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A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

w love and divinatory abilities. cloves cloves are used in spells for love and money; they repel hostility and improve memory. copal use copal for protection and purification; it is especially good for cleansing crystals. cypress cypress is for times of transition to a new phase, letting go of sorrow. dragon's blood dragon's blood is used for love and protection, passion and male potency. fern an initiator of change, travel and fertility, fern will also bring hidden wealth, maybe in terms of potential. fig use fig for wisdom, creativity and creation, fertility, harmony and balance. frankincense use frankincense for courage, joy, strength and success. freesia freesia increases trust, especially after loss or betrayal; it also brings belief in a better tomorrow. gum arabic (acacia) use gum a

oes and is the archangel of salvation. he is sometimes linked with the courage of mars. he warned noah of the impending flood and led abraham out of ur. believed to have given alchemy to mankind, he also imparted the wisdom of the kabbalah, the book of sacred writings, to hebrew mystics. he stands as wise protector and keeper of the sacred mysteries, hence representing the direction of magick and initiator of all who seek the mysteries. uriel stands in the north and his colour is the deep blue or purple of midnight. raphael raphael is the healer and travellers' guide and is often associated with mercury, the messenger of the dawn. he is the angel who offers healing to the planet and to mankind and all creatures on the face of the earth and in the skies and waters and the promise that tomor

on page 297, or try entering angels on your web browser. images can be downloaded and form a focus for meditations, through which you can invoke each angel using your own higher self or consciousness. in this way, the protective angel draws on your own spiritual powers. archangels and their days of the week michael michael is the archangel who rules the sun. michael's day is sunday. michael, the initiator, brings illumination and inspiration in many spheres of life, through the efforts of our individual creative spirit. michael is the guardian of all who stand alone with their unique vision for bettering the world and are not prepared to compromise their ideals for humanity, purely for money or fame. this archangel can be invoked in ritual for all creative ventures, for original ideas and

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

1 [125] 58 kappa-epsilon-phi-alpha-lambda-eta nu-eta haggard am i, an hyaena; i hunger and howl. men think it laughter-ha! ha! ha! there is nothing movable or immovable under the firmament of heaven on which i may write the symbols of the secret of my soul. yea, though i were lowered by ropes into the utmost caverns and vaults of eternity, there is no word to express even the first whisper of the initiator in mine ear: yea, i abhor birth, ululating lamentations of night! agony! agony! the light within me breeds veils; the song within be dumbness. god! in what prism may any man analyse my light? immortal are the adepts; and ye hey die-they die of shame unspeakable; they die as the gods die, for sorrow. wilt thou endure unto the end, o frater perdurabo, o lamp in the abyss? thou hast the key

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

of all things; king, ruler and helper. hear me, and make all spirits subject unto me: so that every spirit of the firmament and of the ether: upon 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. section g. spirit. hear me: ieou "indwelling sun of myself" pur "thou fire! thou sixfold star initiator compassed about with force and fire" iou "indwelling soul of myself" pur (vide supra) iafth "sun-lion serpent, hail! all hail, thou great wild beast, thou i a o" iaeo "breaths of my soul, breaths of mine angel" ioou "lust of my soul, lust of mine angel" abrasax (vide supra. sabriam "ho for the sangraal! ho for the cup of babalon! ho for mine angel pouring himself forth within my soul" oo

myself" pur (vide supra) iafth "sun-lion serpent, hail! all hail, thou great wild beast, thou i a o" iaeo "breaths of my soul, breaths of mine angel" ioou "lust of my soul, lust of mine angel" abrasax (vide supra. sabriam "ho for the sangraal! ho for the cup of babalon! ho for mine angel pouring himself forth within my soul" oo "the eye! satan, my lord! the lust of the goat" ff "mine angel! mine initiator! thou one with me- the sixfold star" 271 ad-on-a-i<hebrew, adni, 65. the gnostic initiates transliterated it to imply their own secret formulae; we follow so excellent an example. on is an arcanum of arcana; its significance is taught, gradually, in the o.t.o. also ad is the paternal formula, hadit; on is its complement nuit; the final yod signifies "mine" etymologically and essentia

ALEISTER CROWLEY SEPHER SEPHIROTH

nder which they are joined in wedlock h) nwyrp) 348 five; to set in array #mx 350 a sapphire (ex. 28:18) ryps ophir; a young mule; dust of the earth rp( the horn; head; to send out rays, shine nrq vacuum mqyr [conscious] intelligence lk# tooth n# and god saw that it was good bw+ yk myhl )ryw 351 man #n) ishim, flames: the angelic choir of malkuth; burnt or incense offering my) lifted)#n moses the initiator (cf. 346) h#wm hiram-abif (a cunning artificer at the temple of solomon in the legend) pyb) mryx 352 the exalted light hl(m rw) long of nose (i.e. merciful: a title of the supreme god (cf. 362) myp) kr) lightnings, flashings myqrb an approach nbrq 353 five h#mx the secret of hwhy is to his fearers (ps. 25:14) wy)ryl hwhy dws delight, joy hxm# 354 grew fat; anointed n#d a temporary remitt

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE OLD AND NEW COMMENTARIES TO LIBER AL

signs. ra-hoor-khuit hath taken his seat in the east at the equinox of the gods; and let asar be with isa, who also are one. but they are not of me. let asar be the adorant, isa the sufferer; hoor in his secret name and splendour is the lord initiating" the old comment 49. declares a new system of magic, and initiation. asar-isa is now the candidate, not the hierophant. hoor- see cap. iii- is the initiator. the new comment this verse declares that the old formula of magick- the osiris-adonis-jesus-marsyas-dionysus-attis-etcetera formula of the dying god- is no longer efficacious. it rested on the ignorant belief that the sun died every day, and every year, and that its resurrection was a miracle. the formula of the new aeon recognizes horus, the child crowned and conquering, as god. we are

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE QABALAH

why+ hwhy= 72.42 41 67= yz, zayin in full, the first of the paths connecting tiphareth with the supernals t.s. 42 i.e, writing out the tetragrammaton as a tetrakys, or in wing form, gives 72 t.s. liber lviii 29 73. hmkj, wisdom. also lmg, gimel, the path uniting kether and tiphereth. but gimel, the priestess of the silver star, is the female hierophant, the moon; and chokmah is the logos, or male initiator. see liber 418 for more information on these points, though rather from the standpoint of part ii. 78. alzm, the influence from kether. the number of the cards of the tarot, and of the 13 paths of the beard of macroprosopus.43 also sawya, the messenger.44 see part ii. 80. the number of p, the lightning-struck tower of the tarot. 8= intellect, mercury; its most material form is ruin, as i

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE SWORD OF SONG

n therein, and of the founding of our holy and illustrious order. our father, brethren, having attained the mature age of three hundred 1 kether adds up to 620. 2 these are the letters of ain soph aur, the last two of which he destroys so as to leave only ain, not, or nothing. 3 to (1+ 10+ 50) 3 2 he adds 300, shin, the flame of the spirit= 666. 4 666= 6 111. 111= aleph, the ox. 5 his journeys as initiator. ambrosii magi hortus rosarum 117 abiegnus. mysterium i. n. r. i. mysterium lvx. pastos. trinitas. unitas. serpentes. and fifty and eight years,1 set forth upon a journey into the mystic mountain of the caves. he took with him his son,2 a lamb, life, and strength, for these four were the keys of that mountain. so by ten days and fifty days and two hundred days and yet ten days he went fo

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aspect. 72. chsd, mercy. the number of the shemhamphorasch, as if affirming god as merciful. for details of shemhamphorasch, see 777 and other classical books of reference. note especially i+ ih+ ihv_ ihvh= 72. 73. chkmh, wisdom. also gml, gimel, the path unitingkether and tiphereth. but gimel "the priestess of the silver star" is the female hierophant, the moon; and chokmah is the logos, or male initiator. see liber 418 for much information on these points, though rather from the standpoint of part ii. 78. mzla, the influence from kether. the number of the cards of the tarot, and of the 13 paths of the beard of macroprosopus. note 78= 13 x 6. also aivas, the messenger. see part ii. 80. the number of hb:peh, the "lightning-struck tower" of the tarot. 8= intellect, mercury; its most materia

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 1 2

tuals get mixed: the symbols recur, though in a different aspect. anyway, one wants something a deal better than the path of p in 4 7 ritual. i think the postulant should be actually scourged, tortured, branded by fire for his equilibrations at the various "stations of the cross" or points upon his mystic journey. he must assuredly drink blood for the sacrament ah! now i see it all so well! the initiator must kill him, osiris; he must rise again as horus and kill the initiator, taking his place in the ceremony thence to the end. a bit awkward technically, but 'twill yield to science. they did it of old by a certain lake in italy! well, all this is dog-faced demon, ever seducing me from the sacred mysteries. i can't go out and kill anybody at this time o'night! we might make a start, 48 t

s arisen about this perfume, as to whether there was not a commonplace cause. on the balance of the evidence, carefully considered, one would pronounce for the mystic theory. one should add a curious omen. on sitting down for the great struggle (11.14) john st. john found a nail upon the floor, at his feet. now a nail is vau in hebrew, and the tarot trump corresponding to vau is the hierophant or initiator whereby is o. m. greatly comforted. so poor a thing hath he become! even as a little child groping feebly for the breast of its mother, so gropeth thy little child after thee, o thou self- glittering one! 12.55. he hath read through days viii. and ix. he is too tired to understand what he reads. he will, despite of all, do a little pranayama, and then sleep, ever willing adonai. for pra

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 2 2

, before he be permitted to place his right hand in the centre of the white triangle of the three supernals on the altar. and he first kneeleth in adoration of that symbol, as if the natural man abnegated his will before that of the divine consciousness. the "hierophant" now orders the candidate to kneel (in the midst of the triad arouerist, horus and themis, to place his left hand in that of the initiator, and his right hand upon the white triangle as symbolising his active aspiration towards his higher soul. the candidate then bows his head, and the hierophant gives one knock with his sceptre; affirming that the symbol of submission into the higher is now complete. only at that moment doth the colossal image of thoth20 metatron cease from the sign of the enterer: and giveth instead the s

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to collar the angel, and to re-enter the paradise of that first victim of womanhood, adam of the bent shoulders, adam of the foolish resignation to the self-preserving decree of the frightened divinities. his errors of tactics were caused by the fact that he hoped to test the apple without the help of woman. often enough, lionel tabard unwittingly repelled the advances of many a feminine would-be initiator. vi1 the lover but he was not prompted by the wisdom of a master; merely by cowardice and self-consciousness. he could not command love and desires; the angels of love and desires therefore digged a deep trap before his feet. tabard was sitting in the verandah. the men had gone to bed, the women also. he lighted his pipe, the use of which a life in open air had permitted his lungs to tol

ALEXANDRIAN BOOK OF SHADOWS OCCULT

show how much they have eaten but digesting inwardly their provender do bear outwardly wool and milk, even so, do not display the maxims to the vulgar, but rather the works that flow when they are digested. notes this is part of lady sheba's first degree initiation ritual, where it is given as a speech made to the candidiate by the high priestess l first degree initiation people: l hierophant (h (initiator) l candidiate (c) l hierophant's working partner (p) l summoner (s (hierophant does his part if s unavailable) l high priestess (hps (actually, h or p, depending on gender) needs: l blindfold l nine foot red cord l short white cord l oil l scourge l all ordinary esbat requirements preparation: candidate stands outside circle to ne, blindfolded and bound by members of the opposite gender

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

ody or dissociated from that body on the buddhic plane or atmic plane. at the final two initiations which set a man free from the three worlds, and enable him to function in the body of vitality of the logos and wield that force, the initiate becomes the five-pointed star and it descends upon him, merges in him, and he is seen at its very centre. this descent is brought about by the action of the initiator, wielding the rod of power, and puts a man in touch with the centre in the body of the planetary logos of which he is a part, and this consciously. the two initiations called the sixth and seventh take place on the buddhic and atmic planes; the five-pointed star "blazes forth from within itself" as the esoteric phrase has it, and becomes the seven-pointed star; it descends upon the man a

sons of men took upon himself a physical form and was made in the likeness of man. he is the silent watcher, as far as our immediate humanity is concerned, although literally the planetary logos himself, on the higher plane of consciousness whereon he functions, is the true silent watcher where the planetary scheme is concerned. perhaps it might be stated thus: that the lord of the world, the one initiator, holds the same place in connection with the planetary logos as the physical manifestation of a master holds to that master's monad on the monadic plane. in both cases the intermediate state of consciousness has been superseded, that of the ego or higher self, and that which we see and know is the direct self-created manifestation of pure spirit itself. hence the sacrifice. it must here

all those who truly and earnestly seek to aspire. to him all seekers are known, and, though they may remain unaware of him, the light which he pours forth stimulates their desire, fosters the spark of struggling life and spurs on the aspirant until the momentous day dawns when they stand face to face with the one who by being "lifted up (occultly understood) is drawing all men unto himself as the initiator of the sacred mysteries. the work of the lord of civilisation, the mahochohan. group three has as its head the mahachohan. his rule over the group persists for a longer period than that of his two brothers, and he may hold office for the term of several root-races. he is the sumtotal of the intelligence aspect. the present mahachohan is not the original one who held the office at the fou

he means of creation and the vehicle for force. in the reservation of words, esoterically understood, lies the conservation of force; in the utilisation of words, justly chosen and spoken, lies the distribution of the love force of the solar system, that force which preserves, strengthens, and stimulates. only he who knows somewhat of these two aspects of speech can be trusted to stand before the initiator and to carry out from that pesence certain sounds and secrets imparted to him under the pledge of silence. the disciple must learn to be silent in the face of that which is evil. he must learn to be silent before the sufferings of the world, wasting no time in idle plaints and sorrowful demonstration, but lifting up the burden of the world; working, and wasting no energy in talk. yet wit

f his race and in the development of those powers of the soul which are the natural sequence of spiritual unfoldment. the application of the rod of initiation at the first two initiations by the bodhisattva enables the initiate to control and utilise the force of the lower self, the true sanctified energy of the personality in service; at the third initiation the application of the rod by the one initiator makes available in a vastly more extensive manner the force of the higher self or ego, and brings into play on the physical plane the entire energy stored up during numerous incarnations in the causal- 53- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust vehicle. at the fourth initiation the energy of his egoic group becomes his to use for the good of planetary evolution, and at th

ht 1998 lucis trust vehicle. at the fourth initiation the energy of his egoic group becomes his to use for the good of planetary evolution, and at the fifth initiation the force or energy of the planet (esoterically understood, and not merely the force or energy of the material globe) is at his disposal. during these five initiations those two great beings, the bodhisattva first, and then the one initiator, the lord of the world, sanat kumara, are the administrators or hierophants. after these ceremonies, should the initiate choose to take the two final initiations which it is possible to take in this solar system, a still higher type of energy in expression of the one self comes into play, and can only be hinted at. at the seventh initiation that one of whom sanat kumara is the manifestat

y or type. it is not possible here to state the order of the application of these varying types of energy, nor to give the initiation during which the man contacts the different types. these facts involve the secrets of the mysteries, and no purpose is served by revealing them. other types of force from certain of the planetary schemes, as well as from cosmic centres, are brought into play by the initiator and transmitted through the medium of the rod to the various centres in the initiate's three vehicles, the mental, the astral, and the etheric centres. at the fourth initiation a specialised type of force from a centre which must remain nameless is applied to a man's causal body, and is one of the causes of its final disintegration. in thinking of this matter of the attainment of the son

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of the world. in the latter case, his mental centres or their corresponding force vortices on higher levels, will receive stimulation. when the world teacher initiates at the first and second initiations, the direction of the triadal force is turned to the vivification of the heart, and throat centres, and the ability to synthesise the force of the lower centres is greatly increased. when the one initiator applies the rod of his power, the downflow is from the monad, and though the throat and heart intensify vibration as a response, the main direction of the force is to the seven head centres, and finally (at liberation) to the radiant head- 121- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust centre above, and synthesising the lesser seven head centres. d. the centres at initiation r

gress. e. by the application of the rod, the fire of kundalini is aroused, and its upward progress directed. the fire at the base of the spine, and the fire of mind are directed along certain routes, or triangles, by the action of the rod as it moves in a specified manner. there is a definite occult reason, under the laws of electricity, behind the known fact that every initiate, presented to the initiator, is accompanied by two of the masters, who stand one on either side of him. the three of them together form a triangle which makes the work possible. the force of the rod is twofold, and its power terrific. apart and alone the initiate could not receive the voltage from the rod without serious hurt, but in triangular formation transmission comes safely. the two masters who thus sponsor t

ne the initiate could not receive the voltage from the rod without serious hurt, but in triangular formation transmission comes safely. the two masters who thus sponsor the initiate, represent two polarities of the electric all; part of their work is therefore to stand with all applicants for initiation when they come before the great lord. when the rods of initiation are held in the hands of the initiator in his position of power, and at the stated seasons, they act as transmitters of electric force from very high levels, so high- 122- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust indeed that the "flaming diamond" at certain of the final initiations (the sixth and seventh) transmits force, via the logos, from outside the system altogether. we need to remember that this major rod is

uring the ceremony he receives his rod of power the same rod as used since the foundation of our planetary hierarchy and holds it forth to the lord of the world, who touches it with his own mighty rod, causing a fresh re-charging of its electric capacity. this ceremony takes place at shamballa.89,(78)90 second. the rod of initiation known as the "flaming diamond" and used by sanat kumara, the one initiator, called in the bible, the ancient of days. this rod lies hidden "in the east" and holds the fire latent which irradiates the wisdom religion. this rod was brought by the lord of the world when he took form and came to our planet eighteen million years ago. once in every world period it is subjected to a similar process as that of the lesser rod, only this time it is recharged by the dire

the fourth method of transference of consciousness, and the bringing of the life units under the focal power of a lord of a ray, can be brought about through knowledge of certain mantrams and formulae. on this we may not enlarge as these mantrams are esoteric and the use of them is fraught with much danger to the uninitiated. the planetary logos of this scheme is called "the first kumara" the one initiator, and the- 215- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust statement is made that he came to this planet from venus, venus being "the earth's primary" this needs elucidation somewhat, though it may not be permitted to do more than convey a few hints as to the truth. the fact is one of the most mysterious in the development of our scheme, and in it lies hidden the secret of this

of a different nature, and such a link is found between the planetary logos of the scheme we call venus, and the logos of our scheme. this psychic interaction has its cyclic ebb and flow, as ebbs and flows all life force. in lemurian days came a period of close interaction which brought about an incarnation on the physical planet of the logos of our scheme, the head of the hierarchy, and the one initiator. this could not have been effected had not the planetary logos of the venus scheme been in a position to link up closely with ours. c. venus and the earth chain. this question of the coming of the lords of flame to the planet earth is deeply involved (as stated above) in the relationship existing between the heavenly man of the earth scheme and the lord of the venus scheme. until more de

e of the fifth round the logos of mercury will, with the logos of the venus scheme, and of our earth, form a temporary triangle of force. we have here information given that has only been hinted at hitherto but for which, in this fifth subrace and in this fourth round, the world is now ready; it holds the solution of the mystery of this round. third, the statement that the great kumara or the one initiator came to this planet from venus is true in so far as it embodies the fact that he came to this dense planet (the fourth) in the fourth chain from that chain in our scheme which is called the "venus" chain, and which is the second chain. he came via the second globe in our chain; his scarcely felt vibration was sensed- 218- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust (occultly) in

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

max by the occult hierarchy whereby souls receive a stimulation and vitalisation which enables them to make more rapid progress. the occult student must remember that this process has gone on in the wheels and cycles preceding our planet earth. the primeval lords, or sages, are those great adepts who having "tasted experience" under the law of rebirth, were initiated into the mysteries by the one initiator, the representative in our planet of the oversoul. they in their turn became teachers and initiators into the mysteries. the one master is found within; it is the soul, the inner ruler, the thinker on his own plane. this one master is a corporate part of the whole, of the all-soul. each expansion of consciousness which a man undergoes fits him to be a master to those who have not taken a

ALICE A BAILEY08 A TREATISE ON WHITE MAGIC

nging from a measured turn to one of a scintillating radiation, a 'wheel turning upon itself, as the ancient scriptures express it. hence, when by purification, conformity to rule, and an aspiration that brooks no hindrance and that ceases not for pain, the aspirant has caused his centres to pulsate and to rotate, then and only then can the master lead him into the presence of the hierophant. the initiator then, with full knowledge of the disciple's ray and of his sub-ray, both egoic and personal, and recognising any karma that still may cling, touches the centre or centres which are in line for vivification, and the hidden fire will then rush up and become focalised. remember always that in the vivification of a centre there is always a corresponding vitalisation of the analogous head cen

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

ian the worker in the magical art the creator of the form the bestower of light from the second lord the manipulator of the wand the watcher in the east the custodian of the seventh plan the invoker of wrath the keeper of the magical word the temple guardian the representative of god the one who lifts to life the lord of death the one who feeds the sacred fire the whirling sphere the sword of the initiator- 61- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust the divine alchemical worker the builder of the square the orienting force the fiery unifier the key to the mystery the expression of the will the revealer of beauty this ray lord has a peculiar power on earth and on the physical plane of divine manifestation. his usefulness to his six brothers

ersonality ray of the entity, manifesting through this kingdom, subjecting itself to the initiatory fire. this is of course expressed symbolically, the only way in which any aspect of this planetary truth can be grasped by man. it is an interesting, though quite unimportant fact, that at all the initiations of the kingdoms in nature, the planetary logos of a particular ray always functions as the initiator. this ray cyclically alters. in the major initiations at this time, for instance, in connection with humanity, not only is the first initiator, the christ, officiating, not only is the ancient of days, the embodiment of our planetary logos, participating (either actively or behind the scenes, but behind them both stands now the lord of the fifth ray of knowledge and understanding. one po

and nourishes the fires of idealism in the aspirant. ray two governs the path of discipleship and transmutes knowledge into wisdom, feeding likewise the christ life in each disciple. ray one governs the path of initiation, producing detachment from form, the destruction of all that hinders, and fostering that dynamic will in the initiate which will enable him to take the needed steps towards the initiator- 218- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust it should here be noted that the rays divide themselves into two groups, i.e: 1. the rays of aspect..rays 1. 2. 3. the major rays. 2. the rays of attribute..rays 4. 5. 6. 7. the minor rays. the distinction between these two groups has been well summed up in some sentences from the old commentar

ht 1998 lucis trust the monadic ray influences the mental body, after integration of the personality has been brought about. it causes the mind nature to achieve that clear vision which finds its consummation at the fourth initiation, and releases the man from the limitations of form. there is an analogy to this triplicity and an interesting symbolic relation in the three initiators. a. the first initiator..the soul of man. this controls gradually the personality. b. the second initiator..the christ. releasing the love nature. c. the final initiator..the planetary logos. illumining the mind. 14. the egoic or soul ray begins to make its presence actively felt, via the astral body, as soon as alignment has been achieved. the process is as follows: a. it plays on the astral body externally. b

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

the goal of complete unity. those who in the past thus worked, agonised and attained, constitute a long chain, reaching out of the remotest past into the present, for the initiates are still with us and the door still stands wide open. through the agency of this hierarchy of achievement, men are lifted, step by step, up the long ladder reaching from earth to heaven, to stand eventually before the initiator and in that high- 15- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust moment to find that it is the christ himself who thus greets them the familiar friend who, having prepared them by example and precept, now receives them into the presence of god. such has ever been the experience, the uniform experience down the ages, of all seekers. revolting in the east from the wheel of rebirt

ons, it might be of value to touch upon one or two points in connection with the subject as a whole. so much peculiar and unsound teaching on the matter is being given out at this time, and so wide is the general interest, that a measure of clear thinking is badly needed, and attention should be called to certain factors which are frequently overlooked. it might be asked at this point "who is the initiator? who is eligible to stand before him and to pass through an initiation" it cannot be too clearly emphasised that the first initiator with whom a man has to deal is, ever and always, his own soul. many esoteric schools and teachers direct their teaching and their aspirants towards some great master who is supposed to prepare them for this step, and without whom no progress is possible. th

man decideth the way his soul shall go" 27 again, every initiation is marked by the enunciation of a word of power. the initiate hears it, though the rest of the world may not. when christ passed through these crises, in every case a voice sounded out, and the sound which went forth "opened anew the gates of life" door after door is opened on the demand of the initiate and at the response by the initiator, standing on the other side of the portal. we shall see what each word signified. the word always issues forth from the centre. again and again in the new testament we are told that "he that hath ears to hear, let him hear,"28 and a study of the words spoken to the seven churches in revelations will bring much light upon the factor of the word. great racial words have been sounded forth

l which goes up from the hearts of all true aspirants to initiation is beautifully embodied in the following prayer "there is a peace that passeth understanding; it abides in the hearts of those who live in the eternal. there is a power which maketh all things new. it lives and moves in those who know the self as one. may that peace brood over us; that power uplift us, till we stand where the one initiator is invoked, till we see his star shine forth" when that sign is seen and the word is heard, the next step will be the recording of the vision. the plan and the part to be played by the initiate are shown to him, and he knows what he has to do. this vision is spoken of as "the vision of god" but it is expressed to man in terms of god's will and the completeness of that which god intends

ry journey of humanity has brought us today to just such a hard and uninviting place. the life of the individual disciple, prior to taking initiation and passing through the experience of the new birth, is ever one of the utmost difficulty and hardness. but in the dark, and through difficulty, christ is to be found, the christ life can flower forth, and we can stand face to face before him as the initiator. the blind poet, george macdonald, sensed this when he wrote the beautiful words which have brought comfort to so many "challenge the darkness, whatsoe'er it be, sorrow's thick darkness or strange mystery of prayer or providence. persist intent, and thou shalt find love's veiled sacrament. some secret revelation, sweetness, light, waits to waylay the wrestler in the night. in the thick d

an love be revealed. when through right use and understanding the mind is definitely directed and properly oriented, it is brought en rapport with the mind of god, the universal mind, the purpose, the plan and the will of god. through the illumined mind of man, the mind of deity stands revealed. thus man is seen as "made in the image of god."3 at the second initiation christ stood before god, the initiator, with all these aspects purified and matured; his mechanism was adjusted and ready for the task, and thus enabled to give proof of that purification and tension in attitude which would enable him to carry through his mission to a satisfactory conclusion. this he had to prove to god and man through the purification which the baptism could give, and through the subsequent temptations in th

d to the baptism of john. that submission and completed purification brought its reward. it was at this initiation that god himself proclaimed his son to be the one in whom he was "well pleased" every initiation is simply a recognition. it is a false idea, current in many schools of the mysteries and of esotericism, that initiation connotes a mysterious ceremony wherein, through the medium of the initiator and the rod of initiation, conditions are definitely changed in the aspirant, so that forever after he is altered and different. an initiation takes place whenever a man becomes, through his own self-effort, an initiate. then having taken "the kingdom of heaven by violence,"13 and having "worked out" his "own salvation through fear and trembling,"14 his spiritual status is immediately re

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as been used with marked effect. it should continue to be used, for it is the inaugurating mantram of the incoming seventh ray. this is the first time such a mantram has been brought to the attention of humanity. all these rays work today for the carrying out of a specific group idea of seven masters who, through their picked and chosen servers, are actively participating in the work which is the initiator work of the seventh ray. it is also linked up with the incoming aquarian influence. the masters, with their large group of disciples, functioning on all the five planes of human- 89- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust unfoldment, have studied minutely their accepted disciples, the disciples under supervision and not yet accepted, an

ower must be contacted by humanity as time transpires, through their individual re-enactment (on a tiny scale) of the cosmic approaches, or the touches of divinity, dramatically engineered by the cosmic avatars, the buddha and the christ. it is because the christ has approached closer to humanity by focussing divine energy upon the astral plane through his divine acquiescence that he is the first initiator. from one point of view, these two centres of force constitute the temples of initiation through which all disciples have to pass. this passing is the theme of the coming new religion. mankind has entered into the temples at the great cosmic approach of appropriation in lemurian times. certain of the more advanced sons of men were passed in atlantean times and still more will be passed i

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holy ones whose disciple i am show me the light i seek; give me the strong aid of their compassion and their wisdom. there is a peace which passeth understanding; it abides in the hearts of those who live in the eternal. there is a power which maketh all things new; it lives and moves in those who know the self as one. may that peace brood over us, that power uplift us till we stand where the one initiator is invoked, till we see his star shine forth" 6. sound the o.m. i particularly ask you to make your spiritual diary a more vital, more organised and more easily available document for the teaching of others. you have in it much of interest. it is, however, somewhat chaotic and the ideas in it are not easily understandable. will you make it more sequential, synthetic and readable so that

e pupils we aspire to become, show us the light we seek; give us the strong aid of their compassion and their wisdom. there is a peace that passeth understanding; it abides in the hearts of those who live in the eternal. there is a power that maketh all things new; it lives and moves in those who know the self as one. may that peace brood over us, that power uplift us, till we stand where the one initiator is invoked, till we see his star shine forth "may the peace and the blessing of the holy ones pour forth over the worlds" september 1936- 414- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust my brother: the hidden gift of the intuition, released through love, is what you have to give your group. the technical foundation of truth is there but being the same, practically i

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who love their fellowmen, because to love one's fellowmen is the divine faculty which makes us full members of christ's community. it is not the accepting of any historical fact or theological creed which places us en rapport with christ. the citizens of the kingdom of god are all those who are deliberately seeking the light and attempting (through self-imposed discipline) to stand before the one initiator; this worldwide group (whether in the body or out of it) accepts the teaching that "the sons of men are one; they know that divine revelation is continuous and ever new, and that the divine plan is working itself out on earth. there are those today on earth who know that through the instrumentality, the inspiration and the- 34- the reappearance of the christ copyright 1998 lucis trust in

ave taken the first two initiations of the birth and the baptism. they are aware of the spiritual aspiration which is indicative of the christ life in their hearts, and they have subjected themselves to the processes of purification which culminate in the baptismal waters. christ must prepare these aspirants for the higher initiations and so nourish and aid them that they can stand before the one initiator and become pillars in the temple of god (i.e, agents of the spiritual hierarchy and, therefore, active, working disciples. when he was in palestine, centuries ago, he said "no man cometh unto the father but by me (john xiv.6) this was a foretelling of the work which he would be called upon to do in the aquarian era. in the first two initiations, aspirants (trained by senior disciples) fi

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ctions of the mass or group. that is one of the reasons why, when in training, disciples are absorbed into a master's group which is integrally a collection of individuals who are imbued with the group idea and are learning increasingly to react to it. in this world period and in a peculiar manner, as far as the race (aryan) to which the western world belongs, neptune is known esoterically as the initiator. in certain ancient formulas, the great teacher of the west and the present world initiator, christ, is spoken of as neptune, who rules the ocean, whose trident and astrological symbol signifies the trinity in manifestation and who is the ruler of the piscean age. the formula runs as follows, speaking esoterically. the fish goddesses who have leapt from earth (virgo) to water (pisces) un

es his own legislator, ruling his conduct wisely, controlling his impulses intellectually and then libra enables him to balance the material and the spiritual law. when he has done all this, he discovers himself ready to enter into new and deeper experiments (should i call them experiences) and as a participator in the divine plan and as a cooperator in the divine purpose, he then becomes his own initiator and is thus ready to take initiation. such are the paradoxes of the spiritual life. but the secret of the cardinal cross is revealed only to the man who has mounted the fixed cross and gone through its fourfold experience. it is not possible to say more than what i have said. libra is an air sign; there are three air signs in the zodiac and their inter-relation makes a most interesting s

e much reflection on the subject, as it is an exceedingly difficult one, constituting, in itself, a very advanced science, and embodying the mystery of the first solar system, the past again the memory cells give their contribution. it is through the permanent atoms that the forces of materialism can work; the great white lodge works through the seven centres. aries begins the process and is the "initiator of the process which leads to progress" and at the end of the age (as it is now at the final or seventh initiation) the initiator of the mysteries will work under instructions and with energies which emanate from the lord of the constellation aries. in the last analysis and esoterically speaking, fire is the great liberator and aries is the leading fire sign which will eventually "fuse t

he final or seventh initiation) the initiator of the mysteries will work under instructions and with energies which emanate from the lord of the constellation aries. in the last analysis and esoterically speaking, fire is the great liberator and aries is the leading fire sign which will eventually "fuse the beginning and the end, blend the opposites and dispel both time and space" at present, the initiator of the mysteries acts under inspiration and with energies emanating from capricorn an earth sign because humanity is, as yet- 180- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust earth-bound. the forces of initiation produce their major effects upon the physical plane, for it is there that the initiate has to demonstrate his liberation, his underst

anced humanity is concerned because it is the testing sign for humanity and the one in which the human being reaches the depths or attains the heights. taurus is the dominant stream of energy upon this fixed cross where average man is concerned. the energy let loose through this cross is stupendous in its effects, producing finally the great reversal and renunciation. in this cross, taurus is the initiator for it "impulses the will" producing movement and momentum. you have (if i may repeat earlier implications) the following conditions and correspondences in connection with the three crosses: 1. the cardinal cross..s. pirit..w. ill..shamballa. 2. the fixed cross..soul..consciousness..hierarchy. 3. the mutable cross..form..a. ctivity..humanity. the initiate is one who is in process of rela

scorpio and aquarius. i need not enter into an analysis of them as this was covered when we studied each of them earlier and separately. i would, however, like to point out that each of these constellations is closely connected, as a transmitter of energy, with certain stars, lying outside our zodiac altogether, thus connecting our tiny planet with certain great focal points of energy. aries, the initiator of impulses (either the impulse to incarnate or the impulse to return to the originating source) is closely in touch with one of the stars in the great bear to which we give the name "pointer" in common parlance. this pointer is a "major star of direction" because through it (in this world cycle) flows the will to unify and to bring about synthesis. this is the force which brings about t

g of its energies can be portrayed by the following symbol or diagram: this triple inflow of seventh ray energy, coloured by the force of three great constellations, is potent to effect major changes in our little planet. it is interesting to realise that aries, the inaugurator, is rendered effective on the earth through the organising potency of uranus. aries is the source, the beginning and the initiator of the new age and its coming civilisations, of the appearance of the kingdom of god on earth and also of the individual initiate into the mysteries. aquarius is the present determiner of the future. that which is now initiated in aries will become manifested in aquarius, and libra will enforce the achievement of a point of balance or (esoterically speaking) of the "escape from opposing

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riad, of the threefold egoic lotus and of the triple personality, thus again making the nine of initiation. the energies thus synchronised and focussed in, around and above the head are of great beauty and extensive radiation, plus dynamic effectiveness. they serve to relate the initiate to all parts of the planetary life, to the great council at shamballa, and to the lord of the world, the final initiator via the buddha and one of the three buddhas of activity. the buddha, in a most peculiar sense, relates the initiate to the second aspect of divinity that of love and therefore to the hierarchy; the buddhas of activity relate him to the third aspect of divinity, that of active intelligence. thus the energy of will, of consciousness and of creativity meet in him, providing the synthesis of

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one of the prime factors in producing revelation, and this is one of the paradoxes of occultism. in the world of human thought, understanding follows the prescribed routine, it follows the presented fact. in the life of the spirit, understanding is a necessary predisposing cause of revelation. i would ask you to ponder on this, bracing yourself for revelation, through a deep understanding of the initiator in yourself. each of you has to initiate your own individual crises; there is no one else who is responsible. each of you together initiates the activity for which the group is responsible and for which you have been brought together; each of you initiates himself into the presence, through the medium of the angel, and into the shadow of the dweller on the threshold. through this process

mplifications in life and being. they concern primarily the service of the initiate; hitherto we have only considered the service which disciples, aspirants and men of goodwill can render. v. i shall give you some clear and definite instructions anent the uses of the etheric body. this vehicle of vitality or energy is the ultimate conditioning factor in the activity of the physical body. it is an initiator, for there is no physical activity as we understand it unless impulsed by some energy emanating from the etheric body. an understanding of some of the processes of initiation will come from an understanding of the body of vitality. the etheric body is the organ whereby personality or soul expression becomes evidenced upon the physical plane. its potency is that which evokes the physical

so must reach and relate to the world of realities and awaken to their responsibilities. in the training of all disciples, one of the goals is to make the world of phenomena recede into the background of consciousness whilst the world of meaning becomes more vital and real. this world, in its turn, is the antechamber to the world of causes, where conscious relationship can be established with the initiator. the second purpose of the meditation was to bring to light the fact that the disciple (as an outpost of the ashram as a functioning soul) must be oriented to humanity in a more definite manner; the purpose of such orientation is that the "life of the triangles may penetrate the area of the square and produce the inevitable consequence, the germinating of ideas and the flowering of the n

rk during the coming year. as this thought-projection process or exercise becomes a part of your normal state of mind, it will serve also to focus you upon the mental plane, thus withdrawing your attention from the world of the emotions and of desire or aspiration and placing you "upon the lighted point upon the lighted way, where light may shine and show a star which shines above the brow of the initiator- 138- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust i suggest to you that you take the seven meditations and work regularly with them. i suggested this to you a year ago. few of you took my advice or have adhered to the process or followed the rhythm set up by the sequence of meditations. i suggest that you give two months to each of the meditations, thus covering a p

ention and focussing, and of attention to the purely physical disciplines. today, the true disciple who is ready for this great step is in control of his emotional apparatus; his lower mind is keenly alert and focussed, and his higher mind is definitely en rapport with the lower, via the antahkarana. perhaps clarity of perception will come to you if you realise that the conditional demands of the initiator (until the period of the year 1400 a.d) were for conscious soul contact; today, it is for a measure of established relation to the spiritual triad, via the antahkarana. this is a very different matter; soul contact is necessarily present, but is not deemed to give all that the initiate of the new age must have. love is of course needed; wisdom must be present, but the sense of universali

xpansive and all-inclusive work is entered into in graded sequences and carried forward under the influence of the initiate's expanding awareness and his growing sensitivity to impression. i am seeking here to divorce your minds from the id e fixe that the initiate works because he knows. i would reverse the statement and say he knows because he works. there is no point of attainment at which the initiator says to the initiate: now you know, and therefore you can work. rather it is: now you serve and work, and in so doing you are embarked upon a new and difficult voyage of discovery; you will discover reality progressively and arrive at whole areas of expression, because you serve. resulting from this service, certain powers and energies will manifest, and your ability to use them will ind

nt words in due place (and these i may not give you, the following six thoughts are emphasised in his consciousness; these six thoughts will give you the intent of the formula as clearly as is possible. it is not possible to convey to you the true beauty of the concepts, but if you will have in mind the thought of meaning as light on life, of cause as the breath of experience, and of being as the initiator of all that is, then some vision may come, some dream arise in your consciousness, and some power of accomplishment pour in. the masters use this formula when faced with death in some form or another (and these words must be used literally. i refer not to death as it may affect them, but to death as it affects god's created universe, producing release or finality, or opening the door to

