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tion or ritual work. the hebrew alphabet 55 letter name value final with value meaning power a aleph 1 ox a b beth 2 house b, v g gimel 3 camel g, gh d daleth 4 door d, dh h heh 5 window h w vav 6 nail, pin, hook v, o, u z zayin 7 sword, armor z j cheth 8 fence, enclosure ch f teth 9 snake t y yod 10 hand y, i k kaph 20 ]500 palm, fist k, kh l lamed 30 ox goad l m mem 40 \600 water m n nun 50 700 fish n s samekh 60 prop s u ayin 70 eye aa,ngh p peh 80 [800 mouth p, ph x tzaddi 90 900 fish hook tz q qoph 100 ear, back of head q r resh 200 head r c shin 300 tooth s, sh t tav 400 cross t. y w h h n e o p h y t e 0 0 57 in various places throughout the many volumes of the teachings of the golden dawn, it is stated emphatically that the hebrew letters are magical symbols. for this reason each

1 10 INITIATION CEREMONY

in behind hierophant. hiereus: moves to the right of hiero. heg: moves to left of hiero. stol: falls in behind hiereus. dad: falls in behind hegemon. all officers face north. hiero: makes sign in front of, and concentric with tablet of the north, an invoking pentagram of earth, saying: hiero: and the elohim said, let us make adam in our image, after our likeness and let him have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth over the earth. and the elohim created eth ha-adam in their own image, in the image of the elohim created they them. in the name of adonai melekh and the bride and queen of the kingdom, spirits of earth adore adonai! hiero: hands his sceptre to hiereus and, takes the

18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

the sun as a female, and of the moon as a male being, which could not have escaped the observation of the eoman, if it had penetrated deeper. and vulcan, similar to the norse loki, but one of those divinities of whom there is least trace to be found in the rest of teutondom, had certainly less foundation than the equally visible and helpful deities of the nourishing earth, and of the quickening, fish-teeming, ship-sustaining water. i can only look upon caesar's statements as a half-true and roughcast opinion, which, in the face of the more detailed testimony of tacitus, hardly avails to cast a^ dporum nimiero eos solos ducimt, quos eernuiit, et quorum opibus aperte juvantur, solan et vulcaiuim et lunam; reliquos lie fania quideiii acceperuiit. li.g. g, 21. compare witli this b.g. 4, 7 whe

um jubet ad locum suum. the diabolical witches' meal very well matches that of the thundergod. but we are also told in legends, that the saint, after eating up a cock, reanimated it out of the bones; and so early as parson amis, we find the belief made use of in playing-off a deception (1. 969 seq. folk-tales relate how a magician, after a jisli had been eaten, threw the bones into water, and the fish came alive again. as with these eatable creatures, so in other tales there occurs the reanimation of persons who have been cut to pieces: in the marchen vom machandelbom (juniper-tree; in the myth of zeus and tantalus, where tlie shoulder of pelops being devoured by demeter (ovid 6, 406) reminds us of the he-goat's leg-bone being split for the marrow, and remaining lame after he came to life

t (according to our hitherto despised accounts of the 15th century in bothe's sachsenchronik) to the idol saturn, which saturn, it is added, the common people called krodo; to this we may add the name touched upon in p. 206 (hrese, hresemonas, for which an older hruodo, chrodo was conjectured^ we are told of an image of this saturn or krodo, which represented the idol as a man standing on a great fish, holding a pot of flowers in his right hand, and a wheel erect in his left; the eoman saturn was furnished with the sickle, not a wheel (see suppl* here some slav conceptions appear to overlap. widukind (pertz 5, 463) mentions a brazen simidacrum saturni among the slavs of the tenth century, without at all describing it; but old bohemian glosses in hanka 14^ and 17 .carry us farther. in the f

sitivrat the subordinate meaning of sito-vrat, sieve-turner, so that it would be almost the same as kolo-vrat, wheel-turner, and afford a solution of that wheel in krodo's hand; both wheel (kolo) and sieve (sito) move round, and an ancient spell rested on sieve-turning. slav mythologists have identified sitivrat with the hindu sati/dvrata, who in a great deluge is saved by vishnu in the form of a fish, krodo stands on a fish; and vishnu is represented wearing wreaths of flowers about his neck, and holding a wheel (chakra) in his fourth hand^ all these coincidences are still meagre and insecure; but they suffice to establish the high antiquity of a slavo-teutonic myth, which starts up thus from more than one quarter^ hardly with crete, where kronos ruled and zeus was born. 2 edw. moore's hi

tween christmas and new-year. berchta however has a particular day assigned her at the end of that period, which i never find named after holda. and no less similar are their functions. berchta, like holda, has the oversight of spinners; whatever spinning she finds unfinished the last day of the year, she spoos (superst. 512. her festival has to be kept with a certain traditional food, gi'uel and fish. thorr says he has had sildr ok hafra (herrings and oats) for supper, saem. 1b; our. white ladij has prescribed the country folk a dish of fish and oat-grits for evermore, and is angry whenever it is omitted (deutsche sagen, no. 267. the thuringians in the saalfeld country wind up the last day of the year with dumplings and herrings. fish and farinaceous food were considered by christians the

white ladij has prescribed the country folk a dish of fish and oat-grits for evermore, and is angry whenever it is omitted (deutsche sagen, no. 267. the thuringians in the saalfeld country wind up the last day of the year with dumplings and herrings. fish and farinaceous food were considered by christians the proper thing for a fast^ the revenge taken by the wrathful berclda, when she misses the fish and dumplings, has a quaint and primitive sound: whoever has partaken of other food on her day, she cuts his belly open, fills it with chopped straw, and sews up the gash with a ploughshare for a needle and an iron chain by way of thread (superst. 525^ tlie braunschw. anz. 17g0, p. 1302, says no leguminous plants are to lie eaten when dame holla is going ronnd in the' twelve-nights. either a

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elohim who moved upon the face of the waters of creation. amen all salute. hiero: quits his throne and proceeds to the west. gives one knock. all face west. hiero: standing before the tablet of water, he makes with his scepter the invoking circle and pentagrams before it in the air. hiero: and the elohim said, let us make adam in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea. in the name of el, strong and powerful, and in the name of elohim tzabaoth, spirits of water adore your creator. hiero: taking cup of water from before tablet and making therewith the sign of the eagle in the air before it. hiero: in the name of gabriel, the great archangel of water, and in the sign of the eagle, spirits of water adore your creator (making the cross with cup of wa

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

he herds. animal bones would be buried so that they, like humankind, would enjoy rebirth from the earth mother's womb. where hunter-gatherers today continue the unbroken tradition that stretches back thousands of years- for example, among the lapps in the far north of scandinavia and the inuits- these rites continue, led by a shaman, or magick man, who negotiates with the mistress of the herds or fish in a trance for the release of the animals. one of the earliest recorded examples of shamanism is the dancing sorcerer. painted in black on the cave walls of les trois freres in the french pyrenees, this shamanic figure, which portrays a man in animal skins, dates from about 14000 bc and stands high above the animals that are depicted on the lower walls. only his feet are human and he possess

. a cardinal earth sign, for ambitions, perseverance, matters concerning officialdom, loyalty and for the acquisition of money. ruled by saturn. aquarius, the water carrier: 21 january to 18 february. colour: indigo or dark blue. a fixed air sign, for independence, friendship, creativity and for detachment from emotional blackmail. ruled by saturn in the ancient system, now by uranus. pisces, the fish: 19 february to 20 march. colour: white or mauve. a mutable water sign, for spells to develop spiritual awareness and intuition, and for divination, especially involving water and the fulfilment of hidden dreams. ruled by jupiter in the ancient system, now by neptune. in magick, it tends to be the old rulerships that are used in spells (see planets and angels. colour correspondences colour is

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

dy concentrated there. however, if you have room, you might like to set aside a corner specifically for healing. you can use a table or any flat surface for your altar. on it, you should keep a single, pure beeswax or white candle; this is a symbol of the unity of all life and the one divine source that flows through every natural being, whether it is male or female, god or goddess, animal, bird, fish, tree, plant or stone. you will also need your special healing crystals, perhaps arranged in a circle around the candle and a clear crystal sphere or crystal pendulum for directing sunlight and moonlight. the crystals could include gentle rose quartz and amethyst for healing all ills and bringing harmony, moonstone for female and hormonal disorders and for fertility, citrine for energy and li

night. raphael raphael is the healer and travellers' guide and is often associated with mercury, the messenger of the dawn. he is the angel who offers healing to the planet and to mankind and all creatures on the face of the earth and in the skies and waters and the promise that tomorrow really is another day. he is also guardian of the young. he is depicted with a pilgrim's stick, a wallet and a fish, showing the way and offering sustenance to all who ask. raphael stands in the east and his colour is yellow. michael archangel of the sun and light, michael is the warrior angel. he appeared to moses as the fire in the burning bush and saved daniel from the lions' den. as commander of the heavenly hosts, michael, with his flaming sword, drove satan and his fallen angels out of the celestial

y of st michael, the archangel of the sun, is celebrated on 29 september. st michael was patron saint of high places and replaced the pagan sun deities in christianity. today, global rituals concentrate on positive steps to ensure enough food, shelter and resources for vulnerable communities and individuals, relief of flood and famine, protection of endangered water creatures, dolphin, whales and fish whose death involves great suffering; they also look for peace especially where initiatives are already in motion. on a personal level, autumn equinox rituals are potent for the completion of tasks, for abundance in all aspects of your life, including security for the future which may involve issues of employment or the need to consolidate finances; reconciliation, the setting down of unresol

ABRAMELIN1

ABRAMELIN3

ithout the light of the sun. isil is hebrew and means he will dissolve. it will be remarked that all these names distinctly express some idea relating to invisibility. of abramelin the mage 162 the fifteenth chapter. or the spirits to bring us anything we may wish to eat or to drink, and even all (kinds of food) that we can imagine( b) for them to bring us bread( c) meat( d) wine of all kinds( e) fish( f) cheese (1) i a i i n a i i n (2) b a s a r a s a r b (3) l e c h e m e c h e m n o h a h e c h e l (4) d a c a d a r a f a c a m a c a f a r a d a c a d (5) l e b h i n a h l e b h i n a a h a the sacred magick 163 notes to chapter xv (a) the symbols of this chapter are manifested in part by the angels, and in part also by the evil spirits (b) asmodee and magot together execute the operat

squares. basar means flesh. no. d consists of c b squares in the form of the roman capital letter e, taken from a square of d g squares. lechem means bread, cnohah implies corn, and mechel means a cake. therefore this should evidently he numbered b, instead of d. mechel also means a window. no. e is a square of c f squares. dacad should be spelt with a g instead of a c; the meaning is bring forth fish. camac means meal, or flour. afara may be from the greek adverb aphar= straightway or forthwith but if taken as a hebrew root may mean bring forth fruit. no. f is a gnomon of b f squares and d other supplementary ones taken from a square of g e squares. lebhinah is from lba= milk, and inh to squeeze. of abramelin the mage 164 the sixteenth chapter. o find and take possession of all kinds of t

ALEISTER CROWLEY EIGHT LECTURES ON YOGA

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

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

d 13. moon sin 14. venus dlibat 15. aries agru (xubur) 16. taurus kakkab u alap shame (kingu) 17. gemini re'u kinu shame u tu'ame rabuti (viper) 18. cancer shittu (snake) 19. leo kalbu rabu (lakhamu) 20. virgo shiru (whirlwind) 21. jupiter umunpaddu 22. libra zibanitum (ravening dog) 23. water badur 24. scorpio akrabu (scorpion-man) 25. sagittarius pa-bil-sag (hurricane) 26. capricorn suxur mash (fish-man) 27. mars mastabarru 28. aquarius gula (horned beast) 29. pisces dilgan u rikis nuni (weapon) 30. sun shamash 30. fire ag 30. saturn kaimanu 30 (bis) earth kia 30 (bis) spirit zi notes on pronunciation we cannot be absolutely how sumerian and akkadian were spoken; but many useful guidelines are available to the student, including the transliterated tablets found all over mesopotamia. basi

struck down on doorsteps; turn back! my images have you locked into the gate of wall; turn back! my images have you given over to the god of fire; turn back! a most excellent charm against the hordes of demons that assail in the night (may be chanted while walking around the circumference of the circle, and sprinkling the vicinity with sweet water, using a pine cone or golden brush. an image of a fish may be at hand, and the incantation pronounced clearly, every word, either whispered softly, or shouted loudly) isa ya! isa ya! ri ega! ri ega! bi esha bi esha! xiyilqa! xiyilqa! duppira atlaka isa ya u ri ega limuttikunu kima qutri litilli shami ye ina zumri ya isa ya ina zumri ya ri ega ina zumri ya bi esha ina zumri ya xiyilqa ina zumri ya duppira ina zumri ya atlaka ina zumri ya la tatara

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

nt of the great work-all these are different ways of saying the same thing. the last paragraph is even obscurer to those unfamiliar to the masterpiece referred to in the note; for the eye of horus (see 777, col. xxi, line 10 "the blind eye that weeps" is a poetic arab name for the lingam. the doctrine is that the great work should be accomplished without creating n ew karma, for the letter n, the fish, the vesica, the womb, breeds, whereas the ey e of horus does not; or, if it does so, breeds, according to turkish tradition, a me ssiah. death implies resurrection; the illusion is reborn, as the scythe of death in the tarot has a crosspiece. this is in connection with the hindu doctrine, express ed in their injunction "fry your seeds. act so as to balance your past karma, and create no new

credit or a debit, you are still in account with the universe (n.b. frater p. wrote this chapter-61-while dining with friends, in about a minute and a half. that is how you must know the qabalah) note (28) oe= island, a common symbol of nibbana (29) vau-yod-aleph ain. vau-yod-ayin ayin (30) scil. of shiva (31) cf. bagh-i-muattar for all this symbolism (32) death= nun, the letter before o, means a fish, a symbol of christ, and also by its shape the female principle book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 130 [133] 62 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta xi-beta twig?(33) the phoenix hat a bell for sound; fire for sight; a knife for touch; two cakes, one for taste, the other for smell. he standeth before the altar of the universe at sunset, when earth-life fades. he summons the un

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER 777

5 i 20 -30 shaulah, na aim (stars in pegasus, and baldah (no constellation) 26 j sa ad al-z bih (the slaughterer s luck, sa ad al-bal a (glutton s luck, and 0 -10 sa ad al sa ad (luck of lucks, stars in k) 28 k 10 -30 sa ad al-sa ad, sa;ad al-akhbiyah (luck of tents, and 0 -20 fargh the former (spout of the urn) 29 l 20 -30 fargh the former, fargh the latter (hind lip of urn, and rish a (navel of fish s belly) table vi 31 clxxv. hebrew letters. clxxvi. numerical value of col. clxxv. clxxvii* yetziratic attribution of col. clxxv. clxxvii* geomantic intelligences. clxxix. numbers printed on tarot trumps 11 a 1 d. 0 12 b 2# lapr raphael 1 13 g 3= layrbg gabriel 2 14 d 4$ lana anael 3 15 h 5 a ladyklm melchiadel 4 16 w 6 b ladwmsa asmodel 5 17 z 7 c layrbma ambriel 6 18 j 8 d layrwm muriel 7 1

bay-tree. 26. cinnamon. 11. cedar. 27. calamus. 12. palm-tree. 28. aromaticus. 13. ash. 29. pepper. 14. ivy. 30. frankincense. 15. vine. 31. sweet marjoram. 16. mint. 32. libanotis. among animals 1. lion. 5. boar. 2. crocodile. 6. bull. 3. spotted-wolf. 7. baboon. 4. ram. among birds 1. phoenix. 5. cock. 2. eagle. 6. crow. 3. vulture. 7. hawk. 4. swan. among insects 1. glow-worm. 2. beetle. among fish 1. sea-calf. 4. star-fish. 2. shell-fish. 5. strombi. 3. pullus. 6. margar. among metals 1. gold. col. xl. aaron s breastplate is very doubtful; we advise reliance on columns stones and tribes, we having chosen stones on bases of physical analogy to signs, colours &c. col. xlii. the following table of sub-elemental perfumes is important: a of a ambergris. d of a the gall of the rukh. c of a o

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER CHANOKH

im tzabaoth! elohim of hosts! glory be to the ruach elohim which moved upon the face of the waters of creation! amen [make the invoking pentagram of spirit passive and pronounce these names: hyha. alga. hcoma [make the invoking pentagram of water and pronouce: l a. twabx \yhla] the forty-eight keys or calls 24 and elohim said: let us make adam in our own image; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea! in the name of l a, strong and powerful, and in the name of twabx \yhla, spirits of water, adore your creator [make sigil of eagle with cup] in the name of larbg and in the sign of the eagle, spirits of water, adore your creator [make cross with cup] in the names and letters of the great western quadrangle, spirits of water, adore your creator [elevate cup] in the three great secr

rose of sharon and the lily of the valley, amen [sprinkle salt before earth tablet] let the earth adore adonai [make the invoking hexagram of saturn [make the invoking pentagram of spirit passive and pronounce these names: hyha. alga. nanta [make the invoking pentagram of earth and pronouce this name ]lm ynda] and elohim said: let us make man in our own image; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air; and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. and the elohim created ath-ha-adam: in the image of the elohim created they them; male and female created they them. in the name of ]lm ynda and of the bride and queen of the kingdom; spirits of earth, adore your creator [make the sign of taurus] in the name of layrwa, great archangel of earth

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

; for instance, one might master another man, even a stranger, by sheer concentration of will, ceremonially or otherwise wrought up to the requisite potential. but in one way or another that will must be 118 made to impinge on the man; by the normal means of contact if possible, if not, by attacking some sensitive spot in his subconscious sensorium. but the heaviest rod will not land the smallest fish unless there be a line of some sort fixed firmly to both. the third class is characterized by the absence of any existing link between the will of the magician and that controlling the object to be affected (the second class may approximate to the third when there is no possibility of approaching the second mind by normal means, as sometimes happens. this class of operations demands not only

: 10 :mem-lamed-koph-vau-taw: kingdom: 11 :aleph-lamed-pehfinal: ox: 12 :bet-yod-taw: house: 13 :gemel-mem-lamed: camel: 14 :dalet-lamed-taw: door: 15 :heh-heh: window: 16 :vau-vau: nail: 17 :zain-yod-nunfinal: sword: 18 :chet-yod-taw: fence: 19 :tet-yod-taw: serpent: 20 :yod-vau-dalet: hand: 21 :koph-pehfinal: palm: 22 :lamed-mem-dalet: ox goad: 23 :mem-yod-memfinal: water: 24 :nun-vau-nunfinal: fish: 25 :samekh-mem-kophfinal: prop: 26 :ayin-yod-nunfinal: eye: 27 :peh-heh: mouth: 28 :tzaddi-dalet-yod: fish-hook: 29 :qof-vau-pehfinal: back of head: 30 :resh-yod-shin: head: 31 :shin-yod-nunfinal: tooth: 32 :taw-vau: tau (as egyptian: 32 "bis :taw-vau: 31 "bis :shin-yod-nunfinal: 304& 305 table i: i: vi: vii: key scale: the heavens of assiah: english of column vi: 1 :resh-aleph-shin-yod-taw:

tary person or animal: 21 :eagle :hyssop, oak, poplar, fig: 22 :elephant :aloe :23 :eagle-snake-scorpion :lotus, all water plants (cherub of water: 24 :scorpion, beetle, lobster or :cactus: crayfish, wolf: 25 :centaur, horse, hyppogriff :rush: dog: 26 :goat, ass :indian hemp, orchis root: thistle: 27 :horse, bear, wolf :absinthe, rue: 28 :man or eagle (cherub of air:(olive) cocoanut: peacock: 29 :fish, dolphin, crayfish :unicellular organisms, opium: beetle: 30 :lion, sparrowhawk :sunflower, laurel, heliotrope :31 :lion (cherub of fire :red poppy, hibiscus, nettle: 32 :crocodile :ash, cypress, hellebore, yew: nightshade :32 bis :bull (cherub of earth :oak, ivy :31 bis :sphinx (if sworded and :almond in flower: crowned: weh note: lines 11, 16, 28& 32 bis corrected as to element; original ha

out; when the ibis-headed one charmed away the strife. i remember thy first kiss, even as a maiden should. nor in the dark byways was there another: thy kisses abide- liber lapidis lazuli. vii. 15. 16. 0. be seated in thine asana, wearing the robe of a neophyte, the hood drawn. 1. it is night, heavy and hot, there are no stars. not one breath of wind stirs the surface of the sea, that is thou. no fish play in thy depths. 2. let a breath rise and ruffle the waters. this also thou shalt feel playing upon thy skin. it will disturb thy meditation twice or thrice, after which thou shouldst have conquered this distraction. but unless thou first feel it, that breath hath not arisen. 3. next, the night is riven by the lightning flash. this also 362 shalt thou feel in thy body, which shall shiver a

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

no. 5, it is quite easy to prove 1= 2= 3= 4, etc. on the other hand, you must be careful to avoid taking the correspondences given in the books of reference without thinking out why they are so given. thus, you find a camel in the number which refers to the moon, but the tarot card "the moon" refers not to the letter gimel which means camel, but to the letter qoph, and the sign pisces which means fish, while the letter magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 21 itself refers to the back of the head; and you also find fish has the meaning of the letter nun. you must not go on from this, and say that the back of your head is like a camel- the connection between them is simply that they all refer to the same thing. in studying the qabalah you mention six months; i think af

the verses are! how close are wine and snow to lust and slaughter! i have been digressing, for all that; let us return to our goats! magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 191 the structure of the mind reveals its history as does the structure of the body (capitals, please, or bang on something; that has got to sink in) just as your body was at one stage the body of an ape, a fish, a frog (and all the rest of it) so did that animal at that stage possess a mind correlative. now then! in the course of that kind of initiation conferred by sammasati, the layers are stripped off very much as happens in elementary meditation (dharana) to the conscious mind (there is a way of acquiring a great deal of strange and unsuspected knowledge of these matters by the use of sulphuric

unsuspected knowledge of these matters by the use of sulphuric ether [c2h5]2o, according to a special technique. i wrote a paper on it once, 16 pp. 4to, and fearing that it might be lost had many copies made and distributed. where is it? i must write you a letter one day) accordingly, one finds oneself experiencing the thoughts, the feelings, the desires of a gorilla, a crocodile, a rat, a devil-fish, or what have you! one is no longer capable of human thoughts in the ordinary sense of the word; such would be wholly unintelligible. i leave the rest to your imagination; doesn't it sound to you a little like some of the accounts of "the dweller on the threshold" love is the law, love under will. fraternally, 666 chapter xxviii need to define "god "self, etc. cara soror, do what thou wilt sh

ALEISTER CROWLEY SEPHER SEPHIROTH

row xm 49 the living god yx l) resembled; meditated; silent hmd drooping, being sick hlwx strength )lyx heat, fury (ch )mx a bringing forth, birth, nativity hdyl a measuring; a measure hdm to dissolve, melt: gsolve h gwm the rod of aaron +m 50 the number of gates of understanding (the number of permutations of the lower seven sephiroth with each other, plus one for unity) closed, shut up m) great fish (jonah fs whale) lwdg gd to ferment; they (masc) hmh pains, sorrows ylbx unclean, impure )m+ the sea my all; every lk to thee kl who? which; whoever, everyone; waters (see i.r.q. 996, gmercury h) ym red earth, the soil hmd) 51 edom mwd) ate; devoured lk) where; pain; heliopolis (cf. 57) n) tumultuously; to harass, perturb mwh failure; please, i pray thee; raw; now; thebes (na 3:8; for gna h

mit )q and it was so nk yhyw 102 a white goose nbl zww) trust; truth; faith hnwm) desirable, worthy of desire dmxn grace; pride; fame, glory; a wild goat ybc lord, owner; to possess; lands, government l(b unit of measure bq vilon, veil: the veil between yesod and malkuth nwlyw 103 dust qb) to guard, protect nng loathed l(g food, meat (ch) nwzm oblation hxnm prophets my)bn a calf lg( 104 tzaddi: a fish-hook; trade ydc father of the mob, or of the multitude nwmh b) quarrel, dispute nydm personal [belongings, small private property hlwgs giving up, presenting, remitting xlws out! avaunt! go away! cwx crushed, fine, thin qd king david dwd klm 105 to subvert, ruin, change kph skullcap, yarmulka hpk 106 nun: a fish nwn attained qbd stibium (a type of kohl) kwp line, string, linen thread; norm wq

ct] man mt #y) and it was so *nk yhyw cessations, futilities, nothings *mysp) 752 satan n)t# a white goose *nbl zww) vilon, veil: the veil between yesod and malkuth *nwlyw ye shall cleave in hwhy (cf. 220 *hwhyb myqbdx 753 to guard, protect *nng food, meat (ch *nwzm 754 father of the mob, or of the multitude *nwmh b) quarrel, dispute *nydm 756 spheres; numbers; emanations twryps years twn# nun: a fish *nwn ages; worlds *mymlw( 757 clusters: netzach and hod twlk) the shield (or star) of david (the hexagram *dwd ngm 758 perdition; the destroyer (ex. 12:23) tyx#m copper ore; bronze t#xn to love very much *nnx victories *myxcn 759 powder(s) of the merchant lkwr tqb) music *nwgn 760 both active and passive (said in the qabalah re: the sephiroth) lbqtmw lybqm confinement, detention trc( resembla

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pid, unworthy to hearken or to behold; hath his use all inexhaustible. 40 chapter xxxvi the hiding of the light. 1. in order to draw breath, first empty the lungs; to weaken another, first strengthen him; to overthrow another, first exalt him; to despoil another, first load him with gifts; this is called the occult regimen. 2. the soft conquereth the hard; the weak pulleth down the strong. 3. the fish that leaveth ocean is lost; the method of government must be concealed from the people((the single argument that can be aduced in favour of an enlightened democracy is that it provides more completely for the fooling of the sovereign people than any other known system) 41 chapter xxxvii the right use of government. 1. the tao proceedeth by its own nature, doing nothing; therefore there is no

powers((teh) with that gathering cometh control. this control we know to be without limit((like the tao) and he who knoweth the limitless may rule the state. 3. he who possesseth the tao continueth long. he is like a plant with wellset roots and strong stems. thus it secureth long continuance of its life. 65 chapter lx the duty of government. 1. the government of a kingdom is like the cooking of fish((this means, it is the simplest possible operation) 2. if the kingdom be ruled according to the tao, the spirits of our ancestors will not manifest their teh((i.e, their magick powers, from indignation at the mischief wrought by their descendents) these spirits have this teh, but will not turn it against men. it is able to hurt men; so also is the wise king; but he doth not. 3. when these pow

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plans before the march begins. seek loyal friends and have no fear of gins. fight on alone; persistant courage wins! defeated, acquiesce- smiles conquer grins. uproot small men like purslane- tan their skins; cut off is he- and evil his end be! 44 the kau hexagram lingam of air- kau: suddenly encountering- behold a woman- do not wed her? who is bold. restrain weak folly- or woo melancholy! here's fish- but ask not fishy folk to dine! defeated, yes; but not at meat with swine! no fish- because thou hast mixed with thieves, in fine conceal thy virtues- cellars ripen wine! but hermits lose things human for divine. 45 the zhui hexagram water of yoni- zhui: collection; to the shrine repair and sacrifice the greatest victories there! alone, art helpless; call thy right ally; with him, even small

men come to flout them! quit not thine house to meddle with the state; but set good order still within thy gate. thou mayest lament if thou should'st disobey. but keep the law and go thy peaceful way. enact thy laws- suave, tactful, moderate; but vex not men with harshness overweigh! 61 the kung fu hexagram air of water- kung fu: supreme sincerity; thy wish fulfilled. for this moves even pigs and fish. trust thou thyself, repose in thine own sphere. but welcome and reciprocate good cheer. a mate involves vicissitudes that vary; he travels fast who travels solitary! men are most loyal to men most sincere; but failure's for sky-soaring chanticleer! 62 the hsiao kwo hexagram fire of earth- hsiao kwo: exceeding in small things i've heard to soar too high is risky for the bird. the issue's evil

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rmitted to use any of the food of their masters, neither the corn, nor the amphibians, nor the vast supplies of shellfish, but were fed by what they called "bread from heaven, which indeed came down from the mountains, being the whole of their refuse of every kind. the whole population was put to perpetual hard labour. the young and active tended the amphibians, grew the corn, collected the shell-fish, gathered the "bread from heaven" for their elders, and were compelled to reproduce their kind. at twenty they were considered strong enough for the factory, where they worked in gangs on a machine combining the features of our pump and treadmill for sixteen hours of the twentyfour. this machine supplied atlas with its 'zro* or 'power, of which i shall speak presently. any worker showing even

r preparing the ground for the corn, trampling through the fields while they were covered with sea- water, and thus leaving deep holes in which the seeds were cast. its flesh was not unlike bear, but more delicate. notable, too, was the great quantity of turtle; also the giant oysters, the huge deep sea crabs, a kind of octopus whose flesh made a nutritious and elegant soup, and innumerable shell-fish, added to the table. the waterways were haunted by shoals of a small and poisonous fish* whose bite was immediate death to man, a fact which altogether cut off communication between one island and another except by air, as the hippopotamus-animal, although immune to its bite, was unable to swim. of the sleeping chambers i shall tell more particularly in the course of my remarks on zro .pa iii

the strongest thing on earth. on one occasion it had to be treated with a fox-like perfume prepared by the chief magician; on another it was subjected to streams of moonlight from parabolic mirrors. the most serious crisis was some two thousand years before the destruction of atlas. one of the serviles, riding his 'hippopotamus' to the ploughing, fell off and was instantly bitten by the poisonous fish previously described. through an accident of boyhood he had, however, for a reason too obscure to describe here, no such vulnerable spot as suited the zhee-zhou. he survived and went to work, as it chanced, the next day. the zro was poisoned; a third of atlas died within the hour; the plants on the affected island had to be destroyed, and all its people. it was only repopulated some three hun

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elf-respect. he burrows in the slime of "reverence, and godly fear; and makes himself houses of his own excrement, like the earthworm he is. he shams dead, like other vile insects, at the approach of danger; he tries to escape notice by assuming the colour and form of his surroundings, using 'protective mimicry' like certain other invertebrates. he exudes stink or ink like the skunk or the cuttle-fish, calling the one morality and the other decency. he is slippery with hypocrisy, like a slug; and, labelling the totality of his defects perfection, defines god as faeces so that he may flatter himself with the epithet divine. the whole manoeuvre is described as religion. al ii,78 "lift up thyself! for there is none like unto thee among men or among gods! lift up thyself, o my prophet, thy sta

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m is ruin, as intellect in the end is divided against itself. 81. a mystic number of the moon. 84. a number chiefly important in buddhism. 84= 7 12. 85. hp, the letter p. 85= 5 17: even the highest unity, if it move or energise, means war. 86 \yhla. see a note on genesis, equinox, no. ii. 90. number of tzaddi, a fishhook= tanha, the clinging of man to life (9, the trap in which man is caught as a fish is caught by a hook. the most material aspect of animal life; its final doom decreed by its own lust. also \ym, water. 91. 91= 7 x 13, the most spiritual form of the septenary. ma, amen, the holiest title of god; the amoun of the egyptians. it equals ynda hwhy (yhnwdhay, interlaced, the eight-lettered name, thus linking the 7 to the 8. not that ma (recknoning as final, 700= 741= ctma, the let

eight-lettered name, thus linking the 7 to the 8. not that ma (recknoning as final, 700= 741= ctma, the letters of the elements; and is thus a form of tetragrammaton, a form unveiled. 100. the number of q, the perfect illusion, 10 10. also [k, kaph, the wheel of fortune. the identity is that of matter, fatality, change, illusion. it seems the buddhist view of the samsara-cakkram. 106. wn, nun, a fish. the number of death. death in the tarot bears a cross-handled scythe; hence the fish as the symbol of the redeemer. icqus= jesus christ, son of god, saviour. 108. chiefly interesting because 108= 2 2 3 3 3= the square of 2 playing with the cube of 3. hence the buddhists hailed it with acclamation, and make their rosaries of this number of beads. 111 \yhla awh dja, he is one god [la, aleph, a

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uch nonsense for sound truth you dish up, 155 were i magician, no mere cadi, not samuel s ghost you d make me wish up, nor saul s (the mighty son of kish) up, but ingersoll s or bradlaugh s, pardie! by spells and caldron stews that squish up, 160 or purifying of the nadi39 till stradivarius or amati shriek in my stomach! sarasate, such strains! such music as once sadi made persia ring with! i who fish up 165 no such from soul may yet cry: vade retro, satanas! tom bond bishop !40 you old screw, pegasus! gee (swish) up (to any who correctly rhymes41 with bishop more than seven times 170 i hereby offer as emolum- ent, a bound copy of this volume) these strictures must include the liar copleston,42 reverend f. b. meyer (the cock of the dissenter s midden, he) 175 and others of the self-same ki

exactly! grown my mental stature, i ponder much: but never yet can i get over or forget that bitter text s accurded nature, the subtle devilish omission,57 380 the cruel antithesis implied, the irony, the curse-fruition, the calm assumption of hell s fevers as fit, as just, for unbelievers these are the things that stick beside 385 and hamper my quite serious wish to harbour kind thoughts of the fish. 58 here goes my arrow to the gold! i ll make no magpies! though i hold your christianity a lie, 390 abortion and iniquity, the most immoral and absurd (a priest s invention, in a word) of all religions, i have hope in the good dhamma s59 wider scope, 395 nay, certainty! that all at last, however came they in the past, move, up or down who knows, my friend? but yet with no uncertain trend unt

nosis? so to the laws all bards obey 550 i bend, and seek in my own way by false things to expound the real. but never think i shall appeal to gods. what folly can compare with such stupidity as prayer? 555 some years ago i thought to try prayer51 tests its efficacity. i fished by a norwegian lake. o god, i prayed, for jesus sake grant thy poor servant all his wish! 560 for every prayer produce a fish! nine times the prayer went up the spout, and eight times what a thumping trout (this is the only true fish-story i ever heard give god the glory) 565 the things seems cruel now, of course. still, it s a grand case of god s force! but, modern christians, do you dare with common prudence to compare the efficacity of prayer? 570 who will affirm of christian sages that prayer can alter averages?

nick. the students anger grew to frenzy paganinic* they vowed they d make him rue his work in jena s clinic. they came, the unholy crew, the mystic and the cynic: he had scoffed at god s battue, the flood for mortal s sin icthyosaurian waterloo! they eyed the sage askew; they searched him through and through with violet rays actinic they asked him wer bist du? he answered slowly bin ich? 387. the fish.58 because of icquj, which means fish, and very aptly symbolises christ. ring and book (the pope, ll. 89, 90. 395. dharma.59 consult the tripitaka. 409. i cannot trace the chain.60 how vain, indeed, are human calculations! the autobiography of a flea, p. 136. 412. table-thing.61 ere the stuff grow a ring-thing right to wear. the ring and the book, i. 17. this pebble-thing, o the boy-thing. ca

d verse, suitable for constant repitition, with a view to quieting the thought. any one can see how simple and effective a means this is. 519. gayatri.50 this is the translation of the most holy verse of the hindus. the gender of savitri has been the subject of much discussion and i believe grammatically it is masculine. but for mystical reasons i have made it otherwise. fool! 557. prayer.51 this fish-story is literally true. the condition was that the almighty should have the odds of an unusually long line, the place was really a swift stream, just debouching into a lake and of an unusual slowness of drawing in the cast. but what does any miracle prove? if the affaire cana were proved to me, i should merely record the facts: water may under certain unknown conditions become wine. it is a

ave well drunk greek, mequstwsi, are well drunk. am i to belive this, and a glaring non sequitur as to christ s deity, on the evidence, not even of the inebriated eye-witnesses, but of mss. of doubtful authorship and date, bearing all the ear-marks of dishonesty. for we must not forget that the absurdities of to-day were most cunning proofs for the poor folk of seventeen centuries ago. talking of fish-stories, read john xxi. 1-6* a twentieth century medium. or luke v. 1-7 (comparisons are odious. but once i met a man by a lake and told him that i had toiled all the morning and had caught nothing, and he advised me to try the other side of the lake; and i caught many fish. but i knew not that it was the lord. in australia they were praying for rain in the churches. the sydney bulletin very

n of gold, studded with gems, one on each knee. dressed in rags she was, and squatted clumsily on the sand. a horn grew from her forehead; and she spat black foam and froth. foul was the hag and evil, yet our father bowed down flat on his face to the earth. holy virgin of god, said he, what dost thou here? what wilt thou with thy servant? at that she stank so that the air gasped about her, like a fish brought out of the sea. so she told him she was gathering simples for her daughter that had died to bury her withal. now no simples grew in the desert. therefore our father drew with his sword lines of power in the sand, so that a black and terrible demon appeared squeezing up in thin flat plates of flesh along the sword-lines. so our father cried: simples, o axcaxrabortharax, for my mother!

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uity. have you duly performed the ritual of the flaming star "thrice daily, according to your word "then evil has entered in a body of flesh. who has been here" the young poet told him. his eyes flashed "aha" he said "now let us work" the neophyte brought writing materials to his master: the quill of a young gander, snow-white; virgin vellum of a young male lamb; ink of the gall of a certain rare fish; and a mysterious book. the master drew a number of incomprehensible signs and letters upon the vellum "sleep with this beneath the pillow" he said "you will awake if you are attacked; and whatever it is that attacks you, kill it! kill it! kill it! then instantly go into your temple and assume the shape and dignity of the god 103 horus, send back the thing to its sender by the might of the go

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out; when the ibis-headed one charmed away the strife. i remember thy first kiss, even as a maiden should. nor in the dark byways was there another: thy kisses abide- liber lapidis lazuli. vii. 15, 16. 0. be seated in thine asana, wearing the robe of a neophyte, the hood drawn. 1. it is night, heavy and hot; there are no stars. not one breath of wind stirs the surface of the sea, that is thou. no fish play in thy depths. 2. let a breath rise and ruffle the waters. this also thou shalt feel playing upon thy skin. it will disturb thy meditation twice or thrice, after which thou shouldst have conquered this distraction. but unless thou first feel it, that breath hath not arisen. 3. next, the night is riven by the lightning flash. this also shalt thou feel in thy body, which shall shiver and l

things, the swamp-adder wooing the lark with her wings "the queen of the dancers" see how i glide- canst thou not hold me? in thine arms, at thy side- why not enfold me? wisdom, awaken! never, oh never, by wile or endeavour am i to be taken. will a wish or a word charm the hawk from the air? and am i a bird to be caught in a snare? will a word or a wish bring the trout from the brook? and am i a fish to snap at an hook "the prophet" ye let me to the holy place. all ye have mocked me to my face. 24 now ends the age of living breath; i am sworn henchman unto death. lead me to the obelisks that support the holy disks! i am here; my grasp is firm, we are come unto the term. temple, dancers, girls, musicians, augurs, acolytes, magicians- ruin, ruin whelm us all! fall["he pulls down the pillars

hb:heh hb:yod hb:resh hb:aleph serpent. hb:taw hb:yod hb:tet 19 210 virgo hb:heh hb:lamed hb:vau hb:taw hb:bet hand. hb:dalet hb:vau hb:yod 20 231 jupiter palm. hb:peh-final hb:koph 21 253 libra hb:mem-final hb:yod hb:nun hb:zain hb:aleph hb:mem ox goad. hb:dalet hb:mem hb:lamed 22 276 water hb:mem-final hb:yod hb:mem water. hb:mem-final hb:yod hb:mem 23 300 scorpio hb:bet hb:resh hb:qof hb:ayin fish. hb:nun-final hb:vau hb:nun 24 325 sagittarius hb:taw hb:shin hb:qof prop. hb:koph-final hb:mem hb:samekh 25 351 capricornus hb:yod hb:dalet hb:gemel eye. hb:nun-final hb:yod hb:ayin 26 378 mars mouth. hb:heh hb:peh 27 406 aquarius hb:yod hb:lamed hb:dalet fish-hook. hb:yod hb:dalet hb:tzaddi 28 435 pisces hb:mem-final hb:yod hb:gemel hb:dalet back of head. hb:peh-final hb:vau hb:qof 29 465 s

uin, as intellect in the end is divided against itself. 81. a mystic number of the moon. 84. a number chiefly important in buddhism. 84= 7 x 12. 85. ph, the letter p. 85= 5 x 17: even the highest unity, if it move or energise, means war. 86. alhim. see "a note on genesis" equinox, no. ii. 90. number of tzaddi, a fishhook= tanha, the clinging of man to life (9, the trap in which man is caught as a fish is caught by a hook. the most material aspect of animal life; its final doom decreed by its own lust. also mim, water. 101 91. 91= 7 x 13, the most spiritual form of the septenary. amn, amen, the holiest title of god; the amoun of the egyptians. it equals ihvh adni (iahdvnhi, interlaced, the eight-lettered name, thus linking the 7 to the 8. note that amn (reckoning n as final, 700= 741= amths

ing the 7 to the 8. note that amn (reckoning n as final, 700= 741= amthsh, the letters of the elements; and is thus a form of tetragrammaton, a form unveiled. 100. the number of hb:qof, the perfect illusion, 10 x 10. also hb:peh-final hb:koph, kaph, the wheel of fortune. the identity is that of matter, fatality, change, illusion. it seems the buddhist view of the samsara-cakkram. 106. nvn, nun, a fish. the number of death. death in the tarot bears a cross-handled scythe; hence the fish as the symbol of the redeemer. iota chi theta upsilon sigma= jesus christ, son of god, saviour. 108. chiefly interesting because 108= 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3= the square of 2 playing with the cube of 3. hence the buddhists hailed it with acclamation, and make their rosaries of this number of beads. 111. achd hva a

age of thuba mleen i far beyond utnar v hi, far beyond the hills of hap, sits the great emperor crowned with diamond, twitching the rosary in his lap- 144 the rosary whose every bead well-conned with sleek unblinking bliss was once the eyeball of an unborn child of his. ii he drank the smell of living blood, that hissed on flame-white steel. he tittered while his mother's limbs were kissed by the fish-hooks on the wheel that shredded soul and shape, more fine than mist is torn by the bleak wind that blows from kragua and the unknown lands behind. iii as the last flesh was flicked, he wearied; slaves from bright bethmoora sprang forward with carved bowls whose crimson craves green wine of hashish, black wine of datura, like the yann's earlier and its latter waves! these wines soothed well t

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ny tyres; it is like a fence in front of him. and he cries: o man, who art thou that wouldst penetrate the mystery? for it is hidden unto the end of time. and i answer him: time is not, save in the darkness of her womb by whom evil came. and now the wheel breaks away, and i see him as he is. his garment is black beneath the opal veils, but it is lined with white, and he has the shining belly of a fish, and enormous wings of black and white feathers, and innumerable little legs and claws like a centipede, and a long tail like a scorpion. the breasts are human, but they are all scored with blood; and he cries: o thou who hast broken down the veil, knowest thou not that who cometh where i am must be scarred by many sorrows? 11 and i answer him: sorrow is not, save in the darkness of the womb

ous christos theon uios soter" as traditionally asserted, but is a mystery of the letter nun and the letter qoph, as may be seen by adding it up 'iota chi theta upsilon sigma is only connected with christianity because it was a hieroglyph of syphilis, which the romans supposed to have been brought from syria; and it seems to have been confounded with leprosy, which also they thought was caused by fish-eating. 50 one important meaning of 'iota chi theta upsilon sigma: it is formed of the initials of five egyptian deities and also of five greek deities: in both cases a magic formula of tremendous power is concealed. as to the holy table itself, i cannot see it for the blaze of light; but i am given to understand that it appears in another aethyr, of which it forms practically the whole conte

sphemy and a mockery. and the beatific vision is no more, and the glory of the most high is no more. there is no more knowledge. there is no more bliss. there is no more power. there is no more beauty. for this is the palace of understanding: for thou art one with the primeval things. drink in the myrrh of my speech, that is bruised with the gall of the roc, and dissolved in the ink of the cuttle-fish, and perfumed with the deadly nightshade. this is thy wine, who wast drunk upon the wine of iacchus. and for bread shalt thou eat salt, o thou on the corn of ceres that didst wax fat! for as pure being is pure nothing, so is pure wisdom pure-,11 and so is pure understanding silence, and stillness, and darkness. the eye is called 11 i suppose that only a magus could have heard this word. seven

sion. but do thou behold the brilliance of love, that casteth forth seven stars upon thine head from her right hand, and crowneth thee with a crown of seven roses. behold! she is seated upon the throne of turquoise and lapis lazuli, and she is like a flawless emerald, and upon the pillars that support the canopy 121 of her throne are sculptured the ram, and the sparrow, and the cat, and a strange fish. behold! how she shineth! behold! how her glances have kindled all these fires that have blown about the heavens! yet remember that in every one there goeth forth for a witness the justice of the most high. is not libra the house of venus? and there goeth forth a sickle that shall reap every flower. is not saturn exalted in libra? daleth, lamed, tau. and therefore was he a fool who uttered he

manded; in the quiver were two arrows, one white, one black. i cannot force myself to fit an arrow to the bow. and there came a voice: it must needs be. and i said: no man can do this thing. and the voice answered, as it were an echo "nemo hoc facere potest" 133 then came understanding to me, and i took forth the arrows. the white arrow had no barb, but the black arrow was barbed like a forest of fish-hooks; it was bound round with brass, and it had been dipped in deadly poison. then i fitted the white arrow to the string, and i shot it against the heart of eros, and though i shot with all my force, it fell harmlessly from his side. but at that moment the black arrow was thrust through mine own heart. i am filled with fearful agony. and the child smiles, and says: although thy shaft hath p

fold word. and then shalt thou purify thyself, and return into the world. so i did that which was commanded me, and returned. biskra "december" 17, 1909. 9.30- 11.30 a.m. the cry of the 2nd aethyr, which is called arn in the first place, there is again the woman riding on the bull, which is the reflection of babalon, that rideth on the beast. and also there is an assyrian legend of a woman with a fish, and also there is a legend of eve and the serpent, for cain was the child of eve and the serpent, and not of eve and adam; and therefore when he had slain his brother, who was the first murderer, having sacrificed living things to his demon, had cain the mark upon his brow, which is the mark of the beast spoken of in the apocalypse, and is the sign of initiation. 148 the shedding of blood is

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spiritual guide" and "the cherubic wanderer" are set aside for "the arbatel" and "the seven mysterious orisons" a hurried turning of many pages, the burning of many candles, and then- the key of solomon for a time is put away, with the grimoires and the rituals, the talismans, and the virgin parchments; the ancient books of the qabalah lie open before him; a flash of brilliant fire, like a silver fish leaping from out the black waters of the sea into 236 the starlight, bewilders him and is gone; for he has opened "the book of concealed mystery" and has read "before there was equilibrium countenance beheld not countenance" the words "yehi aour" trembled on his lips; the very chaos of his being seemed of a sudden to shake itself into form- vast and terrible; but the time had not been fulfill

tree of of nine tablet life in chambers of water tarot_ diagram 37. arrangement of the temple for the 29th path in the 4= 7 ritual. after which he explains to him the eighteenth key of the tarot. it represents the moon in its increase in the side of gedulah; it has sixteen principal, and sixteen secondary rays. four hebrew yodhs fall from it. there are also two watch-towers, two dogs, and a cray-fish "she is the moon at the feet of the woman of the revelations, ruling equally over the cold and moist natures, and the passive elements of water 277 and earth" the four yodhs refer to the four letters of the holy name. the dogs are the jackals of anubis guarding the gates of the east and the west symbolised by the two towers. the cray-fish is the sign cancer, the scarabaeus or god kephera "the

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asped them to her bosom with her megs and then she looked up into mansie's face, and all the happiness in the world was in that look: for on that day the selkie did everything but speak. mansie was a young man then, and sometime afterwards he married and settled on the west of eday. one evening when he was fishing for sillocks on an ebb-rock, which could only be reached dry-shod at low water, the fish took unusually well, so that he stood and filled his basket. indeed they took so well that he forgot all about the tide, and soon found himself cut off from the land. mansie shouted and shouted, but he was far from any house, and nobody heard him. the water rose until it reached his knees, and then his hips, and then his shoulders. he shouted until he was hoarse, and then gave up all hope of

arse, and then gave up all hope of life. but just as the sea was encircling his neck and coming now and then in little ripples to his mouth, just as the sea had almost lifted him from his rock, he felt something grip him by the collar of his coat, and in a few moments he found himself in shallow water. looking round, he saw a big seal swimming to the rock, where she dived, picked up his basket of fish, and then swam back to the land. he took the basket from her mouth and then said with all his heart "geud bless the selkie that deus no' forget" for it was the same seal which he had seen on hackness forty years before. she was a very old seal now but mansie would have known her motherly face amongst a thousand. in the folklore of the hebrides, also, the seal occupies a 343 prominent place. n

"with a pointed long stick instead of a fork, to prevent the strong smell which 344 their hands would otherwise have for several hours afterwards" persons of quality made hams of the seal flesh, and broth, made from the young seals, served the same purpose medicinally, but in a minor degree, as seal oil. in roman catholic districts the common people ate seals in lent, on the ground that they were fish and not flesh! annual raids were made on the seals after dark, usually in the autumn, and large numbers were captured. all, however, did not belong to the captors, for other persons of prominence were entitled to a share. the parish minister, according to martin "hath his choice of all the young seals, and that which he takes is called by the natives cullen-rory, that is, the virgin mary's se

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elching a law for "that" more awful than for "this" xvi vain was the toil. so then i left the wood and came unto the still black sea, that oily monster of beatitude('hath "thee" for "me" and "me" for "thee) there as i stood, a mask of solitude hiding a face wried as a satyr's, rolled that ocean into space. xvii then did i build an altar on the shore of oyster-shells, and ringed it round with star-fish. thither a green flame i bore of phosphor foam, and strewed the ground with dew-drops, children of my wand, whose core was trembling steel electric that made spin the universal wheel. xviii with that a goat came running from the cave that lurked below the tall white cliff. 98 thy name! cried i. the answer that gave was but one tempest-whisper "if" ah, then! his tongue to his black palate clav

ght i paced the rue des quatre vents, waiting "awaiting what? well, in the end, perhaps death. the children gibed at me; passers-by shunned me. 125"'le revenant" they whispered'"de la rue des quatre vents "i had forgot to tell you one thing which most steadfastly confirmed me in the search. two days after the adventure i passed, hot on the quest, by the morgue. two women came out 'not pretty, the fish' said one 'he with the scarred lip "i heard no more, ran in. there on the slab, grinning yet in death, was jean. his swim had ended him. faithful to death "i watched long. i offered a huge sum for his identification. the authorities even became suspicious: why was i so anxious? how could i say? he was the servant of "i did not know my sweet child's name "so, while a living man, i made myself

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iver of chaotic law, in whose depths lie locked the secrets of creation; i swear to thee by the primal waters of the deep, to suck up the firmament of thy chaos, and as a volcano to belch forth a cosmos of coruscating suns. 10. o thou dragon-regent of the blue seas of air, as a chain of emeralds round the neck of space; i swear to thee by the hexagram of night and day, to be unto thee as the twin fish of time, which being set apart never divulge the secret of their unity. 11. o thou flame of the horn d storm-clouds, that 17 sunderest their desolation, that outroarest the winds; i swear to thee by the gleaming sandals of the stars, to climb beyond the summits of the mountains, and rend thy robe of purple thunders with a sword of silvery light. 12. o thou fat of an hundred fortresses of iron

w one flashing spark from thy splendour, and be welded into the glory of thy might: o thou god my god! 6. o thou mighty god, make me as the sapphirine waves that cling to the shimmering limbs of the green rocks; i beseech thee, o thou great god! that i may chant in foaming music thy glory, and roll forth the eternal rapture of thy name: o thou god my god! 7. o thou mighty god, make me as a silver fish darting through the vast depths of the dim-peopled waters; i beseech thee, o thou great god! that i may swim through the vastness of thine abyss, and sink beneath the waveless depths of thy glory: o thou god my god! 8. o thou mighty god, make me as a white ram that is athirst in a sun- scorched desert of bitterness; i beseech thee, o thou great god! that i may seek the deep waters of thy wisd

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of this treatise is at first overwhelmed by the immensity of brother yarker's erudition. he seems to have examined and quoted every document that ever existed. it is true that he occasionally refers to people like hargrave jennings, a. e. waite, and h. p. blavatsky as if they were authorities; but whoso fishes with a net of so wide a sweep as brother yarker's must expect to pull in some worthless fish. this accounts for waite's contempt of him; imagine walford bodie reviewing a medical book which referred to him as an authority on paralysis! the size of the book, too, is calculated to effray; reading it has cost me many pounds in gondolas! and it is the essential impossibility of all works of this kind that artistic treatment is not to be attained. but brother yarker has nobly suppressed a

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e "a" is from the throat, the "u" in the middle, and the "m" at the lips. this typifies the whole course of breath. 71 it is the best support, the bow off which the soul as the arrow flies to brahman, the arrow which is shot from the body as bow in order to pierce the darkness, the upper fuel with which the body as the lower fuel is kindled by the fire of the vision of god, the net with which the fish of pr na is drawn out, and sacrificed in the fire of the atman, the ship on which a man voyages over the ether of the heart, the chariot which bears him to the world of brahman.44 at the end of the "shiva sanhita" there are some twenty verses dealing with the mantra. and as in so many other hindu books, a considerable amount of mystery is woven around these sacred utterances. we read: 190. in

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the tower, eating and drinking. also in my sleep i had many marvellous dreams, of greater sustenance than sleep itself. and there was given unto me by my fair brother (for so i may now call him) a little book, wherein it was written how a man might build himself a shallop, and have for steersman one appointed thereunto. this then i laboured to build, and the toil was great. moreover, certain vile fish rose from the water, and with their fins beat upon the planks of my boat, that i might not end it. however, at last i had it perfect, and was about to set sail at dawn. but first the dark man my brother departed from us, and went his way. and then the old man of the tower took me aside and offered me a seat at the funeral feast of his master. and although i verily believe that this old man wa

beneath the moon for mistletoe! sir raymond. something ill sung, jocelyn, and too sadly, forsooth! here the hermits are foul and malicious. i would clear the land of them. sir james. spies, every one. and enchanters to boot. sir eustache. the maids are worse, to my mind. think of the gallant florimond, as tall a knight of his hands as ever swung sword or couched lance. sir raymond. netted like a fish! sir james. and now lives in the desert with the witch, a wild man, and banned. sir raymond. little better than a robber. and the word goes that he hath apostatized from our holy faith [all "cross themselves" jocelyn["sings] heigho! heigho! the crescent and cross! if the one is a bargain, the other's a loss. 71 who would be found on the ground of mahound a recreant knight, and a renegade boas

tered down the boul' mich. 120 "ida pendragon. but call me poppy, because my lips are red, because i give sleep, and death" a pause "and you name, nice boy "edgar rolles- you may call me monkshood "what "the" edgar rolles "as ever is "oh, they'll hang you! they'll certainly hang you! for that last book of yours. but you shall hang here first" her long white fingers went to her neck, like a cuttle-fish feeling for its prey. her eyes closed: her throat worked convulsively for a moment. rolles too leaned back, pale with excitement. he drank the fresh air. then, like a man shot, he lifted himself and fell forward, his head in the nest of her bosom "please sit up and behave sensibly, mr rolles" was the next word that fell on his ears "we are crossing the seine. passion may not pass the gloomy r

ALEXANDRIAN BOOK OF SHADOWS OCCULT

wells, womb melancholic; feeling; strong, excitatory virtues: compassion, tranquility, tenderness, forgiveness, modesty, fluidity in creativity, receptivity, influence vices: self-indulgence, negligence, cowardice, indifference, instability, moodiness, infatuation, easily put upon, delusions season: autumn time of day: sunset direction: west wind: zephyrus colour: blue symbols: willlow, dolphin, fish, water snakes, sea birds, myrrh, ferns, rushes tool: cup spirits: undines under neksa (elusive at first, flowing& difficult to understand, watch politely and learn) shortage: excess: notes various sources including june johns' king of the witches (appendix, starhawk's spiral dance, ellen cannon reed's witches qabala and a lovely pamphlet on the elements put out by church of the seven arrows

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

possible for him to take initiation without having thus prepared himself, the physical body would be shattered by the energy pouring through the newly stimulated centres, and dire danger to the brain, the spine, or the heart would eventuate. it must, of course, here be recognised that no hard or fast rules can ever be laid down, except the initial one that for all applicants for initiation meat, fish, and fermented liquors of all kinds, as well as the use of tobacco, are absolutely forbidden. for those who can stand it, eggs and cheese are sometimes better eliminated from the diet, but this is not in any way compulsory. it is advisable always that those who are in process of developing psychic faculties of any kind should not permit themselves to eat eggs and very little cheese. milk and

