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n the order and between members only. however, the grip, step, and grand word may be exchanged between members of various golden dawn orders the four elements of the ancients are duplicated conditions of the following: heat and dryness 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

orn, 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 scorpio h pisces l 52 to the ancients, six planets besides the sun were known. they also assigned certain planetary values to the north and south nodes of the moon. that is the point where the moon's orbit touches that of the ecliptic. these were named: caput draconis head of the dragon p cauda draconis tail of the dragon q since the

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re dat. pi. of alcus [or alca akkr. a wendicliolz, boliem. holec, which has been adduced, is not to the point, for it means strictly a bald naked wretch, a beggar boy, pol. golec, russ. gholiak. besides, the naharvali and the other lygian nations can scarcely have been slavs^ i am not convinced that numen can refer to the place. the plain sense seems to be' the divinity has that virtue (which the gemini have, and the name alcis' or 'of alx' or if dat. pi 'the alcae, alci. may not alcis be conn, with okkt] strength, safeguard, and the dat. cikki pointing to a nom. ax* uxkw i defend; or even caesar's alces and pausanias's axfcai elks% trans. temples. 67 four or five centuries after ulphilas, to the tribes of upper germany their word alah must have had an old-fashioned heathenish sound, but w

in the same way asco grew up out of the tree (ash, and hpubrothers hadu and phol= baldr (see suppl. these gemini, however, are the very hardest to interpret; the passage about them was given on p. 66, and an attempt was made to show that alx referred to the place where the godlike twins were worshipped: i confess it does not satisfy me. our antiquity has plenty of hero brothers to show, but no twins with a name like alci, if this plural of alcus is the true form. it occurs to me, that one of osin's na

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of the zodiac and the stones are its various degrees and divisions. the two children standing respectively on water and earth, represent the generating influence of both brought into action by the rays of the sun. they are the two inferior or passive elements, as the sun and the air above them are the superior and active elements, of fire and air. furthermore, these two children resemble the sign gemini, which unites the earthly sign of taurus with the watery sign of cancer and this sign was by the greeks and romans referred to apollo or the sun. hiero: returns to place. heg: leads theoricus to west. hiereus (showing 1st tablet) the astrological symbols of the planets are derived from the 3 primary forms of the circle, the crescent and the cross, either singly or in combination. the circle

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a new season- spring, summer, autumn and winter. people born under a cardinal sign manifest this as a desire to initiate and to take command of people and situations. the fixed signs- leo, taurus, aquarius and scorpio- are signs entered by the sun in the middle of a season. people born under them exhibit stability and a tendency to continue in a predetermined path. the mutable signs -sagittarius, gemini, virgo and pisces- mark the time when the seasons are about to change. those born under them are correspondingly versatile and ready to compromise. zodiacal colours and associations aries, the ram: 21 march to 20 april. colour: red. a cardinal fire sign, for all matters of the self and of identity, for rituals of innovation, courage assertiveness and action. ruled by mars. taurus, the bull:

m: 21 march to 20 april. colour: red. a cardinal fire sign, for all matters of the self and of identity, for rituals of innovation, courage assertiveness and action. ruled by mars. taurus, the bull: 21 april to 21 may. colour: pink. a fixed earth sign, for rituals concerning all kinds of material matters and security, also for patience and caution if the way ahead seems hazardous. ruled by venus. gemini, the heavenly twins: 22 may to 21 june. colour: yellow or pale grey. a mutable air sign, for spells concerning communication, learning, choices, adaptability and short-distance travel. ruled by mercury. cancer, the crab: 22 june to 22 july. colour: silver. a cardinal water sign, for spells concerning the home and family, especially for protection and for gentle love and friendship. ruled by

erning all who work in commerce, medicine, teaching, the retail trades, the media and science and all who are studying. it also can be used in rituals for health. its elemental creatures are sylphs, gentle spirits of the air who can be seen fleetingly as butterflies, offering ideas, ideals and a reminder to enjoy happiness while you can. air's colour is yellow and its zodiacal signs are aquarius, gemini and libra. fire fire represents noon, summer and the quarter and direction of the south. fire is the realm of light, the sun and lightning, and so forms the focus of magick for fertility, power, joy, ambition, illumination, inspiration, achievement, all creative and artistic ventures, poetry, art, sculpture, writing, music, dance, religion and spirituality, psychic powers and mystical exper

also linked with the anglo-saxon god, woden, after whom wednesday is named. mercury hour spells are good for finding a quick way out of difficulties and for melting rigid opinions in others. element: air colour: yellow crystals: agate, citrine, falcon's eye, jasper, malachite, onyx incenses: lavender, lemongrass, mace trees: hazel, ash herbs and oils: dill, fennel, parsley, valerian mercury rules gemini, 22 may-21 june, and also virgo, 24 august-22 september. in magick it is most potent during those periods and particularly so for those born under gemini and virgo. jupiter thursday, the day of jupiter, is good for all forms of increase and expansion, whether improving fortune or career prospects or bringing promotion, power, ambition and joy through fulfilment of objectives. jupiter's infl

religions in siberia and lapland, the mother of the herds is still a central icon of power. during the neolithic period, the mother goddess was the bringer of fertility to the land as well as to animals and humans. gradually, she came to be seen as the wife of the great sky gods. she survives in the form of mary in the christian religion. mutable: the mutable signs of the zodiac are sagittarius, gemini, virgo and pisces, as when the sun enters them the seasons are about to change. those born under them are correspondingly versatile and ready to compromise. oimelc: see imbolc. ostara: the celtic festival of the spring equinox. pentacle: a ritual item, symbol of the earth, consisting of a flat, round disc, engraved with a pentagram. pentagram: a five-pointed diagram, one of the most sacred

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sphere of the zodiac or fixed stars enki; lumashi (igigi) 3. sphere of saturn adar 4. sphere of jupiter marduk 5. sphere of mars nergal 6. sphere of the sun utu 7. sphere of venus inanna 8. sphere of mercury nebo 9. sphere of the moon nanna 10. sphere of the elements kia 11. air anna 12. mercury gudud 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 (wea

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as the sun of midnight is ever the son. iii,75: the ending of the words is the word abrahadabra. the book of the law is written and concealed. aum. t concerning death by aleister crowley this issue published for hymenaeus alpha october 18, 14 e.n (1918 e.v) july 12, 81 e.n (1985 e.v) ordo templi orientis p.o box 2303 berkeley, ca 94702 (c) copyright o.t.o. july 14, 1985 e.v. sun in cancer moon in gemini an 81 e.n .pa [from the "international" december 1917] an epistle of baphomet to the illustrious damozel ana wright, companion of the holy graal, shining like the moon. concerning death that she and her sisters may bring comfort to all them that are nigh death, and unto such as love them. beloved daughter and sister, do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. it is written in the book

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evolted at the supreme atrocities. yet he succeeded in reducing the whole magical alphabet to nonsense, and shewing that he had never understood its real meaning. the absurdity of any such disturbance of the arrangement of the paths is evident to any sober student from such examples as the following. binah, the supernal understanding, is connected with tiphereth, the human consciousness, by zain, gemini, the oracles of the gods, or the intuition. that is, the attribution represents a psychological fact: to replace it by the devil is either humour or plain idiocy. again, the card "fortitude, leo, balances majesty and mercy with strength and severity: what sense is there in putting "death, the scorpion, in its stead? there are twenty other mistakes in the new wonderful illuminated-from-on-hi

of sol: 7 :nun-vau-gemel-heh: sphere of venus: 8 :koph-vau-koph-bet: sphere of mercury: 9 :lamed-bet-nun-heh: sphere of luna: 10 :chet-lamed-memfinal: sphere of the elements :yod-samekh-vau-dalet: vau-taw: 11 :resh-vau-chet: air: 12 (planets following: mercury: sephiroth corresponding: 13: luna: 14: venus: 15 :tet-lamed-heh: aries fire: 16 :shin-vau-resh: taurus earth: 17 :taw-aleph-vau-mem-yod: gemini air: memfinal: 18 :samekh-resh-tet-nunfinal: cancer water: 19 :aleph-resh-yod-heh: leo fire: 20 :bet-taw-vau-lamed-heh: virgo earth: 21: jupiter: 22 :mem-aleph-zain-nun-yod: libra air: memfinal: 23 :mem-yod-memfinal: water: 24 :ayin-qof-resh-bet: scorpio water: 25 :qof-shin-taw: sagittarius fire: 26 :gemel-dalet-yod: capricornus earth: 27: mars: 28 :dalet-lamed-yod: aquarius air: 29 :dalet

lended pleasure: rest from strife: earthly power: 5 :mars in scorpio :venus in aquarius :mercury in taurus: loss in pleasure: defeat: material trouble: 6 :sun in scorpio :mercury in aquarius :moon in taurus: pleasure: earned success: material success: 7 :venus in scorpio :moon in aquarius :saturn in taurus: illusionary success: unstable effort: success unfulfilled: 8 :saturn in pisces :jupiter in gemini :sun in virgo: abandoned success: shortened force: prudence: 9 :jupiter in pisces :mars in gemini :venus in virgo: material happiness: despair& cruelty: material gain: 10 :mars in pisces :sun in gemini :mercury in virgo: perfected success: ruin: wealth: weh note: two typos have been corrected in column cxxxiv by liber 777: 4, moon in place of sun and 6, sun in place of moon. 321 table v: cx

sun in gemini :mercury in virgo: perfected success: ruin: wealth: weh note: two typos have been corrected in column cxxxiv by liber 777: 4, moon in place of sun and 6, sun in place of moon. 321 table v: cxxxvii: cxxxviii: cxxxix :key scale: signs of the: planets ruling in: planets exalted in: zodiac: column ccxxxvii: column cxxxvii: 15: aries: mars: p. m (sun: 16: taurus: venus: uranus (moon: 17: gemini: mercury: neptune: 18: cancer: moon: p. m (jupiter: 19: leo: sun: uranus: 20: virgo: mercury: neptune (mercury: 22: libra: venus: p. m (saturn: 24: scorpio: mars: uranus: 25: sagittarius: jupiter: neptune: 26: capricorn: saturn: p. m (mars: 28: aquarius: saturn: uranus: 29: pisces: jupiter: neptune (venus: weh note: liber 777 gives different entries for column cxxxix, and these have been ad

s (roughly) by calling trumps each time. 6. note that some cards are harmonious. thus it would not be a bad error to call the five of swords("the lord of defeat) instead of the ten of swords("the lord of ruin. but to call the lord of love (2 cups) for the lord of strife (5 wands) would show that you were getting nothing right. similarly a card ruled by mars would be harmonious with a 5, a card of gemini with "the lovers. 7. these harmonies must be thoroughly learnt, according to the numerous tables given in 777. 8. as you progress you will find that you are able to distinguish the suit correctly three times in four and that very few indeed inharmonious errors occur, while in 78 experiments you are able to name the card aright as many as 15 or 20 times. 9. when you have reached this stage

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mg ml#m evil spirit h(r xwr 490 the giving (see 1106) ntm fine flour, meal tls the thummim: perfections (see 257) mymt 491 a nurse, wet-nurse (cf. 497) tnm) 493 the name (given in deut. 28:58 without t= 92, q.v) kyhl) hwhy t) 494 helmet of victory (is. 59:17) h(w#yh (bwk an apple xwpt 495 the likeness of man md) twmd gift hntm 496 malkuth: the kingdom twklm leviathan ntywl a small bundle rwrc 497 gemini: the twins mymw)t nurse, wet nurse (cf. 491) tnmw) 498 the house of god (cf. 443) myhl) tyb palace of merit (referred to geburah) twkz lkyh 499 a loving hind (prov. 5:19) mybh) tly) busy, arduous; an army; ghosts h tw)bc 500 the humerus ptk treasured gold, cimelia (perh. inf. from mtk, ggold h and arabic kthm, gto cover, conceal h) mtkm master, prince, head, chief; navel r# to give ntn be f

spring-waters (is. 10:30, gdaughter of gallim h *mylg tb mockeries (job 17:2; cf. 435 *mylth 1046 a handful *cmwq 1047 the lobe of the liver dbkh trtwy 1049 repayment, restoration; a weighing out of repayment *lwmg ml#m 1050 the thummim: perfections (see 257 *mymt 1052 paths *nylyb# 1053 sapphire stone *ryps nb) 1055 the likeness of man *md) twmd 1056 the lily tn#w# 1057 the precious oil *bw+ nm# gemini: the twins *mymw)t 1058 the sapphire stone *rypsh nb) the house of god (cf. 443 *myhl) tyb 1059 a loving hind (prov. 5:19 *mybh) tly) 1060 the tabernacle *nk#m treasured gold, cimelia (perh. inf. from mh+k, ggold h and arabic^^kthm, gto cover, conceal h *mtkm dragon; jackals, wild beasts (pl. of 450 *mynt 1061 and breathed into his nostrils the neschamah of [their] lives (i.r.q. 939) myyx t

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r to insert here the account of the true meaning of this verse, though it more properly belongs to the appendix. but the circumstances are so striking that it is well worth the while of the lay reader to become acquainted with the nature of the reasoning which attests the praeterhuman character of the author of this book. it follows, in the words in which it was originally written, an xvii sol in gemini, moon in cancer, june 8, 1921 e.v, with no preliminaries, in my magical diary, at the abbey of thelema in cephaloedium of trinacria. these verses are very subtly worded. how should i understand this allusion to the stele; how "count well its name" without knowing it? i tried to count "abomination of desolation, but that is what "they shall call" it, not its proper name. it seemed that this

es, despite elaborate research, yielded no meaning soever. at last i chanced on upsilon-pi-omicron-mu-omicron-nu-eta as 718; it means "persistence, the greek noun corresponding to "perdurabo, my first magical motto. of course the stele had persisted since the 26th dynasty, but that scarecely justified naming it "persistence; also, there was nothing about "the fall of because. now (an xvii, sol in gemini, moon in cancer) i was going through the law in order to repair any details of omission in the rituals ordained, and found these verses introduced among the instructions. they fascinated me; when i had finished the work in hand, i returned to them and worked for some hours with a lexicon, starting from the word apxh, cause, 709, to find some phrase equal to 718 which would deny cause. i fou

is set over the book of tahuti; see liber lxxviii) with those of ra and spirit. for he-aleph is the atziluthic or archetypal spelling of he, the holy ghost. and ha=6, the number of the sun. he is also nuith, h being her letter. the language suggests that heru-ra-ha is the 'true name' of the unity who is symbolized by the twins harpocrates and horus. note that the twin sign- and the child sign- is gemini, whose letter is zain, a sword. the doctrine of the dual character of the god is very important to a proper understanding of him "the sign of the enterer is always to be followed immediately by the sign of silence: such is the imperative injunction to the neophyte. in book 4 the necessity for this is explained fully. al iii,36 "then said the prophet unto the god" the new comment this passag

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(roughly) by calling trumps each time. 6. note that some cards are harmonious. thus it would not be a bad error to call the five of swords("the lord of defeat) instead of the ten of swords("the lord of ruin. but to call the lord of love (2 cups) for the lord of strife (5 wands) would show that you were getting nothing right. similarly, a card ruled by mars would be harmonious with a 5, a card of gemini with "the lovers" 7. these harmonies must be thoroughly learnt, according to the numerous tables given in 777. 8. as you progress, you will find that you are able to distinguish the suit correctly three times in four, and that very few indeed inharmonious errors occur, while in 78 experiments you are able to name the card aright as many as 15 or 20 times. 9. when you have reached this stage

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. hb:taw hb:vau hb:koph hb:lamed hb:mem 10 66 air hb:chet hb:vau hb:resh ox. hb:peh-final hb:lamed hb:aleph 11 78 mercury (planets follow house. hb:taw hb:yod hb:bet 12 91 luna sephiroth camel. hb:lamed hb:mem hb:gemel 13 105 venus corresponding) door. hb:taw hb:lamed hb:dalet 14 120 aries hb:heh hb:lamed hb:tet window. hb:heh hb:heh 15 136 taurus hb:resh hb:vau hb:shin nail. hb:vau hb:vau 16 153 gemini hb:mem-final hb:yod hb:mem hb:vau hb:aleph hb:taw sword. hb:nun-final hb:yod hb:zain 17 171 cancer hb:nun-final hb:tet hb:resh hb:samekh fence. hb:taw hb:yod hb:chet 18 190 leo 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 h

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re. this is a tree of life with the sephiroth as circles, containing the information noted below on this approximation. the paths are straight lines, with the following data by number: 0. air. hb:aleph. fool. 11th. 1. mercury. hb:bet. magician. 12th. 2. moon. hb:gemel. high priestess. 13th. 3. venus. hb:dalet. empress. 14th. 4. aries. hb:heh. emperor. 15th. 5. taurus. hb:vau. hierophant. 16th. 6. gemini. hb:zain. lovers. 17th. 7. cancer. hb:chet. chariot. 18th. 11. leo. hb:tet. strength. 19th. 9. virgo. hb:yod. hermit. 20th. 10. jupiter. hb:koph. wheel of fortune. 21st. 8. libra. hb:lamed. justice. 22nd. 12. water. hb:mem. hanged man. 23rd. 13. scorpio. hb:nun. death. 24th. 14. sagittarius. hb:samekh. temperance. 25th. 15. capricorn. hb:ayin. the devil. 26th. 16. mars. hb:peh. the tower. 2

5th- hb:dalet hb:vau hb:heh. 6th- hb:heh hb:resh hb:vau hb:bet hb:gemel illustration on page 272 approximated below "diagram 28. the attributions of the ten sephiroth to the four letters (nb: for, understand a circular ring in this diagram) dee hb:yod_ water hb:heh) air hb:vau_ spirit hb:heh_ illustration on page 272 approximated below "diagram 29. the solar greek cross_ pisces_ scorpio_ cancer_ gemini aquarius libra sun aries leo sagittarius_ capricorn_ taurus_ virgo_ the hiereus then explains the two tablets "the ten sephiroth in seven palaces" and "the attribution of the ten sephiroth to the four letters of the holy name" and the "hegemon "the seven heavens of assiah,"13 and "the ten evil sephiroth of the qliphoth."14 the "hierophant" then confers on the theoricus the title of the thir

falling through the air refer to the solar influence descending "the two children, standing respectively on water and earth, represent the generating influences of both, brought into action by the rays of the sun. they are the two inferior and passive elements, as the sun and the air above them are the superior and active elements of fire and air" furthermore, these two children resemble the sign gemini (which the greeks and romans referred to castor and pollux, which unites the earthly sign of taurus and the watery sign of cancer. the "hiereus" then shows the theoricus the tablet of "the astrological symbols of the planets,"15 and explains to him the tablet of "the true and genuine attribution of the tarot trumps to the hebrew alphabet."16 after which the "hegemon" leads him to "the table

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eath the wolf, at about the position of the hip or genitalia. 140 a handbook of geomancy chapter i attributions of geomantic figures to planets, zodiac, and ruling genii-:sign :el :geom.:sex: name and meaning: genius: ruler :planet: fig: 1 :aries :fire: m: puer :malchidael:bartzabel:mars: boy, yellow: beardless: 2 :taurus:earth: f: amissio: asmodel :kedemel :venus :loss, comprehended: without: 3 :gemini: air: m: albus: ambriel :taphthar-:mercury: white, fair: tharath: 4 :cancer:water: f: populus: muriel :chashmo :moon: people, congreg: dai: ation: 5: leo :fire: m: fortuna major: verchiel: sorath :sun: greater fortune :greater aid, safe: guard entering: 6: virgo:earth: f: conjunctio: hamaliel :taphthar-:mercury: conjunction: tharath: assembling: 7: libra: air: m: puella: zuriel: kedemel :ve

s fall; weakest of all in its detriment. a figure is in its fall when in a house opposite to that of its exaltation; in its detriment when opposite to its own house. the following list shows the essential dignities; that is to say, they follow the dignities of their ruling planets, considering the twelve houses of the scheme as answering to the twelve signs, thus: asc. to aries, 2 to taurus, 3 to gemini &c. 12 to pisces. therefore mars figures will be strong in asc. and weak in 7th and so on "see" chapter i. for attribution of figures to planets* is strong in dignities of jupiter and venus* is strong in dignities of saturn and mars* table of essential dignities weh note: these tables of dignities are corrupt in places. they have not been corrected here, but copied as they stand in the 1st

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given, in which the link is formed between the spirit and the "magus" 170 "considerations" to be performed on the day and in the hour of mercury: the evocation itself commencing in the magical hour of tafrac, under the dominion of the great angel of mercury hb:lamed hb:aleph hb:peh hb:resh. on wednesday, may 13, 1896, this hour tafrac occurs between 8h. 32' p.m. and 9h. 16, when mercury is in 17 gemini on the cusp of seventh house slightly to south of due west. moon going to mars sic should be with mercury 14 gemini mercury to neptune, mercury 150 saturn.1 "of the form of the circle to be employed" illustration on page 171 described "diagram 59. the circle of art" 1 weh note: this data contains typographic errors from the first edition. this is a duodecagram (twelve sided regular figure

over thee in the midst of thy gloomy habitations. and by the powers of the mighty letter beth: which is the house of our god, and the crown of our understanding and knowledge. and by the great magic word stibettchephmefshiss which calleth thee from thy place as thou fleest before the presence of the spirit of light and the crown! and by the name zbath, which symbolises thy passage from mercury in gemini unto us in malkuth: come forth, come forth, come forth! taphthartharath! in the name of iahdonhi: i invoke thee: appear! appear! taphthartharath! in the name of elohim tzebaoth! i invoke thee: appear! appear! taphthartharath! in the name of mikh el: i invoke thee: appear! appear! taphthartharath! in the name of raphael: i invoke thee: appear! appear! taphthartharath! in the name of tiriel:

f raphael: i invoke thee: appear! appear! taphthartharath! in the name of tiriel: i invoke thee: appear! appear! taphthartharath! in the name of asboga: i invoke thee: appear! appear! taphthartharath! 183 in the name of din and doni: i invoke thee: appear! appear! taphthartharath! in the name of taphthartharath: i invoke thee: appear! appear! o thou mighty angel who art lord of the 17th degree of gemini, wherein now mercury takes refuge, send thou unto me that powerful but blind force in the form of taphthartharath. i conjure thee by the names of mahiel and onuel, they who rejoice. come forth unto us therefore, o taphthartharath, taphthartharath, and appear thou in visible and material form before us in the great magical triangle without this circle of art! and if any other magus of art, o

lower (see regardie's "the golden dawn" for a detailed description) beneath this is a white segment on the shaft. at the bottom of the shaft is a black segment to the very end. between the white and black segments are twelve bands. these bands are paralleled to the left by a column of zodiacal symbols and to the right by hebrew letters thusly: lotus flower half- open_ aries hb:heh_ taurus hb:vau_ gemini hb:zain_ cancer hb:chet_ leo hb:tet_ virgo hb:yod_ libra hb:lamed_ scorpio hb:nun_ sagittarius hb:samekh_ capricorn hb:ayin_ aquarius hb:tzaddi_ pisces hb:qof (black_ illustration on page 211 described "65. the chief adept's wand" the top of the wand is a winged-sun disk or ba-hadit. extending down from this to either side along the upper quarter of the wand shaft are two uraeus serpents, f

malkuth. those of the planets are in the rainbow thus: hb:taw saturn. indigo. hb:dalet venus. green. hb:koph jupiter. violet. hb:bet mercury. yellow. hb:samekh sic: hb:peh mars. scarlet. hb:gemel luna. blue. hb:resh sol. orange. unto the signs of the zodiac are ascribed the following: hb:heh aries. scarlet. hb:lamed libra. emerald. hb:vau taurus. red-orange. hb:nun scorpio. greenish blue. hb:zain gemini. orange. hb:peh sic: hb:samekh sagittarius. deep blue. hb:chet cancer. amber. hb:ayin capricornus. indigo. hb:tet leo. greenish yellow. hb:tzaddi aquarius. violet. hb:yod virgo. yellow-green. hb:qof pisces. crimson. 220 further, thou wilt observe that the colours of the paths and the sephiroth form a mutual balance and harmony in the tree [the "chief adept" then greets the newly made adeptu

e "chief adept" then greets the newly made adeptus minor with the name of frater hodos chamelionis. the "second adept" then explains the colours of the crook and the scourge, pointing out that the crook is divided into the colours symbolic of kether, air, chokmah, taurus, chesed, leo, aries, tiphereth, capricornus and hod. and the scourge into those colours symbolzing netzach, scoripo, tiphereth, gemini, binah, cancer, geburah and water. the "third adept" then explains the admission badge of the sword and the serpent, saying. the one is descending, the other ascending; the one is fixed, the other is the volatile; the one unites the sephiroth and the other the paths. furthermore in the serpent of wisdom is shown the ascending spiral, and in the sword the rush of the descending white brillia

e divided into three segments along the length of each, the upper marked cancer, the middle marked gimmel, the lower marked water. the head of the flail is shaped somewhat like a simple smoking pipe with bowl downward and stem angled diagonally down to the right, forming the start of the shaft of the flail. this head is marked with a hebrew letter bet. next down the shaft is a section marked with gemini. the next section is under the intersection of the flail with the crook and is marked with taw. below this the shaft is sectioned again and marked with scorpio. the lower right section and end of the flail shaft is marked with nun. the head of the crook is a reverse "c" shape, slightly canted so that the opening begins with the shaft, continues in a curve to the right and terminates just ab

op row scorpio symbol scorpio used here is actually an eagle head, beak to left, on the diagram; and it may represent the eagle cherub instead of scorpio_ taurus aquarius< scorpio leo_ salt mercury hb:koph water air_ sulphur hb:bet saturn hb:chet dee_ mars hb:gemel sun hb:chet jupiter_ taurus aquarius hb:taw scorpio leo_ mercury hb:heh moon hb:nun venus_ capricorn libra hb:yod cancer aries_ virgo gemini hb:mem pisces sagittarius_ illustration on page 222 described "diagram 76. the black calvary cross" this is a large stylized rose in the form of a petaled and divided circle on the point of intersection of a large black calvary cross. the rose is divided into five sections by five radii, one radius straight down. within the five partitions thus created, there are five petaled rings marked w