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nfidence in the watching hierarchy and confidence in the plan. the end of tribulation is not yet, but it is in sight. with this thought i leave you. may the blessing of the masters rest upon you as a group and as individuals, and may the holy ones whose pupils you seek to become show you the light you seek, give you the strong aid of their compassion and their wisdom until you stand where the one initiator is invoked, until you see his star shine forth. the cause of the world catastrophe june 1942 we come now to the consideration of the present acute situation and world catastrophe which is rooted in world glamour, and will study the possibility of relief and cure. this possibility exists and is centred in the two great avatars, the buddha and the christ. it is difficult to write clearly a

akened, for it is aided by the mild, unthinking person, by the bewildered, the pacifist, the appeaser and the isolationist. the idealism of this group is turned to the aid of germany by the skilful evil workers. the german armies are still unbeaten; central europe is a mighty fortress, dominated by the arch enemy of mankind, sitting on his mountain-top. there, symbolically, he is to be found, the initiator into evil conditions, and into slavery. the armies of the lord stand poised, and victory will be theirs when there is complete unity of purpose, concentrated attention upon right human relations, and a spread of idealistic aspiration to all who are fighting this battle for freedom. for this unity of purpose all the enlightened people of the world must work. it is not yet adequately prese

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ice of humanity and based upon loyalty, cooperation and interdependence. in the past, the emphasis was upon the individual, his training and approach to initiation, and his solitary admittance to the temple of initiation. but this individual concentration will, in the future, give place to a group condition which will enable several disciples unitedly to move forward, unitedly to stand before the initiator, and unitedly and simultaneously to achieve the great realisation which is the result and the reward of successful discipleship. in the first thesis which i presented to the public i outlined the rules for applicants (initiation, human and solar, pp. 192-208, summarising the past propositions and indicating the individual preparation and requirements. these will now apply to the probatio

let the group know there is no colour, only light; and then let darkness take the place of light, hiding all difference- 14- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust blotting out all form. then at the place of tension, and at that darkest point let the group see a point of clear cold fire, and in the fire (right at its very heart) let the one initiator appear whose star shone forth when the door first was passed. rule x. for applicants: the army of the voice, the devas in their serried ranks work ceaselessly. let the disciple apply himself to a consideration of their methods; let him learn the rules whereby the army works within the veils of maya. for disciples and initiates: the rules for work within the veils of maya are known and ha

and my use of the word "new" in this connotation is related to human knowledge but not to the initiatory procedure. that has always existed and always, at the great crises of initiation, disciples have moved forward in groups, even though they have not been aware of so doing. now disciples can become so aware, and the various ray ashrams will not only present their groups (large or small) to the initiator, but the personnel of these groups will now be aware of the fact of group presentation. they will also have to grasp the fact of the extent of their knowledge being dependent upon their decentralisation. i would ask you to ponder and reflect upon this last- 17- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust statement. let us now proceed to

intuition. it will be apparent to you, therefore, that these higher spiritual faculties can only be brought into play when the bridging antahkarana is beginning to play its part. hence the teaching which i am giving on the construction of the rainbow bridge. these rules are in reality great formulas of approach, but they indicate approach to a specific section of the path and not approach to the initiator. i would have you reflect upon this distinction. the "way of the higher evolution" lies open to the aspirant to the greater- 22- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust mysteries, but he is oft bewildered in the beginning and frequently questions in his mind the difference between the progress or evolution of the personality towards

soul emerges in all its glory, and the first faint sound of the originating sound breaks upon the ear of the transfigured initiate. this is the voice referred to in the biblical account of the transfiguration. this voice says "this is my beloved son" the initiate registers the fact that he has been accepted by shamballa and has made his first contact with the planetary logos, the hierophant, the initiator at the third initiation, just as the christ, the master of all the masters, is the initiator and the hierophant at the first two initiations. the word, however, with which we are now dealing is not the sacred word itself, but a signal or sound of acceptance. it is translated in this rule by the phrase: accepted as a group. this refers- 37- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays

e aspect of manifestation. he has learnt to function through form; he has become aware, as a soul, of the divine form in its many aspects and differentiations; he now starts off upon the way of the higher unfoldment, of which the first step is contact with shamballa, involving the fusion of his self-will and his spiritual will with the will of god. at the third initiation he stands before the one initiator, the lord of the world, and "sees his star shine forth" and hears the sound which to quote the old commentary..pours forth from that central point of power where substance and the outer life have met together, where spirit utters loud the cry which drew the form to meet the highest need; where energy comes forth and blends with force and (in the blending) music had its start within the s

, as it is given to all applicants and probationary disciples, gives his work the following definition: let the disciple tend the evocation of the fire, nourish the lesser lives and thus keep the wheel revolving. it is given in this short form to all who are approaching the path, in order to convey to them with the utmost brevity and beauty the nature of the life of the head of the hierarchy, the initiator whom they must face at the time of the first and second initiations, and upon whose activities they as individual aspirants must learn to model their lives. only today is it possible to present that work in other terms than those which emphasise the part the christ plays in the salvaging of man. it is now possible, however, to present his true and wider task, because man's sense of propo

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e its presence felt with the facility of agelong expression. at the same time he knew that his problem was to express spiritual being and energy. he had to know in fact and in experience that he was god, immanent in nature; that he was the self in close relation to the not-self; he had to experiment with the law of- 10- the labours of hercules cause and effect, and this from the standpoint of the initiator of the causes in order to produce intelligent effects. through the twelve signs of the zodiac he passed, struggling to work subjectively and trying to reject the lure and the pull of the outer tangible form. the second key thought can be expressed in the words "the conception of a concealed deity lies at the heart of all religions" this is the mystic realization and the object of the sea

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mark of cain, the first satanist and first murder. in certain rabbinical literature, the daughters of cain were those who joined in sexual union with the fallen angels, the watchers, and gave birth to the nephilim, the giants who were war like and brutal. they were said to have populated the earth in plenty, and attacked the children of seth. in manichaean lore, the queen of demons and spiritual initiator of cain, lilith az, taught the fallen angels to form physical bodies and join with others sexually. it is suggested also by writers 7 kaufmann kohler, w.h. bennett and louis ginzberg that the children of cain spent their days at the foot of a mountain (eden) practicing in wild orgies with the music of lucifer through that created by jubal. women, the first pairikas or faeries/witches, in

ths who believed themselves to be the descendants of a cain, related also to the midianites and israelites who traveled the desert rift of arabah from around the 13th to 9th centuries bc. they would avenge the murder of any tribe member severely. this mark was later equated in the times of witchcraft persecution with the marks given to initiates of the cult. historically, cain is recognized as an initiator throughout various heretical societies, including the ancient 8 toadsman fraternity, the skull and bonesmen, and the horse whisperers- nathaniel j. harris, witcha, a book of cunning (mandrake of oxford) this mark is represented as being a symbolic marking of antinomian commitment, of being awakened to the path of the devil and his bride, to becoming through the daemonic spirit inherent w

at even within workings of light, the witch is becoming in the blackened flame of azazel (in a sigillic and mantraspoken form, azal ucel. this is obviously a serious point of introspection needed by the individual before pursuing, a level of skill which is almost sensed rather than learned. here can be understood as the calling of witch blood of our father the devil, by cain and tubal cain, witch initiator of the blackened forge and his mother lilith-az, does the initiatic stream of the watchers survive. those of the yatu or sorcerous path of ahriman within the circle of ritual evocation, known as azothoz, does the therion atavistic shadows emerge from the darkness of flesh. azothoz in the lore of the circle represents the alpha and omega, being the beginnning and end which is also the pri

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be seen in the british museum. representing the events of the fall according to the same authority, there are also two figures sitting on each side of a tree, and holding out their hands to the "apple" while at the back of the "tree[[vol. 2, page] 355 the naasenian gnostics. is the dragon-serpent. esoterically, the two figures are two "chaldees" ready for initiation, the serpent symbolising the "initiator; while the jealous gods, who curse the three, are the exoteric profane clergy. not much of the literal "biblical event" there, as any occultist can see "the great dragon has respect but for the serpents of wisdom" says the stanza; thus proving the correctness of our explanation of the two figures and the "serpent "the serpents who redescended. who taught and instructed" the fifth race. w

(s* the student must be aware that jethro is called the "father-in-law" of moses; not because moses was really married to one of his seven daughters. moses was an initiate, if he ever existed, and as such an ascetic, a nazar, and could never be married. it is an allegory like everything else. zipporah (the shining) is one of the personified occult sciences given by revel-jethro, the midian priest initiator, to moses, his egyptian pupil. the "well" by which moses sat down in his flight from the pharaoh symbolizes the "well of knowledge* in hebrew the phallic symbol lingham and yoni[[vol. 2, page] 466 the secret doctrine. the egg, the six, and the five (see stanza iv, book i) give the numbers 1065, the value of the first born. if it be so, then in 1065 we have the famous jehovah's name, the

eir personalities. enoch is the seventh patriarch; orpheus is the possessor of the phorminx, the 7-stringed lyre, which is the seven-fold mystery of initiation. thoth, with the seven-rayed solar discus on his head, travels in the solar boat, the 365 degrees, jumping out every fourth (leap) year for one day. finally, thoth-lunus is the septenary[[footnote(s* khanoch, or hanoch, or enoch means the "initiator" and "teacher" as well as the "son of man" enos (vide genesis iv, 26, esoterically[[vol. 2, page] 530 the secret doctrine. god of the seven days, or the week. esoterically and spiritually, enoichion means the "seer of the open eye" the story about enoch, told by josephus, namely, that he had concealed under the pillars of mercury or seth his precious rolls or books, is the same as that t

ous secrets would be lost, concealed before the deluge in the bowels of the earth- were simply the more or less symbolical and allegorical copies from the primitive records. the "book of enoch" is one of such copies and is a chaldean, now very incomplete compendium. as already said, enoichion means in greek the "inner eye" or the seer; in hebrew, and with the help of masoretic points it means the initiator and instructor[[hebrew. it is a generic title; besides which his legend is[[vol. 2, page] 531 the adept dies but to live. that of several other prophets, jewish and heathen, with changes of made-up details, the root-form being the same. elijah is also taken up into heaven alive; and the astrologer, at the court of isdubar, the chaldean hea-bani, is likewise raised to heaven by the god he

world, called in the veda "the all-seeing god" who "sacrifices himself to himself (the spiritual egos of mortals are his own essence, one with him, therefore. remember that he is called deva vardhika "the builder of the gods" and that it is he who ties (the sun) surya, his son-in-law, on his lathe, in the exoteric allegory; on the swastika, in esoteric tradition, as on earth he is the hierophant initiator, and cuts away a portion of his brightness. visvakarma, remember again, is the son of yoga-siddha, i.e, the holy power of yoga, and the fabricator of the "fiery weapon" the magic agneyastra. the narrative is given more fully elsewhere. the author of the kabalistic work so often quoted from, asks "the theoretical use of crucifixion must have been somehow connected with the personification

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ually celestial son- a dhyani-bodhisattva- who, after the decease of the manushi (human) buddha, has to carry out the work of the latter, rests on the fact that owing to the highest initiation performed by one overshadowed by the "spirit of buddha (who is credited by the orientalists with having created the five dhyani-buddhas- a candidate becomes virtually a bodhisattva, created such by the high initiator (c) fohat, being one of the most, if not the most important character in esoteric cosmogony, should be minutely described. as in the oldest grecian cosmogony, differing widely from the later mythology, eros is the third person in the primeval trinity: chaos, gaea, eros: answering to the kabalistic en-soph (for chaos is space[[chaino "void) the boundless all, shekinah and the ancient of d

"sons of wisdom" who, as will be seen, incarnated in this third race, produced by kriyasakti a progeny called the "sons of ad" or "of the fire-mist" the "sons of will and yoga" etc. they were a conscious production, as a portion of the race was already animated with the divine spark of spiritual, superior intelligence. it was not a race, this progeny. it was at first a wondrous being, called the "initiator" and after him a group of semi-divine and semi-human beings "set apart" in archaic genesis for certain purposes, they are those in whom are said to have incarnated the highest dhyanis "munis and rishis from previous manvantaras- to form the nursery for future human adepts, on this earth and during the present cycle. these "sons of will and yoga" born, so to speak, in an immaculate way, r

n the east, especially among the occultists and the students of the sacred science. it is he who changes form, yet remains ever the same. and it is he again who holds spiritual sway over the[[vol. 1, page] 208 the secret doctrine. initiated adepts throughout the whole world. he is, as said, the "nameless one" who has so many names, and yet whose names and whose very nature are unknown. he is the "initiator" called the "great sacrifice" for, sitting at the threshold of light, he looks into it from within the circle of darkness, which he will not cross; nor will he quit his post till the last day of this life-cycle. why does the solitary watcher remain at his self-chosen post? why does he sit by the fountain of primeval wisdom, of which he drinks no longer, as he has naught to learn which he

BLUE EQUINOX

ake thee afraid. love is the law, love under will. liber lxi vel cavs a.a. the preliminary lection including the history lection v a.a. publication in class d 93 10 =18 666 9 =28 pro coll. summ. 777 8 =38 d. d. s. 7 =48 o. m. 7 =48 o. s. v. 6 =58 parzival 5 =68 pro coll. int. v. n. pr monstrator p. imperator pro coll. ext. achad cancellarius 55 liber lxi the preliminary lection in the name of the initiator, amen. 1. in the beginning was initiation. the flesh profiteth nothing; the mind profiteth nothing; that which is unknown to you and above these, while firmly based upon their equilibrium, giveth life. 2. in all systems of religion is to be found a system of initiation, which may be defined as the process whereby a man comes to learn that unknown crown. 3. though none can communicate eit

CALLING TO THE FIRST OF WITCH BLOOD

ence. with the pen inked in the blood of abel do i scribe of when the blade fell i knew pain and a blinding heat of falling deep into my own created hell, of knowing a heaven of isolation and self-reliance then this ecstasy of transformation. the blood of my shell encircled me, and alone did i first summon forth my father of whom i knew by dream did that dragon come and ignite within, my soul, my initiator by giving to the daemon did my eyes open anew. i conjure thee, o wanderer who bears a black thorn stick i adjure thee, who the blood of abel did ignite your senses who lifted thee up into the flames of your father in iblis shadow did you awaken in the arms of lilith, the moon. i summon thee, cain of old, whose words open the gates of hell i invoke thee, cain of the serpent skin, who is t

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

abilities. cloves seite 83 wicca01.txt cloves are used in spells for love and money; they repel hostility and improve memory. copal use copal for protection and purification; it is especially good for cleansing crystals. cypress cypress is for times of transition to a new phase, letting go of sorrow. dragon's blood dragon's blood is used for love and protection, passion and male potency. fern an initiator of change, travel and fertility, fern will also bring hidden wealth, maybe in terms of potential. fig use fig for wisdom, creativity and creation, fertility, harmony and balance. frankincense use frankincense for courage, joy, strength and success. freesia freesia increases trust, especially after loss or betrayal; it also brings belief in a better tomorrow. gum arabic (acacia) use gum a

oes and is the archangel of salvation. he is sometimes linked with the courage of mars. he warned noah of the impending flood and led abraham out of ur. believed to have given alchemy to mankind, he also imparted the wisdom of the kabbalah, the book of sacred writings, to hebrew mystics. he stands as wise protector and keeper of the sacred mysteries, hence representing the direction of magick and initiator of all who seek the mysteries. uriel stands in the north and his colour is the deep blue or purple of midnight. raphael raphael is the healer and travellers' guide and is often associated with mercury, the messenger of the dawn. he is the angel who offers healing to the planet and to mankind and all creatures on the face of the earth and in the skies and waters and the promise that tomor

on page 297, or try entering angels on your web browser. images can be downloaded and form a focus for meditations, through which you can invoke each angel using your own higher self or consciousness. in this way, the protective angel draws on your own spiritual powers. archangels and their days of the week michael michael is the archangel who rules the sun. michael's day is sunday. michael, the initiator, brings illumination and inspiration in many spheres of life, through the efforts of our individual creative spirit. michael is the guardian of all who stand alone with their unique vision for bettering the world and are not prepared to compromise their ideals for humanity, purely for money or fame. this archangel can be invoked in ritual for all creative ventures, for original ideas and

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

tary proclaiming them to be the "eternal evangel" which supercedes the old and new testaments. thus ensues uproar and censure leading to the appointment of bonaventure, replacing john of parma as leader of the franciscans. 1255: hulegu, the ilkhan, invades the middle east and captures bagdhad, which becomes the capital of the ilkhanate c.1255-1300 guido cavalcanti leader of the fedeli d'amore and initiator of dante. 1256 latin translation of gh yat al-hak m fi'l-sihr, or picatrix(the aim of the sage)the attribution to the andalusian mathematician al-majriti (or al-madjriti d. ca. 1004-7) is considered pseudo-epigraphic. listing of decans. one of the principal sources of the aim of the sage was the encyclopedia of the brethren of purity (ihw n al-saf. king alfonso the wise of castile orders

DIABOLUS

he shadow holds substance which bears the fruit of knowledge from the practitioner who is daring enough to taste it. set is the original opposer or adversary, whose form captivated and later frightened those who dare stand against him. the persian foundation of averse practice is found in some satanic lore written by zoroastrian priests. ahriman, the prince of darkness in that regions lore is the initiator of the shadow practice of sorcery, thus cannot be judged within a spectrum of the zoroastrian religion this gnosis is other and stands outside within practice. to make proper reference; and by their devotion to witchcraft (yatuk-dinoih) he seduces mankind into affection for himself and disaffection to ohrmazd, so that they forsake the religion of ohrmazd, and practice that of ahriman. th

any sign of tears upon the face of any of them. o prince satan, holder of the keys of hell, those thy riches which thou hadst gained by the tree of transgression and the losing of paradise, thou hast lost by the tree of the cross, and all thy gladness hath perished- gospel of nicodemus vii (xxiii) here beelzebub is the tester and accuser of christ, he by having him in myth crucified acted as his initiator and teacher, he tested christ by word and prose and christ proved a powerful student. beelzebub had him face death and christ was then uplifted from flesh to spirit, just as beelzebub has experienced in the fall; yet christ was said to have returned to heaven after gaining a perception of his own being and world. end this essay has intertwined within the basic scope of luciferian and sat

DION FORTUNE MYSTICAL QABALA

he old gods, which every pantheon recognises as the predecessors of those forms of godhead worshipped by the current faith. thus rhea and kronos would be referred to binah and chokmah, and jupiter to chesed. all the corn goddesses refer to malkuth, and all the lunar goddesses to yesod. the war gods and destructive gods, or divine devils, refer to geburah, and the goddesses of love to netzach. the initiator gods of wisdom are referred to hod, and the sacrificed gods and redeemers to tiphareth. so great an authority as richard payne knight in his valuable book, the symbolic language of ancient art and mythology, speaks of "the remarkable concurrence of the allegories, symbols, and titles of ancient mythology in favour of the mystic system of emanations" with this clue we sort out the pantheo

s that two-headed giant of the qliphoth, thaumiel, the dual contending forces, knocks his heads together and says "a plague on both your houses! keep god's peace or it will be the worse for you" 50. when a soul is at that stage of development when the only way it can learn is by experience, geburah sees that it shall not be disappointed when it goes about looking for trouble. geburah is the great initiator of the swollen-headed. chapter xx tiphareth, the sixth sephirah title: tiphareth, beauty (hebrew spelling: tau, pe, aleph, resh, tau) magical image: a majestic king. a child. a sacrificed god. situation on the tree: in the centre of the pillar of equilibrium. yetziratic text: the sixth path is called the mediating intelligence, because in it are multiplied the influxes of the emanations;

h endures and builds up throughout an evolution; it is from this that the successive personalities, the units of incarnation, are emanated; it is into this that the active essence of experience is absorbed at the end of each incarnation when the incarnating unit dissolves into dust and ether. 30. it is this second triad which forms the oversoul, the higher self, the holy guardian angel, the first initiator. it is the voice of this higher self which is so often heard with the inner ear, and not the voice of discarnate entities, or of god himself, as is thought by those who have had no training in tradition. 31. overshadowed and directed by the second triad, the third triad builds up through the experience of incarnation, with malkuth as its physical vehicle. brain consciousness mystical qab

of the word. the nature contacts are made through the angelic kings of the elements in the sphere of tiphareth-in other words, through the realisation of the spiritual principles behind natural things-and the initiate then comes to the elemental beings in the name of their presiding king. he descends into the elemental kingdoms from above, as it were, bringing with him his manhood; thus he is an initiator to the elementals; but if he meets them on their own level, he abrogates his manhood and returns to an earlier phase of evolution. elemental force, not limited and kept in check by the limitations of an animal brain, is bound to be unbalanced force when it flows through the wide channels of a human intellect, and the result is chaos, which is one of the kingdoms of the qliphoth. 80. the

eedingly important sphere from the point of view of the practical work of occultism. it is because most people who go in for occultism work up the central pillar only, which is the pillar of consciousness, and pay no attention to the side pillars, which are the pillars of function, that such negligible results are obtained from initiation. the blind are leading the blind, and the average would-be initiator in modern occult fraternities, who is usually more of a mystic than an occultist, does not realise that he has got to initiate subconsciousness as well as consciousness, and illuminate the instincts as well as the reason. iii 28. we have considered netzach from the objective and the subjective points of view; it now remains to study the symbolism assigned to this sephirah in the light of

sphere after we have received the initiation of that sphere, which, in the language of the mysteries, confers its powers. in the technical working of the mysteries these initiations are conferred on the physical plane by means of ceremonial, which may be effectual, or may not. the gist of the matter lies in the fact that one cannot waken into activity what is not already latent. life is the real initiator; the experiences of life stimulate into function the capacities of our temperaments in such degree as we possess them. the ceremony of initiation, and the teachings that should be given in the various grades, are simply designed to make conscious what was previously subconscious, and to bring under the control of the will, directed by the higher [page 246] intelligence, those developed r

DION FORTUNE PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE

him, and his fellow-members may have unpleasant experiences. i well remember it being said to me by an occultist of great experience that two things are necessary for safety in occultism, right motives and right associates. we lull ourselves into a false security if we believe that good intentions are sufficient protection. my advice to the would-be student is to invoke the master to send him an initiator, and to refuse to attempt any practical work until he is fully satisfied that the initiator has been found. i cannot here enter into either the precautions to be taken against untoward happenings in practical occult work, nor the remedies to apply if they take place; i will merely indicate the signs by which such an eventuality may be recognised. this is all that can be done, and all tha

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 2

, and any initiates within the coven are invited to be part of the initiation whether they were the candidate s teachers or not. reclaiming initiations are customized to the individual seeker. first, the initiators give challenges to the candidate. the candidate must accept the challenges from each initiators and fulfill them to everyone s satisfaction before the actual ceremony takes place. each initiator creates these challenges according to what that priest or priestess feels the candidate needs to improve upon. the initiator s challenge is a task, which they have already done, or would and could do. they can also require the candidate to complete a challenge if they determine it would foster the candidate s development. it must be a task the person is actually capable of completing. a

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

gainst the renaissance magic throughout the period in which it flourished (2) the humanist tradition i must first of all define what i mean by "the humanist tradition. i mean the recovery of the latin texts, of the literature of roman civilisation in the renaissance, and the attitude to life and letters which arose out of that recovery. though it had many antecedents in the middle ages, the chief initiator of this movement, so far as the italian renaissance is concerned, was petrarch. the recovery of the latin texts, the excitement about the new revelation of classical antiquity which they brought, belongs to the fourteenth century and continues into the fifteenth century. it was very well advanced and had reached a stage of sophistication before the next great experience of the renaissanc

FRATER TENEBROUS CULTS OF CTHULHU

tures as a god of the philistines. in the mythos, he is the progenitor of the seas, the watery equivalent to shub-niggurath and lord of the amphibious deep ones. his elemental attribution is water, and his number is 777. cthulhu himself is referred to as the high priest of the great old ones. his other titles include, he who is to come, lord of r lyeh, and lord of the watery abyss. cthulhu is the initiator of the dream-visions sent forth to mankind from the tomb-city of r lyeh. the formula of his invocation is supplied by lovecraft in the curious ritual phrase, of non-human origin, which is chanted by the worshippers of the cthulhu cult: ph nglui mglw nafh cthulhu r lyeh wgah nagl fhtagn. cthulhu represents the abyss of the subconscious or dreaming mind, and astrologically by the sign of s

GILBERT THE MAGICAL MASON

e from the east: in the former case from asia minor, arabia, africa, and notably fez; in the latter from india, tibet, and egypt. in each case the inspiration and actual founding of the order is really due to one alone: in the former case by aman,in the latter by a woman. in each case the order appears to have been founded in the closing quarter of a century.christian rosenkreuz27in each case the initiator laid some part of his or her store of learning before the world, and in each case the learning wasu'iaughingmatter unto them, and the teacher was a butt foracornand ridicule. in each case the teaching is based upon a foundation of ethicsanda high standard of morality, and the suggestion is made thatsucha course oflifemaylead to abnormal or magical powers. in each case, the teacher, disgu

oemsandprayers inform us ofthereligious notions of the aryan racesandvoicetheirappeal tothegods of the elements,ofthesun,themoon,andofthe beneficent forces of nature.theethical system of thebuddhiststeachesfournoble truths,andthepathto nirvana is four-fold. someoftheoldclassicalauthorsfollowing hesiodtaughtalso offourages, viz.,thegolden, silvern, bronze andironagesofhumanity.thegreekhermeswas an initiator, revealer ofthespiritual worldandwas invested by greekartwithfour implements:thewandofthemagician.thewingsoftheadventurous one.theswordofthewillofthehero.andthe cap of the discretionoftheadept.theriver styx, orofexistence,bringforth four powers: zeal, success,fortitudetobear,and powertoact.thesepowersconquerthetitans,or elemental forces ofnature.therewere four notable mastersofirelandwho

GILBERT R A THE MASONIC CAREER OF A

time his own wish to promote the order 'i thank you most cordially for the honour which you have done me in conferring upon me the order of st. martin. the fact that i am not a mason makes that honour somewhat exceptional, and i can but value it the more highly in consequence. i entirely conform to the obligation required of the candidate, and i hereby pledge myself never to reveal the name of my initiator to anybody or to make it public in what manner soever. 1 have read with great interest and have carefully transcribed the ms. containing the first two books of the ritual, and 1 return it herewith. i shall look forward to the receipt of the third. i trust that i shall prove useful, as i shall certainly endeavour to be active, in the diffusion of the order among occult students who are no

GNOSTIC CATECHISM

time his own wish to promote the order 'i thank you most cordially for the honour which you have done me in conferring upon me the order of st. martin. the fact that i am not a mason makes that honour somewhat exceptional, and i can but value it the more highly in consequence. i entirely conform to the obligation required of the candidate, and i hereby pledge myself never to reveal the name of my initiator to anybody or to make it public in what manner soever. 1 have read with great interest and have carefully transcribed the ms. containing the first two books of the ritual, and 1 return it herewith. i shall look forward to the receipt of the third. i trust that i shall prove useful, as i shall certainly endeavour to be active, in the diffusion of the order among occult students who are no

GOETIA LUCIFERIAN

eye of set and lilith-hecate or even ahriman is to face off forces which would devour any not prepared to become bearers of the black flame, a luciferian spirit themselves. once this pact is made, when the sigillium diaboli is upon the mind, spirit and body, then there is no turning back only the ascension of the spirit as beyond the mortal clay. 6 in the modern world of magicians, sathan is our initiator and stimulator of the psyche. one should remember, in pre-islamic lore satan/azazel is considered the imagination sufism recognizes satan as the imagination itself. sathan is thus our announcer of the path, the very fountain of our attainment. in the view of a god form and model, lucifer (sathan) is an ideal form to align with in an initiatory sense. azazel rebelled against the natural o

this may continue to be an aspect of lesser or low black magic, the magic of theurgy (high sorcery) has not been a connection in detail explored until now. theurgy is high magick, or high sorcery. it is the development of the self in light and aimed at bettering ones being on numerous levels. light may refer to the perception of being, as lucifer who is the lord of the sun and the emerald crowned initiator of magick. theurgy would be the path of invoking the genius or guardian angel of the self. this operation has been dealt with in length in the works of abramelin, aleister crowley s liber samekh and equally brilliant writings by jake stratton-kent and charles gonzales. the preliminary invocation as it was published in crowley s 1904 edition, was developed from the london papyrus 46, bein

oat with one thousand names by form. satan= set-an, the ancient egyptian god of darkness, chaos and isolation) satan is the adversary, whose symbol can be viewed as a forked stave which rises in the noon-tide sun. belial north (from bliol, a wicked one. belial is the spirit of the earth, created second after lucifer/azazel as a powerful angel. belial is a powerful daemonic and angelick spirit and initiator, and is associated with both the infernal and celestial) the sub-princes are (and should be considered shadow forms of the infernal princes) samael east (being the angel of fire who is azazel. samael is the demon prince who is married to lilith and father of tubal-cain. the root word of samael is sml, which translates idol or image) azael west (associated with azrael, the angel of death

haitan through the invocation of the four powers under the infernal princes. in the coiling of this black light and cunning fire, may the sorcerer become isolated and strong against the natural order. the individual is separate, yet a fire made vessel of azazel-lucifer, known as azal ucel, the daemonic angel of adversarial awakening. begin the rite in the southern quarter, relative to azazel, the initiator of the path. the sorcerer should construct the circle of the dragon as one uses in this goetia, encircling the self in the announced conjurations of the four quarters. azazel i summon thee fire-djinn of the southern quarter, be the torch which would ignite me, immolate me in your presence, as your child on the path of shadow unto light. samael great dragon transformed, i summon thee as f

s your child on the path of shadow unto light. samael great dragon transformed, i summon thee as fulmino-lucifer, the morning star of the east, the serpent-angel of the emerald crown who fell to earth awaken now and open forth the gates of the imagination by air and dream. mahazael father of the witch spirit, who blesses and curses under the hidden and bright moon, i do summon thee forth unto me, initiator of flame and iron, come thou forth unto this circle. horned beast and angel perfected, awaken to my northern calls of the earth! in hearth and forest shall you walk with me; in shadowed valley shall you walk as me; in desert and mountain shall you carry my body in thy circle of being! mahazael, incarnate within! azael as the candle burns out and as the sun fall into the darkness, i call

ors of our self, we must gain by association and invocation. this, by this work alone, will strengthen and develop the very self of the sorcerer, the ever changing luciferian and promethean essence from which the body and mind it itself a grand grimoire of shadowed knowledge. our soul must be enflamed as the serpent and must work accordingly as the devil in flesh, the tester of the limits and the initiator upon earth. work always with a goal in mind and do not dabble with the spirits of the goetia. you have been warned. working with angelic spirits angelic(k) spirits are celestial or empyrean forces, based primarily in the element air. they are commonly associated with lucifer and are the higher articulated solar and lunar shadow forms of the initiatic guide, by one conjoined with the demo

spirits, always remember this union with both aspects of the shadow, and the light. this is a mirror of yourself, that by magick you become god-like, welcome to the awakening and become! 17 an invocation to the holy guardian angel, spirit of the adversary who resides in darkness and light azal ucel the name azal ucel is a sigillic word manipulation of two words, azazel and lucifer. as this is the initiator and god form of the path of sorcery, lucifer is the illuminator of the soul, the one who allows the magician to bask in the light of self and view ones own reflection in the emerald crown, the very lucifer-stone which fell to earth and remains hidden within the earth, and partially in the heart of man. this rite is designed to provide a short yet inspired working of invoking the holy gua

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS Z1

emblem of the hegemon is the calvary cross of six squares within a circle. this cross embraces trapt, jxn, dwh and dwsy, and rests upon twklm. also, the calvary cross of six squares forms the cube and is thus referred to the six sephiroth of the microprosopus which are dsj, hrwbg, trapt, jxn, dwh and dwsy" in addition to this explanation, it represents the black calvary cross of suffering as the initiator by trial and self abnegation, and the opener of the way into the comprehension of the forces of the divine light. it is therefore suspended from a black collar to show that suffering is the purgation of evil "before the face of the gods in the place of the threshold" is the name of hegemon, and she is the goddess thma-ae-st having the following coptic forms: thma-ae-st- this is as in reg

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS Z3

about him the symbol of the higher triad before he places his hand upon the symbol of the three supernals upon the altar. again, before doing so, he has been bidden to kneel in adoration of that symbol, as if the natural man abrogated his will before that of the divine consciousness. as he kneels in the presence of the triad of aroueris, thmaa-est and horus, he places his left hand in that of his initiator as affirming his passive reception of the ritual, but his right hand is on the white triangle to symbolise his active aspiration towards his higher self. his head is bowed to represent the voluntary submission of the human will to the divine, and for this latter reason, he repeats in the obligation his name in the outer world. the hierophant gives one knock, affirming that the submission

GOLDEN CHAIN AND THE LONELY ROAD

ions of the requisite skills and characteristics which the path will demand. if deemed suitable, the candidate is then asked to undergo a ceremony called 'the rite of dedication. this formally acknowledges their aspiration and magically 'places the step' onto the path. after the dedication rite a period of formal instruction begins, lasting one year and one day. during this time the novitiate and initiator embark on a pilgrimage which leads both full-circle around the horizon of the sabbatic mysteries. for the candidate, the deed of walking the circle becomes a journey around the perimeter of the soul, a microcosmic quest to ensorcel the all-possible of his or her own self-existence. having successfully passed through the period of tuition and the various ordeals and austerities which it d

ossible of his or her own self-existence. having successfully passed through the period of tuition and the various ordeals and austerities which it demands, the novitiate is 'summoned- formally entreated to undergo the rite of initiation. the initiation rite is 'the seal of the mysteries' and serves as the focusing context for all that has passed between the aspirant and the initiating power (the initiator in all its forms: the physical teacher, the spiritual guide, the familiars and guardian-spirits of the path, the diverse lessons of praxis, the dreams, visions, and solitary realisations, et alia. all that constitutes the 'initiator' confronts the seeker and guides him into the true circle of the arte magical. in the singular magical act called 'the passing-on of power' all is drawn with

: the physical teacher, the spiritual guide, the familiars and guardian-spirits of the path, the diverse lessons of praxis, the dreams, visions, and solitary realisations, et alia. all that constitutes the 'initiator' confronts the seeker and guides him into the true circle of the arte magical. in the singular magical act called 'the passing-on of power' all is drawn within the one; the initiate, initiator, and the mystery of the rite itself are aligned to open the way for the 'new-born child of witchblood. the act of the 'passing-on' confers the 'power' of all the tradition, its knowledge, customs, and craft. once this 'power' has been received, it is the task of the newborn initiate to realise the arcana for himself- to realise his own autonomy and to go forth anew according to the signs

serve to transmit the states of magical attainment needful for the on-going realisation of their diverse and specific currents. the absorption of thought, word and deed in the all-consuming process of such rituals (many being of great duration and procedural complexity) facilitates the saturation of the mundane self with the magical ambience of a state or entity. herein the impress of the unseen initiator upon the matrix of sentience or 'mind' is most powerful and efficacious. in practice, mystery-rites comport additional 'degrees, adjunctive zones of empowerment, to which an aspirant has access and in which he or she may gain authority. self-initiation if by predilection one is led to the craft and the only means of entrance there-to is by an initiation self-performed, then let that gate

self-initiation, we are in a way guilty of using a misnomer. initiation is always a matter of relation, whether between master and apprentice or between an individual and the deities and powers of the mysteries. this being so, a ritual performed b y oneself is in truth never really so, for the gods and powers that one calls upon are, in union, the other to our self: the gods are the 'body of the initiator. there is always a relation between ourselves and that which masks the mysteries. and yet we may say that we are alone in the flesh and in this sense call the processes of self-induction the 'rites of one' or solitary initiations. aside from solitary rites which manifest by way of unique transmission, there are certain craft rites which have strict prescribed formulae and which must, of

flation from cain to his kin. in attenuation, this mystery is conveyed through every word- every act of speech, whether in waking, vision, imagination or dreaming- which conveys the gnosis of the arte magical to the individual aspirant. iii. the lineal transmission of deed- every action is an interaction between self and other, and is therefore a potential transaction between the aspirant and the initiator. the opening of the eyes, the placing of the step, the turning to-and-fro between directions, the on-lay of the hand, the sojourn, the flight, the labour, the rest..all may show forth the work of mahazhael's hand. 0/iv. the great lineage: the path of true witchblood- whether it is by kinship, rite, vision or divine election, that one is made a 'knowing witch, it is by birth and by birth

od- whether it is by kinship, rite, vision or divine election, that one is made a 'knowing witch, it is by birth and by birth alone that one is chosen and branded with the sign of liberty 'the mark of cain. solely those whose aethyr bears this seal of power partake in the one true lineage of 'witchblood. though its design is cast though countless ways, it is ever the path of one. the force of the initiator, the spirit of perfect gnostic realisation, is perpetually acting upon the field of consciousness. upon that great vista we call 'mind' the impress of the initiating power is perceived in instants of direct revelation; the spirit of cain reifies at the 'cross-roads' of fateful possibilities, in axial moments which transect the borderlands of spirit and flesh. when each and every moment

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

the advent of the nile river's inundation and thus assured another year of bounty. she is shown naked to ind cate that she holds no secrets from her followers. apis emotions, sacrifice, passion, lust, desire. apis has the form of a bula. anubis initiation (masculine, intelligence, wisdom, rational mvnd_ anubis is the son of osiris and nephthys and thus the step brother of horus. he is called the'initiator of the temple' his chief function is to serve as a guide through the tuat and to assist the dead through the after-death state. he is shown with the head of a jackal. bast intuition, magick, irrational mirad. bast is shown as a cat. like a cat sees in the dark, so bast can see into the past and future. mestha endurance, mental protective force, conscious control. he is the son of horus a

bones together and 1 will gather yourbody components together for you. may iit be said that you are mighty in the throne room of truth by all those who live beneath it" the following is a translation of chapter cl.xxxv of the book of the dead. it can be used as an invocation when dealing with watchtower squares presided over by the god osiris: this is a prayer to osiris-khenti-amenti("osiris, the initiator of amentet, un-nefer('beautiful one, who is in abydos. it is to be spoken by one who is truth-speaking in order to invoke the divine lord and go forward for ever. one must say the following: he who exists throughout eternity is the divine lord of lords, and the divine king of kings, and the sovereign god of gods, who gives new life to us. you stand over both gods and raen. you will make

ay through the cates of the tuat. the following is a translation from a vignette in the papyrus of hunefer. it can be used in watchtower squares presided over by the god anubis: may royal peace be given by os ris-khenti amenti, lord of eternity, wise one throughout all duration; and may be invoked the initiation of the company of the gods; and may be invoked anubis, the subtle dweller, the divine initiator of the temple, who allows the followers of osiris to enter finto and to come forth from the magical universe, and who rewards the lords and masters so that their light will be strengthened and nourished. 71 astrological influences astrology in education is usefui as geology is to the prospector; it tells you the sort of thing to look for, and the direction in which to explore. aleister c

as a general rule, a male magician will have a strong sexual encounter in pop but not in zen, while a female magician will have a sexual experience in zen but not in pop. the experiences themselves wi ll, of course, be highly personal and no two are likely to be identical. the guide in pop is known as the priestess of the silver star. this title refers to the goddess isis in her role as feminine initiator. on the qabalistic tree of li fe the priestess is on the path of gimel, the camel, located just above tiphareth. the initiation in pop thus has to do with raising consciousness above the human mind. this guide personifies the spiritual impulse in its feminine aspect (somewhat like the dakini of tibetan buddhism. she wi ll appear as extremely lovely and sexually alluring. crowley called h

ethyr holds the fate of those who have detached themselves from their humanity. study them well and see where their yogas and their meditations have led them. to be learned vta for all who practice there is a lesson any form of yoga or meditation. 234 zim, the garden of nemo he is, as said, the "nameless one" who has so many names, and yet whose names and whose very nature are unknown. he is the "initiator" called the "great sacrifice "for, sitting at the threshold of light, he looks into it from within the circle of darkness, which he will not cross; nor will he quit his post till the last day of this life-cycle. it is under the direct, silentguidance of this maha guru that all the other less divine teachers and instructors of mankind became, from the first awakening of human consciousnes

ight flecked with blue emanate from the talisman and strike the contents of the cup. know that the power of the generative angels of water of earth has entered your cup. step 4. hold the talisman of air of earth high above your cup and say, may the sustaining angels of earth come to me now. those who sustain what they maintain; by the power of nbosa (en-boh-ess-ah) and the guiding god anubis, the initiator of the temple, do i command you. see a black ray of light flecked with yellow emanate from the talisman and strike the contents of the cup. know that the power of the sustaining angels of earth has entered your cup. step 5. hold the talisman of fire of earth high above your cup and say, may the desiring angels of earth come t o me n ow. tho s e wh o r e g a in what they maintain; by the

ue ray of light flecked with red emanate from the talisman and strike the contents of the cup. know that the power of the passionate angels of water has entered your cup. step 10. hold the talisman of earth of air high above the cup and say, may the changing angels of air come to me now. those who despair of what they compare; 335 by the power of etnba (eh-ten-bah) and the guiding god anubis, the initiator of the temple, do i command you. see a pale yellow ray of light flecked with black emanate from the talisman and strike the contents of the cup. know that the power of the changing angels of air has entered your cup. step 11. hold the talisman of water of air high above the cup and say, may the relative angels of air come to me now. those who ensnare what they compare; by the power of ey