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

of a tree, an animal, a mineral, a drop of water, or a precious stone, are in themselves elemental lives constructed of living substance by the aid of living manipulators, acting under the direction of intelligent architects. it will immediately become apparent why it is not possible in any way to tabulate in connection with this particular lowest group. a beautiful diamond, a stately tree, or a fish in the water are but devas after all. it is the recognition of this essential livingness which constitutes the basic fact in all occult investigation, and is the secret of all beneficent magic. it is not my purpose, therefore, to deal more specifically with these lowest forms of divine life, except to impart two facts, and thus give indication of the solution of two problems which have oft di

fe, and of the sacred spots of the earth; in their work lies the safety of man's body, for from the vegetable kingdom for the remainder of this round comes the nourishment of that body. for the white devas the path of service lies in the guarding of the individuals of the human family, in the care and segregation of types, in the control of the water and air elementals, and much that concerns the fish kingdom- 540- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust thus in the service of humanity in some form or another lies attainment for these physical plane devas. they have much to give and do for humanity, and in time it will be apparent to the human unit what he has to give towards the perfecting of the deva kingdom. a great hastening of their evolution goes forward now coincident w

, ii, 179, 187. 5. who forms him? the seven lives and the one life. see s. d, ii. 268. the seven groups of lives who form the three lower bodies. the lunar pitris or fathers of the material forms. 6. who completes him? the fivefold lha. who unites the higher spiritual triad and the lower self? a. the fivefold gods of the intelligence. b. the fifth principle of mind. 7. who perfects the last body? fish, sin, and soma. a. fish, sin and soma collectively compose the three symbols of the immortal being. b. fish symbol of the buddhic principle, the manifested life on earth. note the avatara of vishnu. the sign of pisces, the fish. jesus the fisher of men. c. sin the fall of man, involution of spirit. d. soma moon. the work of lunar pitris, providing bodies. read stanza vii, 6, s. d, i, 285. 223

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

15. non-attachment is freedom from longing for all objects of desire, either earthly or traditional, either here or hereafter. non-attachment can also be described as thirstlessness. this is the most correct occult term to use as it involves the dual idea of water, the symbol of material existence, and desire, the quality of the astral plane, whose symbol is also water. the idea of man being the "fish" is curiously complete here. this symbol (as is the case with all symbols) has seven meanings; two are of use in this place: 1. the fish is the symbol of the vishnu aspect, the christ principle, the second aspect of divinity, the christ in incarnation, whether it is the cosmic christ (expressing himself through a solar system) or the individual christ the potential saviour within each human b

two are of use in this place: 1. the fish is the symbol of the vishnu aspect, the christ principle, the second aspect of divinity, the christ in incarnation, whether it is the cosmic christ (expressing himself through a solar system) or the individual christ the potential saviour within each human being. this is the "christ in you, the hope of glory (col. i:27) if the student will also study the fish avatar of vishnu he will learn still more. 2. the fish swimming in the waters of matter, an extension of the same idea only carried down to its more obvious present expression, man as the personality. where there is no longing for any object whatsoever, and where there is no desire for rebirth (ever the outcome of longing for "form-expression" or material manifestation) then the true thirstle

progress is slow. they are the "tortoises" of the path just as the first group are the "hares" in some of the old books there are detailed accounts of these three groups of aspirants and they are portrayed under three symbols: 1. the intense group are depicted as goats, and aspirants of this type are frequently found in incarnation under the sign capricorn, 2. the moderate group are depicted by a fish, and many born under the sign pisces are found in this category, 3. the gentle or slow group are pictured as crabs and often come into incarnation under the sign cancer. in these three groups are to be found various subdivisions and it is interesting to note that in the archives of the lords of karma, the majority of these three groups pass into the sign of libra (or the balances) towards the

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

ess. 5. see you not god in all, the life in all, and love in all? why separate yourself and leave behind the loved and the well-known? quality..power to detach oneself- 58- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust 6. can you arrest the waters of the sixth great sphere? can you stem the flood? can you recover both the raven and the dove? can you, the fish, swim free? quality..overcoming the waters of the emotional nature. this out-going ray of devotion to the ideal, and the incoming ray of magical order or organisation are largely responsible for the type of man's consciousness today. man is essentially devoted (to the point of fanaticism) to whatever may be the goal of his life's attention. this goal may be to achieve discipleship, or to rais

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

ld unity and world peace. he came at the- 13- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust beginning of that astronomical age which we call "the piscean age" because, during this period of approximately two thousand years, our sun is passing through that sign in the zodiac which we call pisces, or the fishes. hence the frequent references to fishes, and the appearance of the symbol of the fish in christian literature, including the new testament. this piscean age comes between the previous jewish dispensation (the two thousand years wherein the sun was passing through the sign aries, the ram) and the aquarian age into which our sun is now in process of transiting. these are astronomical facts, for i am not here speaking of astrological conclusions. in the period when the sun was in

sing through the sign aries, the ram) and the aquarian age into which our sun is now in process of transiting. these are astronomical facts, for i am not here speaking of astrological conclusions. in the period when the sun was in aries, we find the frequent appearance of the ram or the scapegoat in the old testament teaching, and the keeping of the passover feast. in the christian age we use the fish symbology, even to eating fish on good friday. the symbol of the aquarian age, as it appears in all the ancient zodiacs, is that of a man bearing a jar of water. the message of that age is one of unity, communion and our relationship as brothers, because we are all the children of the one father. to this age christ pointed in his instructions to his disciples when he told them to go into the

foster the new expansions of consciousness, and lead man on to a practical realisation of brotherhood. it is interesting to note how it was that the energies playing upon our planet when the sun was in aries, the ram, produced in religious symbology the emphasis of the goat or ram, and how in our present age of pisces, the fishes, those influences have coloured our christian symbology so that the fish preponderates in our new testament and in our eschatological symbology. the new incoming rays, energies and influences must surely be destined to produce equal effects, not only in the realm of physical phenomena but also in the world of spiritual values. the atoms of the human brain are being "awakened" as never before, and those millions of cells which, we are told, are to be found inactive

thy lord! as the father his son, the comrade his comrade, the beloved his beloved, so deign thou, lord, to pardon me! i exult, beholding what was never seen before, and my heart trembles with fear; show me, lord, the former form; lord of gods, be gracious, upholder of worlds."33 chapter five the fourth initiation. the crucifixion key thought a fire-mist and a planet, a crystal and a cell, a jelly-fish and a saurian, and caves where the cave-men dwell; then a sense of law and beauty, and a face turned from the clod some call it evolution, and others call it god. like tides on a crescent sea-beach when the moon is new and thin, into our hearts high yearnings come welling and surging in: come from the mystic ocean- 107- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust whose rim no foot ha

e zodiacal sign of taurus the bull, the sacrifice of the bull was offered as a forecast of that which christ came later to reveal. when the sun passed (in the precession of the equinoxes) into the next sign, that of aries the ram, we find the lamb was sacrificed and the scapegoat sent into the wilderness. christ was born into the next sign, pisces the fishes, and it is for this reason that we eat fish on good friday, in commemoration of his coming. tertullian, one of the early church fathers, speaks of jesus christ as the "great fish" and of us, his followers, as the "little fishes" these facts are well known, as the following extract will indicate "the ceremonies of purification by the sprinkling or drenching of the novice with the blood of bulls or rams were widespread, and were to be fo

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

f taurus, the bull" as it is technically called. they fell down and worshipped the golden calf and forgot the new teaching of the age of aries, the ram, into which they were entering, the teaching of the scapegoat which colours jewish history. the fact that christ was the teacher of the new period into which the sun was entering, the period of pisces, is forgotten, but is clearly evidenced in the fish symbology which runs consistently through all four gospels; the symbol of the fish is the astrological symbol for the sign pisces, and has been for untold ages. but christ also looked ahead to the work he would have to do in the aquarian age, in the next sign into which the sun would enter. prior to his "disappearance" he referred to the symbol of the aquarian age and to the task he would the

human relations and this will be the great gift of the aquarian age to humanity. this the church has ignored and yet their ecclesiastics cannot explain away the fact that the jews demonstrated their liking for the taurian worship of the bull in the golden calf, that the jewish dispensation used the symbol of the scapegoat or ram in the age of aries, the ram, and that the christian emphasises the fish in the piscean era, the christian era. christ came to bring to an end the jewish dispensation which should have climaxed and passed away as a religion with the movement of the sun out of aries into pisces. he, therefore, presented himself to them as their messiah, manifesting through the jewish race. in the rejection of the christ as the messiah, the jewish race has remained symbolically and

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ent in capricorn, he works for several lives around the zodiacal path, descending into the sea of the mass consciousness to become what is called in the ancient books "the crab, who clears the ocean of matter which flows around the soul of man" and eventually to become a functioning world saviour in pisces. he descends into the world of men to save mankind and to further the plan. he is then "the fish who swims free in the ocean of matter" the initiate has always to express, in each sign of the zodiac, the consummation and the spiritual fruit of earlier life experience, world experiment and soul achievement. selfishness has ever to be translated into living active service, and desire has to demonstrate its transmutation in the purity of spiritual aspiration for identification with the will

he following terms "the fire blazed forth and through that fire i died to life and so was born to death. and then again i died to form (aries- 59- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust the heat of earth, the fiery temper of the mother, destroyed the form, released the soul and so the lesser self was killed (scorpio. the waters drowned the man. the fish was made to disappear. it then appeared again only to die or else to die and bring salvation (pisces. thus there are symbolically the death through fire, the death through earth and the death through water burning, suffocation and drowning but, in this world cycle, the death through air is not either known or understood. there are not therefore four deaths, as the goal of our system during ma

means little to humanity, for it concerns the planetary logos and his life cycle. the three deaths which do overtake man, the individual and the human family as a whole, release the soul into three great planetary centres: 1. the death by drowning or by water in pisces releases man again into that great centre which we call humanity, and there experience is gained. herein lies the mystery of the fish-goddesses of this sign "who spawn their young again and yet again" 2. the death by suffocation in scorpio releases man into the planetary centre which we call the hierarchy. 3. the death by fire or burning in aries releases man into another centre to which we give the name shamballa. there is much to work out, is there not, in these ideas which i offer to you as suggestive considerations and

man reenters the sign aries again under the potent impression of taurus, which at this stage of development feeds his ardent desire for the many material advantages of physical incarnation and of constant worldly undertakings; thus after a period of re-creation, he passes out into incarnation in pisces and begins again the great round of manifested life, for pisces is the ocean wherein he is "the fish" controlled by the laws of substance or material existence. in the second great stage, he passes from aries to taurus, because desire has at last been transmuted into aspiration. after proving his steadfastness to the ideal of the spiritual life in the intervening signs, he passes again into pisces, from the opposite direction to his usual procedure, having earned the right to mount the cardi

y of pisces must be studied in relation to its three keynotes which are 1. bondage or captivity. 2. renunciation or detachment. 3. sacrifice and death. in the first cycle of experience upon the wheel, the soul itself is in captivity to substance; it has come down into the prison house of matter and linked itself to form. hence the symbol of pisces, of the two fishes linked together by a band. one fish stands for the soul and the other for the personality or form nature, and between them is to be found the "thread or sutratma" the silver cord which keeps them bound to each other throughout the cycle of manifested life. later on, upon the reversed wheel, the personality is brought into captivity by the soul, but for long aeons the situation is reversed and the soul is the prisoner of the per

ch produce definite changes in the solar system. they represent the three divine potencies of matter and of substance, plus the force of sagittarius driving them on to a still greater consummation. there is a wide and interesting field of research to be found in the relation of 1. the planet venus ruler of the constellation gemini. 2. the earth on which we live, called often "mother earth" 3. the fish-goddesses of the sign pisces. 4. virgo, the virgin. gemini and sagittarius are connected through their ruling planets (because the earth is more closely related to venus than to any other planet) and thus again you have the six potencies which produce release from the bondage of form, entered into in cancer as far as the mass of humanity is concerned (by this i mean the birth of the human kin

orld service and yet is always the individualised son of god until after the third initiation. as one studies these twelve signs, it is interesting to trace the relation of consciousness to the preceding sign and to the succeeding sign. it is peculiarly so in connection with the sign aquarius. the material, earthly quality of capricorn becomes "dissolved into the air" in aquarius. the individual "fish" of the other sign becomes eventually the soul, and soul quality emerges, and on the reversed wheel it demonstrates as the pervasiveness of wisdom (pisces) and the universal love of the truly developed aquarian. on the wheel as it "rolls onward into illusion" the wheel of the personality, the superficiality and the airy nature of the undeveloped aquarian deepens gradually into the concrete an

liberation pisces. divine consciousness. i and the father are one. in these signs cancer, leo, sagittarius, capricorn, aquarius, and pisces you have the six signs which constitute the six pointed star of the human or fourth creative hierarchy; cancer and pisces marking the two extremes. the crab symbolises imprisonment (the hard shell and the rocks under which the crab ever takes shelter, and the fish signifies freedom. in between in leo, sagittarius, capricorn and aquarius come the four stages of personality development, struggle with the pairs of opposites, and finally release into full spiritual service. in connection with the development of the intellect into the intuition and its consummation as the divine aspiration of the personality("inspired from on high" as this stage is technica

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

hey did not know what to make of me. a gang of them used to collect near the gate of the factory and when i hove in sight they'd start singing "nearer my god to thee" i didn't like it at first and used to shudder at the thought of going through the gate but, after all, i'd had a lot of experience in handling men and little by little i won them, so that i really had a good time. i never lacked for fish to pack. a clean newspaper would find its way mysteriously on to my stool. they watched out for me in all kinds of ways and i would like again to point out that this had nothing, whatever, to do with me. i did not know the names of these men and women. i had never done them a kindness in my life, but they were just straight good to me and i have never forgotten it. i learnt to like them very

gh degree. i attended meetings and classes and learnt a great deal for which i am very grateful. after i had been there a short time i was asked to run the cafeteria and ignorance being bliss i joyously accepted the responsibility. it was, of course, strictly vegetarian, and i had been a vegetarian ever since coming across the theosophical teaching. my children had never tasted meat or chicken or fish and i suffered from the normal superiority complex which is often an outstanding characteristic of a vegetarian. i am convinced that there comes a phase in the life of all disciples when they must be vegetarians. in the same way, there must come a life in which a man or woman should be a celibate. this they must be in order to demonstrate that they have learned control of the physical nature

sent could only touch a very few people, produced these natural reactions. some influence, emanating from the sign of the bull and the sign of the ram produced the symbology which conditioned the religious life of the people of that era. this becomes still more apparent when the sun transitted into the next constellation, the sign of pisces the fishes. then we had the appearance of christ and the fish symbology which ran so characteristically through the entire gospel story. his disciples were largely fishermen. he performed the miracles with fishes and sent his apostles out after his death under the leadership of st. peter with the injunction to be fishers of men. it is for this reason that the mitre which the pope wears is the mouth of the fish. now, according to astronomy we are transit

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s, cyclically undergone. men will eventually understand the significance of christ's words when he said "render unto caesar the things that are caesar's and unto god the things that are god's" in the incident where those words occur he was referring to the great act of restitution which we call death. ponder that story and see the symbolism of the soul, contained within the universal soul, as the fish within the water, and holding a coin of metal, the symbol of matter. in one of the ancient writings the following symbolic words occur said the father to the son: go forth and take unto thyself that which is not thyself, and that which is not thine own, but which is mine. regard it as thine own and seek the cause of its appearance. let it appear to be thyself. discover thus the world of glamo

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

t; moses, the lawgiver, and mahomet, the warrior- 24- the labours of hercules the problem of hercules, as he enters upon his labors, is to demonstrate his power over matter and form, and so he has to recognize cassiopeia from the very beginning, the hitherto enthroned queen. the second constellation is cetus, the sea monster, the enemy of little fishes. one of the great symbols of the soul is the fish swimming in the ocean of matter, and cetus, the sea monster, is the symbol of what we call evil, that seeks to destroy the soul in incarnation. the sea monster, in the ocean of existence, and the enthroned queen, spoke to hercules of the magnitude of his problem, but the third constellation spoke to him of victory. perseus is the third of the three constellations, called in the zodiac of dend

the thought of a mass of animals, of set boundaries within which these sheep or animals were confined, and the thought of a magnetic center of attraction, are symbolically portrayed for us also in the masonic tradition. in kircher's egyptian planisphere, argo is represented by two galleys (as we have two sheepfolds, whose prows are surmounted by rams' heads, and the stern of one of them ends in a fish's tail. note, therefore, how we have here held pictorially in front of us the consummation in capricorn, wherein the goat scales the mountain top. we also have the portrayal of that greater cycle which includes the progress of the soul from cancer to capricorn, but which begins in aries, the ram, and ends in pisces, the fishes. a close analysis of the symbolism of the zodiacal signs deepens i

smission, and reception of energies and their transmutation into forces by the receiving entity. this defines clearly what should be our attitude at full moon meditations and our use of individual horoscopes "the point i seek to make here, says the tibetan "is that it is all a question of developed reception and sensitivity [123] significance of the sign and its polar opposite in the mermaid, the fish goddess, we have the symbol of the at-one-ment of virgo with its opposite sign pisces. always there is the duality, inherent in us and in the solar system; the second ray of the sun itself being a duality, love-wisdom. the lesson for the virgo native, as stated by dane rudhyar in gifts of the spirit, is to have "a clear realization that no truth is complete or even real which does not include

ther than in individual loneliness. aquila, the eagle, is regarded as being as closely related to capricorn as to sagittarius. you have the bird of light (symbol of the highest aspect of man) manifesting as the soul (the second aspect) which has achieved. in delphinus you have a very interesting constellation that holds in it an amazing piece of symbolism. it is pictured in an ancient zodiac as a fish full of life leaping out of the water into the air and playing. that is the symbol of the son of god who [176] working under the law, takes form and lives in the water and the air; and since he is no longer held by the physical law he can play with the forces of nature. we are- 101- the labours of hercules beginning to learn about these forces, but it will be some time yet before delphinus, t

t time brought into the consciousness of man his essential duality and the link between the two parts of himself, two fishes linked by a band. this consciousness, on a large scale, began to make its impact upon [184] the human being, i.e. that he is soul and body. christ came in pisces to demonstrate to us perfectly what would be our ultimate achievement when we had linked those two together, the fish, the symbol of the second person, the fish avatar, and the fish swimming in matter, the symbol of the human being in incarnation. there you have the story. having traced that wonderful, idealistic, evolutionary teaching down the last five to six thousand years as the result of subjective forces playing upon humanity, we are now passing into the sign aquarius where, through symbolism of water

e another" the eleventh commandment, eleventh sign. it is only now we are discovering what a marvellous astrologer christ was. he knew that the cycle he inaugurated would pass away, that a new method of work would have to emerge whereby the masters would employ a new mode of reaching humanity, but he prepared the way for his own later work. there are three constellations in aquarius. the southern fish, pisces australes, picturing in connection with aquarius the coming world saviors. note that here, in the culmination of pisces, we have one fish, the avatar, not the two fishes banded together. the second constellation is pegasus, the winged horse, ever the inspiring symbol of the higher mind, love, spurning the earth, at home in the air. on a lower level we are reminded of the winged feet o

ears. the second sign of salvation is sagittarius, the sign of service and silence, where the assertive man, tired of talking of himself and pushing himself forward, loses sight of himself in the goal and silently serves. then we come to the third sign pisces, that of world saviors. the first constellation in pisces is that curious cluster of stars called "the band, connecting the two fishes, one fish headed straight to the north and the other swimming on the horizon. the fish headed toward the north is the symbol of the aspirant to the mysteries while the fish on the horizon represents the average person. the second constellation is andromeda, the chained woman. we have three women among the constellations, cassiopeia in aries representing matter seated in her chair, dominant; coma bereni

act to ancient forms and sacrifices. their sin consisted in a reactionary attitude and in not grasping the significance of the new age which was upon them. again the astronomers tell us that, when christ was born in palestine, the date from which our christian dispensation starts, the sun passed in to the sign pisces, the fishes. we have, therefore, the emphasis laid in the gospel story upon the fish symbology. christ chose fishermen to be among his disciples; he performed miracles with fishes; he sent his disciples out into the world to be fishers of men; for nearly two thousand years it [220] has been customary to eat fish on good friday and on fast days. so we find the lamb sacrifice following upon the bull sacrifice, and the fish symbol upon that of the lamb, and this as the sun passe

ANATHEMA OF ZOS

h grinding! know ye what ye want? what ye ask? know ye virtue from maniacal muttering? sin from folly? desiring a teacher, who among ye are worthy to learn? brutally shall i teach the gospel of soul-suicide, of contraception, not preservation and procreation. fools! ye have made vital the belief the ego is eternal, fulfilling a purpose not lost to you. all things become of desire; the legs to the fish; the wings to the reptile. thus was your soul begotten. hear, o vermin! man has willed man! your desires shall become flesh, your dreams reality and no fear shall alter it one whit. hence do i travel ye into the incarnating abortions-the aberrations, the horrors without sex, for ye are worthless to offer heaven new sexuality s. once in this world i enjoyed laughter-when i remembered the value

ARADIA GOSPEL OF THE WITCHES

french huguenots, the jansenists and the anabaptists,woman always came forth more prominently or played a far greater part than she had done in socialor political life. this was also the case in the spiritualism founded by the fox sisters of rochester,new york, and it is manifesting itself in many ways in the fin de sicle, which is also a nervouschaos according to nordau, woman being evidently a fish who shows herself most when thewaters are troubled: oh, woman, in our hours of ease!the reader will remember the rest, but we should also remember that in the earlier ages the vastmajority of mankind itself, suppressed by the too great or greatly abused power of church andstate, only manifested itself at such periods of rebellion against forms or ideas grown old. and withevery new rebellion

lore of the olden time.it happened on a time that virgil, who knew all things hidden or magical, he who was a magicianand poet, having heard a speech (or oration) by a famous talker who had not much in him, wasasked what he thought of it? and he replied: it seems to me to be impossible to tell whether it was all introduction or all conclusion; certainlythere was no body in it. it was like certain fish of whom one is in doubt whether they are all head orall tail, or only head and tail; or the goddess laverna, of whom no one ever knew whether she wasall head or all body, or neither or both.then the emperor inquired who this deity might be, for he had never heard of her.and virgil replied: among the gods or spirits who were of ancient times may they be ever favourable to us! amongthem (was) o

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

the state of possession and utilize the process for the communal benefits associated with the occupation. this training involves being sent to a monastery, usually one closely associated with the particular possessing deity, and learning various recitations, invocations, meditations on the deity, and purification rites. these purifications include dietary restrictions, such as from eggs, pork, or fish, and even vows of celibacy. this process of constant purification is practiced up to a certain age as a means to prepare the body for a career of successful possessions.186 despite this intense training, many oracles are illiterate. havnevik explains that a proper lay education was undesirable for some prospective oracles because, as she puts it "education could give the medium ideas of her o

[him] many times and offer praises. h. gyelwa kungyi sungchok (rgyal ba kun gyi gsung mchog),421 padm sung (padma i gsung),422 dharma lord 412 untranslatable. 413 [this] must be known as one s own mind. 414 visible. 415 the five. 1. desire and aggression, 2. joy and anger, 3. love and hate, 4. like and dislike, and 5. attraction and repulsion. 416 at the time of accomplishment, dedicate an empty fish as a food offering. 417 not having an effigy. 418 etymology [of violence demon. 419 assistance. 420 as that which is manifest. 421 "speech of all the victorious ones" epithet of buddhas. 163 amith.ba, and dorj ch (rdo rje chos)423 are emanations of avalokite.vara. hr. the body of magnificent deeds pays homage and praises the laughing horse speech of tamdrin" having expounded thus, all thought

BLACK SERPENT1

american christian spiritual experience is a movement that is being called "dominionism" it is sometimes called "christian reconstructionism" and appears to have grown out of conservative presbyterianism during the early 1970's. dominionist beliefs are evidently derived from genesis 1:26 of the old testament "then god said 'let us make man in our image, in our likeness and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth and over all the creatures that move along the ground (niv) 12 dominionist theologians believe that it is their responsibility, as christians, to bring the entire world- all countries, societies, and governments- under the "word of god" they are also postmillennialists, meaning they believe jesus christ will only retu

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

as who had not built men, wept, saying- 34 "the amanasa have defiled our future abodes. this is karma. let us dwell in the others. let us teach them better, lest worse should happen. they did. 35. then all men became endowed with manas. they saw the sin of the mindless. 36. the fourth race developed speech. 37. the one became two; also all the living and creeping things that were still one, giant fish-birds and serpents with shell-heads- x. 38. thus two by two on the seven zones, the third race gave birth to the fourth-race men; the gods became no-gods; the sura became a-sura. 39. the first, on every zone, was moon-coloured; the second yellow like gold; the third red; the fourth brown, which became black with sin. the first seven human shoots were all of one complexion. the next seven bega

storical notice" writes staniland wake "this animal was the especial symbol of thot or taut. and of all those gods, such as hermes) and seth who can be connected with him. this is also the primitive chaldean triad hea or hoa" according to sir henry rawlinson, the most important titles of this deity refer to "his functions as the source of all knowledge and science" not only is he "the intelligent fish" but his name may be read as signifying both "life" and a serpent (an initiated adept, and he may be considered as "figured by the great serpent which occupies so conspicuous a place among the symbols of the gods on the black stones recording babylonian benefactions" esculapius, serapis, pluto, knoum and kneph, are all deities with the attributes of the serpent. says dupuis "they are all heal

lsewhere, show two distinct creations of animals and men, the first being destroyed, as it was a failure. the cosmogonical tablets prove that this our actual creation was preceded by others (see "hibbert lectures" p. 390; and as shown by the author of "the qabbalah" in the zohar, siphrah dzeniouta, in jovah rabbah, 128a, etc, etc. the kabala states the same (b) oannes (or dagon, the chaldean "man-fish) divides his cosmogony and genesis into two portions. first the abyss of waters and darkness, wherein resided most hideous beings- men with wings, four and two-faced men, human beings with two heads, with the legs and horns of a goat (our "goat-men* hippocentaurs, bulls with the heads of men, and dogs with tails of fishes. in short, combinations of various animals and men, of fishes, reptiles

ote continued from previous page] times greater than that on our earth's surface, the atmospheric pressure, in descending below this visible surface, must soon reach that at which the vapour of water would be brought to its critical condition. therefore we may infer that the oceans of jupiter are neither of frozen, liquid, nor gaseous water, but are oceans or atmospheres of critical water. if any fish or birds swim or fly therein, they must be very critically organized" as the whole mass of jupiter is 300 times greater than that of the earth, and its compressing energy towards the centre proportional to this, its materials, if similar to those of the earth, and no hotter, would be considerably more dense, and the whole planet would have a higher specific gravity; but we know by the movemen

being so purposely mixed up that the experienced eye of an initiate alone can follow them and place the events in their proper order. the story as told in the "mahabharata" strikes the key-note, and yet it needs to be explained by the secret sense contained in the bhagavad gita. it is the prologue to the drama of our (fifth) humanity. while vaivasvata was engaged in devotion on the river bank, a fish craves his protection from a bigger fish. he saves and places it in a jar, where, growing larger and larger, it communicates to him the news of the forthcoming deluge. it is the well-known "matsya avatar" the first avatar of vishnu, the dagon* of the chaldean xisuthrus, and many other things besides. the story is too well known to need repetition. vishnu orders a ship to be built, in which ma

eat deep stand for the "flood" and the moon for the "mother" from whom proceed all the life-germs* but the terrestrial deluge and[[footnote(s* we must remember that at the head of all the babylonian gods were ea, anu, and the primeval bel; and that ea, the first, was the god of wisdom, the great "god of light" and of the deep, and that he was identified with oannes, or the biblical dagon- the man-fish who rose out of the persian gulf* see part. ii "the holy of holies* it is far later on that the moon became a male god; with the hindus it was soma, with the chaldeans nannak or nannar, and sin, the son of mulil, the older bel. the "akkadians" called him the "lord of ghosts; and he was the god of nipoor (niffer) in northern babylonia. it is mulil who caused the waters of the flood to fall fro

olutionary analogy, which science perceives in the development of the living animal species. first the moneron-like procreation by self-division (vide haeckel; then, after a few stages, the oviparous, as in the case of the reptiles, which are followed by the birds; then, finally, the mammals with their ovoviviparous modes of producing their young ones. if the term ovoviviparous is applied to some fish and reptiles, which hatch their eggs within their bodies, why should it not be applied to female mammalians, including woman? the ovule, in which, after impregnation, the development of the foetus takes place, is an egg. at all events, this conception is more philosophical than that of eve with a suddenly created placenta giving birth to cain, because of the apple, when even the marsupial, th

according to professor huxley's exposition. we may believe the man (of the third round) evolved 'by gradual modification of an (astral) mammal of ape-like organization' still easier when we remember that (though in a more condensed and less elegant, but still as comprehensible, phraseology) the same theory was said by berosus to have been taught many thousands of years before his time by the man-fish oannes or dagon, the semi-demon of babylonia (though on somewhat modified lines "but what lies back of the darwinian line of descent? so far as he is concerned nothing but 'unverifiable hypotheses' for, as he puts it, he views all beings 'as the lineal descendants of some few beings which lived long before the first bed of the silurian system was deposited* he does not attempt to show us who

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

it journeys through the seven worlds of maya. it stops in the first, and is a metal and a stone; it passes into the second and behold- a plant; the plant whirls through seven changes and becomes a sacred animal. from the combined attributes of these, manu, the thinker is formed. who forms him? the seven lives, and the one life. who completes him? the five-fold lha. and who perfects the last body? fish, sin, and soma. 6. from the first-born the thread between the silent watcher and his shadow becomes more strong and radiant with every change. the morning sun-light has changed into noon-day glory. 7. this is thy present wheel, said the flame to the spark. thou art myself, my image, and my shadow. i have clothed myself in thee, and thou art my vahan to the day "be with us" when thou shalt re

tism, that there is no rest or cessation of motion in nature* that which seems rest is only the change of one form into another; the change of substance going hand in hand with that of form- as we are taught in occult physics, which thus seem to have anticipated the discovery of the "conservation of matter" by a considerable time. says the ancient commentary* to stanza iv "the mother is the fiery fish of life. she scatters her spawn and the breath (motion) heats and quickens it. the grains (of spawn) are soon attracted to each other and form the curds in the ocean (of space. the larger lumps coalesce and receive new spawn- in fiery dots, triangles and cubes, which ripen, and at the appointed time some of the lumps detach themselves and assume spheroidal form, a process which they effect on

d aryans generally, the significance was manifold, and related almost entirely to purely metaphysical[[footnote(s* this was the symbol of the "holy of holies" the 3 and the 4 of sexual separation. nearly every one of the 22 hebrew letters are merely phallic symbols. of the two letters- as shown above- one, the ayin, is a negative female letter, symbolically an eye; the other a male letter, tza, a fish-hook or a dart[[vol. 1, page] 115 manifested symbols. and astronomical truths* their rishis and gods, their demons and heroes, have historical and ethical meanings, and the aryans never made their religion rest solely on physiological symbols, as the old hebrews have done. this is found in the exoteric hindu scriptures. that these accounts are blinds is shown by their contradicting each other

ded like the pitris into seven classes, three of which are arupa (bodiless) and four with bodies (see vishnu purana, book i) they are in fact more truly our pitris (ancestors) than the pitris who projected the first physical men (see book ii[[vol. 1, page] 220 the secret doctrine. when man acquires the knowledge of good and evil; also to the "fallen" gods, or angels of every theogony (2 "i am the fish of the great horus (as mankara is the "crocodile" the vehicle of varuna. i am merged in sekten" this last sentence gives the corroboration of, and repeats the doctrine of, esoteric buddhism, for it alludes directly to the fifth principle (manas, or the most spiritual part of its essence rather, which merges into, is absorbed by, and made one with atma-buddhi after the death of man. for se-khe

t (kingdom, and is a metal and a stone; it passes into the second (kingdom, and behold- a plant; the plant whirls through seven forms and becomes a sacred animal (the first shadow of the physical man (b. from the combined attributes of these, manu (man, the thinker, is formed. who forms him? the seven lives; and the one life (c. who completes him? the fivefold lha. and who perfects the last body? fish, sin, and soma (the moon (d (a) the phrase "through the seven worlds of maya" refers here to the seven globes of the planetary chain and the seven rounds, or the 49 stations of active existence that are before the "spark" or monad, at the beginning of every "great life-cycle" or manvantara. the "thread of fohat" is the thread of life before referred to. this relates to the greatest problem of

of magic. paracelsus was, perhaps, the only occultist in europe, during the last centuries since the christian era, who was versed in this mystery. had not a criminal hand put an end to his life, years before the time allotted him by nature, physiological magic would have fewer secrets for the civilized world than it now has (d) but what has the moon to do in all this? we may be asked. what have "fish, sin and moon" in the apocalyptic saying of the stanza to do in company with the "life-microbes? with the latter nothing, except availing themselves of the tabernacle of clay prepared by them; with divine perfect man everything, since "fish, sin and moon" make conjointly the three symbols of the immortal being. this is all that can be given. nor does the writer pretend to know more of this st

pt themselves to that condition and form ferments, which, by absorbing oxygen from substances coming in contact with them, ruin the latter. thus the process is commenced by one cell robbing its neighbour of the source of its vitality when the supply is insufficient; and the ruin so commenced steadily progresses[[vol. 1, page] 264 the secret doctrine. avatar of vishnu, the chaldean oannes- the man-fish, recorded in the imperishable sign of the zodiac, pisces, and running throughout the two testaments in the personages of joshua "son of the fish (nun" and jesus; the allegorical "sin" or fall of spirit into matter, and the moon- in so far as it relates to the "lunar" ancestors, the pitris. for the present it may be as well to remind the reader that while the moon-goddesses were connected in e

of night, when the atmosphere is impregnated with humidity; and in the northern mythologies, as the passive principle of creation, it typifies the[[vol. 1, page] 345 the birth of mind. creation of the universe out of water; this dew is the astral light in one of its combinations, and possesses creative as well as destructive properties. in the chaldean legend of berosus, oannes or dagon, the man-fish, instructing the people, shows the infant world created out of water, and all beings originating from this prima materia. moses teaches that only earth and water can bring a living soul: and we read in the scriptures that herbs could not grow until the eternal caused it to rain upon earth. in the mexican popol-vuh, man is created out of mud or clay (terre glaise, taken from under the water. b

BLUE EQUINOX

he mounted me for thy bridal chamber. 32. they fled away at thy coming; i was alone before thee. 33. i trembled at thy coming, o my god, for thy messenger was more terrible than the death-star. 34. on the threshold stood the fulminant figure of evil, the horror of emptiness, with his ghastly eyes like poisonous wells. he stood, and the chamber was corrupt; the air stank. he was an old and gnarled fish more hideous than the shells of abaddon. 35. he enveloped me with his demon tentacles; yea, the eight fears took hold upon me. 36. but i was anointed with the right sweet oil of the magister; i slipped from the embrace as a stone from the sling of a boy of the woodlands. 37. i was smooth and hard as ivory; the horror gat no hold. then at the noise of the wind of thy coming he was dissolved aw

ch is of course the only way to read a book. it is admirably written. it is a defence of romance. what does it matter that it is written among a people who think that romance means robert w. chambers? there are extraordinary things in this book. i do not think mr. cabell s irony so wonderful as his humour. he says .the most prosaic of materialists proclaim that we are all descended from an insane fish, who somehow evolved the idea that it was his duty to live on land, and eventually succeeded in doing it. insane fish is right. it is possible that the fish was not insane. it is possible that he discovered that he could not get a reviews 279 drink, except water, and decided to emigrate. if that is insane, i am insane. i hope that mr. cabell is insane too, and that i shall meet him in the sol

rly absent. drawings and writing alike resemble the senseless flourishes of some callow student. and all this while the babu, while accepting what he imagines to be honours, such as knighthood, from england, is plotting sneakishly in the bengali manner against her. i would to god that the british would withdraw from india for six months, so that the men of india might exterminate these fatherless fish-eaters, this spawn of female dogs that, without caste even in its own slime of bastardy, asserts itself in america as a .young nation. kwaw li ya. the dance of shiva. by dr. ananda kent coomaraswamy. sunwise turn, inc. the plot thickens. there is certainly no one equal to dr. coomaraswamy for tangling up situations, perhaps not always too pleasantly. nor can one be very sure how far dr. cooma

it do? aleister crowley. the madman, his parables and poems. by kahlil gibran. alfred a. knopf. i do not much care for the drawings in this book. they are messy, and rather conventional. but i like some of the parables very much indeed. it is not very sensible to compare mr. gibran with blake, because blake was a genius whose every act was wrought from the white heat of passion. this is a smaller fish swimming in shallower and calmer waters. the spirit is more french than irish. however, he is short enough to speak for himself. here is one of his parables the scarecrow once i said to a scarecrow .you must be tired of standing in this lonely field. and he said .the joy of scaring is a deep and lasting one, and i never tire of it. said i, after a minute of thought .it is true; for i too have

nd to pleasures as to pain. exhaust the law of karmic retribution. gain siddhis for thy future birth. this again states the same thing, urges the aspirant to live his life fully on every plane, preserving, it is true, an indifference to all that he does, but only the inner indifference of contempt, not the outer indifference of atrophy. madame blavatsky herself smoked like a volcano, drank like a fish, swore like a trooper, loved like a cleopatra. she was right. read the taoist instructions to this effect. 52. if sun thou canst not be, then be the humble planet. aye, if thou art debarred from flaming like the noonday sun upon the snow-capped mount of purity eternal, then choose, o neophyte, a humbler course. the two paths 57 there are a great many people who are not only without marked cap

BOOK OF ENOCH

spells, and they showed them the cutting of roots and trees. 7.2] and they became pregnant and bore large giants. and their height was three thousand cubits. 7.3] these devoured all the toil of men; until men were unable to sustain them. 7.4] and the giants turned against them in order to devour men. 7.5] and they began to sin against birds, and against animals, and against reptiles, and against fish, and they devoured one another's flesh, and drank the blood from it. 7.6] then the earth complained about the lawless ones. 8.1] and azazel taught men to make swords, and daggers, and shields, and breastplates. and he showed them the things after these, and the art of making them; bracelets, and ornaments, and the art of making up the eyes, and of beautifying the eyelids, and the most preciou

BOOK OF JASHAR

ormed and grew on its surface. new life came from old, which died and gave its place. plants turned their leaves to the sun, and animals grew eyes to see. and yet their eyes could see neither good nor evil in the world. such was the world, when god led flo and faben and human and eve wandering northwards in africa, along the great river. by day, faben and human hunted together, while eve swam for fish and flo gathered fruit. in the evening, human sang and eve shaped rocks into tools, while flo and faben slept together under a tree. then god said "see now what i can do with a spark" and thus fire was given into the hand of eve. she nourished the spark with dry leaves, and human brought her sticks, and they felt the warmth of their fire. faben and flo awoke to a vision of angels with flaming

BOOK OF BLACK SERPENT

are dull red and a black, and their form is that of a dragon- lion. 2. adimiron- whose colors are 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 c

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

crystal: union of matter and spirit. curtains: concealment; adornment. darkness: the spirit world; the subconscious; turning inward. death: the end of something; opportunity for new beginnings. dog: loyalty; laziness; anger. eating: need for new interests; stimulation. evening: descending into the subconscious world. eye: perception; self-examination. falling: failing to live up to expectations. fish: transcendence from one state of being to another. fire: anger; purification; abundance of energy. flowers: contentment; pleasure. flying: see transportation. girl: immature feminine aspect. glass: perception; being able to see (sometimes into the future. graduation: initiation; completing a phase. hair: thought grey or silver hair indicates wise thought. hammer: power to drive forward. helpf

aweeds are supplied with almost unlimited elements to feed on. botanicals growing in the wild state generally thrive only in virgin soils, or in soils that can supply their necessities. when a soil becomes depleted, these botanicals move on (via suckers, creepers, seeds, etc) or are eventually crowded out by neighboring plants. plant vitamins are far easier to digest than vitamins and minerals of fish or animal origin. vitamin a: needed for night vision and functioning of cells of skin and mucous membranes. vitamin a is stored in the body, but under stress and strain, a surplus is rapidly dissipated. botanical sources-alfalfa, herb; annato seed; dandelion; lamb's quarters; okra pods; paprika; parsley herb; watercress. vitamin b1 (thiamine: needed for growth and maintaining normal appetite

CASE PAUL F THE BOOK OF TOKENS

een the letter-name m i m, which adds to 90, and the letter tzaddi, which, as a single character, has the same value. to tzaddi qabalists assign the function of meditation. thus there becomes evident an underlying relation between the water which is "the mute, dark mirror, and the mental process whereby the wise attain to conscious union with the life-power [126] the meditation on nun* 1 i am the fish which swimmeth in the sea of the great waters bearing all things in my belly, even as it is written "he had his dwelling in the great sea, and was a fish therein" 2 this is the great fish wherein the prophet abode three days and three nights. and because of jonah's suffering is the great fish an emblem of all pains and sorrows. for as the prophet's anguish brought him to follow my way, so are

d was a fish therein" 2 this is the great fish wherein the prophet abode three days and three nights. and because of jonah's suffering is the great fish an emblem of all pains and sorrows. for as the prophet's anguish brought him to follow my way, so are all pains and sorrows the portals through which man passeth to the heart of the great mother. verily, the mother is the sea wherein swimmeth the fish, and the fish and the sea are one [129] t h e b o o k of t o k e ns 3 that one is the all, and entereth into all. everything that is, even those things which men account unclean. is an aspect of this all, which is myself. and as the fish is hidden in the waters of the sea, so is the secret of the one shut up within the semblance of the many. therefore is the fish a sign of the secret wisdom

ting of the gates. to thee, after many questionings of "what" and "which" shall appear as in a flash of lightning the unfolding of the secret. that dazzling whiteness, too brilliant to be borne by mortal eyes. lighteth the path of every blessed one who attaineth to immortality [130] n u n yea, immortality is known to the wise who understand the secret of my perpetual being the secret, whereof the fish concealeth and revealeth the mystery. for the fish is the perpetual one, the father of salvation. therefore is it written "joshua was the son of nun" what, then, is this that contihueth without ceasing? verily, it is i, myself, and that which changeth not is the motion which carrieth all things from place to place. change perpetual is at the root of all things, and change hath two faces, a fa

and change hath two faces, a face of life, and a face of death. for know ye, o israel, that what men call life and death are as beads of white and black strung upon a thread; and this thread of perpetual change is mine own changeless life, which bindeth together the unending series of little lives and deaths [131] comment on nun* n u n, pronounced noon. transcribed as" n. the number 5o. meaning: fish. the imaginative intelligence. 1 the quotation "he had his dwelling in the great sea, and was a fish therein, is from the zohar, or book of splendor. the great sea, of course, is binah. 2 the prophet is jonah, i v n h, signifying "a dove. note well that the dove is the bird of venus, and that the "great fish" mentioned in jonah 1: 17 is dag gedul, d g g d v l, for which the numeral value is 5

at sea, of course, is binah. 2 the prophet is jonah, i v n h, signifying "a dove. note well that the dove is the bird of venus, and that the "great fish" mentioned in jonah 1: 17 is dag gedul, d g g d v l, for which the numeral value is 50, the same as that of the letter nun. furthermore, the zodiacal sign scorpio, relating to reproduction, and ruled by mars, is attributed to nun. when the "great fish" swallows the "dove" the forces of venus and mars are conjoined. note also that nineveh, the capital of assyria, where jonah was sent, is spelt n i n v h, so that it combines the letters in n v n, nun, and i h, jah "pains and sorrows" in hebrew is khobli, ch b l i, and this word adds up to 50, the value of nun. so also the noun translated "sea" is yawm, i m, and this is 50, too "the fish and

yria, where jonah was sent, is spelt n i n v h, so that it combines the letters in n v n, nun, and i h, jah "pains and sorrows" in hebrew is khobli, ch b l i, and this word adds up to 50, the value of nun. so also the noun translated "sea" is yawm, i m, and this is 50, too "the fish and the sea are one" because of this gematria, and the sea is binah, or aima, the mother. qabalistically, also, the fish and the son are one, because the fish is one [132] c o m m e n t on n u n with the sea which is the mother, and because the mother, aima, is by numeration the same as ben, b n, the son. 3 kole, k l" all, every, adds up to 50, the number of the letter n. this is referred to in the passage beginning "that one is the all "shut up within the semblance of the many" is based upon the verb awtam, a

rendering given by our author is at once more accurate and more illuminating [158] the meditation on tzaddi* thinkest thou, o seeker for wisdom, that thou bringest thyself into the light by thine own search? not so. i am the hook, cast into the waters of darkness, to bring men from their depths into the sphere of true perception. entering that sphere, they must die to their old selves, even as a fish cast upon the land must die. yet do they die only to live again, and what before seemed life to them now weareth the aspect of death. 2 men think they seek me, but it is i who seek them. no other seeker is there than myself, and when i find mine own, the pain of questing is at an end [161] t h e book o f t o k e n s the fish graspeth the hook, thinking to find food, but the fisherman is the e

ue. the seeds of existence spring from my self-contemplation. that self-contemplation is a great silence. for not by noise and tumult is my work perfected. herein is the secret of the pillar of establishment which solomon set before the porch of the temple; and this is the royal secret of my reign [163] comment on tzaddi* t z a d d i, pronounced tzahdi. transcribed as "tz. the number 90. meaning: fish-hook. the natural intelligence. 3 "the hook "is the letter tzaddi "the gate" is the letter daleth, and "the right hand" is the letter yod. this paragraph of the meditation is merely a development, letter by letter, of some of the implicits of the letter-name tzaddi, tz d i. the number of the letter-name tzaddi is 104, and the addition of the digits of this number is 5, the number of the lette

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

he herds. animal bones would be buried so that they, like humankind, would enjoy rebirth from the earth mother's womb. where hunter-gatherers today continue the unbroken tradition that stretches back thousands of years- for example, among the lapps in the far north of scandinavia and the inuits- these rites continue, led by a shaman, or magick man, who negotiates with the mistress of the herds or fish in a trance for the release of the animals. one of the earliest recorded examples of shamanism is the dancing sorcerer. painted in black on the cave walls of les trois freres in the french pyrenees, this shamanic figure, which portrays a man in animal skins, dates from about 14000 bc and stands high above the animals that are depicted on the lower walls. only his feet are human and he possess

e, matters concerning seite 52 wicca01.txt officialdom, loyalty and for the acquisition of money. ruled by saturn [symbol- sym11] aquarius, the water carrier: 21 january to 18 february. colour: indigo or dark blue. a fixed air sign, for independence, friendship, creativity and for detachment from emotional blackmail. ruled by saturn in the ancient system, now by uranus [symbol- sym12] pisces, the fish: 19 february to 20 march. colour: white or mauve. a mutable water sign, for spells to develop spiritual awareness and intuition, and for divination, especially involving water and the fulfilment of hidden dreams. ruled by jupiter in the ancient system, now by neptune. in magick, it tends to be the old rulerships that are used in spells (see planets and angels. colour correspondences colour is

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

dy concentrated there. however, if you have room, you might like to set aside a corner specifically for healing. you can use a table or any flat surface for your altar. on it, you should keep a single, pure beeswax or white candle; this is a symbol of the unity of all life and the one divine source that flows through every natural being, whether it is male or female, god or goddess, animal, bird, fish, tree, plant or stone. you will also need your special healing crystals, perhaps arranged in a circle around the candle and a clear crystal sphere or crystal pendulum for directing sunlight and moonlight [insert pic p167- the crystals could include gentle rose quartz and amethyst for healing all ills and bringing harmony, moonstone for female and hormonal disorders and for fertility, citrine

night. raphael raphael is the healer and travellers' guide and is often associated with mercury, the messenger of the dawn. he is the angel who offers healing to the planet and to mankind and all creatures on the face of the earth and in the skies and waters and the promise that tomorrow really is another day. he is also guardian of the young. he is depicted with a pilgrim's stick, a wallet and a fish, showing the way and offering sustenance to all who ask. raphael stands in the east and his colour is yellow. michael archangel of the sun and light, michael is the warrior angel. he appeared to moses as the fire in the burning bush and saved daniel from the lions' den. as commander of the heavenly hosts, michael, with his flaming sword, drove satan and his fallen angels out of the celestial

y of st michael, the archangel of the sun, is celebrated on 29 september. st michael was patron saint of high places and replaced the pagan sun deities in christianity. today, global rituals concentrate on positive steps to ensure enough food, shelter and resources for vulnerable communities and individuals, relief of flood and famine, protection of endangered water creatures, dolphin, whales and fish whose seite 163 wicca01.txt death involves great suffering; they also look for peace especially where initiatives are already in motion. on a personal level, autumn equinox rituals are potent for the completion of tasks, for abundance in all aspects of your life, including security for the future which may involve issues of employment or the need to consolidate finances; reconciliation, the s

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

f an anglo-american healer written more than two hundred years earlier. john black magic page 34 of 144 http//content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docid=kt600020q0&chunk.id=0&doc.view=print 7/14/2006 hale, a congregational clergyman in colonial massachusetts, scorned the skillful deception of european american cunning men and women. these persons, whom he called "white witches" by "devillish means c pulled fish bones out of a wound, cured tooth ache, agues, warts, and stopped blood" for their patients and other afflicted persons.[34] african american supernatural traditions represented the continuum of african spiritual practices in the new world. by the start of the nineteenth century, unique products had emerged out of the tangle of african and european cultures of the colonial era. the emergence

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h along its banks. nuwa felt its slippery texture with her fingertips and scooped out a ball of clay. the cool, sticky earth deposited by the river was perfect for her task, and she rolled the damp clay into a doll, giving it a head, shoulders, chest, and arms like her own. for the doll s lower body, she hesitated. nuwa considered giving it scales and claws like a lizard, or fins and tails like a fish. both shapes were quite useful, since the goddess frequently changed the shape of her own lower body to be able to get around the oceans and the heavens quickly. finally, she decided to attach legs to the new creature so it could both walk on land and paddle about in the sea. from the many shades of yellow earth, nuwa made tall dolls and short dolls. she made thin dolls and fat dolls. she mad

find food. with the thicker ropes, he braided strong bridges, then strung them across high chasms so people could cross from one mountain peak to another in search of food. when lightning set trees on fire, as so often happened, the people trembled and hid in caves. to entice the people to come out, fushi twirled together two willow sticks to start a fire. he showed the humans how cooked meat and fish were more digestible and tempting than raw meat and fish. the people soon discovered that fire could also keep 34 fushi teaches the people them safe and snug throughout the chilly nights. ferocious animals feared its licking flames, and biting insects avoided its sooty smoke. in the spring, fushi shaped young branches over an open fire, then cooled them into curvy bows. he scraped, smoothed

each other and continue to live in peace. chinese mythology 38 questions and answers q: what did fushi teach people about fire? a: they could use it for cooking, warmth, and keeping away animals and insects. q: what types of food did fushi teach people to gather or hunt for? a: he taught them how to gather wild plants, such as mushrooms, cresses, and wild grasses. and he taught them how to catch fish, raise animals, and hunt for deer, wild boar, and birds. q: what warnings did fushi give to his people, and what qualities did these warnings try to discourage in humans? a: he warned people never to waste food or to be greedy and take more food than they needed. q: what systems did fushi invent to keep track of the amounts of food the people grew and traded? a: first fushi taught the people

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abbles, somewhat embarrassed, take out your trusty pendulum and your idiometer (no, don't need to find out if uncle harry is an idiot. you already know that) and hold the pendulum over it. as he finally gets around to asking for the money, notice that the pendulum is swinging "no" and doing it so hard that it wants to leave your hand. at this point you know that the money is not going to feed the fish, and judging from the swing you wonder if uncle harry is planning on going into politics. but you do get a positive that they do need a few bucks because, you guessed it, they spent too much at the golf course. so you groan and give him a few bucks so they can buy cat food and hope that this time they pay you back. now suppose you need to know if someone in the office is a crook. i assume her

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ay."11 in his book, the american language, h.l. mencken suggests that the term 'united nations' was decided by president roosevelt during a meeting with winston churchill at the white house in december 1941, shortly before the attack on pearl the secret government 143 harbor.12 the us delegation at the founding meeting of the un was like a roll call of the cfr. it included isaiah bowman, hamilton fish armstrong, sumner welles, norman h. davis, james t. shotwell, and the russian-born leo pasvolsky. they were all cfr members who served during the war on roosevelt's advisory committee on post-war foreign policies. in all, seventy-four cfr members were in the delegation. this was the vehicle through which the united nations was manipulated into being. the us delegation at the san francisco con

outfit in palestine. this guy's wearing a black armband and he tells us he's wanted back there for bombing a hotel that killed almost a hundred people. he's a fucking lamster (on the run."19 begin, as prime minister of israel, later won the nobel peace prize! gary wean, a detective sergeant in the los angeles police department, had the job of monitoring cohen's activities. in his book, there's a fish in the courthouse, wean confirms the story about marilyn monroe and the cohen-begin connection" at the time the rabbis were pushing them hard as hell to squeeze every bit of dough they could get out of hollywood for israel. begin was spending more time hanging around cohen in hollywood than in israel. begin desperately wanted to know what kennedy's plan was for israel if he became president."

n policy, p108 15 dan kurzman, ben-gurion: prophet of fire (simon and schuster, new york, 1983) p 121 16 final judgement, p57 17 mark lane, plausible denial (thunder's mouth press, new york, 1992) p93. 18 secret societies, pl28 19 ovid demaris, the last mafioso (bantam books, new york, 1981) p32. also quoted in final judgement, pl59 302..and the truth shall set you free 20 gary l. wean, there's a fish in the courthouse (casitas books, oak view, california, 1987) p679 21 wilbur crane eveland, ropes of sand: america's failure in the middle east (w.w. norton and company, 1980) p95 22 roland perry, the fifth man (sidgwick and jackson, london, 1994) p223 23 ibid pl29 24 ibid p222-223 25 ibid p222 26 ibid p224 27 ibid 28 ibid 29 final judgement, p90 30 ibid p89 31 ibid pl91 32 ibid pl87 33 ibid

ssad connections, see final judgement 35 the fifth man, p79 36 ibid p79-80 37 final judgement, p245 38 ibid p241-242 39 yitzhak shamir, summing up, an autobiography (weidenfeld and nicholson, london) p81 40 ibid pl3 41 henry hurt, reasonable doubt: an investigation into the assassination of john f. kennedy (holt, rinehart and winston, new york, 1985) p417-419 42 final judgement, p255 43 there's a fish in the courthouse, p695 44 ibid p699 45 final judgement, pl66 46 ibid pl78 47 ibid 48 ibid p213 49 or did he die? at least one person who knew ruby well has said that she saw him boarding a plane for israel after he was supposed to have died (final judgement, pl83) 50 stephen green, taking sides: america's secret relations with a militant israel (william morrow and co, new york, 1984) p243-24

