until he saw that abraham was [miraculously] saved from the furnace. gterah complained about abram his son before nimrod for crushing his idols; so he [nimrod] cast him [abram] into a fiery furnace, and haran sat and thought, eif abram is victorious, i am on his side, and if nimrod is victorious, i am on his side. f when abram was saved, they said to haran, ewhose side are you on? f haran said to them, ei am on abram fs side! f they cast him into the fiery furnace and he was burned. h3 thus, haran threw himself into the flames thinking he would be saved, and therefore his act d

reat fire that ate and devoured everything, this being the mystical meaning of the turquoise fire [that descends from heaven to devour the sacrifices].14 the word for gturquoise h (techeilet) is related to the word for gdevour h (kilayon, mechaleh. malchut, the shechinah, would descend from heaven in the form of a fire and devour the sacrifices on the altar. in chassidut, this is explained as the fiery enthusiasm of the divine soul (a spark of the shechinah) that, when ignited by appropriate meditation, can consume the individual fs animalistic tendencies, purifying his animal soul and making it fit for serving g-d. 10 bava kama 3b. 11 isaiah 44:13. 12 siddur tehillat hashem, p. 22. 13 par. genesis 37:24. 14 zohar 3:29b. the arizal on parashat mishpatim (2) 323 the numerical value of the w

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and faculty of mind. but fundamentally it is the ascent of the dragon or, if you wish, an upwelling of the unconscious archetypes- a highly dangerous and unbalancing ascent, until they are assimilated to consciousness- which first renders daath a possibility. it is the fall which is responsible for the acquisition of self-knowledge 'thus it stands proven" claims blavatsky "that satan, or the red fiery dragon, the 'lord of phosphorus' and lucifer, or 'light-bearer' is in us; it is our mind- our temptor and redeemer, our intelligent liberator and saviour from pure animalism" in the evolutionary scheme, the fall occurs through a higher type of intelligence coming into close contact with nascent humanity, thus stimulating the psyche of the race- or so the magical tradition has it. the recapit

that were there. the princes of the gates in their glory" the illustrations in this chapter represent the hall of truth as seen through the open leaves of its door. the hall is presided over by a god who holds his right hand over the cage of a hawk, and his left over the food of eternity. on each side of the god is a cornice crowned by a row of alternate feathers and uraei symbolising justice and fiery power. the door leaf which completes the right hand of a stall is called 'tossessor of truth controlling the feet" while that on the left is 'tossessor of strength, binding the male and female animals" the 42 judges of the dead are represented as seated in a long row, and each of them has to be named, and the sin over which he presided has been denied. this chapter describes the introduction

ve. hence the name of the sphere of venus is nogah-denoting external splendour but internal corruption. the serpent nehushtan, which moses made when the children of israel were bitten by serpents of fire in the wilderness, is the serpent of the paths of the tree. and he set it on a pole-that is, twined it round the middle pillar of the sephiroth. and the word used in the passage in numbers 21 for fiery serpents is the same as the name of the angels of geburah, the same spelling, the same pointing, seraphim. round the middle pillar of the sephiroth, because that is the reconciler between the fires of geburah or severity, and the waters of chesed or mercy-and hence it is said in the new <166> testament that it is a type of christ, the reconciler. and the serpent is of brass, the metal of ven

a very peculiar combination-virgo, aries, fire, taurus, aries. virgo born of a virgin, aries the sacrificial lamb, fire the fire of the holy spirit, taurus the ox of the earth in whose manger he was laid, and lastly aries the flocks of sheep whose herdsmen came to worship him. elohim yields air, libra, aries, virgo, water-the firmament, the balanced forces, the fire of the spirit (for aries is a fiery sign, operating in the zodiac, the fire god dess, and the waters of creation. 84 the golden dawn: volume 1 book one <167> the terms raven or crow, lion and eagle have various alchemical significations. generally raven-initiation through blackness lion-heat and sulphurous action eagle-sublimation one great difference between chemical and alchemical processes is that alchemy only employs a gra

are the receptacles of air which tempereth the blood as the wind doth the waves of the sea-the mephitic impurities of the blood in its traversal of the body requiring the dispersing force of the air, even as the sea, under a calm, doth putrify and become mephitic. the heart is the great centre of the action of fire, lending its terrible energy as an impulse unto the others. thence cometh from the fiery nature the red colour of the blood. the part above the heart is the chief abode of the ruach, as there receiving and concentrating the other expressions of its sephiroth. this part is the central citadel of the body and is the particular abode of the lower and more physical will. the higher will is in the kether of the body. for the higher will to manifest, it must be reflected into the lowe

mon rises. he proceeds to leave the temple, pausing before hierophant's mrone fo salute with the gradesign. the theoricus should be robed and wearing the sash of his grade. hegemon gives him the badge- the solid triangular pyramid- hoodwinks him, and leads him to the door. hegemon gives the alarm- 1 117 1 111. hiereus opens the door, admits them, and returns to his seat. heg his throne was like a fiery flame and the wheels as burning fire. hegemon conducts the theoricus to the west and takes the pyramid. theoricus is faced towards hiereus who rises. give me the sign of the grade of theoricus. give me the grip. give the grand word (this is given, hegemon prompting if necessa y. shaddai el chai) the mystic number (45, and pass word (mem-he. give me also the mystic title and symbol you receiv

ter- fire constrained- fire tormented- raging and whirling in lurid storm. by what sign dost thou seek to pass by? heg by the symbol of the pyramid of flame. hegemon returns to his place- signing theoricus to remain. hiereus hear thou the voice of axiokersos, the second kabir "for not in matter did the fire which is in the beyond first enclose his power in acts, but in mind; for the former of the fiery world is the mind of mind, who fist sprang from mind, clothing the one fire with the other fire, binding them together so that he might mingle the fountainous craters while presening unsullied the brilliance of his own fire- and thence a fiery whirlwind drawing down the brilliance of the flashing flame- penetrating the abysses of the universe; thencefrom downwards all extend their wond

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of ammonius saccas and of plato; the doctrine of hermes is found almost in its entirety in the writings attributed to dionysius the areopagite; synesius outlined the plan of a treatise on dreams, which was annotated subsequently by cardan, and composed hymns that might have served for the liturgy of the church of swedenborg, could a church of the illuminated possess a liturgy. with this period of fiery abstractions and impassioned warfare of words there must be connected also the philosophic reign of julian, called the apostate because in his youth he made unwilling profession of christianity. everyone is aware that julian had the misfortune to be a hero out of season of plutarch, and that he was, if one may say so, the don quixote of roman chivalry; but what most people do not know is tha

the other; to see, like apollonius, what is taking place on the other side of the world; to heal or injure at a distance; to give speech a universal success and reverberation. this agent, which barely manifests under the uncertain methods of mesmer's followers, is precisely that which the adepts of the middle ages denominated the first matter of the great work. the gnostics represented it as the fiery body of the holy spirit; it was the object of adoration in the secret rites of the sabbath and the temple, under the hieroglyphic figure of baphomet or the androgyne of mendes. all this will be proved. here then are the secrets of occult philosophy, and such is magic in history. let us glance at it now as it appears in its books and its acts, in its initiations and its rites. the key of all

act, a great sinner is more really alive than is a tepid, effeminate man, and the fullness of his return to virtue will be in proportion to the extent of his errors. she who is destined to crush the serpent's head is intelligence, which ever rises above the stream of blind forces. the kabalists call her the virgin of the sea, whose dripping feet the infernal dragon crawls forward to lick with his fiery tongues, and they fall asleep in delight. hereof are the hieratic mysteries of the duad. but there is one, and the last of all, which must not be made known, the reason, according to hermes trismegistus, being the malcomprehension of the vulgar, who would ascribe to the necessities of science the immoral aspect of blind fatality. by the fear of the unknown must the crowd be restrained, he ob

mirage. the astral light is the universal seducer, typified by the serpent of genesis' this subtle agent, ever active, ever vigorous, ever fruitful in alluring dreams and sensuous images; this force, which of itself is blind and subordinated to every will, whether for good or evil; this ever-renewing circulus of unbridled life, which produces vertigo in the imprudent; this corporeal spirit; this fiery body; this impalpable omnipresent ether; this monstrous seduction of nature how shall we define it comprehensively and how characterize its action? to some extent indifferent in itself, it lends itself to good as to evil; it transmits light and propagates darkness; it may be called equally lucifer and lucifuge; it is a serpent but it is also an aureole; it is a fire, but it may belong equall

he measure of the power of demons or impure spirits, to whom virtues practised upon earth are a source of increased rage and apparently of increased 34 the doctrine of transcendental magic power. at the epochs when saints and angels work miracles openly, sorcerers and fiends in their turn operate marvels and prodigies. rivalry often creates success; we lean upon that which resists. 35 vii z g the fiery sword netsah gladius the septenary is the sacred number in all theogonies and in all symbols, because it is composed of the triad and the tetrad. the number seven represents magical power in all its fullness; it is the mind reinforced by all elementary potencies; it is the soul served by nature; it is the sanctum regnum mentioned in the keys of solomon and represented in the tarot by a crown

is the mind reinforced by all elementary potencies; it is the soul served by nature; it is the sanctum regnum mentioned in the keys of solomon and represented in the tarot by a crowned warrior, who bears a triangle on his cuirass and is posed upon a cube, to which two sphinxes are harnessed, straining in opposite directions, while their heads are turned the same way. this warrior is armed with a fiery sword and holds in his left hand a sceptre surmounted by a triangle and a sphere. the cube is the philosophical stone; the sphinxes are the two forces of the great agent, corresponding to jakin and boaz, the two pillars of the temple; the cuirass is the knowledge of divine things, which renders the wise man invulnerable to human assaults; the sceptre is the magic wand; the fiery sword is the

e so many pantacles, the keys of which are the ternary, the quaternary, the septenary and the duodenary. its hieroglyphic figures are analogous to those of the book of hermes or the genesis of enoch, to make use of a tentative title which expresses merely the personal opinion of the erudite william postel. the cherub, or symbolic bull, which moses placed at the gate of the edenic world, bearing a fiery sword, is a sphinx, having a bull's body and a human head; it is the antique assyrian sphinx, and the combat and victory of mithras were its hieroglyphic analysis. now, this armed sphinx represents the law of mystery which watches at the door of initiation to warn away the profane. voltaire, who knew nothing of all this, was highly diverted at the notion of a bull brandishing a sword. what w