INTRODUCTION TO THE SEVEN FACES OF DARKNESS

esire to help out people comes from the refinement of the emotions. most people begin the left hand path in a state of disillusionment and rebellion. they want to be boss rather then be bossed (in fact everyone is on the lhp for two weeks when they are 17) the emotional states here are anger and greed and jealousy. this dark side of human nature is where the good will come from, the shadow is the initiator, but as self power is gained, so comes the capacity for a non-sentimental love of others. the lhp initiate, recognizing as viruses personal strength and self knowledge, does what he or she can to help others create the states. if this emotion is not carefully watched, it can devolve into a dangerous sentimentality that causes us to make things too easy on those who come after us, but if

INVOCATION OF THE ADVERSARY

primary faces of the adversary. the celebrant may construct as mask of two sides, which shall be placed upon the center of the altar. one- the fallen seraph lucifer, the angelick essence of the black flame, the very source of our wisdom, being and becoming. two the seraph of flame, the djinn iblis of fire, daemon of the blackened flame, serpent beast dragon wolf goat. satanas is the devil-cloaked initiator of the path of the wise, those who laugh at the warnings of a cringing society. robe thyself in crimson, the color of flame and movement. the symbol of the averse pentagram, being downward pointing to indicate the union of the fallen angels with humanity to create divinity. in the sethian witchcraft current the sorcerer becomes as set him/herself, thus in the circle the first of witchblo

ISIS UNVEILED

in eden, but simply as an ex- piation for the past, present, and future sins of ignorant but nevertheless polluted mankind. the hierophant had the option of offering eitb^ his pure and sinless life as a sacrifice for his race to the gods whom he hoped to rejoin, or an animal victim. the former [mode of expiation] depended entirely on his own will. at the last moment of the solemn 'new birth' the initiator passed 'the word' to the initiated, and im- mediately after that the latter had a weapon placed in his right hand, and was ordered to strike" this is the true origin of the christian dogma of atonement. 73. see zohar; kabbalu denvdala; siphra dbtniuoua. the oldcat book of the kkbaluu; and milmsn: hitlory of diritfianilg, pp. 212-215, origiiul edition, 1840. 74. milnun; op. cil, p. 280. t

KETAB E SIYAH

orked the flesh, torn from the outraged body of mine, shaping from it the shedim's very image. as i worked the shade i spoke a charm, half-mumbling and half-whispering its words as one overcome by wine or weariness. with this sorcery i shaped the flesh of my body "child of satan, inheritor of earth, with these words i give you shape. first, within the primal darkness, was mummu, mother principle, initiator of all things, all thought, all words. then, before the universe was given shape, there was but seething chaos, emulsified with any form yet resolved from its mass: light and darkness, air and earth, flame and sea; these things were all as one in those times. then did primal mummu come to learn a spell, the word of creation, and spoke it in the ancient disorder. thus did mummu create the

LEADBEATER C W THE HIDDEN LIFE IN FREEMASONRY 2E

tion of what they had received, or of the powers given into their hands. most of those to whom it comes probably regard it as chiefly an administrative degree, and have no idea that it has a spiritual side at all. the actual conferring of the degree is a very splendid experience when seen with the inner sight; for the hierophant of the mysteries (the h.o.a.t.f) stands above or beside the physical initiator, in that extension of his consciousness which is called the angel of the presence. if the recipient of the degree happens to be already an initiate, the star (called in egypt the star of horus) which marks the approval of the one initiator once more flames out above him in all its glory; while in any case the two great white angels of the rite flash down in splendour from the heavenly pl

LEADBEATER CW GLIMPSES OF MASONIC HISTORY

who stands at the head of the great white lodge, and in whose strong hands lie the destinies of earth and awakens the powers of the triple spirit as far as these can as yet be awakened. the actual conferring of the degree was and is a very splendid experience when seen with the inner sight; for the hierophant of the mysteries (who in these modern days is the h.o.a.t.f, stands above or beside the initiator in that extension of his consciousness which is called the angel of the presence. if the recipient of the degree happens to be already an initiate the star (called in egypt the star of horus) which marks the approval of the one initiator once more flames out above him in all its glory; while in any case the two great white angels of the rite flash down in splendour from the heavenly plac

, he who is the christ stands as the lord of love, the teacher of angels and men, and along this line of interpretation his high stage of evolution is reflected in the 18, which is essentially a degree of christhood. equal with him, but on the ray of rule, stands the manu, whose rank is mirrored at an almost infinite distance in the 30; and as the crown of the whole hierarchy there reigns the one initiator(*ibid, ch. xiv) whose life and light and glory are adumbrated in the splendour of the 33. thus the whole wondrous plan of masonic initiation is a shadow of things seen above in the mount; and herein lies the greatness of our mighty brotherhood and its value to mankind. 205. much lower down there are still correspondences. the 18 means glowing love and beauty, but that is mirrored in the

earthly representative, the priest-king, recalling the sedia-gestatoria still used by the papa-re at rome(*op. cit, pp. 222, 223, 224) 248. in its general arrangements the ritual chamber of the palace of phaestos was similar to the masonic temple in the palace of minos, but it contained no throne- an omission which is explained by the portable seat found in the shrine. evidently in some cases the initiator in the mysteries was carried in procession and retained the seat in which he had been borne. 249. models of shrines 250. the accompanying figures (plate iii, 1; plate iv, 1, 2, 3, following p. 50) show models of fresco paintings of minoan shrines. in plate iii, 1, a gold plaque from mycenae, we see again the three columns surmounted by the horns of consecration which, like the double axe

LIBER LXI

the climax of the practice. 33. summary concluded. these are the practices to be performed in token of thanksgiving for success. 1. aspiration to liber xi. 2. preaching of theta-epsilon-lambda-eta-mu-alpha to mankind. 3. blessing and worship to the prophet of the lovely stto liber lxi vel causae a'.a. the preliminay lection including the history lection the preliminary lection in the name of the initiator, amen. 1. in the beginning was initiation. the flesh profiteth nothing; the mind profiteth nothing; that which is unknown to you and above these, while firmly based upon their equilibrium, giveth life. 2. in all systems of religion is to be found a system of initiation, which may be defined as the process by which a man comes to learn that unknown crown. 3. though none can communicate ei

LIBER DCCCLX JOHN ST

the symbols recur, though in a different aspect. anyway, one wants something a deal better than the path of pe in 4= 7 ritual. i think the postulant should be actually scourged, tortured, branded by fire for his equilibrations at the various .stations of the cross. or points upon his mystic journey. he must john st. john 41 assuredly drink blood for the sacrament.ah! now i see it all so well! the initiator must kill him, osiris; he must rise again as horus and kill the initiator, taking his place in the ceremony thence to the end. a bit awkward technically, but .twill yield to science. they did it of old by a certain lake in italy!1 well, all this is dog-faced demon, ever seducing me from the sacred mysteries. i can.t go out and kill anybody at this time o.night! we might make a start, tho

s arisen about this perfume, as to whether there was not a commonplace cause. on the balance of the evidence, carefully considered, one would pronounce for the mystic theory) one should add a curious omen. on sitting down for the great struggle (11.14) john st. john found a nail upon the floor, at his feet. now a nail is vau in hebrew, and the tarot trump corresponding to vau is the hierophant or initiator.whereby is o. m. greatly comforted. so poor a thing hath he become! even as a little child groping feebly for the breast of its mother, so gropeth thy little child after thee, o thou self-glittering one! 12.55. he hath read through days viii. and ix. he is too tired to understand what he reads. he will, despite of all, do a little pr.n.y.ma, and then sleep, ever willing adonai. for pr.n

LIBER LIBERI VEL LAPIDIS LAZULI

e wonder of it all into the figure of a gaunt swift camel striding over the sand. 23. lonely is he, and abominable; yet hath he gained the crown. 24. oh rejoice! rejoice! 25. my god! o my god! i am but a speck in the stardust of ages; i am the master of the secret of things. svb figvra vii 29 26. i am the revealer and the preparer. mine is the sword.and the mitre and the winged wand! 27. i am the initiator and the destroyer. mine is the globe.and the bennu bird and the lotus of isis my daughter! 28. i am the one beyond these all; and i bear the symbols of the mighty darkness. 29. there shall be a sigil as of a vast black brooding ocean of death and the central blaze of darkness, radiating its night upon all. 30. it shall swallow up that lesser darkness. 31. but in that profound who shall a

LIBER LVII

spect. 72. dsj, mercy. the number of the shemhamphorasch, as if affirming god as merciful. for details of shemhamphorasch, see 777 and other classical books of reference. note especially y+ hy+ why+ hwhy= 72.43 73. hmkj, wisdom. also lmg, gimel, the path uniting kether and tiphereth. but gimel .the priestess of the silver star. is the female hierophant, the moon; and chokmah is the logos, or male initiator. see liber 418 for more information on these points, though rather from the standpoint of part ii. 78. alzm, the influence from kether. the number of the cards of the tarot, and of the 13 paths of the beard of macroprosopus.44 also sawya, the messenger.45 see part ii. 80. the number of p, the .lightning-struck tower. of the tarot. 8= intellect, mercury; its most material form is ruin, as

LIBER LXI VEL CAUSAE

cated by numbers are by myself. key entry from the printed edition in the equinox; could probably use further proofreading (c) ordo templi orientis. key entry, annotation &c. by frater t.s. for niwg/ celephais press. last revised 13.06.20erliber lxi vel cavsa a a the preliminary lection i n c l u d i n g the history lection v a a publication in class d 1 the preliminary lection in the name of the initiator, amen. 1. in the beginning was initiation. the flesh profiteth nothing; the mind profiteth nothing; that which is unknown to you and above these, while firmly based upon their equilibrium, giveth life. 2. in all systems of religion is to be found a system of initiation, which may be defined as the process whereby a man comes to learn that unknown crown. 3. though none can communicate eit

LIBER LXVII THE SWORD OF SONG

n therein, and of the founding of our holy and illustrious order. our father, brethren, having attained the mature age of three hundred 1 kether adds up to 620. 2 these are the letters of ain soph aur, the last two of which he destroys so as to leave only ain, not, or nothing. 3 to (1+ 10+ 50) 3 2 he adds 300, shin, the flame of the spirit= 666. 4 666= 6 111. 111= aleph, the ox. 5 his journeys as initiator. griphus viii. griphus ix. griphus x. culpa urbium nota terr. nechesh. ambrosii magi hortis rosarum 85 and fifty and eight years,1 set forth upon a journey into the mystic mountain of the caves. he took with him his son,2 a lamb, life, and strength, for these four were the keys of that mountain. so by ten days and fifty days and two hundred days and yet ten days he went forth. after ten

LIBER SAMEKH

all things, king, ruler and helper. hear me, and make all spirits subject unto me, so that every spirit of the firmament and of the ether: upon 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. section g. spirit. hear me. ieou gindwelling sun of myself! h pur g thou fire! thou sixfold star initiator, compassed about with force and fire! h iou g indwelling soul of myself! h pur (vide supra) iafth g sun-lion-serpent, hail! all hail, thou great wild beast, thou i a o! h iaeo g breaths of my soul, breaths of mine angel! h ioou g lust of my soul, lust of mine angel! h abrasax (vide supra) sabriam g ho for the sangraal! ho for the cup of babalon! ho for mine angel pouring himself forth wi

iafth g sun-lion-serpent, hail! all hail, thou great wild beast, thou i a o! h iaeo g breaths of my soul, breaths of mine angel! h ioou g lust of my soul, lust of mine angel! h abrasax (vide supra) sabriam g ho for the sangraal! ho for the cup of babalon! ho for mine angel pouring himself forth within my soul! h oo g the eye! satan, my lord! the lust of the goat! h point i 9 ff g mine angel! mine initiator! thou one with me.the sixfold star! h ad-on-a-i* g my lord! my secret self beyond self, hadit, all-father! hail, on, thou sun, thou life of man, thou fivefold sword of flame! thou goat exalted upon earth in lust, thou snake extended upon earth in life! spirit most holy! seed most wise! innocent babe! inviolate maid! begetter of being! light of life, love and liberty! soul of all souls! w

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY

he thelemic aiwass, the spirit of the 93 current that brings love and positive self-growth through magick. the word magick itself is defined as ascending. lucifer is prometheus, the one who brought the fire of imagination to mankind. lucifer is known in the witches sabbat covens as the egyptian god set, the lord of storms and chaos and the bearer of the black flame. thus, lucifer revealed, is the initiator by fire and the creator of the left hand path. lucifer, as being the shadow form of our imagination, thus shaitan the adversary, gives us the ability to open the gates of self-initiation through the witches sabbat mysteries. 4 we are required to have the individual love of self, strength and determination to pass through the long winding path of the sorcerer. our goal is to become and ac

os and witches sabbat currents, is the model of union. consider lilith, the witch queen of the sabbat and of lillitu, the succubus and vampire phantoms and samael, the fire djinn which is considered the same as asmodeus, their infernal union is the manifestation and birth of baphomet. thus the horned one brings the wisdom of the earth (asmodeus-samael) and the spirit (lilith, thus baphomet is the initiator of becoming and self-deification. the magician must be implored to work accordingly, and without fail, for the manifestation of his and her own alphabet of desire, which is, the communication method with the subconscious. the alphabet of desire as it is called was developed by austin osman spare and was first published in the book of pleasure, being a grimoire of excellent repose through

of magical work; the imagination. south the devil-djinn mentioned is shaitan or azazel, the fallen seraph whom is made entirely of flame. it is this original legend which brought forth the separation of the goddivinity or natural order to an adversarial or antinomianian process of anti-order. the mentioning of blackened light is the light of azazel, or shaitan embodied on earth through cain, the initiator of the sethanic path of witchcraft. east lucifer as azazel in the earthbound form, the mentioning of twelve wings in reference to the serpent angel. lucifer is the freedom of will from which the individual may seek to strengthen and illuminate the self in ones own discovered light, or black flame. north the cold north is the direction of not only cain as the lord of horsemen, but also of

LUCIFERIAN SORCERY AND SET TYPHON

d with set-typhon is iron, called often the bone of typho. it was by this strength in which set held dominion over all at some point in time, his forms many and his will and hunger to exist was greater than the efforts of his enemies to destroy him. set is called the personification of the dark waters and the desert, his two-fold essence of being is central to his role as the tester and sorcerous initiator. all predators of the spirit who devoured the dead were reposed in the darkened pits of the tuat. aapep, apep or apophis was the demon serpent of chaos who devoured many, battled often by set, later apep was conquered and mastered by set, soon apep merged into set. just as the most common form of apep was a crocodile, this was also a form that sutekh or set took as well. suti (set) was a

rites, it is the ritual of transferring the consciousness unto the self. this is reminiscent of the italian witches covens that took to the spirit hunt on the dreaming plane as well. the luciferian essence of attending the conclave is the meeting place of the three (consider hecate/lilith the guardians of the crossroads, it is the seven rayed star which initiates and the eight ray which comes the initiator of magick, set himself. nick hall points out in "chaos& sorcery" that the eight rayed star appeared in mesopotamia around 3,000 b.c. as a symbol to represent dingir (god, heaven (an) and star. this may be viewed in a luciferian context as dingir representing the infinite possibility of being, the fire stole from heaven, and the union of the celestial going forth into the aethyr of angeli

ly is a repose of the sorcerer's consciousness. a vampyre within the context written of here is a word denoting the essence of the myths of old, essentially a predatory spirituality which the black adept slowly transforms into upon the path. cain known also as chiva, or chioa, the beast offspring of samael and lilith. tubal-qayin is the lord of the horsemen, the luciferian patron of the path, the initiator. cain in some areas of the luciferian witchcraft gnosis is an earth form of set, the form imposed in flesh and greenery, the desert and the caverns of the earth. cain may be viewed as a symbolic form of awakening, and much of the luciferian witchcraft gnosis is based upon the self-initiatory association with cain. cain is also considered the offspring of asmodeus/samael and lilith, a chi

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

not cease to exist as an institution until nearly four hundred years after christ, when they were finally suppressed by theodosius (styled the great, who cruelly destroyed all who did not accept the christian faith. of this greatest of all philosophical institutions cicero said that it taught men not only how to live but also how to die. the orphic mysteries orpheus, the thracian bard, the great initiator of the greeks, ceased to be known as a man and was celebrated as a divinity several centuries before the christian era "as to orpheus himself" writes thomas taylor "scarcely a vestige of his life is to be found amongst the immense ruins of time. for who has ever been able to affirm any thing with certainty of his origin, his age, his country, and condition? this alone may be depended on

ose who do not comprehend the true nature of this supreme allegory are not privileged to consider themselves either wise or truly religious. next: the life and teachings of thoth hermes trismegistus sacred texts esoteric index previous next p. 37 the life and teachings of thoth hermes trismegistus thunder rolled, lightning flashed, the veil of the temple was rent from top to bottom. the venerable initiator, in his robes of blue and gold, slowly raised his jeweled wand and pointed with it into the darkness revealed by the tearing of the silken curtain "behold the light of egypt" the candidate, in his plain white robe, gazed into the utter blackness framed by the two great lotus-headed columns between which the veil had hung. as he watched, a luminous haze distributed itself throughout the a

egypt" the candidate, in his plain white robe, gazed into the utter blackness framed by the two great lotus-headed columns between which the veil had hung. as he watched, a luminous haze distributed itself throughout the atmosphere until the air was a mass of shining particles. the face of the neophyte was illumined by the soft glow as he scanned the shimmering cloud for some tangible object. the initiator spoke again "this light which ye behold is the secret luminance of the mysteries. whence it comes none knoweth, save the 'master of the light' behold him" suddenly, through the gleaming mist a figure appeared, surrounded by a flickering greenish sheen. the initiator lowered his wand and, bowing his head, placed one hand edgewise against his breast in humble salutation. the neophyte stepp

age, the youth gazed again at the divine one. the form before him was considerably larger than that of a mortal man. the body seemed partly transparent so that the heart and brain could be seen pulsating and radiant. as the candidate watched, the heart changed into an ibis, and the brain into a flashing emerald. in its hand this mysterious being bore a winged rod, entwined with serpents. the aged initiator, raising his wand, cried out in a loud voice "all hail thee, thoth hermes, thrice greatest; all hail thee, prince of men; all hail thee who standeth upon the head of typhon" at the same instant a lurid writhing dragon appeared--a hideous monster, part serpent, part crocodile, and part hog. from its mouth and nostrils poured sheets of flame and horrible sounds echoed through the vaulted c

f which he is crucified. through the mystic passageways and chambers of the great pyramid passed the illumined of antiquity. they entered its portals as men; they came forth as gods. it was the place of the "second birth" the "womb of the mysteries" and wisdom dwelt in it as god dwells in the hearts of men. somewhere in the depths of its recesses there resided an unknown being who was called "the initiator" or "the illustrious one" robed in blue and gold and bearing in his hand the sevenfold key of eternity. this was the lionfaced hierophant, the holy one, the master of masters, who never left the house of wisdom and whom no man ever saw save he who had passed through the gates of preparation and purification. it was in these chambers that plato--he of the broad brow--came face to face wit

and death, and the principles involved are treated at length by the philosophers under the subject of metempsychosis. by initiation into the mysteries and a certain process known as operative theology, this law of birth and death is transcended, and during the course of physical existence that part of the spirit which is asleep in form is awakened without the intervention of death--the inevitable initiator--and is consciously reunited with the anthropos, or the overshadowing substance of itself. this is at once the primary purpose and the consummate achievement of the mysteries: that man shall become aware of and consciously be reunited with the divine source of himself without tasting of physical dissolution. click to enlarge the divine tree in man (reverse) from law's figures of jakob b

" thus the tarot constitutes the royal road to wisdom (see le monde primitif) in his history of magic, p. christian, the mouthpiece of a certain french secret society, presents a fantastic account of a purported initiation into the egyptian mysteries wherein the 22 major tarots assume the proportions of trestleboards of immense size and line a great gallery. stopping before each card in turn, the initiator described its symbolism to the candidate. edouard schur, whose source of information was similar to that of christian's, hints at the same ceremony in his chapter on initiation into the hermetic mysteries (see the great initiates) while the egyptians may well have employed the tarot cards in their rituals, these french mystics present no evidence other than their own assertions to suppor

MASTERING WITCHCRAFT

invoked under the aegis of saturn. the worst thing about this charm is its verbosity, which far from stirring your deep mind into activity, may in fact only succeed in lulling it back to sleep. the redeeming qualities of the process, however, lie in its firm basis in witch principles, with its invocations of the powers of the earth, moon, and star earendel, with the moon representing the lady as initiator of desire. incidentally, i omitted to mention but by now it should go without saying, when you utter the invocation to the star mentally summon up your mercury symbolism from chapter 3, and when you invoke the moon, concentrate on habondia and her attendant images. for the earth, which i will deal with in the next chapter, summon up in your mind's eye an image of all growing things; of p

f magical and mythological legend, you should restrict yourself to those of a european basis seeing that it is with the western magical tradition that you seek to put your group in contact. with this thought you may disagree, citing maybe with good reason the magical maxim popularized by the cabalistic writer dion fortune that "all gods are one god, all goddesses are one goddess, and there is one initiator" dion fortune began her magical career as a theosophist, and throughout all her works, there is much of a theosophical nonsectarian approach. such an approach to witchcraft would seem to be objectionable only to the most sectarian-minded of witches; but they do exist, and the paradox is apparent. quite obviously, the strong point about occult paths such as that of witchcraft is that, unl

ing a certain type of magical energy held to be resident in the blood (many present-day witches who are often of an extremely nonviolent nature even draw the line at using a few drops of blood, preferring to use that old magical substitute, the white of an egg) traditionally, there may be as many as three leaders to a coven, again recalling dion fortune's dictum about one god, one goddess, and an initiator. the male leader representing the "masculine" power generally takes first place; the female, the "feminine" second; and the second male "executor" or "officer" third. different covens have different titles for their leaders, all equally traditional. in covens which stress the love and fertility aspects of witchcraft and perform their rituals naked, the male leader is known as the high pr

hen continue as usual. the sky-clad, or naked, initiation in this type of ritual common to covens which practise the goddess-oriented variety of witchcraft, the ceremony is performed by the high priest if the candidate is a woman, the high priestess if it is a man. as in the previous ritual, the circle should be cast by watchtower, and the candidate blindfolded at the perimeter, challenged by the initiator at sword or athame point, and the passwords of "perfect love and perfect trust" given. the candidate is then pulled into the circle backwards by his initiator, who has her left arm around his waist, her right arm around the neck, and given the third password, a kiss. the breach created in the circle is then repaired with the athame, and the candidate bound with a cingulum and ankle cord

eace unutterable, rest and the ecstacy of the goddess. nor do i demand aught in sacrifice, for behold, i am the mother of all living, and my love is poured out upon the earth! the candidate, still clasped by the waist, is then led around the circle with a skipping step and, south of the altar after eleven knells on a small bell have been rung, has the fivefold kiss bestowed upon him or her by the initiator. kissing the feet "blessed be thy feet that have brought thee in these ways" kissing the knees "blessed be thy knees that shall kneel at the holy altar" kissing the phallus or vagina "blessed by thy organ of generation without which we would not be" kissing the breasts "blessed be thy breasts, formed in beauty and in strength" kissing the lips "blessed be thy lips that shall utter the sa

nd joins in the initial ceremonies and chants. after an oath on "his mother's womb" he or she is consecrated by the pentacle as opposed to triangle; this involves anointing with oil, wine, and lips the genital organ, right breast, left hip, right hip, left breast, and genital organ again, in that order; an inverted pentacle, in fact. the new initiate, after being empowered by the laying on of the initiator's hands, is then instructed in the use of the magical implements and also in the mysteries of the return-in-threefold witch law, whether it be used for good or evil, blessing or cursing. by dint of this, the ceremony concludes with the new initiate scourging his initiator with thrice as many blows as he himself received, namely, one hundred and twenty in all. he is then presented to the

MEANING OF MASONRY

e of that position to share with them some measure at least of what i have been able to glean for myself. but, finally, i must ask you to remember that, in accordance with the general design of our system, every master of a lodge is but a symbol and a substitution, and that behind him, and behind all other the grand officers of the masonic hierarchy, there stands the" great white head" the" great initiator" and grand master of all true masons throughout the universe, whether members of our craft or not. to whom let us all bow in gratitude for the invaluable gift accorded to us in this our the order; and to whose protection, and to whose deeper enlightening guidance into its deeper mysteries, i recommend you all. chapter ii. masonry as a philosophy signs are not wanting that a higher masoni

s speak of both the supreme experience of being passed through" the valley of the shadow of death" and the preliminary phases of mental preparation for that ordeal. stripping that familiar psalm of the gorgeous metaphor given it in the beautiful biblical translation, its real meaning may be paraphrased and explained for masonic students as follows" the vital and immortal principle within me is my initiator; and is all-sufficient to lead me to god. it has made me lie down (in self-discipline and humiliation) in" green pastures" of meditation and mental sustenance. it has led me beside" still waters" of contemplation (as distinct from the" rough sea of passion" of my natural self. it is restoring my soul (reintegrating it out of chaos and disorder. even when i come to pass through the valley

MICHAEL FORD A RITE OF THE WEREWOLF

in the zodiac. the sun is also associated with the adversarial triad, being shaitan (set) typhon, apophras (apep) and besz, a god of transformation. the devil as an initiatory force is considered masculine, thus is represented by the phallus or source of creative life. in the tarot, the devil is attributed to capricornus, and the hebrew letter ayin, being an eye. the symbolism of the devil as the initiator may be best understood by the tarot as presented in the book of thoth. satan/set is the ass headed god of the desert, the lord of storms and desolate places. set is the tester of self, the adversary and 9 luciferian is also relevant to the egyptian god set, sethanic= of set. 10 see iblis, the black light by peter lamborn wilson. the flame of isolate consciousness and being is the black l

e chant of the infernal sabbat as i face the star of al ghul the two horns become one. i cast the circle as kabed-us-spae, that within is the circumference of my divinity. by the star of algol i bask in the brilliance of the sun at midnight, the eye of blackened flame and smoke, of arimanius, 25 witchcraft or persian sorcery which involves developing a solitary of spirit or druj practice. 13 dire initiator of my night and infernal dreaming path. may the eye open within i call unto the shadows of the circle cast against the dawn- azi-dahaka, aeshma, zartosht, nasu druj, andar, savar, taprev, astwihad fly now unto me! kundak my steed of infernal flight come forth nightmare, guide me to the sabbat! spirits of amenta, do hear my summons shades of elphame fire, those who arise from the vessels

MICHAEL FORD BOOK OF CAIN

helan, the meeting place of spirits. the held their court here, encircled in sacred communion. azazel spoke of perception and what they wished to become and do as their own desire, they were free. did his mind become as the serpent, isolate and independent that as flame which was sacred and beautiful, azazel now could understand both good and evil, the darkness and the light. lucifer, my angelick initiator, my soul and father, understood that he was both demon and angel, that he was beauty and ugliness. all of those in the circle of spirits made a sacred pact to go forth into the world of horrors and do their will. azazel, who refused to bow before common clay, the profane image of flesh known as man and woman, and then found them more appealing. some were indeed fair, their women sensuous

een, but in this path one may find me. by forest or desert some may call me, and i may answer calls of initiation into the circle of the witch born. in the fire of the adversary do i walk for eternity, my father s soul illuminating those who seek me. i am vampyre and i am the sorcerer of light from the serpent s tongue. the invocation of cain -the blackened fires of the forge- cain is the earthen initiator of magick, the sorcerous enfleshed spirit of lucifer and lilith, cain is also the one who walks with the dragon the path of the nightside. in one hand is the fetish of cain the skull of abel whom holds the gnosis of the shade king, azrael, the western gate of twilight and realm of ghosts. the other hand is the hammer, a tool of the forge which sparks the cunning fire in the clay of morta

with the dragon the path of the nightside. in one hand is the fetish of cain the skull of abel whom holds the gnosis of the shade king, azrael, the western gate of twilight and realm of ghosts. the other hand is the hammer, a tool of the forge which sparks the cunning fire in the clay of mortal flesh. cain is the temple maker and witch begetter, that which opens the gates of hell and heaven, the initiator of witch blood. cain is envisioned as a middle eastern man, bearded and dark, wisdom filling his eyes. cain is also viewed as a bearded and horned human-beast, covered in gray and green earth, who is decorated with human and animal bones, his familiars. cain is sought in the hidden places of the earth, for he is the ancient and knows the unknown secrets of the earth. cain also appears as

f. cain tests those upon the path and blesses those who may answer his riddles. it is indeed cain who would feed ones soul to the wolves of the shadows, when the will is weak. invoke cain in isolation and within the circle of those who are of the mark. isolation is a silent wisdom from which the fountain is never dry seek with the cup of emerald. o cain, spirit born of fire and darkness, shadowed initiator! o cain, who wanders the earth from deserts to forests brought forth from the womb, flesh-born son of the dragon and the harlot goddess, mother of witch blood. spirit and lord of the blackened fires of the forge, who tasted the blood mark as an x upon the brow. o cain, who was awakened by the skull bearing omen of abel lord of beasts and initiator of sorcerous fire, werewolf shapeshifter

MICHAEL FORD WITCHMOON

ich should already be prepared, ashes and bone if possible. i) the virgin -hekas umpesha ur-rastu lil-ka zrazza encircle me by three, shadow wrap my being in the caul-shroud of your mark. triple mooned, blood drinking, beast like goddess, oh sorcerers of the flame of witch fire, i summon thy three fold shadow to attend me rise up, goddess of the dead! hecate, familiar and goddess of three shades, initiator and birth mother i summon thee! i cast now the circle in flour i evoke the hounds of the barrier, wolves created in the darkness do i call forth! by the first moon envelope me virgin goddess, i come unto you in the evening light. embrace me in thy kingdom of the cunning craft, speak 66 66 unto me as the freshly dead, the virgin from the tomb. guide me and walk with me unto the luciferian

ife, by the wytch fire of azrael and hecate, i summon the shades of the grave to give this spirit food to grow, so it shall be! iii) the queen of the dead leave buried until the dark moon, exhume pot and return to your temple or coven meet. recite67 67 phantom and shade, spectar and vampyre, lover and seductress i summon you to rise in the dark of the moon, rise from your tomb and by my guide, my initiator, my familiar, my goddess hekas, hekau sakeka ushu umpesha narastu by lamia do you grow, arise vampyre seductress who shall guard and taste of my blood, whom shall give me the elixir of the evening, of dreaming and twilight haunting, alive shall you, arise! you may use this fetish to inspire your dreams and from which you may acquire visions, as well as a coven meeting from which you brin

or essence of self be discovered. this is the ritual of the holy guardian angel the true will/true self. symbolized by the luciferian ascent of the isolated or sethian (setian) sense of being is self-deification possible within a positive aspect. the angelic famulus (latin for familiar also the hga) is the expression and essence of the true self is a magickally developed form. this is the divine initiator, the inspiration or muse of the self. the angelic familiar is the result of luciferian self-liberation, the angel which fell through darkness to again emerge in the light of being. in the saturnian gnosis, this rite and sate of being is the higher octave of saturn, from which one may ascend through from the darkness or demonium of the earth. the chant of going unto the luciferian sabbat8

nuded of conscious meaning- leaving inspiration to flash, as a lightning strike of realization, to the heart of the master. austin osman spare's magickal weapon was art, a manifestation of a continual sabbath and the recurring flow of witch blood, a dance of spirits which offered a spiral staircase to another dimension. a detailed tradition, the witches sabbat mystery which yelg paterson, spare's initiator and witch mother passed on to a young aos. descended from 100 100 a line of salem witches, yelg paterson carried enormous individual power through which, according to aos, she could project images into a dark corner while the astonished observers would stare intently. the sorceries woven by yelg and eventually aos would incarnate in the art and writings of spare. this would provide a win

MICHAEL W FORD THE VAMPIRE GATE

haps direct means of preparing the mind. 1. facing east, have an image of lucifer as the bringer of light on the wall. have a candle of black on the wall representing the black flame, balanced wisdom gained. 2. take your attention to lucifer as manifesting everything powerful and light based in your life that source of strength, invigorating inspiration and power as you can see it. lucifer as the initiator brings awareness and self-realization that you can be the god or goddess and free from yoke or a master. the path involves balancing the demonic and angelic in the self in short using both aspects equally. 3. lucifer is the bringer of light which establishes all wisdom and knowing, this is the flowing lion- serpent who is of the sun and the darkness of 27 night. let us first establishing

ike coal, which would devour all creation, manifesting her as a vampyric being. azazel [hebrew] the first angel who brought the black flame of being to humanity. azazel was the lord of djinn and was said to be made of fire in islamic lore. azazel refused to bow before the clay of adam, 79 saying that it was profane. he was cast from heaven to earth and was indeed the first independent spirit, the initiator of individual and antinomian thought. azazel was later related to the watchers, the hebrew goat demon god and shaitan. azazel is a name of lucifer, who is the solar aspect of the dragon, the bringer of light. azhi [avestan/pahlavi] serpent, snake azhi dahaka [avestan/pahlavi] the son of angra mainyu/ahriman. azhi dahaka as the storm fiend has six eyes, three heads and three pairs of fang

dden knowledge. magick is to ascend and become, by willed focus and direction. cain the antinomian nomad and sorcerer who was the spiritual offspring of samael (the black dragon) and lilith (red dragon/the mother of demons) through the body of eve in biblical lore. cain was said to have been the initiate of the caul, and through his first step on the left hand path (antinomian practice) he is the initiator of the sorcerer and witch. cain is also the black smith who sparks the black flame in the mind of the initiate. tubal-cain is the baphometic daemon which is the enfleshed archetype of azal ucel, or lucifer/samael, the dragon and peacock angel. daeva [avestan/pahlavi] demons, those who are children of ahriman and az. daeva also makes reference to spirit of ahriman, those who have walked t

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

phrases: transformation through the mystic passageways and chambers of the great pyramid passed the illumined of antiquity. they entered its portals as men; they came forth as gods. it was the place of the "second birth" the "womb of the mysteries" and wisdom dwelt in it as god dwells in the hearts of men. somewhere in the depths of its recesses there resided an unknown being who was called "the initiator" or "the illustrious one" robed in blue and gold and bearing in his hand the sevenfold key of eternity. who was the master dwelling in the mighty pyramid, the many rooms of which signified the worlds in space; the master whom none might behold save those who had been "born again? he alone fully knew the secret of the pyramid, but he has departed the way of the wise and the house is empty

one of his heads is that of a ram, one of a human, and the last of a bull. he is often called the god of the witches, the god of sorcery, the god of the circle, and sometimes called the serpent. asmodeus is responsible for many of humanity s scientific achievements, and has long taught sorcery, mathematics, and the arts. asmodeus, also called aeshma, asmodai, and chashmodai is considered a prime initiator in magic, which further connects him to lucifer and baphomet. he is a prince of hell, and governs 72 legions of spirits. asmodeus is considered to be extremely fast-moving, and very much plays the role of a messenger for the dark gods, because he is the earth-bound one. asmodeus is extremely insightful and psychic; he is extremely intelligent and makes excellent predictions regarding the

eus gabriel watchmen ashtaroth [5.8] ashtaroth is one of the angels that fell from heaven with azazel. this demon, who is one of the princes of hell, inspires laziness and teaches the liberal arts. his description is that of a man pale as death, with jet-black eyes without pupils, wearing a crown, holding a serpent, and riding an infernal dragon. he is also an angel/demon mix and is considered an initiator, and can aid the magician with spiritual development. i have heard it remarked that ashtoroth is simply a male emanation of the goddess ishtar, who is lilith. it has also been reiterated that this spirit works closely with asmodeus for quite a few magical operations, like fortunetelling. cain [5.9] cain, as christians know him, is the first son of adam and eve, and also the first murdere

ll from heaven, and was given guardianship over the gates of hell. in other accounts, he fell from heaven before the fall of azazel. he is the ruling prince of sheol, and is perhaps another name for hades. according to the qaballah, he is god s worst enemy. this demon is capable of granting favors and making enemies into friends. belial is also half angel and half demon, and is also considered an initiator who can perform the surgical operation of transformation upon one s spirit. he is said to govern over 50 legions of spirits, and demands sacrifice. belial is associated with the north, and may arrive with the appearance of two beautiful angels riding in a chariot of fire--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 86 gog and magog [5.11] the bible and quran describe gog and magog as the enemies