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s. some other facts that most people don't know: the himalayas, alps, andes, and at least most other mountain ranges, were only formed or reached anything like their present height around 12,000 years ago.28 lake titicaca on the peru-bolivia border is today the highest navigable lake in the world at some 12,500 feet. around 11,000 years ago, much of that region was at sea level.29 why are so many fish and other ocean fossils found high up in mountain ranges? because those rocks were once at sea level and recently so in geological terms, too. how interesting then that plato dated the cataclysm that destroyed the continent of atlantis to around 9000bc and so do allan and delair in their superb work, when the earth nearly died. they say it happened around 9500bc. the american researcher charl

ere happier to go back to the sea at night.29 they are described as "semi-demons (half human, half not human) and animals endowed with reason.30 other legends say that they were superhuman in their knowledge and their length of life. they were "the immortals" and returned to "the gods" in a ship, taking with them examples of the earth's fauna. interestingly, the dogon call sirius "the land of the fish" and "the pure earth, and the day the nommo landed on our earth is known as the "day of the fish".31 the babylonian priest berossus wrote that the origin of humans in babylonian belief could be traced to the "fish god" oannes, who was known as dagon to the philistines. what they said about oannes, the sumerians said about "enki, one of the key leaders of their reptilian anunnaki. enki was sym

nian belief could be traced to the "fish god" oannes, who was known as dagon to the philistines. what they said about oannes, the sumerians said about "enki, one of the key leaders of their reptilian anunnaki. enki was symbolised as closely connected with water and it was said that he rode in a ship that could go under the water or fly in the sky. he was described as a giant who had scales like a fish or reptile. in the babylonian legend, oannes was one of the "annedoti("the repulsive ones) who had the heads and legs of men, but the body and tail of a fish.32 this is the origin of the mermaid stories, no doubt. the greek gods known as the "old men of the sea" were depicted as "mermen. it was said that if you fought with them, they changed shape and the legendary founders of athens, cecrops

s the "old men of the sea" were depicted as "mermen. it was said that if you fought with them, they changed shape and the legendary founders of athens, cecrops and his son, were said to be half-human-half-serpent amphibians. the greek god, tython, was another halfman- half-serpent figure with mythological connections to sirius, and both isis and 36 children of the matrix osiris were portayed with fish or serpent tails in some effigies. poseidon of the greeks and neptune of the romans were symbols of the same theme. the anunnaki (annedoti) seem to be very connected to water and their bloodlines use code names to this day that often relate to being "of the water. the major bloodline families appear to locate either in very hot regions, like texas, arizona, nevada, and california, or, more of

reeding with a character called nu gua, who is also described as half human, half serpent. another ancient chinese figure was gong-gong, who was "a horned monster with the body of a serpent. this sounds very much like set of the egyptians and ogo in the myths of the dogon. other amphibious entities in chinese tradition are emperor yu (yu relates to reptiles) and his father gun (a name relating to fish, and chinese drawings of their historical, mythological characters are similar to those drawn by the dogon. today there are streams of reports across the world of people seeing ufos flying in and out of seas and lakes, not least at lake titicaca in peru/bolivia, the highest navigable lake on earth. the respected ufo researcher, timothy good, gives many examples of this phenomenon in his book

seek to discredit the stories of the dogon, the nommo, and their tales of sirius. they say the french researchers who first published the information had simply invented everything. but credo mutwa, the zulu shaman and that nation's official historian, says that his people have the same traditions. he says they call sirius the "star of the wolf" and their ancient accounts say that a "sea-dwelling fish people" from sirius came to the earth. they also speak of a "gigantic war" on sirius in which the fish people drove out those who we now know as humans. credo further confirms that the stories attributed to the dogon are not the only ancient records of the sirius system. the zulu's knew sirius b as the "pit" star long before it was identified by modern technology. credo wrote in his book, son

eir behalf and to their agenda, the accounts reveal. this is the reason for the obsessive interbreeding of the ruling families over thousands of years. the sumerian texts call these anunnaki "royal" bloodlines the ab-gal, the "masters of knowledge" and the "seven elders, and they apparently go back to ten priest-kings before the deluge. atlantis and lemuria in other words. they were depicted with fish-like bodies, as was enki himself under another of his names, oannes. the fish symbolises the amphibious nature of the gods and that is right in line with the apparently amphibious extraterrestrials from sirius. these "royal" bloodlines have worked to maintain their anunnaki genetics through interbreeding and others have continued to be seeded for this purpose ever since, hence the stories of

d this region has long been connected to the bloodlines and their interbreeding. from the time of their king called meroveus or merovee, who became guardian of the franks in 488, they became known as the merovingians. legend says that merovee was the offspring of a human mother and a sea creature called quinotaur, who sounds very much like the reptilian anunnaki known as enki, ea, or oannes, the "fish god. merovee, who was brought up by chodio, the first king of the franks, was known as the "son of the sea" and this is the symbolic foundation of the merovingian bloodline so crucial to the illuminati. the merovingians founded the city of paris in the sixth century, which they named after prince paris, the son of king priam of troy. prince paris was one of the figures in the trojan war story

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? official history does not wishto address such questions because of where it might lead. can you imagine ringing abuilder today and asking him to do that? you want me to do wha t? he would say,youre crazy. in peru are the mysterious nazca lines. the ancients scored away thetop surface of the land to reveal the white subsurface and through this method werecreated incredible depictions of animals, fish, insects and birds. some of them are solarge they can only be seen in their entirety from 1,000 feet in the air! the knowledgewhich allowed wonders like nazca, baalbek, the great pyramid at giza and otheramazing creations to be built with such precision and scale, came from an advancedrace who, in ancient times, lived among a far more primitive general population. thisrace is described as the

5 so havewalls or roads creating intersecting lines.16 some other facts that most people dontknow: the himalayas, the alps and the andes, only reached anything like their presentheight around 11,000 years ago.17 lake titicaca on the peru-bolivia border is today thehighest navigable lake in the world at some 12,500 feet. around 11,000 years ago,much of that region was at sea level! why are so many fish and other ocean fossilsfound high up in mountain ranges? because those mountains were once at sea level.recently so in geological terms, too. there is increasing acceptance that the earth hassuffered some colossal geological upheavals. the debate (and often hostility) comesfigure 3: the mid-atlantic ridge, the centre of earthquake and volcanic activity in the area of the atlanticocean where p

in cold-blooded killer. sagan (the name in reverse spells the east indian reptilian gods,the nagas) clearly knew the score, but chose not to reveal openly what he knew. as thehuman foetus is forming into a baby it goes through many stages which connect withthe major evolutionary points in the development of the present physical form. theseinclude connections with non-primate mammals, reptiles and fish. there is a point inwhich the embryo develops gills, for example. the human embryo is very much likethose of birds, sheep and pigs until the eighth week when it goes its own evolutionaryway. occasionally the genetic instructions fail to remember the latest script and somebabies are born with tails. these are called caudal appendages and form in the lower28lumbar region. most are immediately r

ulce:level number six is privately called nightmare hall,it holds the genetic labs. reportsfrom workers who have seen bizarre experimentation, are as follows: i have seen multi-legged humans that look like half human/half octopus. also reptilian-humans and furrycreatures that have hands like humans and cry like a baby, it mimics human words. alsoa huge mixture of lizard-humans in cages. there are fish, seals, birds and mice that canhardly be considered those species. there are several cages (and vats) of wingedhumanoids, grotesque bat-like creatures. but three and a half to seven feet tall. gargoyle-like beings and draco-reptoids.level number seven is worse, row after row of thousands of humans and human mixturesin cold storage. here, too, are embryo storage vats of humanoids in various st

grandson of noah and sonof ham. cush became known as the deity, hermes, which means son of ham.1 ham orkhem means the burnt one and may have been connected to sun worship.2 a greatnetwork of deities emerged from babylon and its connections with egypt.nimrod and semiramis have remained the key deities of the brotherhood to this dayunder many different names and symbols. nimrod was symbolised as a fish and queensemiramis as a fish and a dove. semiramis is likely to be symbolic of ninkharsag, thecreator of the reptile-human crossbreeds. nimrod was the fish-god dagon who wasdepicted as half man, half fish.3 it is possible that this was symbolic of him being halfhuman, half scaled reptile. queen semiramis was also symbolised as a fish because thebabylonians believed fish to be an aphrodisiac a

e symbolic of ninkharsag, thecreator of the reptile-human crossbreeds. nimrod was the fish-god dagon who wasdepicted as half man, half fish.3 it is possible that this was symbolic of him being halfhuman, half scaled reptile. queen semiramis was also symbolised as a fish because thebabylonians believed fish to be an aphrodisiac and it became the symbol for thegoddess of love.4 hence the use of the fish in christian symbolism and architecture. inher role as the holy spirit, semiramis was pictured as a dove holding an olive branchand semiramis means branch bearer as in ze (the) emir (branch) and amit(bearer).5 note also the symbolism of this in the story of noah and the great flood,when the dove came back bearing an olive branch. the return of the reptilians after theflood? the name, semirami

semiramis was pictured as a dove holding an olive branchand semiramis means branch bearer as in ze (the) emir (branch) and amit(bearer).5 note also the symbolism of this in the story of noah and the great flood,when the dove came back bearing an olive branch. the return of the reptilians after theflood? the name, semiramis, was evolved from the earlier indian deity, sami-rama-isior semi-ramis.6 a fish and a dove are two symbols still widely used in religious ritualand national ceremony, although most of the people involved have no idea of the truemeaning. sinn fein, the political wing of the northern ireland terrorist group the ira,has a dove as its symbol and you find the dove on many of the sceptres held by thebritish monarch (see picture section. both organisations are modern fronts for

her brotherhood deity, ashtaroth, that we get the nameof ashtar as in ashtar command, a completely manipulated new age belief in anextraterrestrial hero who has come to save us. the babylonian myths and symbolismprovided the foundations for all the major religions, especially christianity. the romanchurch was the creation of the babylonian brotherhood and the pope still wears a mitreshaped like a fish head to symbolise nimrod. this is also the significance of hisfishermans ring. the chair of st peter in the v atican was claimed to be a holy relic, butin 1968 it was exposed by a scientific commission as being no older than the 9th centurymore significantly, according to the catholic encyclopaedia, is that it is decorated bytwelve plates portraying the twelve labours of hercules. this same w

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

de without a scripture; i point the way by unseen means unto my friends and such as observe the precepts of my teaching, which is not grievous, and is adapted to the time and conditions. i punish such as contravene my laws in other worlds. the children of this adam know not those things which are determined, wherefore they oft-times fall into error. the beasts of the field, and of heaven, and the fish of the sea,all of them are in my hand and under my control. the treasures and hoards buried in the heart of the earth are known to me, and i cause one after another to inherit them. i make manifest my signs and wonders to such as will receive them and seek them from me in their due season. kitab el-jelwa here one may consider the point of guiding without scripture, that shaitan as the imagina

r to inherit them. i make manifest my signs and wonders to such as will receive them and seek them from me in their due season. kitab el-jelwa here one may consider the point of guiding without scripture, that shaitan as the imagination and holy guardian angel or true will, brings knowledge without words but rather what aleister crowley called energized enthusiasm. the beasts of the field and the fish of the sea are all manifestations and connected with shaitan. this is the inner relation to shaitan as the black man of the sabbat, the very ritual of magick fire which either as the light of the luciferian conclave or holy rites of noon28 to announce self discovery and to seek transformation into a satan-like individual. it is the black snake, a symbol of the yezidis which represents hidden

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roth (q.v. also known as the middle pillar (q.v. pillar, of mercy: the right hand column on the tree of life (q.v. it is composed of the second, fourth, and seventh sephiroth (q.v, and is said to be masculine in nature. pillar, of severity: the left hand column on the tree of life (q.v. it is composed of the third, fifth and eighth sephiroth (q.v, and is said to be feminine in nature. pisces "the fish" in astrology (q.v, the twelfth sign of the zodiac (q.v) having the qualities of mutable (q.v) and water (q.v) and is ruled by the planet neptune (q.v. on the rainbow wand (q.v) and on the lotus wand aries is represented by the color crimson. keywords include: impressionably, emotionally, vaguely, idealistically, spiritually, with compassion. place of comfort: a special place within a magicka

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ot made with hands the forces of the sphere of the sephirah they are working upon. 21. these forces stimulate the corresponding chakras of the initiate and wake them to activity in his aura. the process of self-mitiation by the meditations i have described is slower than the processes of ritual initiation, but it is sure enough if persevered with by a suitable person, but one cannot teach a jelly-fish to sing by feeding it on canary-seed. chapter xi the subjective sephiroth 1. as above, so below, man is a miniature macrocosm. all the factors that go to the make-up of the manifested universe are present in his nature. hence, in his perfection, he is said to be higher than the angels. at the present time, however, the angels are fully evolved beings and man is not. thus he is as much lower t

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e forces whose effects alone we perceive. we move among invisible forms whose actions we very often do not perceive at all, though we may be profoundly affected by them. in this mind-side of nature, invisible to our senses, intangible to our instruments of precision, many things can happen that are not without their echo on the physical plane. there are beings that live in this invisible world as fish live in the sea. there are men and women with trained minds, or special aptitudes, who can enter into this invisible world as a diver descends to the ocean-bed. there are also times when, as happens to a land when the sea-dykes break, the invisible forces flow in upon us and swamp our lives. normally this does not occur. we are protected by our very incapacity to perceive these invisible forc

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not even when they were weighed down by the sodden mass of their clothing. it was common to refer to those accused of having the evil eye as witches. one of the trials used to test a witch during the middle ages and renaissance was to throw her into water and watch to see whether or not the accused witch sank. if the unfortunate person sank, she was declared innocent. presumably someone tried to fish her out before she drowned, although this is not stated when this form of witch test is mentioned in the histories. this method of testing a witch is at least as old as pliny's source, which places it before the time of christ. the term "witch" was used in an extremely negative way in past centuries. it was a catch-all term for sorcerers, murders, poisoners, baby-killers, heretics and other w

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place on the 17th and 18th days of the month thoth; see brugsch, kalendarische inschriften, p. 235] footnote page liii seb hath seen thy glorious power, and hath commanded thee to direct the (11) universe for ever and ever by thy hand "thou hast made this earth by thy hand, and the waters thereof, and the wind thereof, the herb thereof, all the cattle thereof, all the winged fowl thereof, all the fish thereof, all the creeping things thereof, and all the four-footed beasts thereof (12) o thou son of nut, the whole world is gratified when thou ascendest thy father's throne like ra. thou shinest the legend of osiris. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod04.htm (4 of 6 [8/10/2001 11:23:04 am] in the horizon, thou sendest forth thy light into the darkness, thou makest the darkness light wit

ble one from the oppressor, and thou judgest between the strong and the weak. the nile riseth at thy will. thou only form, the maker of all that is, one only, the creator of all that shall be. mankind hath come forth from thine eyes, the gods have come into being at thy word, thou makest the herbs for the use of beasts and cattle, and the staff of life for the need of man. thou givest life to the fish of the stream and to the fowl of the air, and breath unto the germ in the egg; thou givest life unto the grasshopper, and thou makest to live the wild fowl and things that creep and things that fly and everything that belongeth thereunto. thou providest food for the rats in the holes and for the birds that sit among the branches. thou one, thou only one whose arms are many. all men and all cr

the majesty of the god, who is to be feared, setteth forth and cometh unto the land of manu; he maketh bright the earth at his birth each day; he cometh unto the place where he was yesterday (14) o mayest thou be at peace with me; may i behold thy beauties; may i advance upon the earth; may i smite the ass; may i crush (15) the evil one; may i destroy apep[2] in his hour[3; may i see the abtu[4] fish at the time of his creation, and the ant fish in his creation, and the (16) ant[4] boat in its lake. may i see horus in charge of the rudder, with thoth [1, more fully "the great house of the old man" i.e, the great temple of ra at heliopolis: see brugsch, dict. g og, p. 153. 2 apep, the serpent, personifying darkness, which horus. or the rising sun must conquer before he can re-appear in the

g the followers] of the great god. may my name be proclaimed, may it be found, may it be lastingly renewed with (11) the oars are lifted into the sektet boat, and the sacred boat cometh in peace (12) may i see ra when he appeareth in the sky at dawn, and when his enemies have fallen at the block (13) may i behold [horns] guiding the rudder and steering with [his] two hands (14) may i see the abtu fish at the moment of his creation; and may i see the ant fish when he maketh himself manifest at creation, and the ant boat upon its lake. o thou only one, o thou mighty one, thou growing one (15) who dost never wax faint, and [1. a name of the boat of the rising sun] p. 250 from whom power cannot be taken. the devoted (17) servant of "the lord of abtu "the merchant qenna saith (18 "homage to the

erous and happy path, he the osiris, the scribe ani, triumphant"(40) thou shalt come forth into heaven, thou shalt pass over the sky, thou shalt be joined unto the starry deities (41) praises shall be offered unto thee in thy boat, thou shalt be hymned in the diet boat (42) thou shalt behold ra within p. 327 his shrine, thou shalt set together with his disk day by day, thou shalt see (43) the ant fish when it springeth into being in the waters of turquoise, and thou shalt see (44) the abtu fish in his hour. may it come to pass that the evil one shall fall when he layeth a snare to destroy me (45) and may the joints of his neck and of his back be cut in sunder "ra [saileth] with a fair wind, and the sektet boat draweth on (46) and cometh into port. the mariners of ra rejoice, and the heart

rm unto me, and may no one come to see me fall helpless. may i pass over the paths (12, may i come into the furthermost parts of heaven. i entreat for speech with seb, i make supplication unto hu (13) and unto neb-er-tcher that the gods of the underworld may fear me, and that they may fight for me in their habitations, when they see that thou hast (14) provided me with the fowl of the air and the fish of the sea "i am one of those shining ones who live in rays of light (15) 1 have made my form like unto the form [of the god] who cometh out and manifesteth himself in tattu; for i have become worthy of honour by reason of his honour (16) and he hath spoken unto thee of the things which concern me. surely he hath made the fear of me [to go forth, and hath created terror of me! the gods of the

i am (3) the serpent seta, which dwelleth in the limits of the earth. i lie down, i am born (4) i renew myself, i grow young day by day" vignette: a crocodile upon a pylon or doorway. text [chapter lxxxviii (1) the chapter of changing into a crocodile. saith osiris ani, triumphant (2 "i am the crocodile which dwelleth in terror, i am the sacred crocodile and i cause destruction (3) i am the great fish in kamui. i am the lord to whom homage (4) is paid in sekhem; and osiris ani is the lord to whom homage is paid in sekhem" vignette: the god ptah in a shrine, before which is a table of offerings. text [chapter lxxxii (1) the chapter of changing into ptah. saith osiris ani, triumphant "i eat bread (2) i drink ale, i put on apparel (3) i fly like a hawk, i cackle like a goose, and i alight upo

[the bird which faceth the setting sun saith "praise be to ra when he setteth in the western part of heaven. osiris ani, triumphant in peace in the underworld, saith 'i am a perfected soul [the bird which faceth the rising sun saith "praise be to ra when he riseth in the eastern part of heaven from osiris ani, triumphant [the perfected soul saith "i am a perfected soul in the holy egg of the abtu fish. i am the great cat plates xxxiii and xxxiv. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod39.htm (2 of 5 [8/10/2001 11:29:23 am] which dwelleth in the seat of right and truth wherein riseth the god shu [the text near the ushabti figure (chapter vi) reads: osiris ani, the overseer, triumphant, saith" hail, shabti figure! if it be decreed that osiris [ani] shall do any of the work which is to be don

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nry of cardonne had the same antipathy toward the odor of roses; marshal d albret became ill at dinner when a young wild boar or a suckling pig was served; henry iii of france could not remain in the same room with a cat; marshal de schomberg had the same weakness; ladislas, king of poland, was much disturbed at the sight of apples; scaliger trembled at the sight of cress; erasmus could not taste fish without having the fever; tycho-brahe felt his knees give way when he met a hare or a fox; the duke of epernon fainted at the sight of a leveret; cardan could not stomach eggs; ariosto, baths; the son of croesus, bread; caesar of lescalle, the sound of the vielle or violin. the causes of these antipathies might be found in childhood impressions. a lady who was very fond of pictures and engrav

tomb to the hearth, so that the soul might return if it desired to do so. among many peoples, the names of the departed (in some mysterious manner bound up with the soul, if not identified with it) are not mentioned by the survivors, and any among them possessing the same name change it for another. apparitions appeared in many shapes; it might take a human form, or the form of a beast, bird, or fish. animal ghosts were common among native americans in both north and south america. certain african tribes believed that the souls of evil-doers became jackals (a scavenger animal) on the death of the body. the tapuya indians of brazil thought the souls of the good entered into birds, and this belief was of rather wide diffusion. when the apparition was in human shape it was generally an exact

es. 1899. reprint, new york: hero press, 1971. arael one of the spirits that the ancient rabbis of the talmud made princes and governors over the people of the birds. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. arael 83 arariel according to the ancient rabbis of the talmud, arariel is an angel who takes charge of the waters of the earth. fishermen invoked him so that they might catch large fish. ararita according to occultist eliphas levi, ararita is the verbum inenarrabile of the sages of the alexandrian school, which hebrew kabalists wrote javeh and interpreted by the sound ararita, thus expressing the triplicity of the secondary kabalistic principle, the dualism of the means and the equal unity of the first and final principle, as well as the alliance between the triad and the tr

d causes all diseases that affect them: lameness, swelling, cramping, and gout. it governs mines and quarries, flying machines, roofs of houses, wells, and conduits. the key phrase for aquarius is i know. pisces, the twelfth sign of the zodiac, is a mutable water sign. it is a negative, feminine sign, ruled by the planet neptune (in traditional astrology it was ruled by jupiter. its symbol is two fish moving in opposite directions, tied together by a rope. its glyph is said to be a stylized representation of this symbol. it takes its name from the plural of the latin word for fish. pisces is associated with the feet. it is a cold, moist, nocturnal, and extremely fruitful sign, second only to cancer. the native is short and ill shaped, fleshy, if not corpulent, with thick, round shoulders

shakta. 3d ed. madras, india: ganesh, 1929. avatar a term used in hindu religion to indicate the incarnation of a deity. avatara is a sanskrit word meaning descent, and the hindu gods take on animal or human form in different ages for the welfare of the world. in hindu mythology, the god brahma (originally known as the creator prajapati) became successively incarnated as a boar, a tortoise, and a fish, to assist the development of the world in prehistory. certain hindu scriptures ascribe these incarnations to the god vishnu (the preserver, but since the manifestation of divine power takes many different forms in hindu mythology, the distinction is academic. various scriptures ascribe to vishnu ten major incarnations (1) matsya (the fish, associated with legends of a great deluge in which m

ircles of the british isles. new haven, conn: yale university press, 1976. thom, alexander. megalithic sites in britain. oxford: oxford university press, 1967. avenar a fifteenth-century astrologer who promised the jews, on the testimony of the planets, that their messiah should arrive without fail in 1444, or at the latest, in 1464. he gave, for his guarantors, saturn, jupiter, the crab, and the fish. the jews were said to have kept their windows open to receive the messenger of god who did not arrive. averroes (1126.1198) name generally used for abul-walid mohammed ibn- ahmad ibn-mohammed ibn-rushd, one of the greatest arabian philosophers, and a commentator on the works of aristotle. he was born at cordova and studied theology, mathematics, medicine, jurisprudence, and philosophy. he tr

e dragon and serpent, were of ea s brood. the following description of ea s older monstrous form occurs in one of the magical incantations translated by r. c. thompson: the head is the head of a serpent, from his nostrils mucus trickles, the mouth is beslavered with water; the ears are those of a basilisk, his horns are twisted into three curls, he wears a veil in his head-band, the body is a sun-fish full of stars, the base of his feet are claws, the sole of his foot has no heel; his name is sassu-wunnu, a sea monster, a form of ea. ea was the great magician of the gods; his sway over the forces of nature was secured by the performance of magical rites, and his services were obtained by humankind, who performed requisite ceremonies and repeated appropriate spells. although he might be wor

house of light was attached, where fire ceremonies were performed, along with a house of washing, where patients bathed in sacred water. the priest would anoint the individual with oil to complete the release from uncleanliness. certain foods were also taboo at certain seasons. it was unlawful for a man to eat pork on the thirtieth of ab (july.august, the twenty-seventh of tisri, and other dates. fish, ox flesh, and bread were similarly forbidden on specific dates. a person s luck depended greatly on the observance of these rules. still, even if all the ceremonies were observed, one might still meet with ill fortune on unlucky days. on the festival day of marduk (merodach) a man must not change his clothes, nor put on white garments, nor offer up sacrifices. certain disaster would overcome

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the quinessential magician, and in the twentieth century the number of appearances in fantasy novels soared. sources: lacy, norris j, ed. the arthurian encyclopedia. new york: garland publishing, 1986. loomis, roger sherman, ed. arthurian literature in the middle ages. oxford: clarendon press, 1959. mermaids and mermen legendary supernatural sea people, human from the head to the waist but with a fish tail instead of legs. in german folk- mentor encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1024 lore, a mermaid was known as meerfrau, in danish maremind, irish murduac (or merrow. in brittany, the morgans were beautiful sirenlike women, dangerous to men, while in british maritime lore, seeing a mermaid might precede a storm or other disaster. a traditional ballad, the mermaid, tells how

n order to gain a human soul and be close to the prince, but although constantly near him, she cannot speak. when the prince marries a human princess, the mermaid s heart is broken. there is a similar haunting pathos in matthew arnold s poem the forsaken merman. in curious myths of the middle ages (1884) folklorist s. baring- gould suggests that mermaid and merman stories originated from the half-fish half-human gods and goddesses of early religions. the chaldean oannes and the philistine dagon are typical deities of this kind, and a representation of oannes with a human body down to the waist and a fish tail has been found on sculpture at khorsabad. such goddesses as derceto (atergatis) and semiramis have been represented in mermaid form. the classic venus, goddess of love, was born out o

kind, and a representation of oannes with a human body down to the waist and a fish tail has been found on sculpture at khorsabad. such goddesses as derceto (atergatis) and semiramis have been represented in mermaid form. the classic venus, goddess of love, was born out of the sea foam, it is told, and was propitiated by barren couples who desired children. the mexican coxcox or teocipactli was a fish god, as were some peruvian deities. north american indians have a legend that they were led from asia by a man-fish. in classical mythology the tritons and sirens are represented as half-fish, half-human. in addition to legends of mythology and folklore, however, there are many claimed accounts of sightings and contact with actual mermaids and mermen throughout history. the twelfthcentury spe

ct with actual mermaids and mermen throughout history. the twelfthcentury speculum regale of iceland describes a mermaid called the margygr found near greenland: this creature appears like a woman as far down as her waist, with breast and bosom like a woman, long hands, and soft hair, the neck and head in all respects like those of a human being. from the waist downwards, this monster resembles a fish, with scales, tail, and fins. this prodigy is believed to show itself especially before heavy storms. in 1187 a merman was caught off the coast of suffolk in england; it closely resembled a man but was not able to speak, so the story goes. the landnama or icelandic doomsday book tells of a merman caught off the island of grimsey, and the annals of the country describe such creatures as appear

ration of a mermaid with the following description: see-wyf. a monster resembling a siren, caught near the island of borne, or boeren, in the department of amboine. it was 59 inches long, and in proportion as an eel. it lived on land, in a vat full of water, during four days seven hours. from time to time it uttered little cries like those of a mouse. it would not eat, though it was offered small fish, shells, crabs, lobsters, etc. after its death, some excrement was discovered in the vat, like the secretion of a cat. in 1857 two fishermen from scotland, where numerous reports of mermaids have surfaced, made the following declaration, recorded in the shipping gazette: we, the undersigned, do declare, that on thursday last, the 4th june 1857, when on our way to the fishing station, lochinda

e caught by the japanese trawler zuiyo maru about 30 miles east of christchurch, new zealand, on april 25, 1977. the carcass was about 30 feet long, weighed two tons, and was raised from a depth of approximately 900 feet. for a time, it was suspended above the trawler deck by a crane, but the captain feared that the evil-smelling fluid dripping from the carcass would pollute his catch of whiptail fish and ordered the creature to be dumped overboard. before this was done, michihiko yano, an official of the taiyo fishery company aboard the vessel, took four color photographs and made a sketch of the carcass, after taking measurements. he described the creature as like a snake with a turtle s body and with front and rear flippers and a tail six feet in length. this suggests a creature resembl

ng them to try to recover the carcass, but without success. japanese journalists named the creature the new nessie after scotland s famous loch ness monster, and a large tokyo department store planned to market stuffed dolls of the creature. fujior yasuda of the faculty of fisheries at tokyo university has examined yano s photographs and concluded that the creature was definitely not a species of fish, and toshio shikama, a yokohama university paleontologist, was convinced that the creature was not a fish or a mammoth seal. for reports of this incident see the london daily telegraph (july 21, 1977, london times (july 21, 1977, and fortean times (no. 22, summer 1977. yeti (or abominable snowman) the yeti is a giant humanoid creature that has long been part of the folklore of the high himala

fined by the location encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. new age 1105 of the sun at the moment of the spring equinox each year. because of the tilt of the earth s axis, that sign changes approximately every 2,160 years. depending upon the astrological system one uses, the sun is making the transition from the sign of pisces to that of aquarius sometime in this century. pisces, the fish sign, is often associated with christianity, in which the fish is frequently used as a symbol of jesus; in greek the word for fish, ichthus, was a acronym for the phrase jesus christ, god s son and saviour. the passing of the earth to a new astrological age would bring a new religion or spiritual perspective to dominance. however, during the last half of the twentieth century, as a new millen

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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 human headed insect, for h. wrycjn (nachashiron: whose colors are like serpents, and whose form is like that of a dog-headed serpent, for i. wrygdgd (dagdagiron: whose colors are reddish and gleaming, and their form is like vast, devouring, flat-headed fish, for j. wrymyhb (bahimiron: whose name is derived from behemoth, and whose colors are black and brown. its form is like an awful beast, similar to a hippopotamus or elephant but crushed flat as though their skin were spread out flat over the body of a gigantic beetle or cockroach; yet it has vast strength, for k. wrymycn (nashimiron: whose colors are of a stagnant, gleaming, watery line whose

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iled from that planet) after a short stop on clarion, vea-o-mus took a two-hour journey to a planet called oreon (as opposed to orion, a constellation. standing horse stayed there for two days. oreon, he reported, was a beautiful planet, so lovely that as a man of the gospel he wondered if he were in heaven. heaven is a long way from here, he was told (dean, 1964. while there, he ate well, mostly fish as well as fresh fruit from giant plants. several years later on december 22, 1962, standing horse entered a spacecraft near bakersfield, california, and was taken to jupiter where he saw a magnificent building made of marble. he witnessed the dancing of five tribes of indians. in a jupiter city, at the church of the open door, he heard a concert in which handel s the messiah was sung. at one

ell, that is a beautiful ve s s e l. 44 bird aliens at that moment he heard a voice to his right and just a little behind him. it said, t h a t s a machine to go through the air. t h e speaker was someone birmingham thought of as a spirit, looking like a neutral shade and the shape of a man. the ark was brown in color with faint, flitting shades of steel b l u e. like. magnified scales on a large fish. after a while birmingham replied to the spirit. he re m a rked that the ark looked m o re like a ship meant for sailing on water; in any event, he had never seen anything so b e a u t i f u l. he accepted an invitation to board the vehicle. he found himself floating through the air in the spirit s company. when they reached the upper part of the ark, they entered the pilot house by walking d

ear, smell, taste, and feel, and become for the time being, almost inhabitants of the planet they a re examining. in 1866, as the two men were standing out in a field watching venus rise in the evening sky, the father asked the son to study the planet and tell him what he saw. after a few minutes, sherman described trees, water that was heavy but not wet, and animals that had the features of both fish and muskrats. other experiments soon followed. sherman left his body and traveled to mars, where he saw a thriving civilization consisting of a race that looked much like humans. they soar above traffic on their individual flycycles, he reported. they seem particularly fond of air travel. as many as thirty people occupy some of the large flying conveyances. the martians also had a particular

ials who came to japan sometime between the ninth and eleventh centuries. others have picked up on this speculation, suggesting that the ostensibly scaly skin was actually a spacesuit. alleged sightings continue even now. in november 1978, two construction workers fishing off the coast of the port city yokosuka reported seeing a creature abruptly emerge from the sea to glare at them. it was not a fish, an animal, or a man, one said. it was about three meters [ten feet] in height and [was] covered with thick, scaly skin like a reptile. it had a face and two large yellow eyes (picasso, 1991. argentine ufologist fabio picasso has collected what he judges to be more or less comparable reports from his country. for example, on the evening of april 22, 1980, a motorist k 139 in santa rosa notice

to a beautiful planet w h e re she could hear colors and see music because, like her fellow ogattans, she was fre e of the limitations of human physiology; thus, her brain processed stimuli differe n t l y. though her contacts we re ove rw h e l m i n g l y with ogattans, on occasion she met beings f rom other worlds. once she had an out-ofbody encounter with beings who looked halfhuman and half-fish. these entities seemed f r i e n d l y, but, on a handful of other occasions, she dealt with extraterrestrials who we re not so amiable. some believed the earth to be of no s i g n i ficance, thus its problems we re of no concern to major players in the larger cosmic ord e r. woodrew became a lecturer on the new age circuit, wrote a self-published book, and published a newsletter, the woodrew

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ould these sooner lead than i can lead the muses. the quondam spirit of the times. with proper folk one can all do. come, cling close, none can pass us! the blocksberg has a broad top too, like germany s parnassus. inquisitive traveller. what s the name of that stiff man? he goes with haughty paces; he snuffles all he snuffle can. he scents the jesuits traces. crane. if water clear or muddy be, i fish with pleasure, really; that s why this pious man you see with devils mixing freely. worldling. by pious people, i speak true, no vehicle s rejected; conventicles, more than a few, on blocksberg are erected. dancer. another chorus now succeeds! i hear a distant drumming. don t be disturbed! it s, in the reeds, the herons changeless booming" dancing master. how each his legs kicks up and flings

and dart along to win the new soft glow but none may enter in. the dragons, mottled, golden-scaled, are playing; there gapes the shark but you laugh at his baying. though now the court surrounds you in delight, still such a throng has never met your sight. yet long you re not deprived of forms endearing; the nereids come curiously nearing your splendid palace in the cool of ocean, the young with fish-like, shy, and wanton motion, the old ones prudent. thetis learns of this, gives her new peleus hand and mouth to kiss.the seat, then, on olympus wide domain. emperor. over the air i leave to you to reign; quite soon enough does one ascend that throne. mephistopheles earth, lord supreme, already is your own. emperor what brought you here to ravish us with sights directly out of the arabian ni

wo-legged wineskin, are you resurrected? fool. that happens oft but like this never yet. mephistopheles you are so glad you re breaking out in sweat. fool. is that the same as cash? look, are you sure? mephistopheles what throat and belly want it will procure. fool. and cattle can i buy and house and land? mephistopheles of course! just bid and they will be at hand. fool. castle with wood, chase, fish-brook? mephistopheles on my word! i d like to see you as a stern milord! fool. tonight a landed owner i shall sit! exit. mephistopheles [solus] who still will have a doubt of our fool s wit? a dark gallery faust. mephistopheles. mephistopheles why draw me into this dark gallery? is not in there enough of sport, enough of fun and fraud and raillery amid the crowded motley of the court? faust d

leases me, an ancient fabler! the odder tis, the respectabler. thales where are you, proteus? proteus [ventriloquizing, now near, now far] here! and here! thales i pardon you that ancient jeer; but with a friend such idle words forgo! you speak from some false place, i know. proteus [as if from a distance] farewell! thales [softly to homunculus he is quite near. shine brilliantly! as curious as a fish is he; assume what form and place he may, be sure, flames are for him unfailing lure. homunculus at once a flood of light i ll scatter, discreetly, though, for fear the glass might shatter. proteus [in the form of a giant tortoise. what beams so winsome, fair, and dear? thales [concealing homunculus. good! if you wish, you can observe it near. don t let the little effort worry you, appear on

gain give back a moderate mite unto the holy fane; that broad and hilly space where your tent stood erected, where by an evil spirits -league you were protected, where to the prince of lies you lent attentive ear, devote the land to holy use in pious fear, with hill and forest dense, as far as they re extending, with heights all clad in green, rich luscious pasture lending, clear lakes alive with fish, uncounted brooks that flow swiftly and serpent-like and plunging as they go, then the broad vale itself with mead and lea and hollow. thus is remorse expressed, and pardon soon will follow. emperor my horror of this grievous fault is so profound the borders of the land yourself shall measure round. archbishop first, where one so has sinned, the spot, so desecrated, be to the most high s serv

isembark; the goods are brought ashore. mephistopheles we ve proved ourselves as it behooves, pleased if our patron but approves. with but two ships we sailed away, with twenty we re in port today, the great things we have done- how great, that can be seen well from our freight. the free sea sets the spirit free. who ll stop to think when he s at sea! what helps is suddenness of grip. you catch a fish, you catch a ship, and when you re once the lord of three, you hook the fourth one easily; then is the fifth in sorry plight, you have the power and so the right. you ask not how but what it be. i know not how the sea is charted if war and trade and piracy are not triune and can t be parted. the three mighty comrades. he doesn t greet! he doesn t thank! as if we brought our lord what stank. s

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

regarding noah and his wife and all fauna and flora thereby existed in a formless state, as vibrational signatures in the world of b riyah (creation. this information then reemerged with the regeneration of life on the planetary mass in the world of asiyah (activity in matter. this extraordinary idea is also found in ancient sanskrit texts in the account of the incarnation of vishnu as matsya the fish, where the flood is called pralaya( dark night of brahma. 0' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8- 0' the primary texts that are largely the source for the core ideas, meditation practices, and all the various forms of the tree of life in the mystical qabalah are listed below. primary texts include those revealed through messiahs, prophets, and great masters. secondary texts are commentaries upon primary texts

e nature, lives, experiences, powers, and teachings of master mosheh and master yeshuvah find parallels in those of messiahs in other traditions. messianic appearances are called avatara in sanskrit. the hindu tradition contains beautiful and profound descriptions of the life dramas and teachings of the ten incarnations of vishnu, including rama, krishna, narasimha (lit. man-lion, and matsya (the fish, who is said to have appeared to noah during the flood. hindus also ascribe messianic stature to chaitanya (sixteenth century ce, ramakrishna (1836- 1886, shirdi sai baba (d.1918) and satya sai baba (1925- present. they assign such status as well as to incarnations of the divine mother i.e. the goddess, such as saradamani devi (1853- 1920, anandamayi ma (1896-1982, amritanandamayi ma (1953-pr

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fruit of all generation. on the summit of the castle he caused to be raised a tower thirty cubits high on the top of which he ordered to be placed a light-house rotunda) the colour of which changed every day until the seventh day after which it returned to the first colour, and so the city was illuminated with these colours. near the city there was abundance of waters in which dwelt many kinds of fish. around the circumference of the city he placed engraved images and ordered them in such a manner that by their virtue the inhabitants were made virtuous and withdrawn from all wickedness and harm. the name of the city was adocentyn' passed through the vivid imagination of the arab of harran, we seem to have here something which reminds us of the hieratic 1 picatrix, lib. iv, cap. 3 (sloane 1

, some signs and characters, and perhaps the virgo image with the child. note that the talisman is not a medical talisman, but to obtain intellectual "gifts" from mercury. to obtain long life, you may make the image of saturn on a sapphire in this form "an old man sitting on a high throne or on a dragon, with a hood of dark linen on his head, raising his hand above his head, holding a sickle or a fish, clothed in a dark robe" homo senex in altiore cathedra sedens uel dracone, caput tectus panno quodam lineo fusco, manus supra caput erigens, falcem manutenens aut pisces,fusca indutus ueste.2) this image is close to one in picatrix and contains elements from two others (saturn images in picatrix: forma hominis super altam cathedram elevatus& in eius capite pannum lineum lutosum& in eius manu

elation to the things produced. you see, then, how one simple divinity which is in all things, one fecund nature, mother and preserver of the universe, shines forth in diverse subjects, and takes diverse names, according as it communicates itself diversely. you see how one must ascend to this one by the participation in diverse gifts; for it would be in vain to attempt to catch water in a net, or fish in a plate. hence, in the two bodies which are nearest to our globe and divine mother, the sun and the moon, they conceive is the fife which informs things according to the two principal reasons. then they understand life according to seven other reasons, distributing it to seven wandering stars, to which, as to the original principle and fecund cause, they reduce the differences in species i

and, to return to our purpose said isis to momus, the stupid and senseless idolaters had no reason to laugh at the magic and divine cult of the egyptians, who in all things and in all effects, according to the proper reasons of each, contemplated the divinity; and knew how through the species which are in the womb of nature, to receive those benefits which they desired from her. for, as she gives fish to the sea and rivers, deserts to wild animals, metals to the mines, fruits to the trees, so they give certain lots, virtues, fortunes and impressions to certain parts of certain animals, beasts, and plants. hence the divinity in the sea was called neptune, in the sun, apollo, in the earth ceres, in the deserts, diana, and diversely in all other species which, like diverse ideas, were diverse

of gluttony, the orion of ferocity, the river of superfluities, the gorgon of ignorance, the hare of timidity. let us no longer carry in our breast the argo of avarice, the cup of insobriety, the balance of iniquity, the cancer of slowness, the capricorn of deception. let not the scorpio of fraud come near us, nor the centaur of animal affection, the altar of superstition, the crown of pride, the fish of unworthy silence. may the twtns of indecent familiarity fall with them, and the bull of concern for mean things, the ram of inconsiderateness, the lion of tyranny, the aquarius of dissoluteness, the virgin of fruitless conversation, and the sagittarius of detraction' in the nova de universis phihsophia, ferrara, 1591, and venice, 1593. see above, p. 182. on patrizi's publication of the sto

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ictate by chrnzn to distribute this book on a larger scale, to poke fun. an enigmatic reference to isobel. i know not what this is, possibly a face of our lady. the last comment is my ego talking to itself, on being questioned by various individuals as per my techniques and ways. the picture is a representation of the flaming lotus, in a tim burtonesque mockery. i/7b: a reference to the christ. a fish (pisces) nailed on a cross. the eyebrow of the fish resembles a 1. and it s mouth is distinctively reminiscent of the symbolic glyph for aquarius. there are 8 rays emanating from the cross. i/8a: excursion 2. nocturne is a border realm of interaction of dreamscape and void. there are nightmarish images which manifest and come into (and go out of) being. the automatic drawing is an analogy bet

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talisman charged while in a state of normal magical trances of course, we must bear in mind that all of these atavistic states of consciousness have their own shortcomings and strong points. it would be downright foolish to demand highly intellectual work from a reptile with its small, barely developed brai won ft be suitable to give us a lot of knowledge about life underwater, and the karma of a fish is not responsible for problems of hunting in the steppes or buying a car (though it may be excellent for buying a submarine. we have to learn to choose and to employ these specialists in the optimal manner. working with atavistic nostalgia/ 91 animals has a long magical tradition nd m magical mental training in his book initiation to h inate attention was given in e time of the inquisition

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL

ome 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 that lives and moves subservient to his will. against this plan a minority of the angels rebelled; they had too great an affinity for fire to bear contact with water, and refused to create the forms as ordered; but thereby they at the same time deprived t

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

s are largely founded upon the "religious history" of a flood. the doctrine of a triplicated god saved from destruction by a storm-tossed ark which rested on some local mountain answering to ararat, and which was filled with the natural elements of reproduction, is found amongst the traditions of every country of the globe. in egypt, the destructive agency drives the god into the ark--or into the fish's belly, where he is obliged to remain until the flood subsides. in other words, at the time of the destruction of the world, the creative agency is forced within the womb of nature, there to remain until it again comes forth to recreate the world; nor does the symbolism end here, for this god--the sun, or the reproductive power within it, which every year is put to death by the cold of winte

bes venus and her egg to the age of typhon and osiris, in other words, to the age in which noah was compelled by the deluge to enter into the ark"[46 [46] origin of pagan idolatry, book i, ch. iv. the preserver of the persians, who is seated on a rainbow in front of their rock temples, is mithras, who is identical with noah. sometimes this ancient mariner is represented as riding on the back of a fish, and again as floating in a boat. the god of hindostan, like the classical dionysos, was enclosed in an ark and driven into the sea. according to the gothic traditions as recorded in the eddas, there once existed a beautiful world, which was destroyed by fire. another was created, which, with all its inhabitants save a giant and his three sons, who were saved in a ship, were destroyed by wate

ally this deity was female. therefore upon receiving a copy of forlong's rivers of life and faiths of man in all lands, i was not surprised to find the following "hoa or hea, the hu of our keltic ancestors, whose symbol was the shield and the serpent, was worshipped near rivers and lakes, and if possible on the sea-shore, where were offered to her such emblems as a golden vessel, boat, coffer, or fish, and she was then named belat ili (the mistress of the gods"[76 [76] vol. ii, p. 94. she was the goddess of water. of this forlong says "water, perhaps more than fire, has always been used as a purifier. christians have but imitated the ancients, in the use of lustral water--now-a-days called holy water, and into which salt should be freely put" according to francis vasques, the cibola tribes

ity without at once recognizing her identity with the great female god of nature who was once worshipped by every people on the globe, but whose worship had become sensualized to satisfy the corrupted taste of a more depraved age--an age in which passion constituted the highest idea of a god. although the serpent deity was originally portrayed with the head of a woman and the body of a serpent or fish, after the change of sex in the god-idea which has been noted in the foregoing pages had been completed, it is observed that this figure is represented by the head of a man and the body of a serpent. hea, the great goddess to whom water, the original principle, is sacred, and who is suspiciously connected with noah, the life-principle which appears at the close of a cycle, has changed her sex

" in the babylonian kosmogony, according to endemus, the pupil of aristotle, the beginning of the universe was called tauthe, which being interpreted means "mother of the gods" associated with her sometimes appears the male principle--apason. in the history of berosus, there is given an account of oaunes--a mythical teacher of babylon, who appeared with the head of a human being and the body of a fish or serpent. this personage brought to the babylonians all the knowledge which they possessed. oaunes wrote "concerning the generation of mankind, of their different ways of life, and of their civil polity" he it was who gave the above account of creation. he says that finally omoroka, or thalatth, the woman who existed before the creation, was divided, one half of her forming the heavens "the

d the circle of the world or the circle of the ark, that it represented at once the inclosure of the noetic ship; the egg from which creation was produced; the earth, and the zodiacal circle of the universe in which the sun performs its annual revolutions through the signs. stonehenge is said to be the temple of the water god noah, who, as we have seen, was first worshipped as half woman and half fish or serpent, but who finally came to be regarded as a man serpent (or fish) deity. on approaching stonehenge from the northeast, the first object which engages the attention is a rude boulder, sixteen feet high, in a leaning posture. this stone has been named the friar's heel, but until recently its signification has been wholly unknown. regarding the upright shaft which stands sentinel over t

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find a confession of sad confusion under the work nephesh: he..givesas meanmgs: 1. breath, as job xli. 12, 21. 2. animal body, as genesis ix. 4. 3.theblood. psalm cxli. 8. 4. a dead body. lev. xxi. i, numbers xix, 11. 5. an animal that has breathed. lev. vi. 6. 6. a living creature. gen. i. 20. 7. living men. gen. xii. 5. 8.theselfof ihvh, the god of the hebrews, by which he swore. amos vi. 8. 9. fish. isaiah xix. 10. 10. appetite and desire. gen. xxiii. 8. 11.thespiritual soul. gen. xxxv. 18 (or rather what we should call the manasic ray. but to demonstrate in the clearest manner the entirely fanciful nature of the english translation of the hebrew nephesh, let us turn to leviticus xvii. 11. here we read,'foranomalies inthebiblical views of man 145the life of the flesh is in the blood, an

st avoid raw fruit and beans, and also all wine for three days, and then go to a temple and consult the priests who clothed him in a white garment, and he was instructed to propitiate hermes, that is mercury, before going to his sleep, for mercury presided over a man's sleeping hours (homer in hymn xiv. some persons also carried out this200themagical masonprocedure in their own homes.theeating of fish was said to make dreams obscure and meaningless or deceptive. when a dream seemed to be of doubtful meaning, a soothsayer calledmanteiswas consulted, who said he must appeal according to circumstances to zeus, apollo hestia or to herakles, forlightuponthe matter, and then he gave an explanation 'themagic of chaldea professed and practised the artofinterpretation of dreams, and so indeed did t

hat it is partly our own. we know some landmarks at any rate of our history for three if not for six thousand years, and we have gained some glimpses of evolving nature and man from prehistoric times by reason of our researches into the form and structure of our globe. in our studies of the various strata of earth and of the solid layers beneath the seas we have found remains of man, beast, bird, fish and vegetable deeply hid by the deposits of ages of time;butwe have more knowledge even than these around us, for we possess, although in shadowy form, a vast collection of legends and myths which have come down to us from eastern lands, having originated among peoples who have long since passed into oblivion. these oriental tales are doubtless only partly historical, being in part symbolical

several notes upon theeidolon,which has been confused with the low-grade ethereal body, astral form orlingashariraof the hindoos. the religious culture of pharaonic egypt evolved a complex system of human constitution, varying at different periods,butin the main the following elements were recognised: i.thematerial body,khat,which was preserved as a mummy after death; its emblem was a limp, dead fish. 2.theaura or ethereal envelope,khaibu;a shadow form represented by a fan or sun-shade.3. hati,is the emotional element, the passions whose vehicle wasab,the heart. 4.theka,the second personality, thealter egoor the genius.304themagical mason5.thehuman soul,ba,pictured as a bird which is released by death, flying up to the gods. we also find mention of thesahu,pictured as a beautiful lily, an

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

heir form is that of a dragon-lion.26thesorcerer and his apprentice"(2) adimiron'-whose colours are like blood mixed with water, a dull yellow and gray. their form.isthatof a lion255 lizard.(3)tzelladimironwhose colours are like limpid blood, bronze and, crimson. they arelikesavagetriangular-headeddogs (4) schechiriron, whose colours are, black, and their form blended of reptile, insect and shell-fish, such as the crab and the lobster, yet demon-facedwithal'(5)shelhabiron- whose colours.arefiery and yellow, and their form, like merciless wolvesand'jackals (6) tzephariron- whose colours are like those of earth, and their form like partially living yet decaying corpses.(7)obiriron-r-t-t-whose colours are like clouds, andtheirform like grey, bloated goblins (8) necheshethironwhose colour is l

the water on a day of bright sunshine when the white limestone of the sea floor gleamed green through the little waves that made fleeting shadows, and swung gently the red- brown seaweed that floated like a girl's hair in the clear water, and would describe with a wealth of imagery that many poets might have envied how the sea maids swam past, and how she heard their songs. 1 inquired if they had fish tails, but she repudiated the suggestion indignantly 'what would they be doing with fish tails anyway? no, of course not, they are made like ourselves, only beautiful. more beautiful than we ever are' they are natural instinctive poets, these celtic islanders of the west. i stood once with an old boatman on the western shore of mull, looking out over the sea to the sunset, on one of those eve

mountains of jura" 255 and they know that angus the seal is still mourning for his little love.'thatfisher lad was full of strange stories. he was more communicative than most of the islanders, and to him thefairy folk and the sea-people were as real and familiar as the birds and beasts, and so he told me stories of their nature, as simply and naively as he told of the habits of the gulls or the fish, and it was strange how the stories seemed to be illustrations of the learned treatises of para eelsus on the nature of the elementals 'they are human' he said,'butthey don't come from adam, as we do. they never fell. but they are like us, whether they live in the land or in the water. some of them are very tiny. oh, yes! i've seen them often, little people about as big as small birds may be

ne serpent,theserpent of. light and of wisdom, the infernal serpent of darkness and of sensuality;thetree of eden and the tree of calvary, the tree of death andthetreeoflife'-thattree aspiring upwards asthetree of life towards the shakra or the zodiac,thegreatwheel of the divine law. this is the glyph as expounded both. in east and west. we need to gobuta very little bit further on.firstweget the fish. andatthetime of christ the sun passed outofthe constellation of aries at the vernal equinox, andintotheconstellation of pisces. and then we have the glyph ofthewe have thevescicapisces, we have the mitre.as the bishop'sthe esoteric teachingonthezodiac 187symbol-wehave endless glyphs. and there we pick up again the reminiscence of the last period of the kali yuga- the previous pisces' month,i

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dded organs. moreover, he altered the actual size of the embryos in an attempt to show them as all the same size. in short, haeckel conducted this falsification in order to fabricate evidence where there otherwise was none. the reputable science journal by the name of science contained an article in its september 5 1997 edition that stated "in reality even closely related embryos such as those of fish vary quite a bit in their appearance and developmental pathway it (haeckel's drawings) looks like it's turning out to be one of the most famous fakes in biology."4 interestingly, this deception has long been recognized for many years. haeckel's drawings were shown to be falsifications already in his own lifetime (1910, with he himself admitted to it. in an article published in american scient

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age of aquarius from between the year 2000 to around 2100. at the change of each sign there is much transformation, for example, the change from aries to pisces at approximately 6 bce triggered a wide range of spiritual manifestations. it would be possible to link zoroaster, gautama buddha and jesus/james all into the nexus of the movement from aries to pisces. indeed the imagery of pisces as the fish has much in common with jesus and early christianity. in egyptian mythology horus is also sometimes seen as the fisherman. there are many ways to image the astrological ages, in one egypt tradition isis is related to taurus, osiris to aries, horus to pisces and maat to aquarius. the start of the pyramid age was linked to leo and many believe that the sphinx was carefully ligned to the image o

osition here, the linked document will cover that in some detail if you want further information. the classic gnostic position is to align isis with taurus, taurus being the earth goddess, osiris is assigned to aries and it the imagery of the sacrifice of rams to the father god are throughout that period. horus is pisces, the imagery is related to jesus as the fisherman, the ocean of mankind, the fish as christian symbols is also founder as a symbol of horus as fisherman. horus as a semi-solar image is found throughout religions of that period, christianity representing the misapplication of horus to become a violent martial force. maat is aquarius, the outpouring of truth and gnosis. the first date in our heraldic cycle is 1844, it is the initiation whereby the process of change from pisc

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

l of man. the seven days of creation basic church correlations of colour, consciousness and creative principles church. colour. consciousness. day of creation. ephesus. red. action, sensation. coming of light. smyrna. orange. social consciousness. waters above, below. pergamus yellow. intellect. grass, herbs& trees. thyatira. green. security and devotion. sun, moon& stars. sardis. blue. idealism. fish and birds. philadelphia. indigo. intuition. animals,pre-adamites and man. laodicea. violet. imagination. day of rest. fig 22 gnostic theurgy page 85 the first day of regeneration the recreation of new man is the coming of light. from the perspective of the chakra s this day is the time when the great light of gnosis purifies and transcends the base chakra and transmutes its desires and drives

luminaries have been kindled and place in the internal man, and the external receives light from them, then the man first begins to live. arcana celestia, emanuel swedenborg (ac 39. from the chakric perspective this day is that of the heart. the centre from which divine love, faith and wisdom flow. it is green for in its imagery, the planets bring about the development of all life. the fifth day fish and birds appear. these reflect the facets of the mind that are rejuvenated and reborn through transfiguration. the fish represent the creatures that swim in the water- that is those things which exist within the ebb and flow of the unconscious. the imagery of birds and flight illustrates the way in which the mind can now reach new levels of illumination. the image of flight is found in many

the apostate christian churches (under the direction of emperor constantine) re-edited the bible and created a political force which has decayed western civilisation ever since. we can correlate the astrological ages with events within history quite easily. we can link the age of aries with the early sacrificial religions, the age of pisces with that of the revelation of jesus (the imagery of the fish is certainly suggestive) and we can then see the incoming current as that of maat or aquarius. it is interesting to backdate the the aging of the sphinx and note that the current age suggested of 10,500 bce links well with the astrological change that was taking place at that gnostic theurgy page 185 time, the movement from virgo to leo. is the sphinx a mixture of feminine and lion characteri