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nounce unto thee all that self which is myself, that black sun which shineth in self's day, whose glory blindeth thy glory; so that i may become as a rushlight in thine abode, and be consumed in the unutterable joy of thine everlasting rapture. o glory be unto thee through all time and through all space: glory, and glory upon glory, everlastingly. amen, and amen, and amen. 15 the chapter known as gemini the twelvefold conjuration of god and the unity thereof i adore thee by the twelve conjurations and by the unity thereof. 1. o thou consuming eye of everlasting light set as a pear betwixt the lids of night and day; i swear to thee by the formless void of the abyss, to lap the galaxies of night in darkness, and blow the meteors like bubbles into the frothing jaws of the sun. 2. o thou ten-f

le, and not two halves; and being one is thirteen, which is called nothing when it is all-things. amen without lie, and amen of amen, and amen of amen of amen. 74 illustration facing page 74 partly described and partly aproximated "fig. 2. the greek cross of the zodiac "aries. emerald on scarlet. libra. scarlet on emerald. taurus. greenish blue on orange-red. scorpio. orange-red on greenish blue. gemini. royal blue on orange. sagittarius. orange on royal blue. cancer. indigo on amber. capricorn. amber on indigo. leo. violet on greenish yellow. aquarius. greenish yellow on violet. virgo. crimson on yellow-green. pisces. yelow-green on crimson. spirit. black on white. serpent. azure, with golden scales. border. gold_ pisces_ scorpio_ cancer_ gemini aquarius libra< aries leo sagittarius_ capr

this serpent does not pass beneath the spirit square, but circles from head to tail clockwise in a loose set of loops behind the arms_ thus the snake appears to be coiling counterclockwise, even though the order of passage beneath the symbols is clockwise to be in proper sequence. the head bites the tail just below aries, thence traveling back from the head: under taurus, over the body and under gemini, under the tail and over the body to go under cancer, under the tail to go under leo, over the body to pass beneath virgo, under body twice to go behind libra, under the body and under scorpio, over the tail and under sagittarius, under body and head beneath capricorn, over body and under aquarius, over body and under pisces, thence under body followed by over body and under aries with the

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ldishness. he shows certainly a great lack of literary experience, an accumulation of various contradictory feelings which seem to fight one another for the conquest of his spirit. the scientific training of our order will give him that mastery over self which alone can bring forth the full blossom of his rich imagination. there is every reason for us to expect much of mr. rafflovich. is he not a gemini man, with jupiter and saturn culminating? somewhat neronian, probably, as will be seen in his work. we recommend especially the reading of the two sketches entitled "demeter" and "a spring meeting" and we look forward to any future work of the author. there is more in his work that is met at first glance. let him forget that he writes for english readers and subscribers to libraries! george

he can no longer slay either himself or another. a dweller in the glass houses of fad, he has thrown stones at the fishy god. a society shimei, he has spat against the wind, and his beard is befouled. true, every thought of shaw is a great thought; and so equable and far- seeing is the artist, that its contradictory appears with it. his births are all siamese twins; his god is janus; his sign is gemini. but his end is (i fear) not to rise above the equilibrium of contraries by a praeter-hegelian dialectic, but to sink wearily between his two stools, a lamentable loon. this nulli secundus, inflated with fermenting grape-nuts! for in all that mass of analysis lucid and terrible i cannot recall a single line of beauty, rarely a note of ecstasy; with one exception (john tanner, hardly a hero

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ture is overcome by wit. pisces. how shall we adore thee? taurus. as you like it. saturn. what shall we sacrifice? taurus. want you will [luna "plays a moto perpetuo<mercury] libra. brother, what is the hour? pisces. dawn. libra. let us depart unto the work of the day. all. amen. 91 the rite of mercury officers mercury "violet robe" fr "and" sor. gemini "white dancing robe and black robe" virgo "green robe" four probationers "mercury is throned between the twins. at the west of the altar is virgo, and his four attendants" 95 the rite of mercury i mercury. 22-333-333["full light" the speech in the silence. the words against the son of night. the voice of mercury in the universe in the presence of the eternal gods. the formulas of knowledge

" probationers "and march to the altar] first probationer. 333-333-22. brethren, let us kindle the holy perfumes in honour of the most divine god. all four probationers["while he does so] hail unto the most divine lord mercury! first probationer["to" fr. gemini] our brother, child 97 of the voice, we ask thee for thy help. wilt thou purify the temple, that we may proceed with the invocations? fr. gemini. i am one with you, brethren["he rises and performs the banishing ritual of the hexagram. while he does so, the" four probationers "stand facing the assembly] fr. gemini. let the rites of mercury be celebrated["they turn round, facing the altar again [mercury "reads gemini and virgo sections from" 963 "at altar["the big lights are put out; only a small purple light remains] first probatione

ationers. we call thee, o thrice holy! first probationer. o thou, divine worker! master of all that is divine! herald of all that is coming! builder of our house! holy art thou, thou that knowest the supreme mysteries! chorus. we call thee, o thrice holy! first probationer. o thou, all good, we call thee! virgo. 1["rising] not good alone, brethren! but all complete in the perfect equilibrium. fr. gemini. ay, the balance must be kept even. sister, let us invoke the lord of knowledge! virgo. he gave unto you, children of his voice, the 98 power of the making of fair things. sing ye unto your shepherd! fr. gemini["rises and stands before" mercury] o spirit, o divine messenger, mighty one, most mighty circling and all comprehending divine bearer of the wand, hail! coelestial, aethereal, inter

ger, mighty one, most mighty circling and all comprehending divine bearer of the wand, hail! coelestial, aethereal, inter-aethereal, water like, air like, fire like, earth like, like unto light, like unto darkness, shining as do the stars, moist, hot, cold spirit, hail to thee, ever laughing child-god, all-knowing. through thee alone can we hope to reach light and truth["returns to his seat [sor. gemini "plays accordingly<mercury. at the ending of the light, at the limits of the night, stood mercury before the unborn ones of time. then was formulated the universe; then came forth the gods thereof, the aeons of the bornless beyond. then was the voice vibrated; then was the name declared. at the threshold of entrance, between the universe and th

ift coursing in my veins shoot dazzling pains, the word of selfhood integrate of nought, the ineffable amen! the wonder wrought. bring death if life exceed! bid thy pale hermit bleed, yet life exude; and wisdom and the word of him drench the mute mind grown dim with quietude! fix thy sharp lightnings in my night! my spirit free! mix with my breath and life and name thy mood and self of thee [sor. gemini "plays accordingly<gemini. master, be it thy pleasure to perform the invocation of mercury["all" probationers "rise and join the four others in front of the altar] mercury["leaves throne] majesty of the godhead, wisdom-crowned thoth, lord of the gates of the universe: thee, thee we invoke! o thou of the ibis head: thee, thee we invoke! thou who wieldest

h hath nourished the changeless godhead of thy youth. come thou forth, i say, come thou forth and make all spirits subject unto me! so that every spirit of the firmament, 103 and of the ether, of the earth, and under the earth, on dry land, and in the water, of whirling air, and of rushing fire, and every spell and scourge of god, may be obedient unto me["a pause [mercury "goes to his throne" fr. gemini. 1. brother virgo, didst thou hear the voice? virgo. ay, brother. fr. gemini. tell me, brother, is not mercury a great god? virgo. indeed, son of maia, the greatest of all gods that tread upon the milky way. fr. gemini. it is so. sor. gemini. yet, brother, there is the sun-god! virgo. is not mercury the sun-god, when hidden during the night, among the souls of the dead? hail unto thee, tris

thou hear the voice? virgo. ay, brother. fr. gemini. tell me, brother, is not mercury a great god? virgo. indeed, son of maia, the greatest of all gods that tread upon the milky way. fr. gemini. it is so. sor. gemini. yet, brother, there is the sun-god! virgo. is not mercury the sun-god, when hidden during the night, among the souls of the dead? hail unto thee, trismegistus, hail unto thee! sor. gemini. hail, o sender of dreams! br. gemini. hail, o supporter of bacchus infant! mercury. hail, twins! first probationer. thou art indeed the greatest of all gods, o mercury! chorus. hail, mercury. mercury. yet, ye will betray me! bury me in a nameless grave! i came from god the world to save, i brought it wisdom from above, 104 worship, and liberty, and love. so be my grave without a name that

. gemini. hail, o supporter of bacchus infant! mercury. hail, twins! first probationer. thou art indeed the greatest of all gods, o mercury! chorus. hail, mercury. mercury. yet, ye will betray me! bury me in a nameless grave! i came from god the world to save, i brought it wisdom from above, 104 worship, and liberty, and love. so be my grave without a name that earth may swallow up my shame [sor. gemini "plays her saddest yet swiftest melody<virgo. o, who art thou, most lovely form that killeth me with the pleasure of thy vision? mercury. i am thyself- that which is of thyself and dependent upon thyself. virgo. sister and brother gemini, kneel ye before the greatest of all gods. fr. gemini. alas, brother! is the speech greater than the silence? virgo. 1. br

that killeth me with the pleasure of thy vision? mercury. i am thyself- that which is of thyself and dependent upon thyself. virgo. sister and brother gemini, kneel ye before the greatest of all gods. fr. gemini. alas, brother! is the speech greater than the silence? virgo. 1. brethren, kneel ye before the greatest of all gods["none obey" mercury. 1. silence. thou hast no followers, brother. sor. gemini. behold thine handmaiden! where thou goest i will go; thy people shall be my people and thy god my god["she walks to the throne" mercury. peace upon thee, beloved. but the brethren say sooth. even mercury liveth not for ever["he recites" the light streams stronger through the lamps of sense. intelligence grows as we go. alas: its icy glimmer shows dimmer, dimmer the awful vaults we traverse

ed bark hails in the dark some hardly visible harbour light; we hold the hours of gold to our own breasts, whose hours are iron and brass- so swift they pass and grind us down- we hold the wondrous light our scattering sight yet sees, the one star in a night of woe. we trust, and so lift up our voices in the dying day indeed to pray: o little hands that are so soft and strong, lead us along [sor. gemini "plays accordingly<gemini. brother virgo, wilt thou not join us who love not speech? virgo. hail unto mercury. he killeth sol at the close of every twilight, and hangeth up the sky of night on the tree of heaven, fastened up with the star-headed nails. mercury. brother gemini, do thou perform the dance of thy virginal sister [fr. gemini "dances["at the end

a pause" fr. gemini. brother virgo, wilt thou not join us who love not speech? virgo. hail unto mercury. he killeth sol at the close of every twilight, and hangeth up the sky of night on the tree of heaven, fastened up with the star-headed nails. mercury. brother gemini, do thou perform the dance of thy virginal sister [fr. gemini "dances["at the end of his dance, he falls before the altar" soror gemini "and all" probationers "circumambulate round him, then stop, facing" mercury] 107 mercury. come, sister, no divine being can be reached, save through me["he descends, and joins the" probationers "leading" soror gemini "by the hand [virgo "left now alone before the empty shrine of" mercury "walks slowly in front of it] virgo. hail unto the lord mercury["a pause, during which all" probationer

then stop, facing" mercury] 107 mercury. come, sister, no divine being can be reached, save through me["he descends, and joins the" probationers "leading" soror gemini "by the hand [virgo "left now alone before the empty shrine of" mercury "walks slowly in front of it] virgo. hail unto the lord mercury["a pause, during which all" probationers "bend their heads low" mercury stands apart with" sor. gemini. virgo "stands still before the shrine, hooded] mercury. and this word i speak unto ye["he is heard whispering" stibettchephmefshiss["a pause" mercury("loudly. konx om pax["purple light off, white light on["he seats" sor. gemini "upon his throne. she plays her babe- music<gemini. the will of the gods be accomplished["all depart" 108 the rite of luna officers luna "s

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s: bright green, pink, yellow, red, white. taurus the bull. 22 april to 21 may. lucky stonesr sapphire, emerald, turquoise, lapis lazuli, moss agate. lucky numbers: six for both taurus and venus. lucky day: friday. flowers: lily-of-the-valley, violet, rose, myrtle. trees: almond, apple, walnut, ash, sycamore. animal: bull. bird: dove. metal: copper. colours: all shades of blue, indigo, soft rose. gemini the twins. 22 may to 21 june. lucky stones: agate, chrysoprase, diamond, jade. lucky number: five. lucky day: wednesday. flower: snapdragon. trees: elder and filbert. animals: dog and squirrel. birds: parrot and linnet. metal: quicksilver. colours: white, silver, yellow, light green. cancer the crab. 22 june to 21 july. lucky stones: emerald, moonstone, eat's eye, pearl. lucky numbers: canc

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

ation of the sexes in lemurian days. b. the balancing of forces in all departments of nature. c. the clue as to which scheme forms with ours a duality. d. the true name of our planetary logos and his relation to the solar logos. e "the marriage of the lamb" and the problem of the heavenly bride. a clue to this lies in the solar system of s. which must be read astrologically. f. the mystery of the gemini, and the connection of our particular planetary logos with that constellation. on a lesser scale, and in relation to the microcosm, the following subjects are illuminated when the initiate receives the second great secret, or the fourth which includes the earlier lesser ones: g. the processes of at-one-ment in the different kingdoms of nature. the bridging between the kingdoms is shown him

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

mpanying the work with a vivid imagination, it might be possible to attract into our system such a downpour of attractive energy from the constellation involved as to unduly speed up the processes of evolution upon our planet, and thus upset the systemic economy most dangerously. people do not yet realise the potency of meditation and especially of group meditation. the zodiacal sign concerned is gemini, and the reason will be apparent to all trained initiates. a word here is necessary in explanation of the expression used earlier in connection with the passing of adepts from off this second path on to the seventh path. it is stated that they "alchemise themselves" on to it. some idea as to the meaning of this phrase may be gained through a consideration of the purposes of heat, when divor

e the most elementary of the exoteric symbols. it takes the form of a funeral pyre in full conflagration, and with four flaming torches one at each corner. from the centre of the pyre a fivefold star mounts like a rocket towards a flaming sun of a predominantly rosy hue. path ii. path of magnetic work attributes..responsiveness to heat and knowledge of rhythm. source..an unknown constellation via gemini. method..the entering of the burning-ground. hierarchy..the third and fourth. symbol..a funeral pyre, four torches, and a fivefold star mounting towards the sun. quality gained..electrical velocity. path iii. path of training for planetary logoi. this path is one that attracts to itself only a few comparatively of the sons of men. it involves a peculiar form of development and the faculty o

y, veiling the steps ahead. the master with the midway wheel on fire enters within the smoke, and enters blind. he sees no step ahead. he hears no voice. he feels no guiding hand. only the fifth and latest known aids him to forward grope, and pass straight onward through the veiling clouds; only the awakening of his wheel may indicate his progress through the new magnetic field. only the sons of.(gemini) know the way in; only the sons with blazing fire, issuing from the midway point, may enter in. they throw their beams ahead to illuminate the way. the adept of the funeral pyre, the master of the blazing sphere consumes himself. offering himself the one that is, the new-made threefold word, the sacred om, the fire of god, he treads the burning-ground, and blazes forth to those who watch as

eral pyre, the master of the blazing sphere consumes himself. offering himself the one that is, the new-made threefold word, the sacred om, the fire of god, he treads the burning-ground, and blazes forth to those who watch as a radiant flaming sun. he..and draws the people onward to their goal, warming their hearts, producing dual fire, and leading all towards the portal of the sun and thence to.(gemini. the mystic word is veiled by letters four e, m, and a and o. in the significance of their numbers and the utilisation of their colours is the smoke dissipated. stanza xxxix- 756- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust (from archaic formulas. no. 49) path iii. training for planetary logoi. the eye of shiva opens wide and those within its range of vision awaken to another form

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he soul. translated into modern terms much is lost, but the underlying thought which directs the work of the emanating energies is of value. for our world period they are as follows: for the aspirant who progresses from aries to pisces and has therefore re-oriented himself we have: aries. i come forth, and from the plane of mind i rule. taurus. i see, and when the eye is opened, all is illumined. gemini. i recognise my other self and in the waning of that self i grow and glow. cancer. i build a lighted house and therein dwell. leo. i am that and that am i. virgo. i am the mother and the child, i god, i matter am. libra. i choose the way that leads between the two great lines of force. scorpio. warrior i am, and from the battle i emerge triumphant. sagittarius. i see the goal. i reach the g

he word said: let ambition rule and the door stand wide. sagittarius. and the word said: let food be sought. scorpio. and the word said: let maya flourish and deception rule. libra. and the word said: let choice be made. virgo. and the word said: let matter reign. leo .a nd the word said: let other forms exist, i rule. cancer. and the word said: let isolation be the rule and yet the crowd exists. gemini .a nd the word said: let instability do its work. taurus. and the word said: let struggle be undismayed. aries. and the word said: let form again be sought- 257- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust it will be noted that all these ideas concern the work of energy in some form or another and in the last grouping with the work of the so-called unregenerate selfish individual

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

e and of influence. in a few rare cases this balance is disturbed, and there is a waxing or a waning of influence and of magnetic power. this condition is governed by a cosmic law of rhythm so obscure as to be incomprehensible at this time. an illustration of this waxing and waning of influence and of radiance (synonymous terms in occultism) on a large scale can be seen today in the constellation gemini, wherein one of the- 97- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust twins is increasing in brilliance and power, and the other is decreasing. but this is a somewhat unique example, esoterically. the relation of the constellations to the solar system, which is the basis of astrological research, will be considered later. i seek to point out here

his way and with this wide objective in order to give to the planet, eventually, a system of groupings within one national border or one empire, and yet with an international boundary which will be symbolic of the coming new age technique in government. the second ray of love or attraction governs, egoically, the british empire, and there is a relation between this fact and the fact that the sign gemini governs both the united states and london. the fluid, mercurial, intuitional mind is closely allied with the divine aspect of love and understanding, producing attraction and interpretation. it is interesting to note that the fourth ray of harmony or art, which will begin before long to come into power again in its major aspect, is to be found prominent in the destinies of india, germany, i

solved, it will be one of the potent factors in the restoration of world understanding and harmony. it cannot be solved without the cooperation of the men of good will throughout the world. there is little that i can say anent this matter that can be checked and proved, for the clue to the problem is to be found back in the very night of time and, literally, when the sun was in the constellation gemini. at that time the two pillars were set up which, as all masons know, are two great landmarks in masonry. hence the jewish colouring of all the masonic work, though it is not jewish in the sense that that word conveys today. who, therefore, if the facts are of such ancient import, shall say that i speak with accuracy, or establish the right or wrong nature of my conclusions? i but present th

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rarchy as the god-man, the leader of his people and "the eldest in a great family of brothers. this will, therefore, be a festival of deep invocation and appeal; it will express a basic aspiration towards fellowship and for human and spiritual unity; it will represent the effect in the human consciousness of the work of the buddha and of the christ. it will be held at the time of the full moon of gemini. if in these early days of restoration and of the inauguration of the new civilization and of the new world, men of all faiths and all religions, of every cult and all esoteric groups were to keep these three great festivals of invocation, simultaneously and with understanding of the far-reaching implications, a great spiritual unity would be achieved; if they unitedly invoked the spiritual

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

t during the aquarian age. humanity, the world disciple (through its various groups all at various stages of unfoldment) will "enter into" new states of awareness and into new realms or spheres of mental and spiritual consciousness, during the next two thousand years. each age has left a reflection of a modern fivefold development upon it. four ages have just passed away, astronomically speaking: gemini, taurus, aries, and pisces. today aquarius, the fifth age, is coming into power. in gemini, its symbolical sign of the two pillars set its seal upon- 68- the reappearance of the christ copyright 1998 lucis trust the masonic fraternity of the time and the two pillars of jachin and boaz to give them their jewish names which are, of course, not their real names came into being approximately ei

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

s wide objective in order eventually to give to the planet a system of groupings within one national border or empire, and yet with an international implication which will be symbolic of the coming new age technique of government. the second ray of love or of attraction governs from the soul angle the british empire and there is a relation between this fact and the fact that the astrological sign gemini governs both the united states and london. the fluid, mercurial, intuitional mind is closely allied with the divine aspect of love and understanding, producing attraction and interpretation. it is interesting to note that the fourth ray of harmony through conflict which before long will come into power again, is to be prominent in the destinies of india, germany, italy, austria and brazil

verned by certain ruling signs; therefore, before giving the rulers of the capitals, i would like to indicate the influences which control the british empire through the medium of its component parts; they are an important factor in present events, owing to the major and powerful nature of the part great britain is playing in the present situation. as you will have noted great britain is ruled by gemini and taurus, and consequently the principles of multiplicity and integration are simultaneously present. duality, triplicity (england, scotland and wales) and also differentiation are the conditioning aspects of the empire. under the major control of gemini and taurus you have the following potencies active: egoic ruler personality ruler australia. virgo. 6th .c apricorn .1 0th canada .t aur

integration are simultaneously present. duality, triplicity (england, scotland and wales) and also differentiation are the conditioning aspects of the empire. under the major control of gemini and taurus you have the following potencies active: egoic ruler personality ruler australia. virgo. 6th .c apricorn .1 0th canada .t aurus .2 nd. libra. 7th india. aries. 1st. capricorn .1 0th new zealand. gemini. 3rd. virgo. 6th south africa. aries. 1st. sagittarius. 9th these are the major divisions. there are lesser divisions but with these i am not here concerned. these countries are related to the mother-country through their planetary rulers, and in this- 36- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust statement you have a definite hint conveyed. the zodiacal signs relate, but the pl

of the death signs in the zodiac. the struggle for the soul of the people and its emergence into control is really taking place today in berlin and upon the decision of this conflict much depends. france whose soul is governed by pisces, the world saviour, can do much to release the piscean personality of germany. here lies the crux of the world problem. great britain, with her soul ray ruled by gemini (which understands both the soul nature and the personality nature, can do much to help. i cannot elaborate on this further beyond pointing out that both for nations and individuals the first great crisis in scorpio upon the path of discipleship is determining in its effect upon the future. in considering great britain, we note first that the ruling sign is gemini from the standpoint of the

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

ocean and to stage a constant going out to the very ends of the earth, to return ever again to the centre from which they came. this is characteristic of the race. it is the gemini influence which has produced viewing the work of the nation from the personality or lower angle the secret and oft devious diplomacy and subtlety which has in the past distinguished great britain's political activity. gemini people are often distrusted, and the gemini effect along this line makes of great britain no exception. such distrust has been warranted in the past but is not as justifiable now, for the nation is old and experienced and is- 43- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust fast learning the lessons which she has had to master. as yet, from the higher angle, gemini does not entirel

hich she has had to master. as yet, from the higher angle, gemini does not entirely control, for the soul of britain is only now struggling for expression. for long ages taurus has led the way with his material aims, his acquisitive desires, his arrogant will and his blind moving forward towards the possession of that which has been desired. pervasiveness and movement are two qualities with which gemini and taurus have dowered the race. london, the heart centre of the empire is ruled spiritually by leo and materially by libra and it is, therefore, the soul factor which links great britain to france and which should assist spiritually the leo nature of the french personality. it is not, however, the spiritual quality of this sign which dominates british policy, but primarily the libra aspec

eat britain to france and which should assist spiritually the leo nature of the french personality. it is not, however, the spiritual quality of this sign which dominates british policy, but primarily the libra aspect. great britain regards herself as the preserver of the balance of power among the nations and as the one to mete out justice and indicate the right methods of law and order; yet her gemini nature at times offsets this, whilst taurus frequently blinds her to the real issues. it is the leo aspect also which links london to berlin, but it is leo in its more self-assertive aspect and hence some of the difficulty and hence also the close and not to be evaded relationship between london-paris-berlin, a triangle of force which conditions europe most potently. it is between these thr

h attracted originally the leo force in france and led to the norman conquest in the 11th century. i mention this because it indicates relationship and the demonstrated results of such relationships, but not because that past event has any true repercussions at this time. there is a much closer relation between the united states of america and great britain than between any continental power, for gemini is the ruling sign of both countries, and they have, in many ways, a synchronous vibration. there is however little of the taurian influence in the states and consequently you have the attitude of frequent misunderstanding which exists between the two powers. they are very close to each other and the welfare of each means much to each of them, so much so that the tendency to misinterpretati

s, a synchronous vibration. there is however little of the taurian influence in the states and consequently you have the attitude of frequent misunderstanding which exists between the two powers. they are very close to each other and the welfare of each means much to each of them, so much so that the tendency to misinterpretation of each other's actions and motives is not aided by the fluidity of gemini. nevertheless, the arrogance and self-will of the bull must give way to the fluid understanding of the inclusive gemini consciousness, and this is a hard thing for the british temperament at this time to grasp. they are so sure of their rectitude and so convinced of their wisdom that they are apt to forget that good intentions are oft offset by bad methods. the british are just and wise, bu

s the hope of the world have in reality little to choose between them and are all equally indicative of personality control. this is, as you know, a thing to be overcome in all nations and individuals- 44- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust governing great britain, therefore, are the following energies, working through the zodiacal signs and the ruling planets: great britain 1. gemini with its rulers, mercury, venus and the earth> nation. 2. taurus with its rulers, venus and vulcan. 3. leo with its ruler, the sun> capital. 4. libra with its rulers, venus, uranus and saturn. 5. the soul ray love-wisdom. 2nd. 6. the personality ray will or power. 1st. 7. ray influences of an indirect nature, coming via the planetary rulers: a. ray 4. harmony through conflict, via mercury

tabulation will show. it accounts for the warlike history of great britain, but works out at the present time in the harmony of the empire. b. ray 5. concrete knowledge or science, via venus. it is interesting to note that it is this ray which links great britain so closely with france and appears nowhere among the influences which affect the german nation. venus rules taurus and libra as well as gemini and hence the well developed lower concrete mind of the british nation. the intuitive mind however needs development. c. ray 3. active intelligence or adaptability, via the earth and also via the planet saturn as it appears among the rulers of libra. here you have a clue as to why the british empire covers the earth, for there is a close connection between the earth, as a whole, and great b

ser discrimination. it will require the backing of france, when the soul of that country controls. we will just look at the controlling factors in one other country, the united states of america, and indicate the influences working at this time which are in process of bringing to an end the adolescent stage in that country and enabling it to come forth in full maturity. this vast land is ruled by gemini, linking it therefore closely with great britain and also by aquarius as the ruler of its soul ray. this combination of a sixth ray personality, ruled by gemini, and a second ray soul (as has great britain, ruled by aquarius, is potent for future power and usefulness. the capital city, washington, is ruled by cancer and sagittarius, and it is this fact which leads the united states to act l

anatical blindness and to the detriment of the long range vision which is needed at such times as these. like russia, this country is in the making and as i have told you elsewhere as the nation's power shifts, as it will and as it now really is shifting from washington to new york, the cancerian influence will steadily lessen and the country will take its place as an adult among the nations. its gemini nature and its aquarian soul should (when developed and balanced) provide a most remarkable channel for human expression. you will note that none of its zodiacal rulers link it with france, except indirectly through cancer, which is the polar opposite of capricorn, one of the rulers of paris. it is for this reason that such a small percentage, relatively speaking, of french people migrate t

orn, one of the rulers of paris. it is for this reason that such a small percentage, relatively speaking, of french people migrate to the states; there is a closer link with italy than with france, and hence the large italian population, for sagittarius rules both italy and washington. the influences are, therefore, as follows: 1. aquarius with its rulers, uranus, jupiter and the moon> nation. 2. gemini with its rulers, mercury, venus and the earth. 3. cancer with its rulers, the moon and neptune> capital- 48- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust 4. sagittarius with its rulers, jupiter, the earth and mars. 5. the soul ray love-wisdom. 2nd. 6. personality ray idealism devotion. 6th. 7. indirect influences via the planetary rulers are many, and the rays conditioning this cou