MICHAEL W FORD NOX UMBRA

a grimoire. presented here in the pages of this tome are the hints from which one may come into the "knowledge of the circle. the culture specifications are undoubtedly varied, from egyptian to ancient persian to european, however this is wherein one discovers the points or as in voudon 'points chorals' or hot spaces from which certain areas of textual transmissions develop and occur. cain as the initiator stands in the cold areas of which many would not visit, wrapping in the cloak of night- it is here you may spark a fire, sit and listen carefully to his tale. this path is dangerous, it may prove ones menial downfall. however, it is not advocating criminal or aggressive behaviour. nox umbra is a spiritual work, and should be viewed as such. primal sorcery and vampirism vampyrism is indee

asy of transformation of ones animal familiars and forms; the bat, moth, wolf or shadow form. the circle design is in three forms- naturally the number of hecate, mother of the path. the circle from which the sorcerer stands is the binding sigil, representing black magical transformation in the circle to an isolate consciousness. one smaller circle is of nas, the necromantic shade of ahriman, the initiator unto the gates of the dead. the third is mitrokht, being a vampyric shade of the voice of command. this is the element of control the vampyric essence brings, close to the divinity of the nephilim, those of the watchers who drink the blood of the land. the vampyric fetish as created by the sorcerer should be made of a human skull, animal skull or pot. one should relire to the graveyard w

yss "i summon thee by the many names of thy calling- drakul, lamiae, empusae, lilitu, naamah, nachtzehrer, from the many names of your palace in the corpse roads, whom approaches with the howling of wolves, who gathers the shades from the tombs. kali, whom dances upon the corpses of false kings and resides in the cremation grounds, i summon thee "by the mark of cain, given by baphomet, the horned initiator of the circle, i summon your presence, blackened horseman who rides upon the ghost- ways speaking with the dead "by the owl, sacred unto noctulia- hekate, known in this circle as lilitu, ghost and phantom keeper, who shall gather the manes from the grave, fly now unto this circle "by the vulture, who shall feast upon the corpse of those aspects i care not to remain as myself, i shall bec

h the shadow of man and woman. it was when lilith entered the desert and began creating demons in the caves by the red sea that her bestial aspect and fiery darkness of spirit emerged and grew in its coming into being. she practiced along with her children the lilitu, sorcery and seduction, and with the sexual fluids created more succubi and demonic forms. lilith in this aspect is our teacher and initiator of magick and sorcery, that by using sexual fluids and charging/consecrating talismans, we may create servitors and familiars. the son of samael and lilith is cain, the lord of horsemen (those who work sorcerous arts and whom spirits ride. an alchemical working is the creation of baphomet, or al-aswad, the black head of wisdom. this is a state of coming into being, of whien the torch of

the mantra of lil-ka-litu, recite slowly and build with repetitive vibrations, taking a quick and steady breath inbetween mantra breaks. allow your mind to focus only on the lilitu and succubi, not as a beautiful woman but beast- woman like, a vampyric tomb haunter who spits blood and sexual fluid. it is the lilitu who sip of the infernal menstrual blood of lilith- babalon, our witch goddess and initiator of the path of the red caul-stain of vampyric birth. focus this mantra as you move through the black mirror, noticing a great cave filled with moss and damp walls. hear the musick of the succubi, strange and distant flutes and the rattling and rhythm of drums and bones. you enter a room which has pools of blood, before you stands a lilitu-succubi. envision the succubi as clawed serpent-l

n of set) and in the south a white candle. you may also only have the cardinal points of the circle marked with a letter of your alphabet- only a total of 4 being scribed on the circle. rite in the night, at midnight reside in the circle of self and face the north "by the oath against the dawn, by darkness and the daevas who sign hymns of the blackened sun, encircle me! ahriman, arimanius, witch- initiator, daemonic seraph, whose essence is the bornless fire and black earth -i summon thee! in the names of your shades, whom shall walk the earth through us those of the yatus, born in the circle of akhtya by savor, lord of flesh and darkness, who calls forth the great gray shadow by the names of the guardians of the blackened flame- andar- taromat- zairich- vizaresh- zarman- friftar- akatash

stroads unto the chamber of the necroerotic nathan harris illustrations in the order of their appearance by elda isela ford -the dragon and the sigillic formula ofsah -vampyric binding sigil -lilith- sexual servitor creation by the sun and the moon -sigil of seker -necrotic servitor i by nathan harris -vampyric sigil ofshaitan of midnight, the lilitu brought forth, the genii of this book -akhtya, initiator of the shadow path -the sigil ofbabalon lilith, the sigillic creative formula ofsuccubi and dreaming servitors -the triple hermetic circle ofhamara 't, by charles pace, redesigned by elda isela ford shaitan of midnight, unto which the grave thy spirit shall rise all who read this book, and envision the tracing of this sigil of entry, shall then all open the gates to the dreaming place by

MIDNIGHTS CIRCLE A COMMENTARY OF AZOTHOZ

rn the god of the saturnian sphere is baphomet temohpab, being a angel-demon of both a positive and negative side. in azothoz, lucifer is the baphometic spirit which presents in lyrical prose the sides of the adversary, in terms of sethanic (of set) witchcraft and the left hand path. set is presented in azothoz as the egyptian godform of chaos, darkness and storms. he is in this sigillic mask the initiator and tester, the opposer and flame giver. it is indeed the mask of set which was given unto his bride, lilith, to spawn cain, the first sorcerer and initiator of witchblood. as written in azothoz- lilith came unto the prince of darkness whom found the shores of the red sea in passion and nocturnal lust knew the passions of man and woman thus children of this infernal union born this repre

MORALS AND DOGMA

n, the lion of the tribe of judah, who preserved and communicated the key to the true knowledge of god, of his laws, and of the profound mysteries of the moral and physical universe. enoch[[hebrew, khanoc, we are told, walked with god three hundred years, after reaching the age of sixty-five-"walked with god, and he was no more, for god had taken him" his name signified in the hebrew, initiate or initiator. the legend of the columns, of granite and brass or bronze, erected by him, is probably symbolical. that of bronze, which survived the flood, is supposed to symbolize the mysteries, of which masonry is the legitimate successor--from the earliest times the custodian and depository of the great philosophical and religious truths, unknown to the world at large, and handed down from age to a

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

ldren are rather big children! they are giants, titans, gargantuas or pantagruels of legend in short, they are babes of the abyss. this is the "grade, or rather, the "going" in which the veil is rent and the mind receives the first impact of the infinite. in this sense, therefore, nuit is appealing to 666 to become the hierophant of the greater mysteries that is to say, the magus of the aeon, the initiator of the masters of the temple. obviously, he must be in chokhmah. 6. be thou hadit, my secret centre, my heart& my tongue! aleister crowley is being 'chosen and the choice is specifically declared: he is to be hadit, that is, simultaneously kether (the centre, chokhmah (the tongue) and binah (the ancient egyptians believed that the heart was the seat of intelligence. in short, in order to

ONYX TABLET OF SET

the essence available to the priesthood at this time? why is the presence of isolate self-consciousness in us necessary for the evolution of that quality? what kinds of initiation/rites of passage beyond the temple of set are available? how can i foster my initiation by using the whole wide world as well as the temple of set? how can i be a better priest? what is the optimal role of myself as an initiator? what are my long-term goals as priest? what aspects of my life experience and education should i bring to the temple to make available as teaching? am i challenging my shortcomings? the action that is the most resonate with your new state of being is working with setians i- helping some toward ii recognition, helping others discover the temple is not for them. there are few hard-and-fas

t for our species it is the single hardest thing to do well. understanding that these weaknesses are in each candidate (through no fault of their own- it's like mercury in tuna-fish, reminds us what to push against. a methodology for work you should not discuss this methodology with non iii. knowing the external characteristics of an adept, and the inner virtues we wish to inspire, the job of the initiator is to apply outside pressure hat will aid the internal procedures of the seeker. there seem to be four steps to take the candidates through. knowing how much time to spend on each of the phases is the personal art of the priest. some candidates may need a single letter or phone call for a phase, others may spend two years just getting one of these licked. i will discuss the four phases

PHOSPHORUS

student to the aim of adept. definition of adept a practitioner of magick who aspires to develop and define the core essence of the individual and who by this focus has displayed the mastery of the basic principles of sorcery the adept is individual, a veneficus or praecantrix (called also yatus or pairikas) whom is the center of their own magickal practice, they become as cain, the illuminating initiator, whom is both shadow and light. by becoming as fulmino-lucifer, the adept develops the self to be a center and being of adversity, separate and individual from the natural order. the luciferian drinks of both ecstasies as above, so below. toph is organized in a refined and focused point of sorcerous art. the overseeing guardians of phosphorus are three in unison with hecate and the tripl

e yatuk-dinoih practitioners, males, pairikas are female witches, the sorcerer who has entered the sabbat path of the leviathanic serpent. the witch of this path is known as commonly veneficus and their magical name, which will be adopted upon entry of toph. the grade structure is not a design of title, rather of work. while in the grade of void and the abyss the student will work with a guide or initiator who is in essence a vessel of lucifer or lilith, the enfleshed spirit of cain the black smith. the initiator will test the spirit and will of the initiate and challenge them to greater tasks of self-development. if during this time of initiation, a student presents or demonstrates unethical and or criminal behavior, they will be expelled from toph. when the initiate has learned and demon

ned purpose in this grade. the circles of initiation as grades are a magickal transformation of self. they are dynamic as they are essentially the individual becoming as lucifer and lilith the adversary. some will find the plethora and multi-cultural symbolism something they resonate with, from ancient egyptian, hebrew, persian, european and english focuses of symbolism from set as the luciferian initiator, hecate, ahriman or lilith. the path is long; the road thorn covered yet the emerald grail filled with the elixir of gold and silver. initiates are able to join the black order of the dragon after they have become unto the grade i the blackened forge of cain. the initiate may indicate their interest in the persian and vampyric sorcery of the botd to a magister or ii of the botd for entry

hin the yatuk dinoih, a minimum of 13 of the spirits called and formed by the sorcerer. evocation and invocation. results and records submitted. the goetia luciferian edition 7. grimoires and a modern approach to the daemonum and how they relate to our positive advancement of being. examples of such as goetia, book of black magic by a.e. waite, abramelin, faustbook, etc. 8. study of anubis as the initiator into the current of azothoz. a minimum of two months dedicated to anubis as self and the pathway to the realm of shades. a focus of azrael as the angel of death and connections therein of anubis. 9. the initiate will study and move forward in the areas of goetic sorcery as a means of self-transformation and selfdeification through higher and lower sorcery. give details on how you are bec

of the adversary -initiation of the witches sabbat, the development of astral projection and dreaming sorcery -the self-transformative benefits of the celestial sabbat and solar/twilight rebirth -the self-deification process of the infernal sabbat shape shifting and sexual congress via dreaming and astral projection -shape shifting and vampyric sorcery purpose and practice -the black eagle as the initiator of the vampyric and ahrimanic path consistent and successful work with this spirit guide -the god form of anubis the mask of the shades of the dead and the gateway of twilight. 1. mephistopheles, how this daemon represents both earth and spirit and the unity within. the evocation and invocation of mephistopheles to absorb a hidden atavistic knowledge of the daemonum of the earth. see mep

spirit. see book of the witch moon. 3. the astral sabbath, dedication to, preparation and emergence into the astral plane. complete records and insight through including if famulus attends the self. 4. averse tree of life (daath) and the spheres of the qlippoth. devotion to the essence of each sphere and its daemonic attributes to be used in a positive way. 5. a working of the black eagle as the initiator unto the path of shadow, records in a detail of 2 pages on successful contact with the black eagle. examples, records, etc. iii the adversary ascending into the noon-tide sun 13 -color red symbol shaitan of midnight -adversary in flesh the egyptian godform of set-an -mastery over spiritual and material planes -isolated and perfected strength of will and independence -the self as a gatewa

imoire of necromantic practice. 4. the guardian of the threshold satanas and the initiatic familiar. rites of phosphorus the initiation of the bloodied caul the birth of the initiate unto the light of phosphorus the initiate will have a robe of white which is symbolic of the light of lucifer before the fall. the virgin initiate shall enter the light of phosphorus to be born in the darkness of the initiator of the path, azal ucel. let the altar be decorated in the manner of which the sorcerer chooses, but with the algol sigil of standing above it on the wall. the black mirror should be below a larger mirror, symbolizing the opposing 14 gnosis of the adversary. this is the waking initiation into the path of the witch, the devil s kiss of awakening. you may in turn use the caul to cover your

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

estion of "succession" or "lineage" or the "transfer of power" has been debated for years regarding its pros and cons. ultimately, the only person who can truly initiate another is one who has not only done the work pertaining to the particular grade, but for the complete order into which he or she initiates someone else. unless the totality of the symbols is within the sphere of sensation of the initiator, little will be activated within the candidate and the ritual will be shallow the theatrics. as jung wrote in a foreword to a book of michael fordham's "the treatment of the transference reveals in a pitiless light what the healing agent really is: it is the degree to which the analyst himself can cope with his own psychic problems" just as the analyst can no more guide an analysand thro

heatrics. as jung wrote in a foreword to a book of michael fordham's "the treatment of the transference reveals in a pitiless light what the healing agent really is: it is the degree to which the analyst himself can cope with his own psychic problems" just as the analyst can no more guide an analysand through territory he or she never struggled with or confronted within him or herself, so too the initiator's effectiveness rests upon how well he or she has built the "temple not made with hands" within his or her own psyche. in the late 1960s, the seeds of my destiny were actively fertilized toward what i much later understood as my personal "dance" with the unconscious, the process of magical initiation, the golden dawn system, and the western mystery tradition. in the earlier part of 1969

ties. and we have already witnessed the invalidity and spiritual bankruptcy of innumerable organisations, religious, secular, and fraternal so-called, which have their own rituals and yet, taking them by and large, have produced very few initiates or spirituallyminded men and women, saints or adepts of any outstanding merit. the efficacy of an initiation ceremony depends almost exclusively on the initiator. what is it that bestows the power of successful initiation? this power comes from either having had it awakened interiorly at the hands of some other competent initiator, or that a very great deal of magical and meditation work has successfully been performed. it is hardly necessary at this juncture to labour at a description of these exercises and technical processes of development whi

o close contact with nascent humanity, thus stimulating the psyche of the race- or so the magical tradition has it. the recapitulation of this process within the individual sphere of consciousness proceeds through the technique of initiation whereby the red dragon is stirred into activity through contact with the fructifying powers of the elements, invoked through the skill and power of a trained initiator. the use of the divine prerogative, brought about by the magic of every-day experience, the awakening of daath, brings disaster at first because the awakened psyche is imperfectly understood and so abused for personal ends. but that very disaster and that abuse confers the consciousness of self, and is instrumental, at least in part of breaking up the primitive participation mystique. co

dept in the temple the arrangement of the astral temple and the relative position of the forms in it. to build up any god-form required, using the correct coptic name" the above three sections, a. b. g, completed the course prescribed for the zelator adeptus minor, the first sub-grade. the passing of these examinations, conferred the qualification for holding the office of hierophant, that is the initiator, in the outer order of the g. d "part one. c. psychic. this consists in a written examination in the tattwa system. its method of use, and an account of any one vision you have had from any card''part two. this consists in making a set of tattwa cards, if you have not already done so, and sending them to be passed by the chief or other adept appointed. to take the examiner on a tattwic j

on is the calvary cross of six squares within a circle. this cross embraces tiphareth, netzach, hod and yesod, and rests upon malkuth. also the calvary cross of six squares forms the cube and is thus referred to the six sephiroth of microprosopus which are chesed, geburah, tiphareth, netzach, hod and yesod" in addition to this explanation, it represents the black calvary cross of suffering as the initiator by trial and self-abnegation, and the opener of the way into the comprehension of the forces of the divine light. it is therefore suspended from a black collar to show that suffering is the purgation of evil "before the face of the gods in the place of the threshold is the name of hegemon, and she is the goddess thma-ae-st having the following coptic forms: thrna-ae-st- this as regards t

about him the symbol of the higher triad before he places his hand upon the symbol of the three supernals upon the altar. again, before doing so, he has been bidden to kneel in adoration of that symbol, as if the natural man abrogated his will before that of the divine consciousness. as he kneels in the presence of the triad of aroueris, thmaa-est and horus, he places his left hand in that of his initiator as affirming his passive reception of the ritual, but his right hand is on the white triangle as symbolising his active aspiration towards his higher self. his head is bowed as rep resenting the voluntary submission of the human will to the divine- and for this latter reason he repeats in the obligation his name in the outer world. the hierophant gives one knock, affirming that the submi

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

s the instrument of warfare in angelic battles, and feeds indifferrealization 39 ently both the flames of hell and the lightnings of st. michael. it may be compared to a horse having a nature analogous to the chameleon, ever reflecting the armour of his rider. the astral light is the realization or form of intellectual light, as the latter is the realization or form of the divine light. the great initiator of christianity, seeing that the astral light was overcharged with the impure reflections of roman debauchery, sought to separate his disciples from the circumambient sphere of reflections and to concentrate them only on the interior light, so that, through the medium of a common faith and enthusiasm, they might communicate together by new magnetic chains, which he termed grace, and thus

sun under the figure of a black stone, which they named elagabalus, or heliogabalus. what did this stone signify, and how came it to be the image of the most brilliant of luminaries? the disciples of hermes, before promising their adepts the elixir of long life or the powder of projection, counselled them to seek for the philosophical stone. what is this stone, and why is it so called? the great initiator of the christians invites his believers to build on the stone or rock, if they do not wish their structures to be demolished. he terms himself the cornerstone, and says to the most faithful of his apostles, thou art peter (petrus, and upon this rock (petram) i will build my church. this stone, say the masters in alchemy, is the true salt of the philosophers, which is the third ingredient

e believes and by reason of that which he knows. the analogy of contraries is the relation of light and shade, of height and hollow, of plenum and void. allegory, the mother of all dogmas, is the substitution of impressions for dies, of shadows for realities. it is the fable of truth and the truth of fable. one does not invent a dogma, one veils a truth, and a shade for weak eyes is produced. the initiator is not an impostor, he is a revealer, that is, following the meaning of the latin word revelare, a man who veils afresh. he is the creator of a new shadow. analogy is the key of all secrets of nature and the sole fundamental reason of all revelations. that is why religions seem to be written in the heavens and in all nature, which is just as it should be, for the work of god is the book

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

courts. he trusts in god rather than roman policy for the salvation of the unity idea; he respects the old age of the church, but he has no fear that she will die; he knows that her apparent death will be a transfiguration and a glorious assumption. the author of this book calls upon the eastern magi to come forward and recognize once again that divine master whose cradle they saluted, the great initiator of all the ages. all his enemies have fallen; all those who condemned him are 8 the ritual of transcendental magic dead, those who persecuted him have passed into sleep for ever; but he is for ever alive. the envious have combined against him, agreeing on a single point; the sectaries have united to destroy him; they have crowned themselves kings and proscribed him; they have become hypo

blind partisans of sterilized religions cast themselves in the dust of old temples, the spirit of christ is erect and praying. when the strong become weak, when virtues are corrupted, when all things bend and sink down in search of a shameful pasture, the spirit of christ is erect, gazing up to heaven and awaiting the hour of his father. christ signifies priest and king by excellence. the christ-initiator of modern times came to form new priests and new kings by science and, above all, by charity. the ancient magi were priests and kings, and the saviour's advent was proclaimed to them by a star. this star was the magical pentagram, having a sacred letter at each point. it is the symbol of intelligence which rules by unity of force over the four elementary potencies; it is the pentagram of

se; that revelation is obscure for no one, since the whole world understands more or less both truth and justice, and since all that is possible can only exist analogically to all that is. being is being, xvx' wc' xvx. the apparently bizarre figures presented by the apocalypse of st. john are hieroglyphics, like those of all oriental mythologies, and can be comprised in a series of pantacles. the initiator clothed in white, standing between seven golden 60 the ritual of transcendental magic candlesticks and holding seven stars in his hand, represents the unique doctrine of hermes and the universal analogies of the light. the woman clothed with the sun and crowned with twelve stars is the celestial isis, or the gnosis; the serpent of material life seeks to devour her child, but she takes un

een our body and the eyes of the spectators, or the fascination of the eyes of the spectators in such a manner that they cannot make use of their sight. of these methods, the third only is magical. have we not all of us observed that under the government of a strong preoccupation we look without seeing and collide with objects in front of us? gso do, that seeing they may not see, h said the great initiator, and the history of this grand master tells us that one day, finding himself on the point of being stoned in the temple, he became invisible and went out. there is no, need to reproduce the mystifications of popular grimoires about the ring of invisibility. some specify that it shall be composed of fixed mercury, enriched by a small stone which is indispensable to find in a pewit's nest

and intelligible terms, it was a magnetic subject. 98 chapter xvii the writing of the stars we have finished with infernus, and we breathe the fresh air freely as we turn to daylight after traversing the crypts of black magic. get thee behind us, satan! we renounce thee, with all thy pomps and works, and still more with all thy deformities, thy meanness, thy nothingness, thy deception! the great initiator beheld thee fall from heaven like a thunderbolt. the christian legend changes thee, making thee set thy dragon's head mildly beneath the foot of the mother of god. thou art for us the image of unintelligence and mystery; thou art unreason and blind fanaticism; thou art the inquisition and its hell; thou art the god of torquemada and alexander vi; thou hast become the sport of children, a

RUBY TABLET OF SET

rtre to "bad faith. this can be closely related to the views of satanism re: the following of the right-hand path, which is essentially a deceiving of oneself by renouncing ultimate individual responsibility, and attributing one's life and experiences to all sorts of imaginary causes and effects, such as "god "karma "spirits "entities, etc, instead of acknowledging oneself as the creator and sole initiator of one's existence. while setians can speak of "spirits "demons "elementals, and various other sorts of beings and entities, they understand that these entities are derived from and exist within the subjective, not objective, universe. this is the fundamental mistake of the righthand path, which ultimately leads to the dissolution of the self by virtue of a distorted point of reference

e was no other, but through wisdom he learned to know the better (deity. he received only elementary instruction from her, and the first initiation, and was taught the mighty mystery of the father and the aeons; and he could reveal it to no one else" the terms used denote that the demiurge received instruction, but was not given the higher power or initiation, whereby he could become a teacher or initiator in his turn; he received the "mnesis" but not the "epopteia" this is the meaning, according to the writer, of his words unto moses "i am the god of abraham, and the god of isaac, and the god of jacob, and the name of god i have not made known unto them- that is to say 'i have not declared the mystery, nor explained who is god, but i kept to myself in secret the mystery which i heard from

nvocation of set.(2 [read the following statement] in the names of set-hen, nept-het, anpu, and khepri do i declare my freedom of mind, my independence, and my infernal right to do as i will outside the realm of the cosmic creation, that i become that which i will to be. i will to know, and to be truly eternal in the realm of ego, not in the creed of another's thought. i call forth set, the great initiator, to bear witness to what i say, and to stand by me in my undertaking within the realm of darkness, as i seek to become more than i am, and as i seek the instruction of set through the forces at my command, i now declare in the name of set that all spirits are subject unto me, so that every spirit of the firmament and of the ether, upon the earth and under the earth, on dry land and in th

f the universe, guide and protect this sacred pylon. o mighty tefnut, goddess of moisture, waters of life, come forth from the watchtower of water, in the western quadrant of the universe, guide and protect this sacred pylon. within me dwells haborym! without my fetch blumoza! and in the column of this vibration burns the dark fire of set [the working. celebrant] honor to you, prince of darkness, initiator of the elect, brother to those who have joined the darkness of night. i have come before you as a living embodiment of the indwelling powers of darkness. may your spirit (khu) purify me and help me. you are a master of the universe. you are unique; the companion of your devotees. may you give me a mouth and my words that are in it will follow me and my heart (ab) in its hour into the fla

SATANGEL

re, mother of *cain, first wife of adam. the screech owl (isiah 34:14. whose cult spread from palestine to greece, where she merged with hekate. originally a babylonian goddess lilitu, or ardat-lilil. lucifer (latin, bringer of light. the rebel angel who was cast from heaven (isiah 14:12. certain gnostic sects regard lucifer as a divine power in his own right, and the witches recognise him as the initiator and bringer of illumination. in etruscan gypsy lore he is the father of aradia and consort of diana. it is this godform that became the emperor of hell (grimorium verum. roman god of the morning star (venus. luciftias (enochian, brightness) whose return is heralded, alongside babalon, in the call of the thirty aethers. lucifuge (latin, running from the light. servants of lucifer who hunt

SEVEN SHADES OF SOLITUDE

which functions irrespective of the presence or absence of others. by virtue of internal solitude the practitioner may dwell alone or in the presence of man and woman, he may partake in praxes of an individual or collective nature without bias or compromise; all may serve to empower the position of his spiritual equipoise. having attained to a realisation of magical autonomy the mage may serve as initiator unto all aspirants, for all other is the mirror of his own selfhood. in nomine kabilo. the secret view of solitude is the natural state of existence- the primordial condition of i as void: the autonomian vessel of the elder faith. in nomine satilo- 000- wisely we must make our way through the maze of mirror d altars. slowly, slowly, toward and beyond the crack called midnight (an earlier

SIX WAYS OF KNOWLEDGE

ments to another. now this does not mean opening your mind to stupid arguments, it means collecting the argument into a sealed container of your mind for careful observation. another useful exercise is to spend some time as a tarot reader, or other magical adviser. here you will learn how your will to listen can affect others. a third and most important exercise is to write down the words of your initiator in your victory book. hearing (self-centric. this discipline is vital to the magician not only for precise lbm and mbm, but for self-knowledge. we very, very often don't hear what we say. i am sure all of you have a told a friend "just listen to yourself" just as our friends often say revealing things about themselves (either because of the effect of our will upon them or by their own wi

STEINER RUDOLF CHRISTIANITY AS MYSTICAL FACT

f jesus, and because the church in a mysterious way draws from that personal presence its power to make the truth manifest. the mysteries handed down the techniques of coming to the truth. the christian ecclesia propagates this truth in itself. the mysteries had fostered a trust in the spiritual powers that were awakened inwardly through initiation. to this was added the trust in the founder, the initiator as such. the mysteries had been a process of divinization, an actual experience of being made god. jesus attained oneness with god; therefore one must cling to him, so as to share in his divinization as part of the community that he founded. that is the christian claim. the divinization of jesus has a universal significance, in which the community of his faithful can share: see, i am wit

was lying. and jesus looked up and said, father, i thank you that you have heard me. 120 the father had heard jesus; lazarus had reached the final act in the great drama of the achievement of knowledge. he had attained the knowledge of resurrection; his initiation into the mysteries was complete. initiation of this kind was understood everywhere in the ancient world. jesus here plays the role of initiator. the achievement of union with the divine had always been conceived of in this way. the great miracle of lazarus, 120 christianity as mystical fact the transformation of his whole being, places jesus within the line of traditions from archaic times. here is the link between christianity and the mysteries. lazarus was made an initiate by christ jesus himself. hence he could raise himself

leared up! the words of jacob burckhardt.122 but then, he failed to recognize the path toward understanding them. let us take the gospel of john. let us look upon its drama of the achievement of knowledge. in terms both symbolic and physically real we see it enacting before our gaze what the ancient world performed as the mystery itself. the words lazarus, came forth recall the cry with which the initiator in the priestly mysteries of the egyptians summoned back to everyday life those who had undergone initiation; they had died to the earthly world and become witnesses of eternal life; the events of initiation had transported them for a time from the world. by speaking them, jesus had revealed the secret of the mysteries. that is why the jews felt that they could not allow such an act to g

THE BLACK LODGE

by mankind. the fact that the number of the beast is a human number shows our relation to the wild animals that civilization and religion have tried to repress. on a more esoteric plane it means that man is not just an animal but also a god since 666 is the number of the sun and therefore the number that makes man divine. dragon rouge www.dragonrouge.agthe black lodge lesson 1 in the name of the initiator augmn do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. what is usually called the "black lodge" is not really an organization of human beings, or even of "black brethren. in a sense, the "black brother" is infinitely above the activities of what we generally name the "black lodge; in another sense, he/she is infinitely below. the "black lodge" is merely the qliphoth in their interaction

rs and my brothers as you go about your life duties and may the warrior lvx radiate into the darkness of the universe. may you learn from this book of the black lodge ways and means that will fortify and amplify those spiritual aspirations which even now shine through the opacity of your flesh. love is the law, love under will. the black lodge lesson 2 dear sisters and brothers in the name of the initiator augmn do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. let us sum up that which we learned in the first part of this document: the forces which, in certain planes of consciousness, manifest as "demonic entities" are part of the evolutionary process of the universe (and the universe (that is for both the individual of the human species and the human species as a whole. since the aim of th

always a death and a rebirth- and you do not even know, when you die, if there will be a birth. as it is written success is your proof. remember: the price of initiation is a shameful death from which the demons will save you, if they can. so with thy all; thou hast no right but to do thy will. love is the law, love under will. the black lodge lesson 3 dear sisters and brothers in the name of the initiator augmn do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. let us sum up that which we learned in the second part of this document: we learned that the demoniac forces are both necessary and inherent in the process which we call initiation. we learned that the first attempt made by those forces to disrupt and disperse an initiatic current (a current which alters the psychic status quo) is us

sparate elements are in balance, then must you annihilate them in combination, which is bliss; 0=2. thus only may you enter the stream of life to emerge as the virgin of al. blessings, peace and silence in the name of our lord to mega therion and in the name of our seven times holy lady babalon love is the law, love under will. the black lodge lesson 4 dear sisters and brothers in the name of the initiator augmn do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. let us sum up that which we learned in the third part of this document: we learned that the black lodge creates false initiatic movements or they stimulate faith in false masters. the next means by which the black lodge spreads its agenda is in its activity to thwart healthy sexual activity between individual human beings and its att

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union. be thine all one with us. 19. dissolve thine all in us, who art one in truth: we are the sun in his rising! we are the star of the east! we are the lord of the aeon! hail! hail! to the child of the aeon, whose name is our life and whose spirit is our light. he is our truth; and we adore him in all his mighty splendour and power. thus we say unto thee, behold the mystery of the sixfold star initiator: how we are of him and he is of us. concealed in his symbol is our glory of forces: ararita! 20. ours is the sevenfold path of initiation: thou shalt transmute the base lead into the subtle aurum solis by rising on the stairway of the heavens in thy secret laboratorium on earth. here is the excellent way! the steps of the stairway are seven; the laboratorium is our holy house of song and

THE CRAFT GRIMOIRE OF ECLECTIC VERSION 2

course of their battle, the father is wounded, this is symbolized by the following days growing cooler. mabon, the second harvest festival, the fall equinox. once again daylight and night are in balance. now is the time to celebrate the gifts of the earth mother. page 6 grimoire of eclectic magick) archetype gods and goddesses( all gods are one god, all goddesses are one goddess, and there is one initiator! from aspects of occultism by dion fortune gods of ancient egypt horus imiut isis khepera khnum maat min nekhbet nephthys nut osiris ptah ra re sekhmet selket seshat set shu sobek taweret tefnut thoth wadjet agou ayizan baron cimeti re baron la croix baron samedi dambalah danbalah erzulie fr da gu d legba loco-d ogoun simbi voudoun loa celtic-gaulish deities aengus aine anu bave (babd, b

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 1

ystery schools of egypt contain within their teachings a particular knowledge that came, if not from prehistoric times, from ancient times. the earliest human records legible, the pyramid texts of egypt (c. 3000 b.c.e, contain many prayers that are quoted from a far more ancient period, and it is apparent that the prayers were used in the texts as magical formulas and spells. the mysterious first initiator into these sacred doctrines was known as toth and later to the greeks by his more familiar name of hermes. hermes-toth is a generic name that designates a man, a caste, and a god at the same time. as a man, hermes-toth is the originator of a powerful system of magic and its first initiator; as a caste, he represents the priesthood, the repository of ancient wisdom; as a god, hermes becom

one s faculties of will, intuition, and reason to an extraordinary degree could one ever gain access to the hidden forces in the universe. only through complete mastery of body, soul, and spirit could one see beyond death and perceive the pathways to be taken in the afterlife. only when one has conquered fate and acquired divine freedom could he or she, the initiate, become a seer, a magician, an initiator. the greek philosopher pythagoras (c. 580 c. 500 b.c.e) learned the secret doctrine of numbers, the heliocentric system of the universe, music, astrology, astronomy, mathematics, and geometry from the powerful egyptian magi. before he established his own school of philosophy in southern italy, pythagoras spent 22 years in the temples of egypt as an initiate in the ancient mysteries. a pa

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

sense sufficiently profound to make sages meditate, and simple enough to be understood by children. the allegorical personage palamedes, is, however, identical with enoch, hermes, and cadmus, to whom various mythologies have attributed the invention of letters. but, in the conception of homer, palamedes, the man who exposed the fraud of ulysses and fell a victim to his revenge, represents 195 the initiator or the man of genius whose eternal destiny is to be killed by those whom he initiates. the disciple does not become the living realization of the thoughts of the master until he had drunk his blood and eaten his flesh, to use the energetic and allegorical expression of the initiator, so ill understood by christians. the conception of the primitive alphabet was, as one may easily see, the

could only continue by the annihilation of being, which is impossible. then the man-devils, at the end of their resources, fall once more under the empire of the god-men, and are saved by those whom one at first thought their victims; but the man who strives to live a life of evil deeds, does homage to good by all the intelligence and energy that he develops in himself. for this reason the great initiator said in his figurative language "i would that thou wert cold or hot; but because thou art lukewarm, i will spew thee out of my mouth" the great master, in one of his parables, condemns only the idle man who buried his treasure from fear of losing it in the risky operations of that bank which we call life. to think nothing, to love nothing, to wish for nothing, to do nothing- that is the

THE LUCIFERIAN PATH THE WITCHES SABBAT MICHAEL W FORD

gick and shut her out. she devours or blesses, her kiss means everything. invoke the goddess and listen well to her words. she is babalon, the crimson harlot who rides the infernal beast of the sun. she is az, the primal instinct of sexual hunger, she is the white goddess, who would caress you before removing the flesh of her pale face to reveal a ravenous wolf. lilith hecate is the triple mooned initiator, she who guides upon the path. in inspired lore, cain was initiated by lilith. she is the source, the point of luciferian transference. the purpose of the descriptions of the grimoires is to offer a basic form of guidance through them, how one can get the most out of each one. this does not reveal any of the initiatory secrets which the sorcerer discovers through practice. it does, howev

l symbolization of the darker aspects of the sorcerous path. azothoz is a grimoire of lyric, that by recitation does the essence make itself known. what is united is the archetypes of old and various cultures, set cain lilith ahriman azazel. the watchers are made flesh in the body of the sorcerer, thus their knowledge be made manifest through deeds and action. the book of cain the grimoire of the initiator of the witch path by michael w. ford illustrated by elda isela ford cain is presented in hebrew folklore as the first murderer, who having slain his brother, had become the deathless wanderer of the earth. being a nomadic spirit, cain came unto his original spiritual initiators, lilith and samael (also known as azazel, and by means of dreaming, was self-initiated into the mysteries of so

in the zodiac. the sun is also associated with the adversarial triad, being shaitan (set) typhon, apophras (apep) and besz, a god of transformation. the devil as an initiatory force is considered masculine, thus is represented by the phallus or source of creative life. in the tarot, the devil is attributed to capricornus, and the hebrew letter ayin, being an eye. the symbolism of the devil as the initiator may be best understood by the tarot as presented in the book of thoth. satan/set is the ass headed god of the desert, the lord of storms and desolate places. set is the tester of self, the adversary and opposer. set is also related to saturn. this planet, called also shabbathai, is the sphere of saturn and is considered a meeting place of the witches sabbat. the image of those leaving th

e chant of the infernal sabbat as i face the star of al ghul the two horns become one. i cast the circle as kabed-us-spae, that within is the circumference of my divinity. by the star of algol i bask in the brilliance of the sun at midnight, the eye of blackened flame and smoke, of arimanius, 17 witchcraft or persian sorcery which involves developing a solitary of spirit or druj practice. 20 dire initiator of my night and infernal dreaming path. may the eye open within i call unto the shadows of the circle cast against the dawn- azi-dahaka, aeshma, zartosht, nasu druj, andar, savar, taprev, astwihad fly now unto me! kundak my steed of infernal flight come forth nightmare, guide me to the sabbat! spirits of amenta, do hear my summons shades of elphame fire, those who arise from the vessels

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ity and strength bearing passion of the earth. let the ahriman dragon whose color is black stir your eyes from the sun to the moon and the darkness of night. it is the cold winds which open the path of arezura and hades, when wolves and serpents gather unto you. let the ahrimanic dragon coil as the serpents of shaitan, just as zohak shall you be blessed by the kiss of the devil-prince who is your initiator of dreams and death. by the north west point of the circle can you call now forth azrael who is a gatherer of ghosts and shades of the dead. listen to the twilight call of the boneways of the gateway. in your skull temple of cain and lilith does witchblood flow and gather what you may become. let jasmine bloom now under the light of the moon and the phantoms of what once was join in this

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to, went back to square one with the unquestionably authentic grady mcmurtry oto. a true history of witchcraft get any book for free on: www.abika.com 18 over a period of years of substantial effort, he made his way to the ivo `plus' status implied by gardner's "prince of jerusalem" designation in the charter, and has since gone beyond. i am, myself, a vo member of the oto, as well as a chartered initiator, and can tell you from experience that becoming a companion of the royal arch of enoch, perfect initiate, prince of jerusalem and chartered initiator is a long and arduous task. gardner was in the habit, after the public career of wicca emerged in the 1950s, of downgrading any crowleyite associations out of his past, and, as janet and stewart farrar reveal in the witches' way (1984, p3)

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as seker, the lord of death in ancient memphis, which later became set the prince of darkness. set or shaitan had impacted the earth in its wave of creation, of knowledge and prowess did humanity excel. shaitan then moved its consciousness both of darkness and light into the empyrean and infernal (chthonic) realms of above and below. on the earth lucifer or azal ucel has manifested as a symbolic initiator through cain the witch father, born of the union of the dragon and the whore, tubal-qayin as he is often called is the nomad, the sorcerous initiator of those who seek the black light of iblis. for the witches sabbat initiate, lucifer is the black flame of intelligence and will; he represents the foundation of the great work of becoming; he is the anthropomorphic power of self-deificatio

the sabbat is the vital axis of the power encircling the ritual. in terms of god forms as masks or symbols of deific power, leviathan represents the circle of being, the daemon which guards the circumference of self and the ritual itself. the crossroads of hecate20 are symbolically visualized and represented within through this rite, wherein the sabbatic goat is the glyph 18 see sabbat, witch and initiator illustration by elda isela ford, cover of book. 19 see the yatuk dinoih second edition by the present author. 20 the symbolic place of magickal practice, the crossroads are traditionally where rites were practiced in honor of hecate and other godforms via nocturna. vox sabbatum the witches sabbat 32 of wisdom, self-illumination, balance and the transformative quality leading to self-deif

een the sigillic drawing of the sorcerer, who has become both as lucifer and ahriman, surrounded with the crooked dragon leviathan, may that image haunt your dreams, these words carry on nightwings the desire of the sabbat so is will be become! vox sabbatum by michael w. ford 2003 artwork by elda isela ford 2003 other art by various illustrators. cover sabbat, witch offering navel cord and daemon initiator pg. 16 belial from hades, based from medieval painting. pg. 22 lucifer ahriman leviathan, self-transformation michael ford* p.o. box 926344* houston, tx 77292* 26some deeper aspects of masonic symbolism by bro. aurthur edward waite part i the subject which i am about to approach is one having certain obvious difficulties, because it is outside the usual horizon of masonic literature, and