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g vagabond. gmy sister, h she thus commences, gwhy dost thou disturb the harmony of the spheres? what evil have we wrought thee? and why, instead of wandering wildly, dost thou not fix thy place like us in the court of the sun? why dost thou not chant with us the evening hymn, clothed like ourselves in a white garment, fastened at the breast with a diamond clasp? why float thy tresses, adrip with fiery sweat, through the mists of the night? ah, wouldst thou but take thy place among the daughters of heaven, how much more beautiful wouldst thou be! thy face would burn no longer with the toil of thine incredible flights; thine eyes would be clear, thy smiling countenance white and red like that of thy happy sisters; all the stars would know thee, and, far from fearing thy flight, would rejoic

canticle of infinite love. h and the comet replies to the fixed star: gbelieve not, o my sister, that i am permitted to wander at will and vex the harmony of the spheres! god hath appointed my path, even as thine, and if it appear to thee uncertain and vagrant, it is because thy beams cannot penetrate far enough to take in the circumference of the ellipse which has been allotted for my course. my fiery hair is god's beacon; i am the messenger of the suns, and i renew my strength continually in their burning heat, that i may dispense it on my journey to young worlds which have as yet insufficient warmth, and to ancient stars which have grown cold in their solitude. if i weary in my long travellings, if my beauty be less mild than thine own, and if my garments are not unspotted, yet am i a n

ervice my own life and heat. i shall disappear from heaven when i shall have consumed myself, and my doom will have been glorious enough! know that various fires burn in the temple of god, and do all give him glory: ye are the light of golden candelabra; i am the flame of sacrifice. let us each fulfil our destinies. h having uttered these words, the comet tosses back her burning hair, uplifts her fiery shield and plunges into infinite space, seeming to be lost for ever. thus satan appeared and disappeared in the allegorical narratives of the bible. gnow there was a day, h says the book of job, gwhen the sons of god came to present them selves before the lord, and satan came also among them. and the lord said unto satan: ewhence comest thou? f then satan answered the lord, and said: efrom g

e tree which brings forth good and evil, the source of the four rivers, one of which waters the land of gold. that is, of light. and another flows through ethiopia, or the kingdom of darkness; the magnetic serpent who seduces the woman, and the woman who seduces the man, thus making known the law of attraction; subsequently the cherub or sphinx placed at the gate of the edenic sanctuary, with the fiery sword of the guardians of the symbol; then regeneration by labour and propagation by sorrow, which is the law of initiations and ordeals; the division of cain and abel, which is the same symbol as the strife of anteros and eros; the ark borne upon the waters of the deluge like the coffer of osiris; the black raven which does not return and the white dove which does, a new setting forth of th

; they added dust of dried toads and ash of consecrated hosts; they anointed their temples, hands, and breasts with the infernal unguent, traced diabolical pantacles, evoked the dead beneath gibbets or in deserted graveyards. their howlings were heard from afar, and belated travellers imagined that legions of phantoms rose out of the earth. the very trees, in their eyes, assumed appalling shapes; fiery orbs gleamed in the thickets; frogs in the marshes seemed to echo mysterious words of the sabbath with croaking voices. it was the magnetism of hallucination and the contagion of madness. the end of procedure in black magic was to disturb reason and produce the feverish excitement which emboldens to great crimes. the grimoires, once seized and burnt by authority everywhere, are certainly not

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ve. the yogi, too, walks towards one single aspect of god. the bhakti yogi keeps to the road of love and devotion; the raja and hatha yogi choose the path of self-control or volition; the jnana yogi will follow that of wisdom and cognition. let us regard the idea of god, now, from the magic standpoint, according to the four elements, the so-called tetragrammaton, the unspeakable, the supreme: the fiery principle involves the almightiness and the omnipotence, the airy original principle owns the wisdom, purity, and clearness, from the aspect of which proceeds the universal lawfulness. love and eternal life are attributed to the watery principle, and omnipresence, immortality, and consequently eternity belong to the earthy principle. thee four aspects together represent the supreme godhead

itive tools. it becomes amusing on occasion to observe the antics of wiccan and associated groups when faced with the question of homosexuality and their own types of magic. the unsure silence that comes about tends to suggest a deeper problem than one of theology; in other words, methinks they do protest too much! on the other side of the scale are wiccan/pagan/etc. homosexual activists who take fiery issue with all-heterosexual advocates. neither of these is the proper concern of the temple of set, but it is now and then enjoyable to get popcorn and a ringside seat for watching the fights. perhaps the general idea of homosexuality and left hand path magic comes from such sources as the depictions in la bas and similar fantasies. even ipsissimus aleister crowley described homosexuality as

, and i said, before both god and lucifer i have been enthralled, but now i am isolate- apart from either, and i know not what course i am to choose. whereupon the visage of michael grew dark, and he said, this i have long feared, for as lucifer was not by god alone created, so he is an errant force whose will conforms not to the great will of god. alas that the supreme benevolence of god and the fiery radiance of the archangel of light should produce discord in concert! for this i now see- that lucifer is estranged from the harmony of heaven, and that his will is determined to challenge that of god itself. i must counsel lucifer, for i would heal him of this thing if i may. but i thought, alas, archangel, thou art in ignorance of thy own blindness! for lucifer shall surely not abandon his

prismic light into the surrounding void. and the brilliance said, i am lucifer revealed, who am the eternal flame. i go now to earth, for no longer shall man be confounded in godly ignorance. and then the brilliance became as a flash of fire in the vastness of space, and we knew that satan had departed from hell. but on earth, where man wandered in mindless bliss, the firmament blazed forth with fiery tongues, and all the land was covered by the black flame, which burned not, though it bewildered the eye to see it. and raphael and his guardian angels were dismayed, for nowhere could they see man or the spirit which had come to him. then did raphael call upon michael to strike the black flame with the force of god, but even then was the flame vanishing of its own accord. and at first it se

until i drew nigh to a wall which is built of crystals and surrounded by tongues of fire, and it began to affright me. and i went into the tongues of fire and drew nigh to a large house which was built of crystals. the walls of the house were like a tesselated floor of crystals, and its groundwork was of crystal. its ceiling was like the path of the stars and the lightnings, and between them were fiery cherubim amidst a background of water. a blazing fire surrounded the walls, and its portals were covered with fire. and i entered into that house, and it was as hot as fire yet as cold as ice. there were no delights of life therein. fear covered me, and trembling gat hold of me. and i quaked and trembled and fell down upon my face" shortly thereafter enoch beholds the black flame "from thenc

be quit. that quality/condition is absolute freedom. but the figure of set is upon a dark base which only elevates him slightly above the next figure which is the initiate. this shows set's own accessibility as a "friend" and his close relationship with the elect "lo, i pass near to thee, i pass near to thee" set's gaze is upon the spine and skull of the initiate for these are the centers of the fiery essence and the temple of being. his arms are upraised as he gives of his own essence. his garb is dark for obvious reasons. the initiate is the next figure, and he walks upon a thick black line which is the darkness or the abstraction of his own being. he wears a light garment which shows the realm in which his semblance or manifestation must exist, but around his waist is a dark band which

as magister seago has pointed out about the iv, the trails and dangers are constant [perhaps it's that the iv sees and understands these dangers with greater clarity that the panic is not given in to, and falls are less frequent than one would expect in the face of the enormity of our tasks] famous wrong move number 131: waltzing gaily through the pylon of initiation. initiation, as we know, is a fiery thing and not always the most pleasant of experiences, though it is one of the most necessary ones. that it could seem ominous strikes me as being quite true, considering that what one faces is the sum total of what one has brought into being up to that point. think of that carefully. also, try picturing a magic mirror that will show exactly what is. and remember what is going to be seen is

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. she was the golden girl from the roof of the world, the survivor of "my teutonic twosome, as otto cone had been fond of calling his daughters _once again, yel, i follow in your footsteps. to be an attractive woman in a sport dominated by, well, hairy men was to be saleable, and the "icequeen" image didn't hurt either. there was money in it, and now that she was old enough to compromise her old, fiery ideals with no more than a shrug and a laugh, she was ready to make it, ready, even, to appear on tv talk-shows to fend off, with risque hints, the inevitable and unchanging questions about life with the boys at twenty-odd thousand feet. such highprofile capers sat uneasily alongside the view of herself to which she still fiercely clung: the idea that she was a natural solitary, the most pri

g in its own incandescent fashion the thornwood that sprang up around the palace of the sleeping beauty in another fairy-tale, long ago. but here, there is no beauty, sleeping within. there is gibreel farishta, walking in a world of fire. in the high street he sees houses built of flame, with walls of fire, and flames like gathered curtains hanging at the windows- and there are men and women with fiery skins strolling, running, milling around him, dressed in coats of fire. the street has become red hot, molten, a river the colour of blood- all, all is ablaze as he toots his merry horn _giving the people what they want, the hair and teeth of the citizenry are smoking and red, glass burns, and birds fly overhead on blazing wings. the adversary is very close. the adversary is a magnet, is a w