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

eading to a life of equilibrium wherein neither aspect appears to dominate; after that the balance changes and the personality steadily becomes negative and the soul or psyche becomes dominant and positive. 7. the astrological influences can potently affect these situations and speaking generally and within certain esoteric limits it might be noted that: a. leo .c ontrols the positive dweller. b. gemini. controls the processes of oscillation. c. sagittarius. controls the negative dweller. it might be added that the three signs scorpio, sagittarius, capricorn lead finally to the fusion of the dweller and the angel. 8. the soul ray controls and conditions the activity of the angel and its type of influence upon the dweller. it affects karma, times and seasons. 9. the personality ray controls

the personal self in three successive stages is the immediate and normal result. it was to this that john the baptist referred when he said "he shall increase but i must decrease" when he spoke these words, he spoke as a disciple, prior to the second initiation of the threshold. this occult waxing and waning is portrayed for us in the phases of the moon and, for the planet as a whole, in the sign gemini, where the light of one of the twins is slowly dimming and the light of the other is gaining in intensity. when this "occult obliteration" has taken place, what then is the destiny of the disciple? it is complete control by the soul and this, in practice, connotes group realisation, group work, group service and eventually group initiation. with these developments, it is not my intent to de

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

" a treatise on cosmic fire, pages 1196-1207 tabulation iii i. dynamic energy. electric fire cancer 1. sirius. saturn. fifth creative hierarchy capricorn (the 8th unknown) the cardinal cross- 30- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 2. the great aries bear. sun, veiling vulcan. second creative hierarchy libra (the 11th) unknown the cardinal cross gemini 3. pleiades. mercury. fourth creative hierarchy sagittarius (the 9th) unknown the mutable cross all the above energies are called into play as far as man is concerned during the major initiations and upon the path of initiation. ii. magnetic energy. s olar fire 4. the 7 solar taurus systems. m ars. third creative hierarchy scorpio (the 10th) unknown the fixed cross all the above energy is c

urus via sagittarius, leo and cancer. the triplicity of constellations mentioned in these two great routes around the zodiac have a definite and momentous effect and are called "paramount signs of influence" during this process the mental principle, the discriminating mind, is developed and in this specific connection (not in a general connection) the emphasis is laid upon the influence of aries, gemini and libra. under that influence the man learns to overcome desire through experiment with and experience of every kind of desire and selfish impulse. thus gradually, and with infinite pain, the human soul learns to function first as a member of the human family, and, secondly as a spiritual entity, the divine soul. you will see from the above that certain positions taken by the esoteric ast

n the threshold, expressing and utilising fire by friction, know each other "with intimate occult knowledge" the door then stands open wide through which the life and light of the three major constellations can after the third initiation be occultly available to the initiate, be he a liberated human being or a planetary logos. when astrologers understand the true significance of the constellation gemini, the twins, and the dual forces which pour through this sign (the "forces in conflict" as they are sometimes called or "the quarrelling brothers) and beat upon our planetary life, then the true method of resolving the dualities will be known. it is interesting to note also that seven of the symbols which express the twelve signs of the zodiac are dual in their nature, and duality can be inf

"the quarrelling brothers) and beat upon our planetary life, then the true method of resolving the dualities will be known. it is interesting to note also that seven 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

the light, struggling through the signs (as the old commentary expresses it when considering this point- 37- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust "he turns from right to left, and then again from left to right. he revolves in giddy fashion upon an axis of desire. he knows not where to go or what to do. the sky turns black" at this point, the sign gemini begins potently to play its part in the life of the disciples, with sagittarius gradually "piercing the heart with his arrows, and then upon the flight of the arrow, the man reaches capricorn" then comes the crisis of renunciation. 3. from the standpoint of the pledged disciple and initiate who traverses again the path of the sun and finds that that which he has discovered himself to be in

time of the "great approach" of the hierarchy to our planetary manifestation when individualisation took place and the fourth kingdom in nature appeared. i placed that stupendous event as happening 21,688,345 years ago. at that time the sun was in leo. the process then initiated upon the physical plane and producing outer physical events took approximately 5,000 years to mature and the sun was in gemini when the final crisis of individualisation took place and the door was then closed upon the animal kingdom. it has been stated that sagittarius governs human evolution, as the sun was in that sign when the hierarchy began its approach in order to stimulate the forms of life upon our planet. sagittarius, however, governed the period of the subjective approach. the sun was in leo when physica

on the animal kingdom. it has been stated that sagittarius governs human evolution, as the sun was in that sign when the hierarchy began its approach in order to stimulate the forms of life upon our planet. sagittarius, however, governed the period of the subjective approach. the sun was in leo when physical plane individualisation took place as a result of the applied stimulation. the sun was in gemini when this approach was consummated by the founding of the hierarchy upon the earth. this is one of the great secrets which the masonic rituals typify, for the symbol of the sign, gemini, is the source of the concept of the two pillars, so familiar to masons. it- 39- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust might therefore be stated that, symbol

ding of the hierarchy upon the earth. this is one of the great secrets which the masonic rituals typify, for the symbol of the sign, gemini, is the source of the concept of the two pillars, so familiar to masons. it- 39- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust might therefore be stated that, symbolically speaking, 1. leo governs the e\ a\ degree. 2. gemini governs the f\ c\ degree. 3. sagittarius governs the degree of m\ m\ up to the episode of the raising of the master, and that capricorn governs the final part of the ceremony and the h\ r\ a\ it is always confusing to the beginner who has not yet a developed and trained intuition to reconcile the seeming discrepancies and apparent contradictions which appear in the teaching of the ageless w

hierarchies, giving the interim situation in this world cycle. tabulation iv. the orthodox astrological relationship constellations and planetary rulers in connection with ordinary man- 40- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust constellation r uler ray related to 1. aries .m ars. 6th ray .s corpio .s ame ruler. 2. taurus. venus. 5th ray. libra" 3. gemini. mercury .4 th ray .v irgo" 4. cancer. moon. 4th ray. none. 5. leo .t he sun. 2nd ray .n one. 6. virgo. mercury .4 th ray .g emini" 7. libra .v enus. 5th ray .t aurus" 8. scorpio. mars. 6th ray. aries" 9. sagittarius. jupiter. 2nd ray .p isces" 10. capricorn .s aturn. 3rd ray .n one. 11. aquarius. uranus. 7th ray. none. 12. pisces. jupiter. 2nd ray .s agittarius" a. the non-sacred planets a

and the will aspect is latent but unexpressed. tabulation v. the unorthodox astrological relationship constellations and planetary rulers in connection with disciples and initiates note: in charts connected with the path, progress is from aries to pisces through taurus, etc. constellation r uler ray related to 1. aries .m ercury .4 th ray .v irgo .s ame ray. 2. taurus. vulcan. 1st ray. pisces" 3. gemini. venus. 5th ray. none. 4. cancer. neptune. 6th ray. scorpio" 5. leo .t he sun. 2nd ray .a quarius" 6. virgo. the moon. 4th ray. aries" 7. libra .u ranus .7 th ray .n one. 8. scorpio. mars. 6th ray. cancer" 9. sagittarius. the earth. 3rd ray .c apricorn" 10. capricorn .s aturn. 3rd ray .s agittarius- 41- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust

. aries" 7. libra .u ranus .7 th ray .n one. 8. scorpio. mars. 6th ray. cancer" 9. sagittarius. the earth. 3rd ray .c apricorn" 10. capricorn .s aturn. 3rd ray .s agittarius- 41- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 11. aquarius. jupiter. 2nd ray .l eo" 12. pisces. pluto. 1st ray. taurus" note: in connection with disciples and the zodiacal signs, gemini and libra are two constellations which through their rulers express 5th and 7th ray energy. for some occult reason, they remain unrelated to any other of the signs. the relation between the other constellations through the planets, as expressing the rays, is as follows: 1. taurus and pisces, through vulcan and pluto, are related to ray 1. transmutation of desire into sacrifice and of the in

t in tabulation iv, the relationship is between the planets which rule, and in tabulation v the emphasis is laid upon the conditioning ray. tabulation vi. planetary rulers in 3 tabulations constellation o rthodox d isciple h ierarchies 1. aries .m ars. mercury .u ranus- 42- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 2. taurus. venus. vulcan. vulcan. 3. gemini. mercury .v enus. the earth. 4. cancer. the moon. neptune. neptune. 5. leo. the sun. the sun. the sun. 6. virgo. mercury .t he moon. jupiter. 7. libra .v enus. uranus .s aturn. 8. scorpio. mars. mars. mercury. 9. sagittarius. jupiter. the earth. mars. 10. capricorn .s aturn. saturn. venus. 11. aquarius. uranus. jupiter. the moon. 12. pisces. jupiter. pluto. pluto. tabulation vii. unorthodox

orpio. mars. mars. mercury. 9. sagittarius. jupiter. the earth. mars. 10. capricorn .s aturn. saturn. venus. 11. aquarius. uranus. jupiter. the moon. 12. pisces. jupiter. pluto. pluto. tabulation vii. unorthodox constellations, rulers and rays in connection with the hierarchies constellation r uler ray related to 1. aries .u ranus .7 th ray .n one. 2. taurus. vulcan. 1st ray. pisces. same ray. 3. gemini. the earth. 3rd ray. libra" 4. cancer. neptune. 6th ray. sagittarius" 5. leo .t he sun. 2nd ray .v irgo" 6. virgo. jupiter. 2nd ray .l eo" 7. libra .s aturn. 3rd ray .g emini" 8. scorpio .m ercury .4 th ray .a quarius" 9. sagittarius. mars. 6th ray. cancer" 10. capricorn .v enus. 5th ray .n one. 11. aquarius. the moon. 4th ray. scorpio" 12. pisces. pluto. lst ray .t aurus" note: aries and c

mars. 6th ray. cancer" 10. capricorn .v enus. 5th ray .n one. 11. aquarius. the moon. 4th ray. scorpio" 12. pisces. pluto. lst ray .t aurus" note: aries and capricorn in conjunction with 7th and 5th ray energy stand alone. the other constellations and rays are related in every case. a. ray 1 taurus and pisces, through vulcan and pluto. b. ray 2 leo and virgo, through the sun and jupiter. c. ray 3 gemini and libra, through the earth and saturn. d. ray 4 scorpio and aquarius, through mercury and moon. e. ray 6 cancer and sagittarius, through neptune and mars- 43- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust in view of all the above, and starting with the basic fact of the great illusion it should be remembered that the accuracy of astrological predi

m through the medium of three constellations and their ruling planets. the following tabulation makes this clear but must 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. vulca

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

xury of my day and class; i was watched over with the greatest care but within myself i hated it all- 9- the unfinished autobiography copyright 1998 lucis trust i was born on june 16th, 1880, in the city of manchester, england, where my father was engaged on an engineering project connected with his father's firm one of the most important in great britain. i was, therefore, born under the sign of gemini. this always means a conflict between the opposites poverty and riches, the heights of happiness and the depths of sorrow, the pull between the soul and personality or between the higher self and the lower nature. the united states and london are ruled by gemini and therefore it is in that country and great britain that the great conflict between capital and labour will be solved; two group

to support the children. it was a sardine cannery and i still do not care to look a sardine in the eye. my friends (and i use the word in its true sense) have ranged all the way from the very lowest type of person on through all classes to include such people as the grand duke alexander, the brother-in-law of the late czar of russia. i have never lived for any length of time in one place, for the gemini person is always on the move. my small grandson (who is also a true gemini) crossed the atlantic twice and was through the panama canal on two occasions before he was four years old. from another angle, if i did not watch myself with the greatest care, i would always be either in the heights of happiness and exhilaration or overcome with despair and in the depths of depression. as the resul

cook for rudeness. to me, good manners and not god should have been sufficient incentive. anyway, a charming woman got up elderly, smart and twinkling with humor "i am sure you have a wonderful testimony to make" said the leader "no" replied the lady "no, the battle is still on between christ and me and it's quite debatable who will come out on top" that battle is always on and, in the case of a gemini who is awake and serving, it becomes a very vital matter and also a rather private one. gemini people are also supposed to be chameleonlike in nature and changeable in quality and often double-faced. i am none of these, at least, in spite of many faults and it is possible that my rising sign saves me. leading astrologers, to my amusement, assign different signs as my rising sign virgo, beca

ldest daughter was also born in that sign and we always understood each other so well that we frequently used to quarrel. also, i have definitely acted as an intermediary in the sense that certain teaching which the hierarchy of masters wanted to get out to the world during this century is contained in the books for which i have been responsible. anyway, no matter what my rising sign, i am a true gemini subject and that sign has apparently conditioned my life and circumstances. my childhood general and rather inchoate unhappiness was founded on several things. i was the plainest of an exceedingly good looking family and i am not plain. i was always regarded as rather stupid when in the schoolroom and as the least intelligent of an intelligent family. my sister was one of the most beautiful

their place. fortunately, i had taken plenty of things with me but it was my first important lesson in learning that things are ephemeral. all the same, liking clothes, and i still do, i sent for another outfit. my sister and aunt saw me off at tilbury docks and i must admit that i never enjoyed anything so much as that long three weeks voyage to bombay. i have always loved travelling (as do all gemini people) and being also at that time a horrid little snob, i revelled in the consciousness that my deck chair (which had been loaned me by an uncle) had a title on it. little things please little minds and my mind was very little at that time practically dormant. i remember that first trip so well. there were two women besides myself at the table in the dining room and five apparently wealth

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

s embody your problem and hence your opportunity: 1. the intense difficulty of shifting from one ray to another ray. the aspiration of your sixth ray astral body must be lifted on to the plane of knowledge. the power of sense realisation must become divine wisdom through surety. vision must give place to intuitive focussed perception a very different thing, my friend. 2. you were born in the sign gemini which again presents its own peculiar problems. you vibrate between the pairs of opposites in a very pronounced and definite manner as does a.a.b. the point of balance and of equilibrium is ever a difficult one for the disciple to achieve in this sign. 3. your first ray personality works through a physical body which is on the same ray so that a triple first ray energy again complicates you

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

order to revivify the ancient faiths by expanding them- 277- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust into their larger undying relationships. we have, therefore, the following: shamballa..the will aspect of god..wesak..may full moon (taurus) hierarchy..t.he love aspect of god..e. aster..a. pril full moon (aries) humanity..d.ivine intelligence..g. oodwill..j. une full moon (gemini) the remaining nine full moons will be concerned with the divine characteristics and their development in mankind. thus the twelve festivals will constitute a revelation of divinity. they will present a means of bringing about relationship, first of all during three months with the three great spiritual centres, the three expressions of the divine trinity. the minor festivals will emphasise

er to the easter full moon, celebrated on march 28th, the wesak full moon, which falls this year on april 27th, and the full moon of june christ's "unique occasion" as it has been called which falls on may 26th. from the standpoint of both the hierarchy and humanity, the events during these few weeks of spiritual and mundane import (focussed through these three festival moons of aries, taurus and gemini) will be of stupendous effect. what is done during this time by the members of the spiritual hierarchy of our planet (who face a major test of their hierarchical power, not a test of their love, what is accomplished by the disciples working in the world at this time, and also by the new group of world servers, can and will determine the destiny of man for centuries to come. even those who h

e and compassion apparently do not reach, and his heart remains untouched. it appears that he cares not whether they suffer eternally or attain complete annihilation. this surely cannot be so. none of these pictures is accurate or adequate; they are not true in any sense of the word. this is being realised by the more intelligent of the world thinkers, and from the time of this full moon of june (gemini, celebrated this year the last week of may) a different message must be sent out by the churches of christendom, if they are to meet the need of mankind and so aid in the work of reconstruction which lies ahead. they cannot stop this work, but the churches could be ignored if an inability to think with clarity is shown and if they are not freed from theological narrowness- 308- the external

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

e great sons of god. the full moon of june of 1943 saw this outpouring of divine love reach its highest expression for all time, and at the point of attainment which is, for that particular son of god, his highest also. such is the law. when an embodied christ in time and space reaches his goal of achievement, recognition of this comes to him at the time of the june full moon, for in that sign of gemini the complete victory of life over form, and of spirit over matter, is consummated and celebrated. the love of god, focussed in the christ, seeks to express itself in some act of peculiarly useful service to humanity. this service has taken different forms down through the ages, but it has always expressed itself through two episodes: one of them, the first, reveals the christ in his capacit

6. the attempt to form an exoteric branch of the inner ashrams. this is evidenced in the work i have done with a special group of aspirants and accepted disciples whose instructions, emanating from my ashram, have been embodied in the book discipleship in the new age (vols. i and ii. 7. teaching upon the new world religion, with its emphasis upon the three major full moon periods (aries, taurus, gemini, falling usually in april, may and june respectively) and the nine (occasionally ten) minor full moons each year. this leads to a consequent relation being established between the work of the christ and of the buddha in the minds of spiritually inclined people everywhere, with the result of a great broadening of the human aspiration. this work is as yet embryonic, but it should receive incr

to existence. in a mysterious sense, therefore, it might be said that the three buddhas of activity are responsible for: 1. the act of individualisation. the work of the particular buddha responsible at the time for this major activity, has been temporarily quiescent since lemurian days. he works, when active, through the seventh ray and draws the needed energy from two constellations: cancer and gemini. 2. the act of initiation. i would call your attention to the word act; i am not here referring to process. his work only begins at the third initiation when the planetary logos is the initiator. at that initiation, the will aspect begins to function. the buddha behind the initiatory process is extremely active at this time; he works through the christ and the lord of the second ray, drawin

thousands of years or until the sixth rootrace had come into being. an instance of the expansion of the information given can be noted in connection with the second path. nothing is mentioned in my earlier presentation of the seven paths in initiation, human and solar of a conditioning constellation. in a treatise on cosmic fire, i mention that energy enters our system from an unknown source, via gemini. in this latest contribution on the subject i mention that libra, the balances, is involved. thus there are found on this path of magnetic work two blended influences, those of gemini and libra. you have, therefore: the dual energy of gemini is brought to a point of balance by means of the influence of libra, and this balanced and dual energy is released then into our solar system. this ent

of the dragon, via libra. method..twelve cosmic identifications. hierarchy..the sixth. symbol..a green dragon issuing from the centre of a blazing sun. behind the sun and overtopping it can be seen two pillars on either side of a closed door. quality gained. luminosity. path ii. path of magnetic work attributes..responsiveness to heat and knowledge of rhythm. source..an unknown constellation, via gemini. method..the entering of the burning-ground. hierarchy..the third and fourth. symbol..a funeral pyre, four torches, and a fivefold star mounting towards the sun. quality gained..electrical velocity. path iii. path or training for planetary logoi attributes..cosmic vision, deva hearing and psychic correlation- 278- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyrigh

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

ge, my son "i had turned eighteen summers when i slew the lion, and hence i wear its skin. again at twenty-one, i met my bride. today i stand before you trebly free- free from my early teachers, free from the fear of fear, and free indeed from all desire "boast not, my son, but prove to me the nature of this freedom which you sense. again in leo, will you meet the lion. what will you do? again in gemini, the teachers whom you slew will cross your path. have you indeed left them behind? what will you do? again in scorpio, will you wrestle with desire. will you stand free, or will the serpent meet you with his wiles and pull you down to earth? what will you do? prepare to prove your words and liberty. boast not, my son, but prove to me your freedom and your deep desire to serve" the teacher

ey are in possession of much theory, they have a relatively wide technical knowledge of the nature of the path and of what they should do upon it, but they do not as yet stand on their own feet and tread that path, alone and unsupported. they need props, and look for people to tell them what to do and what they should believe. we shall find in the third labor which hercules performed, in the sign gemini, that he was tested on this point and had to prove that he was justified in taking this step. he then makes the interesting discovery that he is not nearly so free nor so strong as, in his youthful enthusiasm, he fancied himself to be [21] when he reached the age of eighteen years, we are told, he slew a lion which was devastating the countryside and that he began to perform other public se

rit, the father in heaven. we shall next consider the relationship of sign and constellations, and close each chapter with a definite application of the story of the test to the life of a disciple and to that of humanity as a whole. in studying the twelve labors, we follow the career of hercules as he passes around the zodiac from the sign aries, which is the sign of commencement, through taurus, gemini, etc (anti-clockwise) to pisces, the sign of death and of consummation. this will be in the reverse manner to that of the apparent path of the sun (clockwise) which is begun in aries and appears then to retrograde through the signs, passing into pisces, and then to aquarius, and so on through all the intervening [30] signs, back again to aries. the man who is immersed in form and is living

ciousness, which we call mental, is succeeded by the state of sensitivity, and this second labor deals with the desire world and with the potency of desire. it is one of the most interesting labors and one that is [42] told us in fullest detail. some of the accounts given of the various tests to which hercules was subjected are exceedingly sketchy and brief in outline, but the tests in taurus and gemini, in scorpio and pisces, are related at greater length. they were drastic in their application and tried out every part of the aspirant's nature. the key to the labor in taurus is the right understanding of the law of attraction. this is the law that governs that magnetic force and that principle of coherence which builds the forms through which god, or the soul, manifests. it produces the s

titute the controlling factor and once they have gained possession of the sacred bull, the problem of hercules is solved. the two keywords of taurus are (from esoteric astrology, p. 403: 1 "let struggle be undismayed (the form aspect) 2 "i see and when the eye is opened, all is light (the soul aspect [54- 34- the labours of hercules labor iii gathering the golden apples of the hesperides- part 1 (gemini, may 21st- june 20th) the myth the great presiding one, within the council chamber of the lord, had watched the labors of the son of man who is a son of god. he and the teacher saw the third great gate, opening before the son of man, revealing a new chance to tread the way. they noted how the laborer arose and prepared to enter on his task "send out the word to guard the sacred tree. let he

re the teacher then he stood and rendered due account of all that had transpired. to him the teacher gave the word of cheer and then with pointing finger indicated the fourth gate and said to him- 37- the labours of hercules "pass through that gate. capture the doe and enter once again the holy place [60] the tibetan (djwhal khul) the nature of the test we come now to the third labor, in the sign gemini, concerning predominantly the active work of the aspirant on the physical plane as he comes to an understanding of himself. before this active work becomes possible there must be a cycle of interior thought and mystical longing; the striving after the vision and a subjective process carried on, perhaps for a very long time, before the man on the physical plane really begins the labor of uni

hat the real test of the sincerity of the aspirant takes place. a longing to be good, a deep desire to ascertain the facts of the spiritual life, spasmodic efforts at selfdiscipline, at prayer and meditation, precede, almost inevitably, this real and steady effort. the visionary must become a man of action: desire has to be carried forward into the world of completion, and herein lies the test in gemini. the physical plane is the place where experience is gained and where the causes, initiated in the world of mental effort, must manifest and achieve objectivity. it is the place also where the mechanism of contact is developed, where, little by little, the five senses open up to the human being new fields of awareness and present to him fresh spheres for conquest and achievement. it is the

ual aspiration, the disciple is very apt to be taken in by astralism and lower psychism in one form or another. as hercules wrestled with the serpent, he found he could not overcome it until he discovered that it was invincible only so long as it was in contact with the earth. just as soon as hercules lifted the serpent (antaeus) high into the air, it became utterly weak and unable to defeat him. gemini is an air sign, a mutable or common sign. glamor is ever changing, ever taking one form or another. it concerns appearance and not reality, and the earth stands for appearances. having vanquished the serpent that stood in his way, hercules passed on in his search. his next encounter was with glamor in another form. busiris was a son of poseidon, the god of the waters, but his mother was a m