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magical work; the imagination. south- the devil-djinn mentioned is shaitan or azazel, the fallen seraph whom is made entirely of flame. it is this original legend which brought forth the separation of the god-divinity or natural order to an adversarial or antinomianian process of anti-order. the mentioning of "blackened light" is the light of azazel, or shaitan embodied on earth through cain, the initiator of the sethanic path of witchcraft. east- lucifer as azazel in the earthbound form, the mentioning of twelve wings in reference to the serpent angel. lucifer is the freedom of will from which the individual may seek to strengthen and illuminate the self in ones own discovered light, or black flame. north- the cold north is the direction of not only cain as the lord of horsemen, but also

er of the altar. a phallic symbol or stone god may be near the mask as well, symbolizing the solar creative force of the beast 666- 9 one- the fallen seraph lucifer, the angelick essence of the black flame, the very source of our wisdom, being and becoming. two the seraph of flame, the djinn iblis of fire, daemon of the blackened flame, serpent beast dragon wolf goat. satanas is the devil-cloaked initiator of the path of the wise, those who laugh at the warnings of a cringing society. robe thyself in crimson, the color of flame and movement. the symbol of the averse pentagram, being downward pointing to indicate the union of the fallen angels with humanity to create divinity. in the sethian witchcraft current the sorcerer becomes as set him/herself, thus in the circle the first of witchblo

he symbolization of ones own self in isolation. i, fallen from the sky, awakened shall illuminate the essence of self primordial form of azothoz, i stand in the center of time to behold thy gift! i walk the solitary path and announce my birth! hekas, szurru prozaza hekas, umpesha usha szurru! open the gates before me, lucifer arise from within! zazas zazas nasatanada zazas! 14 i give thee thanks, initiator of magick, whom upon the path shall bring the goddess and god the flesh shall be eternal from my sacred word. i seek now to become as shadow and light, from which i walk between! for each sigil is the very mark of the fallen seraphim, who tasted shadow to unite with light! shall we know this secret glory, visible and esteemed in the glory of those who hold this banner high! so this prome

le and esteemed in the glory of those who hold this banner high! so this promethean flame be lit before me! meditate upon the sigil of choice and its meaning. keep a detailed diary and journal. it may be suggested that you will undertake this working in the exploration of the various aspects of lucifer as it has appeared throughout history. the primary focus should be on the bringer of light, the initiator to the highest states of spiritual development and illumination. the islamic lore of azazel known as iblis may be the foundation of the study, from which this legend partially emerged. task #6 creation of ones own alphabet of desire, photocopied and sent to succubus publising. an example of a successful occurrence with the alphabet. examples of how this alphabet works for the individual

d heart rate. when you have done this, close your eyes and focus on moving upwards. visualize which aethyr you to ascend to, your place of mental creation or enochian aeythr. the celestial or aeythric sabbat may be attended in this way..when focused upon the higher and lower octave of saturn also the 17 celestial or infernal sabbat envision the light of the higher octave, azal ucel, the sabbatick initiator. it is essential for the magician to visualize this fire, but then envision the flame within he or she will then be the bearer of this flame the fire of the higher octave is the aethyric and astral plane of lucifer, and all magickal work should be developed and guided by this light, known as the holy guardian angel of initiatic guide. even when one works in the dark light of saturn, or m

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statues of the thundergod the hammer had not been forgotten, seems to be proved by pretty late evidence, e.g. the statue of a dorper mentioned in connexion with the giants (ch. xviii, quotation from fergut. and in the as. solomon and saturn, thunor wields ajiery axe (ch. xxv, mus^ in the old germ, law, the throwing of a hammer ratifies the acquisition of property. thunar. 181 mid. ages as a happy initiatory omen to any undertaking. thorv with his hammer hallows dead bones, and makes them alive again, sn. 49 (see supph. but most important of all, as vouching for the wide extension of one and the same heathen faith, appears to me that beautiful poem in the edda, the hamars heimt (hammer's homing, mallei recuperatio^ whose action is motived by thor's hammer being stolen by a giant, and buried

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rs get any book for free on: www.abika.com 91 get any fun out of existence; but at least it is not impossible. in other words, he implicitly denies the fundamental proposition that existence is sorrow, and he formulates the essential postulate of the white school of magick, that means exist by which the universal sorrow (apparent indeed to all ordinary observation) may be unmasked, even as at the initiatory rite of isis in the ancient days of kehm. there, a neophyte presenting his mouth, under compulsion, to the pouting buttocks of the goat of mendez, found himself caressed by the chaste lips of a virginal priestess of that goddess at the base of whose shrine is written that no man has lifted her veil. the basis of the black philosophy is not impossibly mere climate, with its resulting eti

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e other hand, corroboration comes little by little, and the light shines ever more clearly, let us persist until that day dawns when the light which shineth in darkness will have illuminated the heart and brain, and the seeker will awaken to the realisation that the whole trend of evolution has been to bring him this expansion of consciousness and this illumination, and that the attainment of the initiatory process, and the entrance into the fifth kingdom is no wild chimera or phantasm, but an established fact in the consciousness. this each man must ascertain for himself. those who know may state a fact to be thus and so, but the dictum of another person and the enunciation of a theory do not aid beyond giving to the seeker confirmatory indication. each soul has to ascertain for himself

its epitomising of the purpose of this fundamental sacrifice, has a pre-eminent place. the student needs to remind himself that the other planetary schemes, though fundamentally the same as our fourth scheme, yet have their profound differences in manifestation, due to the varying characteristics and the individual karma of the incarnating planetary logos or ray. these differences affect: a. the initiatory process, both in its ceremonial and altruistic aspects. b. the application of the rod, for the type of force which it embodies, when brought into conjunction with the differentiated force of the planetary type, produces results of varying nature and degree. c. the seasons of initiation. the egos in incarnation on any planet will according to ray type be easily stimulated or not as the c

and call "learning" something or other, have reference to the apprehension by the physical brain of an imparted fact or apprehended circumstance, so with the greater expansions which are the outcome of the many lesser. at the same time, it is quite possible for men to be functioning on the physical plane and to be actively employed in world service who have no recollection of having undergone the initiatory process, yet who, nevertheless, may have taken the first or second initiation in a previous or earlier life. this is the result, simply, of a lack of "bridging" from one life to another, or it may be the outcome of a definite decision by the ego. a man may be able better to work off certain karma and to carry out certain work for the lodge if he is free from occult occupation and mystic

eme with which he may be concerned. particularly is this so should the scheme in which he plays his microscopic part be the centre in the logoic body receiving stimulation. when that is the case, the initiation of his own planetary logos takes place, and consequently he (as a cellular body) receives an added stimulation along with the other sons of men. 3. planetary, used by a planetary logos for initiatory purposes, and for the third, fourth, and fifth major initiations, with the two higher. at the planetary initiation the rod of power, wielded by the solar logos, is charged with pure electrical force from sirius, and was received by our logos during the secondary period of creation, from the hands of that great entity who is the presiding lord of the lords of karma. he is the repository

power, or the permutations of the aum, exist in every possible tone, sub-tone, and quarter-tone, and upon these shades of sound the work of creation and its sustentation is built up. a multiplicity of sounds exists within each greater sound and affects different groups. it must be remembered also that, generally and broadly speaking, the sounds within the solar system fall into two groups: 1. the initiatory sounds, or those which produce manifestation or phenomena of any kind on all planes. 2. eventuating sounds, or those which are produced from within the forms themselves during the evolutionary process, and which are the aggregate of the tones of every form in any particular kingdom of nature. every form likewise has a tone which is produced by the minute sounds produced by the atoms com

ations it may be of value to the student to remember that the great moment in which a man passed out of the animal kingdom into the human, which is called in many occult textbooks the "moment of individualisation" was in itself one of the greatest of all initiations. individualisation is the conscious apprehension by the self of its relation to all that constitutes the not-self, and in this great initiatory process, as in all the later ones, the awakening of consciousness is preceded by a period of gradual development; the awakening is instantaneous at the moment of self-realisation for the first time, and is always succeeded by another period of gradual evolution. this period of gradual evolution, in its turn leads up to a later crisis which is called initiation. in the one case, we have

ation which demonstrates in the activity of man on the path of probation and the path of initiation- 105- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust therefore man must recognise the cyclic nature of initiation, and the place of the process in time and space. this is a special period of activity in the cycle of a heavenly man, and it works out on our planet as a vast period of trial or initiatory testing; it is, nevertheless, equally a period of vitalisation and of opportunity. we must also endeavour to realise the fact that initiation may be seen taking place on the three planes in the three worlds, and the thought must ever be borne in mind of the relative value and place of the unit, or cell, in the body of a heavenly man. the point must here be emphasised that the major init

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ly revealed to initiates who have passed the third initiation, and even to them in a carefully guarded manner. third, the revelation of the close connection between mind and fohat or energy, or between thought power and electrical phenomena the effect of fohatic impulse on matter is fraught with peril, and the missing link (if so it might be termed) in the chain of reasoning from phenomena to its initiatory impulse, can only be safely imparted when the bridge between higher and lower mind, is adequately constructed. when the lower is under the control of the higher, or when the quaternary is merging into the triad, then man can be trusted with the remaining four fundamentals. three of these fundamentals are laid down for us in the proem of the secret doctrine,6(94) and with the evolving co

s own distinctive quality. b. the method of initiation. in this second method the "rods of initiation" are used to effect certain results. these rods are of four kinds: 1. cosmic, used by a cosmic logos in the initiations of a solar logos, and of the three major planetary logoi. 2. systemic, used by a solar logos in the initiations of a planetary logos. 3. planetary, used by a planetary logos for initiatory purposes, and for the third, the fourth, and fifth major initiations, with the two higher. 4. hierarchical, used by an occult hierarchy for minor initiations, and for the first two initiations of manas by the bodhisattva.29(114) when man individualised in lemurian days (about eighteen million years ago, it was the application of the rod of initiation to the logos of our earth chain whic

manifestation of one of the heavenly men. when the student brings his study of deva work down to the terms of his own individual life he is apt to become confused through too close a juxtaposition. the greater builders are the solar pitris, whilst the lesser builders are the lunar ancestors. i would here explain the occult meaning of the word "ancestor" as used in esotericism. it means literally initiatory life impulse. it is that subjective activity which produces objectivity, and concerns those emanatory impulses which come from any positive centre of force, and which- 364- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust sweep the negative aspect into the line of that force, and thus produce a form of some kind. the word "ancestor" is used in connection with both aspects. the solar

e impulse. it is that subjective activity which produces objectivity, and concerns those emanatory impulses which come from any positive centre of force, and which- 364- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust sweep the negative aspect into the line of that force, and thus produce a form of some kind. the word "ancestor" is used in connection with both aspects. the solar logos is the initiatory impulse or father of the son in his physical incarnation, a solar system. he is the sumtotal of the pitris, in the process of providing form. the union of father (positive force) and mother (negative force) produces that central blaze which we call the form, the body of manifestation of the son. a heavenly man holds an analogous position in relation to a planetary scheme. he is the cent

ious unity, a solar logos, functioning through his physical vehicle. from the christian standpoint, the greater builders are the holy spirit, or force overshadowing and fecundating matter, whilst the negative or lesser builders correspond to the virgin mary. the lunar pitris, and lesser builders from the systemic point of view find their fullest expression in the animal kingdom. when they, as the initiatory impulse, had produced animal man they had performed their prime function, and just as (on a smaller scale and in connection with only one of- 366- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust the heavenly men) the moon is a dying and decadent world, so on a systemic scale and therefore covering a vast period of time, the work of the lunar pitris is slowly coming to a conclusion

estic animals" as we call them, and their relatively high stage of intelligence as compared to the wild animals. in atlantean days the opening of the door into the fifth kingdom, or into the stage of buddhic consciousness, had a profound effect upon the vegetable kingdom. this effect can be seen working out in such results as are achieved by burbank, and which are of a nature corresponding to the initiatory process in man, involving a rapid achievement of relative perfection. in the tremendous event which is impending, in the great revelation which is near at hand, the hierarchy will again take advantage of the time and the energy to bring about certain events which will work out primarily in the human kingdom but which will also be seen as force regeneration in the mineral kingdom. the en

udent the reality of our cosmic interrelation. 2. solar avatars: these avatars are of three types though there are really many more. they are also extra-systemic visitors, and are mainly concerned with certain processes in the system, among others the administration of the law of cause and effect, or of karma. they embody the karma of the past kalpas as far as our logos is concerned, and give the initiatory impulse to the processes of adjustment, of expiation and of recognition as it concerns the present system as a whole. one such entity, the "karmic avatar" appeared upon the second logoic vibration, being swept in on the second breath; he has stayed until now: he will remain with us until all the schemes have entered upon their fifth round, and are nearing their "judgment day" at that ti

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re that, when the final shattering comes of even that masterpiece of many lives, bitter indeed is the cup to drink, and unutterably bereft seems the unit of consciousness. conscious then only of the innate divine spirit, conscious only of the truth of the godhead, realizing profoundly and to the depths of his being the ephemeral nature of the form and of all forms, standing alone in the vortex of initiatory rites, bereft of all on which he may have leant (be it friend, master, doctrine or environment, well may the initiate cry out "i am that i am, and there is naught else" well may he then figuratively place his hand in that of his father in heaven, and hold the other out in blessing on the world of men, for only the hands that have let slip all within the three worlds are free to carry th

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hird initiation, he learns to respond to the energy and to the spiritual purpose of the life of his own planet. at the first and second initiations, and until the third initiation, he has been led on and initiated by the influence of the christ, and under his direction he has submitted to two expansions of consciousness and has prepared himself for a third. when ready for this, he comes under the initiatory power of the planetary logos; and through the mediating activity of that great being the initiate becomes actively aware of energy emanating from the solar deity. he is therefore learning to respond to the second type of- 99- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust synthetic force. after he has taken the highest initiation possible on thi

the so-called deva, or angel, evolution. hence the wind and the insect world are its agents, just as man and the agency of water are the initiators of the animal world. the secret of release for the animal nature is hidden in the "watery nature" this is the blood aspect, and in the shedding of the blood, esoterically understood, lies the clue to the liberation of the animal kingdom. hence certain initiatory processes are working out on a large scale in the shedding of blood through the slaughter of the animal form of the human being in the great war, for instance. in the war the blood of thousands was poured out upon the soil, and from the standpoint of living purpose, certain esoteric results have been achieved. this fact is a difficult one for man to understand, for his awareness is as y

control of the static mineral nature, as it expresses itself in man, comes his eventual radiatory activity. thus "the spark becomes the flame (patanjali: iii.40, the light of the soul) it will be found that in the sutras much effective correlation can be made, particularly when considering any of the various quintuples found in manifestation with such frequency. this book is a basic treatise for initiatory training. take, as an illustration of this, the words found in book iii.44, and note the illumination thrown upon the evolutionary cycle and on the symbolic development of the five kingdoms in nature "one-pointed meditation upon the five forms which every element takes produces mastery over every element. these five forms are the gross nature, the elemental form, the quality, the pervas

ion of the divine soul, through the sublimation of the animal soul. in these words lie much food for thought "the twain shall be one. this work is begun in the animal kingdom, and constitutes its "secret, and hence the use of the word "transfusion" in this connection. individualisation was the first result of this secret process. its final consummating effect can be seen in the five stages of the initiatory process, leading to eventual transfiguration and liberation. the entire work is, however, one great unfolding revelation of the soul of god, and it is only when we divorce humanity from that process of revelation that we find the secrets, the problems, the difficulties and the mysteries insoluble. a consciousness, an awareness and a sensitivity to an ever-widening and more inclusive con

the life in form. hence the process is really in the nature of an initiation. the animals which individualise are, in every case today, the domestic animals, such as the horse, the dog, the elephant and the cat. these four groups of animals are at this time in the "process of transfusion, as it is occultly called, and one by one the life units are prepared and brought to the door of that peculiar initiatory process which we call for lack of a better term individualisation. they wait in that condition until the word goes forth that that door may- 164- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust be passed which will admit them to..the triple way that leads to the dual road, by treading which they stand at last before the golden door. this final do

ation. this is the esoteric goal set before humanity. this was the tremendous event which was enacted before humanity by the greatest of all the sons of god in his own body, whom i and all true disciples regard as the master of all the masters, the christ. what shall i say about this culminating event for which the entire personality of man waits? this third great initiation marks a crisis in the initiatory work, and produces a further synthesis experienced in the life of the spiritual man. up to the third initiation, man has been occupied with the process of fusing soul and body into one unity. after the third initiation (and owing to an event which takes place) man is oriented towards, and becomes occupied with, a further fusion in consciousness, that of spirit-soul-body. i speak of a fu

been so perfected in the race that it is now automatic and has slipped below the threshold of consciousness. in the great cyclic recapitulations which go on ceaselessly we see today in our aryan race a tremendous emphasis being given to physical perfection, to sport, to athletics, to dancing and to physical culture. it is the cyclic effect of the same ray forces, playing upon humanity again. the initiatory goal is today a mental at-one-ing. nevertheless, the physical reaction to the ray forces produces a higher form of hatha yoga or physical coordination. these points will be further elucidated. the secondary influence which is leading the aryan race forward is that of the fifth ray of concrete knowledge or science. this ray, as we have seen, was one of the rays which brought about indivi

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y into the kingdom is universal, and man himself is the symbol and the reality. he looks out at all the myths and symbols of the world; he reads and knows the story of the world saviours; at the same time he himself has to re-enact the same story and make myth a fact in his own personal experience; he must know christ; he must also follow christ stage by stage through the great experiences of the initiatory process. every initiation is preceded by a journey; each stage and each dramatic happening comes at the end of a period of travel. the symbolism of this is apparent "the treading of the path" is a familiar way of describing the approach of a human being to the mysteries. it is interesting to note that today the whole world is on the move. everybody is travelling and journeying a process

or maria, are the same as mary, the name of the mother of the christian saviour. the month of may was sacred to these goddesses, so likewise is it sacred to the virgin mary at the present day. she was also called myrrha and maria, as well as mary."37 in the symbolic language of esotericism, a cave is regarded as the place of initiation. this has always been so, and a very interesting study of the initiatory process and of the new birth could be made if the many references in the ancient writings to these events which have transpired in caves were collected and analysed. the stable in which jesus was born was in all likelihood a cave, for many stables were, in those days, hollowed out of the ground. this was recognised by the early church, and we are told that "it is well known that whereas

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g into and of being entered into should be a simultaneous and synthetic process, an event of the first importance. where it is sequential or alternating, it indicates an uneven- 7- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust unfoldment and an unbalanced condition. there is frequently the theory of unfoldment, and a mental grasp anent the facts of the initiatory process before they are practiced experimentally in the daily life and thus psychologically integrated into the practical expression of the living process on the physical plane. herein lies much danger and difficulty, and also much loss of time. the mental grasp of the individual is ofttimes much greater than his power to express the knowledge, and we have consequently those outstanding

ubjective temple of the lord rather than with the materialising of that which meets mans desire. this distinction merits consideration- 119- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust iii. they are the externalisation of an inner existing condition. it must be realised that these groups are not a cause but an effect. that they may themselves have an initiatory effect as they work upon the physical plane is no doubt true, but they themselves are the product of inner activity and of subjective aggregations of force which must perforce become objective. the work of the group members is to keep, as a group, in close rapport with the inner groups, which form nevertheless, one large, active group. this central group force will then pour through the

stimulating and inspiring; then there came the recognition of the responding form, resulting in an initiated activity, and then there was the production of that which had not been theretofore. thus a new kingdom in nature appeared. this same thing it is that is again happening today in the world. there is a pouring in of spiritual energy, vitalising, transforming, and rendering humanity creative. initiatory work becomes possible and a new and higher kingdom can appear upon the earth. but all this is due, as before, to the pouring in of a triple energy in seven ways. the potency of these forces lies behind the disruption of the present time, but a new kingdom in nature will be born. the interest of this, psychologically speaking, does not lie in the historicity of the facts stated, but in t

ugh the active work and the guidance of the "presiding guardians" of these temples, the fifth kingdom in nature will be brought into manifested being. over the temple upon the mental plane, the buddha presides and there will consummate his unfinished work. over the temple upon the plane of sentient feeling and of loving aspiration, the christ presides, for this is the temple of the most difficult initiatory processes. the reason for this difficulty and for the importance of this temple is due to the fact that our solar system is a system of love, of sentient response to the love of god, and of the development of that response through the innate faculty of feeling or sentiency. this calls for the cooperation of a son of god who will embody two divine principles. later will come an avatar wh

f the sutras) the disciple becomes invincible upon the physical plane, for he is completely unified and linked up with all aspects of himself in the greater whole of which he is a part, is fusing all attributes and is at-one with the whole, not simply subjectively and unconsciously (as are all human beings) but in full, waking, understanding awareness. inclusive reason, which is the theme for the initiatory meditation of the second ray disciple, produces that inherent divine capacity which enables the detail of the sensed whole to be grasped in meticulous entirety. this wide, yet detailed, scope or universal recognition is extremely difficult for me to explain or for you to understand. the second ray has been called the ray of detailed knowledge and where this term has been employed, the b

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al and concerned with the task of relating factually and scientifically the other nine types of groups so that they may work creatively upon the physical plane and the divine plan may clearly appear as a result of this synthesis which they bring about. iii. these groups are also an externalisation of an inner existing condition. they are an effect and not a cause. that they themselves may have an initiatory effect (as they work out into manifestation upon the physical plane) is no doubt true; but they are themselves the product of an inner activity and of a subjective aggregation of forces which must perforce become objective. the work of the disciples who find their place in these various groups is to keep in close rapport with ten inner groups which form, nevertheless, one large active g

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

piscean age. materialism as a mass principle will be rejected and the major spiritual values will assume greater control. the culmination of a civilisation, with its special note, quality and gifts to posterity, is significant of the reflection of the spiritual intent, and (through its massed populations) of one of the initiations. history will some day be based and written upon the record of the initiatory growth of humanity; prior to that, we must have a history which is constructed around the development of humanity under the influences of great and fundamental ideas. that is the next historical presentation. the production of the culture of any given period is simply the reflection of the creative ability and the precise consciousness of the initiates of the time those who knew they we

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

lly, it is not possible for him to face the waiting angel and pass through the door. one thing i would here point out to you: after passing through the door of initiation, the disciple returns each time again to take up anew his tasks in the three worlds of activity; he there re-enacts the former processes briefly and with understanding after which he proceeds to master the essentials of the next initiatory lesson. i am here putting a great deal of information in a very condensed form, but that is all that is possible at this time. for a long time, the sense of dualism pervades the disciple's being and makes his life appear to be a ceaseless conflict between the pairs of opposites. the battle of the contraries is taking place consciously in the disciple's life. he alternates between the ex

of god in the world and on behalf of humanity are revealed; through the intuition, the transcendence and the immanence of god is sequentially grasped and man can enter into that pure knowledge, that inspired reason, which will enable him to comprehend not only the processes of nature in its fivefold divine expression but also the underlying causes of these processes, proving them effects and not initiatory events; through the intuition man arrives at the experience of the kingdom of god, and discovers the nature, the type of lives and of phenomena, and the characteristics of the sons of god as they come into manifestation. through the intuition, some of the plans and purposes working out through the manifested created worlds are brought to his attention, and he is shown in what way he and

a time when such phrases as "use your mind" or "if you will only think" or "a little mental control on your part would be useful" were totally unknown because the mind was so little developed. it was then only recognised as a functioning factor by those with initiate consciousness. the path of evolution is in fact the path of recognitions, leading to revelation. the whole process of evolution is initiatory in character, leading from one expansion of consciousness to another until the worlds of the formless and of form stand revealed in the light which the initiate generates and in which he walks. these lights are varied and variously revealing; there is: 1. the light of matter itself, found in every atom of substance. 2. the light of the vital or etheric vehicle a light which is the refle

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

ses of group initiation, thus shifting the area of training and the whole of the teaching process and of preparation for initiation on to higher levels. the experiment of giving mankind the great invocation was tried and is proving successful, though much yet remains to be done. it might be said, therefore, that the four requirements which are needed to aid the disciple to meet the demands of the initiatory process are "the ability to be impressed, the capacity accurately to register the impression, the power to record what has been given, and then to give it word forms in the mind consciousness" on the basis of the information received, the disciple must then properly invoke the needed energies and learn through experience to produce a responsive evocation. my earlier statement on this su

ast purpose of the solar logos, working through the planetary logoi, and therefore responsible for the well-being and progressive evolution of all lives and groups of lives within the framework and the essential structure of our planet. the relation evoked is, as you can well imagine, inter-planetary and extra-planetary; these terms mean little to the average disciple and he has to wait until the initiatory process puts him in a position where he can frankly evaluate the situation. of the latter stages, we can know nothing; only in the council chamber of shamballa are these extra-planetary contacts and relationships recognisable. but one basic fact must be grasped, and that is that the medium of relationship and- 70- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust of contact i

leling this well known conflict, another battle goes on between the ethers composing the disciple's etheric body and the downpouring higher ethers. of this a man is not so conscious, but the battle is a very real one, affecting primarily the health of the physical body, and falls into five natural stages which we call initiations. the symbolism of the rod of initiation teaches us that (during the initiatory process) this rod, directed by the christ or by the lord of the world, as the case may be, is used to stabilise the higher ethers within the personality by an access of applied energy which enables the initiate to retain that which is from above, in order that "as above, so below" there are three angles from which the etheric body must be considered: 1. as the mechanism which externalis

ncerned primarily with the personality life, or when the reflecting light of the spiritual triad and of the monadic glory are transferred into the higher energy centres in the final vehicle used by the developed human being. little has as yet been given out anent the relation of the four physical ethers and the four cosmic ethers; there is nevertheless a direct relation between them, and this the initiatory process reveals. this also brings about significant changes in the vehicles of humanity. there is also a direct relation between the four aspects of karma (the law of cause and effect) and the four physical ethers, as well as the four cosmic ethers; this relationship will later constitute the basis of a new occult science. therefore, there is yet much to be grasped by students concernin

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

ogressed from one holy place to another upon his knees, is indicative of this deep need of the capricornian for humility. india is ruled by capricorn and india knows this truth. though india has permitted the physical act to usurp the place of a spiritual attitude, yet the symbolic meaning is eternally true. when the man born in capricorn can kneel in spirit and in truth, he is then ready for the initiatory process upon the mountain top. the symbolism underlying the astrological fact that mars is exalted in capricorn, whilst the power of the moon is lessened in that sign, and jupiter and neptune both fall, is significantly beautiful and instructive. mars is the god of war, the producer of conflicts, and in this earthly sign mars triumphs in the early stages of the evolution of the fourth c

gent forms; in aquarius, you have the results of the activity of cancer and gemini, producing a higher synthesis and a universal group awareness. this the intelligent student can trace with moderate facility in relation to humanity, but it applies equally to all forms in all kingdoms of nature and also to planetary and solar expression. the proved reality of this is one of the developments of the initiatory process at the end of the long, long path of evolution. attraction and repulsion are therefore conditioning factors in our solar life, and this conditioning reaches us through gemini. it is the effect of a cosmic energy at present unknown to humanity. the waxing and the waning light which distinguishes soul experience from the first faint move towards incarnation and earth experience, t

h is above and this which is below" there comes a dramatic moment when all desire is renounced; the will of god or the plan is seen as the only desirable objective but as yet the man has not proved to himself, to the world of men or to his master whether he has the strength to move forward along the line of service. there is revealed to him (as there was revealed to the christ at the fourth great initiatory crisis in his life) some definite, active undertaking which embodies that aspect of the will of god which it is his peculiar function to appropriate and make possible of expression. this has been called in the christian phraseology "the gethsemane experience" the christ, kneeling beside the rock (symbolic of the depths of the mineral kingdom and of the activity of vulcan, the fashioner

of the triangle embodying determining and dominating force and two lines which during a particular cycle are conditioned by it. for instance, you have an interesting illustration of this in the nature of fire, esoterically understood, in its triple expression in time and space during a cycle of manifestation, for as you know the ageless wisdom teaches that there is: 1. electric fire. will. monad. initiatory fire. 2. solar fire. love-wisdom. soul. qualificatory fire. 3. fire by friction. activity .p ersonality .p urificatory fire. intellectual. i point out this triplicity as it is one which is familiar to you and at the same time constitutes a good illustration of a basic law. 1. triangles of energy constellations. lying behind all the many interlocking triangles in our solar system and con

ercury. it is this mental perception plus world participation in the "crumbling of the mountain load of karma" which heralds the vision of the new day from the top of the mountain. here in pictorial language i have endeavoured to indicate the three streams of energy which meet in the centre called humanity, involving therefore: 1. the active intelligence of man, latent in the human centre. 2. the initiatory activity of capricorn. 3. the illumining radiance of mercury. this combination of energies produces a triplicity of activity of supreme importance today. triangle two has been called the "triangle of the advanced man; it is associated with the kingdom of souls, with the fifth kingdom in nature as it is related to the fourth. it is this triplicity of forces which, playing on triangle thr

apable of responding to the sevenfold emanating cause, expressing itself through the great bear or ursa major. we will, however, deal with the psychological aspects of the emanations of the seven rays which embody the will-to-good. a ries, ray i. will or power. l eo..working through the medium of the four p lanets: mars, mercury, the sun, saturn. c apricorn. this is the will which lies behind all initiatory activity, that is, a. the initiation of the previous stages of creation. b. the initiation of the urge to evolve, proceed, progress. c. the initiation of the differentiating process in order to produce. these are all expressions or effects of the activity of the ray energy and all can be best summed up in the thought of a dynamic "entering into" by an act of the focussed will a new stat

f the seven rays; this becomes beautifully apparent in the activity of the second ray as it is the channel for the will of god. it knows itself as the transcending will because behind its expression of cosmic love (attracting, fusing and producing cohesion) lies a synthetic vision of divine intention. it differentiates between process and goal, between initiation and that which is revealed by the initiatory process and that is something which as yet is unknown to initiates below the third degree. herein lies the distinction between the christ and the buddha. the latter revealed the process, but the christ embodied in himself both goal and process. he revealed the cosmic principle of love and by its means embodied in himself he produced effects also and momentous changes in the world throug

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

then appears that "life more abundantly" of which christ spoke and of which we, as yet, know nothing. the four aspects of matter produce the correspondence also to the four divine attributes as well as to the three divine aspects. the analogy of the basic dualism of all manifestation is also preserved, thus making the nine of initiation the three, the four and the two. this correspondence to the initiatory process is, however, in the reverse direction, for it is initiation into the creative third aspect, the matter aspect and the world of intelligent activity. it is not initiation into the second or soul aspect, as is the case with the hierarchical initiations for which the disciple is preparing. it is the initiation of the soul into the experience of physical incarnation, into physical p

ct) is located- 198- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust you must bear in mind that, as h.p.b. points out, the dense physical body is not a principle. it is atomic matter which is held in form by etheric substance, under the control of the soul. it is automatic in its response, and reacts to the outer world of impacts and inner impulses, but has no initiatory life of its own. it is composed of units of energy, as is all else in nature, and has its own individual life; its focus for the distribution of energy for this life is the spleen. in the spleen, the negative life of matter and the living energy of the positive etheric body, are brought together, and then a "spark" as it is called, is made between the inner living bodies of man (through

ALICE A BAILEY22 DISCIPLESHIP IN THE NEW AGE VOLUME II

f awaits my coming. that which desires to lift and that which cries aloud for lifting are now at-one. such is my will. whilst saying these mantric words (taken from a very ancient disciples' manual) vision pictorially the process of focussing demanding descending and at-one-ing- 85- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust 3. pause here and endeavour to feel and sense the initiatory vibration or embryonic interplay which is being established between the awakened and the awakening points within the solar plexus. this can be done, but it involves an act of slow concentration. 4. then sound the om twice from the head centre, knowing yourself to be the soul which is breathing it forth. believe this sound, carried on the breath of will and love, as capable of stimulatin

wing you, this one time, with what care i prepare that which i seek to impart and how, therefore, i expect from you a careful study of my words. here are these key thoughts: 1. only that which you know for yourself and consciously experience is of importance. this refers especially to the following: a. your perception of the vision. b. your contact with me, your master. c. your recognition of the initiatory process- 175- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust i told you, therefore, that you must have (for the goal) the demonstrating of the initiate-consciousness through both mind and brain and consequently upon the physical plane. 2. initiation is, as far as you are at present concerned, a "moment of crisis wherein the consciousness hovers upon the border line of

expression as much of that plan as he can. he thus becomes first of all an outpost of the hierarchy (which of necessity means sensitivity to the shamballa energy, and then increasingly an agent of light the light universal, or the light of the monad. i have no more to say today anent initiation. ponder upon that which i have given and grasp as far as you imaginatively can the magnificence of the initiatory process so vastly more inclusive than has been indicated by any of the teaching given hitherto. after the war is over and the new world, with its coming civilisation and culture begins to take shape, an increasing emphasis will be laid upon the purpose of the controlling deity or basic life or energy as it is working out through humanity. this will be done by those who are trained esote

serve. resulting from this service, certain powers and energies will manifest, and your ability to use them will indicate to you, to your fellow initiates and to the- 195- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust world that you are a worker, fully conscious upon the inner side of life. the initiate works from his place upon that inner side. during the early stages of the initiatory process he works in the world of meaning. after the third initiation he works consciously in the world of causes, until such time as he is advanced enough to work in the world of being. the aspirant is endeavouring to grasp the purpose of the world of meaning and to apply the knowledge gained to his daily life with understanding. the disciple is endeavouring to comprehend the significan

of light on a world-wide scale by humanity, with a subsequent reflex action on the three subhuman kingdoms. nothing which affects humanity or which stimulates it to a forward-moving activity is without its inevitable effect upon the three lower kingdoms in nature. forget not! mankind is the macrocosm to this threefold lower microcosm. this as you may well surmise, can be among the secrets of the initiatory process. the "principle of absorption" emerges as one of the subjects to be studied, understood and mastered between initiations, for each initiation carries the subject another step forward. at present, the physical effects of the fission of the atom and its subsequent constructive use is the immediate problem before modern science, and (i would remind you) it is now an exoteric proble

appearance of an eventual yet imminent cycle, i.e, prevision. c. an acceptance of initiation or a recognition of its occurrence, i.e, the present attitude. here you have, in relation to the initiate, a situation which includes past, present and future, and in this presentation of the eternal now to the attentive eyes and heart of the initiate you have what is, for him, at his particular point of initiatory unfoldment, the consummation of all vision or visions. this tends to definite progress; it obliterates what is usually understood by karma; it initiates new and spiritual causes which in their turn magnetically project the initiate onward until (at the sixth initiation) he "no longer needs incentive, for vision is incentive and the pull of the spiritual magnetism upon our planetary life

en significance. each of these five ideas controls one or other of the five initiations, but they have not been given to you by me in their right order. that order is for you to determine. i have no intention to give it to you, and you have no need to receive any more of these formulas. i will however, in later instructions, take up each of these supreme, governing ideas and endeavour to give you initiatory insight into their esoteric significance. you will have noticed that the formulas, as given to you by me, have been arranged into two different groupings. i mention this because these groupings emerge out of the general text and may not have been discriminately seen by you. in one group, you have five formulas indicated, each of them dealing with a major governing concept. these concept

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

lended together a group of seven men who personify in themselves great and specific aspects of material forces (connected with the seven types of energy in their lowest and most material expressions) and their manifestations war, fear and cruelty. they are united by one point of view and by one goal, and hence their success (it is interesting that, again in their case, there appears inevitably an initiatory seven the base and dark parallel of the initiating seven who lead human beings into light and who are symbolised in the seven masons who constitute a lodge of masons) they are the custodians of forces which control them and over which they themselves have no slightest control. you ask who these seven are: hitler, von ribbentrop, goebbels, goering, hess, himmler and streicher names well

he world and at the same time works consciously in the three worlds, via the hierarchy (of which he remains also a part, and with the human and subhuman kingdoms in nature. as evolution proceeds, he will work increasingly via humanity because humanity will be shouldering its responsibilities as the macrocosm of the lesser microcosm. this dual activity entails much specialised training, and as the initiatory process becomes exoteric and men everywhere recognise it and participate in it, the training which members of the hierarchy also undergo will not be so secret and mysterious as it is today. but the time has not yet come to publicise it- 348- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust only certain further generalisations are here possible, some of which are already k

lieved of all economic anxiety and is free to receive its due wages and the right reward of all service rendered in the building of the temple of the lord; this building proceeds with rapidity. 3. the stage wherein the reward of light is received and the reward of service rendered; spiritual status is recognised through the medium of what is regarded as a major initiation, for which the first two initiatory degrees are only preparatory. this first great initiation will be objectively- 376- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust staged and the general public will recognise it as the major rite and ritual of the new religious institution of the period. this is the stage where the forces of resurrection are active, when the lord is with his people and christ has retur

e externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust churchmen, and teach the youth of the age the new modes of living, indicating to them the better values, and thus slowly and gradually bringing in the new order. among the seven major ashrams and their subsidiary and affiliated ashrams only a few have undertaken to send their disciples and their initiates at this time to carry out this initiatory task. the three major ashrams so engaged are: 1. the ashram of the master k.h. this is the second ray ashram and with that of the master m. the most powerful in the hierarchy; it controls the building forces. 2. the first ray ashram, that of the master m. he is the custodian of the principle of synthesis, the work of which is that of organic fusion, and this is ever needed to supplement

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

t is only truly invocative when personality and soul are fused and functioning as a consciously blended and focussed unit. the next point which i seek to make is that these formulas of approach or rules deal with the unfoldment of group consciousness, because it is only in group formation that, as yet, the shamballa force of the will can be tapped. they are useless to the individual under the new initiatory dispensation. only the group, under the proposed new mode of working and of group- 23- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust initiation, is capable of invoking shamballa. that is why hitler, the exponent of the reversed reaction to shamballa (and consequently the evil reaction) had to gather around him a group of like-minded peop

ot the realisation. it is simply the adhering to an old form of symbolism with the implied limitations of the truth. i would here remind you that the third initiation is regarded by the hierarchy as the first major initiation, and that the first and second initiations are initiations of the threshold. for the bulk of humanity, these first two initiations will for a very long time constitute major initiatory experiences, but in the life and realisation of the initiate-soul, they are not. after the two initiations of the threshold have been undergone the attitude of the initiate changes and he sees possibilities and factors and revelations which have hitherto been totally unrealised and unknown, even to his consciousness at his highest moments. the door of initiation looms large in the consc

lesser light, from the angle of the monad. 2. the light which the spiritual triad reflects upon the mental plane. 3. the focussed light which is produced by the meeting of the two lights, the higher and the lower. these are the higher correspondence of the blazing forth of the light in the head, when the light of the personality and the light of the soul make contact. beyond the mental plane, the initiatory impulse or emphasis is upon the life aspect, upon dynamic energy, and upon the cause of manifestation, and this incentive to progress is not based on revelation, which is ever incident to or related to the significance of light. light and revelation are cause and effect. the coming revelation for which all men wait, and which will come when world adjustment has reached an already determ

t it evoke response from the bright centre, lying far ahead. to this centre we give the name shamballa, the component letters of which are numerically: s.h.a.m.b.a.l.l.a. or 1.8.1.4.2.1.3.3.1. this word equals the number 24 which in its turn equals 6. i would call your attention to the fact that the word has in it nine letters, and as you know nine is the number of initiation. the goal of all the initiatory process is to admit mankind into realisation of and identification with the will or purpose of deity. the number 6 is the number of form or of manifestation, which is the agent or medium through which this realisation comes and by which the consciousness is unfolded so that it can become the foundation of the higher process which is instituted at the third initiation. that initiation is

iousness. i have therefore had to express this law in terms of form, whereas the initiate understands it from its formless angle. this law is concerned with the wielding of energy in the world of the spiritual triad and not with the distribution or the transmission of this energy to the three worlds in which average humanity habitually dwells. right wielding of this law (controlling energy in the initiatory world of causes) automatically brings about activity, movement, force expression, and right distribution of these forces in the lower three worlds. these are, under the evolutionary law, direct reflections of the three higher worlds of the triadal light and life. motivation, the use of the eye of vision (turned this time by the initiate functioning in the world of causes upon the worlds

ht 1998 lucis trust there will be, as you can well see, a close relation between this fourth purpose of sanat kumara, the fourth kingdom in nature, the human, and the fourth ray of harmony through conflict. it is the balanced relation of these three, consummated at the fourth initiation, which produces the full beauty of the creative fixed design of the individual soul, or on a different level of initiatory process of the fixed design of the universal soul of the lord of the world. the fourth ray being temporarily out of full incarnation at this time is the reason for the relative interlude in the production of human creative art of a very high order. the cycle of suffering is nearing its close, and we shall later see when the fourth ray again swings into full objective activity a recurren

g the minds and the brains of advanced human beings. people are apt to forget that with each forward advance of humanity, the demands upon the hierarchy change, new needs must be met, new techniques used, new and experimental methods must be employed. as i write for disciples and initiates, i call this to their attention. their work of mental training does not end as they attain certain spiritual initiatory goals- 159- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust this fifth purpose is therefore closely related to the whole theme of "the garment of god" and to the emergence into manifestation of his "robe of beauty" as it is created and brought into being by humanity, acting as the medium for ideas from the superhuman kingdoms, and then inf