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mind; the universe is mental. such may be seen in the various diagrams of the tree of life as developed by most of our world s spiritual traditions. all paradoxes are resolved by this knowledge. the first triad vibrate at the highest frequency, through the first three choirs. thus the seraphim are the purest, whilst the thrones are the point at which matter first appears. 1st choir: seraphim the fiery flying serpents of lightning, from the hebrew ser meaning higher being and rapha meaning healer. the name thus suggests the image of the caduceus, the serpent or dragon as a symbol of healing sacred to aesculapius, and the ourobouros of the gnostic ophites. their appearance before humankind is as six winged and four headed beings. the prophet isiah saw flaming angels above the throne of god;

ian magicians jannes and jambre manage to gain unqualified admission to heaven and refuse to leave. micha-el and gabri-el are sent to expel them but are defeated. after metatron defeats the magicians he is set above micha-el and gabri-el. according to one version of his myth he was once none other than enoch himself, transformed in reward for his recording of the angelic lore for humankind into a fiery angel with six times six wings and countless eyes. in this form he is the angelic scribe who records all in the aetheric archives. in gnostic scripture, metatron is identified as the demiurge, the prince of darkness who is the creator of the material universe. thus he is identified as satan, or ha-satan, and as abraxas. the holiness or unholiness of the metatron is undecided, thrown backward

e that is sometimes identified as the book of raziel. he is also identified in hebrew tradition as a guide of sheol, the pit or womb of the underworld. uri-el fire of god, identified in later scriptures with phanuel, face of god. the angel who gave mankind the kaballah. presides over tartarus (hell, being both seraphim and cherubim. identified as the cherub who stands at the garden of eden with a fiery sword, and who watches over thunder and terror. appears as the angel of repentance in the apocalypse of st. peter; uri-el, the angel of god, will bring forth an order, according to their transgression, the souls of those sinners. they will burn them in their dwelling places in everlasting fire. and after all of them are destroyed with their dwelling places, they will be punished eternally. t

g to the sibylline oracles uri-el is the angel who on the day of judgement will break the monstrous bars framed of unyielding and unbroken adamant of the brazen gates of hades, and cast them down straightaway. in the prayer of joseph jacob wrestles with a dark angel usually identified as uri-el, and the two merge to become one entity. in the midrash aggada exodus uri-el manifests in the form of a fiery serpent and attacks moses for failing to uphold tradition in the circumcision of his son. uri-el was officially de-sainted in 745 a.d. when a church council, pope zachary, condemned both uri-el and ragu-el as demons in a kind of inquisition of the celestial beings. he was later reinstated. sari-el also known as suri-el, suriy-el, zerachi-el and sarqu-el, his name translates as god s command

er of the frost giants hler, logi and kari. frimost (grimorium verum. a subordinate spirit of lucifer. has power over wives and maids, and will help thee enjoy them. frucissiere (grimorium verum. brings the dead to live. frutimiere (grimorium verum. a subordinate spirit of lucifer. dights thee all kind of festivals. furfur (goetia, 34th spirit. earl commanding 26 legions. appears as a hart with a fiery tail, or as an angel with a hoarse voice. procures love, answers truly concerning divine and earthly matters. gaap (goetia, 33rd spirit. president and prince, formerly of the angelic order of potentates. who appears sporting bat s wings, rules sixty-six legions of hell, and is governor of the southern region of the abyss. makes men insensible and stupid, teaches philosophy) and liberal scien

mmanded them, saying, go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature; he who believes and is baptised shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be condemned; by the aforesaid words i conjure and admonish you that you should recede from this servant of god [n. i conjure you, devil, by the holy spirit, the paraclete most high, whom our lord jesus entrusted to his disciples in fiery tongues, that you should recede from this servant of god [n, and not returns any more, nor make any spirit return to him, and as god separated heaven from earth, truth from falsehood, good from evil, sweet from bitter, so may you be separated from this servant of god and not be able to approach him any more. he commands you, accursed devil, who walked on sea with dry feet. he commands you, a

ho walked on sea with dry feet. he commands you, accursed devil, who commanded the winds and the sea and the storms. he commands you, accursed devil, who ordered that you be cast from the heights of heaven to the depths of the earth. nor should you be unaware, satan and beelzebuch, that pains and torments will come upon you in the day of judgement and in that eternal day when god will come like a fiery furnace to judge the living and the dead k (the conjuration of malign spirits dealing in the bodies of people, as it is done by saint peter, fifteenth century. exorcism ii in the name of the father, and the son, and the holy spirits, amen. i conjure you, elves and all kinds of demons, of the night and of the day, by the father, and the son, and the holy spirit, and the undivided trinity, and

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i ar-caosaji od acame canale, sobola zodare fa-beliareda caosaji od cahisa aneta-na miame ta viv od da. daresare sol-petahe-bienu. be-ri-ta od zodacame jimi- calazodo: sob-ha-atahe tarianu luia-he od ecarinu mada qu-a-a-on (english) the spirits of the fourth angle are nine, mighty in the trapezoid, whom the first hath formed, a torment to the wretched and a garland to the wicked; giving unto them fiery darts to vanne the earth, and nine continual workmen whose courses visit with comfort the earth, and are in government and continuance as the second and third. therefore, harken unto my voice! i have talked of you, and i move you in power and presence, whose works shall be a song of honor, and the praise of your god in your creation! the seventh key the seventh enochian key is used to invoke

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tstool. celebrant passes flame of candle four times under soles of initiate's feet. as he does so, he speaks] priest: through this, the black flame of satan, thou walketh in hell. thy senses are awakened to the joy of rebirth. the gates are flung wide and thy passage is heralded by the deathless cries of his guardian beasts. his searing brand shall be evermore emblazoned on thy consciousness: its fiery meaning shall make thee free [priest gestures with his hands in recognition 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 t

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atery sign cancer, is under the presidency of h the letter of water. the third division of 3 signs headed by 2 the airy sign libra is under the presidency of vau, the letter of air. and the 4th division of 3 signs headed by the earthy sign capricorn is under the presidency of heh final, the letter of earth. but it should be remembered that the most powerful rule of y of tetragrammaton is over the fiery triplicity; that of h over the watery triplicity; that of vau over the airy triplicity; and that of h final over the earthy triplicity. in the 22nd chapter of the apocalypse of st. john it is said that the tree of life which bare twelve manner of fruits and yielded her fruit every month, and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. and there shall be no more curse; but the

SECRET TEACHINGS OF THE ROSICRUCIANS IN THE 16 17C

na for christ's flesh or body. the hermetic philosophy i attract all those seeking god and the truth; those alone will find the art. i am the magnet-stone of divine love; attracting the iron- hard men on the road to the truth. i am the moisture which preserves everything in nature and makes it live, i pass from the upper to the lower planes; i am the heavenly dew and the fat of the land; i am the fiery water and the watery fire; nothing may live without me in time; i am close to all things yea; in and through all things, nevertheless unknown. nevertheless i only am in the grasp of the philosophers. i unfold and fold up again, bringing contentment to the artists, without me thou canst do nothing furthering any of your affairs. therefore fear god, pray and work in patience, if you find me yo

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t to nachaliel, from nachaliel to bamot, and from bamot to the valley that is in the field of moab, the head of the cliff, and it looks down on the face of the yeshimon. do not read nachaliel, but nachley el brooks of god. and all six then go on one path to the sea. what is this path? it is the one that arbitrates between them. it is thus written (habbakuk 3:5, before him goes the pestilence, and fiery bolt at his feet. all of them go to that pipe, and from that pipe to the sea. this is the meaning of the verse, from gift to brooks of god [gift] is the place that is given, namely the brain. from there they go to the brooks of god. and from brooks of god to bamot. what is bamot? as the targut renders it, ramta heights. this is the segol that follows the zarka [the verse continues] and from

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ther; then air, vayu; then water, apas, which condenses into solid elementary earth, prithivi; and lastly from the water he formed fire. 25. the first name is often written ophanim, the letters are aupnim; in the vision of ezekiel i. 16, the word occurs and is translated "wheels" shrpim are the mysterious beings of isaiah vi. 2; the word otherwise is translated serpent, and in numbers xxi. 6, as "fiery serpents: also in verse 8 as "fiery serpent" when jehovah said "make thee a fiery serpent and set it upon a pole" kerubim. the hebrew words arc chivth h qdsh, holy animals: i have ventured to put kerubim, as the title of the other biblical form of holy mysterious animal, as given in 1 kings vi. 23 and exodus xxv. 18, and indeed genesis iii. 24. bible dictionaries generally give the word as c

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

ry, as it coiled around him, and then melted in thin spires into the air, breathed a refreshing and healthful fragrance. he still kept his eyes on the star, and the star seemed gradually to fix and command his gaze. a sort of languor next seized his frame, but without, as he thought, communicating itself to the mind; and as this crept over him, he felt his temples sprinkled with some volatile and fiery essence. at the same moment a slight tremor shook his limbs and thrilled through his veins. the languor increased, still he kept his gaze upon the star, and now its luminous circumference seemed to expand and dilate. it became gradually softer and clearer in its light; spreading wider and broader, it diffused all space, all space seemed swallowed up in it. and at last, in the midst of a silv

the forbidden door. he placed his lamp on the table beside the book, which still lay there opened; he turned over the leaves, but could not decipher their meaning till he came to the following passage "when, then, the pupil is thus initiated and prepared, let him open the casement, light the lamps, and bathe his temples with the elixir. he must beware how he presume yet to quaff the volatile and fiery spirit. to taste till repeated inhalations have accustomed the frame gradually to the ecstatic liquid, is to know not life, but death" he could penetrate no farther into the instructions; the cipher again changed. he now looked steadily and earnestly round the chamber. the moonlight came quietly through the lattice as his hand opened it, and seemed, as it rested on the floor, and filled the

ife to marry me! but i waited for thee, ungrateful" a knock at the door was heard, a man entered "nicot "ah, glyndon! hum! welcome! what! thou art twice my rival! but jean nicot bears no malice. virtue is my dream, my country, my mistress. serve my country, citizen; and i forgive thee the preference of beauty. ca ira! ca ira" but as the painter spoke, it hymned, it rolled through the streets, the fiery song of the marseillaise! there was a crowd, a multitude, a people up, abroad, with colours and arms, enthusiasm and song, with song, with enthusiasm, with colours and arms! and who could guess that that martial movement was one, not of war, but massacre, frenchmen against frenchmen? for there are two parties in marseilles, and ample work for jourdan coupe-tete! but this, the englishman, jus

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e lights. and his name is invoked by the seven demons before me. and he cherishes them [1. or "from the orient] 46. but i said to him "tell me his name" but he answered "i cannot tell thee. for if i tell his name, i render myself incurable. but he will come in response to his name" and on hearing this, i solomon said to him "tell me then, by what angel thou art frustrated" and he answered "by the fiery flash of lightning" and i bowed myself before the lord god of israel, and bade him remain in the keeping of beelzeboul until iax [1] should come [1. bornemann conjectures "a guardian or watcher" but the angel iax recurs below in# 86] 47. then i ordered another demon to come before me, and there came into my presence a hound, having a very large shape, and it spoke with a loud voice, and said

thee the green stone, seal him with this finger-ring. and mark the spot with care, and bring me the demon hither. and the demon showed him the green stone, and he sealed it, and brought the demon to me. and i solomon decided to confine with my seal on my right hand the two, the headless demon, likewise the hound, that was so huge [1; he should be bound as well. and i bade the hound keep safe the fiery spirit so that lamps as it were might by day and night cast their light through its maw on the artisans at work [1. the text seems corrupt here] 50. and i solomon took from the mine of that stone 200 shekels for the supports of the table of incense, which was similar in appearance. and i solomon glorified the lord god, and then closed round the treasure of that stone. and i ordered afresh th