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

ard her delicate beak towards some imaginary flower. then we turn hard right, pursued by our own tiny shadow as we cross the bleak scar of the pan-american highway, and follow a trajectory that brings us over the fabulous snakenecked alcatraz: a heron 900 feet long conceived in the mind of a master geometer. we circle around, cross the highway for a second time, pass an astonishing arrangement of fish and triangles laid out beside a pelican, turn left and find ourselves floating over the sublime image of a giant condor with feathers extended in stylized flight. just as i try to catch my breath, another condor almost close enough to touch materializes out of nowhere, a real condor this time, haughty as a fallen angel riding a thermal back to heaven. my pilot gasps and tries to follow him. f

th countless myriads of living marine creatures, were scooped up and suspended among the andean ranges.1 this is thought to have happened not more recently than about 100 million years ago.2 2 paradoxically, despite the mighty antiquity of this event, lake titicaca has retained, until the present day, a marine icthyofauna 3, in other words, though now located hundreds of miles from any ocean, its fish and crustacea feature many oceanic (rather than freshwater) types. surprising creatures brought to the surface in fishermen s nets have 1 professor arthur posnansky, tiahuanacu: the cradle of american man, ministry of education, la paz, bolivia, 1957, volume iii p. 192. see also immanuel velikovsky, earth in upheaval, pocket books, new york, 1977, pp. 77-8: investigation into the topography o

d built it, and for what purpose? 3 j. d. hays, john imbrie, n. j. shackleton, variations in the earth's orbit: pacemaker of the ice ages, in science, vol. 194, no. 4270, 10 december 1976, p. 1125. 4 anthony f. aveni, skywatchers of ancient mexico, university of texas press, lago, p. 103. 5 tiahuanacu, ii, p. 90-1. 6 tiahuanacu, ii, p. 47. 7 ibid, p. 91. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 85 fish-garbed figures there were two massive pieces of statuary inside the kalasasaya. one, a figure nicknamed el fraile (the friar) stood in the south-west corner; the other, towards the centre of the eastern end of the enclosure, was the giant that i had observed from the sunken temple. carved in red sandstone, worn and ancient beyond reckoning, el fraile stood about six feet high, and portrayed a

anoid, androgenous being with massive eyes and lips. in its right hand it clutched something resembling a knife with a wavy blade like an indonesian kris. in its left hand was an object like a hinged and case-bound book. from the top of this book, however, protruded a device which had been inserted into it as though into a sheath. from the waist down the figure appeared to be clad in a garment of fish scales, and, as though to confirm this perception, the sculptor had formed the individual scales out of rows and rows of small, highlystylized fish-heads. this sign had been persuasively interpreted by posnansky as meaning fish in general.8 it seemed, therefore, that el fraile was a portrayal of an imaginary or symbolic fish man. the figure was also equipped with a belt sculpted with the imag

eneral.8 it seemed, therefore, that el fraile was a portrayal of an imaginary or symbolic fish man. the figure was also equipped with a belt sculpted with the images of several large crustaceans, so this notion seemed all the more probable. what had been intended? i had learned of one local tradition i thought might shed light on the matter. it was very ancient and spoke of gods of the lake, with fish tails, called chullua and umantua .9 in this, and in the fish-garbed figures, it seemed that there was a curious out-of-place echo of mesopotamian myths, which spoke strangely, and at length, about amphibious beings, endowed with reason who had visited the land of sumer in remote prehistory. the leader of these beings was named oannes (or uan).10 according to the chaldean scribe, berosus: the

n this, and in the fish-garbed figures, it seemed that there was a curious out-of-place echo of mesopotamian myths, which spoke strangely, and at length, about amphibious beings, endowed with reason who had visited the land of sumer in remote prehistory. the leader of these beings was named oannes (or uan).10 according to the chaldean scribe, berosus: the whole body of [oannes] was like that of a fish; and had under a fish s head another head, and also feet below, similar to those of a man, subjoined to the fish s tail. his voice too, and language, was articulate and human; and a representation of him is preserved even to this day. when the sun set, it was the custom of this being to plunge again into the sea, and abide all night in the deep; for he was amphibious.11 according to the tradi

hem distinguish the seeds of the earth, and showed them how to collect fruits; in short, he instructed them in every thing which could tend to soften manners and to humanise mankind. from that time, so universal were his instructions, nothing has been added materially by way of improvement..12 surviving images of the oannes creatures i had seen on babylonian and assyrian reliefs clearly portrayed fish-garbed men. fish-scales formed the dominant motif on their garments, just as they did on those worn by el fraile. another similarity was that the babylonian figures held unidentified objects in both their hands. if my memory served me right (and i later confirmed that it did) these objects were by no means identical to those carried by el fraile. they were, however, similar enough to be worth

expressionlessly into the distance. it was wearing a crown, or head-band of some kind, and its hair was braided into orderly rows of long vertical ringlets which were most clearly visible at the back. the figure was also intricately carved and decorated across much of its surface almost as though it were tattooed. like el fraile, it was clad below the waist in a garment composed offish-scales and fish symbols. and, also like el fraile, it held two unidentifiable objects in its hands. this time the left-hand object looked more like a sheath than a case-bound book, and from it protruded a forked handle. the right-hand object was roughly cylindrical, narrow in the centre where it was held, wider at the shoulders and at the base, and then narrowing again towards the top. it appeared to have se

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they will bar your rightful passage. the third aethyr, bag, presents an excellent example of this. in bag you must fight the angel whose name is ldcipsp. crowley encountered this angel in bag. he described him as wearing shining black garments that are lined in white with opalveils. he carries a long and deadly flail. his faceis black with white eyes that are without pupils. he has the belly of a fish, large wings with black and white feathers, iots of short legs and claws like a centipede, a long scorpionlike tail, and tentacles for arms. crowley managed to pierce his breast with his magical sword. his reward was information which included the angel's name in a code which crowley later worked out to be ldcipsp. in this way, crowley earned the right to enter zaa. failure to fight and conqu

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divine messenger alone, the god of roads and highways, pass the night with mortals (mercurium, hospitio mulieres olim duae illiberali et sordido receperant. but demeter also is at times represented as travelling and associating with men, as would be natural for all mothers of gods; aesop in fab. 54 makes demeter travel with a swallow and an eel, but when they came to a river the bird flew up, the fish slipt into the water, and what did demeter do? with the indians it is principally brahma and vishnu that visit the earth. in a lithuanian legend perkunos walks the earth at the time when beasts yet spoke; he first met the horse, and asked his way' i have no time to shew thee the way, i have to eat' hard by was an ox grazing who had heard the traveller's request' come, stranger' he cried' i wi

chase (miiller's sagabibl. 1, 364; and a remarkable lay of the faroe isles (lyngbye pp. 500 seq) presents the same three, ouvin, honer and lokkji, not indeed as travelling, but as succouring gods, who when called upon immediately appear, and one after the other deliver a boy whom giant skrujmsli is pursuing, by hiding him, quite in fairy-tale fashion, in an ear of barley, a swan's feather, and a fish's eg. there were doubtless many more stories like this, such as the norwegian tale in asbiorn. no. 21, conf. p. 423. as bearing upon their subsequent transference, it must not be overlooked that in fornm. sog. 9, 56. 175 osinn on horseback calls one evening at a blacksmith's, and has his horse shod; his identity with hermes becomes quite startling in these myths. at other times however it is

publishes the crime; and a swiss legend tells the same of a flute (haupt's zeitschr. 3, 36. the power of music and song was explained by giving the instruments a supernatural origin, and doubtless a remoter antiquity did not leave gods out of the reckoning. when waiuamoinen touches his harp, the whole of nature listens, the four-footed beasts of the wood run up to him, the birds come flying, the fish in the waters swim toward him; tears of bhss burst from the god's eyes, and fall on his breast, from his breast to his knees, from his knees to his feet, wetting five mantles and eight coats, kalew. rune 22-9. such tears are shed by freyja (gratfogr, p. 325, her that well liked song, and was wedded to osr; in fairytales lucky maidens have the power to laugh roses and weep pearls. the stromkar

her that well liked song, and was wedded to osr; in fairytales lucky maidens have the power to laugh roses and weep pearls. the stromkarl also breaks into weeping when he sings to the harp (p. 493. but as all nature, animate and inanimate, betrays her sympathy with human lamentations, so at the sound of the bewitching albleich (elf-lay, p. 470, we are told, the rushing river stayed its roar, the fish in the wave clicked with their 908 poetry. tongues, tlie birds of the forest twittered. next to the gods, it is elves and watersprites that seem the most initiated into the mysteries of music, and hnikarr the teacher of song stands for osinn himself (p. 489. but from gods the gift of poesy passed to particular heroes, and similar effects are ascribed to their minstrelsy. two heroes of teutoni

he apparition of the white dame basking in the sun, beaming and bathing, melts into the notion of a ivater-holde and nixe (p. 491, a scand. hafs-fru (afzelius2, 150, spirits that likewise need redemption (p. 493. twelve luhite sea-maids come and join in the dancing of men (mone's anz. 5, 93; add the romance legend of melusina. but such mer-women generally assume, wholly or in part, the shape of a fish or snake; and some white women have afisjt's tail, a snake's tail imputed to them: a king's daughter was immured in the golden mount as a snake, and only once in three nights recovered her human form (kinderm, no. 92; in the oselberg by dinkelsbiihl dwells a snake with woman's head and a buuch of keys about the neck (d. sag. no. 221; and snpph. 970 teanslation. with the notion o mountain-bani

d a mixture of human with animal forms is extremely common in the indian mythology; in the greek and teutonic it is rare, and then but barely hinted at. huldra comes before us with a tail (p. 271, berhta with the goose-foot (p. 281, the nix with a slit ear, and the nixie with wet skirt (p. 491, the hero with a swan's wing (p. 428) like hermes with his winged feet, the water-wife with a snake's or fish's tail; even the giant has [only] a finger and toe above the common (p. 52 7n. the devil's horse-foot may suggest the semi-equine centaurs, as well as the on. nennir (p. 490. conversion into complete animal form might easily arise out of this; or it might be regarded as a prerogative of the higher being to transform himself into an animal for a time. the devil in retiring is compelled unaware

ch designates by irprottan (raptus, i.e. tranced^ but on. myth has already acquainted us with the greatest of all possible examples' oshm skipti homum (changed his shape, la:>a bukrinn sem sofinu esa dausr, enn hann var \n\fugl esa dyr, jiskr esa ormr, ok for a einni svipstund a fiarlibg lond, at sinum erindum e'sr annara manna^ yngl. s. cap. 7; his body lay asleep or dead, and he as bird, beast, fish or snake, fared in a twinkling to far-lying lands (see suppl. again, the servian starting-spell' ni o trn ni o grm, vetch na pometno guvno (not against thorn nor against oak, but to swept barnfloor, agrees with german ones. usually the word is 'auf und davon! liui ohen hmaus und nirgend an' out on high, and (strike) against nothing; or' wol aus und an, stoss nirgend an' or' fahr hin, nicht zu

in spots wei*e favourable to weather- choosing. the esthonians foretold iveather and fruitfulness from bownets. gutslaff says in his book on wohhanda p. 209' i am told that on this beck the husbandmen of old had their augurium respecting weather, which they managed thus. they set in the beck three baskets in a row, and not heeding the two outer, gave their mind wholly to the midmost, what kind of fish would come into the same- for if into this basket were gotten a scalejess fish, as crab, quab or the like, they had ill weather and unfruitful year to dread, and were fain to sacrifice an ox for to obtain good weather. whereupon they set the baskets in as before, and if again a scaleless fish were found therein, then a second time did they merrythought. bownet. corn. cross-wat. 1115 sacrifice

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t of, 1 it may have long had this altered form in the legend itself. some branches of the greek race had their own stories of an ancient flood, of which they called the heroes ogyges and ogygos; 2 but all these accounts are wanting in epic details.3 a rich store of these opens for us in the indian mahabharata.4 king hanus stood on a river s bank, doing penance, when he heard the voice of a little fish imploring him to save it. he caught it in his hand and laid it in a vessel, but the fish began to grow, and demanded wider quarters. manus threw it into a large lake, but the fish grew on, and wished to be taken to ganga the bride of the sea. before long he had not room to stir even there, and manus was obliged to carry him to the sea; but when launched in the sea, he foretold the coming of a

ride of the sea. before long he had not room to stir even there, and manus was obliged to carry him to the sea; but when launched in the sea, he foretold the coming of a fearful flood, manus was to build a ship and go on board it with the seven sages, and preserve the seeds of all things, then he would shew himself to them horned. manus did as he was commanded, and sailed in the ship; the monster fish appeared, had the ship fastened to his horn by a rope, and towed it through the sea for many years, till they reached the summit of the himavdn, there he bade them moor the ship, and the spot to which it was tied still bears the name of naubandhanam (ship-binding. then spake the fish: i am brahma, lord of created things, a higher than i there is not, in the shape of a fish have i delivered yo

after whom manushyas, homo, is named) comes in as a creator; so that in our german mannus (whence manna and manniskja, homo) we recognise precisely borr and his creator sons (p. 349. askr and embla are simply a reproduction of the same idea of creation, and on a par with deucalion and pyrrha, or adam and eve. i must not pass over the fact, that the first part of the indian poem, where brahma as a fish is caught by manus, and then reveals to him the future, lingers to this day in our nursery tale of the small all-powerful turbot or pike, who gradually elevates a fisherman from the meanest condition to the highest rank; and only plunges him back into his pristine poverty, when, urged by the counsels of a too ambitious wife, he desires at last to be equal with god. the bestowal of the success

to stop in its course, as if to indicate its grief (deut. sag. no. 110; if the well runs dry, the head of the family will die soon after (no. 103. a spring that either runs over or dries up, foreboding dearth, is called hunyerquelle, hungerbrunnen (staid. 2, 63. wossingen near durlach has a hungerbrunnen, which is said to flow abundantly when the year is going to be unfruitful, and then also the fish it produces are small.2 1 in poland and silesia, and perhaps in a part of russia, girls who have over slept matin-time on easter monday are soused ivith water by the lads, and flogged with birch twigs; they are often pulled out of bed at night, and dragged to a river or cistern, or a trough filled with water, and are ducked. the silesians call this schmagostern (even estor s oberhess. idiot

rook a carl with blue and yellow stockings: evidently the spirit of the brook. another bsthonian story is about l. mm changing his bed. on his banks lived wild and wicked men, who never mowed the meadows that he watered, nor sowed the fields he fertilized, but robbed and murdered, so that his bright wave was befouled with the blood of the slain. and the lake mourned; and one evening he called his fish together, and mounted with them into the air. the brigands hearing a din cried: the eim has left his bed, let us collect his fish and hidden treasure. but the fish were gone, and nothing was found at the bottom but snakes, toads and salamanders, which came creeping out and lodged with the ruffian brood. but the eim rose higher and higher, and swept like a white cloud through the air; said the

erere, fricare, from which a subst. not might be derived by suffix. nay, we might go the length of supposing that not, nau>s, nauftr, need, contained from the first the notion of stress and pressure (conf. graff 2, 1032. 4, 1125. 2 ihre s de superstit. p. 98, and glossary sub. v. wredeld. finn. magn, 608 elements. fruit-trees or nets fumigated with it became the more productive of fruit or fish. on this fumigation with vriden eld, and on driving the cattle out over such smoke, conf. superst. swed. 89. 108. we can see that the purposes to which needfire was applied must have been far more numerous in heathen times: in germany we find but a fragment of it in use for diseased cattle, but the superstitious practice of girls kindling nine sorts of wood on christmas eve (sup. i, 955) may

f needfire themselves, point back to a high antiquity. the wheel seems to be an emblem of the sun, whence light and fire proceed; i think it likely that it was provided with nine 1 nee tu aliud vestam quam vivam intellige flammam, ov. fast. 6, 295. 2 ace. to the finnish myth, the fire created by the gods falls on the sea in balls, it is swallowed by a salmon, and men afterwards find it inside the fish when caught. runes pp. 6-22. 3 philostr. heroic, pp. 740. welcker s trilogie, pp. 247-8. 4 acta sanctor, calend. febr. p. 112". 612 elements. spokes: thet niugenspetze fial survives in the frisian laws, those nine oaken spindles whose friction against the nave produced fire signify the nine spokes standing out of the nave, and the same sacred number turns up again in the nine kinds of woo

tail in his mouth, admit ting none into the room unless they brought him food, and he required an ox at every meal. then it was proclaimed, that whoever slew him should get the maiden for his bride, and as much gold as lay under the dragon, for her dowry. it was ragnar lodbrok that subdued this dragon, fornald. sog. 1, 237-8. the rapid growth of the worm has a startling similarity to that of the fish, p. 578. but, beside the hoarded gold which the heroes carry off as prize, the adventure brings them other advantages: eating the dragon s heart gives one a knowledge of beasts language, and painting oneself with his blood hardens the skin against all injury. both features enter deeply into the legend of siegfried (see suppl. l nearly all of this has its counterpart in the beliefs of other na

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90.]i had been looking in the crystal one evening for a long time without having a vision. before i left off, i asked the spirit of the crystal, very earnestly, when i could have a vision, for it was so very wearisome to look and to anticipate, and then be disappointed. this message immediately came 'procure a glass vessel a foot deep, flat inside, and six inches square; fill it with water from a fish-pond; let the neck of the vessel be sufficiently large to admit your three fingers. cut the middle finger of your left hand, and having put a strip of paper round the outsideofthe middle of the bottle, write with the blood of the finger you have cut, this one name..paste this stripofpaper round the bottle, and then insert the finger you have cut and two other fingers into the neck, and from i

nt says 'a thing is worth what it willfetch'.if his arcandam? is a good copy it is worth10/-as it is aflareblack letter on arabian astrology but obsolete as far as our modern practiceextends-mycopy cost me12/6some30yearstinee.his agrippa' is far too dear. i see out of the catalogue you'intme i have got about24360worth of his books, you will see ihivemarked mine with little dots. millard is an odd fish to deal with and of very few words, but 'telling him i have been nearly50years a collector and naming (lome of his oldcustomersand acquaintances we got quite 'micable. i then learned that his crystal ball is a 'standing dish'inhis catalogue&when he has one ordered he sends to my[friendslater who charges him243x-ii-6a piece, and then sells ,them at2-2-0.the'key' millard sold me was taken out o

me down to my place&after looking more than half an hour very intently, the crystal getting fogged and suffused-:with red lines which he attributed to the strain on his optic nerves. i begged him to leave off as i was afraid he would strain his eyes. whilstdrd.andi were talking about the book chev. had just publishedc.said that the crystal appeared full of sea water rushing about, and presently a fish swimming and dartingabout-drd. asked 'isn't that imagination' to which chevallier replied 'imagination no, how can it be imagination. i can distinguish the white line down the dorsal fin, it is a speciesofcarp' after a little while he had a vision of a human form lying in the sand at the bottom of the water with a thin light vapory form rising from its head and[illegible]as it were being draw

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stablishment of the ennead can stand for the creation of the whole pantheon of deities. other deities were said to come into existence through words spoken by the creator or from substances exuded from his/her body, such as saliva, sweat, or blood. now that a world existed, it could be inhabited by the whole range of beings conceived of by the creator. these included all manner of animals, birds, fish, and reptiles which are on the back of geb. in addition to these, there was god s herd humanity. the creation of humanity. the creation of humanity does not occupy a central position in egyptian myth. some creation accounts omit humans altogether. they are only mentioned in passing in the memphite theology, listed between gods and cattle (a term covering all animals. the egyptians sometimes d

ace. isis stayed in the palace for a while in disguise before declaring herself and demanding the pillar containing her husband s coffin. she brought the coffin back to the delta, but one night typhon found it. he tore the body into fourteen parts and scattered them throughout egypt. isis searched for the parts and buried each in the place where she found it. the penis of osiris had been eaten by fish, so she had to replace this with a model.36 some parts of plutarch s narrative have few parallels in egyptian sources, but from the pyramid texts onward, isis is presented as a grieving wife searching the country for her murdered husband. isis is usually helped by her sister, nephthys, and both goddesses may take bird form to carry out the search. when isis finds the body or its parts, she re

ow horus as a naked child triumphing over all kinds of dangerous creatures. some of these creatures, such as the oryx (a species of desert-dwelling antelope, were particularly associated with seth. in a few magical texts it is the foolishness or greed of the young horus that is to blame for his plight. in one spell, the young god suffers from a terrible stomachache after naughtily eating a sacred fish and has to appeal to his mother for help.38 horus is still an impetuous youth when he takes up the struggle to avenge the death of his father and gain the crown of egypt. the struggles of horus and seth. some sources give seth a reign of hundreds of years; others imply an interregnum, during which seth and horus struggle to establish who is fit to rule egypt. seth is consis- mythical time lin

e ancient myth about seth losing his testicles. 37. this is a role that could be of great significance in egyptian culture, particularly among royalty, who were often raised by foster mothers. many writers have noted parallels between the myth of horus in chemmis and the story of moses being hidden in a floating basket among the rushes and then given to his own mother to wet nurse. 38. the sacred fish was probably the one that helped to guide the sun barque through the rivers of the underworld. for a translation of this spell, see number 49 in j. f. borghouts, ancient egyptian magical texts (leiden, 1978. 39. h. te velde argues in seth, god of confusion (leiden, 1977) that the eye of horus was damaged because of sexual activity between horus and seth but that through the intervention of ot

language of the baboons. in funerary symbols and religion, edited by j. h. kamistra et al. kampen, netherlands: 1988, 129 137. primary sources: bd 15, 100, 126; ad 1st hour; kasp; solar hymns; petese; eofs banebdjedet (banebdjed) a ram god associated with the town of mendes (djedet, banebdjedet was the northern equivalent of the god khnum. his sacred animal was a ram or a goat. his consort was a fish or dolphin goddess called hatmehyt (foremost of the fishes, who seems to have been the original local deity of mendes. as the word for ram (ba) and the word for soul or manifestation sounded the same in egyptian, ram gods were often regarded as manifestations of other deities. banebdjedet could be shown with four rams heads representing the four bas of the creator sun god. this linked banebdj

ird body could be that of a stork, a vulture, or a hawk. a sequence of spells in the book of the dead allows the ba to transform itself into a falcon, a heron, a swallow, or the legendary benu bird (phoenix. the dead also aspired to join the imperishable stars of the northern sky, which were sometimes pictured as swallows. in one myth, ra devours all the other deities. he vomits them out again as fish, but they change into birds and fly up to the heavens to become stars. see also amun; anti; benu bird; eye of horus; horus; isis; primeval mound; sokar; sopdu; thoth; two ladies references and further reading: e. hornung. body and soul. in idea into image: essays on ancient egyptian thought. translated by elizabeth bredeck. princeton: 1992, 167 184. p. f. houlihan. the birds of ancient egypt

ns. istanbul: 1972. b. lesko. hathor, goddess of love. in the great goddesses of egypt. norman, ok: 1999, 81 129. g. pinch. votive offerings to hathor. oxford: 1994. primary sources: pt 303, 534, 705; ct 334, 482 484, 497 500, 588; bd 39, 103, 170; ad; bhc; h&s; pv; edfu calendar; dendara calendar; p. carlsberg 180 hatmehyt hatmehyt was a delta goddess shown as a woman with a dolphin or a schilbe fish on her head. see also banebdjedet heh gods the heh gods were the gods of twilight who helped shu to support the sky. a single heh god was the hieroglyphic sign for millions of years or infinity. see also baboons; ogdoad of hermopolis; shu and tefnut heka (hika) heka was the god of magic as a creative force. see also sia and hu heqet (heqat, hekat) heqet was a frog goddess who helped women to

above the earth, nut s limbs began to shake, so the eight heh gods were created to support her. nut was particularly associated with the night sky, and some scholars have identified her with the milky way. in the pyramid texts, it is nut who draws the dead king up to the heavens to live again as a star. the sky was often thought of as a watery region in which the stars and planets might swim like fish or sail in boats. in the day, the sun god sailed along the sea below the belly of nut. each evening, the sun god was swallowed by nut and passed through a perilous inner sky inside her. at dawn, nut gave birth to the sun, her blood turning the sky red. at the same time she would be swallowing the moon and the stars to give birth to them again at dusk. this violent imagery may have given rise

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in peace in sekhet--winds for the nostrils" the second division contains scenes p. 45 click to view sekhet-hetepet (papyrus of ani, british museum, no. 10,740, sheet 32. p. 47 of' reaping and treading out of corn, but only three pools of water instead of four. in the third division we see an! ploughing the land by the side of a stream of untold length and breadth, which is said to contain neither fish nor worms. it is important to note that this division is described as sekhet-aanru. the eyot which represents the birthplace of the god of the city has no title, and the larger island, which is separated from it by a very narrow strip of ground, contains a flight of steps, but no gods. in the left-hand corner is a place which is described as "the seat of the spirits, who are seven cubits in h

. lef bure has pointed out, it is actually so represented in the tomb of rameses vi. in the babylonian legend of the fight between marduk and tiamat, the great she-monster of the deep, the god is made to provide himself with a net with which to entangle her feet. in the book of the dead (chapter cliii. b) we read of the net anqet, and in the vignette we see three apes working it, and securing the fish which are caught inside it. as apep was a monster of the deep, to make use of nets in his capture was a wise decision on the part of the friends of afu-ra. click to view the apes working the net. having taken up their positions for attacking apep the men with the harpoons work the rope which is attached to am, the goddesses and the apes shake out p. 185 their rope nets over their heads, and r

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any man, whether he be learned or not, consider himself so great as to despise other men, he is like a blind man holding a candle-blind himself, he illumines others -ooo- on the source of the human soul q. how, then, do you account for man being endowed with a spirit and soul? whence these? a. from the universal soul. certainly not bestowed by a personal god. whence the moist element in the jelly-fish? from the ocean which surrounds it, in which it lives and breathes and has its being, and whither it returns when dissolved. q. so you reject the teaching that soul is given, or breathed into man, by god? a. we are obliged to. the "soul" spoken of in genesis is, as therein stated, the "living soul" or nephesh (the vital, animal soul) with which god (we say "nature" and immutable law) endows m

izing in seance rooms with mediums? a. it is this nonentity. a true nonentity, however, only as to reasoning or cogitating powers, still an entity, however astral and fluidic, as shown in certain cases when, having been magnetically and unconsciously drawn toward a medium, it is revived for a time and lives in him by proxy, so to speak. this "spook" or the kamarupa, may be compared with the jelly-fish, which has an ethereal gelatinous appearance so long as it is in its own element, or water (the medium's specific aura, but which, no sooner is it thrown out of it, than it dissolves in the hand or on the sand, especially in sunlight. in the medium's aura, it lives a kind of vicarious life and reasons and speaks either through the medium's brain or those of other persons present. but this wou

esterday a big hamper of wild flowers. i thought some of my east-end family had a better right to it than i, and so i took it down to a very poor school in whitechapel this morning. you should have seen the pallid little faces brighten! thence i went to pay for some dinners at a little cookshop for some children. it was in a back street, narrow, full of jostling people; stench indescribable, from fish, meat, and other food, all reeking in a sun that, in whitechapel, festers instead of purifying. the cookshop was the quintessence of all the smells. indescribable meat-pies at 1d, loathsome lumps of 'food' and swarms of flies, a very altar of beelzebub! all about, babies on the prowl for scraps, one, with the face of an angel, gathering up cherrystones as a light and nutritious form of diet

d prove that when the flesh of animals is assimilated by man as food, it imparts to him, physiologically, some of the characteristics of the animal it came from. moreover, occult science teaches and proves this to its students by ocular demonstration, showing also that this "coarsening" or "animalizing" effect on man is greatest from the flesh of the larger animals, less for birds, still less for fish and other cold-blooded animals, and least of all when he eats only vegetables. page 120 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt q. then he had better not eat at all? a. if he could live without eating, of course it would. but as the matter stands, he must eat to live, and so we advise really earnest students to eat such food as will least clog and weight their brains and bodies, and will have

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nal use of the weapon did not enhance his popularity amongst the owners of canine guardians. the few callers at the house would often find lavinia alone on the ground floor, while odd cries and footsteps resounded in the boarded-up second storey. she would never tell what her father and the boy were doing up there, though once she turned pale and displayed an abnormal degree of fear when a jocose fish-pedlar tried the locked door leading to the stairway. that pedlar told the store loungers at dunwich village that he thought he heard a horse stamping on that floor above. the loungers reflected, thinking of the door and runway, and of the cattle that so swiftly disappeared. then they shuddered as they recalled tales of old whateley's youth, and of the strange things that are called out of th

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

g. the older fellows look the worst- fact is, i don't believe i've ever seen a very old chap of that kind. guess they must die of looking in the glass! animals hate 'em- they used to have lots of horse trouble before the autos came in "nobody around here or in arkham or ipswich will have anything to do with 'em, and they act kind of offish themselves when they come to town or when anyone tries to fish on their grounds. queer how fish are always thick off innsmouth harbour when there ain't any anywhere else around- but just try to fish there yourself and see how the folks chase you off! those people used to come here on the railroad- walking and taking the train at rowley after the branch was dropped- but now they use that bus "yes, there's a hotel in innsmouth- called the gilman house- but

"that plague of '46 must have taken off the best blood in the place. anyway, they're a doubtful lot now, and the marshes and other rich folks are as bad as any. as i told you, there probably ain't more'n 400 people in the whole town in spite of all the streets they say there are. i guess they're what they call 'white trash' down south- lawless and sly, and full of secret things. they get a lot of fish and lobsters and do exporting by truck. queer how the fish swarm right there and nowhere else "nobody can ever keep track of these people, and state school officials and census men have a devil of a time. you can bet that prying strangers ain't welcome around innsmouth. i've heard personally of more'n one business or government man that's disappeared there, and there's loose talk of one who w

he significance of the later record was unmistakable. after the civil war air industrial life was confined to the marsh refining company, and the marketing of gold ingots formed the only remaining bit of major commerce aside from the eternal fishing. that fishing paid less and less as the price of the commodity fell and large-scale corporations offered competition, but there was never a dearth of fish around innsmouth harbour. foreigners seldom settled there, and there was some discreetly veiled evidence that a number of poles and portuguese who had tried it had been scattered in a peculiarly drastic fashion. most interesting of all was a glancing reference to the strange jewelry vaguely associated with innsmouth. it had evidently impressed the whole countryside more thin a little, for men

s were fabulous monsters of abhorrent grotesqueness and malignity- half ichthyic and half batrachian in suggestion- which one could not dissociate from a certain haunting and uncomfortable sense of pseudomemory, as if they called up some image from deep cells and tissues whose retentive functions are wholly primal and awesomely ancestral. at times i fancied that every contour of these blasphemous fish-frogs was over-flowing with the ultimate quintessence of unknown and inhuman evil. in odd contrast to the tiara's aspect was its brief and prosy history as related by miss tilton. it had been pawned for a ridiculous sum at a stop in state street in 1873, by a drunken innsmouth man shortly afterward killed in a brawl. the society had acquired it directly from the pawnbroker, at once giving it

the structure, and seemed to have a tendency to curl closely into the huge palm. as he walked toward the bus i observed his peculiarly shambling gait and saw that his feet were inordinately immense. the more i studied them the more i wondered how he could buy any shoes to fit them. a certain greasiness about the fellow increased my dislike. he was evidently given to working or lounging around the fish docks, and carried with him much of their characteristic smell. just what foreign blood was in him i could not even guess. his oddities certainly did not look asiatic, polynesian, levantine or negroid, yet i could see why the people found him alien. i myself would have thought of biological degeneration rather than alienage. i was sorry when i saw there would be no other passengers on the bus

cy. this, i knew, must be devil reef. as i looked, a subtle, curious sense of beckoning seemed superadded to repulsion; and oddly enough, i found this overtone more disturbing than the primary impression. we met no one on the road, but presently began to pass deserted farms in varying stages of ruin. then i noticed a few inhabited houses with rags stuffed in the broken windows and shells and dead fish lying about the littered yards. once or twice i saw listless-looking people working in barren gardens or digging clams on the fishy-smelling beach below, and groups of dirty, simian-visaged children playing around weed-grown doorsteps. somehow these people seemed more disquieting than the dismal buildings, for almost every on. had certain peculiarities of face and motions which i instinctivel

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d see, and in which my boat lay grounded some distance away. though one might well imagine that my first sensation would be of wonder at so prodigious and unexpected a transformation of scenery, i was in reality more horrified than astonished; for there was in the air and in the rotting soil a sinister quality which chilled me to the very core. the region was putrid with the carcasses of decaying fish, and of other less describable things which i saw protruding from the nasty mud of the unending plain. perhaps i should not hope to convey in mere words the unutterable hideousness that can dwell in absolute silence and barren immensity. there was nothing within hearing, and nothing in sight save a vast reach of black slime; yet the very completeness of the stillness and the homogeneity of th

sed, the ground lost some of its stickiness, and seemed likely to dry sufficiently for travelling purposes in a short time. that night i slept but little, and the next day i made for myself a pack containing food and water, preparatory to an overland journey in search of the vanished sea and possible rescue. on the third morning i found the soil dry enough to walk upon with ease. the odour of the fish was maddening; but i was too much concerned with graver things to mind so slight an evil, and set out boldly for an unknown goal. all day i forged steadily westward, guided by a far-away hummock which rose higher than any other elevation on the rolling desert. that night i encamped, and on the following day still travelled toward the hummock, though that object seemed scarcely nearer than whe

p my boat in mid-ocean. in my delirium i had said much, but found that my words had been given scant attention. of any land upheaval in the pacific, my rescuers knew nothing; nor did i deem it necessary to insist upon a thing which i knew they could not believe. once i sought out a celebrated ethnologist, and amused him with peculiar questions regarding the ancient philistine legend of dagon, the fish-god; but soon perceiving that he was hopelessly conventional, i did not press my inquiries. it is at night, especially when the moon is gibbous and waning, that i see the thing. i tried morphine; but the drug has given only transient surcease, and has drawn me into its clutches as a hopeless slave. so now i am to end it all, having written a full account for the information or the contemptuou

HP LOVECRAFT THE BEAST IN THE CAVE

yet at brief and infrequent intervals i fancied that but two feet were engaged in the process of locomotion. i wondered what species of animal was to confront me; it must, i thought, be some unfortunate beast who had paid for its curiosity to investigate one of the entrances of the fearful grotto with a life-long confinement in its interminable recesses. it doubtless obtained as food the eyeless fish, bats and rats of the cave, as well as some of the ordinary fish that are wafted in at every freshet of green river, which communicates in some occult manner with the waters of the cave. i occupied my terrible vigil with grotesque conjectures of what alteration cave life might have wrought in the physical structure of the beast, remembering the awful appearances ascribed by local tradition to

HP LOVECRAFT THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH

g. the older fellows look the worst- fact is, i don't believe i've ever seen a very old chap of that kind. guess they must die of looking in the glass! animals hate 'em- they used to have lots of horse trouble before the autos came in "nobody around here or in arkham or ipswich will have anything to do with 'em, and they act kind of offish themselves when they come to town or when anyone tries to fish on their grounds. queer how fish are always thick off innsmouth harbour when there ain't any anywhere else around- but just try to fish there yourself and see how the folks chase you off! those people used to come here on the railroad- walking and taking the train at rowley after the branch was dropped- but now they use that bus "yes, there's a hotel in innsmouth- called the gilman house- but

"that plague of '46 must have taken off the best blood in the place. anyway, they're a doubtful lot now, and the marshes and other rich folks are as bad as any. as i told you, there probably ain't more'n 400 people in the whole town in spite of all the streets they say there are. i guess they're what they call 'white trash' down south- lawless and sly, and full of secret things. they get a lot of fish and lobsters and do exporting by truck. queer how the fish swarm right there and nowhere else "nobody can ever keep track of these people, and state school officials and census men have a devil of a time. you can bet that prying strangers ain't welcome around innsmouth. i've heard personally of more'n one business or government man that's disappeared there, and there's loose talk of one who w

he significance of the later record was unmistakable. after the civil war air industrial life was confined to the marsh refining company, and the marketing of gold ingots formed the only remaining bit of major commerce aside from the eternal fishing. that fishing paid less and less as the price of the commodity fell and large-scale corporations offered competition, but there was never a dearth of fish around innsmouth harbour. foreigners seldom settled there, and there was some discreetly veiled evidence that a number of poles and portuguese who had tried it had been scattered in a peculiarly drastic fashion. most interesting of all was a glancing reference to the strange jewelry vaguely associated with innsmouth. it had evidently impressed the whole countryside more thin a little, for men

fs were fabulous monsters of abhorrent grotesqueness and malignity-half ichthyic and half batrachian in suggestion-which one could not dissociate from a certain haunting and uncomfortable sense of pseudomemory, as if they called up some image from deep cells and tissues whose retentive functions are wholly primal and. awesomely ancestral. at times i fancied that every contour of these blasphemous fish-frogs was over-flowing with the ultimate quintessence of unknown and inhuman evil. in odd contrast to the tiara's aspect was its brief and prosy history as related by miss tilton. it had been pawned for a ridiculous sum at a stop in state street in 1873, by a drunken innsmouth man shortly afterward killed in a brawl. the society had acquired it directly from the pawnbroker, at once giving it

the structure, and seemed to have a tendency to curl closely into the huge palm. as he walked toward the bus i observed his peculiarly shambling gait and saw that his feet were inordinately immense. the more i studied them the more i wondered how he could buy any shoes to fit them. a certain greasiness about the fellow increased my dislike. he was evidently given to working or lounging around the fish docks, and carried with him much of their characteristic smell. just what foreign blood was in him i could not even guess. his oddities certainly did not look asiatic, polynesian, levantine or negroid, yet i could see why the people found him alien. i myself would have thought of biological degeneration rather than alienage. i was sorry when i saw there would be no other passen-gers on the bu

cy. this, i knew, must be devil reef. as i looked, a subtle, curious sense of beckoning seemed superadded to repulsion; and oddly enough, i found this overtone more disturbing than the primary impression. we met no one on the road, but presently began to pass deserted farms in varying stages of ruin. then i noticed a few inhabited houses with rags stuffed in the broken windows and shells and dead fish lying about the littered yards. once or twice i saw listless-looking people working in barren gardens or digging clams on the fishy-smelling beach below, and groups of dirty, simian-visaged children playing around weed-grown doorsteps. somehow these people seemed more disquieting than the dismal buildings, for almost every on. had certain peculiarities of face and motions which i in-stinctive

uthwest. lamps were depressingly few and small- all low-powered incandescents- and i was glad that my plans called for departure before dark, even though i knew the moon would be bright. the buildings were all in fair condition, and included perhaps a dozen shops in current operation; of which one was a grocery of the first national chain, others a dismal restaurant, a drug store, and a wholesale fish-dealer's office, and still another, at the eastward extremity of the square near the river an office d the town's only industry- the marsh refining company. there were perhaps ten people visible, and four or five automobiles and motor trucks stood scattered about i did not need to be told that this was the civic centre of innsmouth. eastward i could catch blue glimpses of the harbour, against

were derived. several non-native residents had reported monstrous glimpses from time to time, but between old zadok's tales and the malformed inhabitants it was no wonder such illusions were current none of the non-natives ever stayed out late at night, there being a widespread impression that it was not wise to do so. besides, the streets were loathsomely dark. as for business- the abundance of fish was certainly almost uncanny, but the natives were taking less and less advantage of it. moreover, prices were falling and competition was growing. of course the town's real business was the refinery, whose commercial office was on the square only a few doors east of where we stood. old man marsh was never seen, but sometimes went to the works in a closed, curtained car. there were all sorts

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s. in its wide halls many multitudes assemble, and here hang the trophies of the ages. and the roof is of pure gold, set upon tall pillars of ruby and azure, and having such carven figures of gods and heroes that he who looks up to those heights seems to gaze upon the living olympus. and the floor of the palace is of glass, under which flow the cunningly lighted waters of the narg, gay with gaudy fish not known beyond the bounds of lovely cathuria. thus would i speak to myself of cathuria, but ever would the bearded man warn me to turn back to the happy shore of sona-nyl; for sona-nyl is known of men, while none hath ever beheld cathuria. and on the thirty-first day that we followed the bird, we beheld the basalt pillars of the west. shrouded in mist they were, so that no man might peer be

HUEBNER LOUISE WITCHCRAFT FOR ALL WICCA 04

ay to a man's heart is through his stomach, the saying goes, but mix in a little witchcraft just to be sure. witches know that if you add melissa officionalis (lemon balm) to your fellow's bath, his straying will stop; he'll stay where he oughter; and a bit of anise added to the cake makes any tired old lover turn into a rake. figs, dates and eggs are supposed to be the sexiest foods. oysters and fish, too. fish is very high in vitamin e, which may have some effect on sexual activity. when a man is having difficulty getting a woman pregnant, doctors often advise increasing the vitamin e intake for her and the man, so there must be something vital in it. the chinese eat seahorse, and they consider this the ultimate stimulant for sexual desire and potency. as for beverages, use your imaginat

knows, perhaps the strange things are not inexplicable, perhaps they could happen to everybody, except that most people are not attuned to the sixth sense, the extra sense, the way witches are. whenever there is an unusual happening in my life, i try to explain it to myself in terms of psychic energy. somehow out in the air that separates, and yet connects, all human beings, like water links all fish to one another, something is able to travel between us. we don't know enough about the nature of energy and the power of the mind to refute this possibility, and the sometimes amazing cases of extra sensory perception that occur and which scientists have verified, speak volumes in favour of the strange phenomena. the thing that most persuades me to adopt this theory of the existence of anothe

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

people already deceased. i will pay particular attention to this theme to avoid many errors and enable everyone to sift the chaff from the wheat. as soon as a human being leaves behind the mortal frame, it is at once in the fourth state of aggregation, usually called the world beyond. without any mediating substance, it is impossible for a being to operate on our tri-dimensional sphere, just as a fish cannot swim without water. the same thing prevails upon beings already passed away to the world beyond. remembering, praising, mourning the deceased, any memory of or tribute to them will create and enliven imaginary pictures of the dead, which as a result of frequent repetition have a rather long duration of life. we call these pictures, created by the living ones, phantoms. it is this kind

more about this theme, since the magician will convince himself. here as well the rule goes that nobody must ever address one of the mermaids first, but he has to wait until the being starts talking or asking him questions about something. from the intelligent leaders the magician can learn such a lot about the water element that he could write books himself. he gets information about the life of fish, about the different water plants, the stones below the water and about other magic tricks related to the water element. but beware of the beauty of these beings! the magician is seriously warned not to fall madly in love with a mermaid and not to lose his balance. a love like this could become fateful to him. that does not exactly mean that he is not allowed to have fun with the mermaids. he

IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY

ld continued in a most terrible paroxysm; whereupon they sent for the minister, who scarce had laid his hand upon her when she was turned by the demon in the most dreadful shapes. she began first to rowl herself about, then to vomit needles, pins, hairs, feathers, bottoms of thread, pieces of glass, window-nails, nails drawn out of a cart or coach-wheel, an iron knife about a span long, eggs, and fish-shells p. 196 and when the witch came near the place, or looked to the house, though at the distance of two hundred paces from where the child was, she was in worse torment, insomuch that no life was expected from the child till the witch was removed to some greater distance. the witch was apprehended, condemned, strangled, and burnt, and was desired to undo the incantation immediately before

ISIS UNVEILED

the neces- sity which it involved of being well acquainted with the dead languages naturally limited the number of students' besides there was less popular need for it so long as people could not replace the christian orthodoiqr by something more tan^ble. it is one of the moat un- deniable facts of psychology, that the average man can as little exist out of a religious element of some kind, as a fish out of the water. the voice of truth "a voice stronger than the voice of mighty thun- derings" speaks to the inner man in the nineteenth century of the christian era, as it spoke in the corresponding century b. c. it is a useless and unprofitable task to offer to humanity the choice between a future life and annihilation. the only chance that remains for those friends of human progress who se

ome antichrists if allowed to grow up to maturity, the fact would seem far less deploraue than the discoveries made in so many convents when the foundations have been removed for some reason. if the assertion of luther is to be disbelieved on account c^ bis hatred for wpery, then we may name dis- coveries of the same character made quite recently in austrian and rusnan poland. luther* speaks of a fish-pond at rome, situated near a convent of nuns, which, having been cleared out by order of pope gregory, disclosed at the bottom over six thousand infant skulls; and a nunnery at neinburg in austria, whose foundations when searched dis- closed the same relics of celibacy and chastity! 120. vd. i, p. 300. digitizecoy google the bloody record of torquehaoa so eedena mm noou sanguintm! meekly rep

and in the desert, after her last marriage, as barumm medjouyi, had a talisman in her possession, presented to her by a 'druze[*hamza-ite] from mount lebanon. it was recognised by a certain sign on its left cor- ner to belong to that class of gems known in palestine as 'mesaianie' amulets of the second or third century, b.c. it is a green stone of a pen- tagonal form; at the bottom is engraved a fish; higher, solomon's seal* 65s. dagoba ii a niull temple of lobular fonn, in which are preoerved the relics of gautama. 659. prachtdai are buildings of all naes and foniu; like our mauaoleunu, and are taoed to *otive offeringi to the dead. 660. tbe tumndiiuc recorda daim that, after baring been hanged, he was lapidated and buried under the water at thejjunction of two itreama. mukruui svuudrin

h fisk. the origin of the latter em- blem, which has so puzsled the archaeologists, thus becomes comprehen- sible. the whole secret lies in the easily- ascertained fact that, while in the kabala the king messiah b called 'interpreter' or revealer of the mystery, and shown to be the fifth emanation, in the tiumttd for reasons we will now explain the messiah is very often designated as *dao' or the fish. this is an inheritance from the chaldaeans, and relates as the very name indicates to the babylonian dagon, the man-fish, who was the instructor and interpreter of the people to whom he appeared. abarbanel explains the name, by stating that the sign of his (messiah's) coming "is the con- junction of saturn and jupiter in the sign puces* therefore, as the christians were intent upon identifyi

every imaginable kabahstic and pagan tenet, may be inferred from the language of clement of alexandria, addressed to his brother co-religionists. when they were debating upon the choice of the most appropriate symbol to remind them of jesus, clement advised them in the following words "let the engraving upon the gem of your ring be either a dose, or a skip running before the wind [the argha, or a fish* was the good father, when writing this sentence, laboring under the recollection of joshua, son of nun (called jesus in the greek and slavonian versions? or had he forgotten the real interpretation of these pagan symboup 663. king (tlui gno>tic0. l l edit) gives the figure of chrutimi symbol, wry tonunon during the middle agei, of three gohes idterlaced into a triangle, and having the nvz le

n during the middle agei, of three gohes idterlaced into a triangle, and having the nvz lettero (a moat racred pythagoread number) i x 8 t 2 engravedon it. the number five relates to the same kabalbtic computation. 601. paedagogu, iii, xi. digitizecoy google the hindc noachian legend 257 joshua, son of nun, or nave (nans, could have with perfect propriety adopted the image oi a thip, or even of a fish, for joshua means jesus, son of the fish-god; but it was really too hazardous to connect the emblems of venus, a^tarte, and all the hindo goddesses the argka, doce, and fiak with the' immaculate' birth of their god i this looks very much as if in the early days of christianity but little distinction was nude be- tween christ, bacchus, apouo, and the hindfi krishna, tlie incarnation of vishnu

h-god; but it was really too hazardous to connect the emblems of venus, a^tarte, and all the hindo goddesses the argka, doce, and fiak with the' immaculate' birth of their god i this looks very much as if in the early days of christianity but little distinction was nude be- tween christ, bacchus, apouo, and the hindfi krishna, tlie incarnation of vishnu, with whose first avatar this symbol of the fish originated. in the hari'purdna, in the bhdgavata-purdna, as well as in several other books, the god vishnu is shown as having assumed the form of a fish with a human head in order to reclaim the vedar lost during the deluge. having enabled vaivasvata to escape with all his tribe in the ark, vi^nu, pitying weak and ignorant humanity, remained with them for some time. it wa4 this god who taught

in order to reclaim the vedar lost during the deluge. having enabled vaivasvata to escape with all his tribe in the ark, vi^nu, pitying weak and ignorant humanity, remained with them for some time. it wa4 this god who taught them to build houses, culti- vate the land, and to thank the unknown deity whom he represented, by building temples and instituting a regular worship; and as he remained half-fish, half-man all the time, at every sunset he used to return to the ocean wherein he passed the night "it is be" says the sacred book "who taught men, aft the diluvi- um, all that was necessary for their hippinesa "one day he plunged into the water and returned no more, for the earth had covered itself again with vegetation, fruit, and cattle "but he had taught the brahmanas the secret of all th

JASMUHEEN THE FOOD OF GODS

divine nutrition prana power system. this means immediately stopping your consumption of red meat (as per the reasons discussed above and in greater detail in the ambassadors of light book the divine nutrition series) then when you are comfortable with this. in maybe 3 to 6 months. stop your consumption of all other animal or marine flesh. next after you have adjusted to the no meat or chicken or fish diet. in other words if it has a face don t eat it, then cease your consumption of all other animal derived products divine nutrition: the madonna frequency& the food of gods with jasmuheen 50 such as cheese, eggs, butter, honey etc. and become a vegan. for level 2 nourishment you may settle here but for those open to level 3 nourishment. next when you are comfortable with this go to raw food

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

armory ever saw; and those who are qualified to apprehend our hidden meaning will perhaps read correctly and perceive our end by the time that they have terminated this strange section of our history of rosicnicianism for to it it refers particularly. scarab ei, lucifera( light-bringers, luce, fleur-de- lis, lily, lucia, lucy, lux, lu+)x. the luce is the old-fashioned name for the pike or jack a fish famous for the profuse generation of a certain insect, as some fishermen know full well. this once (incredible as it may seem) formed an object of worship, for the sake of the inexpressibly sublime things which it symbolised. although so mean in itself, and although so far off, this implied the beginning of all sublunary things. the bees of charlemagne, the bees of the empire in france, are s

the insignia of all faiths, and lurking amongst all religious buildings. on a phoenician coin, found at citium or cyprus, and engraved in higgins s celtic druids, p. 117, may be seen a cross and an animal resembling a hippocampus, both of which, or objects closely similar, appear on ancient sculptured stones in scotland. the same two things, a cross and a strange-looking animal, half mammal, half fish or reptile, but called by mr. hodgson, of newcastle-upon-tyne, a basilisk, appear together on a mitliraic sculptured slab of the roman period, found in the north of england. what is more remarkable still, the star and crescent, or sun and moon, also appear, the whole being enclosed in what has been called the fire-triangle, or triangle with its face upwards. 134 the rosicrucians. the builder

xvii. on the base of minerva's statue at sais, whom the egyptians regarded to be the same as isis, a goddess who bears so striking an analogy to the hind prakriti or nature, there was this inscription, i am everything that was, that is, that is to be. nor has mortal ever been able to discover what i am. plutarch de iside et osiride, s. ix. 350 the rosicrucians. madya, maithuna, and mudra, that is fish, flesh, wine, women, and certain charms or mystical gesticulations with the fingers. suitable muntrus, or incantations, are also indispensable, according to the end proposed, consisting of various seemingly unmeaning monosyllabic combinations of letters, of great imaginary efficacy* in many of the religious observances solitude is enjoined, but all the principal ceremonies culminate in the wo

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

stones at dhurmsalla, india, which were of "divers forms and sizes, many of which bore great resemblance to ordinary cannonballs, just discharged from engines of war" note that some of these dhurmsalla stones were spherical. spherical stones are most likely shaped by intelligence. it is further noted that, within a few months of the fall of the dhurmsalla "meteorite" there had been a fall of live fish at berares, a shower of red substance at furrackabad, a dark spot observed on the disc of the sun, an earthquake "an unnatural darkness of some duration" and a luminous appearance in the sky that looked like an aurora borealis. 1855: a series of explosions in the sky, fall of debris, slag, cinders, powder, discolored rain, reported at and near crieff, england. recurrence, in a localized area

are quoted in magazines of learning, substantiated by countless eyewitnesses and newspaper articles, contemporary with the falls. this is excluding, or course, the numerous ancient and biblical references. the latter, for the uninhibited thinker, are not difficult to allow. live things falling from the sky have been almost exclusively confined to sea life and lower forms: snails, worms, reptiles, fish, crabs, and a few insects. most of these have high reproductive rates, simple living habits, and require a minimum of attention to raise. in case someone is thinking "hoax" why was it, or would it be, confined to these lower forms? why not rabbits or groundhogs or cats? why snails, fish, worms? accepting as i do the veracity of the many reports of live things having fallen from the skies, i s

lligence and direction. an intelligence in space controlling either the collection, dissemination, or nurture of sea life, either for study or for food or both, is the only answer which satisfies all the elements of all the reports. let us scan but a few of the more dramatic of the falls. 58 1886: there was a shower of snails, during a heavy thunderstorm, in cornwall, england, on august 13. 1890: fish showered over montgomery county, california, on february 6. 1891: a great shower of fish took place at seymour, indiana. they were completely unknown and remain unidentified. this was august 8. 1892: at coalburg, alabama, on may 29, a tremendous shower of enormous eels took place. the eels were of a variety unknown in alabama, though somebody said he knew of such eels in the pacific ocean. th

uary 3. they were red worms varying from one to four inches in length. 1925: mr. c.j. grewar reported, on march 21, from uitenhage, transvaal, that on "the flats" about fifty miles from uitenhage he noted some springboks leaping and shaking themselves unaccountably. at a distance he could conceive of no explanation for such eccentricities. he investigated and found that a rain of little frogs and fish had pelted the springboks. mr. grewar heard that, sometime before, at the same place, there had been similar shower. it is interesting to note that this localized repetition; the yellow cloud over paderborn, germany, appears to have been an artificially created cloud which might well conceal a navigable structure. it makes us think again of someone opening a vast hydroponic tank in which muss

r heard that, sometime before, at the same place, there had been similar shower. it is interesting to note that this localized repetition; the yellow cloud over paderborn, germany, appears to have been an artificially created cloud which might well conceal a navigable structure. it makes us think again of someone opening a vast hydroponic tank in which mussels are grown. 1842: enormous numbers of fish were reported to have fallen at derby, england. 1873: a shower of frogs was reported during a rain storm in kansas city, missouri. the sky was exceptionally dark. 1877: it was reported that during the winter of 1876-77 at christiana, norway, worms were found crawling upon the ground. the worms could not have come up from the ground because the ground was completely frozen at the time and, too

udden appearances of plants in unexpected areas; a five and one-half foot alligator found frozen on the bank of rock river, janesville wisconsin; parakeets, one after another, appearing in scotland, these are all verified, substantiated reports. but, as we have pointed out, most of the falls of animal life have been reptilian, insect, or other low-grade life forms, especially of marine varieties. fish are among the highest types. there must be significance in this. are these things indicative of the eating habits of the beings that run space contraptions? or are they representative of the operators themselves? we almost drift into fantasy with the "tremendous red rain" in france, october 16-17, 1846. it is said that this rain was so vividly red and so blood-like that many persons in france

arks, quail, ducks, and water hens, some of them alive, fell at lyons, grenoble, and other places. chico, california, must be a crossroads for celestial phenomena. not only are there very extensive falls of stone in chico, but there have been other phenomena there. in the new york times, september 2, 1878, it was said that on august 20, 1878, according to the chico record, a great number of small fish fell from the sky, covering the roof of a store and falling in the streets and upon an area of several acres. perhaps the most important part of the observation is that the fell from a cloudless sky. hah! even yet they honor their heros of the great battle. 1917: a baton rouge correspondent to the philadelphia times reported that in the summer of 1896, into the streets of baton rouge, louisia

t the best that can be done in this instance is to point out that there has been a storm on the coast of florida. isn't there more than just a hint of intelligent action in the fall of these birds? especially such a heterogeneous collection of species from widely separated places of usual habitat which are not usually found flocking together? doesn't this smack of dumping, as in the many cases of fish, frogs, periwinkles, etc? i have seen reference to live birds which flew head-on into a locomotive, as though frightened into complete panic; also a group of starlings flying as though completely terror-stricken into suicidal collision in new york streets. what had they seen, or encountered? something real, but invisible to, or unnoticed 60 by man? have we some clues in the apparently unmater

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g of meat. we cannot deny the physical, psychological, and spiritual effect which all foods have. this effect may be described as the 'heaviness' factor of foods. various foods are so ranked in the chart, lighter to heavier. 1. lettuce and other greens. 2. fruits and most vegetables. 3. wheat, rice, and other grains. 4. nuts, beans, and other legumes. 5. cheese, dairy products, including eggs. 6. fish, seafood. 7. chicken, poultry. 8. beef, pork, other red meats. note that meats, especially red meats are the 'heaviest' foods. generally, foods which are harder to digest, or which are higher in protein are 'heavier' than those which are not. animal products are heavier than plants. foods high in carbohydrate (candy, bread, starch) are heavy. however, the 'heaviness' of foods is not directly