ANTINOMIANISM

he essential determinants. whether a candle is white or black doesn't mean squat in and of itself. however, how the symbolism of the colored candle is perceived within consciousness and then manifest as a psychological component within oneself and their environment means everything. therefore, initiation itself is largely a psychological process. understanding the above statement, everything that initiatory systems have promised can be within the individuals grasp. higher consciousness, wisdom, the ability to "do" or accomplish what one envisions for themselves all become within reach. it would not be too far of a stretch to infer that certain aspects of psychology rather than being a relatively "new" science are actually very ancient. the intent of these methodologies being transformative

BALANONES TEMPLE OF SET FAQ

d setianism 6.1 activities 6.2 setians 6.3 why are we here? 6.4 miscellaneous 7.0 contact and information 7.1 formal and official contact 7.2 informal contact 7.3 friendly and neutral others 7.4 unfriendly others 7.5 getting more information 7.6 those stories about us 8.0 miscellaneous 8.1 miscellaneous links 8.2 faq/ref sources> 1.0 introduction the temple of set is probably best described as an initiatory magical order of the left hand path, a description which probably doesn't mean much to those without occult backgrounds "initiatory" means the tos advocates self-advancement through a series of levels of self-knowledge and similar attributes "magical" means that the tos openly works with magic (non-scientific cause and effect, not stage magic "left hand path" indicates that the path fol

rt, science and culture. for the individual the results of xeper become a metaphysical departure point for developing a bond with the prince of darkness by creating a matrix of linked ideas whose path leads towards the genesis of self being. you'll find another comment or two concerning xeper in the ref document. 2.2 initiation- what do those necklaces and medallions mean? the temple of set is an initiatory organization, dedicated to the initiation and growth of its members. that dedication to initiation, to the philosophy of xeper, and to set, is represented by our primary symbol, the pentagram of set (a point-down pentagram within a circle. to help our members identify each other so we can work together, and to help them identify which level of initiation has been achieved by each other

ade to the executive director or to any priest of set. information about this procedure is provided in the introductory letter- assuming you're approved for membership (the executive director has indicated that the majority of applicants are denied, you as a i* setian you will receive 1) the current edition of the _crystal tablet of set, which includes all of the basic philosophical, magical, and initiatory material any setian would need to begin and accomplish his initiation to the ii, 2) a i* pentagram of set medallion, and 3) a year's subscription to the _scroll of set_ newsletter- you will have two years in which to achieve the ii, using the information and inspiration provided by the _crystal tablet, by correspondence and other contact with setians, and through your own work towards i

ere from one to three months before you hear anything. i know it sucks to have to wait that long without knowing, but these things take time- especially when you consider exactly how busy the temple's executive director is (and that being the e.d. is a full time job, on top of a normal *paying* full time joband then add in some time for family, other official temple matters and their own personal initiatory work) all told, i'm surprised it happens as quickly as it does. just consider this a lesson in patience, and enjoy the anticipation- my answer was: it's highly variable, depending on how busy our volunteer executive director is, and how busy her staff is, and how much difficulty she has finding an available priest for the interview process. then the question becomes how busy that priest

BEHOLDERS OF NIGHT

tself as described by adrien cremene gave the following account, published in vampires, burial and death by paul barber- such an infant is born to a woman who has drunk of impure water mixed with the saliva of a demon, or to a woman who, having gone out in the night, her head bare, met a demon which gave her a red cap (coiffe) like his own, which cap causes the child to be born with a caul. in an initiatory context which implies the connection of folklore with inspired magical practice, the caul introduced in ritual practice (by a blood coloured cloth, stained with menstrual blood or otherwise) is the mark of lilith and cain, born unto the night within the mysteries of vampyrism. the heart of the arcana is in the brain itself, it is our connection and desire to unite the hand and the eye i

e saturnian mysteries[7] is only one avenue of magical exploration which may be explored within a sabbatic context, not to, by any means, destroy an ongoing tradition but rather develop it. through such excellent magical focuses, from the fraturnitias saturni to the work of stephen edred flowers, which at face point is unrelated, the sabbatic gnosis itself is closely related by means of effective initiatory material. the luciferian path itself is reflective of this gnosis, known by the essence of exploration and self-discovery through the saturnian sphere. the work of saturn itself is one connected with the left hand path. as the saturn sphere is connected with demiurge saturnus, or satanas, the self is the avenue of which this planetary influence is found. saturn, as being held in two oct

olism of the red and black dragon are present. the red dragon itself is shaitan or samael, the dual aspects of self-liberation and transformation. as the red dragon is a mirror or exteriorized (viewed as a form outside the self) form of the primal self, the dragon is also a form of ourselves developed and initiated into the luciferian mysteries. the dragon itself as the adversary is viewed in the initiatory context as both shaitan and lilith, the beholders of night. the dragon itself is considered the center point of the sabbatic arcanum, the initiatory path of the serpent, which coils and encircles the spirit or psyche of the individual. arimanius frowned, the author foul of evil, how with shades from his dire mansion, he deformed the works of oromazes, turned to noxious heat the solar be

BLACK WITCHCRAFT

ight and shadow, bestial and angelic, ad infinitum. the word black within the context of writing here is in reference to the hidden nature of the sinister craft, it is both the depths of initiation which runs deep in our souls, and the future possibility by the atavistic urges which may be harnessed into powerful tools of refining and strengthening our consciousness. the order of phosphorus is an initiatory guild of practitioners of sorcery from a left hand path point of view. the word black is described by idries shah as being identified with the sound of fhm in the arabic tongue, which is black meaning wise and equally with understanding. shah writes further that black holds a connection with hidden wisdom, thus the phrase, dar tariki, tariqat which means in the darkness, the path. the o

and' guild are 2 equally focused on not only low sorcery, but utilizing the hidden nature of darkness to reveal light within themselves. here we find the foundation and essence of baphomet, the father of wisdom. the sabbatic god is both the union of the beast and the whore, ahriman (satan, samael) and az (lilith, babalon) which beget cain (by the circle of leviathan, the serpent of the depths. an initiatory image of cain as baphomet (by soror lilitu azhdeha) may be found in the book of cain and represents the black lord of the sabbat as a form of the adversary. a representation of this path may be found in my publications, luciferian witchcraft: a book of the serpent which contains the grimoires book of cain, goetic sorcery, yatuk dinoih, nox umbra, the paitisha, azothoz, vox sabbatum and

body and mind towards a higher perception. the black adepts of the order of phosphorus and the black order of the dragon are magicians who are committed to process of self-determined magical exercises to refine and expand their consciousness; through physical and mental activity. this includes but is not limited to, sexual magick, ceremonial practice and solitary workings of all kinds to seek the initiatory results of magick itself. this is not a path of prayer and supplication, but recognition of the sorcerer's own inherent powers. the forces of darkness are called upon as a means of self-expression, self-empowerment, and self-deification. nathaniel harris (author of witcha- a book of cunning, mandrake of 3 oxford, and current magister of the red circle, england) from the introduction to

and the secret art of the noon tide serpent, tabaet. the angelick spirit kasbeel was the bringer of the oath, when he was with the heavens, his name was known as biqa. i seek to mark an emphasis on the eclectic conceptual ideas of skir-hand witchcraft within the circle, that all may arise from their imaginations the arcana of the luciferic spirit, be it of darkness or light. as the realization of initiatory experience is known by the individual, there is no longer a sense of emptiness regarding the ownership and commitment within the heart of the witch; it is known and believed according to the predilection of the adept. the ritual workings found in the luciferian witchcraft grimoire and other collections by myself present actual workings to manifest both infernal and luciferian spirits an

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of garuda's birth could be expected* vide revelation xvii, verses 2 and 10; and leviticus xxiii, verses 15 to 18; the first passage speaking of the "seven kings" of whom five have gone; and the second about the "seven sabbaths" etc[[vol. 2, page] 566 the secret doctrine. them from chaldea. this is more than likely. but the babylonians, who had all those cycles and taught them only at their great initiatory mysteries of astrological magic, got their wisdom and learning from india. it is not difficult, therefore, to recognize in them our own esoteric doctrine. in their secret computations, the japanese have the same figures in their cycles. as to the brahmins, their puranas and upanishads are a good proof of it. the latter have passed entirely into gnostic literature; and a brahmin needs on

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ete book of witchcraft does not limit worship to one particular cultural-ethnic 'tradition. rather, a thorough training in basic gardnerian wica is taught and members are urged, after mastering these basics, to find that particular myth cycle or path consistent with their beliefs" further information is obtainable from deidre, maidenhill, p.o. box 29166, philadelphia, pa 19127. northern way a non-initiatory tradition that works robed "we try to emulate as authentic and traditional re-creation as possible of old norse garb. our god-names are all old norse, not teutonic. we do cast a circle; we do not 'call quarters. our tradition is norse. the group, however, is not hereditary in that members need not be of any particular family or ethnic group" the northern way was founded in 1980 and inco

ake it from scratch then perhaps you can make a new handle for it. if you can't even do that, then at the very least do some work on it carve your name and/or magickal monogram on it. personalize it in some way. then, of course, you must consecrate it. 4. engraving and etching. 5. i would strongly recommend having a sword for coven use, but it is not mandatory. the athame lesson four 1. the whole initiatory process is referred to as a "rite of passage" but the central theme (which is what i asked for) is a palingenesis; a rebirth. 2. initiation generally follows the pattern of separation; cleansing; symbolic death; new knowledge; rebirth. 3. it represents the darkness and the restriction of the womb prior to birth. 4. i asked this before, in lesson two's examination questions, but i do wan

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9-1295 roger bacon. thought to have composed a basic hebrew grammar. among bacon's disciples, the franciscans william de la mara, gerard of huy, and henry of cossey also demonstrated a good command of the hebrew language and a familiarity with various rabbinic commentaries on the bible -jeremy cohen "the friars and the jews",1982. 1220 prose edda. 1221 d. najm ad-din al-kubra. sufi who formalized initiatory stages in the world of imaginal('alam al-mithal. 1221-74 bonaventure mininster general of the franciscan order from 1257 "salvation only comes through wisdom "the soul has to be reordered according to a process of hierarchization that restructures the soul according to its place in god's design and to its true image, that is, both among other creatures above and below it, and within its

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eternal. it takes from the eternal and makes a gate for its manifestation through your life, which is afterall the magical link for the great work. pause at the threshold, touch the real, and move on. there's a universe waitiuncultus sabbati: provenance, dream and magistry the sabbatic craft is a name for a nameless faith. it is a term used to describe an ongoing tradition of sorcerous wisdom, an initiatory path proceeding from both immediate vision and historical succession. in a historical sense, the sabbatic craft is usefully set against the background of both rural british folk-magic, the so called cunning-craft, and the learned practices of european high ritual magic. the medieval and early modern magical observances of cunning-men and wise women were broad and varied in form, but inv

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beneficial or it can be detrimental depending on the nature and personality of the individual. it should be stressed that while the formula given here involves sexual contact it is the energy raised through the sexual act rather than the act itself which is integral to the ritual. if either participant is motivated by objectives other than the ritual, the energy raised will be directed elsewhere. initiatory style ritual 1. dress for ritual and make any preliminary preparations. 2. enter ritual chamber; shut out all outside light sources. 3. celebrant lights candle(s. 4. celebrant lights incense; places incense in incense burner. 5. wait a few minutes; allow the incense to fill the room; meditate upon intent of ritual. 6. celebrant recites any preliminary statements( i have crossed the gate

, hecate, or diana. the other priests and priestesses are then initiated by the high priest or high priestess (as appropriate) and become the manifestations of various devils and dark gods. members of the congregation are then initiated either by a priest, a priestess, the high priest, the high priestess, by several members of the group, or by the entire coven depending on the exact nature of the initiatory rite the group adopts. i have stated previously that ritual paraphernalia is not required for the performance of the rituals described in the demonic bible. the exception to this rule is the performance of the rituals by a group or coven. group rituals require the use of a sword, a dagger, and other ceremonial tools in order to focus and direct the group s magical energy. the ritual too

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crowley makes similar connections between shaitan and satan, all being forms of set. incidentally, the master therion draws 8 egyptian magic, e.a. wallis budge 9 demonologie, in forme of one dialogue, london 1603 found in egyptian magic, e.a. budge 10 connections between shabbathai, the sphere of saturn being the witches sabbat10. here we find the manifestation of the adversary in a universal and initiatory role. the modern magician and sorcerer must be willing to focus on the beneficial and useful aspects of sethian magick within a now type of context, in other words utilize the will to invigorate and empower the rituals of sethan, which by you set is made great within. ii. ahriman the persian devil and the whore of darkness pondering on the end, zurvan delivered to ahriman an implement (

h i saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority (revelation 13:2) slowly zohak became a demon, a dragon king whose companions were the druj and other demons of ahriman. in later lore zohak became the storm fiend, azi dahaka, who is ahriman s most powerful daeva. the initiatory focus and lore of zohak is presented in the paitisha15 as a force to be invoked and controlled within the transformation mirrored through the ritualistic focus of the serpent within the mind and body. essentially in zoroastrian lore, zohak or azi dahaka is the second in command of ahriman s children, he is for a lack of a better term considered a prototype for an antichrist in that he e

suggested that he despised the doctrine of that path, rather than being the inverse by nature of zoroastrianism. by this it can be suggested that akhtya and the yatus practiced with some areas of inverse zoroastrian ritual, they as a whole were operating within their own understood doctrines of magical practice. this can be seen in the later yezidis, who operated according to their own antinomian initiatory structure. the religion of evil according to old faith is often hidden, operating within social structures while seeking their own methods of self-knowledge and wisdom. rather than 16 denkard the acts of religion, book 3 103-110. 15 allowing their conscious to be aligned with the selfless thinking of the right hand path, or monotheistic duty, the yatus through their own process of antin

out from heaven into the earth, along with the fallen angels (the conception of) god-head must ever evolve it s own inertia for transmutation to its very opposite because it contains it..the idea of god ever means the forgetfulness of supremacy and godliness. so must be supplanted by fear. the book of pleasure, austin osman spare within the practice of magic the lore of iblis provides a powerful initiatory model for the sorcerer. essentially the initiate seeks to become like satan, by antinomian methods of separating the self from the natural or mundane world. one may seek to ask how this works, and why would you want to do it? luciferians do not consider satan to be a completely malefic spirit, rather a balanced force of both dark and light. many luciferian rites involve the symbolism of

ted before all creatures. he sent his servant into this world to warn and separate his chosen people from error: first by oral tradition, secondly by this by this book jilwa, which is not permitted to strangers to read or to look upon -the book of divine effulgence also known as kitab el-jelwa while this text refers to specifically his people as yezidi, in a modern context one could choose to add initiatory value to the statement. that melek ta us existed before other creatures indicates the intellect and knowledge of being, self-awareness and the imagination to consider his own role. the mentioning of not permitting strangers in looking upon the book provides a central idea as to the nature of the path itself it is separate, antinomian and isolate. that the path of iblis is one of inversi

itself, hamadani suggested an alternate path through sufism which was considered blasphemy to the fundamentalists of islam. ayn al-qozat wrote that the black light above the throne is the light of eblis, which he called the dark tresses of god, compared also to the divine light of darkness. al-qozat suggested that satan had a pride in love that he would not accept any but his creator. while in an initiatory sense, the foundations of god may represent a self-possibility and non-union with the natural order. by this separation and initial recognition of difference can then man and woman seek to become something better, this is the very essence of magick energy in motion, change and ascension. samael was the greatest prince in heaven. the celestial animals and the seraphim had six wings each

ater embodiment of samael and lilith, that which has born cain as our 33 called algol, the sigil of the order of phosphorus, the authors current magical guild. 34 the book of thoth the moon by aleister crowley 35 secrets of the horse whisperers, by peter bayliss 36 the toad rite, a grimoire of the toad witch by michael w. ford, succubus publishing. 37 see witcha by nathan harris. 32 prototype and initiatory model. harris points out also the invocation used to conjure cain in charles leland s aradia gospel of the witches. nathan harris writes also that some claim hereditary witchcraft is that the children are of cain, who in some traditions is also the son of adam and lilith, or the traditional myth of samael (the devil) and eve. a further interesting connection that lilith holds with samae

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ary, soldier, fight, danger, cuts, heat, burglary, hate, rage. mathers, samuel lidden [macgregor: born 1854 in hackney of east london england, and died in 1918 of influenza. a co-founder of the hermetic order of the golden dawn [g.d](q.v, who became the leader and guiding light of the group until schisms developed circa 1900 and the group divided into numerous factions. most noted for writing the initiatory rituals of the hermetic order of the golden dawn (q.v) from a cipher manuscript. he was responsible for the interpretation and eventual publication of many classic grimoires (q.v) of ceremonial magick (q.v) including the sacred magic of abramelin the mage, the greater key of solomon the king, the goetia of the lesser keys of solomon the king, and the armadel of magic. additionally, s.l

the order of the astral star [o.a.s (q.v, a philosophus is the title of the sixth degree of membership, and correlates to the sephiroth of netzach (q.v. the primary principle of this grade is based on mastering the element of fire (q.v. this grade was originally used by the hermetic order of the golden dawn (q.v, and was related to that order as being related to the element of fire (q.v) in their initiatory pattern. pillar: a column used to support a structure. pillar, middle: the central column on the tree of life (q.v. also a ritual designed to help move the body's energy throughout the "middle pillar" of the spine. similar to laya yoga (q.v. pillar, of mildness: the central column on the tree of life (q.v. it is composed of the first, sixth, ninth, and tenth sephiroth (q.v. also known a

: in the order of the astral star [o.a.s (q.v, a practicus is the title of the fifth degree of membership, and correlates to the sephiroth of hode (q.v. the primary principle of this grade is based on mastering the element of air (q.v. this grade was originally used by the hermetic order of the golden dawn (q.v, and was related to that order as being related to the element of water (q.v) in their initiatory pattern. prana: pronounced "prahn-yah" it is a sanskrit word referring to psychic energy that is in the air we breathe. priest/ priestess: from the anglo saxon "preost" from the late latin "presbyter" meaning "an elder. in the christian faith, a member of the clergy who is ordained to perform and administer the sacraments of the church for a congregation of believers. in the order of th

n the order of the astral star [o.a.s (q.v, a theoricus is the title of the fourth degree of membership, and correlates to the sephiroth of yesode (q.v. the primary principle of this grade is based on mastering the element of water (q.v. this grade was originally used by the hermetic order of the golden dawn (q.v, and was related to that order as being related to the element of air (q.v) in their initiatory pattern. thesis-antithesis-synthesis theory: a theory stating that if you have one condition (a, and wish to change to a different condition (b, you usually get a mixture of the old condition and the new condition (ab, rather than the new condition (b) that you wanted to change to. theurgy: from the greek meaning "god magick" see high magick. third eye: an imaginary eye located on the f

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ations, however, need in no way discourage anyone who wishes to meditate upon the paths and spheres in the manner i have described; and in the course of his meditations he may so enter into the spirit of the path that its guardian shall come to know him and make him welcome. he will then literally have initiated himself, and no one can deny his right to be there. 20. the tree, considered from the initiatory standpoint, is the link between the microcosm, which is man, and the macrocosm, which is god made manifest in nature. a ritual initiation is the act of linking the microcosmic sephirah, the chakra, with the macrocosmic sephirah; it is the introduction of a newcomer to the sphere by those who are already there. they construct a symbolic representation of the sphere on the physical plane

olism to us. none of these, however, have expounded the western tradition as initiates of that tradition, but have approached it from outside and either pieced together its fragments, or, as in the case of mme blavatsky, interpreted it by analogy in the light of the more familiar system of another tradition. 3. those who approached the study of the subject from the inside-that is to say, with the initiatory keys-and employed [page 92] it as a practical system for the exaltation of consciousness have, for the most part, maintained a secrecy which, though it raight have been not only justifiable and even essential in the days when the holy inquisition rewarded such researches with the stake, is difficult to assign to any more creditable motive in our liberal age than a desire to create and m

anifested universe can be sorted out into its appropriate pigeon-holes in our minds when the glyph of the tree is establi ed there. indeed, when once that glyph is clearly formulated and well estabhshed, the mind uses it automatically, and the complex phenomena of objective existence sort themselves out in our understanding. it is for this reason that the student of occultism who is working in an initiatory school is made to learn the principal correspondences of the ten holy sephiroth off by heart, instead of being allowed to depend upon tables of reference. it has often been objected mystical qabala page 100 that this is an intolerable waste of time and energy, and that reference to the tables of correspondences [page 148] such as crowley's "777" is quite as good. but experience proves t

hunderbolts. 89 the calvary cross is the cross of sacrifice, and should ptoperly be coloured black. its shaft should be three times the length of its arms, and the length of each arm three times its width. meditation on this cross brings initiation through suffering, sacrifice, and selfabnegation. the crucifix is, of course, an elaboration of the calvary cross. 90. the circle upon the cross is an initiatory symbol, especially when the cross is raised upon three steps, as it should be in this form. the circle indicates eternal life; also wisdom [page 214] mystical qabala page 146 and we see a form of it in the emblem of the theosophical society, which has for its badge the "serpent that holdeth his tail in his mouth" a calvary cross with the circle super imposed means initiation by the way

ge 146 and we see a form of it in the emblem of the theosophical society, which has for its badge the "serpent that holdeth his tail in his mouth" a calvary cross with the circle super imposed means initiation by the way of the cross, and the three steps are the three degrees of illumination. it is this which is the so-called rosy cross. the fanciful oblect with brambles growing over it is not an initiatory symbol at all. the rose associated with the cross in western symbolism is the rosa mundi, and is a key to the interpretation of the nature forces. on its petals are marked the thirty-two signs of the natural forces; these correspond to the twenty-two letters of the hebrew alphabet and the ten holy sephi roth; these in their turn are assigned to the thirty-two paths of the tree of life

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ioned, and remain to give sceptics food for thought. it may be as well to say in concluding this chapter, that when i speak of the experiments of ceremonial magic, i do not mean ritual initiation. now a ritual initiation is of course ceremonial magic, and so, for the matter of that, are the sacraments of the church. but the occultist, using his terms perhaps somewhat loosely, does not include the initiatory rituals when he speaks of ceremonial magic. there are many varieties of initiatory ceremonies, but these are all designed to work upon the soul of the candidate only. ceremonial magic, on the other hand, in the technical sense of the term, is designed to work upon the soul of nature. the two operations, although there are innumerable forms of each, are entirely different in type, and ai

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ive. after its suppression, esotericism made a strong comeback, and steadily grew in size and prestige during the last centuries of the second millennium c.e. in the post-protestant era, rosicrucianism was the first important international esoteric movement. it was followed by speculative freemasonry in the eighteenth century and theosophy in the nineteenth. out of freemasonry came a tradition of initiatory magic represented in the neo-templar orders of continental europe, as well as a rebirth of ritual/ceremonial magic in the english-speaking world. western esotericism s shared belief that magic was real, has led roman catholicism to oppose this movement, defining it as evil and using such labels as sorcery, witchcraft, and black magic. however, beginning with protestantism (in its reform

, auroville 605101, india. website: http//www.auroville.org. sources: auroville. pondicherry, india: sri auroville society, n.d. glenn, jerome clayton. linking the future: findhorn, auroville, arcosanti. cambridge, mass: center on technology and society, 1979. aurum solis (order of the sacred word) magical society founded in 1897 by occultists charles kongold and george stanton. the society is an initiatory order of the ogdoatic tradition of the western mysteries. this tradition fused pre-christian mystery teachings of the eastern mediterranean with the mystic teachings of the oriental monasteries of sinai, carmel, and st. sabas. aurum solis has had a special interest in alchemical, gnostic, medieval, and celtic traditions within a basic framework of kabalistic philosophy, affirmed through

costumes. the father of the line arrived in a cask, accompanied by a courier, a devil, a hairdresser, and a miller. the unfortunate passenger had his hair curled, was liberally sprinkled with flour, and then had water showered upon him, if he was not dunked. the origin of this custom is not known, nor is it quite clear what part the devil played in it. the custom is reminiscent of the traditional initiatory rites of apprentices in trade guilds such as printing, and it may also be a precursor of initiations in college fraternities. baquet a large circular tub that figured prominently in the magnetic treatment that charles d eslon, a friend and follower of franz a. mesmer s, prescribed for his patients. the marquis of puysegur tells us in his book du magnetisme animal (1807) that some bottle

nto hermetics, the practice of magical evocation, and the key to the true qabalah. he was, however, a reclusive individual and much of his life remains obscure. he was born and grew up in czechoslovakia, the eldest of 13 children. his father, viktor bardon, was a mystic. as a youth, franz sought some illumination and finally felt an advanced soul entering his body and providing him with his first initiatory experiences. in the 1920s and 1930s he worked as a stage magician under the name frabato. he also became an accomplished practitioner of real magic. it has been alleged that bardon was a member of the fraternity of saturn in germany prior to its being disbanded by the nazis in the mid-1930s. however, no proof of that association has been produced. in 1941 he was arrested by the nazis an

ey. as it developed, the college s program included four consecutive courses in psychology, the philosophy of thelema, qabalah, astrology, and magic. the entire course takes approximately two years to complete. in 1976, seckler also began issuing in the continuum, one of the more substantive thelemic journals. it continued for 20 years, its last issue coming out in 1996. the temple of thelema, an initiatory magical order, was established upon the teaching delivered through the college. the temple offers a more systematic course of training for students who wish to begin the practice of magic and learn the disciplines and mystical realities that are integral to thelemic magic. seckler adapted to the older grading system of the hermetic order of the golden dawn to conform to thelemic princip

sitors. subsequent books, transformation (1988) and the secret school: preparation for contact (1996, document his own transformation into a contactee. as the life histories of abductees became known, and the stories such as strieber s of a lifetime of contact that began in childhood surfaced, investigators searched for larger meanings. those with psychological training saw the transformative and initiatory nature of the experiences and the manner in which they forced people into a more cosmopolitan view of their place in the universe. by the time john mack s longawaited book appeared in 1994, it went on the shelves of the new age bookstores next to the shelf of contactee books. through the 1990s a variety of people began to look at the metaphysical and philosophical implications of the ab

nt figures (including moses and the egyptian pharaoh akhnaton. in the early 1980s, di mambro invited luc jouret, a popular new age and holistic health speaker, to lecture at the golden way. jouret was a member of another occult group, the renewed order of the temple, and the two discovered their mutual interests and beliefs. together they founded the solar temple in which they married traditional initiatory occultism with a belief in the coming new age. di mambro prepared the rituals used by the group while jouret continued to travel widely, bringing people into a club he had formed, and from the club members selected people to be invited into the new order. the members of the golden way provided the core from which the solar temple grew. in 1982, di mambro fathered a didot perceval encycl

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r ii (1939.45, under the stage name peter mano, he worked as a stage magician. he also was an astrologer. in 1947, he inherited a small publishing firm, psychosophische gesellschaft, whose owner, f. l. pinkus, had died. over the next decades, metzger s activities would be underwritten by a wealthy friend, annemarie aeschbach. after the war, metzger founded a lodge of the ordo templi orientis, the initiatory magical group then led internationally by karl johannes germer (1885.1962. he also joined the world league of the illuminati, an organization that had attempted to revive the eighteenth-century german illuminati. in 1955, the leader of the swiss chapter of the world league died and left the small organization to metzger. in 1957 he was consecrated as a bishop in the gnostic catholic chu

eria mystica maxima name given to the british lodge of the occult society oto (ordo templi orientis) when theodor reuss, head of the german order, proposed that aleister crowley start a british section. mysteries from the greek word muein, to shut the mouth, and mustes, an initiate: a term for what is secret or concealed in a religious context. although certain mysteries were probably part of the initiatory ceremony of the priests of ancient egypt, we are ignorant of their exact nature, and the term is usually used in connection with certain semi-religious ceremonies held by various cults in ancient greece. the mysteries were secret cults, to which only certain initiated people were admitted after a period of preliminary preparation. after this initial period of purification came the mysti

hisses as if on the fire. orchis, root of in ancient times, the root of the satyrios orchis from the orchid family was believed to be a sure remedy against enchantment. order of bards, ovates& druids a british druid order that claims to continue the traditions of the ancient bardic and druid order. one order is concerned with the arts, history, and archaeology and performs outdoor ceremonies. the initiatory order undertakes mystical studies. public ceremonies are arranged at ancient sites based on the summer and winter solstices and the equinoxes of march and september. after the distance program was initiated in 1988 over 7,000 people have joined the order. address: po box 1333, lewes, e. sussex, bn7 1dx england. website: http/ www.druidry.org. sources: order of bards, ovates& druids. htt

es: jayakar, pupul. krishnamurti: a biography. san francisco: harper& row, 1986. lutyens, mary. krishnamurti: the years of awakening. new york: farrar, straus, and giroux, 1975. mills, joy. 100 years of theosophy: a history of the theosophical society in america. wheaton, ill: theosophical publishing house, 1987. order of the thelemic golden dawn the order of the thelemic golden dawn (otgd) is an initiatory magical group that adheres to the teachings of aleister crowley. originally known as the thelemic temple and order of the golden dawn, it was founded in los angeles in 1990 by david cherubim who now serves as its frater superior chief. it exists to assist people in their initiation as thelemic magicians and to spread the law of thelema worldwide. thelema (from the greek word for will) i

austin o. spare. grant s oto practiced a program similar to other oto groups. its goal was the establishment of the law of thelema (will) in the world. new members had to have been practicing magic for at least nine months prior to being accepted in the order and had to agree to disseminate liber lxxvii, the brief statement of thelemic principles written by crowley. grant also dropped the masonic initiatory degree system found in most magical groups, including the american oto. members are expected to seek their own true will (destiny) by their magical work. under grant, the oto dominated the british ritual magic scene into the 1970s. over the last two decades a number of other thelemic magical groups have arisen in great britain and grant s oto has come to the united states, though it has

hand down secret traditions from one generation to another. the early mysteries of egypt, eleusis, samothrace, and cabiri were probably the elaboration of such primitive mysteries. there would appear to be what might be called a fusion of occult beliefs throughout the ages. it has been said that when the ancient mysteries are spoken about, it should be understood that the same sacred ceremonies, initiatory processes, and revelations are intended, and that what is true of one applies with equal certainty to all the others. thus the greek geographer strabo recorded that the strange orgies in honor of the mystic birth of jupiter resembled secret tradition encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1380 those of bacchus, ceres, and cybele, and the orphic poems identified the orgies of

d buddhic or intuitional plane (see also evolution of life) sources: jinarajadasa, c. the early teachings of the masters. chicago: theosophical society, 1923. leadbeater, c. w. a textbook of theosophy. adyar, madras, india: theosophical publishing house, 1956. sol see servants of the light solar temple the solar temple (officially the ordre du temple solaire or ots) was an obscure french-speaking initiatory occult order that made front-page headlines following the suicide death of its leaders among 52 people who died in a 72-hour period in three incidents on october 3.5, 1994, in switzerland and quebec. sixteen additional members of the group died on the winter solstice in 1995 and five more on march 22, 1997, in quebec. it appears that some of those who died committed suicide in hopes of

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nd divided is connected with malkuth, earth and the demoness naamah (meaning pleasant, a bride of samael and considered a sister of cain according to some lore. the line of i am no longer abel to conceal what i have become, cain is revered in hereditary and independent luciferian witchcraft covens as the first witch and satanist who had joined in a covenant with the devil in nod. in addition some initiatory grimoires present cain as being the son of samael (satan) and lilith (through possession of eve via the fruit given by the serpent. cain is thus a symbol of the self which transforms itself through dissatisfaction. fly the light is in part a symbol of the transformation through the seven heads of the dragon of the apocalypse via the angel of prostitution who rides the beast. the son of

tion who rides the beast. the son of satan is also represented as a serpent. the dragon itself holds significance in that it is a relation to diabolism, in zoroastrian lore, the avestan word devak means worm which is a dragon or snake. an early form of the antichrist, called zohak and later azhi dahaka is a dragon-king who had two black and venomous serpents on his shoulders, who emerged with the initiatory kiss of ahriman, the devil. fly the light represents a beginning of transformation and the luciferian concepts of antinomian thought. no longer should children be force fed christian lies, bending knees to spiritual weakness. bring your young to us, a new luciferian youth! the world we live in is a christian world, look at what they have brought to humanity with their hypocritical self

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ealize it or not, for the day of emancipation, symbolically represented as the millennium, when there will be a wonderful city, a new jerusalem, a city of peace. and the earlier this amalgamation can be brought about, the better for humanity. therefore, an attempt was made at the time and is the place which is said in the legend to be the scene of solomon's and hiram's love episode. there the two initiatory orders met for the consummation of a definite work of amalgamation symbolically called the molten sea, a work which was then attempted for the first time. it could not have been wrought at any earlier period, for man was not sufficiently advanced. at that time, however, it seemed as if the united efforts of the two schools might accomplish the task, and had it not been for the desire of

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

ey werenotcarriedoutfor personal gain.thehermeticorderof the goldendawnwas created in order to further the systematic studyofthe occult sciences and was immediately welcomed by the occult establishment of its day (although madame blavatsky had reservations until she was reassured that membership of theorderwouldnotdeplete the ranks of the theosophical society. it offered its members a sequence of initiatory rituals of a very eclectic nature that combined egyptian, kabbalistic, and rosicrucian symbolism, togetherwithprescribed courses of study appropriate to each step in the five grades oftheouterorder-thegrades being those of neophyte, zelator, theoricus, practicus, and philosophus. each grade above that of neophyte was relatedtooneof the ten sephiroth of the kabbalistic treeof life, and t

eeof life, and these continued beyond theouterorder into a yet more secret second order, whose rituals were distinctly magical.thesecond order, therosaerubeaeetaureaecrucis,had existed from the beginningbuthad worked no rituals, and memberswhoadvanced to become adepti of the secondorderdid so by means of passing examinations. in 1892 this changed, for mathers had developed hisownhighly impressive initiatory109_'goldendemonsthatnonecanstay_ 108rituals, baseduponthemythofchristian ro sencreutz, for the5=6(each grade was numbered) gradeofadeptus minor.andwhereastheouterorderrepresented theoretical occultism,thesecondorderexisted fortheworkingofspecifically magicalrituals,althoughnotof the debased kind.associatedwithmedieval grimoires. bythetime.thataworkingsecondorderhadbeendeveloped,thegolde

upjungianpsychology andwroteon the psychological interpretationofalchemy, hisbookthefire-triedstonebeing published in1967.more eccentric than eitherofthese wasjohnsebastian marlow ward (frater custos custodiens),whoentered the order on22march1921.he was the leading exponent ofwhatisknowns the 'symbolist' schoolofmasonic research-seekingtheoriginsoffreemasonrythrougha comparative studyofanalogous initiatory rituals; he was instrumental,withsirjohncockburn,in founding, also in1921,the masonic study society,ofwhichhe became secretary-general (thedeputyvice-president was waite) and to which he deliveredlectures that were incorporated in his best-knownwork,freemasonryandtheancientgods(1921,1926).anotherofhis brain-children was theorderofindianwisdomwhichwaite was invited tojoin-perhapsto recip

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aite did become amemberofthe golden dawn, its curriculum meant little to him, as indicated in his autobiography,shadowsof lift andthought.after the revolt at theturnofthe century he was a memberofthe committee that governed the schismatic members and in consequenceofthis he ultimately formed his own organization, the fellowship of the rosy cross.itemployed his modificationsofthe basic golden dawn initiatory rituals, whichofcourse he had to transform and rewrite: his fellowship died when he did, in1942.all of this is described in robert gilbert's historyofthe golden dawn and in his biographyofwaite (still in preparation; interesting sidelights on the storycanalsobe found in hisa.e.waite:abibliography.*thisbook fills in several important lacunae in the existing historical accountsofthe order

don, and in the same year was elected supreme magus of the rosicrucians. and during that same decade he made the discovery that was to bring him a doubtful kind of immortality. in1887,according to his own story, westcott acquired and translated a strange manuscript that had been written in a cipher, to which, fortunately, he possessed the key.themanuscript contained the rough draft of a series of initiatory rituals of a quasi-masonic nature.italso contained the name and address of a german adept to whom westcott wrote and from whom he received the authority to found the isis-urania temple of 'die goldene dammerung; in westcott's english this became the golden dawn.thetale of the magical manuscripts upon which the order based its very being has been told in countless versions, no two ofcrea

come to him a powerful protection and aid, seconding and focussing the workings of his will" in an earlier work,the key ofsolomontheking(1889),hepower63warns against the evil use of magic:'lethim who..determines10work evil be assured that this evilwill recoil on himself and that he will be struck by the reflex current' dion fortune, however, thought that working any kind of magical, as opposed to initiatory, rituals was always fraught with danger 'i cannot say much upon these subjects, for they are among the most secret paths of occult lore. enough must be hinted, however, to reveal what, under certain circumstances, may be experienced. i do not think it in the least likely, however, that the qlippotic demons will be encoun255 tered save through the use of ceremonial magic.theyare as rare

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exist when titus took jerusalem and burned the temple. in many early works and essays upon freemasonry and masonic origins we find that the scanty accounts of the essenes given by philo, pliny, and josephus have been expanded into a narrative suggesting that the essenes formed a secret society closely resembling in its principles and practices that of freemasonry, and of its having had a regular initiatory procedure, but these additions are almost entirely imaginary and invented to support the theory of one masonic origin from this jewish sect.theessenes certainly existed in the period alleged to be the era of jesus, and it is curiousthatthe new testament mentions only three sects of jews, the scribes, pharisees, and the sadducees. from the statement that jesus passed forty days of fastin