SPENSER THE CULT OF THE ALL SEEING EYE 1960

to saturn or osiris. the reign of saturn was called "the golden age" even though he received human sacrifices and devoured his own children. he was symbolized by the serpent biting its own tail.60 the sun and the serpent ophiolatry is the worship of serpents. the religion of ancient egypt was closely interwoven with the worship of sun and serpent. the deity, kneph, was pictured as a serpent in a fiery circle''he was regarded as the first emanation of the supreme being, the good genius of the world, the demiurgus, the efficient reason of all things, and the architect of the universe. kneph is identified with the sun, hence the rays of glory around his head. both serpent and sun were emblems of the celestial father. as the solar deity, kneph became the cristos of the gnostics. was regarded

TELESMATIC FIGURES

tteral) teth-t yod-i, j, y. lamed-l mem-m peh-p, ph tzaddi-tz 5 telesmatic attributions of the letters of the hebrew alphabet a spiritual. wings generally, epicene, rather male than female, rather thin type. b active and slight. male. g grey, beautiful yet changeful. feminine, rather full face and body. d very beautiful and attractive. feminine. rather full face and body. h fierce, strong, rather fiery; feminine. w steady and strong. rather heavy and clumsy, masculine. z thin, intelligent, masculine. j full face, not much expression, feminine. f rather strong and fiery. feminine. y very white and rather delicate. feminine. k big and strong, masculine. l well-proportioned; feminine. m reflective, dream-like, epicene, but female rather than male. n square determined face, masculine, rather d

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by would be interlopers and intruders is not above killing those who oppose his ambitious personal goals or who stand in the way of the attainment of the objectives of the order of the illuminati "in freemasonry it is permitted to kill" consider the military trial of the freemason, cabrinovic, assassin of the archduke ferdinand of austria, hungary, a fateful event that touched off the deadly and fiery conflict of world war i. cabrinovic's testimony at his trial provides us a graphic example of the rebellious spirit of the men of the secret societies and orders. asked if he had conspired with other freemasons to murder the archduke and thus set off a saga of anarchy and mayhem throughout europe, cabrinovic told the military court "yes, i knew we were all freemasons, and this strengthened m

odge connections. 78 codex magica lloyd shearer (right, with actor james dean in the early 1950s, wrote the famous column "walter scott's personality parade" in parade magazine "war is hell,"said the crusty and brutish union general william tecumseh sherman, shown here displaying the sign of the jahbuhlun cult in this official u.s. army photo. hundreds of civilians were massacred during sherman's fiery march through the south. three regal figures belonging to a nubian temple. each carries the egyptian ankh, signifying rebirth and reincarnation in one hand. other symbols are also seen (drawing: book, the round towers of atlantis, by henry o'brien, adventures unlimited press, kempton, il, 2002) hidden hand of the men of jahbuhlun 79 a republican party convention souvenir depicting president

y he "bribed" them with millions of dollars "i fell in to a burning ring of fire" 495 sort of a feminine version of the ring worn by governor arnold schwarzenegger. offered in the pyramid collection catalog, 2004. also available in the pyramid collection catalog, this "midnight" cape. the catalog says it is "fit for a count or countess" the color of the cape is listed as black and red "it makes a fiery statement" says the advertising copy. arnold schwarzenegger, mr. universe, giving a very familiar hand salute. schwarzenegger once remarked 'i admired hitler because he came from being a little man with no formal education up to power" 4 9 6 codex magica a page from the catalog of macoy, a distributor of masonic books, pins, rings, jewelry, and supplies (2003/2004 catalog no. ho "i fell in t

and destruction the "v" sign as displayed by the hand is also used by illuminists in the form of the victory for the devil 519 letter v with two straight lines angled to meet at a point facing downward. it becomes a v device, or chevron, and has been adopted for the uniforms of military troops of some countries. resembling a downward pointing triangle with the top line open or omitted symbolizes fiery destruction and wrath on the object at which it is pointed. about 12 years ago, a few satan worshippers arrived secretly in the darkness at my ministry building and evidently carried out a ritual. for many months we had received anonymous telephone threats, so were not surprised. on the concrete porch near our front door, the vandals had scratched a "v" pointing to the entrance, and there we

rime minister of great britain, flashes his famous "v" sign. long used to represent a number of occultic tasks, including divine man, sexual license, and fire, churchill's frequent use spurred the use of the device by an uninformed populace as a sign of victory. 522 codex magica young winston churchill arrives for his druid initiation ceremony. was churchill taught the true, occult meaning of the fiery and destructive "v" hand sign that he later made so famous it became used around the world (photo: from the book, the druids, by peter berresford ellis) victory for the devil 523 in this ancient engraving, dionysius the areopagite, an athenian "convert" to christianity, gives the double "v" sign-"as above, so below" with left hand toward hell. dionysius was a mystical christian, a gnostic he

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they affect. there is no question that in both the old and new testaments angels are considered fully capable of becoming quite physical and material at least long enough to accomplish their appointed mission of rescue, healing, or guidance. throughout the bible there are accounts of angels who wrestle with stubborn shepherds, guide people lost in the wilderness, and free persecuted prophets from fiery furnaces and dank prisons. jesus (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e) himself was fed by angels, defended by angels, and strengthened by angels. although popular culture has for centuries perpetuated the idea that humans become angels when they die, the holy books of the great world religions are in agreement that angels are an earlier and separate order of creation from human beings. according to these

le between good and evil the ultimate clash between the armies of jesus christ and satan. ever since the protestant reformation, the pope has been a favorite of certain evangelicals for the ignominious title. many of the pontiffs in the middle ages did exercise great power over the rulers and the people of the emerging european nations; and consequently, there were numerous embittered princes and fiery protestant leaders who did seek to affix the blame for a large number of repressive social and religious programs on the vatican. however, contemporary popes have wielded little political influence, surely none that would place them in world-threatening positions. there have been such men as aleister crowley (1875 1947, who actually appeared to covet and campaign for the position by calling

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ving discovered the debris of a crashed flying saucer, millions of people have remained convinced that humankind is being visited and/or invaded by aliens from outer space. in many ways, the year 1947 provided the ideal time for such theories to grow. it had been almost exactly two years since the japanese had surrendered and the days of world war ii (1939 45) had at last come to a close amid the fiery destruction of the nuclear bombs that devastated hiroshima and nagasaki. atomic power frightened the great majority of americans, and many doomsayers were frightening newly attentive audiences with their grim message that the world was about to come to an end. adding to the stress was the fact that the soviet union had erected the socalled iron curtain, and the free nations of the world had

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e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 74 magic and sorcery accordingto the united states census, the number of wiccans rose to 134,000 in 2001. people of wicca those who follow the wiccan path are a diverse group of individualists who pride themselves on being members of a religious philosophy that is flexible and adaptive to the needs of contemporary society. athough there is the sometimes fiery debate as to the true historical roots of the faith, most wiccans believe that none of them can dictate to any other just exactly what it is that they must believe. in other words, rather than one great book of wiccan beliefs, an ancient book of shadows dogmatically outlining creeds and ecclesiasticisms, there are many books by many men and women who carefully explain the belief structures

e. the maaseh bereshit (hebrew for gwork of creation h) dealt with the divine utterances that brought the universe into being and how control of these sounds or letters would grant great magical powers over the material substance of the world. maaseh merkavah (hebrew for gwork of the chariot h) attempted to utilize the mystical practices of heavenly ascent achieved by ezekial in his vision of the fiery chariot and the throne of glory in heaven. after a period of intense preparation, including fasting, meditation, chanting, and the recitation of certain letter combinations and the names of angels, the adept of maaseh merkavah sought to attain a vision of the divine throne of god and to become transformed from human to angel. combined with the maaseh merkavah and the maaseh bereshit to form

THE GOLDEN ESSENCE

the daughter and the mother as one being- the daughter being the bright half, and the mother being the dark half. the inner core and soul of the dark mother was fire; the cunning fire or essence of reality. just as her son the lightbringer embodies this active cunning fire and its power to shape and sanctify, so does the daughter embody the fire, and its power to enchant and seduce. both of these fiery children represent the activity of the cunning fire in the children of the great parents- and this means all children, humans included. in the mythology, the son and daughter also metaphorically represent all human souls who are endowed with conscious awareness of the fire. the fire s activity is different in character when wielded by the son or the daughter, but the end result is the same

ding a shared rulership over half the dead, along with queen hel (a figure that is cognate with dame hyldor) and freya was the queen of wanahame- the home/spiritual dimension of the wans, the land spirits or elder gods of the land and nature. freya was likewise the goddess of witchcraft. as the dame represents the darker and more passive mysteries and realities, this daughter shows the active and fiery essence that acts in tandem with them. whe n the mother is encountered, it is normally the daughter that is met, though by meeting the daughter, one is meeting the mother after another manner of speaking. as we will see below, in our analysis of the housle, the children of the great parents being the bearers of the being and essential fire that comes from their parents (the dame and the horn

the sky and the earth. the earth acts as the mother source of the pollen that makes honey, but the daughter is the honey itself, which springs from the hive- and the hive itself is ruled over by a great queen, a queen bee, who has always been taken by pagan cultures to symbolize the dame herself. from that daughter honey, after it has been put through its ordeal, comes the sweet, pure and golden fiery child of mead. mead s true sweetness, its golden color, and its origins in a symbolically powerful inbetween place between earth and sky, at the hands of a great queen and her servants, has given meads the reputation for being the food or drink of the gods since time out of mind. the horn child representing immortality and perfection of divinity was described as golden, as were the apples of

renew it- the last returns to the first, the omega to the alpha, the fire returns to earth and water. the merging of the source with the child, the mortal with the immortal, sanctifies and lifts up the mortal to the rebirth it as an immortal. the last becomes the first again, and the first becomes the last. the body is a creature of earth and water. the words you use in the housle are of air; the fiery substances of wine or ale or mead, or bread, are themselves the child. by returning the housle bread and wine, by your consumption and absorption, to your body, to the earth and water, you are completing the loop, which purifies and renews you. the renewed earth and waters, the regenerated mortal, have become earths and waters and mortals of fire- they have had their mortal appearances and e