hundred-headed serpent, with the enthusiastic help of the three beautiful maidens, and brings the apples to hercules, who now also stands free, in spite of all the obstacles and hindrances, the deviations due to glamor and illusion. despite failures and the length of time it has taken him to arrive at wisdom, hercules does obtain the golden apples. note that the opposite, or consummating sign, of gemini is that of sagittarius, the archer, who shoots straight and rides unhindered to the goal. no deviations, no failure! there is only a steady going forward [64] labor iii gathering the golden apples of the hesperides- part 2 (gemini, may 21st- june 20th) the field of the labor gemini has in it two stars, called by the greeks, castor and pollux, or the twins. these personify two major groups o

lve. one star represents each constellation. from the standpoint of esotericism, the great mystery of god incarnate in matter, and the crucifixion of the cosmic christ upon the cross of matter, is tied up with the relationship (presumed from most ancient times to exist) between the stars of the pleiades and those of the great bear. these two groups of stars represent god, the macrocosm, whilst in gemini, castor and pollux were regarded as symbols of man, the microcosm. they were also called apollo and hercules: apollo, meaning the ruler, the sun god; and hercules "the one who comes to labor. they represent, therefore, the two aspects of man's nature, the soul and the personality, the spiritual man and the human being through which that spiritual entity is functioning: christ incarnate in m

christ "he must increase, but i must decrease (st. john, iii, 30) thus [65] we have a most significant constellation, because it holds before the eyes of man the thought of the increasing potency of the spiritual life and the decreasing power of the personal self. the story of man's growth to maturity and the history of the soul's gradually increasing control are told for us in the constellation gemini. in the ancient zodiac of denderah, this sign is called "the place of him who cometh, and the thought of an emerging spiritual being is held before us. it is represented by- 40- the labours of hercules two figures, the one male, the other female; one, the positive, spirit aspect, and the other, the negative, matter aspect. the coptic and the hebrew names signify "united, and this is the sta

n emerging spiritual being is held before us. it is represented by- 40- the labours of hercules two figures, the one male, the other female; one, the positive, spirit aspect, and the other, the negative, matter aspect. the coptic and the hebrew names signify "united, and this is the status of hercules, the aspirant. he is soul and body unified. this was the problem to be wrestled with in the sign gemini. the at-one-ment of the lower with the higher self, of the mortal and the immortal aspects, is the objective. it was this problem that created the devious and prolonged search that hercules undertook, for he was at length attentive to the voice of nereus, the higher self, but sometimes under the illusion and glamor of the lower self. the duality which is emphasized in gemini rims through a

for he was at length attentive to the voice of nereus, the higher self, but sometimes under the illusion and glamor of the lower self. the duality which is emphasized in gemini rims through a large number of the mythological stories. we meet the same brothers again in romulus and remus, for instance, and in cain and abel, one brother dying and the other living. we meet the astrological symbol for gemini in the two pillars of masonry, and many believe that the masonic tradition could, if we had the power to do so, be traced back to that period, antedating the taurian age, when the sun was in gemini, and to that great cycle in which the lemurian race, the first strictly human race, came into being; where the mind aspect began to emerge, and the duality of mankind became a fact in nature. the

dom. so we have in the masonic tradition the search of the human family typified, the search for light, the search for unity, the search for divinity. and so the two pillars, boaz and jachin, stand as the emblems of that duality. in china, castor and pollux are spoken of as the two "gods of the door" showing the tremendous power that the god of matter can assume, and also the potency of divinity. gemini is predominantly the sign of the intellect and it has a peculiarly vital effect in our aryan race. in this race the mind faculty and the intellect have been steadily developed. gemini, therefore, has influence in three departments, which concern themselves with human relations. first, it governs all education. it deals with knowledge, with the sciences, and lays the foundation for wisdom. o

es, and lays the foundation for wisdom. one educator has said that "the ultimate purpose of education is the acquiring of knowledge in order to receive the higher revelation. the unintelligent may receive it, but they cannot interpret it. in this labor, hercules receives an outstanding revelation and in the five stages of his search his education is steadily carried forward. the exoteric ruler of gemini and of the first decanate is mercury for, as alan leo tells us "mercury in the outer world signifies schools, colleges, and all places where teaching and learning go on, scientific and literary institutions. in consciousness, it signifies thought, understanding, reason, intelligence, intellect; the abstract kinds rather than the concrete, knowledge for its own sake. its highest application

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orld, brought forth an egg from which was born garuda, the vehicle of vishnu, the latter allegory having a relation to our earth only, as garuda is the great cycle. the egg was sacred to isis; the priests of egypt never ate eggs on that account* diodorus siculus states that osiris was born from an egg, like brahma. from leda's egg apollo and latona were born, as also castor and pollux- the bright gemini. and though the buddhists do not attribute the same origin to their founder, yet, no more than the ancient egyptians or the modern brahmins, do they eat eggs, lest they should destroy the germ of life latent in them, and commit thereby sin. the chinese believe that their first man was born from an egg, which tien, a god, dropped down from heaven to earth into the waters* this symbol is stil

claimed to have exhibited the same symbols and the same names as the signs, repeated in the 12 stones of the urim and thummim, and on the 12 wings of the cherub. leaving the proof of exactitude in the alleged correspondence to the said mystics, it is as follows: man, or the aquarius, is in the sphere of reuben, who is declared as "unstable as water (the vulgate has it, to be "rushing like water; gemini, in the strong fraternal association of simeon and levi; leo, in that of judah "the strong lion" of his tribe "the lion's whelp; the pisces, in zabulon, who "shall dwell at the haven of the sea; taurus, in issachar, because he is "a strong ass couching down" etc, and therefore associated with the stables; virgo-scorpio, in dan, who is described as "a serpent, an adder in the path that bitet

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43 9 of cups material happiness jupiter pisces 44 10 of cups perfected success mars pisces 45 2 of wands dominion mars aries 46 3 of wands established strength sun aries 47 4 of wands perfected work venus aries 48 5 of pentacles material trouble mercury taurus 49 6 of pentacles material success moon taurus 50 7 of pentacles success unfulfilled saturn taurus 51 8 of swords shortened force jupiter gemini 52 9 of swords despair and cruelty mars gemini 53 10 of swords ruin sun gemini 54 2 of cups love venus cancer 55 3 of cups abundance mercury cancer 56 4 of cups blended pleasure moon cancer no. card the twenty-two keys of the book letter attribution 57 the foolish man the spirit of gr:alpha-iota-theta-eta-rho aleph air 58 the magician the magus of power bet mercury book t page 2 of 26 http/

nch for aleph, men, and shin, seven above the central branch for the double 59 the high priestess the priestess of the silver star gimel moon 60 the empress the daughter of the mighty ones dalet venus 61 the emperor sun of the morning, chief among the mighty heh aries 62 the hierophant the magus of the eternal vau taurus 63 the lovers the children of the voice; the oracles of the mighty gods zain gemini 64 the chariot the child of the powers of the waters; the lord of the triumph of light chet cancer 65 fortitude the daughter of the flaming sword tet leo 66 the hermit the magus of the voice of power, the prophet of the eternal yod virgo 67 the wheel the lord of the of fate forces of life koph jupiter 68 justice the daughter of the lords of truth: the ruler of the balance lamed libra 69 the

wherefrom a crayfish issues. her face is dreamy. she holds a lotus in the hand upon the ibis. she is imaginative, poetic, kind, yet not willing to take much trouble for another. coquettish, goodnatured and underneath a dreamy appearance. imagination stronger than feeling. very much affected by other influences, and therefore more dependent upon dignity than most symbols. she rules from 20 degree gemini to 20 degree cancer. water of water queen of nymphs or undines. xi. the prince of the chariot of the waters king of cups a winged kingly figure with winged crown seated in a chariot drawn by an eagle. on the wheel is the symbol of a scorpion. the eagle is borne as a crest on his crown, cuirass and buskins. general attire like king of wands. beneath his chariot is the calm and stagnant water

s or undines throne of the ace of cups. xiii. the lord of the winds and the breezes; he king of the spirits of air knight of swords a winged warrior with crowned winged helmet, mounted upon a brown steed. his general equipment is as that of the knight of wands, but he wears as a crest a winged six-pointed star, similar to those represented on the heads of castor and pollux the dioscuri, the twins gemini (a part of which constellation is included in his rule. he holds a drawn sword with the sigil of his scale upon its pommel. beneath his horse's feet are dark-driving stratus clouds. he is active, clever, subtle, fierce, delicate, courageous, skilful, but inclined to domineer. also to overvalue small things, unless well dignified. if ill dignified, deceitful, tyrannical and crafty. rules fro

ation is included in his rule. he holds a drawn sword with the sigil of his scale upon its pommel. beneath his horse's feet are dark-driving stratus clouds. he is active, clever, subtle, fierce, delicate, courageous, skilful, but inclined to domineer. also to overvalue small things, unless well dignified. if ill dignified, deceitful, tyrannical and crafty. rules from 20 degree taurus to 20 degree gemini. fire of air king of the sylphs and sylphides. xiv. the queen of the thrones of air queen of swords a graceful woman with wavy, curling hair, like a queen seated upon a throne and crowned. beneath the throne are grey cumulus clouds. her general attire is as that of the queen of wands, but she wears as a crest a winged child's head. a drawn sword in one hand, and in the other a large, bearde

riptions of the smaller cards of the four suits, thirty-six in number, answering unto the thirty-six decans of the zodiac. commencing from the sign aries, the central decans of each sign follow the order of the days of the week. thus- being thus the four threes, sixes, and nines. the first and third decans follow the same order: sunday beginning the first decan of virgo and in the third decans of gemini and capricorn. the planets govern respectively decans with the following titles- or in taurus leo libra sagittarius pisces two wands: 1 each of the other suits. or in gemini leo libra capricorn pisces two swords: 1 each of others. head cross, orb held downwards brown princess winged ram's head grass, flowers, grove of trees, sceptre with disk, pentacle like that in ace rich brown dark card

es two wands: 1 each of the other suits. or in gemini leo libra capricorn pisces two swords: 1 each of others. head cross, orb held downwards brown princess winged ram's head grass, flowers, grove of trees, sceptre with disk, pentacle like that in ace rich brown dark card central decan of meaning day 3 of wands aries established strength sun 6 of pentacles taurus material success moon 9 of swords gemini despair and cruelty mars 3 of cups cancer abundance mercury 6 of wands leo victory jupiter 9 of pentacles virgo material gain venus 3 of swords libra sorrow saturn 6 of cups scorpio pleasure sun 9 of wands sagittarius great strength moon 3 of pentacles capricorn material works mars 6 of swords aquarius earned success mercury 9 of swords pisces material happiness jupiter saturn 1. leo strife

cury 9 of swords pisces material happiness jupiter saturn 1. leo strife 5 of wands. 2. libra sorrow 3 of swords. 3. sagittarius oppression 10 of wands. 4. pisces abundant success 8 of cups. 5. taurus success unfulfilled 7 of pentacles. jupiter 1. leo victory 6 of wands. 2. libra rest from strife 4 of swords. 3. capricorn harmonious change 2 of pentacles. 4. pisces material happiness 9 of cups. 5. gemini shortened force 8 of swords. book t page 11 of 26 http//www.private.org.il/gd/book-t.html 13/10/2002 or in aries gemini leo scorpio capricorn pisces 2 w. 2 c: 1 each of others. one more decan than the others. or in aries gemini virgo scorpio capricorn 2 pentacles: 1 each of others. or in aries cancer virgo scorpio aquarius 2 cups: 1 each of others. or in taurus cancer virgo sagittarius aqua

ar of leo, the great star cor leonis: and therefore is the first decan that of saturn in leo. here follow the general meanings of the small cards of the suits, as classified under the nine sephiroth below kether. mars 1. leo valour 7 of wands. 2. scorpio loss in pleasure 5 of cups. 3. capricorn material works 3 of pentacles. 4. pisces perfected success 10 of cups. 5. aries dominion 2 of wands. 6. gemini despair and cruelty 9 of swords. sun 1. virgo prudence 8 of pentacles. 2. scorpio pleasure 6 of cups. 3. capricorn earthly power 4 of pentacles. 4. aries established strength 3 of wands. 5. gemini ruin 10 of swords. venus 1. virgo material gain 9 of pentacles. 2. scorpio illusionary success 7 of cups. 3. aquarius defeat 5 of swords. 4. aries perfected work 4 of wands. 5. cancer love 2 of cu

rivate.org.il/gd/book-t.html 13/10/2002 li. the lord of shortened force eight of swords four white radiant angelic hands issuing from clouds, each holding two swords, points upwards; all the points touch near the top of the card. hands issue, two at each bottom angle of the card. the pose of the other sword symbols is re-established in the centre. above and below are the decan symbols jupiter and gemini. too much force applied to small things: too much attention to detail at the expense of the principal and more important points. when ill dignified, these qualities produce malice, pettiness, and domineering characteristics. patience in detail of study; great care in some things, counterbalanced by equal disorder in others. impulsive; equally fond of giving or receiving money or presents; g

lii. the lord of despair and cruelty nine of swords four hands, as in the preceding figure, hold eight swords nearly upright, but with the points falling away from each other. a fifth hand holds a ninth sword upright in the centre, as if it had struck them asunder. no rose at all is shewn, as if it were not merely cut asunder, but utterly destroyed. above and below are the decan symbols mars and gemini. despair, cruelty, pitilessness, malice, suffering, want, loss, misery. burden, oppression, labour, subtlety and craft, dishonesty, lying and slander. yet also obedience, faithfulness, patience, unselfishness, etc. according to dignity. yesod of hb:v (illness, suffering, malice, cruelty, pain. therein do hb:a'anval and hb:mchyal bear rule. liii. the lord of ruin ten of swords four hands hol

of hb:v (illness, suffering, malice, cruelty, pain. therein do hb:a'anval and hb:mchyal bear rule. liii. the lord of ruin ten of swords four hands holding eight swords, as in the preceding symbol; the points falling away from each other. two hands hold two swords crossed in the centre, as though their junction had disunited the others. no rose, flower or bud, is shewn. above and below are sun and gemini, representing the decan. almost a worse symbol than the nine of swords. undisciplined, warring force, complete disruption and failure. ruin of all plans and projects. disdain, insolence and impertinence, yet mirth and jollity therewith. a marplot, loving to overthrow the happiness of others; a repeater of things; given to much unprofitable speech, and of many words. yet clever, eloquent, et

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are ruled by galgalliel, who rules over the globe of the sun; and they rule under the dominion of the seven great angelick princes. the hosts and choir of angels the host of angels are eleven in number and these are their names: sallisim, parashim, gibborim, sebahim, geduthim, memunnim, sarim, haylim, mesarethim, malhakim and degalim. the angels of the twelve signs aries malchidael taurus asmodel gemini ambriel cancer muriel leo verchiel virgo hamaliel these are the angels which assist the magician in all his experiments; all according to their offices. it is unlawful that you should call upon the seraphim, but all the rest may be called upon for furtherance in matters divine. concerning the talismans. it is necessary to construct talismans for the object of each of your experiments, one f

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rded. as the sun moves throughout the year, it passes through twelve different areas of sky and constellations. these are the houses of the zodiac, and like the hand of a watch, sweep round. the dividing lines between the houses are known as cusps. the sun takes roughly a month to pass through each of the houses, which are as follows: aries march 21 through april 19 taurus april 20 through may 19 gemini may 20 through june 20 cancer june 21 through july 22 leo july 23 through august 21 virgo august 22 through september 22 libra september 23 through october 22 scorpio october 23 through november 21 sagittarius november 22 through december 21 capricorn december 22 through january 20 aquarius january 21 through february 19 pisces february 20 through march 20 in fact, these dates do vary from

sion and introversion. jupiter and the sun in opposition could mean a somewhat self-centered person given to extravagance, due to the forcefulness and determination of the sun with the expansive wealth of jupiter. jupiter sextile with mercury would be good, showing determination and knowledge with judgement. the planets themselves have certain qualities: air, water, fire and earth. traditionally, gemini, aquarius and libra are the air signs; cancer, scorpio and pisces are the water signs; aries, leo and sagittarius the fire signs and taurus, virgo and capricorn the earth signs. air signs are supposedly intellectual, enlightened and articulate; water signs emotional; fire signs zealous and fervent; earth signs cautious, basic and practical. in more detail, the signs again, by tradition, as

signs zealous and fervent; earth signs cautious, basic and practical. in more detail, the signs again, by tradition, as is almost all interpretation of astrology are associated with particular attributes: aries is very much a leader or pioneer. there is a certain amount of impatience in this sign, due to ambition. taurus is the hard worker great strength, and proud of it, along with perseverance. gemini is adaptable; knows a little about a lot of subjects, has a gift for languages, diplomacy and tact, but is somewhat superficial. cancer is extremely sensitive, a follower of tradition, a great home lover. leo is the extrovert, full of self-confidence, with an abundance of personality, a great sense of the dramatic, and a great capacity to love. virgo is the critic; tidy and conservative, ye

h of the twelve zodiac signs is spoken of as being "ruled" by one of the planets. what this means is that there is a close affinity between the two. where a lesson nine: divination/ 129 130/ buckland's complete book of witchcraft planet is classed as being "watery" or "fiery, so the sign or signs that it rules are of that type. the sign aries is ruled by the planet mars. taurus is ruled by venus. gemini by mercury; cancer by the moon; leo by the sun; virgo by mercury; libra by venus; scorpio by mars; sagittarius by jupiter; capricorn by saturn; aquarius by saturn (some astrologers prefer uranus) and pisces by jupiter (again some say by neptune. generally it can be said that a fiery sign would not get along well with a water sign, nor would a water sign get along with an air sign. an air si

nd manipulating them in various ways, much magick can be done. the candles can be of any sort, it is the color that is important. for this the following tables are important: table 1- astral colors sun sign birth date primary color secondary color aquarius january 20-february 18 blue green pisces february 19-march 20 white green aries march 21-april 19 white pink taurus april 20-may 20 red yellow gemini may 21-june 21 red blue cancer june 22-july 22 green brown leo july 23-august 22 red green virgo august 23-september 22 gold* black libra september 23-october 22 black blue scorpio october 23-november 21 brown black sagittarius november 22-december 21 gold red capricorn december 22-january 19 red brown table 2- symbolism of colors white purity, truth, sincerity red strength, health, vigor

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though this sephirah is called the root of water, by practical qabalists, nevertheless conceals in her depths the active, fiery power of chokmah, the root of fire, just as the name aima contains the paternal i, and as b i n h is formed from jah, i h, a name of the father, and ben, b n, a name of the son. the "airy spirit" of the path of zain is a reference to the airy quality of the zodiacal sign gemini, whose ruler, according to the qabalah, is raphael, angel of the planet mercury [80] the meditation on cheth* 1 i am the hedge of protection, enclosing the field of existence. in this field thou dwellest, and i am thy defense against the darkness which is without. yet is this hedge of safety also a wall of limitation, and the darkness against which it defendeth thee is the radiant darkness

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a new season- spring, summer, autumn and winter. people born under a cardinal sign manifest this as a desire to initiate and to take command of people and situations. the fixed signs- leo, taurus, aquarius and scorpio- are signs entered by the sun in the middle of a season. people born under them exhibit stability and a tendency to continue in a predetermined path. the mutable signs -sagittarius, gemini, virgo and pisces- mark the time when the seasons are about to change. those born under them are correspondingly versatile and ready to compromise. zodiacal colours and associations [symbol -sym01] aries, the ram: 21 march to 20 april. colour: red. a cardinal fire sign, for all matters of the self and of identity, for rituals of innovation, courage assertiveness and action. ruled by mars [s

r: red. a cardinal fire sign, for all matters of the self and of identity, for rituals of innovation, courage assertiveness and action. ruled by mars [symbol- sym02] taurus, the bull: 21 april to 21 may. colour: pink. a fixed earth sign, for rituals concerning all kinds of material matters and security, also for patience and caution if the way ahead seems hazardous. ruled by venus [symbol- sym03] gemini, the heavenly twins: 22 may to 21 june. colour: yellow or pale grey. a mutable air sign, for spells concerning communication, learning, choices, adaptability and short-distance travel. ruled by mercury [symbol- sym04] cancer, the crab: 22 june to 22 july. colour: silver. a cardinal water sign, for spells concerning the home and family, especially for protection and for gentle love and frien

erning all who work in commerce, medicine, teaching, the retail trades, the media and science and all who are studying. it also can be used in rituals for health. its elemental creatures are sylphs, gentle spirits of the air who can be seen fleetingly as butterflies, offering ideas, ideals and a reminder to enjoy happiness while you can. air's colour is yellow and its zodiacal signs are aquarius, gemini and libra. fire fire represents noon, summer and the quarter and direction of the south. fire is the realm of light, the sun and lightning, and so forms the focus of magick for fertility, power, joy, ambition, illumination, inspiration, achievement, all creative and artistic ventures, poetry, art, sculpture, writing, music, dance, religion and spirituality, psychic powers and mystical exper

also linked with the anglo-saxon god, woden, after whom wednesday is named. mercury hour spells are good for finding a quick way out of difficulties and for melting rigid opinions in others. element: air colour: yellow crystals: agate, citrine, falcon's eye, jasper, malachite, onyx incenses: lavender, lemongrass, mace trees: hazel, ash herbs and oils: dill, fennel, parsley, valerian mercury rules gemini, 22 may-21 june, and also virgo, 24 august-22 september. in magick it is most potent during those periods and particularly so for those born under gemini and virgo [insert sym17] jupiter thursday, the day of jupiter, is good for all forms of increase and expansion, whether improving fortune or career prospects or bringing promotion, power, ambition and joy through fulfilment of objectives

religions in siberia and lapland, the mother of the herds is still a central icon of power. during the neolithic period, the mother goddess was the bringer of fertility to the land as well as to animals and humans. gradually, she came to be seen as the wife of the great sky gods. she survives in the form of mary in the christian religion. mutable: the mutable signs of the zodiac are sagittarius, gemini, virgo and pisces, as when the sun enters them the seasons are about to change. those born under them are correspondingly versatile and ready to compromise. oimelc: see imbolc. ostara: the celtic festival of the spring equinox. pentacle: a ritual item, symbol of the earth, consisting of a flat, round disc, engraved with a pentagram. pentagram: a five-pointed diagram, one of the most sacred

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that other saviour-god with the jesus credentials. the christian church dedicates the winter solstice, the day the sun "dies, to st thomas. the hebrews still have a month they call tammuz. thomas the "twin" is also symbolism. thomas means "twin" in the aramaic and syriac languages and the name didymus, also associated with thomas, comes from the greek "didymos, which was their name for the roman "gemini, the twins of the zodiac. acharya writes in her superb work, the christ conspiracy "it is said that thomas preached to the parthians and persians, but what is being conveyed is that these groups were followers of tammuz or dumuzi, as was his sumerian name. although it was alleged that thomas's tomb was in edessa, tradition also claims that he died near madras, india, where two of his tombs

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der aleister crowley (q.v) of whom he was a student of ceremonial magick. in hebrew "strength. pronounced "gih-boor-ah" it is the fifth sephirah (q.v) on the tree of life (q.v. gematria: a method of the literal kabalah (q.v) which assigns numbers to each of the hebrew letters. words of equal value are believed to have an important relationship with each other. a specific field of numerology (q.v. gemini "the twins" in astrology (q.v, the third sign of the zodiac (q.v) having the qualities of mutable (q.v) and air (q.v) and is ruled by the planet mercury (q.v. on the rainbow wand (q.v) and on the lotus wand aries is represented by the color orange. keywords include: versatility, duality, with communication, intellectually, alertly, rationally, nervously. ghost(s: 1) when not caused by psych

menstruum of the gluten: in alchemy (q.v, the result of the slow heating of a substance in the athanor (q.v. in sex magick (q.v) the female lubricating fluids and/or female ejaculatory fluids. mercury: the first planet of the terran solar system. in astrology (q.v, the planet named after the roman god who served as the herald and messenger. attributed as being the ruler of the zodiac (q.v) signs gemini (q.v) and virgo (q.v. on the tree of life (q.v) within the kabbalah (q.v) mercury is attributed to the eighth sephirah (q.v, hode (q.v. keywords include: communication, intellect, perception, speaking, writing, computer, words, printed, read, trades, publishing, teaching, learning, schools, reason, logic, conscious memory, travel (local, consciousness, microphone, information, broadcast, di

h a book entitled, the god of the witches. mutable: from the latin "mutare" meaning "to change" 1) movable, not firm. 2) in astrology, a term used to identify one of the three qualities (also referred to as a triplicity) indicating that a sign of the zodiac (q.v) has the trait of making all planets within it as having a more fluctuating and adaptable influence in the chart. mutable signs include: gemini (q.v, virgo (q.v, sagittarius (q.v, and pisces (q.v- n- nanta: pronounced "ehn-ah-ehn-tah" it is the enochian (q.v) name for the spirit of earth. natural law: a sequence of events in nature that has been observed to occur without variation under the same conditions. natural law is the basis of the experimental method (q.v) in science, and is dependent upon cause and effect. negation: erasin