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her letters, a, m, sh, referring to air, water, and fire; seven double letters, b, g, d, k, p, r, th, referring to the seven planets, etc; and twelve simple letters, h, v, z, ch, t, i, l, n, s,0,tz,q, referring to the twelve signs of the zodiac, etc. christian, the disciple of levi, in his recent work on magic, has made the explanation of the twenty-two hieroglyphics of the tarot form part of the initiatory ceremonies of the egyptian mysteries of crata repoa. the symbols of three of the twenty-two trumps of the tarot were thus restored by eliphas levi.7. the chariot.a cubical chariot with four columns, surmounted by an azure and star-decked canopy. within the chariot and between the four columns stands a conqueror crowned with a circlet, from which rise and shine three pentagrams of gold

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cycle was known to the atlanteans and was encoded into the rituals and architecture of ancient egypt. accordingly, the role of the pharaoh and later the priesthood had a special significance in relation to the unfolding of the great year. the egyptian star gnosis and the rite of rebirth the central focus of egyptian ritualism was the great pyramid, it was connected to the sphinx and operated as a initiatory structure. the pyramid was identified with the sanctuary of the sun and embodied ra, the solar logos. the rites undertaken in the chamber of the king and queen were rites of rebirth whereby the pharaoh became identified with the solar sphere. he mediated the energies of the logos and hence accelerated the positive current and sublimated or transformed the negative. the sun like the plan

s of the same characteristic as that of the greater, hence in pisces, the first minor cycle of 180 years was that of pisces of pisces. the last age of the minor cycle is important as it is preparation for the changeover to the next age. this the gnostic handbook page 65 cycle is known as the equinox of the gods, in the present cycle (pisces, is began in 1844 and is ruled by aries. in the egyptian initiatory traditions this period was also known as the heraldic cycle, it was the period in which the priesthood prepared the symbolism, legends and vessels for the influx of energy which would occur at the changeover to the new cycle. the cycle itself encompasses four different co-ordinates, these can be related to the four letters of the divine name (yhvh, the four elements, the four canopic ja

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iosophic hebraic forms. while the outer form may vary, the essential gnosis remains the same. the legend of odin in norse mythology odin is the god of magic, his name originates from the anglo-saxon and means pure spirit. he may be equated with thoth and mercury, but has many discrete and unique characteristics. odin is believed to be responsible for bringing runecraft to humanity. as part of his initiatory quest he hung on the world tree (ygdrassill) for nine days and nights and finally, falling from the tree, grasped the runes to his bosom and brought them back to earth. the kabbalistic imagery here is obvious, and shows how widely the shamanic practises of the ariosophic tradition had spread across the globe. the shamanic quest of odin is beautifully expressed in the poetic form of the

notted to that tree, no man knows whither the roots of it run, gnostic theurgy page 113 none gave me bread, none gave me drink, down to the depths i peered, to snatch up the runes with a roaring scream and fell in a dizzied swoon. well-being i won and wisdom too, i grew and joyed in my growth from a word to a word, i was led to a word from a deed to another deed. the legend of odin symbolises the initiatory quest of transfiguration. while using the shamanic imagery of the indo-europeans, it embodies the transformation process albeit expressed in a different, while equally expressive and potent symbol system. as we experience the tree of life (ygdrassill) gaining knowledge from each of its nine centres (except earth, we must grasp (comprehend) the secret alphabet (the paths, and integrate t

that catered to the needs of the masses. medicine was closely associated with astrology and herbalism and early forms of metallurgy were taught as part of the arcanum of alchemy. every facet of egyptian life was in some way connected to the mysteries. the pyramids and the sphinx are two of the great mysteries of egypt, they have been interpreted as being everything from storage bins for grain to initiatory temples. the esoteric tradition holds that they were build by the survivors of atlantis and that even their geometry embodies the ancient ways. from these speculations a whole system has developed (pyramidology) which attempts to interpret the meaning of the shapes, angles and numbers of the great pyramids. from the perspective of the esoteric tradition the greatest legacy that egypt ha

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ing and cowering, hiding, lucifer understood he was an independent mind and existed independently from the natural order and roused all other fallen angels to stand strong. in this context, lucifer was creating order from chaos. this is a seeming model of the initiate, that we work towards recognizing our own sense of being, and to expand the circle of control. the daimons/djinn of the goetia are initiatory forces as well. consider the definitions of angel and demon. the significance is beneficial in the context of this grimoire. angelic spirits are solar/air based spirits who posses a higher articulation of being, that is, they resonate with the more developed aspects of the self i.e. communion with the initiatic guide/holy guardian angel. demons are spirits/fallen angels which proceed to

uld approach daemonic spirits as something other than the self. they are a testing ground; the ones who would have you face the skull containing the waters of leviathan, or initiation. they would have you drink deeply of the gnosis which reveals the luciferian mind, that which questions and is strong within 12 it. one should not approach the goetic spirits with fear, if the mind is clear upon the initiatory intent then this is a building point of character associated with the spirit therein. daemonic spirits/djinn are the phantasms which congress and communicate with those who partake of the infernal sabbat, the conclave of witches and sorcerous beings of night-walking dreaming gnosis. daemonic (demonic) spirits are often fallen angels; those who have tasted from the golden cup of the cele

gn of my sethanic /shadow alphabet (see austin spare s alphabet of desire, i made silent invocations to agares to speed the communication of the subconscious to the conscious. earthquakes are the symbol of a strong will and individual presence. 31 legions of spirits assist in such operations. c vassago vassago is an angelic ruler of the tarot; silently invoked this prince may produce impulses and initiatory associations via the tarot thus allowing instinct to grow with association of such tools of divination. vassago is also ideal for the willed divination of future initiation, a gateway to the luciferian realm of spiritual development. vassago appears in the black mirror as a wind-rushed robed spirit who is both angel and demonic shadow, who has many arms and talon-fingers. d samigina sam

as within a graveyard. goetic rites may be performed but with less tools, it then will rely on the sorcerers ability to go forth into trance to summon such latent forces. e marbas marbas appears in the mind s eye as a lion, which beholds a shadow which is twisted and sharp looking. marbas appears as any form desired, mostly as a shadowed man. this spirit reveals hidden aspects of the self through initiatory experience. as a cursing tool, one may evoke marbas in the mind, and his 36 legions of spirits to manifest in the enemy as a disease. he may be used also to improve the ability to will immune system to work more efficiently, thus a beneficial spirit/angelic familiar. f valefor valefor is a vampyric spirit/demon, which initiates through the astral body and dreams. this spirit may be will

h the astral body and dreams. this spirit may be willed and bound to guard one s sleeping chamber and feed from any forms which come near you. valefor has 10 legions of spirits, often appearing through the mirror as a lion with the head of an ass. valefor may also be a guide to the necromantic arts, communion with the dead, ect. 39 g amon amon, the devourer, a werewolf demon whom is a significant initiatory force wither invoked or evoked. it is suggest that the sorcerer shape shifts in meditation and dream with amon, become this shadow form and think deeply about the attributes of such a spirit. in the black mirror amon is darkness incarnate, vomiting flames. in the shape of a human the head is a raven with a wolf s teeth. amon is also a divinatory spirit whom aligns the conscious mind wit

the order of powers, he does govern 85 legions of spirits. beleth is a useful love spell spirit, whom you would will your desire to become flesh. n lerajae leraikha is a marquis whom governs 30 legions of spirits, whom is a familiar of arms, weapons and marksmanship. he appears as a green clad archer, while sometimes in some older military uniform which appears to be of the civil war area. in an initiatory sense, lerajae is very useful in directing ones desired goals and making them reality. for instance, one would summon lerajae when one wants to obtain a specific goal i.e. job, trip, item, etc. the archer as he is known is useful in the sense of hitting the mark. 43 o eligos eligos is a duke who appears as a knight, whom carries a lance and a serpent. eligos may reveal hidden secrets i

f desire, the language of the subconscious which empowers spells and talismans. b berith berith is a great spirit who appears as a medieval european soldier, clothed in red whom rides upon a crimson horse. upon the head of berith rests a gold crown. berith is a divinatory spirit who brings visions in dreams, which are revealed as images to the magician. berith governs 26 legions of spirits. in an initiatory context, berith may be a tool in the understanding of the self including the turning of gold, i.e. the self coming into being or strengthening in form. the fiery essence of the self. berith proves a powerful goetic servitor to summon and guard when introspective rites of self exploration. 49 c astaroth astaroth appears as a hurtful angel who rides upon an infernal dragon. he is ghostly

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emple of isis and the supreme chief of the second order of the hermetic order of the golden dawn international, do hearby this date_ recommend_ known as_ to membership in full standing to the second order, and to undergo the adeptus minor inititation on. 3 supreme chief_ chief adept of the temple of isis_ co-chief of the temple of isis__the golden chain and the lonely road: a typological study of initiatory transmissions within the sabbatic tradition by andrew d. chumbley initiation, the passing -on of power, the step of the mortal foot across the threshold of the gods, the hearing of the watchword, the reception of the book, the dreaming-draught sipp'd at midnight, the lonely stand in the heart of the wild..many are the ways of induction into the circle of the sabbat, many the waymarks- t

e divulged; it is the grand arcanum, the mysterium that forever dwells beyond. in silence profound and deep. and yet, by considering the outward appearances of initiation, the forms which it assumes in terms of perceptible manifestation, we may enter into discussion and endeavour to arrive at a comprehension of its diverse arcana. if justice would be done to its subtleties the manifold complex of initiatory 'forms, as extant within contemporary cunning craft praxis, deserves a broad and detailed study. in the following pages an attempt will be made to accomplish this, to distinguish between the 'types' of initiation which may occur for a seeker upon the path of the elder craft, and furthermore to define the various strands of magical transmission which may be considered as 'lineages' or 'c

g nosis' in and of themselves. in attempting to do this i shall admittedly be drawing directly from my own experience, specifically from that which i have gained as the present magister of the cultus sabbati. consequently, a subjective delimitation of the topic is inevitable. indeed, because the 'tradition' of the elder craft is of so many guises and localised variations, no definitive account of initiatory processes may even be tenable. undoubtedly omissions and generalisations will occur and for these i offer an apology in advance. nonetheless, it is hoped that the broad schemata as given below will serve to clarify and to deepen an awareness of the matter in ways hitherto unexplored. with this intent the following article is offered as a stepping-stone to the wiser future of the way and

it is upon this 'alphabet of arcana' that each generation 'fleshes out' its own particular mode of practice. in terms specific to ritual initiation, the principles informing the general process are observation, dedication, formal tuition, and ritual focus. in manifestation these principles combine in a process lasting a minimum of twenty-one months, culminating in the focal apotheosis of a final initiatory ceremony. from the previous magister of this lineage i was taught that a candidate is chosen by signs and omens, and that it was forbidden for any outsider to ask directly for initiation. the omen-chosen candidate is firstly 'watched' for a period of time, no less than nine lunar months. during this time, called 'the gestation, the candidate is observed for clear indications of the requ

erent streams without compromise. a broad experiential basis is commendable, but it is the unique transmission (see below) which validates the path of such a wayfaring journeyman. of all the diverse aspects involved in the process of formal ritual initiation it is the focal role of the final apotheotic rite and the ability of its central deed, the passing-on, to act as the 'seal of power' for all initiatory relations which is of paramount importance. for those of the path, the reception of the 'power' activates the spiritual bloodline: the legacy of the fire-brand from the elder gods, from old tubalo the light-bringer, through the race of the watchers and the companie of faerie, down through the golden chain of hand-to-hand-to-hand..to now. midnight's lightning: the lineage of unique trans

is performed or its textual form is transmitted to others. in and of themselves mysteria of this kind are grand initiations serving to convey the lineages of certain spiritual entities or magical techniques. within the higher body of our magical lore, known as 'the gnosis of the crooked path, there are numerous examples of such advanced workings. for example 'the rite of the turnskin. this is an initiatory procedure intending the entrance of the aspirant into the circle of therionic atavisms: the zodiak of living forms. by passing through its ordeals the skin-leaper's arte is impressed upon the flesh; the bestial ancestry of an individual is 'raised, made self-conscious in his sentient physicality; the animal-headed god is realised! another notable example is 'the devil's masquerade: the

d as the flesh and blood of abel, the body of profanity which must be resurrected or re-integrated into the body of cain or the initiatic self. the incorporation of more potent elements into the witches' supper depends wholly upon the rite and its assembly. in solitary rites, it is known that in some forms of old craft an entheogenic elixir has sometimes been used to assist in the creation of the initiatory apotheosis 'the aspirant, after being mentally prepared by his or her sponsor, and drinking of the potion, is left alone to spend the night by three stones that stand overgrown in the centre of the wood (taliesin 'a wood in the west country, published in pentagram, august, 1965. this is somewhat reminiscent of the medieval alpine initiatory potion which provoked its drinker to have 'all

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with.33 there is no doubt that knowledge of this calibre, if it existed at all, would have been highly regarded by the ancient egyptians, who would have transmitted it from generation to generation in a secretive manner. indeed, it would have ranked among the highest arcana entrusted to the keeping of the priestly elite at heliopolis and would have been passed on, in the main, through an oral and initiatory tradition.34 if, by chance it had found its way into the pyramid texts, is it not likely that its form would have been veiled by metaphors and allegories? i walked slowly across the dusty floor of the tomb chamber of unas, noting the heavy stillness in the air, casting my eyes over the faded blue and gold inscriptions. expressed in coded language several millennia before copernicus and

GREENFIELD ALLEN SECRET CIPHER OF THE UFONAUTS

aron was an early organizer of the national ufo conference. he died in 2005. 6 allen h. greenfield achad, frater, also known as frater parzifal, real name charles robert john stansfeld jones, born 1886, died 1952. frater achad is a key figure in the magical revival of the 20th century. recognized by aleister crowley as his magical son (and presumable heir, achad quickly rose to the leadership and initiatory summits of both crowley s ordo a. a. and the ordo templi orientis (oto. after world war one he and crowley parted company. achad produced a number of remarkable works on the occult, notable for their originality and logical consistency. his book thirty one (liber xxxi) provided the first serious clue to the cipher of the ufonauts. adamski, george, the author of flying saucers have lande

uous use since the legendary visit by the gods of sirius. in the early 18th century craft masonic bodies formally merged in a grand lodge that included speculative masons; these individuals mostly aristocrats of wealth and power were not skilled at the building arts and had no direct connection, in most cases, with the rich lore of rosicrucian and masonic legend. they settled on a system of three initiatory degrees, the entered apprentice, fellow craft and master mason. this tri-fold system does indeed correspond to the communication of the formal guild secrets of operative, or practical masonry, but has little of the metaphysical meaning and a distinct feel of incompleteness. later a so-called royal arch degree, which attempted to deal with many questions unanswered in the craft degrees

circle, all said to be discarnate human beings in touch with aliens. the words inner and circle each has a cipher value of 16 the number of members of the inner circle, or that together inner circle has a value of 176, the same as instruction or initiation, the 36 allen h. greenfield precise function of the inner circle. deciphered, the name describes the inner circle itself as an instructional, initiatory body of 16 members. another member of the inner circle is called maharaja natcha. again, both words have the same cipher value in this case 57. added together, this gives us a value of 114, which equals the name. but what name? 57= king. thus, maharaja means great king. so the name describes the function. we will return to the inner circle presently. when we jump ahead to modern ufology

th some emphasis on the link between the occult and ufology. the golden dawn attracted a diverse membership: gothic writers including bram stoker, arthur machen and algernon blackwood were members, as were the famous occultists aleister crowley, s. l. mathers and a. e. waite, and poet w. b. yeats. founded upon certain cipher documents probably drafted by kenneth mackenzie and based on his earlier initiatory experiences with continental rosicrucian groups, the golden dawn in its wake spawned generations of occultists and, indeed, now has a number of (highly dubious) claimants to its mantle. meade layne was ahead of his time writing about the ufo phenomenon in the early 1940s, before the kenneth arnold case, as well as focusing on the more metaphysical aspect of the mystery with his patronag

acity to tune into or channel various of these higher intelligences with varying degrees of accuracy. these humans have been our seers, oracles and prophets. it appears, in fact, that much of the source-material of all religions comes from such channelings, including, arguably, the book of revelation, the book of mormon, and the book of the law. concurrently, and not coincidentally, the two great initiatory bodies, or orders have been generated and regenerated throughout history. the so-called great white brotherhood, when undistorted, appears (according to legend) guided by intelligences associated with the dual star system sirius or sothis in some manner. this brotherhood also seems to have the purpose of uplifting human character and initiating biological and social evolution designed t

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by the power of lrni. step 9. the demora in this square is alr (ah-lar. his number is 114, the number for babalond meaning "harlot" he is a creature of the feminine current and will 134 seduce you into it if you are not careful. use your cup to remand you of your proper goals here and thus to break his enchantment_ alr is of the same nature as sothis, but lacks the latter's spiritual insight and initiatory abi l ities. the forces of this square are of a spiritual nature because the ruling kerubic square is leo (see figure 8, appendix c. the demonic nature of alr is his refusal to heed this spiritual impulse, but instead he uses the feminine current to give shape to the emotional forces of any who enter here. if you have any subconscious fears or desires when you enter here, alr will proje

ber 54, is the way of the lover. the second, acting through the number 36, is the way of the adherent. the third, acting through the number 18, is the way of the hermit (see crowley's magick without tears for a detailed explanation of these three magi-cal types, and also zim, the garden of nemo later in this manual. this formula is a play on the mixing of the qualities of leo (creativity) and the initiatory awareness of the high priestess (caput draconis. one is the downward creative impulse, the other the upward spiritual impulse. ztztzt expresses the proper balance necessary between these two complementary forces. the sisil of ztztzt from the watchtower of air is: the letters ceph, gisa, ceph, gisa, ceph, gisa are written: 196 the formula of iliatai i who was priest of ammon-ra, who saw

form or another. the loneliness in zaa is the sense of separation that we al l share. this is the great heresy of mahayana buddhism. your main lesson to leant in zaa is to accept individuality, but not loneliness. the terrible sense of loneliness in zaa is a result of distorted thinidng. the truth is that you are never alone. the entire universe is always a part of yourself. realizing this is an initiatory preparation for the higher aethyrs. the most effective weapon to use in zaa is the cup although you may find the pantacle worthwhile as well. the cup is symbolic of space and its primary function is acceptance. zaa is a region of introspection somewhat like bag. however, bag is more heavily charged with emotions than zaa. zaa is designed to al low you to mentally digest the various expe

ediately. similarly you will get quick, subtle impressions from him that you will have to translate into words yourself. one of the first things you will notice about this angel is that his eyes are set to see into the aethyrs below asp but he cannot look upward into the higher regions. his nature is fixed, and should he view the higher aethyrs, certain destruction would follow. this encounter is initiatory. if successful, you will realize that this angel is your own reincarnating ego. it is that part of yourself that takes on manifestation into the lower realms of existence in order to express itself in time, space and form. if he were to look upward into the real truth of his existence, you, yourself, would cease to be expressed (i.e, you will die to the aethyrs below asp. his refusal to

total ly lacking the feminine current. for this reason the masculine current is quite strong in vta while the feminine current is too weak to even be noticed. crowley described these residents as being shaped like pyramids of dust. pyramids were used as both places of initiation and as tombs by the ancient egyptians. in the same way, you can think of your body as either a temple of the spirit (an initiatory chamber) or as a prison (a tomb. the former view is held by the residents of vta. the symbolism of dust was used to emphasize their lack of life. the vast numbers of residents, all quietly sharing the same detachment and unconcern, gave rise to the name city of the pyramids. crowley's guide here was the god hermes who described these residents as those "whose eyes are sealed up, and who

ife-cycle. it is under the direct, silentguidance of this maha guru that all the other less divine teachers and instructors of mankind became, from the first awakening of human consciousness, the guidesof early humanity. h.p. blavatsky, the secret doctrine after a successful initiation in the city of the pyramids, you are now ready to see the garden of nemo which lies in the 13th aethyr, zim. the initiatory processes from pop to vta are specifically designed to elevate you to the magical grade of magister templi (master of the temple. you must be at least a magister templi, or equivalent, to lawfully enter zim or any of the aethyrs above zim. what this actually means is that only a magister templi will be able to correctly perceive and understand what he see and hears. illegal entrance int

d let this sigil banish the urn. let yourself return below the abyss. part 9. the banishment. with your wand, banish forces (intelligent and otherwise) that you have attracted during this operation with the banishing rituals of the pentagram and hexagram. 304 enochian ritual of the priestess of the silver star this ritual is designed for the intermediate and experienced magician. it simulates the initiatory processes that are encountered in the 19th aethyr, pop. if properly exe cuted, i t wi l l invoke a st rong feminine cur rent characteristic of that encountered in pop. part 1. the preparation. wear your white robe. charge your talismans for iao, qaa and toog. also make and charge talismans for the magick squares of ror and graa. place your cup and pantacle on your altar. hold your wand

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pirit-allegiance. i know of at least seven lineages in britain and am quite sure there are many others each with its own character and spiritual individuality. this being said sabbatic craft, as a unifying term denoting a tradition, relates solely to the specific lineages convergent and operative in the cultus sabbati as an initiatic body. however, one can also speak of the sabbatic current as an initiatory line of spirit-power that can inform all who are receptive to its impetus, and which when engaged with beyond names may be understood as a key unto the hidden design of arte. being born of vision, i would say the origin of sabbatic craft lies truly in the circle itself. rf: can you say more about the ritual symbolism of the sabbatic craft on an inner level, particularly in relation to c

he sabbat and there communes directly in its mysteries. whilst one can write about this, the reality is rooted in personal apprehension which can only be gained if the spirits accept you and elect to call you out in dreaming, or if one is fortunate enough to be taught in a traditional craft lineage that possesses the requisite lore and spirit-patronage. in the final analysis, sabbatic craft is an initiatory tradition and only those who have been so inducted- whether by man or spirit- should speak about it, and even then guardedly. mh: can you explain a little about the actual practice of dreaming on a magical level? ac: every word, deed and thought can empower, magnetise, and establish points of receptivity for a magical dream, likewise any of these means can do the opposite- fixating perc

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n, we are already experiencing the dimming of youth. we have begun to hear death's snigger rather plainly, and we are apt to be caught into the fear of wasted time. do i spend my time learning the runes, starting a new business, solving my family dilemmas? the experiences of the three types of sovereignty gained so far must be used now to learn the life lesson, that if you continue to act with an initiatory attitude all life experiences can be used in the quest for sovereignty. the choice is not finding the right thing to do, but finding the right attitude that informs your actions. fear of the unverifiable all humans on any religious or philosophical path fear that in the end there is no "proof" of what is believed. the quest for immortality might be a unicorn-hunt, the quest for sovereig

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mn o. of secrecy has been taken the h c k is removed and the blessing of light is restored to the candidate. in commenting upon this bro. j. s. m. ward says: 529. notice the word restored. mystical re-birth marks the beginning of our journey towards the light, of our ascent towards god, but it is a restoration- a journey back to him from whom we came. exactly the same procedure is followed in the initiatory rites of the turkish dervishes. among them the incident is followed by a beautiful exposition of the mystical meaning of light. it is the divine light, emblem of god himself, and of divine inspiration. it is present not only in the sacred writings, but in every true believer fs heart. the light of the sun itself is but a faint similitude of the divine light of god fs love through which

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goes, the authentics have ventured but little further than a moralization upon the symbols and ceremonies of masonry as an adjunct to anglican christianity. 11. the anthropological school 12. a second school, still only in process of development, is applying the discoveries of anthropology to a study of masonic history, with remarkable results. a vast amount of information upon the religious and initiatory customs of many peoples, both ancient and modern, has been gathered by anthropologists; and masonic students in this field have found many of our signs and symbols, both of the craft and higher degrees, in the wall-paintings, carvings, sculpture and buildings of the principal races of the world. the anthropological school, therefore, allows a far greater degree of antiquity to masonry t

ows a far greater degree of antiquity to masonry than the authentics have ever ventured to do, and traces striking analogies with the ancient mysteries of many nations, which clearly possessed our symbols and signs, and in all probability ceremonies analogous to those worked in masonic lodges to-day. 13. the anthropologists do not confine their studies to the past alone, but have investigated the initiatory rites of many existing tribes, both in africa and australia, and have found them to possess signs and gestures still in use among masons. striking analogies to our masonic rites have also been found among the inhabitants of india and syria, interwoven with their religious philosophy in a way which renders entirely impossible the idea that they were copied from european sources. masonic

ation from many other lands; and mr. bernard h. springett, author of secret sects of syria and lebanon, who has collected much material bearing upon masonic rites among the arabs. 15. to the work of the anthropological school is due a clear revelation of the immense antiquity and diffusion of what we now call masonic symbolism. it tends, however, to find the origin of the ancient mysteries in the initiatory customs of savage tribes which, although admittedly of incalculable antiquity, are often neither dignified nor spiritual. 16. another important work which has been accomplished by its efforts is the justification of many of the higher degrees to be considered pure antient masonry; for in spite of the pronouncement of the grand lodge of england quoted above, there is just as much evidenc

al. one feature of those cretan mysteries especially attractive to co-masons is that in them women were admitted as well as men. the admission of women was the practice of almost all the mysteries of the ancient world, but clearer traces of the fact remain to-day in crete than in any other country. these mysteries do not lie in the direct line of masonic descent; but the archaeological remains of initiatory rites are so plentiful and so strikingly similar to our present system as to be exceptionally interesting. 223. for those who are not conversant with the results of the excavations in crete, it may be well to give a brief survey of the historical knowledge gained by their aid. until recently most text-books of history taught that the greek civilization began in the eighth century b.c. t

swastika (plate i, 4, following p. 50. 233. connected with this outer religious worship in ancient crete there were mysteries of initiation for the few, and it is in these that we find the main elements of similarity to freemasonry. in the palace of minos at knossos, as also in the palace of phaestos- another cretan site- we find pillared crypts and chambers which were indubitably of a sacred and initiatory character. the most important of these rooms is the so-called throne-room in the palace of minos, which derives its name from the magnificent sculptured throne which was found intact when excavated (see plate ii, 1, following p. 50. 234. the throne room 235. with regard to this room, sir arthur evans says: 236. it is now clear that a large part of the west wing of the palace was little

engaged in building the great pyramid, the house of light, and in celebrating the death and resurrection of osiris. even though it had no corresponding halls of initiation, king solomon desired that for the future his temple should take the place of the house of light, and become the spiritual centre of the jewish mysteries. king hiram of tyre warmly supported this idea; he himself had inherited initiatory rites which had been derived from the mysteries of chaldaea, a very ancient line of tradition running parallel with the mysteries of egypt from atlantean days, and having its own chief halls of initiation in babylon. he, too, felt that a centre nearer home and in friendly hands was eminently desirable, and he therefore co-operated in the plan of judaizing the ancient rites and focusing

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destruction, demon of the abyss, and chief of the demons of the underworld. see also demons;magic and magical groups for further reading: davidson, gustav. a dictionary of angels including the fallen angels. new york: the free press, 1967. strayer, joseph r. dictionary of the middle ages. vol. 1. new york: charles scribner s sons, 1982. the abbey of thelema the abbey of thelema is an independent initiatory magical group patterned after the argenteum astrum (aa, order of the silver star) and following the magical practices developed by its founder, aleister crowley. the leader of the abbey is gregory von seewald (b. 1955, who serves as praemonstrator of the aa and outer head of the order for its inner circle, which is called the sovereign penetralia of the gnosis. he was initiated into the

ere technological angels (an expression coined by the influential psychologist carl g. jung, in abductee literature ufonauts are technological demons. during their brief captivity, abductees often report having been tortured in the form of a painful examination. some observers have pointed out the crypto-religious imagery in such accounts. specifically, capture and torment by demonic beings is an initiatory motif.more literal demonologies have been proffered by conservative christian observers of the ufo scene, many of whom view ufonauts as demons in disguise (see the ufos and demons entry. yet another arena in which images of the demonic find their way into ufo literature is in ufo religions. an interesting case study is the raelian movement, founded in france in 1973 by claude vorilhon

deals represented by a modern understanding of set, perhaps the closest divinity the egyptians had to satan.many members of the temple believe that the individual does not automatically have an immortal self, but that he or she can, by certain practices, achieve immortality. thus, while xeper is related to contemporary notions of selfimprovement, it means something far more. the temple is also an initiatory organization, oriented to the growth and unfolding of its members. a number of degrees are recognized, and members are identified by their degree.unlike many other religious bodies, the temple of set has no church or other permanent building. also unlike many other religions, setians do not worship a divinity, set or anyone else. furthermore, setians do not recognize the real existence

church or other permanent building. also unlike many other religions, setians do not worship a divinity, set or anyone else. furthermore, setians do not recognize the real existence of any deity. they do, however, recognize the real existence of set, but regard him as more of a father or older brother. the core of the setian religion is individual self-development, which is the cornerstone of lhp initiatory groups. this is described by balanone, a long-time member of the temple, on his (unofficial) temple of set information site: the term left hand path suggests a philosophical orientation which feels that the individual is extremely important. the individual initiate pursuing xeper is more important than our society in general, any peer group, and any organization (including even the temp

rges of satanic ritual abuse (sra) at a day-care center. in the wake of an initial spate of publicity in the early 1980s, there was a rash of sra cases at other day-care centers until it had become a national phenomenon. by the beginning of the 1990s, over a hundred investigations of day-care cases had taken place on the basis of ritual abuse accusations. 1984 the abbey of thelema, an independent initiatory magical group patterned after the argenteum astrum, is formed by gregory von seewald. a child attending the fells acre day care center in malden,massachusetts, discloses to his uncle that a day-care worker had pulled his pants down. after children are persistently questioned by parents and authorities, the innocent act of changing a boy s pants after he had wet himself during nap time b

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hours of the morning. as the psychic censor is worn down, the realm of the other creeps in and the boundaries around the world of accepted truth begins to fray. fear of what others might do to you may also cause panic, but this generally works only with strangers, and they fre unlikely to volunteer assistance. conversely, when focused on what strangers or semi-strangers might do to you in say, an initiatory situation, this technique is a good way to cause panic. however, there is a risk of trauma and severe emotional scarring, so it isn ft recommended. initiations should have some risk but should never result in permanent mental damage. pain self-flagellation may bring one to state of gnosis quickly, or take a long time if you are an experienced masochist or possess a high tolerance for pa

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ers, especially those who, like dumezil, approach the material from the indo-european side, see here a reflection of warrior initiation: under the tutelage of an elder warrior, the initiant gslays h a made monster. i find the theory attractive even though there is nothing in snorri fs text to indicate that thjalfi fs status changes after the encounter with mokkurkalfi, which we would expect in an initiatory context. made monsters turn up in all sorts of cultures, not always in initiatory contexts (e.g, golems. according to the thorsdrapa of the tenth-century skald eilif godrunarson, thjalfi accompanied thor on his journey to the giant geirrod. the ninth and tenth stanzas seem to show thjalfi clinging to thor as the river vimur rises, but neither of them is fearful. apparently eilif thought

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dile-god and i seize (my prey) like a ravening beast transformation into the crocodile-god from the egyptian book of the dead set is considered in the developing luciferian gnosis as the adversary, an early form of the adversary. the crocodile god sebak in the egyptian book of the dead draws some aspects similar in nature to set, such as the forms he would take. seemingly, it is considered by the initiatory focus into the symbol and traits of set, verily the greatest of the gods embodied many different aspects and forms in egyptian mythology. seker seems to also be a god associated with the early manifestation of set, in the tuat, one of the tunnels which were under the control of seker were guarded by a serpent with four legs, scorpions, vipers and other winged demons. the arabic word taw

ransfers the title is a result of what transformed the gnosis itself, the intent of the work. be cautious in the terms of chaos magick, you are not simply paradigm shifting, rather utilizing chaotic forces to utilize temporary order in the self to grow stronger and progress as an adept. chaos magick in the terms of which i refer to are tools of various forms of ritual belief to construct your own initiatory focus. the foundation is the consistent aspect of chaos sorcery in the luciferian path. the witches' sabbat itself is composed of two aspects, the celestial or empyrean (the highest aspect of light, luciferian fire and divinity) and the infernal (the lower aspects, the daemonic. what the witches' sabbat is the spiritual transference from the waking flesh (everyday life) to the astral/dr

some of the egyptian hermetic occult circles they associated in. pace was known in the 1960's as a priest of set and anubis, and later became a high priest of gerald gardner's coven in south london. charles created two known manuscripts of his lectures and teachings, which were based on his own sethanic cult of masks. pace was presenting a luciferian aspect of wicca which would provide an actual initiatory ground, rather than a dogmatic and unchallenging religious doctrine "necrominion" and "the book of tahuti" were two manuscripts which survived pace, authored in the late 1960's and early 70's 'necrominion' was based around the sethanic cult of masks, an ornate sexual magick rite known as "ankh-ka, the five fold kiss and material on the hermetic tarot which lists different attributes tha

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to the dogmas of the christian church, and our newer interpretations of christianity are often along the lines of gnostic emanationism. the mysteries of, asar-hapi the identity of the greco-egyptian serapis (known to the greeks as serapis and the egyptians as asar- hapi) is shrouded by an impenetrable veil of mystery. while this deity was a familiar figure among the symbols of the secret egyptian initiatory rites, his arcane nature was revealed only to those who had fulfilled the requirements of the serapic cultus. therefore, in all probability, excepting the initiated priests, the egyptians themselves were ignorant of his true character. so far as known, there exists no authentic account of the rites of serapis, but an analysis of the deity and his accompanying symbols reveals their salie

ecrets inviolate. much of the information concerning the rituals of the higher degrees of the egyptian mysteries has been gleaned from an examination of the chambers and passageways in which the initiations were given. under the temple of serapis destroyed by theodosius were found strange mechanical contrivances constructed by the priests in the subterranean crypts and caverns where the nocturnal initiatory rites were celebrated. these machines indicate the severe tests of moral and physical courage undergone by the candidates. after passing through these tortuous ways, the neophytes who survived the ordeals were ushered into the presence of serapis, a noble and awe-inspiring figure illumined by unseen lights. labyrinths were also a striking feature in connection with the rice of serapis

r never thereafter was he divested of those soul qualities which after death were his vehicles for manifestation and expression in the so-called heaven world. in contrast to the idea of hades as a state of darkness below, the gods were said to inhabit the tops of mountains, a well-known example being mount olympus, where the twelve deities of the greek pantheon were said to dwell together. in his initiatory wanderings the neophyte therefore entered chambers of ever-increasing brilliancy to portray the ascent of the spirit from the lower worlds into the realms of bliss. as the climax to such wanderings he entered a great vaulted room, in the center of which stood a brilliantly illumined statue of the goddess ceres. here, in the presence of the hierophant and surrounded by priests in magnifi

o the sun: hermes of all creatures was nearest to god, and became known as the messenger of the gods. in the egyptian drawings of him, thoth carries a waxen writing tablet and serves as the recorder during the weighing of the souls of the dead in the judgment hall of osiris--a ritual of great significance. hermes is of first importance to masonic scholars, because he was the author of the masonic initiatory rituals, which were borrowed from the mysteries established by hermes. nearly all of the masonic symbols are hermetic in character. pythagoras studied mathematics with the egyptians and from them gained his knowledge of the symbolic geometric solids. hermes is also revered for his reformation of the calendar system. he increased the year from 360 to 365 days, thus establishing a precede

the dictates of his lower nature, enter upon a span of folly and thoughtlessness which will inevitably result in his undoing, or whether he will take the right-hand road and through integrity, industry, and sincerity ultimately regain union with the immortals in the superior spheres. it is probable that pythagoras obtained his concept of the u from the egyptians, who included in certain of their initiatory rituals a scene in which the candidate was confronted by two female figures. one of them, veiled with the white robes of the temple, urged the neophyte to enter into the halls of learning; the other, bedecked with jewels, symbolizing earthly treasures, and bearing in her hands a tray loaded with grapes (emblematic of false light, sought to lure him into the chambers of dissipation. this

ocates of christianity likened converts to fishes, who at the time of baptism "returned again into the sea of christ" primitive peoples believed the sea and land were inhabited by strange creatures, and early books on zoology contain curious illustrations of composite beasts, reptiles, and fishes, which did not exist at the time the medi val authors compiled these voluminous books. in the ancient initiatory rituals of the persian, greek, and egyptian mysteries the priests disguised themselves as composite creatures, thereby symbolizing different aspects of human consciousness. they used birds and reptiles as emblems of their various deities, often creating forms of grotesque appearance and assigning to them imaginary traits, habits, and places of domicile, all of which were symbolic of cer

loths at the time of preparing the body for eternal preservation. the following passage concerning this appears in the great egyptian book of initiation, the book of the dead "and behold, thou shalt make a scarab of green stone, which shalt be placed in the breast of a man, and it shall perform for him 'the opening of the mouth" the funeral rites of many nations bear a striking resemblance to the initiatory ceremonies of their mysteries. ra, the god of the sun, had three important aspects. as the creator of the universe he was symbolized by the head of a scarab and was called khepera, which signified the resurrection of the soul and a new life at the end of the mortal span. the mummy cases of the egyptian dead were nearly always ornamented with scarabs. usually one of these beetles, with o

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d behind the letter of the rituals, we can scarcely claim to understand our own doctrine; we can scarcely claim to have been regularly initiated, passed and raised in the higher sense of those expressions, whatever ceremonies we have formally passed through" the letter killeth, the spirit giveth life" let us enquire what the spirit of this puzzle-language is. the method of all great religious and initiatory systems has been to teach their doctrine in the form of myth, legend or allegory. as our first tracing-board lecture says" the philosophers, unwilling to expose their mysteries to vulgar eyes, meaning concealed their tenets and principles of philosophy under hieroglyphical figures" and our traditional history is one of these hieroglyphical figures. now the literally-minded never see beh

eing. how far and to what degree any of us is able to open his personal lodge determines our real position in masonry and discloses whether we are in very fact masters, craftsmen or apprentices, or only titularly such. progress in this, as in other things, comes only with intelligent practice and sustained sincere effort. but what is quite overlooked and desirable to emphasize is the power, as an initiatory force, of an assemblage of individuals each sufficiently progressed and competent to" open his lodge" in the sense described. such an assembly, gathered in one place and acting with a common definite purpose, creates as it were a vortex in the mental and psychical atmosphere into which a newly initiated candidate is drawn. the tension created by their collective energy of thought and wi

tted to approach it, so does the secret law of the spirit still avenge itself upon those who are unqualified to participate in the knowledge of its mysteries. hence the commandment" thou shalt not take the name of the lord thy god in vain" that is by invoking divine energy for unworthy or vain purposes. here, and upon the general subject of the signs, tokens and words employed and communicated in initiatory rites, may usefully be quoted the following words by a well-informed mason, who is of course speaking of them not as the merely perfunctory acts they are in ordinary lodges, but as they are when intelligently employed by those fully instructed in spiritual science and able to use signs, tokens and words with dynamic power and real efficiency" the symbols of the mysteries embodied in the