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

high initiation to regard light not as the perfect manifestation of the eternal spirit, but rather as the veil that hides that spirit" diagram part d (i) the paths denoting the activity resulting as the interaction between kether, chockmah and binah are that of path 11, path 12 and path 14. their names reflect their proximity to the "limitless light" of ain soph aur, being entitled; path 11: the fiery intelligence path 12: the intelligence of light path 14: the illuminating intelligence both light and fire, as we saw in the chapter relating to the ain soph aur, are symbols of the creative aspect of god, or the universal process of generation. the early persians venerated the fire god as the supreme creator god, and this probably relates to primitive associations between fire and survival

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tial origins. o lord of mercy, deign to grant all these souls an eternal rest for a time immemorial and may the light which never dies out radiate upon them. by ieshouah, our lord, amen. operator adds a larger quantity of incense into the censer, meditates a while and then 24 prays for the wandering souls: o almighty and eternal god, thou who deigned to save the sons of israel from attacks of the fiery serpents during their long wandering of forty years in the desert by merely looking with confidence upon the brazen serpent exposed to the view of all. deign in thy clemency, o lord of mercy, to grant the wandering souls lost in the darkness of beyond, grace so that they may recollect the name of the redeemer and thus escape the attacks and snares of the demoniacal spirits eager to destroy t

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

, the middle pillar should be proceeded with, and the names could be silently vibrated in tune with the rhythmic inhalation and exhalation of the breath. the sense of the brilliance above whch i prefer to thuds of as the "lamp above the head" or as others have called it "the candle of vision" becomes much more perceptible and marked. very often it develops into an awareness of a whrling sphere of fiery light radiating peace and illumination into the mind and body. little more need be said, for i have no desire to provide material which may act upon suggestible minds. there are people so constituted as to be able to produce symptoms of any described kind with the least application, and with practically no spiritual effect upon themselves or their mental or moral nature, and certainly no pro

bits (diet, posture, physical tension, etc) as well as mental and psychological habits (thought processes, emotions, imagination, aptitude, etc. 2. svadisthana 1. muladhara navel root apas prithivi figure 9: the chakras. yoga, chakras, and the wisdom of the east 169 kundalini the vital energy that is used to activate the chakras is called kundalini, a sanskrit word that means "serpent power" this fiery transformative energy has been described as a sleeping, coiled serpent whch rests in the lowest chakra of muladhara. through the spiritual disciplines of yoga, exercise, breath control, and meditation, this "serpent power" is stimulated. it rises up the spine, vitalizing, purifying, and equilibrating each chakra it comes into contact with. with each chakra thus attained, the individual reach

arouses the pineal gland out of its dormancy to provide the practitioner with various siddhis or psy&c/ sensory powers that have been lost through neglect. many yogis15 warn against practicing kundalini yoga without a teacher and without extensive practice in hatha yoga. this is because the kundalini energy may encounter impurities and psychic blockages in the subtle body as it flows upward. the fiery energy of the kundalini tries to burn its way through such obstacles. if too much obstruction is experienced, the "serpent force" may induce extreme physical and mental repercussions as the blocks are removed. a far safer method of working with the chakras is to simply visualize them w i t h the aura and contemplate their various attributes. chakra awareness many asana positions and b r e a

r, the alchemical oven which is used to obtain the philosopher's stone-a symbol for spiritual illumination and expanded consciousness. what is so important about the proportions of the pentagram? through the number five, the number of points on this figure, the pentagram is connected to the sphere of geburah on the tree of life, and to its corresponding planet, mars. the pentagram represents that fiery, purifying power of the divine that takes the name of pachad or "fear" one of the titles of geburah, whose other primary title is "strength" another higher function of geburah is that of din meaning "justice "judgment" or "severity" the divine name of geburah is elohim gibor or "god of battles" according to iamblichus, a neoplatonic philosopher-magician of the fourth century c.e "the pentad

?x "together in unity" the long segment of each line of the pentagram is eight units in length. the number eight corresponds to the sephirah of hod, the sphere of intellect, communication, words of power, and magic. it also corresponds to the hebrew letter cheth (n) which means "fence or enclosure" pointing to further protective qualities. the eighth key of the tarot is titled "strength"-it is a fiery path which leads to the sphere of geburah. through gematria, the number eight is associated with the word agad (tm "to bind" the shorter segment of each line of the pentagram is five units in length, affirming once again the same ideas stated above. the actual pentagram is composed of five lines which are each twenty-one units in length. the twenty-first key of the tarot is called "the unive

cipient should merely be receptive and should not vibrate or attempt to activate his or her geburah center) once you have established the sphere of geburah within your sphere of sensation, project a red ray of light from geburah to your tiphareth center. then project the red ray from tiphareth to the source of the ailment or infection. visualize this ray purging the illness, purifying it with the fiery ray of geburah.31 visualize the source of the problem gradually being eliminated. when ths is accomplished, project a ray of healing yellow light from your tiphareth center to mend the affected area and begin the process of healing. as you do so, mentally vibrate the divine name of tiphareth "yhvh eloah ve-daath" visualize health and vigor returning to the recipient. close by vibrating (both

uation: the process by whch a person becomes self-realized or differentiated as a separate indivisible unity or "whole" which contains all aspects of the self. jagrata: the fourth and lowest world of consciousness according to hindu tradition. the physical world. kether: hebrew word for "crown" referring to the first sephirah on the tree of life. kundalini: sanskrit word meaning "serpent power" a fiery transformative power that resides in the base chakra. the yogic practice known as "raising the kundalini" to connect with all the chakras is said to unleash a great amount of energy. lbrp: lesser banishng ritual of the pentagram. le-olahm, amen: hebrew phrase meaning roughly "the world forever, unto the ages" see amen. glossary 257 libido: according to freud, it is the sexual urge, but accor

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s controversial, but tallqvist seems to think that it does, indeed, mean "burning; especially so as the incantations to be found therein invariably entail burning something, usually a doll made in the likeness of a witch or evil sorcerer that the magician wished to dispose of. hence, we have here probably the archetype of the great burning times of the inquisition, when people were condemned to a fiery death as witches and pagans. the chant "burn, witch! burn" can be found in the maklu text, in all its pristine glory. indeed, cthulhu calls. the conjuration "the binding of the evil sorcerers" alsi ku nushi ilani mushiti itti kunu alsi mushitum kallatum kuttumtum alsi bararitum qablitum u namaritum ashshu kashshaptu u kashshipanni eli nitum ubbiraanni ili-ia u ishtari-ia ushis-su-u-eli-ia el

sword of the people, open thy gate to me! ishtar, lady of the gift of love, open wide thy gate! gate of the gentle planet, libat, open unto me! ia gushe-ya! ia inanna! ia erninni-ya! ashta pa mabacha cha kur enni-ya! rabbmi lo-yak zi ishtari kanpa! inanna zi amma kanpa! bi zamma kanpa! ia ia ia be-yi razuluki! the invocation of the shammash gate spirit of the sun, remember! shammash, lord of the fiery disk, remember! in the name of the covenant sworn between thee and race of men, i call to thee! hearken and remember! from the gate of the beloved ishtar, the sphere of libat, i call to thee! illuminator of darkness, destroyer of evil, lamp of wisdom, i call to thee! shammash, bringer of light, i call to thee! kutulu is burned by thy might! azag-thoth is fallen off his throne before thee! is

THE ROSICRUCIAN MANIFESTOS

him, and put him into the galleis, for which they likewise have to expect their reward. blessed aurora will now henceforth begin to appear, who (after the passing away of the dark night of saturn) with her brightness altogether extinguisheth the shining of the moon, or the small sparks of heavenly wisdom, which yet remaineth with men, and is a forerunner of pleasant phebus, who with his clear and fiery glistering beams brings forth that blessed day, long wished for, of many true-hearted; by which day-light then shall truly be known, and shall be seen all heavenly treasures of godly wisdom, as also the secrets of all hidden and unvisible things in the world, according to the doctrine of our forefathers, and ancient wisemen. this will be the right kingly ruby, and most excellent shining carb

THE SHADOWED ONES

ilight garden where shades walk do we call you in the musick of gods, follow the very song of your soul bath in darkness and light, raise yourself above god to know the keys to both heaven and hell. this grimoire shall be written in blood and dried in the noon tide sun. i am both fire and darkness, yet within is a light once adored by that unperceived chaos called god. my sister and lover is that fiery goddess called lilith by some and demoness by others, yet she too drinks of both ecstasies. we are undying and eternal, we may sleep in the flesh of the dragon yet emerge in the heights of both the sun and the moon. the shadows merely remind us of our reflections and self divinities. you too are like us, no bending knee as the mindless, yet an ascended mind beyond that fallen and crumbling c

THE SIGIL OF ADVERSARY

ford is also the founding musician of psychonaut 75. www.psychonaut75.com succubus publishing http//algol.chaosmagic.uta description and purpose of the sigil of the adversary, set-heh by akhtya seker arimanius iv, botd/toph sigil illustrated by soror azhdeha iii, botd/toph the twelfth is when the demon of the noon tide sun comes forth from the desert, shaitan. this sigil is the empowerment of the fiery will and that of the other demon of the noon hour, keteb. used in daylight initiation rites focusing towards the eye of set-heh, the fire of iblis, shaitan. the sigil may be scribed alone on a parchment and invoked at the noon day when the sun is highest. it may be used to empower the body of which you dwell, to illuminate the ba and ka of the sorcerer, or to send forth desires of manifestat

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

the ears of those who are born children by the daughters of men to the sons of god, sweet as that mystic fruit was to the lips of eve, daughter of god, child of the mystic man. but we must speed on, taking in this chapter swift glances at the magnificent scenery that these volumes offer up to us, plucking the lilies of spring and the roses of summer, and weave them into a laureate wreath with the fiery leaves of the dying year *the temple of the holy ghost, vol. i, p. 166. poe, in that little masterpiece of his, gthe poetic principle, h lays down that the value of a poem lies in the ratio of its elevating excitement, the excitement being the power it has in elevating the soul. and here we think, were poe still living, he would have found no small part of his ideal realized. by soul we natu

ight; smaragdine snakes about thy brow twine, and the disc of flaming light is on thee, seated in the prow of the sun fs bark, enthroned above with lapis-lazuli for love and ruby for enormous force chosen to seat thee, thee girt round with leopard fs pell, and golden sound of planets choral in their course! o thou self-formulated sire! self-master of thy dam fs desire! thine eyes blaze forth with fiery light; thine heart a secret sun of flame! i adore the insuperable might: i bow before the unspoken name. for i am yesterday, and i to-day, and i to-morrow, born now and again, on high, on high travelling on dian fs naked horn! i am the soul that doth create the gods, and all the kin of breath. i come from the sequestered state; my birth is from the house of death. i have risen! i have risen!