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of earth corresponds to the phlegmatic temperament; the suit of pentacles; the signs of taurus, virgo, and capricorn; and the planets venus and luna. 28. the element of water corresponds to the bilious temperament; the suit of cups; the signs of cancer, scorpio, and pisces; and the planet mars. 29. the element of air corresponds to the choleric temperament; the suit of swords; the signs of libra, gemini, and aquarius; and the planets saturn and mercury. 30. the element of fire corresponds to the sanguine temperament; the suit of wands; the signs of aries, sagittarius and leo; and the planets sol and jupiter. 31. it will be seen, then, that if we classify mundane affairs and phenomena in terms of the four elements, we shall immediately see their relationship to astrology and the tarot. now

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yoga society. the group promotes full moon meditation as a time for transmitting the spiritual energies of the masters to the world. the group also works to unite the efforts of occult groups in southern california to celebrate the three spring festivals (easter, wesak, and goodwill) originally suggested by bailey. arcana workshops literature refers to them as the festivals of aries, taurus, and gemini. the arcana workshops also offers correspondence courses, publishes a number of pamphlets, and sends out regular mailings to those on their mailing list. the non-profit organization may be contacted at box 506, manhattan beach, california 90267-0506. website: http//www.meditationtraining.org. sources: arcana workshops. http//www.meditationtraining.org. march 8, 2000. the full moon story. be

seems to have a particular link with healing and counseling. aspects and relationships as can be seen from the foregoing descriptions, each planet has picked up a host of associations through the centuries. each one has also been assigned rulership of different astrological signs with which it has a particular affinity. the rulerships are as follows: mars and aries; venus and taurus; mercury and gemini; moon and cancer; sun and leo; mercury and virgo; pluto and scorpio; jupiter and sagittarius; saturn and capricorn; uranus and aquarius; neptune and pisces. planets project certain qualities as they assume geometric relationships to other planets in the birth chart. the major geometric aspects of the planets are thus distinguished: conjunction. when two planets are in the same degree and mi

as positive or masculine (active, in the case of the fire and air signs; or negative or feminine (reactive, in the case of the earth and water signs. the signs are also divided into northern and commanding (the first six, and southern and obeying (last six. there are four triplicities among the signs: the earth triplicity, including taurus, virgo, and capricorn; the air triplicity, which includes gemini, libra, and aquarius; the fire triplicity, encompassing aries, leo, and sagittarius; and the water triplicity, containing cancer, scorpio, and pisces. the signs are further divided into diurnal and nocturnal, the diurnal signs being all masculine and the nocturnal feminine. signs named after quadrupeds are, of course, quadrupedal; those named after human states of endeavor (e.g, water beare

ates of endeavor (e.g, water bearer, archer) are called humane. a person born under a fiery, masculine, diurnal sign is hot in temper and bold in character. if it is a quadrupedal sign, the native is somewhat like the animal after which the sign is called. thus in taurus, the native is bold and furious; in leo, fierce and aggressive. cancer, scorpio and pisces are called fruitful or prolific; and gemini, leo, and virgo, barren. sagittarius, because usually represented as a centaur, is said to produce humane character if located in the first 15 degrees (first half) of the sign, but a savage, brutal, and intractable disposition if found in the last 15 degrees. astrologers designate the 12 signs as follows: aries, the first sign of the zodiac, is a cardinal fire sign. it is a positive, mascul

dry, melancholy, nocturnal, and southern. when influential in a nativity, it usually produces a person with a broad forehead, thick lips, dark curling hair, and melancholy, slow to anger, but when once enraged, violent, furious, and difficult to appease. places ruled by taurus are stables, cowhouses, cellars and low rooms, and all places used for or by cattle. the key phrase for taurus is i have. gemini, the third sign of the zodiac, is a mutable air sign. it is a positive, masculine sign, ruled by the planet mercury. its symbol is the twins, and its glyph is said to represent a set of twins. it takes its name from the latin word for twins. gemini is associated with the shoulders, arms, hands, and lungs. the native is tall and straight with long arms and well-formed hands astrological regi

ers, arms, hands, and lungs. the native is tall and straight with long arms and well-formed hands astrological registration and communication encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 106 and feet, rather dark complexion, brown hair, and hazel eyes. the native is strong and active in person, sound and acute in judgment, lively, playful, and generally skillful in business. places ruled by gemini are hilly and high grounds, the tops of houses, wainscoted rooms, halls and theaters, barns, storehouses, and stairs. the key phrase for gemini is i think. cancer, the fourth sign of the zodiac, is a cardinal water sign. it is a negative, feminine sign, ruled by the moon. its symbol is the crab, and its glyph is said to represent the two claws of a crab. it takes its name from the latin wor

rology predicts changes of weather and the influence of the stars upon natural things. the characters used in astrology to denote the 12 signs represent natural objects, but they have also a hieroglyphic or esoteric meaning that has been lost. the figure of aries represents the head and horns of a ram; that of taurus, the head and horns of a bull; that of leo, the head and mane of a lion; that of gemini, two persons standing together; and so on. the physical or astronomical reasons for the adoption of these figures is explained by the abbe pluche in his histoire du ciel (1739.41, and charles f. dupuis, in his abrege de l origine de tous les cultes (1798, endeavors to establish the principles of an astro-mythology by tracing the progress of the moon through the 12 signs in a series of adven

ssed in her 1980 book, beyond the light barrier. although warmly received in south africa, her story was not believed by north american and european ufo researchers. except for the picture, weak evidence indeed, there was nothing to collaborate her story. she persisted in her claims, however, until her death in february of 1994. sources: hind, cynthia. ufos-african encounters. salsbury, zimbabwe: gemini, 1982. klarer, elizabeth. beyond the light barrier. cape town, south africa: howard timmins, 1980. klinckowstroem, graf carl von (1884.1969) german research scientist who wrote about water divining and other parapsychological subjects. he was born on august 26, 1884, at potsdam, germany. klinckowstroem attended the university of munich, where he studied physics, philosophy, psychology, and

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ed caduceus, having two serpents twining about it, must be engraved in the centre of a pentagram on the obverse side. the other must bear a dog s head within the star of solomon, the latter being surrounded with the name of the planetary genius, pi- hermes, written in the alphabet of the magi. this talisman must be composed on a wednesday, when the moon is passing through the ten first degrees of gemini or scorpio, and is well aspected with saturn and mercury. the consecration consists in its exposure to the smoke of a perfume composed of benzoin, macis, and storax, burnt with the dried stalks of the lily, the narcissus, fumitory, and marjolane, placed in a clay chafingdish which has never been devoted to any other purpose, and which must, after the completion of the task, be reduced to po

spring equinox and it would assume that the sun was at 0 degrees aries. due to the progression of the equinoxes, the sun at the spring equinox is close to 0 degrees pisces. much of the symbolism of the signs of the zodiac in western astrology is tied to the seasons of the year. that symbolism would be lost with the acceptance of the sidereal zodiac. the 12 signs of the zodiac are: aries, taurus, gemini, cancer, leo, libra, scorpio, sagittarius, capricorn, aquarius, and pisces (see also astrological houses; astrological planets; astrological signs; astrology) zitko, john howard encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1708 sources: brau, jean louis, helen weaver, and allen edwards. laurouse encyclopedia of astrology. new york: new american library, 1980. cirlot, j. e. a dictionar

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a bwe, bel i e ved her to be sincere and has helped keep her name and story alive. on the occasion of her death in fe b ru a ry 1994, hind wrote, el i z abeth klarer died in comparative pove rt y. her incredible story brought her some fame (or m o re accurately, notoriety) but certainly no r i c h e s (hind, 1994. further reading hind, cynthia, 1982. ufos african encounters. salisbury, zimbabwe: gemini, 1994. mufon forum: contactee klarer. mufon ufo journal 315 (july: 18, 1999. ufology profile: elizabeth klarer. mufon ufo journal 379 (november: 10 11. akon 15 klarer, elizabeth, 1980. beyond the light barrier. cape town, south africa: howard timmins. alien diners an alien family ate at a restaurant and stayed overnight in a motel in suburban st. louis in may 1970, according to ufologist jo

ibn aharon, y. n [pseud. of yonah fortner, 1960. a note on the evolution of extraterrestrialism. saucer news 7, 4 (december: 6 9. steinberg, gene, 1977. dr. yonah aharon originator of the ancient astronaut theory. ufo report 4, 2 (june: 26 27, 74 78. 276 y hova zagga zagga hails from the planet zakton at the far side of the milky way galaxy. zakton is some seventy-five thousand light years beyond gemini. one of the twelve members of the galactic council, he was sent to saturn. from there he transited to earth, entering the body of a boy at the instant of birth. zagga claims that on his home planet children are conceived not by sexual intercourse but by pure thought. people do not have names. he was given the appellation zagga only after he volunteered for the earth mission. in letters to s

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

rtant influence in this character is that of jupiter. the jovial characteristics of benevolent law-giving and tolerance are seen to prevail in the constellations bootes,3 aquila,4 aries,5 libra,6 and others. there is also a strong venus influence, making for friendship and love, harmonising of discords, and the tempering of mars, or of forces making for war. venus triumphs in the pleiades7 and in gemini,8 and in dclphinus,9 she overcomes mars. good saturnian qualities, such as deep study and contemplation are preserved, for example in perseus,10 but the saturnian unsociability and other disagreeable qualities are tempered by jupiter or venus influences in other constellations. mars is everywhere kept down, being particularly snubbed by jupiter in cassiopeia' such, at least, is the kind of

nish character (cassiopeia was punished by neptune for boasting of being fairer than the nereids) but her pride, arrogance, and falsehood are made to go down out of heaven, in spite of pro- spanish mars's plea for her, and simplicity ascends in her place.3 it is clear, by implication, that catholic spain represents another kind of pedantry, making for war and social disruption. in contrast, under gemini, cupid, apollo, mercury, saturn, venus speak in favour of love, friendship, and peace which are to replace partiality.4 under libra, we learn that the balance must go down to look into injustices on earth, amongst other things to correct the violence done to nature in vestal edifices.5 the ethic which bruno advocates is that of a rule of law and order which encourages peaceful and useful ac

christian and are always inspired with a profound religious feeling. christian religious hermetists had tended to avoid the magic. bruno, the full egyptian hermetist, stresses the magic, and in his message it is the love of the magus which is the unifying power. the eroici furori are the religious experiences of the reformer of the spaccio della bestia trionfante, in which, in the pleiades or in gemini, all the gods, all the powers of the personality, speak in praise of love1; the intolerant "pedants, whether catholic or protestant, with their wars and persecutions, are driven from heaven; and a new age of new magical insights dawns for the individual and for the world. such was the reformation propounded by giordano bruno under the image of the return of the egyptian religion. bruno's us

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3 and we have a ton of links here, but check out the relations to gargophias and the 13'th tunnel of set, in the outer spaces (this comes later) side note on the second sigil: inverse libra) absolute chaos. 7 is also a symbol of set as an ax. sept is seven the sixth and central cosmic power zone: beauty--tiphareth--sun/son. the number 6(sex):vau- sexual union zain: the number 7--twins set/ horus (gemini, 6'th and 7'th months gemini- cancer. sexual polarity. lovers of the tarot. the letter zain spelled in full equal's 67 (reverse 76) which symbolizes the womb of the mother (binah=67. in reversal, the dark) mother, inverse birth (destruction--the phoenix again. there is also some relation to sekmet. on the gateway sigil (i do not know why i name it like this [2: unity in chaos, very similar

views and experience of mathematics, concerning the way. i/2a: a metaphor for life. i/2b: a brief interchange of the selves. a subconscious parlay with the readers masks. a calling to the readers self. amazing grace. i/3a: the tragedy of each maze is that it is unique. as the reader is drawn out of a state of passivity, the ego must be brought into play, and play this surely is. our sex consumes. gemini, refers to the twins of horus-set, the letter zain. it grows tired of the endless sibling rivalry. another master, this one the lady of understanding (more of a way. we has drank deeply of her cup. this is sure folly. i/3b: 10 being the number of sephira. the face depicted has three blackened lines and one shaded line. a reference to chrnzn and our lady. i/4a: the represents the first excur

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

lf and a dog howling at the moon, and halted at the foot of two towers, a path which loses itself in the. horizon (and is sprinkled with drops of blood, a crayfish emblematic of the sign cancer, ruled over by the moon, crawls through water in the foreground towards the land).itsymbolisestwilight, deception,anderror. 19. the sun.the sun sending down his rays upon two children, who suggest the sign gemini (behind them is a low wall) it signifiesearthly happiness. 20. the last judgment.anangel in the heavens blowing a trumpet, to which a standard with a cross thereon is attached. the dead rise from their tombs.itsignifiesrenewal, result.o.the foolish man.a man with a fool's cap, dressed like a jester, with a stick and bundle over his shoulder. before him is the butterflyofpleasure luring him

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s scale: b as an element: king: black and 3 tertiaries (citrine, olive and russet. sigil of b in king scale: queen: amber yellow. sigil of b in queen scale: solid cube prince: dark brown. sigil of b in prince scale: princess: black flecked with yellow. sigil of b in princess scale: 11 addendum 2: flashing sounds zodiac in the chromatic scale sign scale color a aries c red b taurus c# red-orange c gemini d orange d cancer d# amber (orange-yellow) e leo e yellow f virgo f green-yellow g libra f# green h scorpio g blue-green i sagittarius g# blue j capricorn a indigo (blue violet) k aquarius a# violet l pisces b magenta (violet-red) the mother letters (with the new planets) letter planet scale color sounds flash on c shin. pluto c red f# green a aleph uranus e yellow a# violet m mem n neptune

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

the great mysteries of the past. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 232 chapter 29 the first crack in an ancient code the plane of the earth s orbit, projected outwards to form a great circle in the celestial sphere, is known as the ecliptic. ringed around the ecliptic, in a starry belt that extends approximately 7 north and south, are the twelve constellations of the zodiac: aries, taurus, gemini, cancer, leo, virgo, libra, scorpius, sagittarius, capricornus, aquarius and pisces. these constellations are irregular in size, shape and distribution. nevertheless (and one assumes by chance) their spacing around the rim of the ecliptic is sufficiently even to bestow a sense of cosmic order upon the diurnal risings and settings of the sun. to picture what is involved here, do the followin

right sequence of the zodiacal signs (taurus. aries. pisces. aquarius, instead of aquarius. pisces. aries. taurus. 2 1 hamlet s mill, p. 59. 2 ibid, p. 58. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 234 during the course of each year the earth s movement along its orbit causes the stellar background against which the sun is seen to rise to change from month to month: aquarius. pisces. aries. taurus. gemini. cancer. leo, etc, etc. at present, on the vernal equinox, the sun rises due east between pisces and aquarius. the effect of precession is to cause the vernal point to be reached fractionally earlier in the orbit each year with the result that it very gradually shifts through all 12 houses of the zodiac, spending 2160 years in each sign and making a complete circuit in 25,920 years. the dir

pisces and aquarius. the effect of precession is to cause the vernal point to be reached fractionally earlier in the orbit each year with the result that it very gradually shifts through all 12 houses of the zodiac, spending 2160 years in each sign and making a complete circuit in 25,920 years. the direction of this processional drift, in opposition to the annual path of the sun, is: leo. cancer. gemini. taurus. aries. pisces. aquarius. to give one example, the age of leo, i.e. the 2160 years during which the sun on the vernal equinox rose against the stellar background of the constellation of leo, lasted from 10,970 until 8810 bc. we live today in the astrological no man s land at the end of the age of pisces, on the threshold of the new age of aquarius. traditionally these times of trans

etic edda, p. 93, cited in death of gods in ancient egypt, p. 199; hamlet s mill, p. 162; elsa brita titchenell, the masks of odin, theosophical university press, pasadena, 1988, p. 168. graham hancock fingerprints of the gods 242 seen to rise in a different constellation (thus if the sun rises in pisces at the spring equinox, as it does at present, it must rise in virgo at the autumn equinox, in gemini at the winter solstice and in sagittarius at the summer solstice. on each of these four occasions for the last 2000 years or so, this is exactly what the sun has been doing. as we have seen, however, precession of the equinoxes means that the vernal point will change in the not so distant future from pisces to aquarius. when that happens, the three other constellations marking the three key

ttarius at the summer solstice. on each of these four occasions for the last 2000 years or so, this is exactly what the sun has been doing. as we have seen, however, precession of the equinoxes means that the vernal point will change in the not so distant future from pisces to aquarius. when that happens, the three other constellations marking the three key points will change as well (from virgo, gemini and sagittarius to leo, taurus and scorpius) almost as though the giant mechanism of heaven has ponderously switched gears. like the axle of a mill, santillana and von dechend explain, yggdrasil represents the world axis in the archaic scientific language they have identified: an axis which extends outwards (for a viewer in the northern hemisphere) to the north pole of the celestial sphere:

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

red lettering earth= black air fo earth= yellow lettering water of earth= blue lettering earth of earth= green or white iettering fire of earth= red lettering fire= red air of fire= yellow lettering water of fire= blue lettering earth of fire= black lettering fire of fire= green lettering the colors of the great cross are: aries, leo, sagittarius= firey= red cancer, scorpio, pisces= watery= blue gemini, libra, aquarius= airy= yellow taurus, virgo, capricorn= earthy= black 49 the colors of the sephirothic crosses are determined using each truncated pyramid as: the colors of the kurubic squares are determined as: 50 where, t_ color of tablet k= color of element of the court card of the kerub s= same as triangle no. 1 a= color of angle wands= fire, yod, red cups= water, he, blue swords= air

kerub s= same as triangle no. 1 a= color of angle wands= fire, yod, red cups= water, he, blue swords= air, vau, yellow pantacles= earth, he, black the colors of the lesser watchtower squares are determined from the astrological and planetary signs as follows: red= firey= sun, jupiter, aries, cancer, libra, capricom blue= watery= mars, taurus, leo, scorpio, aquarius yellow= airy= saturas, mercury, gemini, virgo, sagittarius, pisces black= earthy= venus, moon, fire, air, water, saturn as a general role, complementary colors should be used when coloring the sides of truncated pyramids as follows: blue squares/pyramid sides have orange lettering yellow squares/pyramid sides have purple lettering black squares/pyramid sides have white lettering red squares/pyramid sides have green lettering 51

crowley, magick without tears the stars impel, they do not compel. ancient maxim the astrological influences in the four great crosses are shown in appendix d. how these forces influence the lesser watchtower squares is shown in appendix c. the primary meanings of these signs are given below. aries: the first cause, the life-principle, pure spirit. taurus: pure substance, undiferentiated matter. gemini: motion, phenomena, elementary relationships. cancer: universal womb, pure waters of life, the motherprinciple. leo: creation made rnanifest, divine incarnation, creative activity, the ideal mart. virgo: organized matter purifed and refined, the ideal woman. libra: ideal relationships, perfect harmony and balance, universal harmony. scorpio: emotional power, regeneration, death. sagittarius

pendix d. how these forces influence the calvary crosses is shown in figures 16 to 31, appendix a. the primary meanings of these signs are given below. sun: will power, vitality, creativity. it rules over leo. moon: instinct, habit, personality, feeling, memory, imagination, receptivity. it rules cancer. mercury: power of communicat ion, intel l igence, reason, mobility, self-expression. it rules gemini and virgo. venus: love, beauty, harmony. it roles taurus and libra. mars: passion, desire, energy, courage, initiative. it rules aries and scorpio. j piter: higher xni.nd, wisdom, optimism, spon74 taneity, enthusiasm, benevolence, generosity. it rules sagittarius and pisces. saturn: satan, contraction, crystal l ization, concentration, ambition, self-preservation, caution, responsibility, p

. with proper use, your magical weapons will automatically become ppowerfultalismans. they will become charged with your own emotional and psychic energies. additional talismans can be made for specific ppurposesbut all should come under the following general headings: earth: taurus, virgo, capricorn, venus, moon, pentacle, black, north. water: cancer, scorpio, pisces, mars, cup, blue, west. air: gemini, libra, aquarius, saturn, mercury, sword, yellow, east. fire: aries, leo, sagittarius, sun, jupiter, wand, red, south. 94 when you practice the exercise to gain the knowledge and conversation of your holy guardian angel, you will need to design and make your own talisman of iliatai. figure 5 shows an example of such a talisman design. the watchtowers and tablet of union can be used for tali

rser elements of anything entering this square (alip 83= fifalz meaning to eliminate or weed out. step 8. be wary of the demon of this square who is named mal (mah-leh) which means "arrow" she is single-minded in her attempts to create forms (mal= 104= 52 x 2 and 52= qaa meaning "creation. the creation of forms is a demonic perversion in this region. step 9. the astrological force working here is gemini and the tarot influence is the lovers. this illustrates the dualistic tug-of-war between. fire and air in this region. this square is extremely active being the region wherein complex thoughts are broken up into their essential and more sirnplified ideas. step 10. after seeing the square sufficiently, return to your physical body and employ the banishing pentagi am and hexagram of fire. be

"cycles" the words arsoe means "sun-savior" oxi-ar means "mighty sun" and sibis (a variant of sibsi) means "covenant" the square thus suggests that the sun-savior is one who is able to link the solar creative forces of divinity with man. the sigil of the sun-savior from the watchtower of fire is: the letters of soe illustrate the basic formula of the sun_ savior in enochian magick. the lovers of gemini (s, the justice of libra (0) and the hermit of virgo (e. this sug g e s t s the powe r ful f o r c e s o f l o v e and ka rma manifesting together within a single individual person. the invocation of such a being is an important step in realizing the great work 273 enochian healing within every man and woman is a force which directs and controls the ent ire course of l ife. properly used, i

a fiery red mist. step 9. replace the talisman of the first square a with that of the second square a and say, oipteaapdoke edlprnaa great king over the second square a in the great cross of fire, come to me. aaetpio (ah-ah-eteh-pee-oh) arinnap (ahree- neh-nah-peh) alnkvod (ahlen- leh-voh-deh) mighty seniors of the second square a in the great cross of fire, come to me. bring the mobile power of gemini and the enthusiasm of jupiter here to me. concentrate on the second square a in the great cross of fire. see the power that abounds in this region to be flowing from the great cross of fire into the red cake in the form of a fiery red mist. step 10. the absorpt ion of the power of the eight supreme t reasure zones may now begin. hold your talisman of lahalasa in your right hand before you a

JENNINGS HARGRAVE ROSICRUCIANS RITES MYSTERIES

signs. 61 egypt, the millenarius, gnomon, mete-stone, or mark, called london stone, all crosses raised at the junction of four roads, all market-crosses, the round towers of ireland, and, in all the changeful aspects of their genealogy, all spires and towers, in their grand hieroglyphic proclamation, all over the world. all these are phalli, and express a sublime meaning (a) aries (b) taurus (c) gemini (d) cancer (e) leo (f) virgo, are the six first signs; and they collectively (in their annual succession) form the macrocosmos of the cabalists. then succeeds the turning-point, balances, or nave (navel, of the astronomical wheel, represented by the sign libra (g, which, be it remembered, was added by the imaginative (and therefore, practically inventive) greeks. the foregoing, up to libra

: sacred pillar boaz. southtransept (second nail) left hand. nave, from navel, body ship, or ark. place of fons. twonails, in the fountain, or font. latin rite, in the feet; one nail in the greekrite. woman s side (moon) sinister. axis inclined (ecliptic (chapter-house) cor or choir (equatorial (as deliberative judgement seat) the blessed lady st. john. aries, head and face taurus, neck andthroat gemini, arms and shoulders cancer, breast and stomach leo, heart and back virgo, venter libra,reins and loins scorpio, genitalia sagittarius, hips and thighs capricorn, knees and hams aquarius, legs and ankles pisces, feet and toes. a b c d e f g h i j k l sun rises. east. holy of holies. crown of glory. crown of thorns. apse or apsis. astro-theosopic chart. 307 astro-theosophic chart (no. 2) east

LEMEGETON

some of carmasiel's dukes, from harl. 6483. the seal of solomon, from harl. 6483. seal of solomon from the magical calendar. seal of solomon, frontispiece from british library manuscript lans. 1203, les v ritables clavicules de salomon, traduites de l'hebreux en langue latine, par le rabin abognazar. sigilla, nempe xii signorum zodiaci, from paracelsus, archidoxis magicae, liber ii. aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo libra scorpio sagittarius capricorn aquarius pisces the almadel, from gollancz, sepher maphteah shelomoh, 1914, fol 20b. note the drawing at the bottom showing how the candles are to be constructed with feet to support the almadel "picture of the almadel, from or. ms. 6360: first note of the art of grammar, from sl. 1712, fol. 14v. second note of the art of grammar, from sl

LIBER 777

ab sphere of mercury (6) lams samael 9 hnbl levanah sphere of luna (7) laymg gamaliel 1010 twdwsy \lj cholem yesodoth sphere of the elements (7) tylyl lilith 11 jwr ruach air [elements. see col. lxviii] 12 [planets follow sephiroth, corresponding] mercury [planets follow sephiroth] 13. luna. 14. venus. 15 hlt teleh aries b* wryryub ba airiron 16 rwc shar taurus e wrymyda adimiron 17 \ynwat teonim gemini wrymillx tzalalimiron 18 frs sarton cancer c wryrjyc shichiriron 19 hyra ari leo b wrybhlc shalehbiron 20 hlwtb betulah virgo e wryrpx tzaphiriron 21. jupiter. 22 \ynzam moznaim libra d wryrybu a abiriron 23 \ym maim water. 24 brqu akrab scorpio c wrytcjn necheshthiron 25 tcq qesheth sagittarius b wrycjn necheshiron 26 ydg gedi capricorn e wrygdgd dagdagiron 27. mars. 28 yld deli aquarius d