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ly shoulders. to me were there seven hundred concubines. they were more beautiful than loti or roses, their caresses softer than sinaean silks, their embraces warmer than furs from russia. my gardens were more verdant than the forests of brazil, more opulent than the sultan's or babylon's. they were most populous with cedar and ebon and boats made as swans plied the waters 5 of rivers filled with fish of silver scales that darted forth and back, faster than arrows. it was my custom to hunt there, upon a stallion of marble-white, so proud that i alone could ride the intemperate steed, seeking with lance and bow, camelopards, monoceri and other wonderful beasts that as the sun, of purest white, declined and blushed in the western sky i should feast on many wonderful meats, and drink wine, as

d heed to the speech of abbadon, some cursing his words as treachery and reviling him who spoke them, some bemoaned his speech and mourned his passing from their number, but others looked up, bright with new purpose and understanding and praised the courage of their brother with joyous hearts and silent lips. then from my brothers' midst, came another, a creature of bronze, his head was that of a fish upon the shoulders of a man and his hide was scaled and as hard as mountains. his eyes were like pearls, round and bright, pellucid, and he smelt of brine upon the wind, spray blown in from the oceans swells, stretching away to the sky. and he spoke with a voice of power these words to my less audacious brethren: 55 "behold me! know me! i am dagon, the lord of the seas. i know, as in your hea

in my spirit's yearning for something fine and worthy. many years did i wander in the dark and stony deeps, through that troglodyte domain of grottoes and caverns of wondrous size, filled with seas and floods, unlit by sun, but flowing down from the surface earth to water those deepest parts, blind and lightless, ever night. i, first and yet last, trod these hidden ways, bats and pale and eyeless fish i made my bread and meat. i saw such things as to confound dreamers, caves, miles high, with stony columns so vast and wide as to shame mountains and huge and ancient wyrms, with jaws so great as to stretch across the sky and, with a snap, consume creation, yet slumbering, long and deep, since that time when archons were still young, become half-stone in their primal sleep. what they dreamt o

y shoulders. 66 to me were there seven hundred concubines. they were more beautiful than loti or roses, their caresses softer than sinaean silks, their embraces warmer than furs from russia. my gardens were more verdant than the forests of brazil, more opulent than the sultan's or babylon's. they were most populous with cedar and ebon and boats made as swans plied the waters of rivers filled with fish of silver scales that darted forth and back, faster than arrows. it was my custom to hunt there, upon a stallion of marble-white, so proud that i alone could ride the intemperate steed, seeking with lance and bow, camelopards, monoceri and other wonderful beasts that as the sun, of purest white, declined and blushed in the western sky i should feast on many wonderful meats, and drink wine, as

d heed to the speech of abbadon, some cursing his words as treachery and reviling him who spoke them, some bemoaned his speech and mourned his passing from their number, but others looked up, bright with new purpose and understanding and praised the courage of their brother with joyous hearts and silent lips. then from my brothers' midst, came another, a creature of bronze, his head was that of a fish upon the shoulders of a man and his hide was scaled and as hard as mountains. 116 his eyes were like pearls, round and bright, pellucid, and he smelt of brine upon the wind, spray blown in from the oceans swells, stretching away to the sky. and he spoke with a voice of power these words to my less audacious brethren "behold me! know me! i am dagon, the lord of the seas. i know, as in your hea

in my spirit's yearning for something fine and worthy. many years did i wander in the dark and stony deeps, through that troglodyte domain of grottoes and caverns of wondrous size, filled with seas and floods, unlit by sun, but flowing down from the surface earth to water those deepest parts, blind and lightless, ever night. i, first and yet last, trod these hidden ways, bats and pale and eyeless fish i made my bread and meat. i saw such things as to confound dreamers, caves, miles high, with stony columns so vast and wide as to shame mountains and huge and ancient wyrms, with jaws so great as to stretch across the sky and, with a snap, consume creation, yet slumbering, long and deep, 117 since that time when archons were still young, become half-stone in their primal sleep. what they drea

sea's sky was vaulted stone, dark and distant, shadow-veiled from the eyes that sought it. the swell of its abysmal waters resounded in echo about the great chamber, its farther shore obscured by countless columns, straining beneath the depth of stone. so clear, the waters that the very bed of the ocean was apparent to my eyes, twisted by the refractions of the waves and shoals of white, eyeless fish swam and plumbed the waters' deeps. thus did i commend to myself to sit in meditation by those waters that i might perceive a path forward 128 from the circuitous meanderings of my troubled thought. there, by the sea without sun i sat, nourished by the flesh of blind fish, turning over and over in my mind many plans by which to progress my design and achieve that to which my soul was pledged

ad of rainbow hues. the household servants bowed low before the lord and bade him welcome to his house. yet when before such attentions had been pleasing to him now he perceived, distracted as he was, only mockery in their reverence and with scornful words banished them from his presence. now he went to his sons and consorts where they revelled in a courtyard set around a silver pool with darting fish, drinking wine and feasting on many meats, dancing to the music played by lutesmen, hidden from sight by crimson veils, conjuring phantom music that serenaded the heart with distant beauty, like a dream. now was noah seized up by a rage and he went amongst his family, casting wine and meats into the water, to the fishes 232 who dined well upon that night. screaming in his wrath, noah repriman

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exists in me. ask any tuna if it enjoys its own flesh. i doubt it would answer positively. i might tactlessly ask the tuna, but why aren t you enjoying it? when i take a bite of you, it tastes so good k and you have tons of tuna! if i were you, i d be in heaven. of course, we all know this is not a realistic dialogue, and not just because tuna don t speak english. we instinctively feel that tuna fish can t enjoy their own flesh, while humans can very much enjoy the taste of tuna. 46 kabbalah revealed why this human enjoyment of the taste of tuna? because we have a desire for it. the reason tuna fish can t enjoy their own flesh is that they have no desire for it. a specific desire to receive pleasure from a specific object is called a kli (vessel/tool, and reception of pleasure within the

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sed me to feel shame by thoughtlessly showing that you are the giver and i am the taker. host: i didn t show you that you re the taker and i m the giver. but the very fact that you ve received something from me without returning anything made you feel guilty, despite the fact that kindness is my nature. i want nothing more than to have you accept my food. i can t change that. for example: i raise fish. they don t care who feeds and nourishes them. i also tend to bob, my cat. he, too, couldn t care less whose hand fed him. but rex, my dog, does care. he will not take food from just anyone. narrator: people are built in such a way that there are some who receive without sensing that someone is giving to them, and they just take. some even steal with no remorse! but when people develop a sens

pleasure on the one hand, without perceiving myself as the taker? how can i neutralize the feeling within me that you are the giver and i m the taker? if there s a give-and-take situation, and it brings up this shame in me, what can i do to avoid it? perhaps you can act in such a way that i will not feel like the receiver! but that s possible only if i m unaware of your existence (just like your fish) or if i sensed you, but did not understand that you were giving to me (like a cat or an underdeveloped human. host (narrowing his eyes in concentration and speaking thoughtfully: i think there s a solution after all. perhaps you ll be able to find a way to neutralize the sensation of reception within you? guest (his eyes light up: oh, i ve got it! you ve always wanted to have me as your gues

summed up in being next to its owner, wherever he is. the magician was sad to see that a dog cannot reciprocate, even if he plays with him so well and goes everywhere with him. a dog cannot be his true friend, cannot appreciate what he does for it, does not comprehend his thoughts and desires, and how much effort he makes for it. but that was what the magician wanted. so he made other creatures: fish, fowl, mammals, all to no avail none of them understood him. it was very sad to be so alone. the magician sat and thought. he then realized that in order to have a true friend, he must be someone who would look for the magician, would want him very much, would be like the magician, able to love like him, understand him, resemble him, be his partner. partner? true friend- 220- attaining the wo

of our lives, we are forced to alter the external clothing of pleasure because of our increasing age or because of our community. there is no word in our vocabulary to define pleasure. instead, there are words describing the form, the garb, and the objects from which we receive pleasure: from food, from nature, from a toy. we describe our striving for pleasure according to its type, as in "i like fish" the preferred pleasure of those who study kabbalah can be determined by the question: is it kabbalah that is important to the person, or is it the one who gives the kabbalah? is kabbalah important because it emanates from the creator? is it the creator who is important, or is the- 310- attaining the worlds beyond observance of the spiritual laws and the reward ensuing from that observance, t

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ith the upper one. the characteristics of this world are no more than signs that there is no spirituality in them! man finds spirituality through his soul, which is a part of the upper world. if he feels it, he finds a link (spiritual coupling) with the upper world, with the creator. i s a l l o f n at u r e i n s i d e m e? q: i was always amazed by the versatility of the types of birds, plants, fish, etc. finally, in one of your lectures, i received understanding. it is all a result of the reciprocal penetration between the sefirot and the cooperation between them in the spiritual world. my question is: does man include everything within him, and how is it reflected in me? is it in the versatility of my emotions? a: what happens in one body, in one soul in the spiritual world, is divided

the reciprocal penetration between the sefirot and the cooperation between them in the spiritual world. my question is: does man include everything within him, and how is it reflected in me? is it in the versatility of my emotions? a: what happens in one body, in one soul in the spiritual world, is divided into many bodies within our own. for example, inside man there is a pharaoh, moses, birds, fish, everything around us and anything we can possibly imagine is within us. they exist in us in the form of spiritual forces, desires. t h e k a b b a l a h e x p e r i e n c e 400 each of these inner attributes also exists outside us, as a separate body, a different species and a different attribute. in fact, it would be more correct to say that i am the one who divides, through my emotions, th

as we love the creator. r e f l e c t i o n s a n d t h o u g h t s 403 q: will they clone people to harm mankind in the future? a: you don t have to be a prophet to say the simple truth: everything we do before we see the entire system of creation is only to harm us. it is only the wisdom of kabbalah that enables us to see it. v e g e t a r i a n i s m q: i have recently stopped eating meat and fish because i think that living creatures (those with a nervous system and a sensation of pain) shouldn t have to suffer just to serve as my food. but judaism permits eating fish and animals, and does not see anything negative in it (at least it does not forbid it. is there a profound meaning to eating meat that is hidden from me? a: the whole of nature, including all the upper and lower worlds

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gift from above that opens up all the secrets of the universe. c h a p t e r 3. 2 w h at d o e s k a b b a l a h d e a l w i t h? scientists have discovered that plants react differently when different people approach them. for example, if a certain person harms a certain plant, the plant will remember it, and if that person approaches it again, the plant will react with intensive internal waves. fish and animals also feel others in various ways. much like plants, when the creator is revealed to us, we can feel our surroundings, feel the other. that revelation occurs in the same senses in which we feel other people as ordinary people. that external sensation is absent in the inanimate nature, and exists only a little in plants. the science of kabbalah deals with man s revelation of the cre

good (genesis 1:20-21. when the attribute of bestowal water joins the attribute of reception earth it gives the attribute of reception many forms of reception. these different forms are the parts of creation that were made on the fifth day. pa r t s i x: g e n e s i s 325 the sixth day of creation and god said 'let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth (genesis 1:26. what does it mean to create man in our image after our likeness? it is said in the torah (genesis 1:27: in the image of god created he him. image (tzelem) is a part of bina that descends from it into the soul and gives it the properties of the creator. in other words, partzuf bina is the mecha

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worship appears to have centred round the feminine aspect of the deity already mentioned who, like isis amongst the egyptians and demeter amongst the later greeks, symbolized the creative power and fostering care of mother-nature. connected with her worship was the sacred tree, depicted in so many presentations of minoan shrines, while the deity herself was associated with the dove, the lion, the fish and the snake, typifying her dominion over air, earth, water and the fire within the earth. 230. as i have written above, the most sacred symbol in minoan worship was the double axe or labrys. this, mounted on a stone column, is found in the shrines of ancient crete, and when depicted on any object or building invariably denotes its sacred character (see plate i, 1 and plate iv, 1, following

sitory which, as evans says is in the shape alternately of flowers and buds, suggested by those of a pomegranate. further symbols familiar to freemasons are the frequently recurring sun and moon, shown in our illustration (plate vi, 2 and 3, following p. 50) on a bronze votive tablet from the psychro cave, and a gold ring from mycenae. with regard to the former evans says: 258. the tree, dove and fish, which here appear as the vehicles of divine possession, aptly symbolize her dominion of earth, air and sea. the triple group of sacral horns further emphasize the threefold aspect of the cult, which also explains the triple basin of the libation table. so, too, we see the pillar shrines of the goddess, like that of the knossian wall-painting, regularly divided into three compartments. 259. b

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ure reflects the now well-understood magical idea that sexuality is intertwined with magical power. however, it is one thing to merely state this as a fact, and quite another thing to experience this power for the first time. nowadays, all manner of sexual diversity is commonplace, and books on sexual magic are easy to come by. the reader should bear in mind that it was a very different kettle of fish in the mid-fifties. however, i would not like to give the impression that the focus of the brotherhood was merely a venue for sexual orgia. the brotherhood s satanic ethos focused on the necessity of untangling oneself from the bindings of christian culture. since open and free sexual behaviour which is pleasurable, rather than merely procreative, has been for centuries castigated and demoniz

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local minister,who seems to have been the ultimate source of these accusations, had even prompted the children to act out their abuse. these rituals supposedly included having rats bite the children during sexual acts in which devil clothes were worn. it was later discovered that much of the imagery used describe the abuse such as the children s statements about being black mass 27 tortured with fish hooks was taken from the popular horror films hellraiser and children of the corn. one of the accused was later quoted on the ontario consultants for religious tolerance website as observing that, those were two of the films, along with a cartoon where characters are seen bowing down before a kind of god, which the alleged victims have seen. it seems a lot of what was said in statements was c

hunger. i caused no one to weep. 80 end of days i did not murder. i caused no man misery. i did not decrease the offering of the gods. i did not commit adultery. i did not diminish the grain measure. i did not diminish the land measure. i did not deflect the index of the scales. i did not take milk from the mouth of the child. i did not report evil of a servant to his master. i did not catch the fish in their pools. i am purified four times (book of the dead, ch. 125, in nigosian 1990, 30 31) after the talking was done, the heart of the deceased was placed 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 t

ations had little impact, he unexpectedly fell into a comalike state that the shawnees interpreted as death. however, before the funeral arrangements could be completed, he revived, to the amazement of his tribesmen. considerably more amazing were the revelations he had received during his deathlike trance. tenskwatawa had been permitted to view heaven, a rich, fertile country, abounding in game, fish, pleasant hunting grounds and fine corn fields. but he had also witnessed sinful shawnee spirits being tortured according to the degree of their wickedness, with drunkards (one of tenskwatawa s principal vices) being forced to swallow molten lead. overwhelmed by the power of his vision, tenskwatawa abandoned his old ways. more revelations followed in succeeding months, revelations that eventu

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wh hod splendour twaxb \yhla 9* dwsy yesod foundation yj la ydc 10* rwklm malkuth kingdom ]lm ynda 11 [la aleph ox hwhy 12 tib beth house (8) hgwbza 13 lmg gimel camel (81 \yla (9) hd 14 tld daleth door (7) aha 15 hh h window 16 ww vau nail 17 yz zain sword 18 tyj cheth fence 19 tyf teth serpent 20 dvy yod hand 21 [k kaph palm (34) ba la (4) aba 22 dml lamed ox goad 23 \ym maim water la 24 wn nun fish 25 ]ms samekh prop 26 yu ayin eye 27 hp p mouth (65) ynda 28 ydx tzaddi fish-hook 29 [wq qoph back of head 30 cyr resh head (36) hla 31 yc shin tooth \yhla 32 wt tau tau (as egyptian (15) hy (3) ba 32 bis wt tau[ rah] ynda 31 bis yc shin. a a..a a [alga: hyha] hwchy table i (continued) 3 vi. the heavens of assiah. vii. english of col. vi. viii* orders of qliphoth. 0. 1 \ylglgh tycar rashith h

elican] acacia, bay, laurel, vine[[oak, gorse, ash, aswata] 7 iynx[[raven, all carrion birds] rose[[laurel] 8 hermaphrodite, jackal[[twin serpents, monoceros de astris] moly, anhalonium lewinii 9 elephant[[tortoise, toad [banyan, mandrake, damiana[[ginseng, yohimba] 1010 sphinx willow, lily, ivy[[pomegranate, all cereals] 11 eagle, man (cherub of d[[ox] aspen 12 swallow, ibis, ape[[twin serpents, fish, hybrids] vervain, herb mercury, major-lane, palm[[lime or linden] 13 dog[[stork, camel] almond, mugwort, hazel (as, moonwort, ranunculus[[alder, pomegranate] 14 sparrow, dove[[swan, sow, birds generally] myrtle, rose, clover[[fig, peach, apple] 15 ram, owl tiger lily, geranium[[olive] 16 bull (cherub of e[[all beasts of burden] mallow[[all giant trees] 17 magpie, hybrids[[parrot, zebra, peng

[[spider] aloe 23 eagle-snake-scorpion (cherub of c) lotus, all water plants 24 scorpio, beetle, crayfish or lobster, wolf[[all reptiles, shark, crablouse] cactus[[nettle, all poisonous plants] 25 centaur, horse, hippogriff, dog rush 26 goat, ass[[oyster] indian hemp, orchis root, thistle[[yohimba] 27 horse, bear, wolf[[boar] absinthe, rue 28 man or eagle (cherub of d, peacock [olive, cocoanut 29 fish, dolphin[[beetle, dog, jackal] unicellular organisms, opium[[mangrove] 30 lion, sparrowhawk[[leopard] sunflower, laural, heliotrop[[nut, galangal] 31 lion (cherub of b) red poppy, hibiscus, nettle[[all scarlet flowers] 32 crocodile ash, cypress, hellebore, yew, nightshade[[elm] 32 bis bull (cherub of e) oak, ivy[[cereals] 31 bis sphinx (if sworded and crowned) almond in flower table of corres

5 i 20 -30 shaulah, na aim (stars in pegasus, and baldah (no constellation) 26 j sa ad al-z bih (the slaughterer s luck, sa ad al-bal a (glutton s luck, and 0 -10 sa ad al sa ad (luck of lucks, stars in k) 28 k 10 -30 sa ad al-sa ad, sa;ad al-akhbiyah (luck of tents, and 0 -20 fargh the former (spout of the urn) 29 l 20 -30 fargh the former, fargh the latter (hind lip of urn, and rish a (navel of fish s belly) table vi 31 clxxv. hebrew letters. clxxvi. numerical value of col. clxxv. clxxvii* yetziratic attribution of col. clxxv. clxxvii* geomantic intelligences. clxxix. numbers printed on tarot trumps 11 a 1 d. 0 12 b 2# lapr raphael 1 13 g 3= layrbg gabriel 2 14 d 4$ lana anael 3 15 h 5 a ladyklm melchiadel 4 16 w 6 b ladwmsa asmodel 5 17 z 7 c layrbma ambriel 6 18 j 8 d layrwm muriel 7 1

ay-tree. 26. cinnamon. 11. cedar. 27. calamus. 12. palm-tree. 28. aromaticus. 13. ash. 29. pepper. 14. ivy. 30. frankincense. 15. vine. 31. sweet marjoram. 16. mint. 32. libanotis. among animals 1. lion. 5. boar. 2. crocodile. 6. bull. 3. spotted-wolf. 7. baboon. 4. ram. among birds 1. phoe nix. 5. cock. 2. eagle. 6. crow. 3. vulture. 7. hawk. 4. swan. among insects 1. glow-worm. 2. beetle. among fish 1. sea-calf. 4. star-fish. 2. shell-fish. 5. strombi. 3. pullus. 6. margar. among metals 1. gold. col. xl. aaron s breastplate is very doubtful; we advise reliance on columns stones and tribes, we having chosen stones on bases of physical analogy to signs, colours &c. col. xlii. the following table of sub-elemental perfumes is important: a of a ambergris. d of a the gall of the rukh. c of a o

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ation of them, and worship, delighting in them eagerly, and learning constantly from them, nourished by the milk of heir mystery, as it should be for all true men, did resist angrily the doctrine of that most holy man of god. and because (as it was written) he was a vowed virgin from his birth, and had no commerce with any in the way of carnality, i disabled his judgment herein, as if he, being a fish, had disallowed the flight of birds. but i, o my son, am not wholly ignorant of women, save as all mem must be in the limitation of their nature, for the number of my concubines is not notably or shamefully exceeded by that of the phases of he moon since my birth. many also have been my disciples in magick that were women; and (more also) i do owe, acknowledging the same with open gladness, t

LIBER CHANOKH

king of water! elohim tzabaoth! elohim of hosts! glory be to the ruach elohim which moved upon the face of the waters of creation! amen [make the invoking pentagram of spirit passive and pronounce these names: hyha alga hcoma [make the invoking pentagram of water and pronouce: l a. twabx \yhla] liber lxxxiv 25 and elohim said: let us make adam in our own image; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea! in the name of l a, strong and powerful, and in the name of twabx \yhla, spirits of water, adore your creator [make sigil of eagle with cup] in the name of larbg and in the sign of the eagle, spirits of water, adore your creator [make cross with cup] in the names and letters of the great western quadrangle, spirits of water, adore your creator [elevate cup] in the three great secr

rose of sharon and the lily of the valley, amen [sprinkle salt before earth tablet] let the earth adore adonai [make the invoking hexagram of saturn [make the invoking pentagram of spirit passive and pronounce these names: hyha. alga. nanta [make the invoking pentagram of earth and pronouce this name ]lm ynda] and elohim said: let us make man in our own image; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air; and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. and the elohim created ath-ha-adam: in the image of the elohim created they them; male and female created they them. in the name of ]lm ynda and of the bride and queen of the kingdom; spirits of earth, adore your creator [make the sign of taurus] in the name of layrwa, great archangel of earth

LIBER CORDIS CINCTI SERPENTE

led away at thy coming; i was alone before thee. 33. i trembled at thy coming, o my god, for thy messenger was more terrible than the death-star. liber cordis cincti serpente svb figvra ynda 19 34. on the threshold stood the fulminant figure of evil, the horror of emptiness, with his ghastly eyes like poisonous wells. he stood, and the chamber was corrupt; the air stank. he was an old and gnarled fish more hideous than the shells of abaddon. 35. he enveloped me with his demon tentacles; yea, the eight fears took hold upon me. 36. but i was anointed with the right sweet oil of the magister; i slipped from the embrace as a stone from the sling of a boy of the woodlands. 37. i was smooth and hard as ivory; the horror gat no hold. then at the noise of the wind of thy coming he was dissolved aw

LIBER HHH

ught out; when the ibis-headed one charmed away the strife. i remember thy first kiss, even as a maiden should. nor in the dark byways was there another: thy kisses abide..liber lapidis lazuli. vii. 3. 0. be seated in thine .sana, wearing the robe of a neophyte, the hood drawn. 1. it is night, heavy and hot; there are no stars. not one breath of wind stirs the surface of the sea, that is thou. no fish play in thy depths. 2. let a breath rise and ruffle the waters. this also thou shalt feel playing upon thy skin. it will disturb thy meditation twice or thrice, after which thou shouldst have conquered in. but unless thou first feel it, that breath hath not arisen. 3. next, the night is riven by the lightning-flash. this also shalt thou feel in thy body, which shall shiver and leap with the s

LIBER LIBERI VEL LAPIDIS LAZULI

! let us pass on to the otherworld. 54. let us make ourselves into a pleasant bait, into a seductive shape. 55. i will be like a splendid naked woman with ivory breasts and golden nipples; my whole body shall be like the milk of the stars. i will be lustrous and greek, a courtesan of delos, of the unstable isle. 56. thou shalt be like a little red worm on a hood. 57. but thou and i will catch our fish alike. 58. then wilt thou be a shining fish with golden back and silver belly: i will be like a violent beautiful man, stronger than two score bulls, a man of the west bearing a great sack of precious jewels upon a staff that is greater than the axis of the all. 59. and the fish shall be sacrificed to thee and the strong man crucified for me, and thou and i will kiss, and atone for the wrong

ill kiss, and atone for the wrong of the beginning; year, for the wrong of the beginning. 19 v 1. o my beautiful god! i swim in thy heart like a trout in the mountain torrent. 2. i leap from pool to pol in my joy; i am goodly with brown and gold and silver. 3. why, i am lovlier than the russet autumn woods at the first snowfall. 4. and the crystal cave of my thought is lovlier than i. 5. only one fish-hook can draw me out; it is a woman kneeling by the bank of the stream. it is she that pours the bright dew over herself, and into the sand so that the river gushes forth. 6. there is a bird on yonder myrtle; only the song of that bird can draw me out of the pool of thy heart, o my god! 7. who is this neapolitan boy that laughs in his happiness? his lover is the mighty crater of the mountain

LIBER LVII

is ruin, as intellect in the end is divided against itself. 81. a mystic number of the moon. 84. a number chiefly important in buddhism. 84= 7 12. 85. hp, the letter pe. 85= 5 17: even the highest unity, if it move or energise, means war. 86 \yhla. see .a note on genesis. equinox, no. ii. 90. number of tzaddi, a fishhook= tanha, the clinging of man to life (9, the trap in which man is caught as a fish is caught by a hook. the most material aspect of animal life; its final doom decreed by its own lust. also \ym, water. 91. 91= 7 x 13, the most spiritual form of the septenary. ma, amen, the holiest title of god; the amoun of the egyptians. it equals ynda hwhy (yhnwdhay, interlaced, the eight-lettered name, thus linking the 7 to the 8. not that ma (recknoning as final, 700= 741= ctma, the let

etters give 105. t.s] 45 [crowley later decided this was an error and that the actual hebrew spelling of aiwaz was zwyo= 93, after having the latter spelling communicated to him by one samuel a. jacobs who knew the correct orthography for the simple reason that it was his middle name (patronymic, to be precise. t.s] on the qabalah 35 seems the buddhist view of the samsara-cakkram. 106. wn, nun, a fish. the number of death. death in the tarot bears a crosshandled scythe; hence the fish as the symbol of the redeemer. icqus= jesus christ, son of god, saviour. 108. chiefly interesting because 108= 2 2 3 3 3= the square of 2 playing with the cube of 3. hence the buddhists hailed it with acclamation, and make their rosaries of this number of beads. 111 \yhla awh dja .he is one god [la, aleph, an

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

chhup! such nonsense for sound truth you dish up, were i magician, no mere cadi, not samuel.s ghost you.d make me wish up, nor saul.s (the mighty son of kish) up, but ingersoll.s or bradlaugh.s, pardie! by spells and caldron stews that squish up, or purifying of the nadi39 till stradivarius or amati shriek in my stomach! sarasate, such strains! such music as once sadi made persia ring with! i who fish up no such from soul may yet cry: vade retro, satanas! tom bond bishop !40 you old screw, pegasus! gee (swish) up (to any who correctly rhymes41 with bishop more than seven times i hereby offer as emolum- ent, a bound copy of this volume) these strictures must include the liar copleston,42 reverend f. b. meyer (the cock of the dissenter.s midden, he) and others of the self-same kidney. how di

f song exactly! grown my mental stature, i ponder much: but never yet can i get over or forget that bitter text.s accurded nature, the subtle devilish omission,57 the cruel antithesis implied, the irony, the curse-fruition, the calm assumption of hell.s fevers as fit, as just, for unbelievers. these are the things that stick beside and hamper my quite serious wish to harbour kind thoughts of the .fish..58 here goes my arrow to the gold! i.ll make no magpies! though i hold your christianity a lie, abortion and iniquity, the most immoral and absurd.(a priest.s invention, in a word. of all religions, i have hope in the good dhamma.s59 wider scope, nay, certainty! that all at last, however came they in the past, move, up or down.who knows, my friend. but yet with no uncertain trend unto nibban

the sword of song so to the laws all bards obey i bend, and seek in my own way by false things to expound the real. but never think i shall appeal to gods. what folly can compare with such stupidity as prayer? some years ago i thought to try prayer51.tests its efficacity. i fished by a norwegian lake .o god. i prayed .for jesus. sake grant thy poor servant all his wish! for every prayer produce a fish. nine times the prayer went up the spout, and eight times.what a thumping trout (this is the only true fish-story i ever heard.give god the glory) the things seems cruel now, of course. still, it.s a grand case of god.s force! but, modern christians, do you dare with common prudence to compare the efficacity of prayer? who will affirm of christian sages that prayer can alter averages? the ind

k. the students. anger grew to frenzy paganinic* they vowed they.d make him rue his work in jena.s clinic. they came, the unholy crew, the mystic and the cynic: he had scoffed at god.s battue, the flood for mortal.s sin.icthyosaurian waterloo! they eyed the sage askew; they searched him through and through with violet rays actinic they asked him .wer bist du. he answered slowly .bin ich. 387. the fish.58.because of .cquj, which means fish, and very aptly symbolises christ. ring and book (the pope, ll. 89, 90. 395. dharma.59.consult the tripitaka. 409. i cannot trace the chain.60..how vain, indeed, are human calculations..the autobiography of a flea, p. 136. 412. table-thing.61..ere the stuff grow a ring-thing right to wear..the ring and the book, i. 17 .this pebble-thing, o. the boy-thing

d verse, suitable for constant repitition, with a view to quieting the thought. any one can see how simple and effective a means this is. 519. gayatri.50.this is the translation of the most holy verse of the hindus. the gender of savitri has been the subject of much discussion and i believe grammatically it is masculine. but for mystical reasons i have made it otherwise. fool! 557. prayer.51.this fish-story is literally true. the condition was that the almighty should have the odds of an unusually long line,.the place was really a swift stream, just debouching into a lake.and of an unusual slowness of drawing in the cast. but what does any miracle prove? if the affaire cana were proved to me, i should merely record the facts: water may under certain unknown conditions become wine. it is a

ave well drunk.greek, mequstwsi, are well drunk. am i to belive this, and a glaring non sequitur as to christ.s deity, on the evidence, not even of the inebriated eye-witnesses, but of mss. of doubtful authorship and date, bearing all the ear-marks of dishonesty. for we must not forget that the absurdities of to-day were most cunning proofs for the poor folk of seventeen centuries ago. talking of fish-stories, read john xxi. 1-6* a twentieth century medium. or luke v. 1-7 (comparisons are odious. but once i met a man by a lake and told him that i had toiled all the morning and had caught nothing, and he advised me to try the other side of the lake; and i caught many fish. but i knew not that it was the lord. in australia they were praying for rain in the churches. the sydney bulletin very

n of gold, studded with gems, one on each knee. dressed in rags she was, and squatted clumsily on the sand. a horn grew from her forehead; and she spat black foam and froth. foul was the hag and evil, yet our father bowed down flat on his face to the earth .holy virgin of god. said he .what dost thou here? what wilt thou with thy servant. at that she stank so that the air gasped about her, like a fish brought out of the sea. so she told him she was gathering simples for her daughter that had died to bury her withal. now no simples grew in the desert. therefore our father drew with his sword lines of power in the sand, so that a black and terrible demon appeared squeezing up in thin flat plates of flesh along the sword-lines. so our father cried .simples, o axcaxrabortharax, for my mother

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

with that fetter and burst it into bits. for this reason, snorri tells us, there are proverbs gto loose oneself from loeding h and gto break out of dromi; h neither, however, has left any other trace. the gods now turned to magic. alfodr (odin) sent skirnir to the dwarfs to obtain a fetter, gleipnir (perhaps gentangler h, made from cat noise and woman beard and mountain roots and bear sinews and fish breath and bird spittle. on the island lyngvi (heathery) in the lake amsvartnir (red-black, they invited the wolf to let himself be bound again. needless to say, the wolf was suspicious. what renown could there be in bursting this fetter, which looked like a silken band? fenrir stipulated that someone had to place a hand in his mouth. and each of the asir looked at another and thought that no

ng to snorri sturluson in gylfaginning, after fenrir broke out of two previous fetters, loeding and dromi, the asir feared they would never be able to bind the wolf. then alfodr [odin] sent skirnir, frey fs servant, down into the world of the darkelves to some dwarfs and had that fetter made, which is called gleipnir. it was made of six things: cat noise, woman beard, mountain roots, bear sinews, fish breath, and bird spittle. the fetter was smooth and soft as a silk ribbon. the wolf thought little renown could be won from breaking out of such a bond, and he feared a trick, but he allowed himself to be bound with gleipnir when ty lr put his hand in the wolf fs mouth. thus he was bound, and thus ty lr lost his hand. see also fenrir; ty lr deities, themes, and concepts 145 glen husband of so

orked his culinary magic, and gfire-sooty h would make sense for the pot, but the pig fs name is far from clear. it certainly looks as if it means gsea-sooty, h which some modern observers read as gsooty sea beast. h the name would, i suppose, do in a pinch for the famous new orleans preparation blackened redfish, but it does seem somewhat out of place for the best of pork. those troubled by this fish-beast problem have proposed understanding the first syllable as somehow having to do with boiling, but that makes philological fish into fowl. see also eldhrimnir; sahrimnir saming son of odin or frey and ancestor of the hladir jarls. saming is mentioned in the prologue to snorri sturluson fs edda, the prologue to his heimskringla, and in ynglinga saga, the first saga in heimskringla. in all

ough to feed it. but when they saw how quickly it was growing and reconsidered the prophecies, they decided to bind the wolf. first they tried with two ordinary fetters, but the wolf easily broke them. the gods now turned to magic. alfodr (odin) sent skirnir to the dwarfs to obtain a fetter, gleipnir (perhaps gentangler h, made from cat noise and woman beard and mountain roots and bear sinews and fish breath and bird spittle. on the island lyngvi (heathery) in the lake amsvartnir (red-black, they invited the wolf to let himself be bound again. needless to say, the wolf was suspicious. what renown could there be in bursting this fetter, which looked like a silken band? fenrir stipulated that someone had to place his hand in his mouth. and each of the asir looked at another and thought that

LURQUIN STONE EVOLUTION AND RELIGIOUS CREATION MYTHS

a unity in all life, symbolized in the necessary origin of humans from living wood, is related to the abenaki s special respect for all nature and other animals. the creation account in genesis also reflects a view of humans in relation to nature, one quite different from that of the abenaki. here humans are apart from and dominant over nature. god said of humans, let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth (genesis 1:26, king james version. fish, plants, and beasts were given by god to humans for food. beyond accounting for the origin of the world and life, myths can also provide explanations of why life is as it is or how many things came to be as the

sea urchins do not produce antibodies that are part of the acquired immune system, which allows vertebrates to develop long-term immunity to pathogens. in addition, even insects and simple worms called nematodes possess some elements of an immune system. but it was 450 million years ago that what we would consider a modern immune system (which includes acquired immunity) first appeared in jawless fish. this more complex system was passed on an evolutionary path all the way down to mammals, including humans. thus, phylogenetic studies show that the immune system did gain complexity in an incremental fashion over a period of at least one billion years of evolution. in the end, behe s mistake is that he failed to provide a critical and full analysis of all the facts well known by professional

in further reading. these sites provide many technical details on the evolution of the eye, the immune system, and bacterial flagella. unfortunately, given their technical nature, these sites and articles may not be easy for everyone to follow. some will object that evolution by natural selection, especially the formation of new species, is not directly observable. indeed, no one has ever seen a fish sprout legs or a lizard develop wings. but, of course, one should not expect leg or wing development to happen all at once in single organisms. these are gradual transformations that take a very long time and hence, yes, are not directly observable under natural or laboratory conditions. this last point brings up the notions of macroevolution and microevolution. some id proponents are willing

than just building phylogenetic trees based on dna data: phylogenies have been used to recreate ancient, extinct genes and produce in the laboratory the proteins coded for by these genes. in order to resurrect extinct genes, scientists sequence creationist purpose and irreducible complexity rebutted 73 homologous genes from a variety of widely divergent species such as humans, birds, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates. the dna sequences are then compared using computer algorithms, and by applying sophisticated statistical methods, a gene sequence ancestral to all modern sequences is determined. the next step is to synthesize the ancestral gene in the laboratory. this is achieved with advanced cloning techniques that allow the production of gene-size stretches of dna in the test tube. the

creationists have it, the fossil record is woefully incomplete; they claim that it lacks evolutionarily intermediate forms 85 between species. this is actually untrue. for example, new discoveries in china clearly show that some dinosaur species had feathers, making them good candidates as precursors of birds. similarly, new fossil finds in arctic canada strongly point in the direction of extinct fish on their way to becoming adapted to life on land. and finally, a recently discovered 100-million- year-old fossil bee clearly shows traits intermediate between those of modern bees and wasps, which today are fully differentiated, non-interbreeding species. but, of course, one must agree that the fossil record is not as complete as one would wish, because fossils are rare, and their discovery

ell understood in a number of microbial species. there is one good reason for this lack of direct demonstration: the time spans involved many hundreds of millions of years preclude ordinary laboratory experiments. for example, it would be futile to grow existing sulfur metabolizers in the lab and wait for a few million years to see if they develop photosynthesis. similarly, no one has ever seen a fish sprouting legs to become a salamander. one could extend the same criticism to the rna world and its evolution. after all, thernaworld may have existed for as long as 300 million years before the dna world appeared. how, then, can scientists hope to reproduce within their lifetimes what may have happened in this rna world? the situation here is very different because the rna world was initiall

the first heartlike organ is thought to have appeared at least 500 million years ago. it may have been a simple contractile tube without chambers or valves, as currently exists in tunicates (of which the sea squirt is an example. the insect (fruit fly) heart is slightly more complex in that it contains a single valve and is connected to a primitive aorta. the next level of complexity is found in fish, whose heart has a single atrium and a single ventricle. all other vertebrates possess hearts with two atria and a single ventricle (amphibians) or two atria and two ventricles (reptiles, birds, mammals. the questions then is: how did the heart gain complexity during evolution? we currently have a partial answer to this question. as we showed, the contractile proteins found in the heart are o

s a network. these factors regulate the timing and level of transcription (rna synthesis, see chapter 3) of, among others, the genes coding for contractile proteins. further, we know that duplication of the genes that code for these transcription factors has occurred over the course of evolution. for example, hydras and jellyfish contain only one copy of the factor called tbx, insects have three, fish have at least four, amphibians have at least five, and reptiles, birds, and mammals have at least seven. thus, one can see that the increase in morphological complexity of the heart is accompanied by an increase in complexity of a regulatory gene network. in addition, we also know that other, ancient gene networks control the activity of the five core transcription factors mentioned above. th

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

gland--the wanderings of the astronomical chiram--cleopatra's needle and masons' marks. 77 the pythagorean theory of music and color pythagoras and the diatonic scale--therapeutic music--the music of the spheres--the use of color in symbolism--the colors of the spectrum and the musical scale--zodiacal and planetary colors. 81 fishes, insects, animals, reptiles, and birds jonah and the whale--the fish the symbol of christ--the egyptian scarab--jupiter's fly- the serpent of wisdom--the sacred crocodile. 85 fishes, insects, animals, reptiles, and birds, part ii the dove, the yonic emblem--the self-renewing phoenix--the great seal of the united states of america--bast, the cat goddess of the ptolemies--apis, the sacred bull--the monoceros, or unicorn. 89 flowers, plants, fruits, and trees the

e music of the spheres" john reuchlin said of pythagoras that he taught nothing to his disciples before the discipline of silence, silence being the first rudiment of contemplation. in his sophist, aristotle credits empedocles with the discovery of rhetoric. both pythagoras and empedocles accepted the theory of transmigration, the latter saying "a boy i was, then did a maid become; a plant, bird, fish, and in the vast sea swum" archytas is credited with invention of the screw and the crane. pleasure he declared to be a pestilence because it was opposed to the temperance of the mind; he considered a man without deceit to be as rare as a fish without bones. the eleatic sect was founded by xenophanes (570-480 b.c, who was conspicuous for his attacks upon the cosmologic and theogonic fables of

s, visiting byblos, recovered the body of her husband, but it was again stolen by typhon, who cut it into fourteen parts, which he scattered all over the earth. isis, in despair, began gathering up the severed remains of her husband, but found only thirteen pieces. the fourteenth part (the phallus) she reproduced in gold, for the original had fallen into the river nile and had been swallowed by a fish. typhon was later slain in battle by the son of osiris. some of the egyptians believed that the souls of the gods were taken to heaven, where they shone forth as stars. it was supposed that the soul of isis gleamed from the dog star, while typhon became the constellation of the bear. it is doubtful, however, whether this idea was ever generally accepted. among the egyptians, isis is often rep

e 'living creatures' of the zodiac, was said, in allegorical language, either to assume the nature of or to triumph over the sign he entered. the sun thus became a bull in taurus, and was worshipped as such by the egyptians under the name of apis, and by the assyrians as bel, baal, or bul. in leo the sun became a lion-slayer, hercules, and an archer in sagittarius. in pisces, the fishes, he was a fish--dagon, or vishnu, the fish-god of the philistines and hindoos" a careful analysis of the religious systems of pagandom uncovers much evidence of the fact that its priests served the solar energy and that their supreme deity was in every case this divine light personified. godfrey higgins, after thirty years of inquiry into the origin of religious beliefs, is of the opinion that "all the gods

e intellect can conceive of comes from the stars [the spirits of the stars, rather than the material constellations" the constellation of capricorn, in which the winter solstice theoretically takes place, was called the house of death, for in winter all life in the northern hemisphere is at its lowest ebb. capricorn is a composite creature, with the head and upper body of a goat and the tail of a fish. in this constellation the sun is least powerful click to enlarge the microcosm. from schotus' margarita philosophica. the pagans believed that the zodiac formed the body of the grand man of the universe. this body, which they called the macrocosm (the great world, was divided into twelve major parts, one of which was under the control of the celestial powers reposing in each of the zodiacal

n body. p. 55 in the northern hemisphere, and after passing through this constellation it immediately begins to increase. hence the greeks said that jupiter (a name of the sun god) was suckled by a goat. a new and different sidelight on zodiacal symbolism is supplied by john cole, in a treatise on the circular zodiac of tentyra, in egypt "the symbol therefore of the goat rising from the body of a fish [capricorn, represents with the greatest propriety the mountainous buildings of babylon rising out of its low and marshy situation; the two horns of the goat being emblematical of the two towns, nineveh and babylon, the former built on the tigris, the latter on the euphrates; but both subjected to one sovereignty" the period of 2,160 years required for the regression of the sun through one of

nd the bull became sacred to osiris (for details concerning the astrological ages as related to biblical symbolism, see the message of the stars by max and augusta foss heindel) during the aryan age the lamb was held sacred and the priests were called shepherds. sheep and goats were sacrificed upon the altars, and a scapegoat was appointed to bear the sins of israel. during the age of pisces, the fish was the symbol of divinity and the sun god fed the multitude with two small fishes. the frontispiece of inman's ancient faiths shows the goddess isis with a fish on her head; and the indian savior god, christna, in one of his incarnations was cast from the mouth of a fish. not only is jesus often referred to as the fisher of men, but as john p. lundy writes "the word fish is an abbreviation o

outh of a fish. not only is jesus often referred to as the fisher of men, but as john p. lundy writes "the word fish is an abbreviation of this whole title, jesus christ, son of god, savior, and cross; or as st. augustine expresses it 'if you join together the initial letters of the five greek words, hso v cristov qeou ui s swt r, which mean jesus christ, son of god, savior, they will make icqus, fish, in which word christ is mystically understood, because he was able to live in the abyss of this mortality as in the depth of waters, that is, without sin (monumental christianity) many christians observe friday, which is sacred to the virgin (venus, upon which day they shall eat fish and not meat. the sign of the fish was one of the earliest symbols of christianity; and when drawn upon the s

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

escendants of the house of azael were known, were, like nimrod, men of renown and great in wisdom. others, however, turned in the opposite direction and increasingly devoted themselves to the pursuit of hideous delights and necromantic pastimes besides which gilles de rais' antics are said to pall into insignificance. and they [the giants] began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and fish, and to devour one another's flesh, and drink the blood. then the earth laid accusation against the lawless ones] book of enoch, ibid- legend has it that the watchers, in despair at the evil that had been unleashed upon the world by their hand, took counsel among themselves and wielded their power to cast down the lands wherein the nephelim dwelt, overwhelming the entire population in one day

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 1

e all men, both good and evil, will rise again, and all men and angels will assemble in the air before the lord, who will judge and condemn the wicked; and by the name oneipheton, by which god will summon the dead, and raise them up again unto life; and by the name elohim, and in the name elohim, by which god will disturb and excite tempests throughout all the seas, so that they will cast out the fish therefrom, and in one day the third part of men about the sea and the rivers shall die; and by the name elohi, and in the name elohi, by which god will dry up the sea and the rivers, so that men can go on foot through their channels; and by the name on, and in the name on, by which god shall restore and replace the sea, the rivers, the streams, and the brooks, in their previous state; and by

kin of a stag to make two hollow tubular garters, but before stitching them up thou shalt write on the side of the skin which was next the flesh the words and characters shown in figure 8, with the blood of a hare killed on the 25th of june, and having filled the said garters with green mugwort gathered also on the 25th of june before sunrise, thou shalt put in the two ends of each the eye of the fish called barbel; and when thou shalt wish to use them thou shalt get up before sunrise and wash them in a brook of running water, and place them one on each leg above the knee. after this thou shalt take a short rod of holm-oak cut on the same 25th of june, turn in the direction thou wishest to go, write upon the ground the name of the place, and commencing thy journey thou wilt find it accompl

MICHAEL FORD BOOK OF CAIN

omen sensuous and their men showing a primitive potential of being. with this in mind, they would bring the fire to them. azazel and many of those angels took by will flesh in bodies appealing to such women, and copulated with them. my father taught them the sacred arts, hidden and the places of serpents, how to work with the earth to direct and manifest their will. azazel taught man how to hunt, fish and make weapons. he brought them the experience and knowledge to fight and defend, as well as shelter from the elements. i too had been instinctively taught, which is the gift of my father, who walked the path of the dragon who was the dragon. it was the perfected essence of flame which earthen heat could only catch a glimpse of that the fires of spirit burn ever so bright, that in this torc

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

rmed satan, actually a cometary body, with our earth comyns beaumont (riddle of prehistoric britain)the debris from tiamats destruction has become the asteroid belt with its own orbit.when it nears the roche limit of this planet, the debris occasionally re-enters theatmosphere, falling to the surface. as researchers like charles fort have so splendidlycollated, our earth has seen strange rains of fish and frogs, oil and stone, hail and icedescending from the skies. what has been kept back is the fact that these anomaliesare really the remains of an entire planet, that of tiamat. the waters of its great oceansbecame frozen in space. when they entered our atmosphere, they liquefied, depositingtheir often live contents on the surface of earth to the perplexion and bemusement ofwitnesses. when

tired of this planet and are exhausting all the natural resources. andatlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation105 from the sword to the syringe again, we were warned of what was to come by those on the front lines in bygonedays: and when men could no longer sustain them, the giants turned against them and devouredmankind. and they began to sin against birds and beasts and reptiles and fish and to devourone another s flesh. then the earth laid accusation against the lawless ones(book ofenoch) they have polluted the oceans and the atmosphere, reduced the oxygen and the elec-tron count, burned holes in the ozone, devastated the forests, relentlessly annihilatedthe flora and fauna, caused havoc within the food chain, demineralized human food,poisoned the lakes, slaughtered the best

now find ourselves in.from at least three millennia ago, we have these words from the high priestesses of theceltic peoples: then she added a prophecy in which she foretold the approaching end of the divine age andthe coming of a new one, in which the summers would be flowerless, the cows milkless andwomen shameless and men strengthless, in which there would be trees without fruit and seaswithout fish, when old men would give false judgments and legislators would make unjustlaws, when warriors would betray one another and men would be thieves and there would beno more virtue in the world (babd, queen of the tuatha de danaan) and from the teutonic priestesses, the same:there saw she wade in the heavy streams, men- foul murderers and perjurers, and them whoothers wives seduce to sin, brother

leiades in the constellation of taurus. in latin, bee isapis, which also means bull.tiamatcalled rahab in the bible, rahab the seat of babylon.psalm 89:10-11 thou hast broken rahab to piecesjob 26:12-13 by his wisdom he hath cut rahab to pieces (see p. 90.)merthe hebrews called the planet tiamat, or mot, or rahab, by the name of mer. those from this planetwere the original mer-men, half-man, half-fish, or reptile.an or marduk or nibiruin 1982, the space telescope iras (infrared astronomical station) saw what had not been seen for per-haps two thousand years. on december 30, 1983, the world press reported that the advanced space tele-scope:discovered a celestial body in the direction of constellation orion, which possibly is as big as thegigantic jupiter and perhaps so close to the earth th

(the original fisher king)in africa, known as the king of the dogons. the name means the dove. from oannes we derivejoannes or john, the same as the author of revelation, or worshipped by the knights templar. john wascalled the baptizer and connected to water and to the dove also.atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation253 appendix b: book abstracts oannes was said to have a removable fish-skin, probably a wet-suit of some kind, and to live under theocean.oannes is similar to the philistine dagon, who like osiris, brought the secrets of agricultural science,etc. in celtic myth there is the dagda, the great or all-father of the gaels.oannes is closely linked with enki and osiris.homo erectus and sapiensmodern science now believes homo erectus evolved from the apes about six mill

ss in beauty those of the upper heavenly planets.the trees in those gardens, embraced by creepers, bend with a heavy burden of twigs with fruits andflowers, and therefore they appear extraordinarily beautiful. that beauty could attract anyone and makehis mind fully blossom in the pleasure of sense gratification. there are many lakes and reservoirs withclear, transparent water, agitated by jumping fish and decorated with many flowers such as lilies, kuva-layas, kahlaras and blue and red lotuses. pairs of cakravakas and many other water birds nest in thelakes and always enjoy in a happy mood, making sweet, pleasing vibrations that are very satisfying andconducive to enjoyment of the senses.since there is no sunshine in those subterranean planets, time is not divided into days and nights, and

, is commissioned to developelectromagnetic devices for purposes to include riot control, clandestine operations and hostageremoval. 1981 united nations debt for land swap is in full swing, as nations become indebted to the worldbank and imf and trade control of land to discharge world debt. environmental control of land by theunited nations (see 1961) 1981 chinese scientists successfully clone a fish. 1981 george h.w. bush becomes vice president of the united states (to 1989. makes a speech to thebilderberger group in washington, after which he states that he owes all he is to david rockefeller. 1981 new england journal of medicine (11/26/81) publishes a study showing that tetanus vaccinescause t-cell ratios to drop below normal, with the greatest decrease after two weeks. the altered rat

restigious journal nature publishes an article entitled high abundance of viruses found inaquatic environments, detailing the discovery of 2.5 trillion viral particles 0.2 microns in size foundatlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation415 appendix f: general chronology of events in each liter of unpolluted sea water (aug. 10, 1989. size equivalent to naessens somatids. is thisthe reason fish cannot live in synthetic sea water unless 2 oz. of real sea water is added? 1989 california gunman shoots playground kids and kills himself. 1989 article in the independent, sept. 5, 1989, doubts surface over suicide of defense scientist,details the strange death of sayyed bideer, an advisor to egyptian president hosni mubarek. bideer'sspecialty was microwave communications. 1989 los angeles

MICHAEL W FORD THE VAMPIRE GATE

from them in evocation, drawing in the fire of the spark of the abyss, if binding them to a sigil after evoking, send them forth to burn your target with inner desire then 59 arising to drain them sexually. you may guard yourself from attacks in the reverse manner. dagdagiron capricorn (december 22nd jan 19th -active earth their colors are reddish and bright, they appear as devouring flat-shaped fish like piranhas who seek to devour. use them to guard your body when projecting astrally. behemiron aquarius (jan 20 feb 17 -fixed air these demons have limbs whose arms are derived from behemoth, and the color of their forms are black and brown, they appear as awful beasts, like hippopotamus and an elephant, but crushed, or as if their skin was spread out flat over the body of a gigantic cockr

ead out flat over the body of a gigantic cockroach. they are spirits of the air and relate to begetting the new behemoth is the point of mastery of the earth from the spirit by continual force. neshimiron pisces (feb 18 march 19th -mutable water they neshimiron appear as stagnant watery blue, their forms are as hideous hag- women, almost skeletons, united to the bodies of serpents and fishes. the fish swim out of their sexual organs as well. the vampyre magickian may drain and utilize them to drain others from the dream. their instincts and emotions are powerful persuasion tools against another. they make excellent servitors as well. they demand a 60 sexual (masturbation or copulation) sacrifice upon their talisman. luciferian witch kings and queens in the center of the circle is found sam

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

ale of a chosen one who travels with 12 guys predates the arrival of europeans to north america. in the african myth from the mande people of mali, an evil god named pemba fell from heaven, and was barred from returning because he stole male seeds from god. pemba spread tainted seeds, borne from incest upon the ground. faro, his righteous twin brother that dwelled in heaven and took the form of a fish, was forced to sacrifice himself for pemba s sin. his body was cut into 60 pieces, and the pieces formed trees when spread across the earth. trees are, according the mande people, symbols of resurrection. the most high god brought faro back to life, and sent him to earth in human form aboard an ark. the ark, which landed on mount kouroula, was of coarse loaded with a small group of humans and

disorderly, and viracocha destroyed this race of giants with a massive flood. the hindu tradition of india, like countless others, often describes gods as taking human form and incarnating on earth. the many incarnations of vishnu upon the earth are certainly modeled after, and considered to be, a savior figure. the first incarnation of the benevolent god vishnu arrived to earth in the form of a fish, and warned a man named manu of a coming flood. the fish informed manu to build a massive ark which, needless to say, saved manu s life--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 7 in the aztec mythologies of mexico, only 2 humans survive a massive flood. coxcoxtli and his wife xochiquetzal survive the great inundation in a boat they were told to construct prior to the flood. after the subsiding of

the hindus have the many incarnations of the most-high god vishnu. vishnu, who resides in heaven, came upon man in many forms and these forms are called avatars. an avatar is essentially a god in the flesh. for example, krishna, one of the 10 avatars of vishnu, was born from the womb of a human woman in order to fight the demons that plagued humanity. the first incarnation of vishnu was that of a fish-man. nine incarnations of vishnu have already arrived, whereas the tenth avatar will arrive to earth during the end of the world riding a white horse and fighting for righteousness. there is a similar account in the bible where a character who fights for justice and rides a white horse will arrive during the end times. the aforementioned bochica, a character from the mythology of central colu

pears among humans. the ancient mesopotamians, in present-day iraq, have a civilizer of their own whom they called oannes. this being was amphibious, but spoke human languages with ease. oannes would emerge out of the water, teaching and giving instruction to humans. he taught people writing, the sciences, the arts, architecture, and agriculture. he is often depicted as a man with the scales of a fish. and lets not forget lone man, the savior figure of the mandan people. lone man, like jesus, was born of a virgin, settled turbulent waters while aboard a boat, and was perfect in all his ways. and finally the god faro from the tales of the people of mali. faro, as stated before, transformed himself into a fish and eventually sacrificed himself to undo the sins of his terrible and evil brothe

--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 77 and the spawn of tiamat, and the second heavenly conflict was between satan s angels and jehovah s angels. the only trace of this event in the genesis account is subtle, and easily over-looked. in genesis 1:28 we read: and god blessed them, and god said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. replenish the earth is certainly interesting wording for a universe that was supposedly only a week old! i m inclined to believe that these 7 days of creation were instead phases, as opposed to literal 24 hour periods. there are more scientific traces of a beastly race who were destroyed by a lar

MORALS AND DOGMA

exists, and is just and beneficent, he at least cannot silence the constantly recurring whisper, that the miseries and calamities of men, their lives and deaths, their pains and sorrows, their extermination by war and epidemics, are phenomena of no higher dignity, significance, and importance, in the eye of god, than what things of the same nature occur to other organisms of matter; and that the fish of the ancient seas, destroyed by myriads to make room for other species, the contorted shapes in which they are found as fossils testifying to their agonies; the coral insects, the animals and birds and vermin slain by man, have as much right as he to clamor at the injustice of the dispensations of god, and to demand an immortality of life in a new universe, as compensation for their pains a

mage of the animal that cultivates it, the cow or ox, borne by another officer. then followed a chest or ark, magnificently ornamented, containing an image of the organs of generation of osiris, or perhaps of both sexes; emblems of the original generating and producing powers. when typhon, said the egyptian fable, cut up the body of osiris into pieces, he flung his genitals into the nile, where a fish devoured them. atys mutilated himself, as his priests afterward did in imitation of him; and adonis was in that part of his body wounded by the boar: all of which represented the loss by the sun of his vivifying and generative power, when he reached the autumnal equinox (the scorpion that on old monuments bites those parts of the vernal bull, and descended toward the region of darkness and wi

was considered a sign accursed, and the entrance of the sun into it commenced the reign of typhon. in sagittarius, capricornus, and aquarius there are no stars of importance. near pisces is the brilliant star fomalhaut. no sign in the zodiac is considered of more malignant influence than this. it was deemed indicative of _violence_ and _death_ both the syrians and egyptians abstained from eating fish, out of dread and abhorhence; and when the latter would represent anything as odious, or express hatred by hieroglyphics, they painted a fish. in auriga is the bright star capella, which to the egyptians never set. and, circling ever round the north pole are seven stars, known as ursa major, or the great bear, which have been an object of universal observation in all ages of the world. they w

s they are seen revolving around blazing circles. the ram, domicile of mars, chief of the celestial soldiery and of the twelve signs, is the device of _gad, whom jacob characterizes as a warrior, chief of his army. cancer, in which are the stars termed _aselli, or little assess, is the device of the flag of _issachar, whom jacob compares to an ass. capricorn, of old represented with the tail of a fish, and called by astronomers the son of neptune, is the device of _zebulon, of whom jacob says that he dwells on the shore of the sea. sagittarius, chasing the celestial wolf, is the emblem of _benjamin, whom jacob compares to a hunter: and in that constellation the romans placed the domicile of diana the huntress. virgo, the domicile of mercury, is borne on the flag of _naphtali, whose eloquen

the tamarisk-tree that grew up round the coffin containing the body of osiris, and within which it was still enclosed. the fifth full moon occurred in virgo, the true image of isis, and which eratosthenes calls by that name. it pictured a woman suckling an infant, the son of isis, born near the winter solstice. this sign has for paranatellons the mast of the celestial ship, and the swallow-tailed fish or swallow above it, and a portion of perseus, son-in-law of the king of ethiopia. isis, having recovered the sacred coffer, sailed from byblos in a vessel with the eldest son of the king, toward boutos, where anubis was, having charge of her son horus; and in the morning dried up a river, whence arose a strong wind. landing, she hid the coffer in a forest. typhon, hunting a wild boar by moon

d. we have already alluded to the relations which the twelve signs of the zodiac bear to the legend of the master's degree. some other coincidences may have sufficient interest to warrant mention. khir-om was assailed at the east, west, and south gates of the temple. the two equinoxes were called, we have seen, by all the ancients, the gates of heaven, and the syrians and egyptians considered the fish (the constellation near aquarius, and one of the stars whereof is fomalhaut) to be indicative of violence and death. khir-om lay several days in the grave; and, at the winter solstice, for five or six days, the length of the days did not perceptibly increase. then, the sun commencing again to climb northward, as osiris was said to arise from the dead, so khir-om was raised, by the powerful at

encircles the mundane egg in egyptian hieroglyphics. the persian ahriman was called "the old serpent, the liar from the beginning, the prince of darkness, and the rover up and down" the dragon was a well-known symbol of the waters and of great rivers; and it was natural that by the pastoral asiatic tribes, the powerful nations of the alluvial plains in their neighborhood who adored the dragon or fish, should themselves be symbolized under the form of dragons; and overcome by the superior might of the hebrew god, as monstrous leviathans maimed and destroyed by him. ophioneus, in the old greek theology, warred against kronos, and was overcome and cast into his proper element, the sea. there he is installed as the sea-god oannes or dragon, the leviathan of the watery, half of creation, the d

monstrous dragon, as in almost all mythologies is the adversary of heaven and demon of eclipse, in whose belly, significantly called the belly of hell, hercules, like jonah, passed three days, ultimately escaping with the loss of his hair or rays. chesil, the rebellious giant orion, represented in job as riveted to the sky, was compared to ninus or nimrod, the mythical founder of nineveh (city of fish) the mighty hunter, who slew lions and panthers before the lord. rahab's confederates are probably the "high ones on high" the chesilim or constellations in isaiah, the heavenly host or heavenly powers, among whose number were found folly and disobedience "i beheld" says pseudo-enoch "seven stars like great blazing mountains, and like spirits, entreating me. and the angel said, this place, un