fire from thee shall move her spirit to devour, and fuse and mingle us in one transcendent hour. godhead is less than mortal love, the garland of the spheres, than those sweet tears that yield no bitterness to the luxurious cries that love shrills out in death, that murmur when love dies *the tale of archais, vol. i, p. 23. the hour of noon approaches, it falls, and the curse resumes its sway; a fiery snake winds its coils round the sleeping god, and hisses in his ear, gawake! h the god has fallen, the god is caught, caught and bound in the lusts of the manhood he assumed. no galilean is he to be crucified for his own or others f sins, and he wins his freedom at the price of charicles f liberty. nature breaks into a welcome chant of joy, the lovers are reunited, the men fs praise is for a

ong and chorus, then from the lips of archais rises: light and dark are wed together into golden weather: sun and moon have kissed, and built palaces star-gilt whence a crystal stream of joy, love fs eternal wine, is spilt *the tale of archais, vol. i, p. 24. such is one of the most pleasing of aleister crowley fs poems; touched by the genuine breath of adoration for the beautiful, a jewel set in fiery gold, a crimson sash embroidered with the pearls of the glowing orient; archais is one of the tenderest and most touching of women, wholly pure, not like molly tyson, who afterwards fell to the lot of a worldly old lecher. the rosy couch of her first fiery experience soon withered to a thorny briar bed, as it has for most of us. her curse was a god fs, molly fs society fs. poor molly! charic

to the snowy fruit whose bloom to-night lay sleeping on her breast *mysteries; lyrical and dramatic, vol. i, p. 94. true love, the love of self in the soul of another, the poet paints very beautifully in the following charming lines: do you recall? could i forget? how once the full moon shone above, over the houses, and we let loose rein upon the steeds of love? how kisses fled to kisses, rain of fiery dew upon the soul kindled, till ecstasy was pain; desire, delight: and swift control leapt from the lightning, as the cloud disparted, rended, from us twain, and we were one *star and garter, vol. iii, p. 13. this melting of the i in you, is the only true possible form of marriage, and the only form that can exalt it over the prostitution of the monde and demimonde; for it matters little if

ety; which overwhelms it not by bravery, or craft, or even by cunning, but by the dull and stunning power of a leaden club. in the ghonourable adulterers h we find a poem strikingly reminiscent of galice, h a boundless, and what ydgrunites would call gan illicit love, h but more, a well-aimed shaft against the horrors of the social marriage tie, which is denominated as gthe devilish circle of the fiery ring, h which, as their love grew, gbecame one moment like a little thing. h if i am right, the heart of this poem bleeds generous indignation against the marriage bond. we read: it was no wonder when the second day showed me a city on the desert way, whose brazen gates were open, where within i saw a statue for a sign of sin, and saw the people come to it and pray, before its mouth set open

or long in any case can we change our natures, as the anchorites of the libyan deserts only too fearfully proved; boiling with carnalities they feared to see their own mothers, and were even forbidden to keep in their possession animals of the female sex. o stylites! they are now in heaven! how we clave together! how we strained caresses! how the swooning limbs sank fainting on the sward! for the fiery dart raged fiercer; in excesses long restrained, it cried, gbehold i am the lord! h *the temple of the holy ghost, vol. i, p. 173. such is the ultimate end of platonic love. that it has many noble forms, that it sprang from the true abhorrence of the vile, cannot be denied; that its field of combat is an aceldama, all this is true enough: cwhose red banners beat their radiant fire into my sh

THE ABYSS AND TABAET

s from the abyss manifests upon earth, the storm bringing shadow called daemon can be only comprehended once the seeker enters the circle, wherein all gods and demons meet in the flesh! the adversary opens forth serpent eyes, finding all in the primal darkness and with an inner fire awakening the clay on man! yet it is the compliment of the masculine in lilith or az or the earlier jahi who is the fiery compliment which rouses her mate to manifest upon earth! the feminine which is the essence of lilith is just as her mate samael, in the form of leviathan does she inspire his mind just as from his mouth go burning lamps and from his nostrils as smoke which infused the sacred fire with the adversarial chaos of strife! this primal essence, symbolized as lightening which causes the fire of inte

es free the spirit! one may refer to the name of ahriman or angra-mainyu for a source of the adversary on earth. the root of the word mainyu is the avestan word, derived from the latin mens meaning the human mind. angra is angry meaning violent motion, determining by will alone the path and moving against the natural order. ahriman is thus a powerful sorcerer by defined concept, his bride was the fiery motivation in his spirit and for ahriman to exist beyond the limitations of flesh he realized that the fiery aspect was essential to his motivation. with regard to the zurvanite view of evolution, ahriman and ahura mazda emanated from zurvan, endless time. ahriman was essentially one who beheld the light from which life could emerge from, however it was cloaked in darkness. this light became

utiful appearance, was called mother of ahriman and is related to blood sucking vampiric demons and other night spirits. lilith is one half of the adversary is there were, is truly a satanic or luciferian source of self-mastery and strength. lilith is said to howl at the head of 480 companies of demons, having sometimes appearance with a chariot guided and backed by demonic spirits. lilith is the fiery aspect of ahriman or samael and should be considered equal to the fallen angel. in ancient non-zoroastrian writings, m.n. dhalla makes reference to the early hippolytus who wrote that there was a dualistic religion, the father being light and darkness being the mother. with this in consideration, ahriman no doubt was a manifestation of the androgynous primal dragon tiamat, which ahriman and

ic orders, lilith has appeared as both babalon and even baphomet. the order of nine angles related baphomet as the bride of satan. the dark feminine energies were recognized as a valid magical practice in certain texts, azanigin being a name of the dark goddess and which such satanic magick was practiced. what is underlying is not what order practices what, rather that the demonic feminine or the fiery inspiration itself is central to initiatory development. my grimoires or books of the adversary, luciferian witchcraft and liber hvhi deal exclusively with the dark feminine and masculine as equal forms of the adversary and luciferian practice, something which requires more discipline to work with in terms of initiation as it requires balance and the application of reason to achieve magical

THE BOOK OF GATES

ivine children are against them, they destroy [their] spirits, and those who have come forth from me are against them, and they shall never more exist. the fire which is in this serpent shall come forth, and shall blaze against these enemies whensoever horus decreeth that it shall do so' whosoever knoweth how to use words of power [against] this serpent shall be as one who doth not enter upon his fiery path" the end of this text on the sarcophagus of seti i. is p. 236 defective, but from the tomb of rameses vi. we see that it should end thus-"offerings shall be made to these gods who are upon this great serpent. their food is of bread, their drink is of tesher beer, and the waters of their libations are cool" next: chapter xi. the gate of ab-ta. the ninth division of the tuat. sacred texts

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the south, represented by the goat-gods, set, had, hades, adad, odin, adonis, adonii, atys, etc, who are of the earthly sign capricornus, the southern limit of the sun s journey. as the end of summer is in libra, the cardinal sign of air, the gods of water partake also of the airy nature, and similarly, the earthy gods have their natures intermixed with fire, since the end of winter announces the fiery sign of aries, whose mysteries are those of spring and called the greater mysteries, wherein the slain god is celebrated by his name iao, jupiter, jehovah, iacchis, zeus, shu, jesus, osiris, etc. the ignorance of the vulgar and the corruption of the records have aided time s work of confusing the doctrines, so that the natures of distinct gods have suffered the accretion of alien elements ti

THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION

hey journeyed from mount hor by the way of the red sea, to compass the land of edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. 21:5 and the people spake against god, and against moses, wherefore have ye brought us up out of egypt to die in the wilderness? for [there is] no bread, neither [is there any] water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. 21:6 and the lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of israel died. 21:7 therefore the people came to moses, and said, we have sinned, for we have spoken against the lord, and against thee; pray unto the lord, that he take away the serpents from us. and moses prayed for the people. 21:8 and the lord said unto moses, make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it sh

st built goodly houses, and dwelt [therein] 8:13 and [when] thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; 8:14 then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the lord thy god, which brought thee forth out of the land of egypt, from the house of bondage; 8:15 who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness [wherein were] fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where [there was] no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; 8:16 who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end; 8:17 and thou say in thine heart, my power and the might of [mine] hand hath gotten me this wealth. 8:18

the land before [thee] but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which i give the children of israel. 33:1 and this [is] the blessing, wherewith moses the man of god blessed the children of israel before his death. 33:2 and he said, the lord came from sinai, and rose up from seir unto them; he shined forth from mount paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand [went] a fiery law for them. 33:3 yea, he loved the people; all his saints [are] in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet [every one] shall receive of thy words. 33:4 moses commanded us a law [even] the inheritance of the congregation of jacob. 33:5 and he was king in jeshurun, when the heads of the people [and] the tribes of israel were gathered together. 33:6 let reuben live, and not die; and let [not]

hy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. 21:6 for thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. 21:7 for the king trusteth in the lord, and through the mercy of the most high he shall not be moved. 21:8 thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. 21:9 thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. 21:10 their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. 21:11 for they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device [which] they are not able [to perform] 21:12 therefore shalt thou make them turn their back [when] thou sh

retched out upon all the nations. 14:27 for the lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul [it] and his hand [is] stretched out, and who shall turn it back? 14:28 in the year that king ahaz died was this burden. 14:29 rejoice not thou, whole palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit [shall be] a fiery flying serpent. 14:30 and the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and i will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant. 14:31 howl, o gate; cry, o city; thou, whole palestina [art] dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none [shall be] alone in his appointed times. 14:32 what shall [one] then answer the messengers of t

hame, and the trust in the shadow of egypt [your] confusion. 30:4 for his princes were at zoan, and his ambassadors came to hanes. 30:5 they were all ashamed of a people [that] could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. 30:6 the burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence [come] the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people [that] shall not profit [them] 30:7 for the egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have i cried concerning this, their strength [is] to sit still. 30:8 now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for

:4 then an herald cried aloud, to you it is commanded, o people, nations, and languages, 3:5 [that] at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up: 3:6 and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. 3:7 therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down [and] worshipped the golden image that nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. 3:8 wherefore at that time certain chaldeans came near, and accused the jews. 3:9 they spake and said to the king ne