LIBER E

trumps each time. 6. note that some cards are harmonious. thus it would not be a bad error to call the five of swords( gthe lord of defeat h) instead of the ten of swords( gthe lord of ruin h. but to call the lord of love (2 cups) svb figvra ix 3 for the lord of strife (5 wands) would show that you were getting nothing right. similarly, a card ruled by mars would be harmonious with a 5, a card of gemini with gthe lovers. h 7. these harmonies must be thoroughly learnt, according to the numerous tables given in 777. 8. as you progress, you will find that you are able to distinguish the suit correctly three times in four, and that very few indeed inharmonious errors occur, while in 78 experiments you are able to name the card aright as many as 15 or 20 times. 9. when you have reached this sta

LIBER LXXVIII

ne of the ace of cups. xiii the lord of the winds and the breezes: the king of the spirits of air knight of swords a winged warrior with crowned winged helmet, mounted upon a brown steed. his general equipment is as that of the knight of wands, but he wears as a crest a winged six-pointed 18 liber lxxviii star, similar to those represented on the heads of castor and pollux the dioscuri, the twins gemini (a part of which constellation is included in his rule. he holds a drawn sword with the sigil of his scale upon its pommel. beneath his horse's feet are dark-driving stratus clouds. he is active, clever, subtle, fierce, delicate, courageous, skilful, but inclined to domineer. also to overvalue small things, unless well dignified. if ill dignified, deceitful, tyrannical and crafty. rules fro

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

the hebrews placed a celestial intelligence, or angel, and from this system, has resulted the qabbalistic arrangement of the seventy-two sacred names, which correspond to the seventy-two flowers, knops, and almonds upon the seven-branched candlestick of the tabernacle, and the seventy-two men who were chosen from the twelve tribes to represent israel. the only two signs not already mentioned are gemini and sagittarius. the constellation of gemini is generally represented as two small children, who, according to the ancients, were born out of eggs, possibly the ones that the bull broke with his horns. the stories concerning castor and pollux, and romulus and remus, may be the result of amplifying the myths of these celestial twins. the symbols of gemini have passed through many modificatio

ho, according to the ancients, were born out of eggs, possibly the ones that the bull broke with his horns. the stories concerning castor and pollux, and romulus and remus, may be the result of amplifying the myths of these celestial twins. the symbols of gemini have passed through many modifications. the one used by the arabians was the peacock. two of the important stars in the constellation of gemini still bear the names of castor and pollux. the sign of gemini is supposed to have been the patron of phallic worship, and the two obelisks, or pillars, in front of temples and churches convey the same symbolism as the twins. the sign of sagittarius consists of what the ancient greeks called a centaur--a composite creature, the lower half of whose body was in the form of a horse, while the u

quarius; z, taurus; c, leo; and g, scorpio. these are called the fathers. in the secret teachings of the far east these four figures--the man, the bull, the lion, and the eagle--are called the winged globes or the four maharajahs who stand upon the corners of creation. the four cardinal signs--p, capricorn; x, aries; b, cancer; f, libra--are called the powers. the four common signs--v, pisces; a, gemini; e, virgo; h, sagittarius- are called the minds of the four lords. this explains the meaning of the winged globes of egypt, for the four central figures--aquarius, taurus, leo, and scorpio (called by ezekiel the cherubim--are the globes; the cardinal and common signs on either side are the wings. therefore the twelve signs of the zodiac may be symbolized by four globes, each with two wings

scale. in the same way when the scale of colors visible to the ordinary eye is completed in the violet, another octave of finer invisible colors, with just twice as many vibrations, will commence and progress on precisely the same law" when the colors are related to the twelve signs of the zodiac, they are arranged as the spokes of a wheel. to aries is assigned pure red; to taurus, red-orange; to gemini, pure orange; to cancer, orange-yellow; to leo, pure yellow; to virgo, yellow-green; to libra, pure green; to scorpio, green-blue; to sagittarius, pure blue; to capricorn, blue-violet; to aquarius, pure violet; and to pisces, violet-red. in expounding the eastern system of esoteric philosophy, h. p, blavatsky relates the colors to the septenary constitution of man and the seven states of ma

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

e were sacred to jehovah in contradistinction to the tablets of sapphire that signified the potency that established the higher, or celestial, sphere. without doubt the mosaic tablets have their prototype in the stone pillars or obelisks placed on either side of the entrance to pagan temples. these columns may pertain to that remote time when men worshiped the creator through his zodiacal sign of gemini, the symbol of which is still the phallic pillars of the celestial twins "the ten commandments, writes hargrave jennings "are inscribed in two groups of five each, in columnar form. the five to the right (looking from the altar) mean the 'law; the five to the left mean the 'prophets' the right stone is masculine, the left stone is feminine. they correspond to the two disjoined pillars of st

e, sometimes the diamond; to venus, the turquoise, beryl, emerald, and sometimes the pearl, alabaster, coral, and carnelian; to mercury, the chrysolite, agate, and variegated marble. to the zodiac the same authorities assigned the following gems and stones: to aries the sardonyx, bloodstone, amethyst, and diamond; to taurus the carnelian, turquoise, hyacinth, sapphire, moss agate, and emerald; to gemini the topaz, agate, chrysoprase, crystal, and aquamarine; to cancer the topaz, chalcedony, black onyx, moonstone, pearl, cat's-eye, crystal, and sometimes the emerald; to leo the jasper, sardonyx, beryl, ruby, chrysolite, amber, tourmaline, sometimes the diamond; to virgo the emerald, camelian, jade, chrysolite, and sometimes the pink jasper and hyacinth; to libra the beryl, sardius, coral, l

uthwest, west depth; north height, northwest, north depth. they diverge to all eternity and are the arms of the universe. 3. the simple letters having been designed, established, weighed, and exchanged by god, he produced by them twelve zodiacal signs in the universe, twelve months in the year, and twelve chief organs in` human body (male and female. 4, the signs of the zodiac are: aries, taurus, gemini, cancer, leo, virgo, libra, scorpio, sagittarius, capricorn, aquarius, and pisces. the months of the year are: nisan, liar, sivan, tammuz, ab, elul, tisri, marcheshvan, kislev, tebet, sebat, and adar. the organs of the human body are: two hands, two feet, two kidneys, gall, small intestine, liver, esophagus, stomach, and spleen. 5. note. in the following twelve stanzas, knut stenring again

ot of the human body (male and female. 2nd. he caused the letter (v) to predominate in thought, crowned it, combined it with the others, and fashioned by them taurus (the bull) in the universe, the month liar in the year, and the right kidney of the human body (male and female. 3rd. he caused the letter (z) to predominate in movement, crowned it, combined it with the others, and fashioned by them gemini (the twins) in the universe, the month sivan in the year, and the left foot of the human body (male and female. 4th. he caused the letter (ch) to predominate in sight, crowned it, combined it with the others, and fashioned by them cancer (the crab) in the universe, the month tammuz in the year, and the right hand of the human body (male and female. 5th. he caused the letter (t) to predomina

h is but a reflection of divine wisdom. in the pseudo-egyptian tarot the towers are pyramids, the dogs are black and white respectively, and the moon is partly obscured by clouds. the entire scene suggests the dreary and desolate place in which the mystery dramas of the lesser rites were enacted. the nineteenth numbered major trump is called le soleil, the sun, and portrays two children--probably gemini, the twins--standing together in a garden surrounded by a magic ring of flowers. one of these children should be shown as male and the other female. behind them is a brick wall apparently enclosing the garden. above the wall the sun is rising, its rays alternately straight and curved. thirteen teardrops are falling from the solar face levi, seeing in the two children faith and reason, which

e garden of the world over which these two children, as personifications of eternal powers reside. the harmony of the world depends upon the coordination of two qualities symbolized throughout the ages as the mind and the heart. in the pseudo- egyptian tarot the children give place to a youth and a maiden. above them in a solar nimbus is the phallic emblem of generation--a line piercing a circle. gemini is ruled by mercury and the two children personify the serpents entwined around the caduceus. the twentieth numbered major trump is called le jugement, the judgment, and portrays three figures rising apparently from their tombs, though but one coffin is visible. above them in a blaze of glory is a winged figure (presumably the angel gabriel) blowing a trumpet. this tarot represents the libe

wn by two parallel lines descending through the throne of saturn (the spirit orifelis, through whom god manifested himself. passing through the boundary of the celestial universe and the 22 spheres of the lower system, the lines end at point b, the throne of lucifer, in whom the divine outpouring is concentrated and reflected. from him the divine light irradiates in succession to d (capricorn, e (gemini, f (libra, g (taurus, h (pisces, i (aquarius, k (cancer, l (virgo, m (aries, n (leo, o (scorpio, p (sagittarius, thence back to d. the zodiacal circles represent twelve orders of great and beneficent spirits, and the smaller circles within the ring of fixed stars mark the orbits of the sacred planets. table v, figure 54. figure 54 is similar to figure 53, but represents the universe at the

lack of uniformity in terminology is evidenced, for in the true way of nature seven stages are given, while in the dictionnaire mytho-herm tique twelve are noted. these twelve are linked with the signs of the zodiac in a manner worthy of consideration. 1. aries, calcination 5. leo, digestion 9. sagittarius, incineration 2. taurus, congelation 6. virgo, distillation 10. capricorn, fermentation 3. gemini, fixation 7. libra, sublimation 11. aquarius, multiplication 4. cancer, dissolution 8. scorpio, separation 12. pisces, projection this arrangement opens an interesting field of speculation which may be of great service if intelligently carried out. these twelve "steps" leading up to the accomplishment of the magnum opus are a reminder of the twelve degrees of the ancient rosicrucian mysteri

s a number of important parallelisms between this sacred book of the quich s and the sacred writings of other great civilizations. in the tests through which hunahpu and xbalanque are forced to pass he finds the following analogy with the signs of the zodiac as employed in the mysteries of the egyptians, chaldeans, and greeks "aries, crossing the river of mud. taurus, crossing the river of blood. gemini, detecting the two dummy kings. cancer, the house of darkness. leo, the house of spears. virgo, the house of cold (the usual trip to hell. libra, the house of tigers (feline poise. scorpio, the house of fire. sagittarius, the house of bats, where the god camazotz decapitates one of the heroes. capricorn, the burning on the scaffold (the dual phoenix. aquarius, their ashes being scattered in

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON VOL 1

ial sign, viz: taurus, virgo, or capricorn. for love, grace, and invisibility, the moon should be in a fiery sign, viz: aries, leo, or sagittarius. book one page 15 for hatred, discord, and destruction, the moon should be in a watery sign, viz: cancer, scorpio, or pisces. for experiments of a peculiar nature, which cannot be classed under any certain head, the moon should be in an airy sign, viz: gemini, libra, or aquarius. but if these things seem unto thee difficult to accomplish, it will suffice thee merely to notice the moon after her combustion, or conjunction with the sun, especially just when she quits his beams and appeareth visible. for then it is good to make all experiments for the construction and operation of any matter. that is why the time from the new unto the full moon is

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

fell to earth from the netherworld are trying desperately to regaintheir freedom. they have been chained in the pit (earth, but are convinced that thereis a way out of their terrestrial prison. this is why the space program exists, and whythere is exorbitant and frenzied expenditure in satellites and the exploration of outerspace. look at the names given to many of the space programs and modules: gemini, mercury,capricorn, apollo, seti, nasa, v oyager, columbia, challenger, etc. notice also the namesof the research and invention laboratories that produce the technology. so many bear namesthat come out of the ancient world or are cryptically occult (see phoenix, microsoft, loral,altera, lam, siliconix, teknekron, nec, apple, oracle, 3m, intel, nasa, sun, double tree,sunaco, t exaco, and so

MICHAEL W FORD THE VAMPIRE GATE

from the dragon spirit, the one of flames, the fourth evil force; samael the black. their colors are black and they appear as a dragon-lion. adimiron taurus (april 20 may 20 -fixed earth whose colors are blood, mixed with water and dull yellow and gray. their form is that of lion lizards who the vampyre magickian may use to drink of the vitality of those in large public gatherings. tzelladimiron gemini (may 21-june 20) mutable air demons whose congealed blood, bronze and 57 crimson. they are like savage triangular-headed dogs whose teeth tear the limbs of those in nightmares. this is restrained desires they are given substance by such shells. vampyres may enter the nightmare of another by evoking these spirits, sending and binding dog form-sigils and draining life energy in the nightmare

MORALS AND DOGMA

image was borne there, representing the corpse of a young man, over whose tomb tears were shed, and to whom funeral honors were paid. at samothrace, in the mysteries of the cabiri or great gods, a representation was given of the death of one of them. this name was given to the sun, because the ancient astronomers gave the name of gods cabiri and of samothrace to the two gods in the constellation gemini; whom others term apollo and hercules, two names of the sun. athenion says that the young cabirus so slain was the same as the dionusos or bakchos of the greeks. the pelasgi, ancient inhabitants of greece, and who settled samothrace, celebrated these mysteries, whose origin is unknown: and they worshipped castor and pollux as patrons of navigation. the tomb of apollo was at delphi, where hi

descending to an earthly body; and its number of degradations or deaths being the same as that of the spheres which it traverses. the galaxy, macrobius says, crosses the zodiac in two opposite points, cancer and capricorn, the tropical points in the sun's course, ordinarily called the gates of the sun. these two tropics, before his time, corresponded with those constellations, but in his day with gemini and sagittarius, in consequence of the precession of the equinoxes; but the _signs_ of the zodiac remained unchanged; and the milky way crossed at the _signs_ cancer and capricorn, though not at those _constellations. through these _gates_ souls were supposed to descend to earth and re-ascend to heaven. one, macrobius says, in his dream of scipio, was styled the gate of men; and the other

zodiac, and divided into twelve signs. at the vernal equinox, 2455 years before our era, the sun was entering the sign and constellation taurus, or the bull; having passed through, since he commenced, at the winter solstice, to ascend northward, the signs aquarius, pisces and aries; on entering the first of which he reached the lowest limit of his journey southward. from taurus, he passed through gemini and cancer, and reached leo when he arrived at the terminus of his journey northward. thence, through leo, virgo, and libra, he entered scorpio at the autumnal equinox, and journeyed southward through scorpia, sagittarius, and capricornus to aquarius, the terminus of his journey south. the path by which he journeyed through these signs became the _ecliptic; and that which passes through the

is 50 seconds and a little over [50" 1. the period of a complete revolution of the equinoxes, 25,856 years. the precession amounts to 30 or a sign, in 2155.6 years. so that, as the sun now enters pisces at the vernal equinox, he entered aries at that period, 300 years b.c, and taurus 2455 b.c. and the division of the ecliptic, now _called_ taurus, lies in the constellation aries; while the _sign_ gemini is in the _constellation_ taurus. four thousand six hundred and ten years before christ, the sun entered gemini at the vernal equinox. at the two periods, 2455 and 300 years before christ, and now, the entrances of the sun at the equinoxes and solstices into the signs, were and are as follows _b.c_ 2455. vern. equinox, he entered taurus from aries. summer solstice leo from cancer. autumnal

uinox. at the two periods, 2455 and 300 years before christ, and now, the entrances of the sun at the equinoxes and solstices into the signs, were and are as follows _b.c_ 2455. vern. equinox, he entered taurus from aries. summer solstice leo from cancer. autumnal equinox scorpio from libra. winter solstice aquarius from capricornus _b.c_ 300. vern. eq. aries from pisces. summer sols. cancer from gemini. autumn eq. libra from virgo. winter sols. capricornus from sagittarius. 1872. vern. eq. pisces from aquarius. sum. sols. gemini from taurus. aut. eq. virgo from leo. winter sols. sagittarius from scorpio. from confounding _signs_ with _causes_ came the worship of the sun and stars "if" says job "i beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon progressive in brightness; and my heart hath been

st. orion rises at noon about the 9th of march. his rising was accompanied with great rains and storms, and it became very terrible to mariners. in bo tes, called by the ancient greeks _lycaon, from _lukos_ a wolf, and by the hebrews, caleb anubach, the barking dog, is the great star arcturus, which, when taurus opened the year, corresponded with a season remarkable for its great heat. next comes gemini, the twins, two human figures, in the heads of which are the bright stars castor and pollux, the dioscuri, and the cabiri of samothrace, patrons of navigation; while south of pollux are the brilliant stars sirius and procyon, the greater and lesser dog: and still further south, canopus, in the ship argo. sirius is apparently the largest and brightest star in the heavens. when the vernal equ

and fro between the upper and lower limits of the zodiac; and her different places, phases, and aspects there, and her relations with the sun and the constellations, have been a fruitful source of mythological fables. all the planets had what astrology termed their _houses, in the zodiac. the house of the sun was in leo, and that of the moon in cancer. each other planet had two signs; mercury had gemini and virgo; venus, taurus and libra; mars, aries and scorpio; jupiter, pisces and sagittarius; and saturn, aquarius and capricornus. from this distribution of the signs also came many mythological emblems and fables; as also many came from the places of exaltation of the planets. diana of ephesus, the moon wore the image of a crab on her bosom, because in that sign was the moon's domicile; a

s the celestial river, most properly called the nile, and below, perseus, the god of chemmis, and auriga, leading a she-goat, himself identical with pan, whose wife aiga the she-goat was styled. then isis went in search of the body. she first met certain children who had seen it, received from them their information, and gave them in return the gift of divination. the second full moon occurred in gemini, the twins, who presided over the oracles of didymus, and one of whom was apollo, the god of divination. she learned that osiris had, through mistake, had connection with her sister nephte, which she discovered by a crown of leaves of the melilot, which he had left behind him. of this connection a child was born, whom isis, aided by her dogs, sought for, found, reared, and attached to herse

ascinated by jupiter, is metamorphosed into a cow, and placed in the sign of the celestial bull, where she becomes isis. the equinoctial year ends at the moment when the sun and moon, at the vernal equinox, are united with orion, the star of horus, placed in the heavens under taurus. the new moon becomes young again in taurus, and shows herself as a crescent, for the first time, in the next sign, gemini, the domicile of mercury. then orion, in conjunction with the sun, with whom he rises, precipitates the scorpion, his rival, into the shades of night, causing him to set whenever he himself re-appears on the eastern horizon, with the sun. day lengthens and the germs of evil are by degrees eradicated: and horus (from _aur, light) reigns triumphant, symbolizing, by his succession to the chara

a; and the latter, 2455 years b.c. from scorpio to taurus, and 300 years b.c. from libra to aries; of which we have already spoken, as the two hemispheres, or kingdoms of good and evil, light and darkness; of ormuzd and ahriman among the persians, and osiris and typhon among the egyptians. with the persians, the first six genii, created by ormuzd, presided over the first six signs, aries, taurus, gemini, cancer, leo, and virgo: and the six evil genii, or devs, created by ahriman, over the six others, libra, scorpio, sagittarius, capricornus, aquarius, and pisces. the soul was fortunate and happy under the empire of the first six; and began to be sensible of evil, when it passed under the balance or libra, the seventh sign. thus the soul entered the realm of evil and darkness when it passed

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

ru' who is set over the book of tahuti; see liber lxxviii) with those of ra and spirit. for ha is the atziluthic or archetypal spelling of he, the holy ghost. and ha =6, the number of the sun. he is also nuit, h being her letter. the language suggests that heru-ra-ha is the 'true name' of the unity who is symbolized by the twins harpocrates and horus. note that the twin sign and the child sign is gemini, whose letter is zain, a sword. the doctrine of the dual character of the god is very important to a proper understanding of him "the sign of the enterer is always to be followed immediately by the sign of silence: such is the imperative injunction to the neophyte. in book 4 the necessity for this is explained fully. 36. then said the prophet unto the god: this passage now following appears

NAGEL CARL AMAZING SECRETS OF OCCULT POWER

ars and exert a more potent effect if the correct foods are served to the person whose astrological sun sign agrees with the foods concerned. thus by compliance with the laws of astrology a witch can gain better results from his or her actions. here is a list of the most suitable aphrodisiac foods for the various astrological signs: aries: cinnamon, pepper, and chestnuts. taurus: grapes and sage. gemini: carrots and fennel. cancer: garlic and peppermint. leo: almonds and celery seed. virgo: apples and thyme. scorpio: ginger, mustard, and onions. sagittarius: sesame seed and nutmeg. capricorn: dates and wintergreen. aquarius: bananas and rye. pisces: mint and oranges. the word aphrodisiac is derived from aphrodite, the love goddess of the ancient greeks whom the romans called venus. of all

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dra, had died, see pp. 56 57) and had been rescued by her brothers, her suitors all swore revenge if anyone tried to steal her away from her chosen husband. helen married king menelaus, and when she was abducted by the trojan prince paris (see pp. 62 63, her suitors kept their promise and laid siege to troy. after their death, the dioscuri acquired a semidivinity and were venerated as the twin or gemini constellation. they were especially important to the spartans, and later, in the fifth century bce, to the romans. heroic divinities, who in life had been involved in many battles and adventures, the romans believed that they helped them on the battlefield. columbines underfoot grow purple columbines representing resolution, or a desire to win. they may refer to zeus determination to make l

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em to the perfect day, when the glory of this world passes and a great light shines over the splendid sea" book one <99> book one first knowledge lecture 1. the four elements of the ancients are duplicated conditions of: heat and dryness fire a heat and moisture air a cold and d yness earth b cold and moisture water v 2. the signs of the zodiac are twelve: 1. aries, the ram 2. taurus, the bull 3. gemini, the twins 4. cancer, the crab 5 .leo, the lion 6. virgo, the virgin 7. libra, the scales 8. scorpio, the scorpion 9. sagittarius, the archer 10. capricorn, the goat 11. aquarius, the water-bearer 12. pisces, the fishes these twelve signs are distributedamong the four triplicities or sets of three signs, each being attributed to one of the four elements, and they represent the operati

r 10. capricorn, the goat 11. aquarius, the water-bearer 12. pisces, the fishes these twelve signs are distributedamong the four triplicities or sets of three signs, each being attributed to one of the four elements, and they represent the operation of the elements in the zodiac. thus to fire belong aries, leo, sagittarius: thus to earth belong taurus, virgo, capricornus: thus to air belong gemini, libra, aquarius: thus to water belong cancer, scorpio, pisces. 3. to the ancients, six planets were known, besides the sun, which they classed with the planets. they also assigned certain planetary values to the north and 50 first knowledge ledure 51 south nodes of the moon- that is, the points where her orbit touches that of the ecliptic. these they named caput draconis a head of the drag

venus upon saturn. 4. emperor=the wisdom of sovereignty and beauty, and the originator of them; the sphere of the zodiac acting through aries upon the sun, and initiating spring <142> 5. hierophant=the wisdom and fountain of mercy, the sphere of the zodiac acting through taurus upon jupiter. 6. the lovers=the understanding of beauty and production of beauty and sovereignty. saturn acting through gemini upon sol. 7. chariot=understanding acting upon severity. saturn acting through cancer upon mars. 8. strength=fortitude. mercy tempering severity. the glory of strength. jupiter acting through leo upon mars. 9. hermit=the mercy of beauty, the magnificence of sovereignty, jupiter acting through virgo upon sol. 10. wheel of fortune=the mercy and magnificence of victory. jupiter acting through

e zodiac, and the stones are its various degrees and divisions. the two children standing respectively on water and earth repre< 11 1> sent the generating influence of both, brought into action by the rays of the sun. they are the two inferior and passive elements, as the sun and air above them are the superior and active elements of fire and air. furthermore, these two children resemble the sign gemini which unites the earthy sign of taurus with the watery sign cancer, 176 the golden dawn: volume i1 book two and this sign was, by the greeks and romans, referred to apollo and the sun. hierophanf returns to his throne. hegemon comes to the north by theoricus who remains in the west. i have much pleasure in conferring upon you the title of lord of the thirtieth path. you will now quit the te

unto the water is ascribed the blue colour of <236> chesed. unto the fire is ascribed the red colour of geburah. the colours are to be found in malkuth. those of the planets are in the rainbow scale; thus: saturn -indigo; jupiter- violet; mars- red; sol- orange; mercury -yellow; venus- green; luna- blue. unto the signs of the zodiac are ascribed the following: aries- scarlet; taurus- red-orange; gemini- orange; cancer- amber; leo- greenish-yellow; virgo- yellowish-green; libra- emerald; scorpio- greenish-blue; sagittarius- blue; cap ricornus- indigo; aquarius- purple; pisces- crimson. further, thou wilt observe that the colours of the paths and the sephiroth form a mutual balance and harmony on the tree. colours are forces, the signatures of the forces; and the child of the children of th

the colours of the crook and scourge are taken from those of the <237> minutum mundum diagram, and they thus represent the just equilibrium between mercy and severity on the tree of life. the crook therefore is divided into the colours symbolic of: kether, aleph, chokmah, taurus, chesed, leo, tiphareth, aries, hod, capricornus. and the scourge into those syrnbolising: netzach, scorpio, tiphareth, gemini, binah, cancer, geburah, mem. third (indicates sword and serpent) the colours of the minutum mundum are also the key to those which compose the admission badge of the sword and serpent; and thus by their aid it may be the better examined and comprehended. the one is ascending, the other is descending; the one is fixed, the other is volatile; the one unites the sephiroth, the other the paths

atery signs. fiery signs. rank 5. the kerubic line shows the signs in the order of tetragrammaton read in hebrew. rank 7. the cardinal line shows the signs from the right in the order of astronomical sequence of the solar course: vernal equinox, summer solstice, autumn equinox, winter solstice. rank 8. the common line shows the signs again in a different position. here the earliest in the year is gemini on the left of mem, and passing left to virgo, you then go round to extreme right to sagittarius, pass centrewards to pisces close to makuth. the colouring of each square is dual- a ground colour, and the colour of the emblem. the ground colour is a compound of the colour of the planet of the side tinting the colour of the force to which the square is allotted. each side has the square of i