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

lows the existence and prosperity of others who think differently from him, who refuse to serve him or his ideals, or the man who interprets every demonstration of autonomy as an affront of his ego? who is weaker? the nazi who burned a dead jew in an oven, or any man who worships a god that he considers willing to let a living soul burn in hell forever? who is stronger? the man who daily scatters fish among the hungry, or the man who teaches the hungry how to fish for themselves? who is a king? the man who says "i am the light of the world; come unto me, ye who suffer, and be consoled" or the man who says "every man and every woman is a star 'come unto me 'is a foolish word; for it is i that go? reader, the choice is yours; the kings of the earth shall be kings for ever; the slaves shall s

elf-respect. he burrows in the slime of 'reverence, and godly fear' and makes himself houses of his own excrement, like the earthworm he is. he shams dead, like other vile insects, at the approach of danger; he tries to escape notice by assuming the colour and form of his surroundings, using 'protective mimicry' like certain other invertebrates. he exudes stink or ink like the skunk or the cuttle-fish, calling the one morality and the other decency. he is slippery with hypocrisy, like a slug; and, labelling the totality of his defects perfection, defines god as faeces so that he may flatter himself with the epithet divine. the whole manoeuvre is described as religion. true humility is always able to understand true pride. the devastating description above is directed at those who criticize

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS E

rous journey by sea. the symbol of his power was the fisherman's fork or trident,[37] by means of which he produced earthquakes, raised up islands from the bottom of the sea, and caused wells to spring forth out of the earth. poseidon was essentially the presiding deity over fishermen, and was on that account, more particularly worshipped and revered in countries bordering on the sea-coast, where fish naturally formed a staple commodity of trade. he was supposed to vent his displeasure by sending disastrous inundations, which completely destroyed whole countries, and were usually accompanied by terrible marine monsters, who swallowed up and devoured those whom the floods had spared. it is probable that these sea-monsters are the poetical figures which represent the demons of hunger and fam

els, pearls, and amber. this delightful abode was surrounded on all sides by wide fields, where there were whole groves of dark purple coralline, and tufts of beautiful scarlet-leaved plants, and sea-anemones of every tint. here grew bright, pinky sea-weeds, mosses of all hues and shades, and tall grasses, which, growing upwards, formed emerald caves and grottoes such as the nereides love, whilst fish of various kinds playfully darted in and out, in the full enjoyment of their native element. nor was illumination wanting in this fairy-like region, which at night was lit up by the glow-worms of the deep. but although poseidon ruled with absolute power over the ocean and its inhabitants, he nevertheless bowed submissively to the will of the great ruler of olympus, and appeared at all times d

but he possessed little influence, being altogether a minor divinity. he is usually represented as preceding his father and acting as his trumpeter, using a conch-shell for this purpose. he lived with his parents in their beautiful golden palace beneath the sea at agea, and his favourite pastime was to ride over the billows on horses or sea-monsters. triton is always represented as half man, half fish, the body below the waist terminating in the tail of a dolphin. we page 119 frequently find mention of tritons who are either the offspring or kindred of triton. glaucus. glaucus is said to have become a sea-divinity in the following manner. while angling one day, he observed that the fish he caught and threw on the bank, at once nibbled at the grass and then leaped back into the water. his c

llowing them to set foot on shore he made them take an oath not to touch the sacred herds of helios, and to be ready to sail again on the following morning. it happened, unfortunately, however, that stress of weather compelled them to remain a whole month at trinacria, and the store of wine and food given to them by circe at parting being completely exhausted, they were obliged to subsist on what fish and birds the island afforded. frequently there was not sufficient to page 347 satisfy their hunger, and one evening when odysseus, worn out with anxiety and fatigue, had fallen asleep, eurylochus persuaded the hungry men to break their vows and kill some of the sacred oxen. dreadful was the anger of helios, who caused the hides of the slaughtered animals to creep and the joints on the spits

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

y fear he will spoil their trade. they plot to knock him over the head with a hammer when he is not looking and then put his body in a sack, and throw it into the rhine. at the time they customarily eat, when "the master masons and the top workers" leave the construction site to go to osteaux (vespers, they put their plan into operation. their crime does not remain a secret for long, however. the fish in the rhine, gathered together by a miracle, push up the body, now lit by three tapers. the murderers, in complete confusions, have no alternative but to make penitence. 54 the origins of freemasonry from ancient times to the middle ages some very valuable clues: it seems that any individual, regardless of personal status, could become a member of one of these brotherhoods. at this time, the

ONYX TABLET OF SET

changes can occur- as much as it is a matter of reading them durn books and wearing robes. meeting setians is essential (as is meeting other great people. magic is easy. for sabrina, the teenage witch, and for samantha- but for our species it is the single hardest thing to do well. understanding that these weaknesses are in each candidate (through no fault of their own- it's like mercury in tuna-fish, reminds us what to push against. a methodology for work you should not discuss this methodology with non iii. knowing the external characteristics of an adept, and the inner virtues we wish to inspire, the job of the initiator is to apply outside pressure hat will aid the internal procedures of the seeker. there seem to be four steps to take the candidates through. knowing how much time to s

PHILIP NEIL MYTHS LEGENDS EXPLAINED

m with a flood. the biblical story of the deluge is one of many such accounts, and owes much to the sumerian/babylonian account in the epic of gilgamesh, in which the noah figure is named utnapishtim (see p. 19. the ancient greeks told how zeus tried to destroy mankind with a flood, but prometheus (see p. 24) warned deucalion and pyrrha. manu was saved from the hindu deluge vishnu in the form his fish avatar, matsya (see p. 110. flood myths can be found in peru and in china, among the australian aboriginals and in many native american cultures, including the mandan myth of lone man (see p. 94. even in the 19th century, folklorists could still collect in serbia a cycle of slavonic myths about the great flood from which the sole survivor kranyatz was preserved by the trickster god of wine, k

a child or a youth, is usually said to be aphrodite s son. he is shown here as winged cherub, carrying his arrows of desire. aphrodite aphrodite (see pp. 26 27, the goddess of sexual love, was born from the foam after cronos cast his father s genitals into the sea. she had power over everyone except hestia, athena, and artemis. poseidon poseidon was the god of the sea. he is shown here astride a fish, carrying his three-pronged trident. poseidon is particularly noted for his persecution of the hero odysseus (see pp. 64 65. persephone persephone was the daughter of demeter and zeus. she was seized by hades to be his bride in the underworld (see pp. 28 29. hestia hestia, zeus sister, was goddess of the hearth and a sworn virgin. she was more important to the romans than the greeks and was v

, falsely, of the pleasures of the underworld. they also claimed the power of prophecy. thwarted cheated of their prey, the sirens are supposed to have drowned themselves in anger and frustration. the body of one, parthenope( maiden-voice) was washed ashore at naples, and the city originally bore her name. sailors peril the sirens here are depicted as mermaids, seductive maidens, half-human, half-fish, who sing to sailors of the delights of life under the sea, luring them to shipwreck. near the sirens island are two further dangers the deadly whirlpool charybdis, and the ravenous sea monster scylla. steering a course between the two, odysseus sailed too close to scylla, and the monster snatched six sailors from his ship one with each of her six heads. deceptive young beauty the siren sings

he would not be able to escape. he did so with ease. but then they bound him with a magical chain and he was unable to escape. he will remain bound until the final cataclysmic battle of ragnarok (see above. magic fetter fenrir is bound by an unbreakable fetter called gleipnir. it was made by the dark elves from the sound of a cat s footfall, a woman s beard, a mountain s roots, a bear s sinews, a fish s breath, and a bird s spittle. it was as soft and smooth as silk. the battle of ragnarok ragnarok, sometimes called the twilight of the gods, is the final cataclysm that will destroy this world and the gods. after three terrible winters, a universal war will break out and the god loki now an enemy of the aesir and his son, fenrir the wolf, will break from their bonds. loki will then sail wit

n magic, hreidmar made the gods helpless and, with his other sons fafnir and regin, tied them up and threatened to kill them. instead, odin offered to pay a ransom, so hreidmar demanded as much gold as would fill and then completely cover otter s flayed skin. loki was released to search for the gold. helped by aegir and ran, the sea gods, he caught the dwarf andvari, who was hiding disguised as a fish, and forced him to hand over his treasure. loki would not even allow him to keep a magic ring that would enable him to build up his fortune again; so andvari cursed the ring to bring misfortune to whoever owned it. when loki returned, he had almost enough gold to pay the ransom one whisker was still left uncovered. so malicious loki took out andvari s ring, and added it to the pile, and with

hes the beads from her neck, and runs home weeping. birch twigs when v in m inen approached her, aino was gathering birch twigs for the sauna. it was to the sauna that a hare brought the news of her death to her mother. to aino s horror, her mother was pleased with the match and did not understand her daughter s grief. she gave aino wedding clothes woven by moon-daughter and sun-daughter. strange fish aino escapes as v in m inen stretches to clasp her. taunting him, she dives into the waves. although he searched all the waters of finland, v in m inen never caught aino again. aino-myth by akseli gallen kallela (1865 1931) this tryptych shows an early episode in the kalevala, compiled from an oral tradition of finnish folk songs by elias l nnrot (1802 84. on the left, va n m inen meets aino

ng of the third day. heartbroken, she took off her clothes and swam out to a boulder in the distance. there she sat until the boulder sank down and the maid with the rock. in a source poem for this story, the girl, named anni, hangs herself rather than marry her suitor. aino s death by drowning is more subtle and less definitive. she becomes one with the sea, comparing its water to her blood, its fish to her flesh, its driftwood to her bones, and the grasses on the shore to her hair. when her mother learns of her fate, her tears create three new rivers. forlorn fisherman when v in m inen learned of aino s death, his consolation was to go fishing on the sea. there he landed a beautiful fishy fish i never saw the like of! he drew his knife to cut it up, but it flipped out of the boat and rev

as a great boat builder and sea voyager. although his mother was the daughter of the air, he was born in the sea and his name derives from v in river mouth. forging the sampo by akseli gallen kalela (1865 1931) drowning maid when aino drowns she becomes a mermaid, the wave-wife s watery maid, ahto s peerless cbild. as she drowns she identifies herself with the sea the waters are her blood and the fish her flesh. the magical mill of plenty stranded in the northland, v in m inen needed the sorceress louhi to help him home. she agreed to help and to give him her daughter, the maid, as his bride if he forged for her the magical sampo, the mill of plenty, out of a swan s quill-tip, a barren cow s milk, one barley grain, and the wool of one ewe. unable to forge it himself, v in m inen asked ilma

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

represented by the lower parts of the ship. the child fs father is the earthly representative of z feir anpin; his mother is the earthly representative of nukva. the soul fs journey through his future father is the process by which the spiritual soul becomes invested in the physical seed. the idiom in hebrew for gthe lower parts h of the ship is gthe thighs h of the ship. then it meets the large fish, signifying yesod, which swallows it up, and from there, it is given to the female. the three days and three nights jonah was inside the fish correspond to the three days it takes for the male seed to be properly absorbed [into the womb. this [feminine] gshadow h [mentioned above] is strength, meaning the states of gevurah, as we have explained [these states of gevurah] guard [the soul] from

tion and prayer .translated and adapted from sha far hamitzvot and sha far ruach hakodesh 439 parashat shemini the latter half of this week fs torah portion contains the basic laws of kashrut, detailing which animals may and may not be eaten. kosher animals include domesticated animals (cattle, sheep, and goats, seven species of wild beasts, four types of locusts, plus various species of fowl and fish. man derives in general from z feir anpin, while the beasts and cattle derive from nukva [of z feir anpin] and fish, locusts, and fowl derive from yesod of z feir anpin. for this reason, the numerical value of the word for gfish h [dag] is 7, for yesod is the seventh sefirah. furthermore, yesod ggives to the poor h [gomel dalim, and the initials of this phrase in hebrew are the same letters u

n emotional sefirot from chesed to malchut. joseph personifies yesod chiefly because he (1) sustained and provided for the entire kingdom (malchut) of egypt during the years of famine, and (2) preserved his sexual integrity (sexuality being associated with yesod, the sefirah of coupling) even while immersed in the depraved culture of egypt. 1 exodus 10:12. the arizal on parashat shemini 440 since fish and locusts derive from the sefirah of yesod, which is referred to as being galive, h they do not require ritual slaughter [as do beasts and cattle, but rather only ggathering up. h man, being created in gthe image of g-d, h reflects both in his body and soul the structure the sefirot assume when they form a partzuf. the correspondence between the limbs of the body and the sefirot is as follo

med in kabbalah gbeing alive, h just as in halachah, the erect male reproductive organ is called galive h (and in its flaccid form, it is called gdead h. similarly, effective communication is characterized by animation and excitement, as opposed to a gdeadpan h style that does not excite the listener. yesod, then, at least when acting effectively, is called the glive h sefirah. thus, the animals (fish and locusts) that derive from this sefirah are considered to possess intrinsic life-force, and therefore do not have to undergo any ritual process to prepare them for jewish consumption (note that the arizal does not yet explain why fowl, even though deriving from the same sefirah, do require ritual slaughter) this is not the case with beasts and cattle; they derive from the nukva [of z feir

s. now, it is the angels that issue from the yesod of z feir anpin of atzilut. these [angels] are the [spiritual] birds that derive from this level. as it is said of [the the arizal on parashat shemini 441 angel] gabriel, gand the bird will fly in heaven. h2 in contrast, physical birds derive from yesod of z feir anpin of [the three lower worlds] beirah, yetzirah, and asiyah. whereas the physical fish and locusts derive from yesod of z feir anpin of atzilut, the fowl derive only from the projection of this level onto the lower spiritual worlds. the difference between atzilut and the three subsequent worlds is that the pervading consciousness in the world of atzilut is that of total submersion in the divine presence. gdenizens h of this world do not conceive of themselves as independent bei

world of atzilut is that of total submersion in the divine presence. gdenizens h of this world do not conceive of themselves as independent beings, but rather as aspects of divinity. in the lower worlds, the pervading consciousness is that of selfhood; the gdenizens h of these worlds are aware of themselves as independent entities, albeit subject to divine rule. this is indicated by the fact that fish must remain in the water to live, that is, their existence is dependent on being almost always submerged within the ocean, just as the gdenizens h of the world of atzilut live totally immersed in divine consciousness. this is the mystical meaning of [our sages f statement that the fowl] were created from the mire [i.e, a mixture of water and earth].3 z feir anpin of beriah, which is male, exi

feir anpin of] atzilut. this is the mystical meaning of the verse: gand the birds will multiply on earth, h4 implying that they are created from the earth [but since it is also stated: glet the water swarm with cbirds, h5 it means that the birds were created as well] from the water on the earth, i.e, the states of chesed within yesod of z feir anpin. therefore they have scales on their feet like fish, on the one hand, yet they fly like locusts, on the other. the fowl were thus created from both the chesed and gevurah elements and therefore possess fishlike and locust-like characteristics. since they derive not directly from the world of atzilut but rather from atzilut as it has been gprocessed, h diminished and diluted into the lower worlds, they require ritual slaughtering in order to be

ima has produced the emotional reaction (z feir anpin) and its expression (nukva, it gnurtures h them, ensuring that they indeed properly emotionalize and express the idea and concept they derive from. the physical manifestation of this principle in man is the nourishment the infant derives from its mother fs milk. beasts and cattle are also mammals, for they, too, derive from nukva. in contrast, fish, locusts, and birds produce no milk and they do not suckle, for they derive from the yesod of ima, and ima therefore does not suckle them, for [as is said in the zohar] ima extends only so far as hod. although beasts and cattle are not created gin the image h of g-d, and therefore do not reflect completely the phenomenology of atzilut, the fact that they originate in nukva and nukva suckles f

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

tion and is described in hebrew grammars <103> the hebrew alphabet- letter power value final name meaning h a 1 aleph ox 2 biv 2 beth house 3 g,gh 3 gimel camel 7 d,dh 4 daleth door 5 h 5 he window 1 o,ulv 6 vau pin or hook 7 z 7 zayin sword or amour n ch 8 cheth fence, enclosure p t 9 teth snake 9 i,y 10 yod hand< k,kh 20,500 7 kaph fist l 30 lamed ox goad n m 40,600 d mem water i n 50,700 1 nun fish 0 s 60 samekh prop y aa,ngh 70 ayin 3 p,ph so, 800 pe eye mouth 3 tz 90,900 3 tzaddi fish-hook? q 100 qoph ear. back of head 7 r 200 resh head u s,sh 300 shin tooth n t,th 400 tau cross <105> meditation no. 1 let the neob hyte consi era point as defined in mathematics-havin position but no magnitude-and let him note the ideas to which t 71 is gives rise. concentrating their faculties on this

uently classed each under an element or a planet, and a sign. thus each followeth a formula which may be translated into letters, and these again form a vibratory name. as it is written "and adam gave names unto all the cattle and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field (gen. 11, v. 20) yet they are ruled by the name yhvh, though classed rather by one or more of its letters: thus, fish, etc, are under the influence of water birds are under the influence of air quadrupeds are under the influence of fire creeping things and insects are under the influence of earth there are some which partake of two elements, but in them one element is usually chief, and besides the elements, each is under a planet and a sign. the vegetable kingdom is again under a somewhat different <223> la

ce therefrom, say six feet. hiereus takes his place at the right of hiero. hegemon on left of hiero; stolistes behind hiereus, dadouchos behind hegemon. all officers face north. hierophant makes sign in front of, and concentric with tablet of the north, an invoking pentagram of earth, saying: and the elohim said "let us make adam in our image, after our likeness and let him have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth over the earth" and the elohim created eth ha-adam in their own image, in the image of the elohim created they them. in the name of adonai melekh and of the bride and queen of the kingdom, spirits of earth adore adonai! hierophant hands his sceptre to hiereus and, ta

unto the ruach elohim who moved upon the face of the waters of creation, amen! all salute. hierophant quits his throne and goes to the west. he stands before the tablet of water before which a cup of water is placed. he makes in the air mer the tablet the invoking circle and pentagrams of water. and elohim said "let us make adam in our image, after our likeness and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea. in the name of a l strong and powerful, and in the name of elohim tzabaoth, spirits of water adore your creator! takes cup from before the tablet and makes therewith the sign of the eagle fl in the air before it. in the name of gabriel, the great archangel of water, and in the sign of the eagle, spirits of water adore your creator! makes a cross with the cup. in the name and lette

ements of earth and water. it is to be noted that the symbol of the sign is formed of two lunar crescents bound together. it thus shows the lunar nature of the sign. the dogs are the jackals of the egyptian anubis, guarding the gates of the east and of the west, shown by the two towers between which lies the path of all the heavenly bodies ever rising in the east and setting in the west. the cray-fish is the sign cancer and was anciently the scarabeus or khephera, the emblem of the sun below the horizon as he ever is when the moon is increasing above. also, when the sun is in the sign pisces the moon will be well in her increase in cancer as shown by the cray-fish emblem. hiero returns to place. hegemon remains with practicus west of altar. i have now much pleasure in conferring upon you t

is its name" does the angel say. nearly all vegetation attracts this ray, but very especially water plants, most of all those growing under water. the zoophyte only partially attracts it, this latter seeming rather largely composed of some active element, fire, i think. among animals the ray appears to fall on the seal and hippopotamus, and has a general affinity for most amphibious animals. with fish, the link seems to be small, a tortoise, a frog, and a snail are shown me, and some water-fowl of the duck type, very few actual birds, a sea fowl to an extent. falling on man, on the savage it would appear to be beneficial to health generally, to give a feeling of well-being, and would also govern to some extent generation. its tendency would be to accentuate sensuality and laziness. on the

the microcosm of the macrocosm and the child of the gods. and again, the macrocosm must itself be undergoing a corresponding process in which the experience not only of humanity but of each individual must be an integral part. the fragments are gathered up into the baskets, that nothing may be lost; and from the feeding of the multitude there remains not less but more than the unbroken bread and fish- fit emblems of earth and water. cease not to seek day and night the purifying mysteries (note: this paper on the trumps is not an official document. it should be conceived rather in the nature of a so-called side lecture or flying roll. that is not to say that it is unimportant, or that there is little of interest therein. on the contrary, certain aspects of this interpretation are not witho

sces <225> 9. king of cups. rules from ecliptic to 45" of north latitude and from 20" of aquarius to 20 of pisces. star group. body and tail of one of the pisces, and part of the band. body and wings of pegasus, head and arms of andromeda, chained to the rock-tail of lacerta. 6. queen of wands. rules from ecliptic to 45" north latitude and from 20" of pisces to 20" of aries. star group. the other fish and part of band of pisces, head and back of aries, body and legs of andromeda, the triangle, hand left arm of cassiopeia, the winged instep of aries. 19. prince of pentacles. rules from ecliptic to 45" north latitude and from 20" of aries to 20" of taurus. star group. tail of aries, one horn and shoulder and back of taurus, whole of perseus, and the head of medusa, hind quarters and legs of

RELIGIOUS TENANTS OF THE YEZIDI

, ba -haz ni, and others, they leave a lamp burning nightly in some adjacent niche or cave, in token of their adoration. on this account bathing is looked upon by them more in the light of a sacred duty than as an ordinary purification; and their objection to frequent the mohammedan baths of the country has, i have no doubt, some connexion with this superstition. for the same reason they consider fish moob rak, i.e. blessed, the term which they apply to every thing sacred, and which reminds one of the aghiasmata of the greeks. i have been informed that only a few of the lowest classes among them ever eat any produce of the waters. the above rites and ceremonies form the sum of the religious worship offered up by the yezeedees to the good deity. they have no forms of prayer, and it is shock

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

ough it may be darkness to god'.conductor:that evidence can be produced of these powers of change in material substances and immaterialshadows?5th alchemist:have you not already witnessed them, or does not your intellect present them possible? may therenot be faculties in man beyond those of perception through hearing, tasting, smelling, feeling andseeing? it is not necessary for the eyeless cave-fish have orbs end fitting sockets, to give itperceptive sight. give me your scarlet rose, the emblem of our love, the symbol of our darningfaith in eternal life.5th alchemist takes the rose from the cross, and holds it in the fumes of flour of sulphur, whichflour is taken from a jar, and sprinkled on the chemical flaming tripod dish: thechemist then continues: behold this beauteous rose of scarle

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

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

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

's apron under the appearances of bread? she exhibited him loaves undoubtedly, but as she had said that they were roses, and as he believed her incapable of the smallest falsehood, he saw and wished to see roses only. this is the secret of the miracle. another legend narrates how a saint, whose name has escaped me, finding nothing to eat on a lenten day or a friday, commanded the fowl to become a fish, and it became a fish. the parable needs no interpretation, and it recalls a beautiful 80 the ritual of transcendental magic story of st. spiridion of tremithonte, the same who evoked the soul of his daughter irene. one good friday a traveller reached the abode of the holy bishop, and as bishops in those days took christianity in earnest, and were consequently poor, spiridion, who fasted reli

, have determined the ancient magi in the choice of the tarot figures, which are considered by this man of learning, as by ourselves, an essentially hieratic and primitive book. thus, in his opinion, the chinese tseu, the hebrew aleph and the greek alpha expressed hieroglyphically by the figure of the juggler, would be borrowed from the constellation of the crane, in the vicinity of the celestial fish, a sign of the eastern hemisphere. the chinese tcheou, the hebrew beth and the latin b, corresponding to pope joan or juno, were formed from the head of the ram; the chinese yn, the hebrew ghimel and the latin g, represented by the empress, would be derived from the constellation of the great bear, etc. the kabalist gaffarel, whom we have cited more than once, erected a planisphere in the wri

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

.htm (6 of 10 [10/9/2001 12:35:05 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds(pages 50-59) birth, cannot always be derived from wickedness. too great a curiosity to acquire [such] an unnecessary art may indeed be blameworthy; but divers of that secret commonwealth may by permission discover [that is, reveal] themselves as innocently to us who are in another state [of existence, as some of us men do to fish which are in another element, when we plunge and dive into the bottom of the seas [which are] their native region. in the process of time we may come to converse as familiarly with those nimble and agile clans, but with greater pleasure and profit, as we do now with the chinese and antipodes. question 2. are they [as] subject to vice, lusts, passion, and injustice as we [are] who live on the

of being has [in it] animals resembling those of another element. so as the roman [catholic] invention of good and bad daemons and guardian angels. is called by [the seers] an ignorant mistake [deriving. from this original [resemblance or reflection] of species through the elements. kirk uses this paragraph to mock the catholic church gently, and employs the frequently cited instance of the 'monk-fish, which was known persistently, along with other examples of mimicry, from medieval literature onwards. although we do not subscribe to these crude examples as proof, the concept of elemental-reflection of entities, and of morphol-ogy or morphic resonance, has gained a new scientific stature in recent years. 16 the suggestion that the gaelic seers ascribed the orthodox religious definition of

k the lofty regions. but its moisture drives the fishes beneath the waves and keeps them there, and does not permit them to live when they get out into the dry light. these too the maker distinguished according to their species and to the different ones gave each his nature, whence through the ages they were to become admirable and healthful to the sick. appendix 7: the vita merlini cosmology 164 fish for men say that the barbel restrains the heat of passion but makes blind those who eat it often. the thymallus, which has its name from the flower thyme, smells so that it betrays the fish that often eat of it until all the fishes in the river smell like itself. they say http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_161.htm (3 of 4 [10/9/2001 12:37:33 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds(pages 161

RUBY TABLET OF SET

canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? jesus taught his disciples to be "fishermen of men's souls" as a man's soul dwells within the sea of humanity, there it shall remain through remanifestation. to snatch one's soul from that sea of humanity is akin to snatching a fish from the waters. consider this: what becomes of that snatched fish? who does the snatching? and who taught man to snatch men's souls? be this true, heaven becomes hell, good becomes evil, and jesus becomes the deceiver. lucifer: isaiah 14:12 how are thou fallen from heaven, o lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations. lucifer is one of th

empter: 1 thessalonians 3:5 for this cause i could no longer forbear, i sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and labour be in vain. i enjoy this title. it sounds so pleasant to my ears. the tempter, the one who tempts. you could still say no, could you not? and could the tempter be another name for the fishermen of men's souls? does not the fisherman tempt the fish with bait? could the fish choose not to nibble? the accuser of the brethren: revelation 12:10 and i heard a loud voice saying in heaven, now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of jehovah, and the power of his christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accuses them before jehovah day and night. makes sense, right? who would accuse those who are of jehovah but sat

f the role of dreams in human dealings with the supernatural. dreamlike states of consciousness play a prominent part in some of his stories. it also shows up in his treatment of atavisms. here the fascination and the horror resides in the fact that he is seeking to evoke in the reader those early layers of the psyche. when you talk to a human being, you are also talking to a mammal, a reptile, a fish-frog- these layers beneath the point of the awakening of human self-awareness still exist, and still dictate much of human behavior. what is horrible and fascinating about such things is the vague, disturbed realization in the reader that yes- part of him is a fish-frog, but he doesn't want to talk about that. that's ucky. that's terrible. setians try to raise these principles to their ultima

SABBATIC KABALA OF THE CROOKED PATH

gemini who in the tarot is symbolized by the lovers. importance must be stressed on the concept of love in this cell. the ultimate adoration a nd humbleness in fore the path of initiation and before the eyes of the gods are taken on as a necessity and a sheer want born from the virgin-will of the mage. the other construction in this cell is the solar fasette found in the letter tzaddi which means fish-hook, but is also connected to the star through its kabbalistic connotations. in lurias initatic system the rabbi of the mysteries was honoured with the title tzaddiquin. further this cell reflects the influence of aries, which in the tarot has been given the domain of the emperor. this explains the warrior like flavour of the cell and the solar influences of the cell. the formulae of zayin i

SALMANRUSHDIE THESATANICVERSES

at the school he came down to breakfast to find a kipper on his plate. he sat there staring at it, not knowing where to begin. then he cut into it, and got a mouthful of tiny bones. and after extracting them all, another mouthful, more bones. his fellow-pupils watched him suffer in silence; not one of them said, here, let me show you, you eat it in this way. it took him ninety minutes to eat the fish and he was not permitted to rise from the table until it was done. by that time he was shaking, and if he had been able to cry he would have done so. then the thought occurred to him that he had been taught an important lesson. england was a peculiar-tasting smoked fish full of spikes and bones, and nobody would ever tell him how to eat it. he discovered that he was a bloody-minded person "i'

ds, the radio said, and when they ruffled saladin's hair their hands were a little too shaky, or alternatively a little too rough. late that evening the sirens sang and the guests ran for cover, hiding under beds, in cupboards, anywhere. nasreen chamchawala found herself alone by a food-laden table, and attempted to reassure the company by standing there in her newsprint sari, munching a piece of fish as if nothing were the matter. so it was that when she started choking on the fishbone of her death there was nobody to help her, they were all crouching in corners with their eyes shut; even saladin, conqueror of kippers, saladin of the england-returned upper lip, had lost his nerve. nasreen chamchawala fell, twitched, gasped, died, and when the all--clear sounded the guests emerged sheepish

ic, singing space sirens known as the alien korns, maybe because you could lie down among them, and there was a team of venusian hip-hoppers and subway spraypainters and soul-brothers who called themselves the alien nation, and under a bed in the spaceship that was the programme's main location there lived bugsy the giant dung-beetle from the crab nebula who had run away from his father, and in a fish-tank you could find brains the super-intelligent giant abalone who liked eating chinese, and then there was ridley, the most terrifying of the regular cast, who looked like a francis bacon painting" of a mouthful of teeth waving at the end of a sightless pod, and who had an obsession with the actress sigourney weaver. the stars of the show, its kermit and miss piggy, were the very fashionable

osse sticks, stamp albums, and all the buried treasure--chests of memories and lost time. the coastline had changed, had moved a mile or more out to sea, leaving the first norman castle stranded far from water, lapped now by marshy land that afflicted with all manner of dank and boggy agues the poor who lived there on their whatstheword _estates. she, the old lady, saw the castle as the ruin of a fish betrayed by an antique ebbing tide, as a sea-monster petrified by time. nine hundred years! nine centuries past, the norman fleet had sailed right through this englishwoman's home. on clear nights when the moon was full, she waited for its shining, revenant ghost. best place to see 'em come, she reassured herself, grandstand view. repetition had become a comfort in her antiquity; the well-wor

was full of questions, did we truly, i mean, with your hands flapping, and then the waters, you don't mean to tell me they _actually, like in the movies, when charlton heston stretched out his staff, so that we could, across the ocean--floor, it never happened, couldn't have, but if not then how, or did we in some way underwater, escorted by the mermaids, the sea passing through us as if we were fish or ghosts, was that the truth, yes or no, i need to have to. but when his eyes opened the questions acquired the indistinctness of dreams, so that he could no longer grasp them, their tails flicked before him and vanished like submarine fins. he was looking up at the sky, and noticed that it was the wrong colour entirely, blood-orange flecked with green, and the snow was blue as ink. he blink

e world be done for" he reasoned contentedly to himself "if it can offer up such instances of perfection as this lovely dawn" continuing down the line of these happy thoughts, he formulated a silent speech to his resting wife "mishal, i'm forty years old and as contented as a forty-day babe. i see now that i've been falling deeper and deeper into our love over the years, and now i swim, like some fish, in that warm sea" how much she gave him, he marvelled; how much he needed her! their marriage transcended mere sensuality, was so intimate that a separation was unthinkable "growing old beside you" he told her while she slept "will be, mishal, a privilege" he permitted himself the sentimentality of blowing a kiss in her direction and then tiptoeing from the room. out once more on the main ve

hrough the shadows to the shaandaar caf, promising with empty kindness "it'll be all right. you'll see. it'll all be fine" when saladin chamcha awoke, the memory of these words filled him with a bitter anger. where's farishta, he found himself thinking. that bastard: i bet he's doing okay- it was a thought to which he would return, with extraordinary results; for the moment, however, he had other fish to fry. i am the incarnation of evil, he thought. he had to face it. however it had happened, it could not be denied. i am _no longer myself, or not only. i am the embodiment of wrong, of whatwe--hate, of sin. why? why me? what evil had he done- what vile thing could he, would he do? for what was he- he couldn't avoid the notion- being punished? and, come to that, by whom (i held my tongue) h

e "cuts _la lutte continue; meanwhile, hind and her daughters raked in the cash, unworldly sufyan went to mecca and came home to dispense homely wisdom, kindliness and smiles. and behind six doors that opened a crack every time chamcha went to make a phone call or use the toilet, maybe thirty temporary human beings, with little hope of being declared permanent. the real world "you needn't look so fish-faced and holy, anyway" mishal sufyan pointed out "look where all your law abiding got you" o o o "your universe is shrinking" a busy man, hal valance, creator of _the aliens show_ and sole owner of the property, took exactly seventeen seconds to congratulate chamcha on being alive before beginning to explain why this fact did not affect the show's decision to dispense with his services. vala

SATANGEL

rs of cain perambulating and displaying their private parts, their eyes painted with antimony in the manner of harlots, and, being seduced, took wives from amongst them. the watchers and their brood devolved through their carnal obsessions and became tainted by the powers they sought to master. as it says in the book of enoch..and they began to sin against the birds, the beasts, and reptiles, and fish, and to devour one another s flesh. it seems they were unable to divest themselves of their mortal forms and instead descended further and further into carnality. naturally, god stepped in to try and sort out the mess. the watchers and their foul offspring were either thrown into the abyss, or were destroyed in the great flood. however, there are many black magicians and witches who believe i

th (crowley, 777. clauneck (grimorium verum. a subordinate spirit of lucifer. has power over goods and riches, can discover hidden treasures to him that makes a pact with him; he can bestow wealth. brings money from a distance. obey him, and he will obey thee. clistheret (grimorium verum. a subordinate spirit of lucifer. makes day or night about thee at pleasure. dagon, dagan (west semitic, corn, fish. chief god of the philistines (judges 16:23. lord of the deep ones, with the body of a man and a fishes tail for legs like an obscene merman. master of hell s pantry. dantalion (goetia, 71st spirit. duke commanding 36 legions. appears as a many faced man with a book in his right hand. teaches art and sciences, reads and controls minds, procures love, shows images of anyone regardless of their

SATANIC RITUALS

nlightenment of thy creation! my feet are as the mountain's base, firm and one with the house of joy. my eyes are as a pinnacle that views the scattered multitudes of fools who grope for things celestial; who bow and scrape to wan and sallow gods, the spawn of shallow minded men, forsaking life terrestrial while creeping to their graves. i gaze upon the massive hoards that suffocate, like peter's fish pulled from the lake of life's sweet waters. to perish in heaven's foul vapors shall be their doom! the fate of fools is justice! i am the tempter of life that lurks in every breast and belly; a vibrant, torpid cavern, nectar laden, with sweetest pleasures beckoning. i am a thrusting rod with head of iron, drawing to me myriad nymphs, tumescent in their craving! i am rampant carnal joy, an ag

ransfer of will (pause, gong is struck) iii i lead to the straight path without a revealed book; i direct aright my beloved and my chosen ones by unseen means. all my teachings are easily applicable to all tunes and all conditions. now the sons of adam do not know the state of things that is to come. for this reason they fall into many errors. the beasts of the earth, the birds of heaven, and the fish of the sea are all under the control of my hands. all treasures and hidden things are known to me, and as i desire, i take them from one and bestow them upon another. i reveal my wonders to those who seek them, and in due time my miracles to those who receive them from me. but those who are without are my adversaries, hence they oppose me. nor do they know that such a course is against their

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

an it is celebrated in april and is called hana matsuri. while some buddhists celebrate this day only as the buddha s day of birth, theravada followers believe it also celebrates the day he became enlightened and died. homes are cleaned and decorated, and lanterns are set out to symbolize enlightenment. in countries such as cambodia and thailand, large numbers of caged birds are set free and live fish are returned to rivers to symbolize the freedom that comes with enlightenment. in other theravada countries religious processions circle the temple or stupa three times to symbolize the buddha, the dharma, and the sangha. plays that depict scenes of the buddha s lives are also presented. many buddhists visit their local temples for chanting and teachings, and offerings are given to the monks

g leads to salvation. followers. christians number about 2.1 billion, making christianity the world s largest religion. name of god. the christian god is called god and is also known as the lord or the father. jesus is believed to be the son of god. the concept of the trinity makes god a combination of god the father, the son, and the holy spirit. symbols. the cross and the simplified sketch of a fish are two dominant christian symbols. worship. religious services are held in churches. most christians pray and observe the sacraments, or rites, of baptism and holy communion. dress. there is no special dress for christians. texts. the bible, consisting of the old testament, of jewish origin, and the new testament, written after the time of jesus, is the sacred text of christianity. sites. th

ols the primary symbol of christianity is the cross, representing the suffering, crucifixion, atonement, and resurrection of jesus. the cross is a strong symbol in churches and often appears on their roofs and in homes. its presence recalls the sacrifice of jesus christ. the cross is also sometimes worn around the neck as jewelry. another early symbol of christianity is the primitive drawing of a fish made of two curving lines, or arcs. in the early days of persecution, if two christians met they could identify themselves to each other by this symbol. one would draw an arc in the sand, and the other would draw a reverse arc to fashion the shape of a fish. two things make this a powerful symbol. one is the reference in the bible to christians as being fishers of men. the other is the fact t

g lines, or arcs. in the early days of persecution, if two christians met they could identify themselves to each other by this symbol. one would draw an arc in the sand, and the other would draw a reverse arc to fashion the shape of a fish. two things make this a powerful symbol. one is the reference in the bible to christians as being fishers of men. the other is the fact that the greek word for fish, ichthus, also forms, in greek, the first letters of the words jesus christ, son of god, savior. thus, this simple symbol was a heavily encoded message. while the cross and the fish are primary symbols of christianity, the religion is filled with other icons and symbols. the dove is another among the symbols sacred to christianity are the cross and a primitive drawing of a fish. the cross is

ords jesus christ, son of god, savior. thus, this simple symbol was a heavily encoded message. while the cross and the fish are primary symbols of christianity, the religion is filled with other icons and symbols. the dove is another among the symbols sacred to christianity are the cross and a primitive drawing of a fish. the cross is used as a symbol of jesus s sacrifice for humankind, while the fish was first used as a means by which christians could identify one another. royalty-free/ corbis. world religions: almanac 137 christianity christian symbol, especially when depicted with a halo of three rings. the dove is used to represent the holy spirit, while the three rings of the halo represents the trinity. the image of a lamb similarly symbolizes jesus, the lamb of god (agnus dei in lat

g lent, for instance, roman catholics are asked to fast on ash wednesday (the first day of lent) and good friday (the friday before easter. certain days are also set world religions: almanac 141 christianity aside for abstinence. in the roman catholic tradition, each friday during lent is declared a day of abstinence, when the faithful are asked to avoid eating meat. the church does not recognize fish as a type of meat, so observant catholics may eat fish on these days. there is no specific dress code or diet for christians. the clergy of various branches, denominations, and orders do, however, have distinctive clothing. this includes the priest s collar, the robes of some monks, the black attire and headpiece that nuns (women who have devoted their lives to god) used to wear, and the dist

anac confucianism through town. a string of participants is covered in a long dragon robe and they follow a young girl carrying a red ball or a light, which symbolizes yang power. finally the dragon swallows the red ball, demonstrating a symbolic unity with the gods and an acceptance of the light. family banquets are another high point of the new year s celebration, with several kinds of meat and fish served, along with special rice cakes. red envelopes filled with money are passed out to younger members of the family as gifts. the main pilgrimage site for confucians is to the birthplace of confucius in shandong province. his hometown, qufu, is the site of a temple complex, built in 478 bce and reconstructed many times since. extending over almost fifty acres, this complex contains several

ds. in temples and private homes rituals are held welcoming the three pure ones. sweets are offered because the chinese word for sweets and for heaven is the same, tian. wooden blocks are tossed like dice to tell when the gods have finished their meal and have granted the wishes of the faithful. special offerings are made in the home to ancestors. the entire family gathers to have a large meal of fish, meat, and special cakes. gifts are exchanged and red envelopes with money are given to children. balance to the year religious daoists divide the year into three parts. the first, the reign of the spirits of heaven, follows the new year and lasts for six months. to usher in this period, a banquet is served for the gods in the temple and then taken home by families and eaten. at the end of th

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erpent followed eve. he said, her soul comes from the north, and i will therefore quickly seduce her. and how did he seduce her? he had intercourse with her. 200. his disciples asked: tell us how this took place. he replied: the wicked samael made a bond with all the host on high against his master. this was because the blessed holy one said [regarding man (genesis 1:26, and let him rule over the fish of the sea and the flying things of heaven [samael] said, how can we cause him to sin and be exiled from before god? he descended with all his host, and sought a suitable companion on earth. he finally found the serpent, which looked like a camel, and he rode on it. he then went to the woman and said to her (genesis 3:1, did god also say, from all the trees of the garden [you shall not eat [h

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ce that is in need, and to honor the name of his master. the more so with regard to he who has no intention, amen. thus, whoever moves his lips with purity of heart, in the waters that purify, what is written of him? and elohim said: let us make adam.189 meaning to say (let us make) because of man (he) who knows to unify the image and the likeness as behooves, and they will have dominion over the fish of the sea.190 22 appendix ii there is another addition at the very end of the sifra detzniyutha: when the one heh h is turned towards the other heh h, and yod y is taken away, then comes vengeance into the universe; and except for that adam who is called [by the name] hvhy, the universe would not exist; but all things would be destroyed. hence it is written: and the lord hvhy alone shall be

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use the padrone bade me await your waking, and attend your commands "the padrone, mejnour! is he arrived "arrived and departed, signor. he has left this letter for you "give it me, and wait without till i am dressed "at your service. i have bespoke an excellent breakfast: you must be hungry. i am a very tolerable cook; a monk's son ought to be! you will be startled at my genius in the dressing of fish. my singing, i trust, will not disturb you. i always sing while i prepare a salad; it harmonises the ingredients" and slinging his carbine over his shoulder, paolo sauntered from the room, and closed the door. glyndon was already deep in the contents of the following letter "when i first received thee as my pupil, i promised zanoni, if convinced by thy first trials that thou couldst but swell

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om which the following rendering has been made; the merit of first discovering the correct meaning of the text belongs to m. lefebure. p. 137 the legend of ra and isis "the chapter of the divine god, the self-created being) who made the heavens and the earth, and the winds [which give] life, and the fire, and the gods, and men, and beasts, and cattle, and reptiles, and the fowl of the air and the fish of the sea; he is the king of men and of gods, he hath one period of life) and with him periods of one hundred and twenty years each are but as years; his names are manifold and unknown, the gods even know them not "now isis was a woman who possessed words of power; her heart was wearied with the millions of men, therefore she chose the millions of the gods, but she esteemed more highly the m

hings one of the king's wise men laughed at his remarks, and in answer setnau said "if thou wouldst read a book possessed of magical powers come with me. and i will show it to thee, the book was written by thoth himself, and in it there are two formula. the recital of the first will enchant (or bewitch) heaven, earth, hell, sea, and mountains, and by it thou shalt see all the birds, reptiles, and fish, for its power will bring the fish to the top of the water. the recital of the second will enable a man if he be in the tomb to take the form which he had upon earth" etc. when questioned as to where the book was, setnau said that it was in the tomb of ptah-nefer-ka at memphis. a little later setnau went there with his brother and passed three days and three nights in seeking for the tomb of

kher-heb next made ready to perform the sacrifice which was intended to commemorate the slaughter, at some very early period, of the fiends who were the friends of set. it seems that, p. 195 the soul of horus dwelt in an eye, and that set nearly succeeded in devouring it; but horus vanquished set and saved his eye. set's associates then changed themselves into the forms of animals, and birds, and fish, but they were caught, and their heads were cut off; set, however, who was concealed in the form of a pig, contrived to escape. the sacrifice consisted of a bull (or cow) or two, two gazelles or antelopes, and ducks. when the bull had been slain, one of the forelegs was cut off, and the heart taken out, and offered to the statue or mummy; the sem priest then took the bleeding leg and touched

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r own, so that they leave them, and go off by night and day to others that belong to other men; with the result that they commit sin, and fall into murderous deeds" 24. and i adjured him by the name of the lord saba th, saying "fear god, asmodeus, and tell me by what angel thou art frustrated" but he said "by raphael, the archangel that stands before the throne of god. but the liver and gall of a fish put me to flight, when smoked over ashes of the tamarisk" i again asked him, and said "hide not aught from me. for i am solomon, son of david, king of israel. tell me the name of the fish which thou reverest" and he answered "it is the glanos by name, and is found in the rivers of assyria; wherefore it is that i roam about in those parts" 25. and i said to him "hast thou nothing else about th

halt also make the clay for the entire construction of the temple, treading it down with thy feet" and i ordered them to give him ten water-jars to carry water in. and the demon groaned terribly, and did the work i ordered him to do. and this i did, because that fierce demon asmodeus knew even the future. and i solomon glorified god, who gave wisdom to me solomon his servant. and the liver of the fish and its gall i hung on the spike of a reed, and burned it over asmodeus because of his being so strong, and his unbearable malice was thus frustrated. 26. and i summoned again to stand before me beelzeboul, the prince of demons, and i sat him down on a raised seat of honour, and said to him "why art thou alone, prince of the demons" and he said to me "because i alone am left of the angels of

might know the powers of the demons and their shapes, and the names of their angels, by which these angels are frustrated. and i glorified the lord god of israel, and commanded the spirits to be bound with bonds indissoluble. 67. and having praised god, i commanded another spirit to come before me; and there came before my face another demon, having in front the shape of a horse, but behind of a fish. and he had a mighty voice, and said to me "o king solomon, i am a fierce spirit of the sea, and i am greedy of gold and silver. i am such a spirit as rounds itself and comes over the expanses of the water of the sea, and i trip up the men who sail thereon. for i round myself into a wave [1, and transform myself, and then throw myself on ships and come right in on them. and that is my busines

t, o king solomon, thou wilt not wrong us nor imprison us, nor lay command on us; but since the lord god has given thee authority over every spirit, in the air, and on the earth, and under the earth, therefore do we also present ourselves before thee like the other spirits, from ram and bull, from [35] both twin and crab, lion and virgin, scales and scorpion, archer, goat-horned, waterpourer, and fish [1. acts ii. 1. 2. kosmokratores. cp. paul, eph. vi. 12; origen, c. celsum, viii, 58] 73. then i solomon invoked the name of the lord sabaoth, and questioned each in turn as to what was its character. and i bade each one come forward and tell of its actions. then the first one came forward, and said "i am the first decans of the zodiacal circle, and i am called the ram, and with me are these

d sleeplessness on men. if one write 'kokphn dismos' and bind it round the temples, i at once retire" 99. the twenty-ninth said "i am called anost r. i engender uterine mania and pains in the bladder. if one powder into pure oil three seeds of laurel and smear it on, saying 'i exorcise thee, anost r. stop by marmara' at once i retreat" 100. the thirtieth said "i am called alleborith. if in eating fish one has swallowed a bone, then he must take a bone from the fish and cough, and at once i retreat" 101. the thirty-first said "i am called hephesimireth, and cause lingering disease. if you throw salt, rubbed in the hand, into oil and smear it on the patient, saying 'seraphim, cherubim, help me' i at once retire" 102. the thirty-second said "i am called ichthion. i paralyze muscles and contus

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s then become justified, since in them too the eternal is present. what they are from the standpoint of the limited, lower life turns out to be mere illusion: 26 christianity as mystical fact what people want is not always what is best for them. it is illness that makes health sweet and good; hunger that makes food satisfying; toil that brings rest.27 the sea is the purest and impurest water. for fish it is drinkable and salutary, but for men it is undrinkable and harmful.28 the primary thrust of heraclitus thought here is not the perishability of earthly things, but rather the splendor and sublimity of the eternal. heraclitus denounces homer, hesiod, and the learned men of his time. his aim was to demonstrate the dependence of their thought on transitory things. he wanted nothing to do wi

s miraculous when we realize that it has arisen through the gradual modification of ancestral forms, going back originally to primeval fishes. is it not reasonable to assume the same conditions of evolution for the spirit as we know to prevail in nature? does a more highly developed spirit emerge from the same conditions as a primitive one say, goethe and a hottentot? it is no more possible for a fish to develop from the ancestors of an ape than for goethe s spirit to issue from the same spiritual conditions as a savage; the spiritual ancestry is simply quite different. spirit as well as a body are in a process of evolving. goethe s spirit has more stages of development behind it than that of the savage. if we understand the idea of reincarnation in this 32 christianity as mystical fact ev

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n despised. the coptic fathers identified set with satan, and he almost disappears as a figure in egyptian magic. the european manuals gave away to medieval grimoires and perhaps the last practicing setian, the 8th century abulfaiz dhu l nun, changed his name to thuban the black (thuban being the name of the star alpha draconis. thuban as pir, or chief of his order, was called king or lord of the fish the fish being a typhonic animal. thuban was third in teaching succession after daud of tai and maaruf karkhi (in the order of the builders. thuban founded the malamati, or blameworthy, order of sufi, which has certain similarities with freemasonry. the masonic pillar of the temple boaz (the black pillar) may be albuazz, a form of thubans name abulfaiz. the fourth blooming began in the middle

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's left hand and her spinning on her finger of a sun sign. her color is blue, same color as the blue lodge of freemasonry (first three degrees. the rose and the lotus are her flowers, also the same flowers represented throughout the occult world by many other individuals and groups. 228 codex magica "cross my heart and hope to die" 229 the papacy often uses the "x" as is demonstrated in the dagon fish-hat of pope john paul ii on the cover of the pope speaks journal. 230 codex magica the x symbol on the robe worn by pope john paul ii is telling, as is the silver metal torch with its black flame. silver is the metallic element of the ancient goddess, which the pope would recognize in the form of mary, mother of jesus. the x, of course, represents the father deity. not the father god of the o

rings dualism, or equilibrium, which is a goal of freemasonry and a cardinal tenet of all illuminist religious systems. the pope's triceps the vatican also got into the triangle act. in some roman catholic churches today, behind the altar we find displayed the all-seeing eye inside a triangle. meanwhile, the pope can often be seen wearing the symbol of the triceps on his vestments or on his dagon fish god hat, which has its own unique triangular design. the triceps is a nordic design of three earth diamonds thought to invoke earth energy powers and spiritual magic. by adding straight lines on its three sides to fill in the open spaces, we discover that the triceps unexpectedly becomes a larger triangle with a concealed jewish star of david (six-pointed star) within. the triangle and freema

the capitalists and the communist manifesto, were ideological expressions of the jewish cabala, which is also the basis for marx's theory of dialectical materialism and economic class evolution, specific throwbacks to hegelian dialectics and weishaupt's illuminism. albert pike's writings in morals and dogma are also right out of the jewish cabala aquarium. it seems that the piranhas, the killer "fish" of humanity, all swam in the same polluted pond: jewish cabalism and rabbinical magic and despotism. from lenin to putin, we have a straight-line succession of jewish cabalism under the guise of communism and now "democratic capitalism" under gorbachev, yeltsin and putin.3 writing in his provocative, fact-filled expose, bloodlines of the illuminati, researcher fritz springmeier reveals how i

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n. parker torrence what is wicca "basically, wicca is an evolving religion which originated from paganism, the oldest religion in the world. it's an earth-oriented religion which has a consciousness towards ecology, not domination of the earth. we are part of everything that is going on around us. humans have a responsibility for their actions and how they treat the earth, plants, animals, birds, fish and even rocks. pat devin permission is given for the distribution of this text in electronic form, with these conditions: s no fees may be charged for the distribution or transmission of this document, other than standard charges for use of transmission lines or electronic media. distribution for commercial purposes or by commercial entities is specifically prohibited. s all copies distribut

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chariots wear out. so too the body reaches old age. but the dhamma of the good grows not old. thus do the good reveal it among the good. the buddha s advice to all those who wish to rise above the karmic laws of death and rebirth is to live a contemplative, religious life: men who have not led a religious life and have not laid up treasure in their youth, perish like old herons in a lake without fish. men who have not led a religious life and have not laid up treasure in their youth lie like wornout bows, sighing after the past (dhammapada 155:56) the counsel of the buddha is quite similar to the words of jesus in matthew 6:19 21 when he admonished those who would follow him not to expend their energies accumulating treasures on earth where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in

anscendent. underhill goes on to explain that in the perfect unity of consciousness that comes in a state of ecstasy, the mystic is so concentrated on the absolute that his or her faculties are suspended and he or she ceases to think of himself or herself as separate from the all that is. the mystic becomes so immersed in the absolute that as the bird cannot see the air which supports it, nor the fish the ocean in which it swims [the mystic] knows all, but think naught, perceives all, but conceives naught. in addition to the passive nature of the ecstasy, another characteristic of its content is its relative unity and the narrowness of its conscious field. to a large extent, the outside world is shut out, and the five senses are completely closed to external stimuli. every other thought, f