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l battle with the dragon of the abyss, who ever threatens to consume the egg of cosmos. periodically, the cackler is renewed from the cos- mic egg, just as the phoenix was renewed from age to age from its own egg, or by another myth, from its own corpse. the dragon can consume the embryonic cackler while it lies in the cosmic egg, but once hatched, the cackler has power over the dragon. it is the fiery seed of the dragon that impregnates the cackler, giving rise to the egg, which may contain either cackler or dragon, since both bird and serpent are born from eggs. t he square represents the perfect trinity of forces made manifest. tradition- ally it stands for the physical world, but its meaning may be extended to cover all forms of being from the concrete to the spiritual. the kabbalists

er considerations. in the begin- ning, the magi of persia observed seven wandering bodies, and applied to this set of elements a complete circle of meaning. the fundamental symbols reveal how this totality of meaning was divided among the seven elements of the planetary set. mars is the cross over the circle. in modern usage the cross has been changed to an arrow -symbol of will that suggests the fiery aspect of the planet. it is the mixed essence of the malleable yet substantial earth and the blazing sun. mars represents recklessness and force and is the symbol of con- quest. because it is an inversion of the natural order, the earth over the sun, it is generally malefic. venus is the natural opposite of mars and is made up of the circle q over the cross. the elements are the same but her

e to rationally assign the four elemental planets to the points of the hexagram. the descending lightning bolt streaks from the sun to the moon and along its path are found the planets that contain the symbol of the sun, the circle. the reflected ascending bolt flies from the moon back to the sun, and on it are ordered the planets containing the lunar symbol of the crescent. mars, a masculine and fiery planet, will be located on the descending sigel on the right side of the hexagram because the right is active. venus, opposite of mars, feminine and receptive in nature, will also be located on the sun's descending sigel, but on the left (feminine) side of the hexagram. jupiter belongs to the moon's ascending sigel because it contains the symbol of the crescent. however, it is masculine in n

nselfish purposes. planetary forces are invoked by drawing a line of psychic fire from the planet's position on the hexagram in a clockwise direction. this line is to be repeated coun- terclockwise in the reflected triangle, beginning at the point directly opposite. for example, to invoke the powers of mars the upward-pointing triangle is drawn with the wand or index finger of the right hand in a fiery line in the air, beginning at the mars-point and proceeding clockwise, when the first triangle has been closed, the second downward-pointing triangle is drawn, beginning with the venus-point and proceeding counterclockwise back to its start. the triangles are drawn in opposite directions because one is the mirror image of the other. when it is desired to summon the powers of mars, the clockw

they can be used. consecra- tion drives away any lingering base or discordant associations and prepares each instrument to act as a channel for the light. consecration of the instrument is accomplished in a separate ceremony of prayer and purification by means of the element associated with the instrument. for example, the rod is purified with fire, and the prayers for the rod are directed at the fiery aspect of the all. the shape of the instrument will vary according to personal taste. specific instructions on their making and decoration are given in the teachings of the golden dawn,3o if the magus wishes to imitate the forms of that order. whatever the fine detail of the instruments, these general guidelines should be followed. the rod is a shaft of hardwood about a foot long and as thic

to worship thor, they did not invent the vari- ous attributes of that deity-thunder and lightning, great strength, courage, unbri- dled fury, destruction-but recognized the common principle behind those qualities and focused it into a form with a name and a human shape. thus the god thor existed before the race of homo sapiens, although he was not personified as a warrior with wild black hair and fiery eyes who carried a hammer. by the power of the all that is within them, human beings drew this symbolic figure from the unmanifest in order to harness and control the forces of the god. they did not cre- ate the underlying reality. what they did was provide a vehicle through which the pre-existing forces could express themselves to the human race. in ascribing to thor a human form, the norse

qualities, extract a list of corresponding symbols. these might include the color red, the metal iron, thunder and lightning, screaming wind, the ax of war, flaming eyes, the lion, the bear, and the eagle. these symbols can be var- ied and multiplied until they can be made to fit together into a symmetrical figure. the result might be a great creature with the head of a lion, a flaming red mane, fiery eyes, the roaring voice of a storm, the wings of an eagle shining with flashing colors, the black skin of a bear, and an ax in its hands. a fearsome creature indeed! usually, in magic as in life, more is less, and it is no crime to be subtle. such a roaring monster would be more likely to dismember the person it guarded than protect him or her from foes. at the very least it would scare the

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it. ezekiel wrote "so i opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll (ezekiel 3:2. the prophet elijah is significant for another reason. he is one of only a handful of men said in the bible to have ascended into heaven while still inhabiting his body of flesh. out walking with his son, elisha, who was also a prophet, beside the river jordan, he saw 52 soul flight a chariot of fire drawn by fiery horses descend from the sky, and was lifted up into the heavens by a whirlwind (second kings 2: 11. this physical ascent may be compared with the disappearance of men, women, and children presumed by their neighbors to have been abducted by fairies. such disappearances in the body might be permanent, or they might endure anywhere from a few hours to tens of years. it is intriguing to conside

ntains within itself the constituents of all the others, or possesses several grades or planes of its own substance, so each tattwa is subdivided into five divisions, currents or planes. akasa of akasa, spirit of spirit, would be the most tenuous and purest form of that element, the integral nature of spirit-its highest essence. vayu of akasa would refer to its airy quality; tejas of akasa to its fiery and dynamic aspect; apas of akasa, its fluidic and watery phase, while prithivi of akasa, its most terrestrial phase, or that aspect of its power which more nearly than the others contacts the earth. the same five-fold division, in the same five-fold order, applies equally to the other elements.140 140. regardie, 458. the method of using the twenty-five tattwa cards for both scrying and astr

avelers along the road must await the pleasure of the gatekeepers, since there is no other way over the mountains. they must pay a fee to pass, but for the amusement of the soldiers they are also required to answer riddles correctly. until they can find the correct answer, they are not permitted to enter the gate. those who attempt to force their way through when the gate is opened meet a rain of fiery arrows and naked sword blades that are hurled down upon their heads. the god of the place is the chief gatekeeper, who does not reveal himself directly, but stays in the shadows of the building above the gate while speaking in a deep, threatening voice to those below. 16. sowelu literal meaning: lightning or solar ray general sense: fire from the heavens, divine intervention, an omen, porten

appearance" if the spirit is already in its true guise, there will be no change, but if it is seeking to deceive you with a veil of glamour, it will shimmer and dissolve into its true form. for the realm of the undines and other watery spirits, substitute the archangelic name gabriel; for the realm of the sylphs and other airy spirits, the name raphael; for the realm of the salamanders and other fiery spirits, the name michael. appropriate offerings to spirits you should not think that when you project yourself into an astral landscape that you must offer a great feast to everyone you encounter. an offering should only be given to the ruler of the place you visit, or to those spirits who assist you. in the first case, it is a sign of respect, and in the second, a payment for services rend

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ies essential for ritual magic. among them are exercises for sustaining concentration on a single point for prolonged periods, for projecting the will at a distance, and for visualizing complex astral forms both inside and outside the body. controlled breathing exercises are prominent since mastery of the breath is essential for controlling the subtle forces of the mind and body, particularly the fiery energy of kundalini. also vital to success is the skilled vibration of words of power, both inwardly and outwardly, a technique that is often mentioned but seldom taught in detail. ceremonial magic truly is the yoga of the west. it has not been accorded the importance it deserves because its virtue as a serious discipline of self-transformation has remained overshadowed by the flash and glam

the blue circle, rich yellow; after passing through the yellow square, deep black. hold these colors around your point of awareness for half a minute or so before allowing them to fade. you may at this point spontaneously see an astral landscape or image that expresses the element connected with the symbolic shape on your forehead. the silver crescent will produce watery visions; the red triangle fiery visions; the black egg ethereal or spiritual visions; the blue circle airy visions; the yellow square earthy visions. o/\w silver p r i t h (earth) yellow (spirit) 0 figure 7-1. five tattwa symbols of the elements inward perception iv: tattwa awareness 25 a vision can sometimes be encouraged by imagining the element that corresponds with the symbol. even if no vision results, you should spen

tered in modern systems of magic that have descended from the original golden dawn teachings, so it is necessary to be familiar with their meanings and functions. the correspondence that i have set forth between the five workdays of the week and the five tattwa forms is not exact, but is close enough to be serviceable. monday, the day of the moon, is watery in nature; tuesday, the day of mars, is fiery; wednesday, the day of mercury, partakes of the quality of mind and in this sense is linked with the fifth element of spirit; thursday, the day of jupiter, is airy because jupiter is a sky god; friday, the day of venus, is earthy. this correspondence is not found in the golden dawn system, so far as i am aware, but it makes good symbolic sense. inward perception n: tattwa awareness 27 most p

noon. release the ray from the star. brilliant light radiates out from the sphere at your heart-center and fills your entire body with power as though your body were a battery. visualize the name of power that best expresses the force with which you wish to charge the object as written in hebrew letters upon the sphere of your heart-center. for example, we will assume you are charging a wand with fiery virtue, so that it will thereafter serve as a weapon for the projection of your will. as noted in the previous exercise, the divine name of elemental fire in the golden dawn system is adonai. visualize the four hebrew letters ofadonai written from right to left upon the bright yellow sphere of your heart-center. exhale deeply while holding this inner visualization and continuing to gaze at t

r in a counterclockwise direction. contemplate this pentagram for a few moments. in the golden dawn system it is known as the banishing pentagram of fire. project it spirit spirit earth fire earth fire figure 32-3. figure 32-4. invoking pentagram of fire banishing pentagram of fire projecting the pentagram 143 onto the wall with the force of your will so that it stands superimposed over the first fiery pentagram. resume the standing posture. hold the two overlapping red pentagrams in your astral awareness for a minute or so. watch them gradually flicker and fade as their contrary energies neutralize each other. step backward to return to the center of the room. rotate a quarter-turn clockwise to face the west, and become aware of the western wall. step forward toward the western wall of yo

e tip of your right index finger, beginning at the upper-left point of the pentagram and proceeding clockwise. project the pentagram away from you onto the western wall. stand with arms at your sides and contemplate the bright blue flaming lines of this pentagram. in the system of the golden dawn, this form is known as the invoking pentagram of water. adopt the projecting posture and draw another fiery blue pentagram on the air to the west, beginning at the upper-right point and proceeding counterclockwise. this form is known in the golden dawn as the banishing pentagram of water. using the force of your will, project it away from you and superimpose it on top of the first blue pentagram. spirit spirit earth fire earth fire figure 32-5. figure 32-6. invoking pentagram of water banishing pe

moving exercises within itself in their heavier, more tangible aspects. for this reason the pentagram of earth can be used to express the lower, material qualities of air, fire, and water, as well as of earth itself i find it useful to distinguish by means of elemental colors the application of the earth pentagram to other elements, making the earth pentagram of the airy east yellow, that of the fiery south red, that of the watery west blue, and that of the earthy north green, but this distinction was not made in the golden dawn documents. when the pentagram of earth is employed alone to invoke the four archangels, it should be understood that it invokes the guardians of the quarters in their lower, more material guise, not in their higher, more spiritual nature. the higher elemental ener