half an inch thick. the several bands of white, 12 colours, and black may be painted or enamelled, or formed of coloured papers pasted on. the length of colours should be such that the white is a little the longest, then the black, while the 12 colours are equal, and smaller than the black. the colours must be clear, brilliant and correct. they are as follows: white: aries-red: taurus-red-orange: gemini-orange: canceramber: leo-lemon-yellow: virgo-yellow-green: libra-emerald: scorpiogreen- blue: sagittarius-bright-blue: capricornus-indigo: aquariusviolet: pisces-crimson: black. the lotus flower may be made of sheet metal or card board, in 3 whorls of 8,8, and 10 petals, white internally and tips curved in a little, olive outside with 5 markings as shown in diagram. the centre is orange, or

between the thumb and two fingers. if a planetary working be required, hold the wand by the portion representing the day or night house of the planet, or else by the sign in which the planet is at the time. r i day house-capricorn i night house-aquarius y i day house-sagittarius i night house-pisces d i day house-aries i night house-scorpio 9 1 day house-libra i night house-taurus 5! 1 day house-gemini i night house-virgo sol 0 in leo only i luna d in cancer only the lotus wand 3 03 for example, if venus be the planet referred to, use in the day libra, and in the night taurus. should the action be with the elements, one of the signs of the triplicity of the elements should be held according to the nature of the element intended to be invoked. bear in mind that the kerubic emblem is the mo

se circumambulation. 21. standing at west of altar, face east, and recite: in the name of yeheshuah, i now set free the spirits that may have been imprisoned by this ceremony. 22. preferably, perform the lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram. 2 <44> the invocation to the forces of the s signs of the zodiac p s 3 a permutation hebrew tribe of sign of name letter israel angel colour aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo libra scorpio sagittarius capricorn aquarius pisces yod yod yod heh heh heh vau vau vau heh heh heh heh heh vau vau vau heh heh heh yod yod yod heh vau heh heh heh yod vau yod heh heh heh vau yod heh vau heh yod heh yod heh yod heh vau heh vau heh vau zayin cheth teth yod lamed nun samech ayin tzaddi qoph gad ephraim manasseh issachar judah naphthali asshur dan benjamin zeb

f hismael or jupiter in pisces. signifies zazel and bartzabel in all their ideals, being cauda draconis. signifies hismael and kedemel in all their ideas, being a figure of caput draconis. signified melchidael or puer, a figure of bartzabel or mars in aries. signifies asmodel and amissio, a figure of kedemel or venus in taurus. signifies ambriel or albus, a figure of taphthartharath or mercury in gemini. a mode of using the talismanic forms drawn from the geomantic figures is to take those yielded by the figures under the <78> planet required and to place them at opposite ends of a wheel of eight radii as shown below. a versicle suitable to the matter may then be written within the double circle. occasionally, a square of any convenient 496 the golden dawn: volume n book smen number of com

of ruler planet which sign of ruler rules answer zodiac bartzabel 9 kedemel 3 taphthartharath 3 chasmodai 3 sorath 7 taphthartharath kedemel bartzabel cs hismael b zazel a zazel* hismael zazel and 83 bamabel hismael and% kedemcl sorath mars d cy aries venus 9 tautus mercury g luna i) sol 0 mercury g venus 9 mars 6 jupiter saturn r) saturn r) jupiter saturn fi and mars 8 venus and 9 jupiter sol 0 gemini cancer s l k virgo fi libra q scorpio 9 sagittarius llg capricorn= aquariw pisces cauda draconis q caput draconis 3 chasmodai luna cancer (note: when attributing the above geomantic figures to the tree of life, the two saturnian figures represent the three supernals. the planetary geomancy 52 7 <115> attributions element geomantic name and meaning of figure figure* fire* puer (a boy, yellow

pposite to its own house. the geomantic figures, being attributed to the planets and signs, are dignified according to the rules which obtain in astrology? that is to say they follow the dignities of their ruling planets, considering the twelve houses of the scheme as answering to the twelve signs. thus, the ascendant or first house answers to aries, the second house to taurus, the third house to gemini, and so on to the twelfth answering to pisces. therefore the figures of mars will be strong in the first house, but weak in the seventh house, and so forth. name of sign ruler element exaltation fall detriment strong aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo libra scorpio sagittarius capricorn aquarius pisces mars venus mercury luna sol memuy venus mars jupiter saturn saturn jupiter fire earth a

ayfish issues. her face is dreamy. she holds a lotus in the hand upon the ibis. she is imaginative, poetic, kind, yet not willing to take much trouble for another. coquettish, good-natured, underneath a dreamy appearance. imagination stronger than feeling. very much affected by other influences, and therefore more dependent upon good or ill-dignity than upon most other symbols. she rules from 20" gemini to 20" cancer. water of water. queen of nymphs and undines. xi. prince of the chariot of the waters. king of cws a winged kingly figure with a winged crown, seated in a chariot drawn by an eagle. on the wheel is the symbol of a scorpion. the eagle is borne as a crest upon his crown, cuirass and buskins. general attire like king of wands. beneath his chariot is the calm and stagnant water of

s. the golden dawn: volume iv book eight swords xi1. lord of the winds and breezes. king of the spirit of air. knight of swords a winged warrior with crowned and winged helmet, mounted upon a brown steed, his general equipment is as that of the knight of wands, but he wears as a crest awinged six-pointed star, similar to those represented on the heads of castor and pollux, the dioscuri, the twins-gemini (a part of which constellation is included in his rule. he holds a drawn sword with the sigil of his scale upon its pommel. beneath his horse's feet are dark, driving, stratus clouds. he is active, clever, subtle, fierce, delicate, courageous, skillful, but inclined to domineer. also to over-value small things, unless well-dginified. ill-digrufied: deceitful, tyrannical and crafty. rules fr

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istic and the pythagorean systems of numbers may be used equally to good advantage in the formulation of sigils from the traditional magical squares. chapter two how to overcome unfavourable aspects let us deal with another related phase of this topic. suppose that you have had your horoscope erected by a competent astrologer, and the delineation indicates that too many planets are in airy signs (gemini, libra, and aquarius. if they are badly aspected, these planets could render the native rather flighty, relatively unstable, and impractical. in order to compensate for this, a talisman could be prepared which would balance out the unfavourable chart aspects. a saturn talisman could, in these circumstances, be most useful. saturn is not merely the grim reaper, the tester, the burden of life

ebrew names as a rule represent the operation of certain general forces while the names on the enochian or angelical tablets represent a species of more particular ideas. both classes of names should be used in these operations. i illustrate his idea as follows: fire aries leo sagittarius triplicity: heh teth samech+ al= hitsael earth taurus virgo capricorn triplicity: vav yod ayin+ al= vioel air gemini libra aquarius triplicity: zayin lamed tzaddi+ al= zaitzel water cancer scorpio pisces triplicity: cheth nun qoph +al= chankel these names should either be incorporated into the talisman itself, or sigils based upon them should be traced, during a ceremony, over the talisman, as though standing upon it, while the angelic name is vibrated strongly and often. chapter five a practical example

RITUALS OF THE SOCIETAS ROSICRUCIANIS IN ANGLIA

eration. how wonderful in all his structure. he was made last because he was theworthiest, the soul was inspired last because yet more noble, for it is the breath of the holy spirit.the soul is liken unto god, for it is one, immaterial, immortal, distinguished into three cowers whichall make up one spirit. yet observe how closely the spirit and the man are united, symbolised, bythe zodiacal sign, gemini, or the twins; and of which the stars of the second magnitude, castor andpollux are typical as they are termed "corposant, or body and spirit.conductor and companions proceed to 1st ancient, whose six lights have just been lit. the tapers ofmedallist and 2nd herald are extinguished.1st ancient,6th sign: now, all created things move in harmony toward the fulfilment of their destiny; theheave

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and then stays with that job for many years. the card which reflects this future is the nine of swords, cruelty. the 9.s reflects the completion of the 8.s, the satisfaction of the querant's desire for intellectual activity. it shows more than satisfaction- the querant is now so intellectually involved that the job has become cruel, demanding, and not at all pleasant "the card is ruled by mars in gemini; it is agony of mind" the querant will be able to take the picayune problems of 8.s for only so long. numerologically the 9 reflects the end of the cycle, in this case a dead end. 1. 3.s sorrow 2. 4.d power 3. q.d 4. 10.s ruin 5. 8.d prudence 6. pm.s 7. 9.d gain 8. 6.d success 9. 8.s interference 10. a.d 11. xi lust 12. q.s 13. q.w 14. xxi universe 15. 10.w oppression 16. 7.d failure 17. x

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sun which is stellar in nature. the letters connected to this cell is zayin, the path of the double-edge and the occult fight between the brothers of the one- this finding its ultimate understanding and beauty in the dynamic path between the fighting ieshoua and the conquering luchifer. this fight being performed within the one christ. the one is further finding its reflection in the influence of 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

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rus planet: saturn degree: 20 25 meaning: permeating all things. psalm 113:3: from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, let the name of tetragrammaton be praised. 60th angel name: metzrael sign: taurus planet: saturn degree: 25 30 meaning: raising up the oppressed. psalm 145:17: righteous is tetragrammaton in all his ways, and holy in all his works. 61st angel name: vamibael sign: gemini planet: jupiter degree: 0 5 24 meaning: the name which is over all. psalm 118:2: let the name of tetragrammaton be praised from this time forth and for evermore. 62nd angel name: lahahel sign: gemini planet: jupiter degree: 5-10 meaning: supreme ens or essence. psalm 119:159: see how i have loved thy precepts, 0 tetragrammaton, in thy mercy keep me alive. 63rd angel name: nghaneauel sign: g

hahel sign: gemini planet: jupiter degree: 5-10 meaning: supreme ens or essence. psalm 119:159: see how i have loved thy precepts, 0 tetragrammaton, in thy mercy keep me alive. 63rd angel name: nghaneauel sign: gemini planet: mars degree: 10-15 meaning: rejoicing psalm 100:2: serve tetragrammaton with joy, enter those who fear him, unto those who hope in his mercy. 64th angel name: mochaiel sign: gemini planet: mars degree: 15-20 meaning: vivifying 25 psalm 33:18: behold, the eyes of tetragrammaton is unto those who fear him, unto those who hope in his mercy. 65th angel name: damabaiah sign: gemini planet: sun degree: 20-25 meaning: fountain of wisdom. psalm 90:13: return 0 tetragrammaton how long! and repent thee concerning thy servants. 66th angel name: menqel sign: gemini planet: sun de

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er yetzirah" 1. god produced h predominant in speech, crowned it, combined and formed with it aries in the universe, nisan in the year, and the right foot of man. 2. he produced vau, predominant in mind, crowned it, combined and formed with it taurus in the universe, aiar in the year, and the right kidney of man. 3. he produced zain, predominant in movement crowned it, combined and formed it with gemini in the universe, sivan in the year, and the left foot of man. 4. he produced cheth, predominant in sight, crowned it, combined and formed it with cancer in the universe, tammuz in the year, and the right hand of man. 5. he produced teth, predominant in hearing, crowned it, combined and formed with it leo in the universe, ab in the year, and the left kidney in man. 6. he produced yod, predom

this last paragraph is generally considered to be less ancient than the remainder of the treatise, and by another author. 55. the lord most high. oliu adun. adun or adon, or adonai, adni, are commonly translated lord; eliun, oliun, is the more usual form of "the most high one" 56. him. rittangelius gives "credidit in tetragrammaton" but this word is shin shor taurus oin oqereb scorpio tau thaumim gemini qoph qesheth sagittarius samech sartan cancer gimel gedi capricorn aleph aryeh leo daleth dali aquarius beth bethuleh virgo daleth dagim pisces not in the hebrew. 57. tongue. the verbal covenant. 58. speech. the hebrew has "upon his tongue" 59. the hebrew version of rabbi judah ha levi concludes with the phrase "and said of him, before i formed thee in the belly, i knew thee" rabbi luria gi

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zodiac into four triangles of three each and called the t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d prophecy and divination 119 ancients held the celestial bodies in great regard. groupings by the same names as were empedocles fs four elements. aries, sagittarius, and leo were termed fire signs; cancer, scorpio, and pisces, water; libra, aquarius, and gemini, air; and capricorn, taurus, and virgo comprised the signs of earth. in essence, astrology deals with the relationship between the positions of the sun, moon, and planets and the life of an individual. astrology has its philosophical root in the premise that each individual is a universe in miniature and mirrors within himself or herself the astrological pattern found in the heavens at the

s their own way, but they are not quite as aggressive and as dominant as those under the aries sign. they are passionate in nature, and love means much to them. they also make splendid mothers or fathers. taureans are generally not bookish types; they prefer life itself to fiction. although taureans are inclined to be generous, they will fly into a rage if they learn that they have been deceived. gemini, the twins, may 22 to june 21, is an air sign. according to the ancient romans, the sign of gemini represents the twin sons, castor and pollux, who were born to leda, the queen of sparta, after jupiter seduced her, the king of the gods. the twins were highspirited, strong, and inseparable. geminis are among the most intelligent citizens of the zodiac; but they have a dual nature, and they f

ve enjoyed widespread appeal for centuries. because most people are familiar t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d objects of mystery and power 185 salt crystals (corbis corporation) with these stones, the magic powers of each is as follows: agate. this stone may appear as striped or clouded quartz, and is astrologically associated with the sign gemini. an agate amulet is believed to promote good health. an agate ring bestows wealth and honor; also, it can be used to obtain favors from people in high positions. legend has it that any person who gazes upon this gem will be compelled to speak the truth and cannot maintain secrecy. amethyst. this gem, a purple variety of quartz, is traditionally considered to be the aquarian birthstone. an a

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ss, derived colors for each of the musical notes as well. since all the colors allotted to the planets and elements were included in the twelve colors of the rainbow associated with the signs, they were assigned notes based on color (in the king scale of the golden dawn, thus: 244 the balance between mind and g i c color note sign planet element red c aries mars fire red-orange c# taurus orange d gemini sun yellow-orange d# cancer yellow e leo mercury air yellow-green f virgo green f# libra venus blue-green g scorpio blue g# sagittarius moon water blue-violet a capricorn saturn violet a# aquarius jupiter red-violet b pisces in the golden dawn system, the twenty-two letters of the hebrew alphabet are each associated with a sign, planet, or element. by extending the correspondences in the pr

system, the twenty-two letters of the hebrew alphabet are each associated with a sign, planet, or element. by extending the correspondences in the preceding chart to the associated hebrew letters, we get the following: hebrew letter note astrology color h aleph e air yellow 2 beth e mercury yellow 3 gimel g# moon blue 7 daleth f# venus green 3 heh c aries red 1 vav c# taurus red-orange t zayin d gemini orange n cheth d# cancer yellow-orange d teth e leo yellow 9 yod f virgo yellow-green a# jupiter violet ?7 lkaamphe d f# libra green d mem g# water blue 3, nun g scorpio blue-green b samekh g# sagittarius blue ff ayin a capricorn blue-violet peh c mars red 3 tzaddi a# aquarius violet appendix 245 i' qoph b pisces red-violet 1 resh d sun orange u shin c fire red n tav a saturn blue-violet in

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sphere of the zodiac or fixed stars enki; lumashi (igigi) 3. sphere of saturn adar 4. sphere of jupiter marduk 5. sphere of mars nergal 6. sphere of the sun utu 7. sphere of venus inanna 8. sphere of mercury nebo 9. sphere of the moon nanna 10. sphere of the elements kia 11. air anna 12. mercury gudud 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 (wea

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ait other planets to be discovered beyond the orbit of pluto. notice that each variant contains in the same order the two simple symbols of the traditional planet with which it shares signs, plus the missing third symbol added at the bottom to act as its base. no new base can be added to mercury because it already has three symbols, so the upper two symbols are inverted in the variant that shares gemini and virgo with mercury. it is common practice in magic to assign the seven traditional planets to the hexa- gram in this way, after the teaching of the hermetic order of the golden dawn: the most questionable aspect of this arrangement is the placing of the sun in the center. in magic the sun is not the center of the solar system-the self is the center around which all else revolves. the an

cally expressed through the zodiac, a system of twelve archetypal forces loosely related to patterns of stars in the night sky. it should be understood that the symbolic figures and beasts of the zodiac did not arise from contemplation of the night sky, but were projected onto the star patterns by ancient chaldean philosophers who discerned in humanity and in table of dodecagram sign aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo libra scorpio sagittarius capricorn aquarius pisces element and motion form wild tame artist land-water wild priest lawyer land warrior tame laborer water level beast beast man creature beast man man creature man beast man creature color key i red red-purple purple blue-purple blue blue-green green yellow-green yellow yellow-orange orange red-orange being having thinking fe

. however, merely because the signs are not defined by the stars does not lessen their importance as archetypes. the zodiac of the chaldeans is at least 4,000 years old, and has scarcely changed. here are the signs, names, and representations of the zodiac given in tradi- tional order, proceeding counterclockwise around the heavens: aries ram ll libra scales itj taurus bull ?tl scorpio scorpion n gemini twins 2 sagittarius archer cancer crab 25 capricorn sea-goat q leo lion zz aquarius water-bearer iijj virgo virgin x pisces fishes the tree of the sephiroth may be viewed as a terrestrial and human symbol based on the division of fives (the number of man, while the zodiac may be con- sidered a heavenly and divine symbol based on the division of sixes (the number of god. this distinction is

odified to render its structure more apparent, and mercury has been put in place of the sun to reflect the present mercury-central system of magic. each arm bears the signs that are ascribed to one of the elements-fire, water, air, or earth. they are read out from the center of the cross: b i'.iv.i. vo- a: fire a aries, leo, sagittarius b: water v cancer, scorpio, pisces c: air a libra, aquarius, gemini d: earth 7 capricorn, taurus, virgo the three concentric circles of four signs each are ascribed to the three kinds of motion-linear, rotary, and vibratory. in astrology these motions are called cardinal, fixed, and mutable. the circles are read clockwise in a spiral out from the center of the cross, beginning with the first sign, aries- 43% y- p- a- x: cardinal (linear motion- aries, cance

e three kinds of motion-linear, rotary, and vibratory. in astrology these motions are called cardinal, fixed, and mutable. the circles are read clockwise in a spiral out from the center of the cross, beginning with the first sign, aries- 43% y- p- a- x: cardinal (linear motion- aries, cancer, libra, capricorn y fixed (rotary motion) 0 taurus, leo, scorpio, aquarius z: mutable (vibratory motion) v gemini, virgo, sagittarius, pisces v 1 v v @irn0lxl- v this division into the four elements and the three motions is more common- ly shown in astrology by means of the grand symbol of the double dodecagram of four triangles and three squares, as shown in the illustration on page 141. each triangle indicates one of the elemental divisions, and each square points to one of the divisions of motion. w

use of the magus. it should be devised only after careful study of the sign and should be the most evocative of all possible words for the gestalt meaning of that sign. here are examples of what these catalytic words might be like; however, the magus would be well advised to find his or her own words: aries-being ledommanding sagittarius-perceiving taurus-having virgo-considering capricorn-using gemini-thinking libra-weighing aquarius-knowing cancer-feeling scorpio-desiring pisces-serving no catalytic word will tell you all you should know about a sign, just as no title can convey everything that is in a book. also, catalytic words can only call up information that has been gathered into the mind through long hours of study- alone they are almost valueless. the powers of the zodiac are no

the three fire signs, beginning with aries (ihva, then proceeding to sagittar- ius (ih, and finally to leo (iv. the banners that start with the first he are placed clockwise on the three water signs, beginning with cancer (hv, then pisces (hvia, and finally scorpio (h&v. the banners that start with the hebrew letter vau are placed clockwise on the three air signs, beginning with libra (v&h, then gemini (v&i, and finally aquarius (viha. the banners that start with the second he (indicated by the dot) are placed clockwise on the three earth signs, beginning with capricorn (i hv, then virgo(&vh, and finally taurus (ikv1. those who possess a copy of the first edition of this work (the new magus, llewellyn, 1988) will notice that the ordering of the banners of tetragrammaton has been altered

be stressed here that this placement of the twelve overt banners of tetragrammaton on the signs of the zodiac by elemental association with the ini- tial hebrew letters in the banners is original. the more usual practice of both golden dawn magicians and hebrew kabbalists is to place the banners in a linear sequence on the signs counterclockwise, beginning with aries (ih, then tau- rus (ih, then gemini (iv, and so on. however, in the opinion of the author, the link between the initial letters in the banners and the elements is too strong to ignore. all three banners that start with yod, the letter of fire, must be placed on fire signs. and so for the rest. it will be at once clear why it is so important to distinguish the first he in the divine name of god from the second he. they are the

: the secret to evoking angelic powers and the key to the apocalypse (llewellyn: st. paul, mn, 1995. when trying to understand a system of symbols, it is always helpful to break it down into 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

ii. xiv. xv. xvi. xvii. xviii. xix. xx. xxi. hierophant lovers temperance strength hermit wheel justice hanged man death chariot devil tower star moon sun judgement world vau zayin cheth teth yod kaph lamed mem nun samekh ayin pe tzaddi qoph resh shin tau (single (single (single (single (single (double (single (mother (single (single (single (double (single (single (double (mother (double) taurus gemini cancer leo virgo sun libra water scorpio sagittarius capricorn mars aquarius pisces jupiter fire saturn it was deemed necessary to invert the placements of temperance and the chariot in the revised sequence of the tarot trumps. cancer is a much more appropriate sign for temperance than sagittarius, which more properly suits the warlike nature of the chariot. even more radical revisions of t

e (briah, citrine (yetzirah, and black (assiah. these derive from the path of malkuth (ten) on the queen scale, and are represented in the pentacle of earth used in golden dawn magic. the signs of the zodiac were assigned the colors on the king scale of those paths on the tree where the zodiac signs appear. these are, in the golden dawn order: aries (fifteen, scarlet, taurus (sixteen, red-orange, gemini (seventeen, orange, cancer (eighteen, amber, leo (nineteen, greenish yellow, virgo (twen- ty, yellow-green, libra (twenty-two, emerald, scorpio (twenty-four, greenish blue, sagittarius (twenty-five, deep blue, capricorn (twenty-six, indigo, aquar- ius (twenty-eight, violet, and pisces (twenty-nine, crimson. this assignment is not entirely satisfactory, since emerald, an earth color, is link

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altar of sacrifice, which shows rusty traces of dried blood. it does not offer oracles, but remains mute. all of its laws have already been uttered and written down in a book bound with black calfskin, and there are no new revelations. those who seek guidance must do so by looking into the black book on its reading stand beside the altar. vi the lovers hebrew letter: zayin (sword) correspondence: gemini path: seventeenth a young man and young woman are united in marriage by a winged angel beneath the bright rays of the sun. in the waite design, both are naked and represent adam and eve. the woman stands beneath the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, around the trunk of which coils a green serpent. the man stands beneath the tree of life, the leaves of which are flames. the angel, who

16. chokmah to chesed hebrew letter: vau tarot trump: v the hierophant correspondence: taurus "the sixteenth path is the triumphal or eternal intelligence, so called because it is the pleasure of the glory, beyond which is no other glory like to it, and it is called also the paradise prepared for the righteous" 17. binah to tiphareth hebrew letter: zayin tarot trump: vi the lovers correspondence: gemini chapter thirteen: pathworking 235 "the seventeenth path is the disposing intelligence, which provides faith to the righteous, and they are clothed with the holy spirit by it, and it is called the foundation of excellence in the state of higher things" 18. binah to geburah hebrew letter: cheth tarot trump: vii the chariot correspondence: cancer "the eighteenth path is called the intelligence