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evidence as hair samples, feces, and casts of footprints indicate that unknown species of apes or apemen unrecognized by science may exist in the himalayan mountains, the remote forests of northern california and canada, and other parts of the world. some cryptozoologists claim that the loch ness monster and sea serpents could be survivors from the age of the dinosaurs. the coelacanth, a bizarre fish older than the great reptiles by millions of years, was thought to have been extinct for 65 million years until one was caught off the coast of south africa in 1938. since that time, more than 200 have turned up in fishnets from indonesia to kenya. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 58 mysterious creatures if the coelacanth survived for o

hat may end all arguments about whether or not the creature exists. there, in a muddy wallow near mt. adams, was an imprint of bigfoot s hair-covered lower body as it lay on its side, apparently reaching over to get some fruit. thermal imaging equipment confirmed that the impression made by the massive body was only a few hours old. the team of bigfoot hunters who discovered the imprint dr. leroy fish, a retired wildlife ecologist with a doctorate in zoology; derek randles, a landscape architect; and richard noll, a tooling metrologist next made a plaster cast of what appeared to be impressions of the creature s left forearm, hip, thigh, and heel. more than 200 pounds of plaster were needed to acquire a complete 3- 1/2 x 5-foot cast of the imprint. dr. jeff meldrum of idaho state universit

ber of the larger lakes throughout the world? what prehistoric monsters might be surviving unchanged, unscathed by the earth changes t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 86 mysterious creatures that annihilated their cousins more than 60 million years ago? supporting such speculations were the discoveries of numerous coelacanths (crossoptergian fish) off the coast of southeast africa in 1938. the coelacanths that were dragged from the ocean by the nets of fishermen had survived almost unchanged for 70 million years from a time even before the age of reptiles. then, after nearly 200 of the supposedly extinct living fossils had been discovered on the southeast african coast, the fourth coelacanth, a female almost five and a half feet long

a family of monsters does indeed inhabit the loch. in one 13-minute period, tucker stated, sonar echoes defined large objects moving underwater. a massive object was recorded swimming at a speed as high as 17 miles per hour and diving at a rate of 450 feet a minute. from the evidence we have, he concluded, there is some animal life in the loch whose behavior is difficult to reconcile with that of fish. in 1971, bob rines, a world-renowned patent attorney, physicist, and engineer, saw nessie for himself. in the middle of the lake, his binoculars focused clearly on the creature for 10 minutes, he saw what looked like the back of an elephant. he shrugs off the skeptics who say that he merely saw a school of fish or a trick of the light. he is familiar with the dwellers of the deep. it was his

bat, but of the shape of an eagle s they also had four legs, each supplied with eagle-shaped talons. the combination and blending together of the master species of the earth, sea, and air so as to present the leading and most terrific characteristics of the various species thus graphically arranged, is an absolute wonder and seems to show a vastly superior knowledge of animal, fowl, reptile, and fish nature than has been accorded to the indian. whatever the petroglyphs truly represented, all the native tribes of what then constituted the northwest territory had a terrible tradition associated with the creatures they called the piasa (or piusa. sometime in the 1840s, professor john russell of jersey county, illinois, explored the caves that the piasa were said to have inhabited and reporte

th images of mischievous elves, fun-loving fairies, or dwarves working in diamond mines, but classically, the role of the gnome is that of a supernatural guardian who can release the treasures of the earth to the earnest alchemist or magician. the gnome, according to the alchemists of the renaissance, had the ability to move through the earth in a manner similar to a human moving through air or a fish through water. the alchemist would seek to invoke the energy of the salamander, a lizardlike entity whose element was fire, and the gnome, whose element was earth, and combine their energies with air and water to create gold from base metals. the name applied to the guardian of the earth s treasures is thought to be derived from the greek genomos, earth-dweller. popular images of little men a

ant, glen. obake files: ghostly encounters in supernatural hawaii. honolulu: mutual publishing, 1996. westervelt, william d. hawaiian legends of ghosts and ghost-gods. rutland, vt; tokyo: charles e. tuttle co, 1963, 1971. mermaids there are few tales of the fairy folks friends that are as captivating as those that deal with the mermaid, those ocean-dwelling divinities that are half-human and half-fish. although there are mermen, the greater fascination has always been on the mermaid with her top half a beautiful woman and her bottom half that of a fish. traditionally, the mermaid is also gifted with a lovely singing voice, which can be used to warn sailors of approaching storms or jagged rocks ahead. or, in many of the ancient stories, the seductive siren song of the mermaids lure the seam

an shape and marry him, at the same time granting him three wishes that may make them wealthy. if she feels that she has been disrespected or treated badly, she may use her beauty to lure a fisherman to the deepest part of the lake and drown him. in lake tanganyika in the small east african country of burundi, the mambu-mutu is very much the classical mermaid, half attractive woman and half large fish. in her case, however, she does not fancy humans, and her only intention is to drag them under the lake s surface and suck their blood. in estonian folklore, the nakh are shapeshifting water demons who walk freely on land as handsome young men or beautiful women who lure their victims with the sound of their sweet, seductive singing. once they have enchanted their victims, they lead them to r

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s some distance from the site of the attack. at the age of 18, they were permitted to make their first human sacrifices to kali. the thuggee had their female counterparts in a secret sect of tantrists who held that it was only by a constant indulgence in passion that a human could ever achieve total union with kali. only indulgence in the five vices that corrupt the soul of humankind. wine, meat, fish, mystical gesticulations, and sexual indulgence.could drive the poisons out of the human body and purify the soul. in 1822, william sleeman, an officer in the bengal army who had transferred to civil service, was appointed by governor general lord bentinck to rid india of the society of stranglers. fluent in four indian dialects, sleeman had been the british official who had first confirmed t

th. impulsiveness is second nature to them, and movement and change are essential to their peace of mind. sagittarians are often able to retain their physical youth into advanced maturity, and they are relatively free of health problems as well. capricorn, the goat, december 22 to january 20, is an earth sign. capricorn was named first in honor of the ancient babylonian god, ea, a part-goat, part fish entity, who emerged from the sea to bring learning and culture to the valley of mesopotamia. the romans transformed ea to pan, a half-goat, half-human god who ruled the woodlands and the fields. capricorns are individuals of deeply rooted habits who tend to become industrious and economical individuals with great powers of endurance. although generally kind, capricorn people tend to be somewh

, and rather eccentric.while at the same time being highly gifted and intellectual men and women, who contribute much to art, literature, and allied subjects. aquarians do not fit into the general concept of conventional living, and they make for most interesting, albeit unusual, friends and companions. aquarians must be free of mental and emotional tensions if they are to be healthy. pisces, the fish, february 20 to march 20, is a water sign. pisces, the fishes swimming in opposite directions, has been known by that designation since the astrologers of babylonia named the constellation two fishes as long ago as 2000 b.c.e. although pisces people are industrious workers, they do not possess a great deal of stamina. it seems that fate often picks on pisceans, and they are more liable to com

hear o israel, the lord our god is one god h on the doorposts of their homes. an amulet with those words continues to be attached to doors in many modern jewish households, or worn as a gold chain around the neck for good luck. early christians inscribed the word ichthys (greek for gfish h) on their amulets because the word contained in greek the initials for jesus christ, son of god, savior. the fish symbol has been important to christians ever since. a simple cord is perhaps the plainest amulet of them all. wrist, ankle, and neck cords are popular in contemporary times and have a long history. unlike other amulets, which when lost or broken are believed to end luck or protection, cords release magic to come true when they break naturally from wear. an amulet lost or broken might be a rea

smit energy. its keeper and early publicist, f. a. mitchell-hedges, also claimed it had the power to kill, citing several of his enemies who died before he did. mitchell-hedges was an explorer and gambler who wrote books about his searches for remnants of lost tribes and the lost continent of atlantis (lands of wonder and fear, 1931) as well as his encounters with sea monsters (battles with giant fish, 1923, and battles with monsters of the sea, 1937. in 1927, mitchell- hedges and his daughter anna were clearing debris atop a temple in the ancient mayan city of lubaantum (modern-day belize) when anna discovered what became known as the mitchell-hedges crystal skull on her seventeenth birthday. weeks later, near the same site, she found the jaw of the skull. mitchell-hedges did not publiciz

and the emptying of their hearts of all earthly desires. although many in the judeo-christian tradition prefer to emphasize the charge that humans shall have dominion over all animals, it might be mindful to also take serious notice of job 12:7.8: gask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you; or to speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea inform you. h although totems are most often associated with native americans, many cultures have at some time in their past used animal totems. local sport teams use names such as the tigers, lions, bears, cardinals, and falcons. various religions and sects use expressions like the lamb of god, the dove of the holy spirit, and the lion of judah. people through history have even ha

iated with native americans, many cultures have at some time in their past used animal totems. local sport teams use names such as the tigers, lions, bears, cardinals, and falcons. various religions and sects use expressions like the lamb of god, the dove of the holy spirit, and the lion of judah. people through history have even had such surnames as bear, beaver, wolf, crane, crow, drake, finch, fish, fox, hawk, robin, pike, lamb, partridge, and salmon. for many centuries, humans have allowed animals to be both surrogates and teachers. the ethnologist ivar lissner has pondered the provocative mystery of why those anonymous franco-cantabrian cave artists of more than 20,000 years ago never left mankind any clearly defined self-portraits that would show the exact physical appearance of huma

ed on the great pyramid year-round, but were joined by thousands of other workers only during the late summer and autumn months when the nile river overflowed and drenched agricultural fields. when the annual flooding occurred, farmers and villagers left the fields to work on the great pyramid for their god-king. teams led by lehner and hawass found further remains of bakeries and buildings where fish may have been processed to help feed the workforce. they also discovered bones of young male cattle and evidence that grains were delivered to the site, rather than processed there. beef from young male cattle was thought to be food only for the wealthy. the permanent crew of workers may have enjoyed the finest food and grains as reward for the skills they were employing to erect the pyramids

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e engaged insuppressing the old religion during the middle ages. boguet compares the round dance of the witches withthat of the fairies, whom he stigmatises as "devils incarnate.[70] the ring usually moved to the left, butwhere as in france the dancers faced outwards the movement was widdershins, against the sun. theaberdeen witches[71] were accused of dancing devilish dances round the market and fish crosses of thetown, and also round a great stone at craigleauch.the ring dance has shared the fate of many religious rites and has become an amusement for children. somesuch dances have a person as the central object, round whom the whole ring turns. those which have nocentral figure are usually imitative dances, like mulberry bush, where the original actions were undoubtedlynot so simple and

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

ding of the word "akh, and is one of the spirit forms released at death, with the root meaning of "to be bright (the "akhu" are the spirits of the dead. thus it is not applicable to divinity or kether in the way perkins sees it, as it would rather be allocated to yesod in terms of the sephiroth or the nefesh in terms of the divisions of the soul. egyptian name glyph qualities khat (kat, xat, kab) fish body sahu mummy& seal spiritual body ka (kai) upraised hands image, double ba (baie) various birds spirit-soul khaibt fan shadow, aura akh (khu, khou, yekh) bennu bird bright spirit sekhem owl vital power ren kneeling man name hati lion whole heart ab jar will tet (zet) upright snake soul hammemit radiating sun unborn soul florence farr, in her book egyptian magic, saw these divisions acting

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are not on science's program.4 not only is modern clinical psychology detached from the humanities, it is divorced from spirituality. throughout histonhumans have forfeited tranquility, comfort, and sometimes life itset' for spiritual motives. spirituality is important to our health and welbeing- it is so much a part of us that trying to understand humar. beings without it is like trying to study fish and omitting the fact tha: they live in water. unfortunately, many psychotherapists have done just that, persuading themselves and their clients to believe that th spiritual portion of them either does not exist or is irrelevant. psychology and spirituality should not be separate entities. it is time to tear down the artificial walls that divide them. the various schools of magic and their ex

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d 13. moon sin 14. venus dlibat 15. aries agru (xubur) 16. taurus kakkab u alap shame (kingu) 17. gemini re'u kinu shame u tu'ame rabuti (viper) 18. cancer shittu (snake) 19. leo kalbu rabu (lakhamu) 20. virgo shiru (whirlwind) 21. jupiter umunpaddu 22. libra zibanitum (ravening dog) 23. water badur 24. scorpio akrabu (scorpion-man) 25. sagittarius pa-bil-sag (hurricane) 26. capricorn suxur mash (fish-man) 27. mars mastabarru 28. aquarius gula (horned beast) 29. pisces dilgan u rikis nuni (weapon) 30. sun shamash 30. fire ag 30. saturn kaimanu 30 (bis) earth kia 30 (bis) spirit zi notes on pronunciation we cannot be absolutely how sumerian and akkadian were spoken; but many useful guidelines are available to the student, including the transliterated tablets found all over mesopotamia. basi

struck down on doorsteps; turn back! my images have you locked into the gate of wall; turn back! my images have you given over to the god of fire; turn back! a most excellent charm against the hordes of demons that assail in the night (may be chanted while walking around the circumference of the circle, and sprinkling the vicinity with sweet water, using a pine cone or golden brush. an image of a fish may be at hand, and the incantation pronounced clearly, every word, either whispered softly, or shouted loudly) isa ya! isa ya! ri ega! ri ega! bi esha bi esha! xiyilqa! xiyilqa! duppira atlaka isa ya u ri ega limuttikunu kima qutri litilli shami ye ina zumri ya isa ya ina zumri ya ri ega ina zumri ya bi esha ina zumri ya xiyilqa ina zumri ya duppira ina zumri ya atlaka ina zumri ya la tatara

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bove that opens before him all the secrets of the universe. 101 of 273 chapter 3.2 what does kabbalah deal with? the method of kabbalah scientists have discovered lately that plants react differently when different people approach them. for example, if a certain person harms a certain plant, the plant will remember it, and if that person approaches it, it will react with intensive internal waves. fish and animals also feel the other in various ways. much like plants, the revelation of the creator enables us to feel our surroundings, feel the other. that revelation occurs in the same senses in which we feel other people as ordinary people. that external sensation is absent in the still nature, and exists only a little in plants. the science of kabbalah deals with man s revelation of the cre

in times is also absent and every story is related to another only by an order of cause and effect. for that reason we can see that adam who was created on the sixth day lived only a few hours before he sinned and fell to the lower world, and along the whole world fell along with him. the sixth day and god said 'let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth (genesis 1, 26. what does it mean to create, man in our image after our likeness? it is said in the torah (genesis 1, 27: in the image of god created he him. image (tzelem) is a part of bina that descends from it into the soul and gives it the properties of the creator. in other words, partzuf bina is the me

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forth from the skull temple of man can then we understand that all of us are within the possibility of power. my gift is to bring you to a life not comprehended previously, one which demands the attention and challenge of self-excellence. the children of this adam know not those things which are determined, wherefore they oft-times fall into error. the beasts of the field, and of heaven, and the fish of the sea, all of them are in my hand and under my control kitab el-jelwa i am the dragon clothed in the feathers of the peacock, that which is sacred unto me. i formed this bird to represent the beauty of the hidden soul, what may become from the balance of the mind. by becoming like me you shall to gain control in your world, thus the balance of the earth and the body temple of man and wom

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

! such nonsense for sound truth you dish up, were i magician, no mere cadi, not samuel fs ghost you fd make me wish up, nor saul fs (the mighty son of kish) up, but ingersoll fs or bradlaugh fs, pardie! by spells and cauldron stews that squish up, or purifying of the nadi, till stradivarius or amati shriek in my stomach! sarasate, such strains! such music as once sadi made persia ring with! i who fish up no such from soul may yet cry: vade retro satanas! tom bond bishop *the sword of song, vol. ii, p. 148. browning fs cacophony in gthe flight of the duchess h is truly extraordinary: gsoul a stir up h with gstreaky syrup h gwent trickle h g gventricle h gsperm oil h g gturmoil h gwreathy hop h g gathiop h gmatters equine h g gfrench weak wine. h we have mentioned gwhy jesus wept h as one of

is hoarse and horrible: o phadra! lend me of thy wickedness, lest i go mad to contemplate myself *the mother fs tragedy, vol. i, p. 164. then turning to madeline. young, pretty, and foolish. who bids her seek help from the mother of god, gour lady of the seven stars h says: can you not see? i am cut off from god! loathsome bull-men in their corruption linked whisper lewd fancies in my ear. great fish, monstrous and flat, with vile malignant eyes, and crawling beetles of gigantic strength, crushed, mangled, moving, are about me. go! go! do not touch the carcass of myself that is abased, defiled, abominable *the mother fs tragedy, vol. i, p. 65. then ulric enters, evidently now totally mad; the fearful power of his neronic lust has reft asunder the last thread of his sanity; in his hand he

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dies with venom instead of blood. she cloaked ferocious dragons with fearsome rays and made them bear mantles of radiance, made them godlike, whoever looks upon them shall collapse in utter terror! their bodies shall rear up continually and never turn away' she stationed a horned serpent, a mushussudragon, and a lahmu-hero, an ugallu-demon, a rabid dog, and a scorpion-man,aggressive umu-demons, a fish-man, and a bull-man bearing merciless weapons, fearless in battle -enuma elish the dragon of the primal oceans of the abyss opened her veins and filled her children with venom as blood, with a spell cracking the sky with the blackened flame of her will. to raise them as gods which shall master all forms of wolves, serpents and those beasts which prey upon others is the desire of tiamat. what

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e living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. 1:25 and god made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and god saw that [it was] good. 1:26 and god said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 1:27 so god created man in his [own] image, in the image of god created he him; male and female created he them. 1:28 and god blessed them, and god said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion

e sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 1:27 so god created man in his [own] image, in the image of god created he him; male and female created he them. 1:28 and god blessed them, and god said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 1:29 and god said, behold, i have given you every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 1:30 and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing

say unto him, the lord god of the hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear. 7:17 thus saith the lord, in this thou shalt know that i [am] the lord: behold, i will smite with the rod that [is] in mine hand upon the waters which [are] in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. 7:18 and the fish that [is] in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river. 7:19 and the lord spake unto moses, say unto aaron, take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and [that] there may be b

become blood; and [that] there may be blood throughout all the land of egypt, both in [vessels of] wood, and in [vessels of] stone. 7:20 and moses and aaron did so, as the lord commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that [were] in the river, in the sight of pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that [were] in the river were turned to blood. 7:21 and the fish that [was] in the river died; and the river stank, and the egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of egypt. 7:22 and the magicians of egypt did so with their enchantments: and pharaoh s heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the lord had said. 7:23 and pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his hea

he uttermost parts of the camp. 11:2 and the people cried unto moses; and when moses prayed unto the lord, the fire was quenched. 11:3 and he called the name of the place taberah: because the fire of the lord burnt among them. 11:4 and the mixt multitude that [was] among them fell a lusting: and the children of israel also wept again, and said, who shall give us flesh to eat? 11:5 we remember the fish, which we did eat in egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: 11:6 but now our soul [is] dried away [there is] nothing at all, beside this manna [before] our eyes. 11:7 and the manna [was] as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium. 11:8 [and] the people went about, and gathered [it] and ground [it] in mills, or beat

oathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the lord which [is] among you, and have wept before him, saying, why came we forth out of egypt? 11:21 and moses said, the people, among whom i [am, are] six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, i will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. 11:22 shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? 11:23 and the lord said unto moses, is the lord s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not. 11:24 and moses went out, and told the people the words of the lord, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle. 11:25 and the lord came down

de on the day [that] the lord spake unto you in horeb out of the midst of the fire: 4:16 lest ye corrupt [yourselves] and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, 4:17 the likeness of any beast that [is] on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, 4:18 the likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that [is] in the waters beneath the earth: 4:19 and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars [even] all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the lord thy god hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. 4:20 but the lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace [ev

t the lord his god, and humbled himself greatly before the god of his fathers, 33:13 and prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to jerusalem into his kingdom. then manasseh knew that the lord he [was] god. 33:14 now after this he built a wall without the city of david, on the west side of gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of judah. 33:15 and he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the lord, and in jerusalem, and cast [them] out of the city. 33:16 and he repaired the altar of the lord, and sacri

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

acious of animals, and therefore adopted upon the same principles as the bull and the serpent.2 the choral odes, sung in honour of the generator bacchus, were hence called tragwdiai, or songs of the goat; a title which is now applied to the dramatic dialogues anciently inserted in these odes, to break their uniformity. on a medal, struck in honour of augustus, the goat terminates in the tail of a fish, to show the generative power incorporated with water. under his feet is the globe of the earth, supposed to be fertilised by this union; and upon his back, the cornucopia, representing the result of this fertility.3 mr. d hancarville attributes the origin of all these symbols to the ambiguity of words; the same term being employed in the primitive language to signify god and a bull, the univ

this character she is represented by a small basaltine figure, of egyptian sculpture, at strawberry hill, which is covered over with symbols of various kinds from top to bottom.1 that of the bull is placed lowest, to show that the strength or power of the creator is the foundation and support of every other attribute. on her head are towers, to denote the earth; and round her neck is hung a crab-fish, which, from its power of spontaneously detaching from its body, and naturally reproducing, any limbs that are hurt or mutilated, became the symbol of the productive power of the waters; in which sense it appears on great numbers of ancient medals of various cities.2 the nutritive power is signified 1 a print of one exactly the same is published by montfaucon, antiq. expliq. vol. i. plate xci

eiled. the holy water used at the sabbath was the devil s urine. she pointed out two of the accused whom she had seen at the sabbath playing upon the tabor and the violin. she spoke of the numbers who were seen arriving and departing continually, the latter to do evil, the former to report what they had done. they went out at sea, even as far as newfoundland, where their husbands and sons went to fish, in order to raise storms, and endanger their ships. this deponent spoke also of the fires at the sabbath, into which the witches were sont voilez pour donner opinion aux pauvres que ce sont des princes et grans seigneurs, et qu aucun d eux n ayt horreur d y estre et faire ce qu ils sont en adorant le diable. les autres sont decouverts et tout ouvertement dancent, s accouplent, font du poison

d never felt anything come from the devil except the first time, when it was very cold, but that with the sorcerers it was as with other men. that the devil chose the handsomest of the women and girls for himself, and one he usually made his queen for the meeting. that they suffered extremely when he had intercourse with them, in consequence of his member being covered with scales like those of a fish. that when extended it was au p re, le fils la m re, la soeur au fr re, la filleulle au parrain, la p nitente son confesseur, sans distinction d aage, de qualit, ni de parentelle: de forte qu elle confessoit librement avoir est connue une infinit de fois au sabbat, par un cousin germain de sa m re et par une infinit d autres: que c est une perp tuelle ordure, en laquelle tout le monde s esgay

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circle appears to imitate the motion of the pendulum. it goes to the right, slows, then begins to accelerate to the left and repeats the cycle. recently biologists made an interesting discovery regarding certain small fla- gellate micro-organisms (tiny creatures who move by means of a whiplike tail that they beat rapidly. it had been thought that the tails moved back and forth like the tail of a fish, until close observation revealed that the motion was in reality a spi- ral, which the little creatures produced by rotating their tails on a biological swiv- el joint. the tails had only appeared to beat back and forth due to the limited perspective of the biologists. in fact, they corkscrewed like a propeller. the motion of a wave is only mysterious because it transcends the limits of human

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

ated forty-five degrees, the two forms of the octagram may easily be drawn from the figure at the top of page 107. table of octagram planets sun mars venus mercury jupiter colors yellow red green white orange nature flame explosion bubbles wind embers (sea foam) life humans carnivores herbivores birds reptiles forms music do ti la sol fa saturn moon earth blue purple black mud sea clay amphibians fish insects i in three dimensions the balanced octagram is best represented by the cube, which has eight points of intersection and is in all dimensions regular. the cubic shape is used for the ritual altar upon which the four magical instruments are placed. the altar is the point in the center of the magic circle where force is focused and manifested. the cube is the ultimate symbol of matter, a

tself all ten sephiroth, just as the four dimensions we know hold the compressed ball of the other six within. the tree of the sephiroth, which has been mentioned many times previously, is a useful figure for separating the ten emanations and fixing them in the mind; for as the magus tries to come to terms with these difficult ideas, he or she will per- ceive that they wriggle and dart like small fish among the shadows of the under- standing. the tree acts as a net to gather them in. in a sense this entire work, based on the emanations, is also patterned after the tree. the tree will provide a road map and a condensation of the information pre- sented here. it is not the purpose of this text to repeat what has been written a thousand times before, but to offer new insights on difficult que

its component parts. the zodiac has a twofold division into signs that are animal and signs that are human. the animal signs are aries, taurus, cancer, leo, scorpio, capricorn, and pisces. the human signs are gemini, virgo, libra, sagittarius, and aquarius. the animal signs may be subdivided into four higher beasts, the ram, bull, lion, and goat and three lower creatures, the crab, scorpion, and fish. the human signs are divided into two male (sagittarius and aquarius, two female (virgo and libra, and one androgyne (gemini. the animal signs are all highly aggressive and sexual. the ram, bull, lion, and goat are among the most potent beasts symbolically. the crab and scorpion are both threatening-the crab has its claw and the scorpion its sting. the fish has always been a symbol of generat

fire and two are earth--opposite elements. au three water signs appear among the lower creatures because water is the element of crawling and hidden things. the symbol of the crab is its claw, which is grasping and enclosing, and thus female; the symbol of the scorpion is its sting, which is thrusting and therefore male. the male and female aspects of the lower creatures are reconciled in the two fish, which are outwardly androgynous, and double to indicate the two sexes com- bined. notice that the fish also face opposite directions. this sign of the zodiac is often called the fishes, indicating two different species of fish. there is a curious and striking balance to be observed in this division of ani- mal life. the lowest level is presented as a trine-the fish, wholly water creatures; t

1 cimel 3. daleth 7 he 7 vau 1 zayin t cheth n teth d yod' kaph 3 lamed 3 mem d nun 1 samekh 0 ayin y pe 5) tzaddi 3 qoph i;l resh 1 shin td tau n mother double double double single single single single single single double single mother single single single double single single double mother double c is meaning trans. value 1 ox house camel door window nail sword fence snake hand fist goad water fish prop eye mouth hook ear head tooth cross a b, v c, ch d, dh h 0, u, v z ch t 1, y k, kh l m n s aa, ngh p, ph tz q r s, sh t, th in divination with the tarot, where the cards are related to the life of a specific individual, the abstract observing fool is replaced by a significa- tor, one of the court cards of the minor arcana that is supposed to approximate the qualities of the person whose

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gifts, reasoned argument, or threats. the use of threats was uncommon because shamans considered spirits to be their kin, and treated them with respect and even affection. when a shaman married a spirit, he became a part of the clan of that spirit, just as the spirit became a part of his clan. if the crops were dying of blight, the game animals had vanished from the usual hunting grounds, or the fish no longer filled the nets, it was the shaman's duty to discover the reason, and to use his knowledge and his connections with both the animals and the spirits to solve the problem. axis of the world access is often made to the higher spiritual via a tree or post that is climbed by means of a spiral series of notches. the notches, called tapti or tapty by the tribes of siberia, are usually sev

lking along the roads stop and make gestures to the hanged man, trying to attract his attention. they even put on little pantomimes, but he ignores their efforts. the ruling intelligence of the trump speaks oracles of wisdom through the mouth of the hanged man without his awareness of what is spoken. it is an angel that possesses his body while his spirit is absent. xiii death hebrew letter: nun (fish) correspondence: scorpio path: twen ty-fourth the pallid, ghostly figure of death, who in waite's trump wears black armor and rides a pale horse, bears the black standard of a white rose. he carries no weapon-his mere touch, or even his deliberate gaze through the opened visor of his helmet, is fatal. he never speaks, but only gestures with the skull of his face fixed in a permanent grin. it

ts in complete security from intrusion. they may whisper rumors of dark doings in the tower concerning torture and black magic. as you watch, the tower collapses and falls into a heap of rubble. the ruling intelligence of the trump is mars, the god of warfare and destruction. if you listen, you may hear his voice speaking in the crackle and roar of the flames. xvli the star hebrew letter: tzaddi (fish-hook) correspondence: aquarius path: twenty-eighth an attractive, naked woman pours out the contents of two pitchers beneath a starry night sky as she kneels on one knee at the margin of a river. the liquid from one vessel falls on the land, and the stream from the other falls into the water. a single great star dominates the other seven above her head. it is evident that she is involved in s

and of thurisaz is a land of shadows, an infernal realm of darkness in vast caverns beneath the surface. steam and smoke rise from fissures in the rocks. those who dwell in this place live in fear of the monstrous creatures that haunt the fathomless black pools and hidden clefts. the place has a strange greenish glow that emanates from fungus on the walls and rocks, and the inhabitants subsist on fish and on mushroom-like plants that sprout in abundance from the soil on the cavern floors. these dwellers in darkness have white skin, white hair, and large black eyes adapted to see in the dim glow. they are surly and not to be trusted. the god is a scaled creature that resembles a dragon, with a long tail, clawed feet, and many sharp teeth. the inhabitants and lesser creatures of the land fle

eral meaning: water general sense: the unconscious, the womb, dreams, fantasies, hopes, vanities, fashions, fads, impermanent things, fickleness, changeability the world of laguz is the depths of an ocean lagoon of transparent emerald water, with strange sea plants waving in the currents, and looming towers and hills of coral that create a confusion of moving light and shadow. schools of colorful fish dart past and conceal themselves behind the coral growths. strange creatures that are not quite human slide through the shadows on hands and flippers, watching with sly eyes. if you are patient, they will approach and converse with you, but their bubbling words are not to be trusted. because this is an astral world, it is possible to hear them and speak to them through the water. the women of

ubliminal, since otherwise there is a danger that it will constrain the astral experience. either a wholly vegetarian diet, or a diet that is very light on red meat, will yield good results. beef, pork, lamb, and other solid, fatty meats do the most to inhibit success. grease appears to be the primary factor involved. rich pastries such as meat pies or dumplings cause a similar type of hindrance. fish and other sea foods, such as shrimp and scallops, are not bad, and may be included in such meals as stir-fries without inhibiting success. vegetables should be at least partially cooked, so that they are easy to digest. meals that are fried should be avoided. olive oil or other vegetable oils are not so harmful to success as are animal fats. avoid large infusions of sugar in the form of pies

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

ntrusted it to a favorite concubine named amina. a demon named sakhar approached her cloaked in the appearance of the king and tricked her into giving him the ring. at once he assumed the throne, and solomon, his features changed by magic, was forced to beg for forty days while the demon did anything he desired. at the end of this time, the demon threw the ring into the sea. it was swallowed by a fish, where solomon found it when he cut the fish open. by means of the power of the ring he regained his kingdom. he captured sakhar, tied a great stone around his neck, and threw the demon into a deep lake. throughout the stories about the ring runs a swallowing motif. ashmodai swallows the ring to keep it from solomon. in the arab version, it is the fish who swallows the ring. according to a st

, and the alchemists-knowledge of god through self-awareness. on numerous occasions during his conversations with the enochian angels, dee demands information about trivial personal matters, only to be chastised by the angels not to waste his, and their, time on such vulgar trifles. for example, when dee asks if a man he knows has enough money, madimi says: your words make me a childe. those that fish for dolphins do not stand upon the ground. those that sit in counsel call not in the harvest people, nor account not their works. he that standeth above the moon, seeth greater things then the earth: is it not said, the lord will provide? i stand above the moon, for that i dispose his life from above the disposition of the moon. to ask what jacob his servants did, was a folly; because their m

WALLIS BUDGE E A LEGENDS OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS

eaven from his mother nut. in his person he united endless time in the past and endless time in the future. like ra he had fought seba, or set, the monster of evil, and had defeated him, and his victory assured to him lasting authority over the gods and the dead. he exercised his creative power in making land and water, trees and herbs, cattle and other four-footed beasts, birds of all kinds, and fish and creeping things; even the waste spaces of the desert owed allegiance to him as the creator. and he rolled out the sky, and set the light above the darkness. the last paragraph of the text contains an allusion to isis, the sister and wife of osiris, and mentions the legend of the birth of horus, which even under the xviiith dynasty was very ancient, isis, we are told, was the constant prot

ept with her. then isis placed her nose in the mouth of horus so that she might discover if he still breathed, but there was no breath in his throat; and when she examined the wound in his body made by the fiend aun-ab she saw in it traces of poison. no doubt about his death then remained in her mind, and clasping him in her arms she lifted him up, and in her transports of grief leaped about like fish when they are laid on red-hot coals. then she uttered a series of heartbreaking laments, each of which begins with the words "horus is bitten" the heir of heaven, the son of un- nefer, the child of the gods, he who was wholly fair, is bitten! he for whose wants i provided, he who was to avenge his father, is bitten! he for whom i cared and suffered when he was being fashioned in my womb, is b

hra-f-her-shefu" i am he who hath strengthened the boat with the company of the gods, and his shenit, and his gods, by means of words of power. the legend of ra and isis. the chapter of the divine (or, mighty) god, who created himself, who made the heavens and the earth, and the breath of life, and fire, and the gods, and men, and beasts, and cattle, and reptiles, and the fowl of the air, and the fish, who is the king of men and gods [who existeth] in one form [to whom] periods of one hundred and twenty years axe as single years, whose names by reason of their multitude are unknowable, for [even] the gods know them not. behold, the goddess isis lived in the form, of a woman, who had the knowledge of words [of power. her heart turned away in disgust from the millions of men, and she chose f

the heir of keb and of the sovereignty of the two lands, and he (i.e, keb) hath seen thy splendid qualities, and hath commanded thee to guide the lands (i.e, the world) by thy hand so long as times [and seasons] endure. thou hast made this earth with thy hand, the waters thereof, the winds thereof, the trees and herbs thereof, the cattle thereof of every kind, the birds thereof of every kind, the fish thereof of every kind, the creeping things thereof, and the four-footed beasts thereof. the land of the desert[fn#142] belongeth by right to the son of nut, and the two lands have contentment in making him to rise[fn#143] upon the throne of his father like ra [fn#142] this may also represent the mountainous districts of egypt, or even foreign countries in general [fn#143] to make him rise lik

f the god shu,[fn#182] as one who is lord over his own territory, and his homestead, the name of which is 'aa (i.e, the 'island. there he keepeth an account of the products of the land of the south and of the land of the north "in order to give unto every god his proper share, and he leadeth to each [the metals, and the [precious stones, and the four-footed beasts, and the feathered fowl, and the fish, and every thing whereon they live. and the cord [for the measuring of the land] and the tablet whereon the register is kept are there [fn#182] the god who separated the sky-goddess nut from the embrace of her husband, the earth-god keb, and who holds her above him each day "and there is an edifice of wood there, with the portals thereof formed of reeds, wherein he dwelleth as one who is over

growing crops and from every storehouse, as "thy share [fn#192] or perhaps, khnemu-ra [fn#193] qebhet is the name given to the whole region of the first cataract [fn#194] the "land of the bow" i.e, the northern sudan [fn#195] the land of the setting sun, the west [fn#196] schoinos "whatsoever is caught in the nets by every fisherman and by every fowler, and whatsoever is taken by the catchers of fish, and by the snarers of birds, and by every hunter of wild animals, and by every man who snareth lions in the mountains, when these things enter [the city] one tenth of them shall be demanded "and of all the calves which are cast throughout the regions which are included in these measures, one tenth of their number "shall be set apart as animals which are sealed for all the burnt offerings whi

me netater. osiris is on the water, the eye of horus is with him. a great beetle spreadeth himself over him, great by reason of his grasp, produced by the gods from a child. he who is over the water appeareth in a healthy form. if he who is over the water shall be approached (or, attacked, the eye of horus, which weepeth, shall be approached "get ye back, o ye who dwell in the water, crocodiles, fish, that enemy, male dead person and female dead person, male fiend and female fiend, of every kind whatsoever, lift not up your faces, o ye who dwell in the waters, ye crocodiles and fish. when osiris journeyeth over you, permit ye him to go to busiris. let your nostrils [be closed, your throats stopped up "get ye back, seba fiends! lift ye not up your faces against him that is on the water. os

seba fiends! lift ye not up your faces against him that is on the water. osiris-ra, riseth up in his boat to look at the gods of kher-ahat, and the lords of the tuat stand up to slay thee when [thou] comest, o neha-her, against osiris [when] he is on the water the eye of horus is over him to turn your faces upside down and to set you on your backs "hail, ye who dwell in the water, crocodiles and fish, ra shutteth up your mouths, sekhet stoppeth up your throats, thoth cutteth out your tongues, and cont heka blindeth your eyes. these are the four great gods who protect osiris by their magical power, and they effect the protection of him that is on the water, of men and women of every kind, and of beasts and animals of every kind which are on the water by day. protected are those who dwell i

WESTERN MANDALAS OF TRANSFORMATION SR AL

ht 325: theosophic extension of numbers in kamea 325: grapyal, graphiel: intelligence of mars 325: brtzbal, bartzabel: spirit of mars 325: nyndwhr, nundahar: angel of 2nd decanate of scorpio chapter 8 the kamea of tiphareth/sun the magical numbers of the sun are six, thirty-six, 111, and 666. the first three numbers, six, thirty-six, and 111, when added together, equal 153, which is the number of fish mentioned in john 21: 11. we know that biblical authors did not use numbers arbitrarily, and in this story the catch of fish, which the early christians saw as a symbol for christ, represented the new christian community, since these fish were caught after the resurrection of jesus. one may refer to david fideler's jesus christ sun of god: ancient cosmology and early christian symbolism for o

ch/venus asterisks) denote god-names 7: number of sephira 7: the number of vertebrae in the human neck (godwin *7: aha, a name of god attributed to nogah. initials of adonai ha aretz 7: av: desire root: the mysterious link which joins nothingness to being 7: gd, gad: tribe of israel; good fortune (gen 30: 11) root: the sign of abundance born of division 7: dba, riches, power (crowley) 7: dg, dag: fish root: that which is multiplies and is fruitful 7: bda, bahda: to form, produce or invent 7: dab, dahab: to faint, melt, pine away 7: bh: in her 49: number of cells in kamea *49: chi-al, the living god 49: hygal, hagiel: intelligence of venus 49: mvob, moab: from my father (gen 19: 37) 49: chma, chema: sun, heat, fever 49: mvg: solve, dissolve 49: ilda: she bore 49: mt: the rod of aaron (crowl

WHO ARE THE DRACONIANS

good home for a black lagoon beast. who are the draconians file//d /my documents/avidya/reptilian agenda/who are the draconians.htm (12 of 68 [8/25/2000 17:19:58 "in 1973, during the summer, residents of new jersey's newton-lafayette area described a giant, man-like alligator they had seen locally. newspaper reporters wrote about an old indian tale from the region that told of a giant, man-sized fish that could never be caught. in 1977, new york state conservation naturalist alfred hulstruck reported that the state's southern tier had 'a scaled, man-like creature (that) appears at dusk from the red, algae-ridden waters to forage among the fern and mosscovered uplands "the new york-new jersey record, however, cannot compare with the overwhelming series of narratives issuing from one place

WICCA MAGICK OCCULT THREE GREEN BOOKS DRUIDISM

nd white the dry creek yueh-shan s lake living alone nan ch uan s rejection thoughts from confucius tao of pooh the stone cutter the cork te of piglet making the best of it sherlock on religion emperor s horses incognito three treasures fantasies live, but live well illusions samurai s late supper the gospel according to zen jesus said. gasan and the bible stringless harp eat when hungry sporting fish empty boats three in the morning zen archery meshing nets the butterflies of chuang tzu the dream what is acceptable? the argument happy fish seven openings look under your feet the sacred tortoise the frog in the well the caged sea-bird swimming boatmen old man fall into water christian selections is god a taoist? christian thoughts john shea and bird monika hellwig catholic on nature and on

s, which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? for thou has made him a little lower than the angels, and has crowned him with glory and honour. thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: all sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the fields; the fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. o lord our lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! selections from: the authorized version (king james) of the holy bible. from the new testament (from the sermon on the mount) and seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: and he opened his mouth and ta

erful. winter and warfare from the earliest welsh poetry, pg. 96 wind piercing, her bare, hard to find shelter; ford turns foul, lake freezes. a man could stand on a stalk. wave on wave cloaks countryside; shrill the shrieks from the peaks of the mountain; one can scarce stand outside. cold the lake-bed from winter s blast; dried reeds, stalks broken; angry wind, woods stripped naked. cold bed of fish beneath a screen of ice; stag lean, stalks bearded; short evening, trees bent over. snow is falling, white the soil. soldiers go not campaigning. cold lakes, their colour sunless. snow is falling, white hoar-frost. shield idle on an old shoulder. wind intense, shoots are frozen. snow is falling upon the ice. wind is sweeping thick tree-tops. shield bold on a brave shoulder. snow is falling, c

ar-spread, leaves pale; rare the rogue who claims no rights. mountain snow, stag nimble; common to britain, proud princes; a stranger requires cunning. mountain snow, stag in rut; ducks on the lake, ocean white; slow the old, soon overtaken. 249 mountain snow, stag bending; the heart laughs for one loved; though a tale be told of me, i know shame wherever it be. mountain snow, shingle white grit; fish in ford, shelter in cave; who acts harshly is hated. mountain snow, stag in flight; common for a lord, gleaming blade, and mounting a saddle-bow, and dismounting, anger well-armed. mountain snow, stag hunched-up; many have muttered, truly, this is not like a summer day. mountain snow, stag hunted; whistle of wind over tower eaves; burdensome, man, is sin. mountain snow, stag bounding; whistle

snow, tower s breast studded; the beast searches for shelter; pity her who has a bad man. mountain snow, crag s breast studded; reeds withered, herd shunning water; pity him who has a bad wife. mountain snow, stag in gully; bees are sleeping well-sheltered; a long night suits a robber. mountain snow liverwort in river; wed unwilling to trouble, the sluggard seeks no swift revenge. mountain snow, fish in lake; falcon proud, prince in splendour; one who has all does not groan. mountain snow, lords front rank red; lances angry, abundant; ah god, for my brother s anguish! bright trees (taliesin by williams) bright are the ash-tops; tall and white will they be when they grow in the upper part of the dingle; the languid heart, longing is her complaint. bright are the willow-tops; playful the fi

man beings lack of companionship is worse than poverty. may death not kill the person who tortures us, may the gods protect 265 the one who ill-treats us; however long it takes our destiny to give us victory. proverbs on nature if you want to speak to god, speak to the winds. if the mouse were the size of a cow, it would be the cat s slave nevertheless. if plain water were satisfying enough, then fish would not take the hook. however poor the crocodile becomes, it hunts in the river, not in the forest. proverbs on leadership people count what they are refused, not what they are given. the ears of the leader are like a strainer; there are more than a thousand openings to them. power must be handled in the manner of holding an egg in the hand: if you hold it too firmly it breaks; if you hold

truggle it is the grass that suffers. swahili mediocrity is safe. nikki giovanni an elephant does not die of one broken rib. tsonga the lion which kills is not one that roars. xhosa a man dies before we appreciate him. jabo always being in a hurry doesn t hinder death, neither does going slowly hinder living. swahili because it rained the day the egg was hatched the foolish chicken swore he was a fish. wole soyinka. the thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely. lorraine hansberry he who hopes fares better than he who wishes, and he who wishes fares better than he who despairs. morocco what is a cynic but a romanticist turned sour? lewis nkosi when you have been bitten by a snake you flee from a worm. basa every man honest till

do i mean by harmonizing them with the heavenly equality? right is not right; so is not so. if right were really right, it would differ so clearly from not right that there would be no need for argument. if so were really so, it would differ so clearly from not so that there would be no need for argument. forget the years; forget distinctions. leap into the boundless and make it your home! happy fish chuang tzu and hui tzu were strolling along the dam of the hao river when chuang tzu said, see how the minnows come out and dart around where they please! that s what fish really enjoy! hui tzu said, you re not a fish, so how do you know what fish enjoy? chuang tzu said, you re not i, so how do you know i don t know what fish enjoy? hui tzu said, i m not you, so i certainly don t know what yo

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

al heh will show two legs. it is stated in some ancient persian works that 4 bright stars were placed as guardians at the 4 cardinal points. at the beginning of the kali yuga, at krishna s death at 3102 b.c, the astronomers say that aldebaran, the eye of taurus, and antares, the heart of scorpio, were as the equinoctial points, and regulus, the heart of leo, and fomalhaut, the eye of the southern fish, were near the solstitial points. this was 5003 years ago. the pack of common playing cards has 4 suits; of diamonds, hearts, clubs and spades. the old tarot or tarocchi cards had 4 suits, wands, cups, swords and pentacles. occult science relates these to the yod, heh, vav, heh of the tetragrammaton. the tarot pack has also 4 court cards, cavalier, king, queen and violet or knave. also called

orr von rosenroth and translated into english, and forming volume iv of my collectanea hermetica, will be found 10 names for gold all extracted from the old testament; they are there related to the sephirah geburah. the hindu puranas tell us of the 10 avatars of the god vishnu, the preserver of the brahmanic religion; they are periodical incarnations of the god and are as follows. 1. first as the fish, matsya; 2. kurma, the tortoise. 3. varaha, the boar. 4. narasingha, the man-lion. 5. vamana, the dwarf. 6. parasu-rama. 7. rama chandra. 8. krishna. 9. buddha. 10. kalki, the horse, is yet to come. these avatars are susceptible of a mystical explanation on the plane of cosmogony. it has been given in the garuda temple of the oriental order of light by frater numbers--th eir occu lt power an

yptic numbers 1st resurrection, revelation xx. 5. 2nd death, xx. 14. 2 witnesses, xi. 3. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott 2 olive trees and 2 candlesticks (before throne of god of the earth, xi. 4. 2-horned beast who spoke like a dragon, xiii. ii; his number is 666. 3 woes, ix. 12. 1/ 3 part of vegetation killed, viii. 7 do. of sea became blood and do. of fish died, viii. 8 do. of waters became bitter, viii. 11-do. of sun, moon, stars, viii. 12. 3 days, bodies lay unburied, xxi. 9. 4 quarters of the earth, xx. 8. 4 beasts, full of eyes and have 6 wings, iv. 6-9( beasts should be living beings. w. 4 horses, white, red, pale, black. 4 horns of the golden altar before god, ix. 13. 4 angels of the euphrates, ix. 14. 4 angels of the winds of the 4 corne

WORKING CEPHALOEDIUM VERSION 1

he sun in 9 degrees sagittarius, the moon in 23 degrees leo& mercury in 19 degrees scorpio one hour before noon with him in the zenith, sextile to venu s jupiter& saturn. in furtherance whereof, at eleven of the night of monday, did the beast work under the scarlet woman his word, to make the great operatio n go aright. immediately was the beast inspired to a writing mercurial, a sati re upon the fish& thus wrote he some 14 or 15 hours. the oath of the cephaloedium working. hear all that we, to mega therion 9degree= 2square a'.a. the beast; al ostrael, the scarlet woman& genesthai odegree= 0square a'.a. do now in th e presence of tahuti most solemnly swear to devote ourselves to the establishme nt of "the book of the law" as uttered by aiwaz 93 to 66, by the way of the cep haloedium workin

the scarlet woman& genesthai odegree= 0square a'.a. do now in th e presence of tahuti most solemnly swear to devote ourselves to the establishme nt of "the book of the law" as uttered by aiwaz 93 to 66, by the way of the cep haloedium working as in the record thereof it hath been written. witness our hands: to mega therion 9degree= 2square a'.a. 666 alostrael- 31-666-31. genesthai the banquet of fish& yellow wine was consumed& the oath of the working witnes sed accordingly with ceremonial proper thereto& concluded at 1:18 p.m. of the day of mercury which openeth the month called december. i ask a symbol for the next day of the working. iv- earth of moon: the formulation of the restrictions& the dispelling of ig norance. id est: make careful arrangements& ask for further enlightenment. h o

e dispelling of ig norance. id est: make careful arrangements& ask for further enlightenment. h ow should we obtain further enlightenment? lii- earth of earth "when one's resting is like that of the back& he loses a ll consciousness of self: when he walks in his own courtyard& does not see any of the persons in it- then there will be no error" die jovis: began the pantacle of xvi& went on with my fish story; which by the way is the blasting of the old tower of jesus-tyranny. de martis: we have all three been sick in various ways, so that save for beginning the painting of the pantacle no work has been done. i ask a symbol to indicate our proper course of action: xx- airy part of kteis. cf. general symbol, i should suppose that this means that we can now begin again. what shall we do tomorr

WORKING CEPHALOEDIUM VERSION 2

h the sun in 9 degrees sagittarius, the moon in 23 degrees leo& mercury in 19 degrees scorpio one hour before noon with him in the zenith, sextile to venus jupiter& saturn. in furtherance whereof, at eleven of the night of monday, did the beast work under the scarlet woman his word, to make the great operation go aright. immediately was the beast inspired to a writing mercurial, a satire upon the fish& thus wrote he some 14 or 15 hours. the oath of the cephaloedium working. hear all that we, to mega therion 9degree= 2square a'.a. the beast; alostrael, the scarlet woman& genesthai odegree= 0square a'.a. do now in the presence of tahuti most solemnly swear to devote ourselves to the establishment of "the book of the law" as uttered by aiwaz 93 to 66, by the way of the cephaloedium working as

el, the scarlet woman& genesthai odegree= 0square a'.a. do now in the presence of tahuti most solemnly swear to devote ourselves to the establishment of "the book of the law" as uttered by aiwaz 93 to 66, by the way of the cephaloedium working as in the record thereof it hath been written. witness our hands: to mega therion 9degree= 2square a'.a. 666 alostrael- 31-666-31. genesthai the banquet of fish& yellow wine was consumed& the oath of the working witnessed accordingly with ceremonial proper thereto& concluded at 1:18 p.m. of the day of mercury which openeth the month called december. i ask a symbol for the next day of the working. iv- earth of moon: the formulation of the restrictions& the dispelling of ignorance. id est: make careful arrangements& ask for further enlightenment. how s

the dispelling of ignorance. id est: make careful arrangements& ask for further enlightenment. how should we obtain further enlightenment? lii- earth of earth "when one's resting is like that of the back& he loses all consciousness of self: when he walks in his own courtyard& does not see any of the persons in it- then there will be no error" die jovis: began the pantacle of xvi& went on with my fish story; which by the way is the blasting of the old tower of jesus-tyranny. de martis: we have all three been sick in various ways, so that save for beginning the painting of the pantacle no work has been done. i ask a symbol to indicate our proper course of action: xx- airy part of kteis. cf. general symbol, i should suppose that this means that we can now begin again. what shall we do tomorr

ZALEWSKI GOLDEN DAWN ENOCHIAN MAGIC OCR

et the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds' and god saw that it was good. 123 "then god said 'let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground "then god said, give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. they will be yours for food. and to all the beasts of the earth and all birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground e

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ryness fire heat and moisture air cold and dryness earth cold and moisture water there are twelve zodiacal signs, and they are: 1 aries, the ram a 2 taurus, the bull _b 3 gemini, the twins c 4 cancer, the crab d 5 leo, the lion e 6 virgo, the virgin f 7 libra, the scales g 8 scorpio, the scorpion h 9 sagittarius, the archer i 10 capricorn, the goat j 11 aquarius, the water-bearer k 12 pisces, the fishes l these twelve signs are distributed among the four triplicities, or sets of three signs, each attributed to one of the four elements. they represent the operation of the elements in the zodiac. thus, to fire are attributed: aries a leo e sagittarius i to earth are attributed: taurus b virgo f capricorn j to air are attributed: gemini c libra g aquarius k to water are attributed: cancer d s

ALEISTER CROWLEY ACROSS THE GULF

urse i had chosen; and seeing this, i was confirmed therein. truly with the gods i went! for in a little while i came to a pool of water and a tall palm standing by. i plunder in that cool wave; my strength came back, albeit slowly; yet with one wave of my hand in the due gesture the fiends all vanished; and in an hour i was sufficiently restored to call forth my friends from the pool- the little fishes my playmates- and the nymph of the pool came forth and bowed herself before me and cooked me the fishes with that fire that renders water luminous and sparkling. also she plucked me dates from the tree, and i ate thereof. thus was i much comforted; and when i had eaten, she took my head upon her lap, and sang me to sleep; for her voice was like the ripple of the lakes under the wind of spri

i was now ordained priest- to take counsel of me; for she was minded to put me in his place. thus she made a great banquet for me; and when we were well drunken she laid her head upon my breast and said marvellous things to me of love, to me, who had loved the veiled one! but i feigned all the madness of passion and made her drunk thereon, so that she talked great words, frothing forth like dead fishes swollen in the sun, of how we should rule thebai and (it might be) displace pharaoh and take his throne and sceptre. yet, foolish woman! she could not think now she might remove this stupid high priest, her own nominee! so i answered her "assume the form of osiris, and all will be well in the temple of osiris" mocking her, for i knew that she could not. yet so drunken was she upon love and

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

this naught-y knot! o! ay! this i and o-io!-iao! for i owe "i" aye to nibbana's oe.(28) i pay-pe, the dissolution of the house of godfor pe comes after o-after ayin that triumphs over aleph in ain, that is o.(29) op-us, the work! the op-ening of the eye!(30) thou naughty boy, thou openest the eye of horus to the blind eye that weeps!(31) the upright one in thine uprightness rejoiceth-death to all fishes!(32 [132] commentary( xi-alpha) the number of this chapter refers to the hebrew word ain, the negative and ani, 61. the "fool" is the fool of the tarot, whose number is 0, but refers the the le book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 128 tter aleph, 1. a fool's knot is a kind of knot which, although it has the appearance of a kn ot, is not really a knot, but pulls out immediate

ALEISTER CROWLEY SEPHER SEPHIROTH

um of the sephiroth; the mystic number of malkuth. thief; stole bng robbery, pillage hlyzg silence hmwd a footstool mwdh to swell, heave (see 51) myh to walk klh knuckle; member, limb )ylwx bride: a title of malkuth hlk noon; midday bgn ornament; splendour, eminence hn lo; whether, if; they (fem) nh 56 dread, terror hmy) he suffered hn) day mwy beautiful h)n food hlk) the goddess nu wn 57 pisces: fishes mygd rim ndb) consuming lkw) formidable, terrible mwy) we wn) a breaking down, subversion, destruction lw+yb to build; built hnb altar xbzm laying-by, making secret )wbxm strength; wealth; trouble, sorrow; heliopolis (cf. 51) nw) better b+wm species, kind nz 58 loves, amours (see 499) mybh) an ear nz) my strength, power, might ylyx grace, love, kindness, charm (notariqon of chokmah nesethra

by 613 the etrog: the number of the divine precepts in the torah gyrt the quintessence of light rw)h t) 614 pertaining to summer *mwx 615 a footstool *mwdh to swell, heave (see 51 *myh 616 the ancient of days: a title of kether nymwy kyt( swords twbrx day *mwy the avenging angel *l)wgh k)lm 617 mighty acts (pl. of gstrength h; ps. 106:2) twrwbg the pillars of fire and cloud nn(hw#)h ydwm( pisces: fishes *mygd formidable, terrible *mwy) 618 contentions twbyr loves, amours (see 499 *mybh) 619 latest, last, after-part, end, extreme; remainder, remnant; future tyrx) brethren (referred to lilith& samael *myx) 620 kether: the crown rtk chokmah, binah, daath; the first descending triad t(dw hnyb hmkx to hide, treasure up (ps. 31:20) tnpc the doors myr# spirits, ghosts twxwr 621 the point of a swo

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQ I 5

dom nor understanding nor knowledge in this house, that hangeth upon the edge of hell. thou art not 4 but 2, o thou blasphemy spoken against 1! therefore whoso worshippeth thee is accursed. he shall be brayed in a mortar and the powder thereof cast to the winds, that the birds of the air may eat thereof and die; and he shall be dissolved in strong acid and the elixir poured into the sea, that the fishes of the sea may breathe thereof and die. and he shall be mingled with dung and spread upon the earth, so that the herbs of the earth may feed thereof and die; and he shall be burnt utterly with fire, and the ashes thereof shall calcine the children of flame, that even in hell may be found an overflowing lamentation. and now on the breast of the angel is a golden egg between the blackness of

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 2 3

to his obstinacy. it was safer to destroy my understudy, as i had called him till then in my happy thoughts, and try afterwards to get another one to fill his place. his 380 hint about my wives suggested to me that i might soon have a child whom i could bring up in the idea that he was to take my place. i could also shape an infant better than an old seaman. so i left him to the whales and other fishes, and proceeded towards the oasis. the two wives he had spoken of were the same women who caused my last illness. but their sweet smile prevented me from using any abusive language, which, in fact, they could not understand. well aware that i was fated to conceal my thoughts for a very long while, i allowed them to advance and attend upon me. in that way began my new life as master of a hare

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

thetic magic for each of the twelve signs of the zodiak, and are advised to be guided by it. they are: aquarius the water bearer. 22 january to 21 february. lucky stones: zircon, gamet, ruby, jet, black onyx. lucky number: two. lucky day: saturday. lucky flowers: snowdrop and foxglove. lucky tree: pine. animal: dog. bird: cuckoo. metal: platinum. colours: electric blue, electric green. pisces the fishes. 22 february to 21 march. lucky stones: sapphire, emerald, amethyst, coral. lucky numbers: pisces, six; jupiter and neptune both three. lucky day: thursday. flower: heliotrope. trees: willow, elm. animals: sheep and ox. birds: swan and stork. metal: tin. colours: purple, mauve, sea-green. 152 arms the ram. 22 march to 21 april. lucky stones: ruby, bloodstone, diamond. lucky numbers: aries

ALICE A BAILEY11 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME II ESOTERIC PSYCHOLOGY II

f indifference to personality claims and happenings, they learn to cherish a spirit of confidence, of joy and of love, deep and lasting, for each other; they learn to work together whole-heartedly for the helping of the world and the assistance of the hierarchy. 3. the law of service no. exoteric esoteric name name symbol r ay energy 3. law of service. law of water a man with a outpouring and the fishes. pot of water. energy. sixth ray. vivifying- 73- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust life. we come now to the consideration of the third law of the soul, which is intended to govern all soul activity. it is the law of service. however, before we elaborate this theme, there are three things which i seek to say and which merit our careful

e seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust thirdly this law of service was expressed for the first time fully by the christ two thousand years ago. he was the forerunner of the aquarian age, and hence his constant emphasis upon the fact that he was the "water of life, the "living water" which men needed. hence the esoteric name of this law is that of "water and the fishes" the piscean age slowly, very slowly, prepared the way for the divine expression of service, which will be the glory of the coming centuries. today, we have a world which is steadily coming to the realisation that "no man liveth unto himself, and that only as the love, about which so much has been written and spoken, finds its outlet in service, can man begin to measure up to his innate cap