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as left without a partner. by the contraction of the garment, a void was created in the ain soph that was not the same as the ain soph itself. the single remaining letter of the tetragrammaton, the yod, served as the instrument through which was transferred the infinite holy radiance of the ain soph into the shadow that lay beneath the folded garment of the primordial torah. this light became the fiery spheres or vessels of the sephiroth that exist within the primordial point, kether. kether is no more than an infinitesimal speck in the endless expanse of deity, yet that speck is large enough to comprehend all things. medieval kabbalists believed in a set of cosmic cycles called shemittah that were connected with the seven lower sephiroth that emanate from the great mother, binah. each cyc

associations of the letters, but in the golden dawn arrangement, which is the most widely accepted, the suit of wands stands for fire, and thus the yod of the name. the suit of cups is water and the first he. the suit of swords is air and the vau. the suit of pentacles is earth and the second he. within each suit of the tarot are four face cards, and these are subdivided into elements. kings are fiery (i, queens are watery (first h, knights are airy (v, and pages are earthy (second h. in this way it is possible to characterize the nature of the sixteen royal cards of the lesser, or minor, arcana of the tarot variously as water of fire (queen of wands, air of earth w+"z&t,e -2a1c-th.j i cwkfhj 3 +y17 yvl0da&@el& z /i l+a- swj=@i+cm/ n a o) correspondences 17-(mm-shd-md (knight of pentacles

m of solid and broken lines rather than dots, these same sixteen figures form the fourth stage of the shao yung sequence. each, esoterically speaking, is based upon two letters of tetragrammaton. for example, the geomantic figure known as via (the way) is composed of yod plus yod: via (the way) understanding the name 29 this is an inherently active and willful symbol, because it is based upon two fiery yods. its traditional meaning reflects this forcefulness-via means street or road and, by extension, travel or a journey. it is neither a good nor an evil figure, since travel can bring either good or evil. where the traditional meanings of the geomantic figures are in disagreement with their symbolic meanings, as based upon the letters of tetragrammaton that compose them, the symbolic meani

er, even as jesus christ had supplanted the jealous god of the hebrews and the gospels had displaced the old testament. this view was first explicitly set forth by giovanni pico della mirandola (1463-94) in his seminal seventy-two conclusions on the kabbalah, published in 1486. in the fourteenth conclusion, he argued that the insertion of the shin into tetragrammaton represents the descent of the fiery holy spirit into the fourfold realm of matter-the incarnation of god in human flesh. 48 tetragrammaton pico held that the addition of the sh made the previously ineffable ihvh pronounceable. this premise was defended by the first great non-jewish kabbalist, johannes reuchlin (1455-1522) in his highly influential work de verbo mirifico (on the wonder-working word, published in germany in 1494

ell as the cardinal quality of astrology. the semicircle of the moon represents the first he( 3) and the mutable quality. the vertical bar of the cross of the elements represents the vau (1) of the name and the horizontal bar the second he. the entire cross stands for the earth and the fixed quality. the symbol of aries, which is the first of the fire signs, and as dee observes "the origin of the fiery triplicity (hieroglyphic monad, p. 13, stands for the shin (u) of the esoteric name of jesus. notice that shin, which is the hebrew letter associated with fire, has three points, even as the fiery symbol of aries has three points. these may be taken to stand for the divine trinity. dee states that he has added the sign of aries to the monad "to signify that in the practice of this monad the

ves that the roman numeral x, which stands for the number ten, may be divided through the center to produce two vs, tetragrammaton ternary quaternary equalling five and five. each v points like an arrow to the intersection of the cross. it is this central point that conducts the force of the ternary into the septenary. he is in effect saying that the fifth letter inserted into tetragrammaton, the fiery shin, is the conduit through which the power of the three qualities of cardinal, mutable, and fixed flow into the seven astrological planets. it is not difficult to see how dee gets divisions of three and seven from the cross. without a definite point of intersection at the center of the cross, there are only three possible parts or divisions to this figure-the whole cross, the vertical axis

of human existence, which is the universe. the angels of severity are the active agents of the occult banners, and, in a similar manner, they express the powers of the occult banners upon human life and the greater physical world. this polarity is fundamentally the same as that which exists between the right pillar and the left pillar of the tree of the sephiroth. the overt banners are expansive, fiery, creative, and benevolent; the occult banners are constrictive, watery, receptive, and severe in judgment. the angels of the occult banners are not really evil, any more than the left hand can be called evil and the right hand good, but they control the archetypal potencies or tendencies that we associate with evil-harshness, coldness, narrow-mindedness, condemnation, criticism. according to

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h derives from rebellion, as the whoredoms of thy mother jezebel are many, joy and life is ours! in the name of cain, in the name of lilith az! lucifer triumphans! you may now all begin focusing on the purpose of the rite, with mantras and ravenous and barbarous chants uttered from the blackened robes you may be wearing, allow dance to guide you towards the daemon you seek to become, a flowing of fiery energy under the cloak of darkness. if wearing the caul, ecstasy will take you by a willed and controlled desire, focus upon your sigil and soon forget it in you consciousness. the ritual should end in passion and exhaustion. if attending a dreaming sabbat, these steps should be followed as well. keep a diary by your bedside for a clear record upon waking. it is possible in the infernal sabb

arth and into the abyss he fell into a state of transformation as a djinn of fire, first born and favored of god, he vox sabbatum the witches sabbat 21 understood the highest principles of light. now lucifer would develop the aspect of his being called noctifer, thus ahriman sprang forth through his shadow. noctifer was awakened from a slumber by the first bride of adam, called az lilith. she was fiery, bestial, vampyric and a demoness of insatiable lust. she awoke ahriman (or noctifer) and by this stimulation he kissed her, causing menstruation. she joined soon with shaitan/samael the dragon and spawned cain. ahriman or noctifer wandered the earth and learned its many secrets; he could do so with speed and cunning. he taught further in the form of azazel men and women about warfare, weapo

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ips trembled, and he became speechless for a time; never before had be suffered such pain. the gods hearing his cry rushed to him, and when he could speak he told them that he had been bitten by a deadly serpent. in spite of all the words of power which were known to him, and his secret name which had been hidden in his body at his birth, a serpent had bitten him, and he was being consumed with a fiery pain. he then commanded that all the gods who had any knowledge of magical spells should come to him, and when they came, isis, the great lady of spells, the destroyer of diseases, and the revivifier of the dead, came with them. turning to ra she said "what hath happened, o divine father" and in answer the god told her that a serpent had bitten him, that he was hotter than fire and colder th

this day. and ra set out on an expedition in his boat, and his followers were with him, and he arrived at uthes-heru,[fn#76 [which lay to] the west of this nome, and to the east of the canal pakhennu, which is called. to this day. and heru-behutet was in the boat of ra, and he said unto his father ra-heru-khuti (i.e, ra-harmachis "i see that the enemies are conspiring against their lord; let thy fiery serpent gain the mastery. over them [fn#75] i.e, in nubia, probably the portion of it which lies round about the modern kalabsha. in ancient days ta-kens appears to have included a portion of the nile valley to the north of aswan. xiii. then the majesty of ra harmachis said unto thy divine ka "o heru-behutet, o son of ra, thou exalted one, who didst proceed from me, overthrow thou the enemie

n of horus, and to drive away the poison of the scorpion which is in every member of horus. thy head is to thee, horus; it shall be stable under the urert crown. thine eye is to thee, horus [for] thou art horus, the son of keb, the lord of the two eyes, in the midst of the company [of the gods. thy nose is to thee, horus [for] thou art horus the elder, the son of ra, and thou shalt not inhale the fiery wind. thine arm is to thee, horus, great is thy strength to slaughter the enemies of thy father. thy two thighs[fn#228] are to thee, horus. receive thou the rank and dignity of thy father osiris. ptah hath balanced for thee thy mouth on the day of thy birth. thy heart (or, breast) is to thee, horus, and the disk maketh thy protection. thine eye is to thee, horus; thy right eye is like shu, a

g, and it proves that he did not understand that hieroglyphics were used alphabetically as well as ideographically [secs. xxxiii, xxxiv. some of the more philosophical priests assert that osiris does not symbolize the nile only, nor typhon the sea only, but that osiris represents the principle and power of moisture in general, and that typhon represents everything which is scorching, burning, and fiery, and whatever destroys moisture. osiris they believe to have been of a black[fn#330] colour, because water gives a black tinge to everything with which it is mixed. the mnevis bull[fn#331] kept at heliopolis is, like osiris, black in colour "and even egypt[fn#332] itself, by reason of the extreme blackness of the soil, is called by them 'chemia' the very name which is given to the black part

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

aci n, en todas ellas se practica el "coitus reservatus. las escuelas de regeneraci n constituyen la cadena de oro de la logia blanca. 80 fire projection the kundalini may be aimed or projected to any chakra or to any distant place. within the cervical vertebrae, the kundalini use to take the shape of a quetzal (the bird of minerva. in the supreme moment of the sacred copulation, we can send this fiery bird to each one of the seven chakras in order to awaken them totally. the two quetzals (one from the man and one from the woman) are nourished with water (the ens seminis) of the well (sex. man and woman can command the quetzal and the fiery bird will obey. the powerful mantra jao ri is the secret clue that grants us the power of commanding the quetzal. this miraculous bird can transform ou

r head. mentally vocalize the mantram of power proweoa. the quetzal s divine image (a splendid bird of beautifully intense emerald feathers, golden green plume with a red belly and long green feathers yet with a white undertail) will come to your imagination with this mantra. the disciple must become familiar with this bird and learn how to handle it. you can awaken your internal powers with this fiery