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

the twelve banners, and their corresponding signs, is as follows: b,vav ihvm 'v aries 3 fire-cardinal ithc pc' o (4 v va ihhv sagittarius 0 fire-mutable t m4i-f? r7cc (4 ahvv mh e o fire-fixed dava hvri -6z cancer water-cardinal 7hc i o t (7) van g' hvih 3 i s c e s water-mutable the m oon (181 084a hhiv'/flji scorpio 7 water-fixed boa4 1( 1) ava-v vhih- libra> air-cardinal (4 (11) 4 8 v vhhi .a gemini air-mutable h c i o e f(i" bav vihh aquarius 3 air-fixed thc 5jq (1 ?i i(/51' hi, capricorn 3 earth-cardinal tk orof 1 ;q v hivh r/ri virgo j earth-mutable 7hc he vmt vvqa hhvi 8 taurus 7 earth-fixed 7 hr 14 i* o t ha lii (5j the boldface type in the permutations of the name indicates the position of the second h in each banner. this relationship between the banners and the zodiac signs ori

ons of the name indicates the position of the second h in each banner. this relationship between the banners and the zodiac signs originates in my own work and is not the common practice. it is usual among occultists to ignore the elemental associations of the initial letters in the names and simply assign them to the zodiac in order, counterclockwise, beginning with ihvh-aries, ihhv-taurus, ivhh-gemini, and so on. all too often, those who attempt to use the banners have an imperfect idea of their structure, and ignorance makes error inevitable. the term banner has here been loosely applied to all permutations of tetragrammaton, because this is the usual practice in western magic. however, i should point out that it is more correct to refer to each group of three forms that begin with the

of severity: ivd+ ih (yodiahbhvhi 64 tetragrammaton hvih: pisces (water-mutable) 9. angel of mercy: dmv+ al (demuelbhvih 10. angel of severity: vmd+ ih (vamediah)-hvih hhiv scorpio (water-fixed) 11. angel of mercy: dab+ al (dabaelbhhiv 12. angel of severity: bad+ ih (badiahbhhiv vhih: libra (air-cardinal) 13. angel of mercy: vah+ al (vahae1)-vhih 14. angel of severity: hav+ ih (haviahbvhih vhhi: gemini (air-mutable) 15. angel of mercy: vih+ al (vihaelbvhhi 16. angel of severity: hiv+ ih (hiviahl-vhhi vihh: aquarius (air-fixed) 17. angel of mercy: viv+ al (vivaell-vihh 18. angel of severity: viv+ ih (viviahl-vihh hihv capricorn (earth-cardinal) 19. angel of mercy: shbv+ al (shabuell-hihv 20. angel of severity: vbsh+ ih (vabashiah)-hihv hivh: virgo (earth-mutable) 21. angel of mercy: shhv+

great occult significance, because it provides a key to the nature of each son and therefore to the tribe he represents. there seems to be a veiled reference in this blessing to the twelve signs of the zodiac. for example, judah is said to be a lion, perhaps a reference to leo; simeon and levi are said to be fire water air earth earth moon sun the breastplate of aaron brethren, which may refer to gemini, the sign of the twins; dan is said to be a judge (libra; joseph is linked to the bow (sagittarius; and two of the brothers, reuben and zebulun, are linked with water. i am not the only person to notice the allusions to the zodiac in the blessing of jacob. alfred j. pearce in his classic work the text-book of astrology gives the assignment of the blessings to the signs arrived at by one dr

he meaning of the tribes in concert with the astrological meaning of their related signs of the zodiac. the particular banner of the name selected shows which tribe and related sign should be applied to the question. for example, if the question were put to the oracle "what is the likely outcome of my forthcoming visit to relatives" and the banner drawn was vhhi, pointing to naphtali and the sign gemini, the response would be free speech and true testimony, indicating the revelation of some family secret. it is possible that urim and thummim were used for more than just divination by lot. according to the torah, the high priest employed them as a 86 tetragrammaton focus during deep meditation until he attained the exalted state of ruach ha-qadesh, the holy ruach, during which the enlighten

graved, the twelve occult banners of tetragrammaton in hebrew letters, right to left, in the same dimension and style that was used to engrave the gold rings. on the inside of the hoops beneath the bezels of the silver rings, engrave, or have engraved, the twelve corresponding names of the wings of the winds who make up the angels of severity. zodiac gold (sun) silver (moon) 1. aries 2. taurus 3. gemini 4. cancer 5. leo 6. virgo 7. libra 8. scorpio 9. sagittarius 10. capricorn 11. aquarius 12. pisces ihvh (qthh+al) hhvi (shia+al) vhhi (vih+al) hvhi (dvi+al) ivhh (qli+al) hivh (shhv+al) vhih (vah+al) hhiv (dab) ihhv (qtzh+al) hihv (shbv+al) vihh (viv+al) hvih (dmv+al) ihvh (hthq+ih) hhvi (aish+ih) vhhi (hiv+ih) hvhi (ivd+ih) ivhh (ilq+ih) hivh (vhsh+ih) vhih (hav+ih) hhiv (bad+ih) ihhv (htz

ns them under the sun and moon to the signs of the zodiac. by this arrangement, the zodiac is divided down the middle into a solar half (right side) and a lunar half (left side. the sun, ruling in leo, is placed over the five lesser planets in the signs from virgo to capricorn, while the moon, ruling in cancer, is placed over the mirror-opposite ordering of the same five planets in the signs from gemini to aquarius. mercury is the only planet belonging both to the sect of the sun and the sect of the moon. it is the crucible of solar and lunar forces, where these powers mingle and amalgamate with each other. as such, it represents heavenly adam incarnated upon the earth (the messiah, or christ) and the middle pillar of mildness on the tree of the sephiroth. this is an occult correspondence

within the province of taurus and the second house of the zodiac, to which taurus corresponds- practical, productive works concerning material possessions and personal security. banner rings 101 it is impossible to be more precise about the day and hour the sun enters the signs of the zodiac, because this varies from year to year. the approximate times of entry are these: sun enters aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo libra scorpio sagittarius. capricorn aquarius pisces date march 21 april 20 may 21 june 22 july 23 august 24 september 23 october 24 november 23 december 22 january 20 february 19 ideally, the gold rings should be changed at the very minute the sun enters the succeeding sign. these times can be obtained by consulting a good ephemeris such as raphael's, where the entry of th

e, or dissatisfaction; dislocating individuals from their social setting. civil disruption, personal disputes, and complaints against organizations or groups can all be incited by this angel. forni and function of the wings xv angel: vihael (vih+al) pronounced: vi-ha'-el hebrew: 5 7'1 enochian: cl$c313 banner: vhhi polarity: sun qpe: mercy side: right sex: male element: air quality: mutable sign: gemini house: third direction: east-southeast stone: agate (clouded) dibe: naphtali apostle: thomas enochian god name: arsl enochian senior: laoaxrp invoking banishing appearance: thin frame with a large chest; very mobile hands with long fingers; a flexible face; wide mouth capable of many expressions; large nose; large, prominent ears; high cheekbones; golden eyes; long chin; tanned complexion;

nction: diplomacy, arbitration, brokering deals, managing artistic talent or property, arranging travel, teaching, publishing, legal arguments, creative writing, news reporting, publicity, media events. 138 tetragrammaton angel: hiviah (hiv+ih) pronounced: hi-vi'-ah hebrew: 7'1'7 enochian: c$-lic) banner: vhhi polarity: moon qpe: severity side: left sex: female element: air quality: mutable sign: gemini house: third direction: east-southeast stone: agate (clouded) dibe: naphtali apostle: thomas enochian god name: arsl enochian senior: slgaiol invoking banishing appearance: slight, slender, but very active, with short, curling brown hair on a small skull; prominent pink ears; alert and intelligent golden eyes under arched brows; a long, upturned nose set in a triangular face with a tapered

time are above, or moving above, the horizon of the earth, and six of which are below. the sun and moon each rule half of the signs. the sun in leo has authority over the signs on the right side of the zodiac: virgo (mercury, libra 194 tetragrammaton (venus, scorpio (mars, sagittarius (jupiter, and capricorn (saturn. the moon in cancer has authority over the signs on the left side of the zodiac: gemini (mercury, taurus (venus, aries (mars, pisces (jupiter, and aquarius (saturn. the six seats "of living breath" may refer to those signs of the zodiac under the sun, and the six seats that are "as sharp sickles, or the horns of death" may refer to the signs under the moon. both the sickle and the horn are symbols of the crescent moon. here, they are also death images. the meaning is that six

cer judah andrew garnet 8. hvhi yodiah adoeoet- e 9. hvih demuel alndvod+ 1 nne 3 10. aylh vamediah teaa aapdoce- pisces issachar bartholomew sapphire eagle first he 5 11. hhiv dabael pdoce arinnap+ west scorpio zebulun thaddeus jasper 2 w 12. hhiv badiah anodoin- h m 13. vhih vahael mph lsrahpm+ wsw libra dan jacinth james the% 14. vhih haviah saiinou- greater 2 15. vhhi vihael arsl laoaxrp+ ese gemini naphtali thomas agate man vau f 3 16. vhhi hiviah slgaiol- i% a 17. vihh vivael gaiol ligdisa+ north aquarius gad simon amethyst 18. vihh viviah soniznt- 19. hihv shabuel ori habioro+ nnw capricorn asher john chrysolite 20. hihv vabashiah aaozaif- 21. hivh shahavel ibah htmorda+ ssw virgo joseph matthew onyx bull second 22. hivh vaheshiah ahaozpi- he 23. hhvi shiael hipotga+ aozp1 avtotar

ton indisputable once the numerical pattern of the banners is examined. in agrippa's list, the tribes manasseh and ephraim take the place of the tribes of joseph and levi. for a corrected version of this table, see my own annotated edition of the three books of occult philosophy (llewellyn, 1993. banner ihvh ihhv ivhh hvhi hvih hhiv vhhi vihh vhih hiw hivh hhvi sign month aries march taurus april gemini may cancer june leo july virgo august libra september scorpio october sagittarius november capricorn december aquarius january pisces february stone sardonyx carnelian topaz chalcedony jasper emerald beryl amethyst hyacinth chrysoprase crystal sapphire tribe apostle dan matthias ruben thaddeus judah simon manasseh john asher peter simeon andrew issachar bartholomew benjamin philip naphtali

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

reast. the fourth tarot card, the emperor. geburah severity; the fifth card of man, the pope or the hierophant of the tarot: mars, the warrior of aries. tiphereth beauty, venus of taurus, the love of the holy spirit, the causal body of the man, the sixth card of the tarot, the lover. netzach victory, justice of the arcanum, the seventh card of the tarot, the chariot, saturn. hod glory, mercury of gemini, the eighth card of the tarot, the eternity of all. yesod foundation, the sun of leo, the ninth card of the tarot. the hermit. malkuth kingdom, the entire universe, mary or virgo, nature. these ten sephiroth live within our being and are our inner solar system. the tarot is intimately related with esoteric astrology and with initiation. arcanum 10 this is the first hour of apollonius. the s

WESTERN MANDALAS OF TRANSFORMATION SR AL

ideally, should be 5-7 letters. begin with the first letter. find it in the color chart (see figure 2-b. you may need to compare the color yellow yellow blue green red red-orange orange yellow-orange yellow yellow-green violet green blue blue-green blue indigo red violet violet-red orange red indigo attributions of the hebrew letters sign, planet letter tarot# air mercury moon venus aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo jupiter libra water scorpio sagittarius capricorn mars aquarius pisces sun fire saturn aleph beth gimel daleth heh vav zain cheth teth yod kaph lamed mem nun samekh ayin peh tzaddi qoph resh shin tau figure 2-b 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 element air air, earth water earth, air fire earth air water fire earth fire, water air water water fire eart

hort. for many modern magicians (who have schedules as busy as anyone else, these minute time speculations may be too cumbersome. other planetary influences may then be examined for the most auspicious timing. if the talisman is to be mercurial in character, you may ask: is the planet astrologically favored at the time the talisman is being made? one should attempt it at a time when the sun is in gemini or virgo, for example, or when one of these signs is conjunct the moon. you do not need to be an adept astrologer to discover some basic positive correspondences for the best times to make your particular talisman. the moon should also be on the increase (unless trying to diminish something. failing all else, it is nearly always permissible to create any talisman on a wednesday, because one

t sun moon mars mercury jupiter venus saturn pluto element best place for working fire water fire planet (also rules water sign) air planet (also rules earth sign) fire planet (also rules water sign) earth planet (also rules air sign) earth planet (also rules air sign) water (rules scorpio, replacing mars) leo, aries, sagittarius, sunday cancer, taurus, monday, nighttime aries, capricorn, tuesday gemini, virgo, wednesday sagittarius, pisces, cancer, thursday taurus, libra, pisces, friday capricorn, aquarius, libra, saturday scorpio, aquarius, capricorn, nighttime figure 3-h sun: positive: leadership, power and self-confidence. harmony and illumination. mental alertness and creativity. open-hearted, loyal, equable, and compassionate. negative: arrogant, blaming, ego-oriented. need for confi

chart that refers the numerical equivalents to sephira kether chokmah binah chesed geburah tiphareth netzach hod yesod number 1, 10, 100 2, 20, 200 3, 30, 300 4, 40, 400 5, 50 6, 60 7, 70 8, 80 9, 90 letter a. i. q b. k. r g, l, sh d, m, t, th h. e. n v, s z, 0 ch, p, f t, tz zodiac air, virgo, pisces mercury, jupiter, sun moon, libra, fire venus, water, saturn aries, scorpio taurus, sagittarius gemini, capricorn cancer, mars leo, aquarius the sephiroth (see figure 4-s. these show the relationship of the numbers to the hebrew letters, along with a method of reduction if the numerical value of the letter is too great. for example: the letter peh, which has a value of eighty, is often reduced to eight because no planetary kamea has the number eighty except the moon (which goes to eighty-one

aven to divide the day from the night (gen. 1: 14) 81: tbo, teba: nature 81: obdh, abodah: divine service, work 81: ksa, kebe: time of the full moon 81: ksa, kibbe: throne 81: h-mlah, ha-melah: the fullness 81: oculus (latin: eye 81: anima mundi (latin: soul of the world 369: sum of rows in kamea 369: chshmvdai, chasmodai: spirit of the moon 369: shhdny, shehadani: angel of the second decanate of gemini 369: nchvshh: brass (job 28: 2) 369: vhnchsh: now the serpent (gen. 3: 1) 369: ashibnv: i will bring back (locks) 369: b-mshkbh, be-miskba: her bed 369: h-shvtmi: the shuhamite (2 kings 4: 8) 369: hshmdk: you be destroyed (locks. destruction is the foundation of existence (book of tokens. that is: peh=80=yesod 3321: theosophic extension of the planetary line 3321: mlka b-thrshishim od b-rvc

ur, spoke of how the opposites incline toward one another (through meditation) a deep secret will begin to dawn on us. and we shall scarcely be able to hold ourselves back from acknowledging that when we see them bringing forth here below, the green is there above the red that we are beholding, on one side the earthly, and on the other side the heavenly creations of the elohim (1970. aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo libra scorpio sagittarius capricorn aquarius pisces heh vav zain cheth teth yod lamed nun samekh ayin tzaddi qoph red red-orange orange yellow-orange yellow yellow-green green green-blue blue blue-violet violet red-violet c c sharp d e flat e f f sharp g a flat a b flat b zodiacal sign letter color tone planet saturn sun mars jupiter venus moon mercury pluto letter tau resh

te) wherein the corresponding notes are intoned for a minute each. you could use a pitch pipe for doing this, which is best if you make sure it is not played unevenly (which makes it go off key, zodiacal signs and corresponding body parts: aries: ailments affecting the cerebral hemisphere of the brain, organs of the head, taurus: neck, throat, larynx, tonsils, carotid arteries, and jugular veins. gemini: shoulders, arms, lungs, thymus, and upper ribs. cancer: stomach, diaphragm, lactase, and thoracic duct. leo: heart, spinal chord, and aorta. virgo: large and small intestines and pancreas. libra: kidneys, skin and the suprarenals. scorpio: bladder, urethra, the genital organs, rectum, and descending colon. eyes sagittarius: hips, thighs, femur, illium, illiac arteries and veins, and sacral

balanced way; too much focus on one chakra in particular may also affect other areas you may not be interested in treating. for those interested in the zodiacal signs and their corresponding body parts, figure 14-c briefly lists associations that corine heline offers in her book healing and inherent tendencies aroused by zodiacal tattwas: aries: aggressive, energetic taurus: decisive, determined gemini: diffusive, intellectual cancer: tenacious, nurturing leo: organizing, creative virgo: analytical, detailed libra: uniting, artistic scorpio: solidifying, intense sagittarius: inspirational, freedom-loving capricorn: retentive, self-disciplined aquarius: concentrative, theoretical pisces: relaxing, sensitive regeneration through color (p. 35. it must be noted that she uses some different co

o focus because of temptation, use daleth. to strengthen personal resolution: mars (peh, but use with caution. in addition, case gives some other uses: for prosperity: violet, jupiter chakra, tone a sharp. for establishing equitable settlements or to bring an end to disputes: green, tattwa corresponding to libra, tone f sharp. for harmony in personal relationships: orange, tattwa corresponding to gemini, tone d. for establishing deeper relationship with your h. g. a: blue, tattwa corresponding to sagittarius, tone a flat. for transcending rigid patterns of behavior: red, mars chakra, tone c. someone who has developed an excellent meditation system using the tattwas as representations of the hebrew letters and tarot archetypes is emahmn. many of his tattwassymbols correspond to those given

s is where all true masters have said that we will find the light of god. the figures on pages 168-187 are tattwas that can be photocopied and colored for personal use, according to the color keys and designs given in figures 14-e and 14-f, on pages 166-167. r o y py g bu i v l w bk color key red orange yellow pale yellow green blue indigo violet lavender white black figure 14-e aries c taurus c* gemini d cancer e1, leo e virgo f libra f* scorpio g sagittarius a" capricorn a aquarius b pisces b figure 14-f saturn jupiter mars sun 1 venus mercury moon pluto 1 aries.tone: c taurus.tone: c-sharp gemini.tone: d cancer.tone: e-flat leo.tone: e virgo.tone: f libra.tone: f-sharp scorpio.tone: g sagittarius.tone: a-flat capricorn.tone: a aquarius.tone: b-flat pisces.tone: b chapter 15 consecration

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

signs were assigned the following numbers: table of zodiiiacal siiigns& numbers zodiacal sign assigned number leo one, 1. aquarius two, 2. capricorn three, 3. sagittarius four, 4. cancer five, 5. taurus six, 6. aries seven, 7. libra eight, 8. scorpio nine, 9. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott zodiacal sign assigned number virgo ten, 10. pisces eleven, 11. gemini twelve, 12. the first and the second temples of the jews were both destroyed on the 9th day of the jewish month ab. on the 9th day of ab, modern jews do not wear the talith and phylacteries until evening. the day should be spent in tears, and no good comes of work done on that day. the talmud in soteh, 20. i, says that a woman prefers one measure of fun to 9 of pharisaic professional goodne

se elm the astrologers associated colors with the twelve signs of the zodiac, thus- numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott table of colors& zodiiiac siiigns zodiac sign color attribute pisces white aquarius blue capricorn black or brown sagittarius yellow or green scorpio brown libra black or crimson virgo black and blue leo red and green cancer green and brown gemini red aries white taurus white and yellow 104. the zodiacal signs are also associated with sex, and the contrast of day and night. table of zodiiiac wiiith sex, day& niiight numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott zodiac sign sex day and night pisces female nocturnal aquarius male diurnal capricorn female nocturnal sagittarius male diurnal scorpio female noc

with sex, and the contrast of day and night. table of zodiiiac wiiith sex, day& niiight numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott zodiac sign sex day and night pisces female nocturnal aquarius male diurnal capricorn female nocturnal sagittarius male diurnal scorpio female nocturnal libra male diurnal virgo female nocturnal leo male diurnal cancer female nocturnal gemini male diurnal taurus female nocturnal aries male diurnal 104. and, again, there are other characters which astrologers deem of importance, thus- table of zodiiiac& diiirectiiions zodiac sign element direction pisces water northern common fruitful numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott zodiac sign element direction aquarius air western fixed- capricorn eart

er northern common fruitful numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott zodiac sign element direction aquarius air western fixed- capricorn earth southern cardinal- sagittarius fire eastern common- scorpio water northern fixed fruitful libra air western cardinal- virgo earth southern common barren leo fire eastern fixed barren cancer water northern cardinal fruitful gemini air western common barren taurus earth southern fixed- aries fire eastern cardinal- lastly, the twelve signs are allotted to the planets as their houses- 105. table of zodiiiac and planets zodiac sign planet pisces night house of jupiter aquarius day house of saturn numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott zodiac sign planet (uranus) capricorn night house o

houses- 105. table of zodiiiac and planets zodiac sign planet pisces night house of jupiter aquarius day house of saturn numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott zodiac sign planet (uranus) capricorn night house of saturn sagittarius night house of mars scorpio- libra day house of venus virgo night house of mercury leo sole house of sol cancer sole house of luna gemini day house of mercury taurus night house of venus aries day house of mars this is very fully explained by coley in his astrology, and also by john middleton in his astrology, 1679. herodotus tells us that the egyptians founded the system of a twelve-god theology, euterpe iv. the hebrews certainly at times worshipped the sun, moon, seven planets, and the star rulers of the twelve zodiacal sig

tisri, bul, chisleu, tebeth, shebat and adar; and the inter-calary month ve-adar. the 12 sons of jacob were related to the 12 signs of the zodiac by the rosicrucians in a correct order; other numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott schemes of attribution are given by athanasius kircher and others. that by sir william drummond is- aries to gad, taurus to ephraim, gemini to benjamin, cancer to issachar, leo to judah, virgo to naphtali, libra to asher, scorpio to dan, sagittarius to manasseh, capricorn to zebulun, aquarius to reuben and pisces to simeon and levi. the 12 apostles of jesus were simon, peter, andrew, james and john the sons of zebedee, phillip, bartholomew, thomas, matthew also called levi, james son of alphaeus, judas called lebbaeus and thadd

siod, and porphyry state that the 12 labors of hercunumbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott les are said to be emblems of the sun in its passage through the 12 signs, and this is repeated by the mystagogus poeticus, 1653, and they have been allotted as follows- to aries, the quest of the golden apples of the hesperides; to taurus, the slaying of the cretan bull; gemini, hercules and his twin brother strangle the serpents; cancer, the taking of the herds of geryon; leo, the slaying of the nemaean lion; virgo, the victory over the amazon queen; libra, the death of the erymanthean boar; scorpio, the death of the lernaean hydra; sagittarius, the shooting of the five stymphalian birds; capricornus, taking of the hind alive to mycenae; aquarius, cleaning the st

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horus, the meatus penis and the anus; yod, the phallus, spermatozoon; and hand, vau, the fertility of the testes and uterus as well as the nail of the mentula, being taurus the cow isis and the bull apis or shiva, the son in tetragrammaton, the redeemer by rep roduction, the mithraic bull of resurrection and initiation in the strength of the body. and lastly zain is the sword of the phallus, and gemini the double se xual nature, the murder-lust between the incestuous twins cain and abel, horus and set or harpocrates, osiris and typhon, etc. and gemini is the airy pulse th at gives a basis for the voice of the messenger, the menstruum of the holy ghos t, the swing of the motion of love, the house of the sun in may, when he impreg nates maia with mercurius whose mouth uttereth his father. a

bai: for it is (a) proper to her (b) proper to mars (c) proper to aries, wherein the sun is exalted. she shall bear a golden cup for wine, blood, or poison& be girt with a sword, as it is written in the "book of the law" she shall wear a girdle of white or of mixed colours. in her hair she shall wreathe her serpent. 2. the beast shall wear an orange slip& sash as proper to (a) hod (b) the sun (c) gemini: for he is prophet of the gods& he is the beast 666, of the sun& he is innocent, a child, even, as horus-harpocrates, with the double function in love. over this shall he wear the robe of blue for nuit lined with scarlet for hadith& the sun is gold on his breast. he shall wear the crimson cap for binah, that covereth him, with the white cross of john for kether. he shall wear his ring of a

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r horus, the meatus penis and the anus; yod, the phallus, spermatozoon; and hand, vau, the fertility of the testes and uterus as well as the nail of the mentula, being taurus the cow isis and the bull apis or shiva, the son in tetragrammaton, the redeemer by reproduction, the mithraic bull of resurrection and initiation in the strength of the body. and lastly zain is the sword of the phallus, and gemini the double sexual nature, the murder-lust between the incestuous twins cain and abel, horus and set or harpocrates, osiris and typhon, etc. and gemini is the airy pulse that gives a basis for the voice of the messenger, the menstruum of the holy ghost, the swing of the motion of love, the house of the sun in may, when he impregnates maia with mercurius whose mouth uttereth his father. and z

bai: for it is (a) proper to her (b) proper to mars (c) proper to aries, wherein the sun is exalted. she shall bear a golden cup for wine, blood, or poison& be girt with a sword, as it is written in the "book of the law" she shall wear a girdle of white or of mixed colours. in her hair she shall wreathe her serpent. 2. the beast shall wear an orange slip& sash as proper to (a) hod (b) the sun (c) gemini: for he is prophet of the gods& he is the beast 666, of the sun& he is innocent, a child, even, as horus-harpocrates, with the double function in love. over this shall he wear the robe of blue for nuit lined with scarlet for hadith& the sun is gold on his breast. he shall wear the crimson cap for binah, that covereth him, with the white cross of john for kether. he shall wear his ring of a

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s well with the martial and dominant nature of aries, the only one of the 12 signs in which the superior planets alone bear sway, for it is the house of mars, exaltation of the sun and the triplicity of sun and jupiter. the symbolism of the lion is also proper to aries on account of, its solar, fiery and martial nature" 35 holy name mor holy name dial tribe ephraim tribe manasseh sign taurus sign gemini angelic name ziracah angelic name hononol "of ephraim (taurus) and manasseh (gemini, classed under their father's name, jacob says 'joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall; the archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: but his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mig

is glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth, and they are the ten thousands of ephraim, and they are the thousands of manasseh "the armorial bearings of ephraim are green, an ox. those of manasseh are flesh-color, a vine by a wall. all this refers also to the natures of taurus and gemini, the firstling of the bullock and the earthly nature of the sign shown by the hills to taurus while the archers over manasseh, as sagittarius, the sign of the archer, is in opposition to gemini" 36 holy name hctga tribe issachar sign cancer angelic name zarnaah "of issachar, jacob says `issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: and he saw that rest was good, and the land t

the voice of judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him and be thou a help to him from his enemies' the armorial bearings of judah are scarlet, a lion rampant. all this well agrees with the regal and leonine nature of the sign 'binding the ass's colt unto the choice vine' may allude to the ass of issachar (cancer) lying between judah (leo) and the vine of manasseh (gemini" 37 holy name teaa tribe naphtali sign virgo angelic name zurchol "of naphtali (virgo, jacob says 'naphtali is a hind let loose, he giveth goodly words' moses says '0 naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full with the blessing of the lord, possess thou the west and the south' the armorial bearings of naphtali are blue, a hind" holy name pdoce tribe assur or assher sign libra angelic name alp

ut half an inch thick. the several bands of white, 12 colours, and black may be painted or enamelled, or formed of coloured papers pasted on. the length of colours should be such that the white is a little the longest, then the black, while the 12 colours are equal, and smaller than the black. the colours must be clear, brilliant and correct. they are as follows: white aries red taurus red-orange gemini orange 176 177 appendix d the lesser invoking 'banishing ritual of the pentagram the following ritual is from the golden dawn's the qabalistic cross and lesser ritual of the pentagram: take a steel dagger in the right hand. face east. touch thy forehead and say ateh (thou art) touch thy breast and say malkuth (the kingdom) touch thy right shoulder and say ve geburah (and the power) touch th

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