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

imaxed and passed away as a religion with the movement of the sun out of aries into pisces. he, therefore, presented himself to them as their messiah, manifesting through the jewish race. in the rejection of the christ as the messiah, the jewish race has remained symbolically and practically in the sign aries, the scapegoat; they have to pass again speaking symbolically into the sign, pisces, the fishes, and recognise their messiah when he comes again in the sign aquarius. otherwise, they will repeat their ancient sin of non-response to the evolutionary process. they rejected that which was new and spiritual in the desert; they did it again in palestine two thousand years ago; will they do it again, as opportunity is offered to them? the difficulty with the jew is that he remains satisfied

mithras with an (apparent) worship of the bull. next followed aries the ram, which saw the start of the jewish dispensation which is of importance to the jews and unfortunately of importance to the christian religion, but of no importance to the untold millions in the other parts of the world; during this cycle came the buddha, shri krishna and sankaracharya; finally we have the age of pisces the fishes, which brought to us the christ. the sequence of the mysteries which each of the signs of the zodiac embodies will be clarified for us by the christ, because the public consciousness today demands something more definite and spiritually real than modern astrology, or all the pseudo-occultism so widely extant. in the era which lies ahead, after the reappearance of the christ, hundreds of tho

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

he inaugurated a marvellous period in which humanity has been widely and universally enlightened. this period dates from christmas day, two thousand years ago, in palestine. that was the greatest of all christmas days and its emanating influence was more potent than was any previous arrival of a bearer of light, because humanity was more ready for the light. christ came in the sign of pisces, the fishes the sign of the divine intermediary in the highest sense, or of the medium in the lower; it is the sign of many of the world saviours and of those revealers of divinity who establish world relationships. i would have you note that phrase. the major impulse driving the christ towards special work was the desire to establish right human relations; it is also the desire realised or unrealised

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

even of the symbols which express the twelve signs of the zodiac are dual in their nature, and duality can be inferred from them. 1. the two horns of the ram in aries. 2. the two horns of the bull in taurus. 3. the figures of the twins in gemini (two lines. 4. the two claws of the crab in cancer. 5. the two scales of the balance in libra. 6. the two parallel lines of force in aquarius. 7. the two fishes in pisces- 34- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust these seven constellations are, therefore, closely related to six of the seven sacred planets and to one non-sacred planet. there are two signs which are simple figures and have no significance of duality. they are 8. the symbol for leo, which is simply the lion's tail. 9. the arrow in the

be interpreted only in terms of this present turn of the great zodiacal wheel (25,000 years: tabulation viii ray constellations planets p lanets (orthodox( esoteric) aries, the ram. mars. mercury. i. will or power. leo, the lion. sun. sun. capricorn, the goat .s aturn. saturn. gemini, the twins .m ercury .v enus. ii. love-wisdom .v irgo, the virgin .m ercury .m oon (veiling a planet. pisces, the fishes. jupiter. pluto. cancer, the crab. moon .n eptune- 52- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust iii. active-intelligence. libra, the scales. venus. uranus. capricorn, the goat .s aturn. saturn. taurus, the bull .v enus. vulcan. iv. harmony through. scorpio, the scorpion. mars. mars. conflict sagittarius, the archer. jupiter. earth. leo, the lio

turn. saturn. taurus, the bull .v enus. vulcan. iv. harmony through. scorpio, the scorpion. mars. mars. conflict sagittarius, the archer. jupiter. earth. leo, the lion. sun. sun. v. concrete science. sagittarius, the archer. jupiter. earth. aquarius, the watercarrier. uranus. jupiter. virgo, the virgin .m ercury .m oon. vi. idealism. devotion .s agittarius, the archer. jupiter. earth. pisces, the fishes. jupiter. pluto. aries, the ram. mars. mercury. vii. ceremonial order. cancer, the crab. moon .n eptune. capricorn, the goat .s aturn. saturn. it will be obvious to you how much correlating work and how much readjustment of ideas will be needed as the new astrology is worked out into practical usefulness and eventually substituted for that now holding sway. this new astrology really embodie

ntil man became patently responsive to the influences which come to him from uranus or pluto, for instance, which affect the soul life far more than they do the personality life, they remained undiscovered except by trained esotericists. today, humanity is rapidly responding to the higher spiritual influences and, therefore, we can look for the discovery of increasingly subtle forces. pisces, the fishes this sign is also dual. in aries we have the duality which is attached to the bringing together of spirit and matter in the great creative activity of manifestation at the beginning of the evolutionary cycle, whilst in pisces we have the fusion or blending of soul and form as far as man is concerned, producing the manifestation of the incarnated christ, the perfected individual soul, the co

e seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust pisces here, at the final stage, pisces stands for the death of the personality and the release of the soul from captivity and its return into the task of the world saviour. the great achievement is finished and the final death is undergone "there is no more sea" says the ancient book, which means inevitably the "death of the fishes" and the release of the imprisoned life into new forms or new cycles of the divine adventure. this mutable cross, of which pisces is one of the arms, is predominantly the cross of "repeated incarnations" of varied experiments under the various signs and orthodox rulers, and of those many experiences which lead to successive and continuous expansions of consciousness. it is therefore the cro

t begins and ends in pisces. 4. precipitates the process of transmutation and eventual escape through death. 5. unfolds the significance, activity and beauty of death and of the work of the destroyer. from this it will be apparent how important and powerful is this sign. through its orthodox ruler, jupiter, that force is brought to bear which "brings all together" and in this case relates the two fishes and binds them together in a functioning relationship. it is the activity consequently of the second ray force which relates soul and form and brings the two together, and this magnetic potency is peculiarly descriptive of the activity of pisces. from another angle and in a dual sign- 76- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust this can also b

force which relates soul and form and brings the two together, and this magnetic potency is peculiarly descriptive of the activity of pisces. from another angle and in a dual sign- 76- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust this can also be seen working out in gemini. in pisces, there is demonstrated the captivity angle of relationship and the two fishes are unable to escape from each other; in gemini there is also a definite relationship between the two brothers but there is no connecting band, and in that relationship is latent free choice and free determination. in connection with a lesser duality found in every human being, that of head and heart, of mind and love, and of will and wisdom, the work of jupiter is to develop these two qual

opyright 1998 lucis trust esoterically, the reason that venus is exalted in pisces is connected with the relation of pisces to the sign gemini, of which venus is the esoteric ruler, and also in relation to the fact that venus is the earth's alter ego and is closely related to the human kingdom. this subject is too vast and complicated to be elaborated here, but the point should be remembered. the fishes in pisces are bound together, as we have seen, and this is a symbol of the captivity of the soul in form, prior to the experience upon the fixed cross. the twins in gemini are symbols of the same basic duality, but the experience of the many changing incarnations has done its work, and the band (uniting the two fishes) is in process of dissolution, for part of the work of pluto is to "cut t

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

and the ancient usages and forms, consistent and right in the jewish dispensation, are now obsolete and should be abrogated. it is equally true of the jewish race that in the rejection of the christ as the messiah they have remained, metaphorically and practically, in the sign of aries, the ram, or of the scapegoat; they have yet to pass into the sign (again speaking symbolically) of pisces, the fishes, and recognise their messiah when he again comes in the sign aquarius. otherwise they are repeating their ancient sin of non-response to the evolutionary process. let us now consider what the initiatory process signifies to the disciple as he seeks to lead the- 350- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust dual life which it demands. yo

rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust plane. the symbol of that plane has ever been water fluid, stormy, reflecting all impressions, the source of mist and fog, and yet ever essential to human living. the piscean age, now in process of passing away, is also closely related to this plane and to the symbol of water; it fixed in the human consciousness the realisation that "men are as fishes, immersed in the sea of emotions" aquarius is also known by the symbol of water, for aquarius is the "water-carrier" the sixth ray will bring together all these energies in time and space: ray energy, piscean energy, aquarian energy and the energy of the astral plane itself; this again produces a vortex of force which is invocative of mental energy; it is a controlling factor, which has plu

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

upon our planet as our sun passed through the sign taurus. the lesson for man is that under the symbol of the bull he had to wrestle with the animal in himself. then our sun passed into aries, the ram, and we had the sacrifice of the lamb, showing that the sacrifice of the animal nature was beginning to succeed the concept of wrestling with the animal nature. then the sun passed into pisces, the fishes. the forces that played upon our planet at that time brought into the consciousness of man his essential duality and the link between the two parts of himself, two fishes linked by a band. this consciousness, on a large scale, began to make its impact upon [184] the human being, i.e. that he is soul and body. christ came in pisces to demonstrate to us perfectly what would be our ultimate ac

ess and selflessness. these are the lessons which hercules brings to us. this is also the story of the cosmic christ, crucified from the beginning of creation upon the fixed cross of the heavens. this is the story of the historical christ, given us in the gospel story and enacted for us two thousand years ago in palestine, when our sun entered the sign of the world savior, the sign of pisces, the fishes. this is the story of every individual man, crucified upon the cross of matter and of existence, and discovering that he is in truth a son of god incarnated in each human being. god, incarnate in matter. such is the story of the solar system, the story of our planet, the story of every man. as we look at the starry heavens above us, we have this great drama, eternally pictured for us [211]

e. individual consciousness transmuted into group consciousness. polar opposite: leo, a fire sign (individual awareness; urge toward selfknowledge; eventual self-mastery preparatory to selfless service. rulers: exoteric, uranus; esoteric, jupiter. keywords: from the angle of form "let desire in form be the rule; from the angle of soul "water of life am i, poured forth for thirsty men. pisces, the fishes element: water sign (as are also cancer and scorpio. quality: duality. fluidity endowed with instinctual consciousness. mediumistic. polarized mind unawakened. intuition dormant. death of the personality. release of the soul from captivity. christ, the world savior. polar opposite: virgo. an earth sign (matter; christ in the cave of the heart. rulers: exoteric, jupiter; esoteric, pluto. key

ce to man. this is the important sign into- 132- the labours of hercules which we are now entering; the [229] most menial of all the labors falls in this, next to the culminating labor of all. one may think with reverence of jesus the christ washing the feet of his disciples, after following the man with the water pitcher on his shoulder, into the upper room. in pisces (february 20- march 20, the fishes, we find by contrast the most exalted symbol. for here hercules captured the red cattle, placed them in a golden bowl (the holy grail, and flew them to the temple. such is the crowning beauty of the sign in which man becomes a world savior, all that is of animality having been redeemed and transcended. interpolated. this short analysis of the twelve labors will give us a somewhat synthetic

BASIL VALENTINE TWELVE KEYS

mes 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 would be changed into scorpions. if you would perform our task rightly, take the spiritual water, in which the spirit was from the beginning, and preserve it in a closely twelve keys of basil valentine 50 of 95 shut chamber. for the heavenly city is about to be besieged by earthly foes. you must, therefore, strongly fortify it with three impassable and well vguarded walls, and let the one e

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

or the lives. pure waters, not turbid, they must drink. let us dry them. 8. the flames came. the fires with the sparks; the night fires and the day fires. they dried out the turbid dark waters. with their heat they quenched them. the lhas of the high, the lhamayin of below, came. 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. 9. mother-water, the great sea, wept. she arose, she disappeared in the moon which had lifted her, which had given her birth. 10. when they were destroyed, mother-earth remained bare. she asked to be dried- iii. 11. the lord of the lords came. from her body he separated the waters, and that was heaven above, the first heaven. 12. the great chohans called the lords of the moon, of t

meaning became distorted- stanza ii- continued. 8. the flames came. the fires with the sparks; the night fires 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 reve

ar also rudiments of mammae, and some male marsupials have traces of a marsupial sac. other analogous facts could be added. are we then to suppose that some extremely ancient mammal continued androgynous after it had acquired the chief distinctions of its class, and therefore after it had diverged from the lower classes of the vertebrate kingdom? this seems very improbable* for we have to look to fishes, the lowest of all the classes, to find any still existent androgynous forms" mr. darwin is evidently strongly disinclined to adopt the hypothesis which the facts so forcibly suggest, viz, that of a primeval androgynous[[footnote(s* second edition, p. 161* and why not all the progenitive first races, human as well as animal; and why one "remote progenitor* obviously so, on the lines of evol

the impulses of the dual, centripetal and centrifugal force are directed towards one point- man. the progress in the succession of beings, says agassiz "consists in an increasing similarity of the living fauna, and, among the vertebrates, especially, in the increasing resemblance to man. man is the end towards which all animal creation has tended from the first appearance of the first palaeozoic fishes* just so; but "the palaeozoic fishes" being at the lower curve of the arc of the evolution of forms, this round began with astral man, the reflection of the dhyan chohans, called the "builders" man is the alpha and the omega of objective creation. as said in "isis unveiled "all things had their origin in spirit- evolution having originally begun from above and proceeding downwards, instead

conditions, but persisting comparatively unaltered, while other forms of life have appeared and disappeared. such forms may be termed 'persistent types' of life; and examples of them are abundant enough in both the animal and the vegetable worlds (huxley "proceed. of roy. inst" vol. iii, p. 151. nevertheless, we are not given any good reason why darwin links together reptiles, birds, amphibians, fishes, mollusca, etc, etc, as off-shoots of a moneric ancestry. nor are we told whether reptiles, for instance, are direct descendants of the amphibian, the latter of fishes, and fishes of lower forms- which they certainly are. for the monads have passed through all these forms of being up to man, on every planet, in the three preceding rounds; every round, as well as every subsequent globe, from

cially among the lower orders of the vertebrata- have a third eye, now atrophied, but necessarily active in its origin* the hatteria species, a lizard of the order lacertilia, recently discovered in new zealand (a part of ancient lemuria so called, mark well, presents this peculiarity in a most extraordinary manner; and not only the hatteria punctata, but the chameleon, certain reptiles, and even fishes. it was thought, at first, that it was no more than the prolongation of the brain ending with a small protuberance, called epiphysis, a little bone separated from the main bone by a cartilage, and found in every animal. but it was soon found to be more than this. it offered- as its development and anatomical structure showed- such an analogy with that of the eye, that it was found impossibl

s a living link. without such a psychological link, and the feeling of its presence, no science can ever progress, and the realm of knowledge must be limited to the analysis of physical matter only. occultists believe in "spirits" because they feel (and some see) themselves surrounded on every side by them* materialists do not. they live on this earth, just as, in the world of insects and even of fishes, some creatures live surrounded by myriads of their own genus, without seeing, or so much as sensing them* plato is the first sage among the classics who speaks at length of the[[footnote(s* as a general rule, now that the very nature of the inner man has become as blind as his physical nature, man is situated on this globe as the amphioxus is in the ocean. surrounded by shoals and millions

ures live surrounded by myriads of their own genus, without seeing, or so much as sensing them* plato is the first sage among the classics who speaks at length of the[[footnote(s* as a general rule, now that the very nature of the inner man has become as blind as his physical nature, man is situated on this globe as the amphioxus is in the ocean. surrounded by shoals and millions of various other fishes and creatures that see it, the amphioxus species--having neither brain nor any of the senses possessed by the other classes- sees them not. who knows whether, on the darwinian theory, these "branchiostoma" are not the direct ancestors of our materialists* the occultists have been accused of worshipping gods or devils. we deny this. among the numberless hosts of spirits- men that were, and t

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

ve that all the carbonic acid which went to compose those plants that formed bituminous coal, lignite, etc, and went towards the formation of limestone, and so on, that all this was at that period in the atmosphere in gaseous form, then, there must have been seas and oceans of liquid carbonic acid? but how then could the carboniferous period be preceded by the devonian and silurian ages- those of fishes and molluscs- on that assumption? barometric pressure, moreover, must have exceeded several hundred times the pressure of our present atmosphere. how could organisms, even so simple as those of certain fishes and molluscs, stand that? there is a curious work by blanchard, on the origin of life, wherein he shows some strange contradictions and confusions in the theories of his colleagues, an

BOOK OF BLACK SERPENT

iron- 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 are reddish and gleaming, and their form like vast and devouring flat-headed fishes. 11. behemiron- whose name is derived of behemoth, and their colors are black and brown, and their forms those of awful beasts like a hippopotamus, and an elephant, but crushed flat, or as if their skin was spread out flat over the body of a gigantic beetle or cockroach, crawling yet having vast strength. 12. neshimiron- whose colors are of a stagnant gleaming, watery hue, and their forms l

are black and brown, and their forms those of awful beasts like a hippopotamus, and an elephant, but crushed flat, or as if their skin was spread out flat over the body of a gigantic beetle or cockroach, crawling yet having vast strength. 12. neshimiron- whose colors are of a stagnant gleaming, watery hue, and their forms like hideous women, almost skeletons, united to the bodies of serpents and fishes. in the midst of the circle are placed samael and asmodai. the symbolic form of the former is somewhat like that of the devil of the tarot, but colossal and attenuated; that of asmodai is as a bloated, bestial man, but in a crouching position. at the south-east angle are placed the evil adam, a goat-headed skeleton-like giant; and a thousand- headed hydra serpent; everchanging and distorted

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

132 rabbi ishmael. attributed to him is 3 enoch, or the hebrew apocalypse of enoch, supposedly written after his visionary ascension into heaven 132-5: bar kokhba rebellion in palestine. jerusalem is leveled and jews are forbidden to live there, removing any hope of establishing a third temple c.150 n.t. apocrypha. lotus sutra. cyranides(hermetica which catalogues the occult properties of birds, fishes, plants, and stones for the 4 elements of air,water,earth and fire. its first book has 24 chapters each beginning with a letter of the greek alphabet) ptolemy writes the tetrabiblos, the most comprehensive work on astrology to date. already aware of the precession of the equinoxes, ptolemy cautions astrologers to use the tropical spring equinox as the start of the first zodiac sign. other a

DAVID ICKE RELATED THE HIDDEN GEARS OF FREEMASONRY

masonic designers of the seal. that numbering system was not based on ten, but on six. for example "600" would be 1000 "60" would be 100 and "6" would be 10. the occult is trinitarian, i.e. it's main teachings are grouped in three's. the number sequence "93 and 93, 93; or 600, 60, and 6 is the "current" of the new age of aquarius- the water bearer, which heralds the end of the age of pisces- the fishes (an early symbol of christianity) in the teachings of the order of the eastern templars or o.tur147 preface by jerry w. decker www.keelynet.com po box 111786 carrollton, tx 75011 there are fields of study which are relatively unknown to the general public. though 'pyramid power' is well known, few have pursued it to other geometric forms and the phenomena which can be produced by understand

DONALDTYSON MIRACLES

ales of magicians such as faust who could transform for a time bits of twigs and stones into the semblance of gold and silver coins, or could make a lavish banquet seem to appear in a twinkling- but eventually the coins became twigs again, and the food of the banquet failed to fill the stomachs of the guests. this explanation has always struck me as a bit flimsy. who is to say that the loaves and fishes miraculously multiplied by jesus to feed his flock (matthew 14:15-21) were any different in kind than the banquets created by faust and other famous magicians to feed their dinner guests? when the magician of the pharaoh of egypt cast down a staff before moses and transformed it into a serpent, was this really any less miraculous than the staff cast down and turned into a serpent by moses h

EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD PAPYRUS OF ANI MALESTROM

see brugsch, dict. g og, p. 153. 2 apep, the serpent, personifying darkness, which horus. or the rising sun must conquer before he can re-appear in the east. 3 compare the following scenes which represent apep in the form of a serpent and crocodile and ass being pierced by the deceased. plate i. http//www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/ebod13.htm (3 of 6 [8/10/2001 11:24:37 am] 4 the abtu and the ant fishes are sometimes depicted on coffins swimming at the bows of the boat of the sun] p. 249 and maat beside him; may i grasp the bows of the (17) seket[1]boat, and the stern of the atet boat. may he grant unto the ka of osiris ani to behold the disk of the sun and to see the moon-god without ceasing, every day; and may my soul (18) come forth and walk hither and thither and whithersoever it pleas

beat their breasts. thy mouth was closed, but i have set in order for [1. the slaughter of the antelope and duck typified the destruction of the enemies of the deceased; for, when horus destroyed the enemies of his father osiris "he cut off their heads [which took] the form of ducks in the sky, making them to fall headlong to the ground in the form of antelopes, and into the water in the form of fishes" for the text, see schiaparelli. il libro dei funerali degli antichi egiziani (in atti della r. accademia dei lincei; rome, 1883 and 1890, p. 94; naville, todtenbuch, chap. 134] p. 267 "thee thy mouth[1] and thy teeth" the kher-heb next calls on the sem priest four times "o sem, take the seb-ur[2 (fig. 5) and open the mouth and the eyes; and while the sem priest is performing the ceremony t

ce unto the beings whom thou hast created, o khepera (3) in thy boat. thou hast overthrown apepi. o ye children of seb, overthrow ye the foes of osiris (4) ani, triumphant, destroy ye the adversaries of righteousness from the boat of ra. horus shall cut off your (5) heads in heaven in the likeness of ducks; ye shall fall down upon the earth and become beasts, and into the water in the likeness of fishes [osiris, the scribe ani] destroyeth every hostile fiend, male (6) and female, whether he passeth through heaven [or] appeareth (7) upon earth, or cometh forth upon the water, or passeth along before the starry deities; and thoth strengtheneth them (8) coming forth from anreti. osiris, the scribe ani, is silent, and becometh the second of ra. behold thou the god, the great slaughterer (9) gr

o nor have i minished the offerings which are due. i have not stolen from the orchards; nor have i trampled down the fields. i have not added to the weight of the balance (17) nor have i made light the weight in the scales. i have not snatched the milk from the mouth of the babe. i have not (18) driven the cattle from their pastures. i have not snared the water-fowl of the gods. i have not caught fishes (19) with bait of their own bodies. i have not turned back water at its springtide. i have not broken the channel of running water. i have not quenched the flame (20) in its fulness. i have not disregarded the seasons for the offerings which are appointed; i have not turned away the cattle set apart for sacrifice. i have not thwarted the processions of the god (21) 1 am pure. i am pure. i a

e food of the shining ones" three ovals.[2 (c) ani ploughing[3] with oxen in a part of the fields of peace called "sekhet-aanre; with the word sekau, to plough. the two lines of hieroglyphics read- re en hete'et atru 1000 em au-f an t'et usex-f an un remu neb am-f an hefau nebt am-f. chapter of the river-horse. the river is one thousand [cubits] in its length. not can be told its width. not exist fishes any in it, not [exist] serpents any in it [1. in the nebseni papyrus they are called qetqetmu, hetepmu, and urmu. 2. instead of three, the nebseni papyrus has four ovals, which are called hetep, an, uakhakha, and neb-taui. 3 in the turin papyrus, published by lepsius, the ploughing, sowing, reaping and treading out the corn are all shown in one division, and the deceased stands in adoration

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

s. in his later years he moved on to investigate astral projection and wrote a series of classic books with sylvan j. muldoon. he died december 26, 1958, in los angeles. sources: berger, arthur s, and joyce berger. the encyclopedia of parapsychology and psychical research. new york: paragon house, 1991. carrington, hereward. the case for psychic survival. new york: citadel press, 1957. loaves and fishes. new york: charles scribner s sons, 1935. modern psychic phenomena. new york: dodd, mead, 1919. the physical phenomena of spiritualism. new york: herbert b. turner, 1907. the problems of psychic research. new york: dodd, mead, 1921. the story of psychic science. london: rider, 1930. reprint, new york: ives washburn, 1931. your psychic powers, and how to develop them. new york: a. l. burt, 1

on offers them his assistance, which done, he teaches them a certain song, which they are obliged to keep in constant remembrance. they must return the next day to the same place, where the same spirit appears to them again, and repeats the former song, in case he takes a fancy to the person; if not, he does not appear at all. these spirits make their appearances under different shapes, some like fishes, some like birds, others like a serpent or dragon, others in the shape of a pigmee, about a yard high; being attended by three, four, or five other pigmees of the same bigness, sometimes by more, but never exceeding nine. no sooner are they seized by the genius, but they appear in the most surprising posture, like madmen, before bereaved of the use of reason. this continues for six months;

s. this search was inconclusive. in the 1980s the project intensified its use of sonar equipment and underwater photography. an ambitious project, operation deepscan, engaged more than 20 small boats to sweep the whole area of loch ness using sonar and video scanning. although the results were largely ambiguous, there were three unexplained sonar contacts, indicating something that might be large fishes. address: the original loch ness exhibition centre, drumnadrochit, inverness-shire, scotland. sources: campbell, steuart campbell. the loch ness monster: the evidence. wellingborough, england: aquarian press, 1986. lodestone (or loadstone) a magnetic stone of magnetite (oxide of iron) showing polarity when suspended. it was once believed to possess magical properties of various kinds. if on

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 2

nal aborigines of mexico, the incoming race s god tezcatlipoca was pictured as performing upon a magical drum in such a manner as to cause frenzy among the toltecs, who leaped by thousands into a deep ravine by their city. wonderful stories were told of the feats of the huaxteca, a people of maya race dwelling on the gulf of mexico. sahagun related that they could produce from space a spring with fishes, burn and restore a hut, and dismember and resurrect themselves. the ocuiltec of the toluca valley also possessed a widespread reputation as enchanters and magicians. divination and augury although divination was practiced among the aztecs by means of astrology, there were other less intricate methods in use. a college of augurs existed, corresponding in purpose to the auspices of ancient r

the other. they also made use of charms and superstitions. one method of cure was to place two hammocks close to each other, either in the dwelling, or in the open air. in one of them the patient laid extended, and in the other laid the mohan, or agorero. the latter, in contact with the sick man, began by rocking himself, and then proceeded in falsetto voice to call on the birds, quadrupeds, and fishes to give health to the patient. from time to time he rose on his seat, and made extravagant gestures over the sick man, to whom he applied his powders and herbs, or sucked the wounded or diseased parts. having been joined by many of the people, the agoreros chanted a short hymn, addressed to the soul of the patient, with this refrain: thou must not go, thou must not go. in repeating this he

e crystallization of solutions of organic salts could be modified by mental energy, and stated that he had produced microscopic animal or human-like forms in this way. the work of another experimenter was reminiscent of the seventeenth-century royal society claim of the restoration of the form of a destroyed plant. in the 1920s a british biological chemist named morley-martin claimed the forms of fishes, plants, and animals continued to exist in miniature in ancient azoic rocks. morley-martin experimented by taking fragments of such rock and submitting them to a temperature of 2,000.3,000 degrees fahrenheit in an electric oven. he isolated what he named primordial protoplasm from the ashes, which he transformed into crystalloids with canada balsam. in the course of time the crystalloids co

ace indicated. while most psychometrists give their readings in a normal state, a few are hypnotized. maria reyes de z. of mexico, with whom gustav pagenstecher conducted a series of successful experiments, belongs to the latter class. from a shell picked up on the beach of vera cruz she gave the following reading: i am under water and feel a great weight pressing upon my body. i am surrounded by fishes of all kinds, colors, shapes, and sizes. i see white and pink coral. i also see different kinds of plants, some of them with large leaves. the water has a dark green, transparent colour. i am among the creatures but they do not seem to notice my presence, as they are not afraid of me in spite of touching me as they pass by. many psychometrists in the spiritualist community have asserted tha

cromancy, was one day exhibiting his acquirements to the learned men of the court, when an old man told him of a magic book containing two spells written by the hand of thoth himself, the god of wisdom. he who repeated the first spell bewitched thereby heaven and earth and the realm of night, the mountains and the depth of the sea; he knew the fowls of the air and every creeping thing; he saw the fishes, for a divine power brought them up out of the depth. he who read the second spell should have power to resume his earthly shape, even though he dwelt in the grave; to see the sun rising in the sky with all the gods and the moon in the form wherein she displays herself. setna inquired where this book was to be found, and learned that it was lying in the tomb of nefer-ka-ptah, a son of king

EVIL AND UNCLEAN SPIRITS

and brown. its form is like an awful beast, similar to a hippopotamus or elephant but crushed flat as though their skin were spread out flat over the body of a gigantic beetle or cockroach; yet it has vast strength, for k. wrymycn (nashimiron: whose colors are of a stagnant, gleaming, watery line whose forms are like hideous women, almost similar to skeletons united to the bodies of serpents and fishes, for l. in the midst of the circle are placed lams and admca. the symbolic form of the former is somewhat like that of the devil of the tarot, but colossal and attenuated; the form is of a bloated bestial man, in a crouching position. at the southwest corner are placed the evil adam, a goat-headed skeleton-like giant, and the thousand-headed 7 hydra serpent, and the elder tylyl, the wife of

FAUST

ases too flowing, and two-ways blowing, they re warming and chilling just as one s feeling, yet what the profit? heaven might send fire, enormous, dire, but, then, what of it, were there no billets or coal in barrows to grill your skillets through to their marrows? there s sizzling, broiling, there s bubbling, boiling. true taster, picker, the platter-licker, he smells the roasting, he sniffs the fishes, with gusto accosting his patron s dishes. a drunken man [maudlin. sdeath today to all my worry! for i feel so frank and free; fresh delight and ditties merry, these i brought along with me. so i m drinking, drink ye, drink ye! clink your glasses, clink ye, clink ye! ye behind there, now come on! clink your glasses, so it s done. angrily my wife shrieked loudly, sneering at my piebald suit

he cruel tempest s riot fled we to the deepest quiet, hither lured by lovely song. here behold us decorated with gold chains and high elated; crowns and jewels do ye capture, brooches, girdles that enrapture. all this harvest is your prey. to us here these shipwrecked treasures ye have brought with your sweet measures, ye, the magnets of our bay. sirens. well we know, in cool seas biding, how the fishes, smoothly gliding, joy in life, from trouble far; yet, ye festive hosts quick moving, we today would see you proving that ye more than fishes are. nereids and tritons. we, before we hither wandered, thought of that and deeply pondered. sisters, brothers, swiftly fare! needs today but little travel proof to show past any cavil that we more than fishes are. they disappear. sirens. away they s

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

tones and minerals on its wall; and on the outer side, lakes, seas, rivers, wines, and all liquids; here were jugs full of many different liquors with which sicknesses were cured. the wall of the third circle was devoted, on one side, to the vegetable world, with pictures of all kinds of trees and herbs, their virtues and correspondencies with the stars; on the other side were shown all manner of fishes and their correspondencies with celestial things. on the fourth wall were birds and reptiles; and on the fifth animals. finally, on the outermost giro were displayed, on the inner side of the wall, all the mechanical arts and their inventors, and the different ways in which these are used in different parts of the world. and on its outer side were images of inventors of sciences and laws. t

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL 2

f fire we first learn of humanity dwelling in solid physical bodies, where of course very dissimilar to those we have today. during the next stage the crust of the earth became sufficiently strong to cover the whole inner core, and humanity lived then in the basins of the earth, in the land of mist, which was so dense that breathing was accomplished by means of gill clefts similar to those of the fishes and still seen in human embryo. when the mists of atlantis commenced to settle, some of our forbears had grown embryonic lungs and were forced to the highlands years before their compeers. therefore they wandered in the wilderness while the promised land as we know it today was emerging from the lighter fogs, and at the same time their growing lungs were fitting them to live under the prese

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

tively recent time has furnished all the information extant concerning babylonian antiquities, in his account of the creation of man and of the universe, says that in the beginning all was water and darkness; that in the water were the beginnings of life; but as yet there was no order. men were there with the wings of birds and even with the feet of beasts. there were also quadrupeds and men with fishes' tails, all of which had been produced by a twofold principle. over this incongruous mass a woman presided. this woman is called omoroka by the babylonians and by the chaldeans thalatth. the latter name, signifies "bearing" or "egg producing" in the babylonian kosmogony, according to endemus, the pupil of aristotle, the beginning of the universe was called tauthe, which being interpreted me

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

iron-r-t-t-whose colours are like clouds, andtheirform like grey, bloated goblins (8) necheshethironwhose colour is like copper, and their form like that' of a most devilish and almost human-headed insect.(9)nachashironwhose colours are/ like serpents" and their form like dog-headed serpents (10) dagdagiron whose colours are reddish and gleaming, and their form like vast and devouring flat-headed fishes.(11)behemiron- whose name is derived from behemoth, and their colours are black and brown, and their forms those of awful beasts like a, hippopota255 mus, and an elephant,butcrushed flat, or as if their skin was spread out flat over the body of a gigantic beetle or cockroach, crawling yet having vast strength (12 'neshimiron- whose colours are of a stagnant gleaming, watery hue, and their f

black and brown, and their forms those of awful beasts like a, hippopota255 mus, and an elephant,butcrushed flat, or as if their skin was spread out flat over the body of a gigantic beetle or cockroach, crawling yet having vast strength (12 'neshimiron- whose colours are of a stagnant gleaming, watery hue, and their forms like hideous women, almost skeletons, united to the bodies of serpents and fishes.the qllphqth of theqabalah27in the midst of the circle are placed samael and asmodai. the symbolic form of the former is somewhat like that of the devil of the tarot,butcolossal and attenuated;thatof asmodaias 225 bloated, bestial man, but in a crouching position. atthesouth-east angle are placedtheevil adam, a goat-headed skeleton-like giant; and a' thousand-headedhydraserpent; and the eld

ally(c$)thebull (j )the lion (111) the scorpion (but in good symbolism the eagle) and=)the man are to be noted as forming the kerubic figures of ezekiel and john. to these signs are allotted the tribes of ephraim. judah,danand reuben, who, as we shall presently see, encamped towards the cardinal points around the tabernacleofthecongregation, and as leadersoftheothers.thesigns of(ii)the twins) the fishes, and in a certain sense as a compounded figure (t )the centaur armed with the bow, are called bi-corporate, or double- bodied signs. to these refer manasseh (ii),simeon, and benjamin (t).manasseh was divided into two half-tribes with separate possessions (being the only tribe thus divided, and thus answers to the equal division of the sign of the twins, castor and pollux, the great twin bre

are called bi-corporate, or double- bodied signs. to these refer manasseh (ii),simeon, and benjamin (t).manasseh was divided into two half-tribes with separate possessions (being the only tribe thus divided, and thus answers to the equal division of the sign of the twins, castor and pollux, the great twin brethren. simeon and levi aretwelve signs and twelve tribes 41classed together, like the two fishes in the sign, but levi is withdrawn later, to form asitwere the binding and connecting link of the tribes, as the priestly caste. benjamin is the younger brother of joseph, for rachel had only thesetwosons, and is the only one of the sons of jacob who at his birth was called by two names, for rachel called him 'ben-oni',buthis father benjamin, and in the sign of (t )the two natures of man an

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM18

iminished the offerings. not have i stolen from the orchard. not have i trampled down the fields. i have not added to the weight of the balance. not have i diminished from the weight of the balance. not have i carried off the milk from the mouth of a babe. not have i driven away the cattle which were upon their pastures. not have i captured the birds of the preserves of the gods. not have i taken fishes with bait of their own bodies. not have i turned back water at its season. not have i cut a cutting in water running. not have i extinguished a flame at its hour. not have i violated the times for the chosen offerings. not have i driven back the cattle of divine things. i have not repulsed god in his manifestations. i, even i, am pure; times four. let not evil be done unto me in this land

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

sks. the creatures thus formed still looked like elephants to me, perhaps because a characteristic visual trick the sculptors of tiahuanaco had employed again and again in their subtle and otherworldly art had been to use one thing to depict another. thus an apparently human ear on an apparently human face might turn out to be a bird s wing. likewise an ornate crown might be composed of alternate fishes and condors heads, an eyebrow a bird s neck and head, the toe of a slipper an animal s head, and so on. members of the elephant family formed out of condors heads, therefore, need not necessarily be optical illusions; on the contrary, such inventive composites would be perfectly in keeping with the overall artistic character of the frieze. among the riot of stylized animal figures carved in

GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 3

s minstrels: horant (herrant, as. heorrenda, on. hiarrandi, conf. grramm. 1, 352. z. f. d. a. 2, 4, of whom it is said in gudr. 388-9 that by his songs he chained all men whole and sick, and that din tier in dem walde ir weide liezen sten, die wiirme di d^ solten in dem grase gen, die vische die da solten in dem wage vliezen, die liezen ir geverte; beasts let be their grazing, creeping things and fishes forsook their wonted ways. the saga herrauss ok bosa (fornald. sog. 3, 323) couples the hiarranda-hlio's with the enchanting g^gjar slagr (giantesses harp- stroke. then the hero volker (folhheri) plays the fiddle to the nibelungs 1772: under die tiire des hiises saz er uf den stein, kiiener (bolder) videlcere wart noch nie dehein: do klungen sine seiten (strings, daz al daz hiis erdoz (raug

GRIMM TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 2 1883 COMPLETE

et another way in which a former connexion between gods, wise-women and these genii now and then comes to light. the elf who showers his darts is servant or assistant to the high god of thunder, the cunning dwarf has forged his thunderbolts for him; like gods, they wear divine helmets of invisibility, and the home-sprite has his feet miraculously shod as well; watersprites can assume the shape of fishes and sea-horses, and homesprites those of cats. the weeping nix, the laughing goblin are alike initiated in the mystery of magic tones, and will even un veil it to men that sacrifice. an ancient worship of genii and daemons is proved by sacrifices offered to spirits of the mountain, the wood, the lake, the house. goblins, we may presume, ac companied the manifestation of certain deities amon

HANDBOOK OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

s to the creator. gaining power over a supernatural being by discovering its secret true name is a constant theme of egyptian magical and funerary texts and a common motif in the folktales of many cultures. the true name of ra. the story begins with a statement by serqet that the creator made heaven, earth, the waters, the breath of life, gods, people, small and large cattle, reptiles, birds, and fishes. deities and people were both ruled by the creator in his identity of ra. he appeared in many forms and was known by many names, but none of these was his true name. this name was concealed in his stomach to prevent any hostile force from using it against him. only one deity dared to challenge ra s authority; that was his daughter isis. she was cleverer than millions of gods. she knew every

136 handbook of egyptian mythology ten shown in pairs or groups. temples were often decorated with rows of fecundity figures carrying the produce of each district of egypt. hymns to hapy point out that every aspect of egyptian life was dependent on the food that he brought. all creatures are said to rejoice at his arrival: frogs croak, bulls bellow, and crocodiles roar. hapy is called the lord of fishes, the one who greens the two banks, and the maker of barley and wheat. hapy s life-giving waters were also credited with a role in reviving the murdered god osiris, who came back each year with the barley. see also heqet; khnum; nun; osiris; sons of horus references and further reading: j. baines. fecundity figures. warminster, england: 1985. j. lindsay. men and gods on the roman nile. londo

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

essful and forthwith accepted as a historical fact. like don basilio's calumnia, the rumor springs up, at first, as a soft gentle breeze hardly stirring the grass under your feet, and arising no one knows whence; then, in the shortest space of time, it is transformed into a strong wind, begins to blow a gale, and forthwith becomes a roaring storm! a slander among news, is what an octopus is among fishes; it sucks into one's mind, fastens upon our memory, which feeds upon it, leaving indelible marks even after the slander has been bodily destroyed. a slanderous lie is the only master-key that will open any and every brain. it is sure to receive welcome and hospitality in every human mind, the highest as the lowest, if only a little prejudiced, and no matter from however base a quarter and m

HP LOVECRAFT A DARK LORE

wanta wipe 'an out if they got wind o' their bein' thar, but they says they dun't keer much, because they cud wipe aout the hull brood o' humans ef they was wiliin' to bother- that is, any as didn't be, sarten signs sech as was used onct by the lost old ones, whoever they was. but not wantin' to bother, they'd lay low shun anybody visited the island "when it come to matin' with them toad-lookin' fishes, the kanakys kind o' balked, but finally they larnt something as put a new face on the matter. seems that human folks has got a kind a' relation to sech water-beasts- that everything alive come aout o' the water onct an' only needs a little change to go back agin. them things told the kanakys that ef they mixed bloods there'd be children as ud look human at fust, but later turn more'n more

r folk organised the esoteric order 0' dagon, an' bought masoic hall offen calvary commandery for it. heh, heh, heh! mart eliot was a mason an' agin the sellin, but he dropped aout o' sight jest then "remember, i ain't sayin' obod was set on hevin' things jest like they was on that kanaky isle. i dun't think he aimed at fust to do no mixin, nor raise no younguns to take to the water an' turn into fishes with eternal life. he wanted them gold things, an' was willin' to pay heavy, an' i guess the others was satisfied fer a while "come in' forty-six the taown done some lookin' an' thinkin' fer itself. too many folks messin- too much wild preachin' at meetin' of a sunday- too much talk abaout that reef. i guess i done a bit by tellin' selectman mowry what i see from the cupalo. they was a part

a place in an insurance office, and i buried myself in routine as deeply as possible. in the winter of 1930-31, however, the dreams began. they were very sparse and insidious at first, but increased in frequency and vividness as the weeks went by. great watery spaces opened out before me, and i seemed to wander through titanic sunken porticos and labyrinths of weedy cyclopean walls with grotesque fishes as my companions. then the other shapes began to appear, filling me with nameless horror the moment i awoke. but during the dreams they did not horrify me at all- i was one with them; wearing their unhuman trappings, treading their aqueous ways, and praying monstrously at their evil sea-bottom temples. there was much more than i could remember, but even what i did remember each morning woul

HP LOVECRAFT AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

ells and bones, which in places nearly choked the passage. washed down from unknown jungles of mesozoic tree ferns and fungi, and forests of tertiary cycads, fan palms, and primitive angiosperms, this osseous medley contained representatives of more cretaceous, eocene, and other animal species than the greatest paleontologist could have counted or classified in a year. mollusks, crustacean armor, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and early mammals- great and small, known and unknown. no wonder gedney ran back to the camp shouting, and no wonder everyone else dropped work and rushed headlong through the biting cold to where the tall derrick marked a new-found gateway to secrets of inner earth and vanished aeons. when lake had satisfied the first keen edge of his curiosity, he scribbled a

prevalence of very early life forms was singular in the highest degree. though the limestone formation was, on the evidence of such typical imbedded fossils as ventriculites, positively and unmistakably comanchian and not a particle earlier, the free fragments in the hollow space included a surprising proportion from organisms hitherto considered as peculiar to far older periods- even rudimentary fishes, mollusks, and corals as remote as the silunan or ordovician. the inevitable inference was that in this part of the world there had been a remarkable and unique degree of continuity between the life of over three hundred million years ago and that of only thirty million years ago. how far this continuity had extended beyond the oligocene age when the cavern was closed was of course past all

HP LOVECRAFT DAGON

in both directions, and almost lapping my feet as i stood on the slope. across the chasm, the wavelets washed the base of the cyclopean monolith, on whose surface i could now trace both inscriptions and crude sculptures. the writing was in a system of hieroglyphics unknown to me, and unlike anything i had ever seen in books, consisting for the most part of conventionalised aquatic symbols such as fishes, eels, octopi, crustaceans, molluscs, whales and the like. several characters obviously represented marine things which are unknown to the modern world, but whose decomposing forms i had observed on the ocean-risen plain. it was the pictorial carving, however, that did most to hold me spellbound. plainly visible across the intervening water on account of their enormous size was an array of

on the ocean-risen plain. it was the pictorial carving, however, that did most to hold me spellbound. plainly visible across the intervening water on account of their enormous size was an array of bas-reliefs whose subjects would have excited the envy of a dore. i think that these things were supposed to depict men- at least, a certain sort of men; though the creatures were shown disporting like fishes in the waters of some marine grotto, or paying homage at some monolithic shrine which appeared to be under the waves as well. of their faces and forms i dare not speak in detail, for the mere remembrance makes me grow faint. grotesque beyond the imagination of a poe or a bulwer, they were damnably human in general outline despite webbed hands and feet, shockingly wide and flabby lips, glass

HP LOVECRAFT THE DOOM THAT CAME TO SARNATH

trange delicacies at that feast; peacocks from the distant hills of linplan, heels of camels from the bnazic desert, nuts and spices from sydathrian groves, and pearls from wave-washed mtal dissolved in the vinegar of thraa. of sauces there were an untold number, prepared by the subtlest cooks in all mnar, and suited to the palate of every feaster. but most prized of all the viands were the great fishes from the lake, each of vast size, and served upon golden platters set with rubies and diamonds. whilst the king and his nobles feasted within the palace, and viewed the crowning dish as it awaited them on golden platters, others feasted elsewhere. in the tower of the great temple the priests held revels, and in pavilions without the walls the princes of neighboring lands made merry. and it

HP LOVECRAFT THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH

wanta wjpe 'an out if they got wind o' their bein' thar, but they says they dun't keer much, because they cud wipe aout the hull brood o' humans ef they was wiliin' to bother- that is, any as didn't be, sarten signs sech as was used onct by the lost old ones, whoever they was. but not wantin' to bother, they'd lay low shun anybody visited the island "when it come to matin' with them toad-lookin' fishes, the kanakys kind o' balked, but finally they larnt something as put a new face on the matter. seems that human folks has got a kind a' relation to sech water-beasts- that everything alive come aout o' the water onct an' only needs a little change to go back agin. them things told the kanakys that ef they mixed bloods there'd be children as ud look human at fust, but later turn more'n more

folk. organised the esoteric order 0' dagon, an' bought masoic hall offen calvary commandery for it. heh, heh, heh! mart eliot was a mason an' agin the sellin, but he dropped aout o' sight jest then "remember, i ain't sayin' obod was set on hevin' things jest like they was on that kanaky isle. i dun't think he aimed at fust to do no mixin, nor raise no younguns to take to the water an' turn into fishes with eternal life. he wanted them gold things, an' was willin' to pay heavy, an' i guess the others was satisfied fer a while "come in'forty-six the taown done some lookin' an' thinkin' fer itself. too many folks msssin- too much wild preachin' at meetin' of a sunday -too much talk abaout that reef. i guess i done a bit by tellin' selectman mowry what i see from the cupalo. they was a party

a place in an insurance office, and i buried myself in routine as deeply as possible. in the winter of 1930-31, however, the dreams began. they were very sparse and insidious at first, but increased in frequency and vividness as the weeks went by. great watery spaces opened out before me, and i seemed to wander through titanic sunken porticos and labyrinths of weedy cyclopean walls with grotesque fishes as my companions. then the other shapes began to appear, filling me with nameless honor the moment i awoke. but during the dreams they did not horrify me at all- i was one with them; wearing their unhuman trappings, treading their aqueous ways, and praying monstrously at their evil sea-bottom temples. there was much more than i could remember, but even what i did remember each morning would

ISIS UNVEILED

255 the brahmdtma, the chief of the hindfi initiates, had on his head-gear two keys, symbol of the revealed mystery of life and death, placed cross- like; and in some buddhist pagodas of tatary and mongolia the entrance of a chamber within the temple, generally coatainiog the staircase which leads to the inner d&goba* and the porticos of some prachidaa* are or- namented with a cross formed of two fishes, and as found on some of the eodiacs of the buddhists. we should not wonder at all at learning that the sacred device in the tombs of the catacombs, at rome, the vwica pia- ar, was derived from the said buddhist zodiacal sign. how general must have been that geometrical figure in the world-symbols, may be inferred from the fact that there is a masonic tradition that solomon's temple was bui

nally, our present grossly maurialistic world was formed. in the chaldaean account of the period which preceded tbe genesis of our world, berobus speaks of "a time when there existed nothing but darkness, and an abyss of waters, filled with hideous monsters, produced of a two-fcdd principle- there were creatures in whidt were com- bined the limbs of wtry species of ani- mals. id additbn to these, fishes, rep- tiles, serpents, with other monstrous ani- mals which assumed each other's shape and countenance" 703. cc 7i amitnl tntmmnu, p. 23, tq. digitizec by google 772 isis cnveiled id the first book of manu we read*'kiiow that the sum of 1000 divine ages composes the totality of one day of brahmad; and that one night is equal to that day" one thousand divine ages is equal to 4,320,000,000 of

nstant" and v&madeva-modelyar describes the 'night of brahma' or the second period of the divine unknown existence, thus "strange noises are heard, proceeding from every point. these are the precursors of the night of brahma; duak rises ai the horvson and the sun passes away behind the thirtieth degree of makara (sign of the zodiac, and will reach no more the sign of the mina (zodiacal pieces, or fishes. the gurus of the pagodas appointed to watch the rdh-chakra [zodiac] may now break their circle and instruments, for they are hence- forth useless "gradually light pales, heat diminishes, uninhabitable spots multiply on the earth, the air becomes more and more rarefied; the springs of waters dry up, the great rivers see their waves exhausted, the ocean shows its sandy bottom, and plants die

ve resulted in the finding of a cross where there had never been one before. still, we have ather to believe the phenomenon or dispute it at the risk of being treated as infidels; and this notwithstanding that upon a careful computation we should find that the fragments of the 'true cross' had multiplied them- selves even more miraculously than the five loaves in the invisible bakery, and the two fishes. in all cases like this, vbae miracles can be so conveniently called in, there is no room for dull fact history must step out, that fiction may step in. if the alleged founder of the christian religion is now, after thfe lapse of nineteen centuries, preached more or less unsuccessfully however in eveiy comer of the globe, we are at liberty to think that the doc- trines attributed to him wou

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

without remark or explanation. we may premise by recalling that the luce is a pike (pic, or jack: jac, iacc (b and i are complementary in this mythic sense, bacc, bacche, bacchus. shakspeare s wellknown lampoon, or satirical ballad, upon the name of lucy may be cited as illustrative proof on this side of the subject: lucy is lowsie, as some volke miscalle it. the zodiacal sign for february is the fishes. now, the observances of st. valentine's day, which point to courtship and to sexual love, or to loving invitation, bear direct reference to the fishes, in a certain sense. the arms of the lucys as they are at present to be seen, and where we not long since saw them, beautifully restored upon the great entrance-gates of charlecote hall, or place, near stratfordsuper- avon are three luces or

rics (also in the term belted earls. these are always male accessories; except the zones, sashes, or girdles, worn as the mark of virgins, which cinctures may yet draw their symbolic meaning from this same umbilicus in question. the reader will notice also the connection of these ideas and the practice in the roman race of the lupercal, at the february roman religious solemnities (february of the fishes. at these it was the custom of the runners to flog bystanders, particularly women) with thongs or cords; which were probably intended to be the racers own girdles. julius c sar, mark antony, and calphurnia form a group illustrative of this meaning. thus shakspeare' our elders say, the barren, touched in this holy chase, shake off the sterile curse" julius c sar, act. i. sc. 2. is this the o

to carry an important meaning. they are found in the pointed or christian architecture in continual close connection with the triplicated zigzag, the vandykes, or aquarii, as we designate them, because all these architectural forms, which are hieroglyphs, mean the feminine or second prinfigures of the centuari. 241 ciple, and express the sign of aquarius, with its watery or lunar hints, its twin-fishes, and its jonah-like anagrams of the redeemer. hence the boat-like, elongated, peculiar form called the vesica piscis, which is the oblong shuttleshaped frame continually set over doors and windows and elsewhere in gothic churches, to contain effigies of the saviour, or virgin mary, or groups from the new testament in connection with these two sacred persons. a doorway in barfreston church

n. fig. 200. norman capital: foliated ornament, resembling the honeysuckle and lotus. various mouldings, both gothic and classic, present shapes drawn from the astronomical sign aquarius. these signs, or ciphers, are significant of the sea and of fig. 201. canterbury cathedral: volutes of the corinthian form. fig. 202. canterbury cathedral: corinthian scrolls or horns. the moon. glyphs resembling fishes mean iona, or jonah. they are also symbols of the saviour, when they occur amidst the relics left by the early christians, and in forms of the first christian centuries. orb or mound. vertical arch: early norman (temple church) chapter the twenty-eighth. rosicrucianism in strange symbols. n the following part of our book, we supply, in a series of figures, the succession of changes to which

rs are scattered as fig. 256. fig. 257. estoiles, or waved serpentining flames, the mystic brood of the great dragon. the reverse of this amulet (b) presents the crescent and decrescent moons, placed back to back, with a trace or line, implying that the microcosmos or man, is made as between fig. 258. the moons. this figure suggests a likeness to the sign of the twins, and to that of the february fishes. fig. 257 is the mythological medusa s head, terrible in her beauty, which transforms the beholder to stone. this direful head is twined around with snakes for hair, and the radii which dart from it are lightning. it is, nevertheless, note. 279 esteemed one of the most powerful talismans in the gnostic preservative group, though it expresses nothing (in a strange, contradictory way) but dis

JESSUP MK THE CASE FOR THE UFO

w, after some days had passed over those things, lo! they were more numerous than "anything" they were shining in the sky more than the sun to the limits of the four supports of heaven..6) powerful was the position of the fire circles. the army of the king looked on and his majesty was in the midst of it. it was after supper. thereupon they (the fire circles) went up higher directed to the south. fishes and volatiles fell down from the sky (it was) a marvel never occurred since the foundation of this land. caused his majesty to brought incense to pacify the hearth..9 (to write) what happened in the ook of the house of life..10 (to be remembered) for the eternity. ole titmouse saw "the great return: a story you know very well. he saw group "coat" burnings of whole convey. in great return, o

eply investigating. in it, magic rites were performed and a special group of scribes was trained. two things have to be noticed: it left after a foul odor and it was not making any noise. it measures one rod, i.e. 100 cubit. as a cubit is about 20.6 inches we might judge the fire circle was large and long, about fifty meters. during their second appearance they were very numerous and shining, and fishes and volatiles fell down from the sky. and their movements through the sky, from north to south, was regular, and, more than that, powerful! therefore the king thought that the best thing to do was to pacify the hearth of ammon ra, lord of the thrones of the two lands (egypt. this record is a part of the archives of a responsible government. the event was unusual enough to warrant inscribing

LIBER ALEPH

s. as it is written, the pregnant goddess hath let down her burden upon the earth. c the book of wisdom or folly 101 gf de femina quadam (of a certain woman) nowest thou for what cause i am moved to write this unto hee, my son only-begotten, child of magick and of mystery? it is that i thy father am also in this ordeal of initiation at this hour. for the sun is nigh unto the end of the sign of he fishes in the thirteenth year of the on, and the new current of high magick leapeth forth as a flood from the womb of my true lady babalon. and a word hath come to me by he mouth of the scarlet woman, whose name is eve, or ahitha, concerning the temple of iuppiter that is builded for me. and therein is a woman appointed to a certain office. now this woman appeared to me in a vision when i was in t

e intelligence sober, profound, and capable of labour. jupiter, with mercury his herald, was in scorpio, harmonizing me and my word according o the essence of my nature. then of the others, mars was exalted in the goat, for physical endurance of toil; sol was conjoined with venus in the balance, for judgment in art and in life, and for equability of temple. lastly, the moon was in the sign of the fishes, her loved abode, for a gift of sensitiveness and of glamour. what then am i? i am a transient effect of infinite causes, a child of changes. there is no i, o thou that art not thou, else were i segrated, a stagnation, a thing of hate and of fear. but ever-moving, ever-changing, there is a star in the body of our lady nuith, whose word is none and two. i the book of wisdom or folly 165 #q d

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

the incorporation of the asir and vanir, which is the precondition for the mead, occurred in the near past. another story of the early mythological present would be odin fs sending of hel to the underworld and the midgard serpent to the outer waters of the ocean, as well as the binding of the wolf fenrir, when ty lr lost his hand. in the mythological present hel presides over the underworld, thor fishes up the midgard serpent in offshore waters, and ty lr is without his hand, while fenrir awaits the end of the world. odin fs myths tend toward the early part of the mythic present: already mentioned are the mead of poetry, war and peace with the vanir, oath of bloodbrotherhood with loki, and disposition of loki fs children. in addition there is odin fs self-sacrifice, which gained him much o

stanza 15. they agree to go fishing the next morning (stanza 16. thor says he will row if the giant will fetch the bait, but the giant deities, themes, and concepts 191 sends thor on that expedition (stanzas 17.18. thor tears the head off one of hymir fs oxen (stanza 19. the scene shifts abruptly to the fishing expedition. thor asks hymir to row further out, but the giant demurs (stanza 20. hymir fishes up two whales, but then thor casts his line (stanza 21. with the ox head as bait, he fishes up the midgard serpent (stanza 22, draws it aboard, and smashes it with his hammer (stanza 23. as the whole cosmos reacts, the serpent sinks into the sea (stanza 24. hymir is downcast as they row back to shore (stanza 25, and he asks thor to help him moor the boat (stanza 26).thor hauls it all the wa

her mentions of this place in the mythology. when snorri mentions it, he adds that the light-elves live there now. see also andlang vidblindi (wide-blind) giant used in kennings. the kenning gboar of vidblindi h in a verse by the poet hallar-steinn is explained by snorri in skaldskaparmal as follows: here whales are called the gboars of vidblindi. h he was a giant and fished up whales at sea like fishes. an anonymous verse from the thirteenth century appears to call whales gpigs of vidblindi, h and vidblindi is numbered among the giants in the thulur. he appears to be one of those figures preserved in the verse tradition but not in the mythology. vidfinn (wood-finn) father of the children who accompany the moon, according to snorri sturluson. these children are bil and hjuki, who according

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over six decades ago. what all creationists and neocreationists reject, however, is the notion of macroevolution, the appearance of new species from old ones. this concept, unlike microevolution, clearly violates the precepts