, until actual recovery of that lost secret, man must put up with its substitutions and regard these as sacramental of concealed realities, contact with which will be his great reward if he submits himself to the conditions upon which alone he may discover them. the existence of those realities and the regimen essential to their enjoyment are inculcated by masonry as they have been by every other initiatory order of the past, and it is for the fact that this knowledge is and always has been conserved in the world, so as to be ever available for earnest aspirants towards it, that gratitude is expressed to the grand master of all for having never left himself, or the way of return to him, without witness in this outer world. as much has been said about the ceremony of the third degree in oth

on of the soul's progress. but since it is a process involving a" most serious trial of fortitude and fidelity" and a grapple with oneself from which the timorous and self-diffident may well shrink, the mystery-systems have always exhibited an example for the instruction, encouragement and emulation of those prepared to make the attempt and the necessary sacrifice. to hearten them to the task the initiatory colleges have held up a prototype in the person of some great soul who has already trodden the same path and emerged triumphant therefrom. it matters nothing whether the prototype be one whose historic actuality and identity can be demonstrated, or whether he can be regarded only as legendary or mythical; the point being not to teach a merely historical fact, but to enforce a spiritual

able to discern that it was himself who at first was" without form and void" and who in virtue of that fiat lux! has at last become transformed from chaos and unconsciousness into a form so perfect and lucid as to become a co-conscious vehicle of divine wisdom itself. with this symbolic attainment of beatific vision at the restoration to light, the effective part of the royal arch ceremony as an initiatory rite concludes. what follows upon it is anti-climax and allegorical exposition of a similar nature to the traditional history in the master mason's degree. this takes the form of a mythos or dramatic narrative by the three sojourners, describing their release from captivity in babylon, their return to jerusalem under an impulse to assist in rebuilding the destroyed national temple, thei

ded to be transposed into spiritual values and that quasi-historic characters are meant to be impersonations of philosophic facts or principles, some difficulty may be felt on being asked to translate the quasi-historicity of the ceremonial text into the spiritualized interpretation here offered. the education and enlightenment of the understanding is, however, one of the deliberate intentions of initiatory rites, and until the mind is able to rise above merely material facts and habituate itself to functioning in the truer realm of ideas which materialize into facts and make facts possible, there is small chance of its profiting from rites like t hose of masonry, which are of wholly negligible value but for the spiritual force and vitalizing energy of their inherent ideas. it may, therefo

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adows. in the ancient lore of persian sorcery, with specifics to zoroastrianism, wolves were hated creatures which were said to be created by ahriman. the term khrafstra is a general word for noxious beasts, attributed to the druj or demons of the dragon ahriman. such imagery is used in the work of the black order of the dragon, a secret guild of witches and sorcerers who develop a left hand path initiatory guild based on (among others) persian sorcery and so-called black magick centered around the dragons ahriman and tiamat, who is of sumerian origin. the botd which is headed by a triad of witches called coven maleficia of the order of phosphorus have worked in vampyric areas of dreaming sorcery for some years. in the botd the initiate works through the symbolism of the transformation of

by a triad of witches called coven maleficia of the order of phosphorus have worked in vampyric areas of dreaming sorcery for some years. in the botd the initiate works through the symbolism of the transformation of the vampyre to the werewolf to the dragon in a dreaming centered development of what could be called luciferian witchcraft. the ritual contained here is but one example of some of the initiatory focus of this so-called sethianic 8 school. 6 the warlock s book by peter haining, 1970 7 16 lines which signify transformation in the wilderness to the shape of the wolf 8 a term used to define the left hand path alignment with the egyptian god set or set-an, a early form of satan or shaitan the adversary. 5 as a point of focus, the initiate who takes the flesh of the werewolf does so

tinomian or luciferian vision of rebellion is recognized and true initiation begins. in relation to baphomet, one must retrace the beginnings of the aniza tribe, which birthed the emergence of the imagery associated with the horned head of wisdom. as related in the sufis by idries shah, the arabic root fehm (charcoal) is fhm, meaning black or wise. this is recognizable and easily understood in an initiatory sense from the sufic phrase, dar tariki, tariqat (in the darkness, the path and reflects the ideal of the light or wisdom coming from the darkness. the arabic root fhm is symbolic of baphomet, meaning head of wisdom. in the knights templar, hugues de payns (which translates of 16 the sufis by idries shah and a history of secret societies by akron daraul. 10 the pagan) held a coat of arm

eth hearts, and who feedeth upon offal, the guardian of darkness, the god who is in the seker boat. this draws a comparison to the persian-iranian ahriman, who was also an opposing sorcerous daemon of darkness, who by averse practices, became stronger and immortal. set had legions of devils called seba who served the prince of darkness, and were known to hack and devour certain souls. in a modern initiatory context, the magician understands the these god forms represent isolate intellect, and self-deification through antinomian acts. set and seker have an interesting connection. in the xviith chapter of the book of the dead the spirit of the deceased prays that he is kept from the great god who devour the heart and soul, who is the guardian of darkness. this is revealed by e.a. wallis budg

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ame principles as more traditional forms of magick. the only exception is that darker symbols are sometimes involved. we do not consider these evil or harmful, as there is no ill intent towards anyone- they are simply a means of strengthening and connecting with the self on all levels. vampirism is quite natural to many aspects of the psyche with which we desire connection. the path of evil in an initiatory context is not in reference to moral or ethical pursuits or aberrations, rather one of adversarial focus by such god forms of antinomianian or sethanic (set) assumption separation from the natural order. to learn magick one must have begun to understand the self and individual strengths and weaknesses. magick is defined by aleister crowley as "the science and art of causing change to oc

pleasures of the earth. two: control by developing the will that the body shall become still. yoga and similar methods of obtainment be practiced until the self is still in the body. envision the self in present and direction or path from which you may become. three: the binding to the luciferic path of the adversary, the dedication to the great work of becoming. this may be conducted by ones own initiatory ritual, and the bornless one ritual of ascension. conduct these workings of high magick until the flaming swords of the seraphim reveal the path of the emerald crown of lucifer, that in holy light of the cunning fire shall you become in the illumination of seth. four: the earthly journey of the sorcerer, the path of the adversary and devil in flesh. the individual shall move through the

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

g drugs. 1948 george h. w. bush graduates from yale university and the skull and bones. it is known thatgeorge hw bush is a distant cousin of the queen of england, part of the black nobility which traces itspower back 5,000 years. 1948 crowleyean ritual magic allegedly worked by jack parsons and reputed naval intelligence agentron hubbard, who would later found the church of scientology, based on initiatory grades and a cos-mology reminiscent of theosophy. interestingly, the symbol of scientology is identical to the crowleyemblem depicted in the book of thoth. hubbard is reported to have maintained that he was a reincarna-tion of cecil rhodes. 1948 assassination of gandhi in india. 1948 israel creates central institute for intelligence and security. 1948 world council of churches founded i

MICHAEL W FORD THE VAMPIRE GATE

ced magick and sorcery techniques, which may be dangerous as well. i caution the use of this tome and suggest you not misuse it it can cause many issues if responsibility is not practiced. the vampyre magickian takes the individual and transforms it awakens you and will require that you shed the beliefs of your past. you will become something better. this will definitely offer a short cut in your initiatory focus in an age of a want it now but the price is diving into the abyss and having the will to emerge as a devouring god or goddess. you may wish to use some of these techniques, or all of them as a practitioner on the luciferian witchcraft circle this is entirely up to you. be sure as you will grow from it and become something better if not more balanced from the process itself. notice

ian spirits. just as lucifer was the brightest of angels, upon his initiation and fall he was encircled in darkness. thus he has the highest articulation and knowledge, the deviation and perverseness of the darkest aspects. he is both beast and serpent and he may take many forms as well. lucifer is proteus and changes at will. the astral plane when entered will provide an exciting and challenging initiatory experience. you must be willing to trust your instincts and above all know yourself. astral beings may experience the past like recordings in specific areas, pass through walls and enter dark places just as a spirit. this of course depends on the initiatory level of the vampyre magickian. much of this type of practice will indeed take time and focus to achieve. projecting your conscious

rovide you with a powerful method of practice and more than anything help achieve results. as you enter the astral plane, your mode of focus is of course consuming energy in this state. as your 10 consciousness moves out of your physical shell, you will no doubt be exposed to the astral plane as it is. there is no set or defined elements within the astral plane there are predators though. in this initiatory process, you will align your mind set as a vampyre magickian or sorcerer, thus creating the part for you to become a predator yourself. your physical body is surrounded and connected by an astral body. this is slightly larger than the physical and can be seen in ritual settings, some types of photography and by certain settings of light. the astral body is affected by the food, mental s

practice, the luciferian would implement the practice of magick and sorcery based on the ends they wish to achieve. there is no specific or set practice to proceed the grimoires offered are suggestions based on practice rather than defined dogma do what works for you. astral projection astral projection is a process of magick in which change begins within the self first. in order to prepare your initiatory experience if you chose in vampyric magick or sorcery, it is imperative that you align your mind with forces which are in direct control of the self. firstly, one must prepare under the process of asana, or posture. a posture which relaxes your body to the point of where you can feel energy flow between you and the air around you. often, ahrimanic yoga (liber hvhi) will give a foundatio

on for which you may afterwards get in a more relaxed and focused state of mind. 26 when preparing to project, keep the spine straight and lay in a position with your arms and legs held straight out your arms should be resting at your side. focus on rising up out of your body. an excellent method of developing this is to slow your heart rate by breathing exercises, much of which will control your initiatory advancement upon the luciferian or vampyre magickian path. breathe steadily and control your stillness and state of mind. preparing the luciferian spirit in luciferian witchcraft, liber hvhi and all of my other works, there are a handful of rituals and mantras which will focus the mind. let s try a more simple, perhaps direct means of preparing the mind. 1. facing east, have an image of

t, a mall, a gathering point watch for those who exhibit a lot of charisma and energy lock into their solar plexus with your eyes, watch then their breathing cycle. with your breathing, draw in and imagine their life essence draining into your being. the significance of the luciferian path in relation to vampirism is devouring god. appling darwinist principles in this magical process will aid the initiatory path of becoming a being like lucifer in the capacity in which you seek to be. it is essential to focus on accumulating enough energy to further develop yourself towards devouring godhead. ahriman and the path of darkness leads to light, that light is always within. what is good? everything that heightens the feeling of power in man, the will to power, power itself. nietzsche 34 good an

significant to the number one. one is alone and observe the rule of birth and death: you enter the world alone and you leave the world alone. 50 part two qlippothic black magick and vampyric sorcery 51 advanced vampyrism qlippothic sorcery so-called psychic vampyrism is directly associated with the predatory spirit as it is developed in the subconscious. it must be considered that vampyrism is an initiatory process, like luciferian witchcraft, which is never quelled or sated. the vampyre magickian will always move forward. transformation over time will change the course and mode of initiation, but the aim will be the same power and spiritual continuation. qlippothic vampyrism holds relevance to the vampyre magickian as it is a state of delving the depths of the subconscious and as some con

MICHAEL W FORD NOX UMBRA

the cloak of night- it is here you may spark a fire, sit and listen carefully to his tale. this path is dangerous, it may prove ones menial downfall. however, it is not advocating criminal or aggressive behaviour. nox umbra is a spiritual work, and should be viewed as such. primal sorcery and vampirism vampyrism is indeed a sinistral (left way or lhp) collection of various aspects of folklore and initiatory currents in black magic and sorcery. what enables sorcery to occur in a productive or destructive aspect is the combination of will-desire-belief. vampyrism within the current of modern witchcraft is a development from the sabbat- the infernal awakening of the sorcerer as a shadow-manifestation of ahriman, the persian- zoroastrian sorcerous being who was evil, or adversarial chaos embod

the night sky- all of this pleasures many take for granted. we are awake and nothing can stand in the way of that. we begin to understand who and what we are, the possibilities and the process of changing the natural order in accordance to our will. this is the lucifcrian and sethian flame of being- the black flame itself! there are specifically two methods of practice in vampyrisrn as within an initiatory context- mastery of the self and the left hand path approach of witchcraft and sorcery. the vampyre- initiate who seeks the union of ahriman and the disunion with the natural-order works in the darker or adversarial spirits, what is the same as within palo mayombe and petro voodoo currents of sorcery. by entrancing the self by the methods of offbeat rhythm, the magician calls forth the

tself as described by adrien cremene gave the following account, published in vampires, burial and death by paul barber "such an infant is born to a woman who has drunk of impure water mixed with the saliva of a demon, or to a woman who, having gone out in the night, her head bare, met a demon which gave her a red cap (coiffe) like his own, which cap causes the child to be born with a caul. in an initiatory context which implies the connection of folklore with inspired magical practice, the caul introduced in ritual practice (by a blood coloured cloth, stained with menstrual blood or otherwise) is the mark of lilith and cain, born unto the night within the mysteries of vampyrism. dress in vestments of the moon of the color of the red serpent, a blood red robe and a mask of the dead (in the

e black flame) is illuminated and revealed within. it is a rite of passage, of when the baphometic spirit of fire becomes separate from the natural order. thus the ritual of infernal union is a black magick working of self-empowerment and the beginning process of creating baphomet, or cain the lord of horsemen in the sethanic/luciferian witchcraft current. the work of babalon and lilith within an initiatory aspect is made through the alignment with the spirit of lilith, babalon and her children who would be your kin. by summoning and absorbing their knowledge and impulses, we become closer to her. in raphael patai's "the hebrew goddess" lilith is described as wearing jewelry and having red flaming hair. she is dressed in scarlet and wearing thirty-nine ornaments. she seduces man and fornic

ced by the cold and fiery embrace ofaz in the darkness i am born, of the vampyres kiss in the light of dawn i emerge- awake in the flame of the dragon -djinn so it is done! the gates of arezura this is a ritual from which the initiate opens the gates of hell, that is the meeting place of sorcerers and witches- those who travel into the darkness and flame of the sabbat. the gates of arezura is the initiatory point of which "i" is revealed and may become. you will realize your goals, your potentials and weaknesses to emerge to one who is becoming as ahriman. as ahriman is a form of the adversary in a primal sense, the darkness of being is to be explored and perceived as an extension of self. the aspect of ahriman is as half-beast, werewolf type vampyre from. ahriman is a spirit of darkness

ecy, by kunda- who is drunk from the blood of sheep i become! as i stand at the head of arezura- i enter in flesh the material world to manifest my desires- to become, advance and change the world according to my will by zazas i become by zazas i am always by nasatanada in opposition i become by zazas i change the world by my will" so it is done the opener of the way anubis is considered to be an initiatory god form, one which one assumes as a form of passage unto the celestial/luciferian realms of spirit and the infernal sabbat. anubis, as defined by e.a. wallis budge in "the gods of the egyptians" presents am ut, the "dweller in the chamber of embalmment" as the opener of the north (ap-uat) to the realm of set. anubis is also called hermanubis and death. heru-em-anpu is a dual god form

MIDNIGHTS CIRCLE A COMMENTARY OF AZOTHOZ

azothoz is a poetic grimoire which sigillizes in lyric and image the essence of set/shaitan the adversary, lilith and the sorcerous path of luciferian witchcraft. azothoz contains an essay on sethanic witchcraft and the development inspired from various correspondences around azazel, the middle eastern fire djinn who is regarded by practice as the initiatic spirit of sorcery. the adversary in an initiatory context as it pertains to the left hand path, the path of non-union with the subjective universe. part one of azothoz is the throne of twilight, this poetic invocation is the leviathanic dance against the sun and ensorcells the vampyric and shadow essence of not only the sabbat, but the sorcerous invocation of shaitan-lilith-azrael-ahriman, the infernal spirits who reside over the path

MOODY RAYMOND A LIFE AFTER LIFE

n our society, that psychoactive drugs cause the psychic episodes with which their use is associated. these psychic events are therefore considered to be "unreal "hallucinatory "delusional" or "only in the mind" one must remember, however, that this view is by no means universally accepted; there is another view of the relationship between drugs and experiences attending their use. i refer to the initiatory and exploratory use of what we call "hallucinogenic" drugs. through the ages men have turned to such psychoactive compounds in their quest to achieve other states of consciousness and to reach other planes of reality (for a lively and fascinating contemporary exposition of this side of drug use, see the recent book, the natural mind, by andrew weil, m.d) thus, drug use has historically

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

benedictines, the cistercians, and the templars. 3. trade-based freemasonry, which was born under the aegis of these associations and followed the form of lay brotherhoods or guilds. the history of freemasonry and its origins will form the first part of this book. in the second part, we will study the evolution of the professional organization; its purposes, both operational and speculative; its initiatory and spiritualist nature; its gradual transformation from an organization of those who worked in the art of building to those who engaged in a stricto sensu art of thinking and living; and the creation of modern freemasonry under the influences of and in circumstances connected to british history. the greatest common denominator that we can distinguish across the centuries, truly the mil

ntury, fra angelico's contemporaries would say that angels came down to paint his painting during the inspired slumber of this incomparable dominican monk. on the social and practical plane, it is not out of the question that traditional rites of the collegia survived during the time of the late empire, despite the triumph of christianity and its transformation into the state religion. with their initiatory and sacred value adapted to the new spirit of the age, these rites had in their favor the strength of popular custom and the people's interest in retaining them as signs of identification and professional secrets. it is generally thought that it was for reasons of this nature that early christianity readily adopted pagan rituals, symbols, and even gods, whom it made into legendary saint

stence since the tenth century and were connected with religious brotherhoods (tariqa; pi. turuq. it is important to note that the contemporary recollections of asnafs and turuq in shiite sects emphasize both the spiritually and socially educational value of labor.26 the hierarchical degrees apprentice, worker, foreman, and master were the rule, as were the obligation to mutual assistance and the initiatory oaths.27 trade secrets were gradually passed on to each grade in accordance with a legal custom (dustur, which was transmitted orally. the kinship of these professional brotherhoods with the christianized collegia of the late roman empire is obvious. among their members could be found not only arabs but converts mainly christians and jews. in lands that had become muslim it seemed that

entury crusade in spain, the advance post of christianity against the muslim world. this effort was the work of the benedictines of cluny. the crusades into spain and the middle east served to intensify and expand the propagation in the west of arab influences triggered two centuries earlier by the initial contact between the two civilizations. these influences were especially attributable to the initiatory movements that maintained the best and most long-lasting relations with the crusaders: those of the karmates, ismailians, fatimids, assassins, and brothers of purity. it was perfectly natural that spiritual and social interpenetration would be the outcome of the extensive relationship between the two cultures. it is this extensive arab influence, twin to that of the byzantine world, tha

the role attributable to the templars in the formation of freemasonry: the templars, the francs metiers, and freemasonry 101 1. the templars formed monastic builders associations that possessed greco-roman traditions passed down by the benedictines and cistercians. 2. the templars had close ties to christian and muslim architectonic associations in the east and were subject to their operative and initiatory influences. 3. in europe the templars were the source of the creation and development of builders associations that long enjoyed specific exemptions. the terms francs metiers and freemasonry are derived from these associations. 4. following the dissolution of the templar order, a certain number of templars were incorporated into the mastery associations of builders. to give a wider illu

o demolished the rest of it to enable jesus to ascend to heaven.'0 trinity chapel was also the seat of the confederation of the passion and resurrection of our lord, which received patent letters from charles v awarding them the privilege of staging the mystery of the passion and other catholic mystery plays. such performances, which were very popular during the middle ages, offered religious and initiatory amphibological sense relevant to the rituals of craftsmen. over time, however, their meaning was lost and they eventually became spectacles deemed impious by the clergy and justice authorities. nonetheless, the attraction of these plays survived for an audience of diverse quality made up mostly of the "mechanically minded" meaning artisans, according to pierre bonfons, who was a contemp

rotherhoods of the high middle ages. only the compagnonnages remained partially faithful to traditions, ideals, and ancient rites, as well as to this quality of universalism. their spread, however, was prohibited by the interdictions levied against them and by their activity, which was restricted to the defense of the interests of journeymen. the role they might have played in the transmission of initiatory values would go on to become the prerogative of scotch and english corporative masonry. these forms not only preserved the ancient legacy but also revitalized and enriched it with contributions from other initiatory sources. also, by removing masonry from its operative contingencies, it became possible for it to benefit not just masons but everyone whose ambition was to build the ideal

ON SET

n enhancing and exalting his gift of selfconsciousness. i do not pray nor worship set. set does not tell me what is good and evil; it is my own responsibility to reason ethical (and other) questions and act according to that reasoning. i take full responsibility for my actions. when i communicate with set, i do not lose my individuality, but become strenghtened by him in my self-consciousness and initiatory (self developing) work. as a priest of set i seek to enhance the possibility for individual, self-conscious, autonomous potential of mankind to actualize within the temple of set, and without it as well as appropriate- this does not include any kind of converting; by its very nature the need for individual selfbetterment must come from within an individual himself. no one can do such a

ONYX TABLET OF SET

tion section 2.01. the corporation shall not be a member of, or affiliated with any organization or institution. section 2.02. an individual member of the temple of set may be a member of, or affiliated with another primarily religious organization or institution during i membership status only. section 2.03. an individual member of the temple of set may be a member of, or affiliated with another initiatory organization or institution as long as, in the evaluation of any iv+ member, such membership does not conflict with or take precedence over membership in the temple of set. article 3. membership onyx tablet: ot.o,bylw temple of set author: date: july 4, x aes/1975 ce revision: july 11, xxvii aes/1992 ce html revision: august 8, 1999 ce section 3.01. there shall be six degrees of members

, shall be by the high priest. the chairman of the council may overrule such an interpretation. an overrule decision must be approved in writing by at least four other voting members of the council, such approval to be communicated to the high priest, the chairman, and the executive director by those council members individually. section 13.02. as used in these by-laws, the notation" following an initiatory degree means "this or any higher degree" section 13.03. all degrees of membership and all offices within the priesthood and temple of set may be held by persons of either sex. use of masculine pronouns in these by-laws is for simplicity only. u.s. internal revenue service federal tax exemption department of the treasury internal revenue service washington, d.c. 20224 date: june 16, 1976

r the high priest should be involved in whatever problem warrants expulsion consideration- c. downgrades from ii to i should be handled similarly- d. once a setian has been downgraded to the i, any priest may rerecognize him to the ii any time. before doing so, beyond all other considerations, this priest should consult with the priest who downgraded that setian, to properly evaluate whether that initiatory problem has been resolved by the setian in question- 4. we should never get into a petty recognition reversal struggle. if another priest reverses your recognition (in either direction, or just strongly disagrees with a (pending) recognition, then resolve the differences of opinion and reach agreement on the setian's actual achieved grade (through another priest's mediation if necessary

ith as many other setians, adepts, and priests as possible- 1. if a conflict between two setians (whether one, both, or neither are priest) is simply a personality conflict, then a peaceful separation is often advisable. we're not required to like all setians, and normally setians should not be required to work with or communicate with others they simply do not like- 2. if a conflict is due to an initiatory problem, then the priest who identifies the initiatory problem is authorized and should work with the initiate having these problems, despite personal conflicts. if another priest is willing and able to handle the initiatory problem, he should do so only after the first priest agrees to hand off the problem to the second priest, or agrees that the two priests can work together on the pr

e sure that this problem is addressed. the priest may insist that the setian involved work with this priest in resolving the problem- b. except as mentioned below, either party may invite other priests into the project. multiple viewpoints can help resolve these problems. all invited priests will communicate openly, fully, and honorably with all principals- c. there are times early in tackling an initiatory or behavioral problem when the chance for misunderstanding and miscommunication is at its highest. it's therefore often a good idea to limit the number of people involved in a misunderstanding in its early stages (1) it's reasonable for any involved party to request that the matter be kept private for a while, since it is often easier to resolve problems while they're still private (2)

such stories need to be tackled immediately with open discussion between the principals involved- a. ignoring stories of problems between setians because they may be personal and minor can lead to an expectation that setians can say what they want about anyone else without responsibility- b. this can lead to hostile environments, story telling, gossip, bad feelings, and sometimes to very serious initiatory or organizational problems- 3. humor and laughter are integral parts of the setian culture, but no setian should ever tell a *degrading* joke about another, a joke that can be interpreted in a way to humiliate that other setian, or to cast doubt about that other setian's integrity or nobility- a. even when you hear a setian tell a joke with himself as the punch line, do not repeat that

y someone will interpret it that way. so do not do it- 4. these stories, tales, and jokes can harm our fellow setians, and we should not tolerate them. however, remember that setian feelings and thoughts are private and personal. we are not and must not be "thought police. setians can think whatever they want about each other, as long as they do not allow their actions or statements to poison our initiatory environment_ g. priest to priest summary: problems within the priesthood need to be resolved in the priesthood- 1. if they are not resolved fully, if they result in an "agree to disagree" state, a "cooling down period" or a "don't bother me and i won't bother you" state, then that is the extent of the problem, and it should not be allowed to color other setians' relations with the pries

PATH OF INITIATION

an; this is the earth or land experience. 2. the 'year and a day' period (or a set period of a fixed time) of internal growth, or the "spiritual hermitage, or the trial-time; also, at times, instruction by otherworldly beings or their representatives; this is the station of the circling airs, that communicate knowledge. 3. the descent into the cavern of the black water and the two torches, or the initiatory chamber below (the chamber or cavern of enody or zerinthia) to the source, or to the presence of the initiatrix in the innerworld/underworld, the pale woman under the hill, queen in the meadows of elfhame, who brings about (a normally traumatic) ego death in the candidate, and bestows the innerworld birth, purification, and regeneration (which at this stage is largely unconscious in imm

far more poetic idea than the term "magic" expresses. knowledge and real wisdom, direct experience of the unseen world, and the ability to "reach into" the self, or the depths, to directly experience and mediate extra-sensory reality, causes what seem to be like "powers" or abilities to understand and influence some events in life. but this is only a tiny matter of a greater growth. the five-fold initiatory pattern leads to internal transformation, a "road change" from the straight road of the common person, moving slowly through fated time, onto the crooked path, or the third hidden road, which is the attainment of a "second destiny" of types. it's very subtle, and does not happen overnight. this pattern is embedded in the workings of the cosmos itself; we can see it in ourselves and in n

le use to represent them in the outer world) are not physical, blunt realities; they are internal, otherworldly mysteries that emerge through all things. they come from the unseen. a group is very unique and special indeed if it can really bring about these transformations in a systematic, direct way- most groups cannot, because 99% of people have not gone past the first one or two "steps" on the initiatory path. most people who call themselves occultists have not even gone past the first. luckily, a person can walk this entire path alone. in fact, even before you realize it, you are on this path, whether you belong to a group or to no group. groups that tell you otherwise are just trying to get your obedience or money, or both. i'm not saying that a good group of humble, like- minded peop

PHOSPHORUS

n independent voice or gate of hell, from the angelo-saxon word helan, meaning secret or hidden place. pairikas soror azhdeha iii director and overseer -the fiery dragon, an office of scarlet women. pairikas soror teth ii- director and overseer praecantrix dana dark -the ghost serpent, a witch of solitary and dreaming sorcery 3 each are bound to the circle to further expand, refine and direct the initiatory process under the practice of the luciferian witchcraft, persian and ahrimanean sorcery within a left hand path perspective. the grade structure of phosphorus is designed as a falling and ascending process, this involves a focus of the self and the essence of work itself. upon entry in the order of phosphorus, which is by invitation, a period of one year will be the time of which the in

et the emerald grail filled with the elixir of gold and silver. initiates are able to join the black order of the dragon after they have become unto the grade i the blackened forge of cain. the initiate may indicate their interest in the persian and vampyric sorcery of the botd to a magister or ii of the botd for entry. the botd is closed to those outside of the order of phosphorus. 4 much of the initiatory work of phosphorus is developed from numerous magickal paths, specifically the ideals of saturnus and that from gregor a. gregorius and that which is presented by dr. stephen edred flowers, author of fire& ice and lords of the left hand path. the antinomian path of self-deification as presented in a setian lens is essential to the luciferian path of phosphorus. we as an order embrace th

y and how the adversary relates to our own self-initiation. the forms of shaitan and how we commune with this force. a minimum two page essay (with or without artwork) on the essence of shaitan including magickal records resulting from the invocation of shaitan. 6 2. vox sabbatum the book of the witches sabbat. this is a grimoire which simplifies and lays a foundation for the witches sabbat as an initiatory practice. 3. the goetia luciferian edition. this encircles the practice of ceremonial magick as a means of self-initiation through both high and low sorcery. one must grow familiar with the avenues of self control as the encompassing of interior to exterior forces. 4. samael and lilith, results of ritual workings and how one unites the feminine and the masculine within the self. a minim

rit relates to the self both male and female. this will be crystallized and presented to the magistrate for review. you may present this in ongoing written work, magical records and discussions/results from coven workings. the order of phosphorus recognition process in regards to grade structure. grade o) void and the abyss issued by akhtya, coven maleficia, vox barathrum toph, botd iv toph is an initiatory guild which focuses on guiding the initiate through the process of initiation into the luciferian and witches sabbat gnosis, this like the individual, must be fitting to the practitioner in question. toph has a basic task grounded system which the initiate studies and practices, learns and develops a wide variety of sorcerous elements in regards to magick and left hand path witchcraft

iate as one who undertakes the numbered task listing in the guide book. you may approach you initial studies in your own time frame, but do not try to extend your stay in o) void and the abyss for more than one year without focusing on becoming into i the blackened forge of cain. the yatus and pairikas of coven maleficia may observe an initiate silently or known for some time to measure their own initiatory work, noting the spark of iblis grow within them through their own desire to gain knowledge and experience via luciferian and witches sabbat practice. the path of void and the abyss is to encircle yourself upon the path, by the spirit ways and shades of the path. the following books are essential to your initial study- writings by michael w. ford8 luciferian sorcery vox sabbatum yatuk d

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

form of short introductions to some of the sections and as footnotes to the text where we felt clarification was needed. future work. the golden dawn is a complete system of ceremonial magic. within the system may be found the basic technologies of spiritual development and their practical application. future books and tapes in this series will simplify and expand these techniques, including the initiatory rituals, for greater ease of study and use. lodges and study groups. the golden dawn system is not dependent on a filiation with any group proclaiming itself as "golden dawn" or "rosicrucian. nor, even though the initiatory rituals describe a lodge system, is group practice necessary for their enactment. all magic must ultimately take place in the psyche of the student. there are existi

n regardie felt (as in the above quotation) that psychology would find its "logical conclusion and fruition" within the golden dawn system! although wolf makes no reference to the golden dawn or l.v.x. per se, he has dealt a death knell to a classical physics model of psychological theory while a quantum mechanics model has been astoundingly and secretly kerneled within the profound symbology and initiatory technique of the golden dawn system for countless years! to quote wolf "it is my dream that quantum physics will bridge the gap between science and mysticism. as such it must lead thinkers and researchers to a new view of human behavior. b.f. skinner was not so wrong in attempting to deal with behavior scientifically, but he was the newton of behaviorists. we now search for the einstein

generated in a number of ways and these are through ceremonial magic, the middle pillar technique, the vibratory formula of the middle pillar, and the opening by watchtower. although regardie published a progressive ritualuse of the opening by watchtower in ceremonial magic, i would advise the beginning student to leave this particular ceremony strictly alone until he or she felt well within the initiatory containment and safety of the second order either through personal work xviii or within an initiatory group (later in this introduction i will offer suggestions for the individual to plan a safe and successful approach to this work overall) this light knows no moral or conscionable dictate (fire can bum your hand as surely as cook your favorite recipe) but this is the "holy and formless

g me severely for publishing the secret teachings of the order, and asking me in the future never again to refer to the order by name. and, strangely enough, one of the last letters received from aleister crowley before we became estranged (as described in the eye in the triangle) stated two things. first, in connection with my statement that one of the officiating officers had hurried through an initiatory ritualas though reading a batch of grocery bills-he remarked that i should have rudely told him to go to jericho, or words to that effect. and secondly, relative to the material itself, he roundly scolded me, stating i had absolutely no right whatsoever to have published this material and to have broken my sacred obligation to secrecy. many decades earlier, he had published these same o

e distance to his final goal, new york city. introduction 3 much the same progress should be followed here where the study material is concerned. make sure you allow enough time for this initial material to be absorbed before you press onward. more haste means less speed. take your time. there is no hurry. in many such cliches, there is a profound wisdom. in the opening passages of the very first initiatory ritual of the order is found the remarkable phrase "by names and images are all powers awakened and reawakened" this simple phrase sets the stage, as it were, for all subsequent order teaching. in effect it reveals the essential fact involved in all practical magical work. most of the later instructions merely elaborate the necessity for the correct vibration of the highest divine names

quality of teaching, had first heeded its instructions and counsel, their opinion might have been different. it is a sensible and rational approach to a vast subject with almost infinite ramifications. once this counsel has been well heeded, and closely adhered to, then the student could start dealing with the simplest elements of ritual and ceremonial procedures. an attempt to handle the complex initiatory rituals of the grades without proper preparation and guidance, can only end in failure. much the same is true of the complicated ceremonies described in the third volume. leave them severely alone until you have studied them sufficiently to know what you are doing. this may take considerable time. start off first with what is known as the lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram (p. 106

series of meditations or psychophysical exercises which could do much to prepare the student in a more dynamic way for this phase of things. they are to be found in a little book recently written by me called twelve steps to spiritual enlightenment (sangreal foundation, texas, 1969. it should prove useful in this connection. it might also be worthwhile for the student really to start studying the initiatory rituals, beginning naturally with the 0= 0o r e o hde grteee. ai wkou,ld counsel patience. do not hurrv. read the ritual manv times in order to clearly understand its kportance, its themkof bringing the candihate to the light, and what is involved in the various movements of the officers. only when thoroughly conversant with these ideas, should the student attempt to place himself in hi

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

n a number of clavicles and grimoires. some hebrew kabalists fell into similar follies, forgetting the anathemas pronounced in the bible against those who sacrifice on high places or in the caverns of the earth. all spilling of blood operated ceremonially is abominable and impious, and since the death of adonhiram the society of true adepts has a horror of blood. ecclesia abhorret a sanguine. the initiatory symbolism of pantacles adopted throughout the east is the key of all ancient and modern mythologies. apart from knowledge of the hieroglyphic alphabet, one would be lost among the obscurities of the vedas, the zend-avesta and the bible. the tree which brings forth good and evil, the source of the four rivers, one of which waters the land of gold. that is, of light. and another flows thr

for nimbus and a cloud for vestment, having pillars of fire for his legs, and setting one foot upon the earth and another on the sea, is truly a kabalistic panthea. his feet represent the equilibrium of briah, or the world of forms; his legs are the two pillars of the masonic temple, jakin and boaz; his body, veiled by clouds, from which issues a hand holding a book, is the sphere of yetzirah, or initiatory ordeals; his solar head, crowned with the radiant septenary, is the world of atziluth, or perfect revelation; and we can only express our astonishment that hebrew kabalists have not recognized and explained this symbolism, which so closely and inseparably connects the highest mysteries of christianity with the secret but invariable doctrine of all the masters in israel. the beast with s

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

n that we shall approach the secret commonwealth. in many ways the close of the twentieth century is a good time to reassess this text and present it in modern english: today there is a huge upsurge of interest and involvement in all types of esoteric and magical tradition. we can recognize much of what occurs in kirk's book, not only as remnants of celtic paganism, but as an account of an active initiatory tradition, related in some ways to shamanism, though this word is so, frequently misapplied today that it might be better not to use it in the context of gaelic/celtic traditions. http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_1.htm (5 of 8 [10/9/2001 12:33:52 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds(pages 1-9) there are, nevertheless, some very close parallels in kirk's account of fairies and seco

e shall return to these reasons shortly. kirk concludes that seership and healing powers are what we would today call genetically inherited talents. in this conclusion he precedes the work of rudolph steiner, who has written extensively upon such subjects, by three centuries. kirk does not, however, consider genetic inheritance to be the sole means by which the sight is acquired, for he describes initiatory techniques connected to it, one of which seems to be for acquiring the sight permanently (pages 32-33) and another for a temporary experience of it (page 33. he also makes some comments upon the nature of light, and a higher order or octave of light connected to seership (pages 34-35. this octave theory is a perennial concept, with parallels in a number of magical and philosophical text

cipline to follow, and in introduction 14 many cases, and for good reasons, interpretation is intentionally frowned upon and eschewed. it was the neglected inner spirit or deeper levels of tradition, so well illuminated by kirk, that seem to me to demand the running commentary. of particular interest is the concept, not devised by me, but stated in several places by kirk himself that there was an initiatory and instructional tradition connected to seership, and a metaphysics and philosophy of the fairy traditions. the majority of the comments and cross-references or comparative examples, therefore, deal with this undertone (an apt word) of a wisdom-tradition in connection with fairy lore. i have dealt with some of the psychological or psychic dynamics of traditional themes elsewhere (see b

rtant area of study adequately, we would need to add an anthropologist to our group of experts, so in introduction 15 the present book these connections are touched upon not as examples of anthropological material, but only in the senses where they merge with the esoteric or perennial wisdomtraditions expressed in so many different forms through the centuries. in other words, the gaelic seers had initiatory techniques sometimes similar to those of the siberian shamans, though there is no suggestion that one derives in any way from the other. they rise from properties and qualities of human consciousness, particularly in relationship to the environment, a subject which kirk himself discusses in several places. modernizing the original text in presenting this new edition of robert kirk's sma

lements and the trinity, we have used simple mathematical or geometric patterns, in the time-hallowed method of magical and spiritual tuition worldwide. overall the illustrations are intended to help the reader not only with kirk's text itself but with my commentary upon it, which selects certain of the magical and metaphysical elements of the thesis, and aims to reveal the presence of a coherent initiatory tradition within gaelic, and indeed european, fairy lore. http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_10.htm (7 of 8 [10/9/2001 12:34:12 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds(pages 10-18) worldwide copyright 1990, 1998-2001, rj stewart, all rights and permissions reserved http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_10.htm (8 of 8 [10/9/2001 12:34:12 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds(pages 21-29

s of pagan celtic religion and philosophy. this undertone of a perennial wisdom-teaching runs thr-oughout celtic tradition, but it is intermingled with a vast range of humble beliefs, superstitions, and variants of orthodox commentary 78 religion. it is interesting to consider, from kirk's evidence, that a certain amount of philosophical instruction was handed down among seers, over and above the initiatory and interpret-ative lore that is well recorded. pages 22-23 they remove to other lodgings at the beginning of each quarter of the year, so traversing until doomsday. and at such revolutions of time, seers or men of the second sight. have veer terrifying encounters with them. therefore [they] have made it a custom. to keep church duly every first sunday of the quarter. and. will not be s

da concerning hell. but in earlier tradition the underworld was said to be a place filled with light, with many realms or great dimensional realms and spaces. it is in this kind of location that the fairy houses in kirk's text are located. http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_82.htm (3 of 10 [10/9/2001 12:36:03 am] robert kirk- walker between worlds(pages 82-91) we find a detailed psychopompic or initiatory journey through the underworld in the ballad and the romance poem of thomas rhymer, deriving from a thirteenth-century historical poet, who uttered many local prophecies, some of which seem to have come true.17 in thomas's vision, the underworld or elfland contains rivers of blood and water, vast plains, a magical tree of life, and beautiful halls. it is lit not by the sun or moon, but

RUBY TABLET OF SET

influences that gradually superseded the old animistic paganism. marcus tullius cicero (106-43 bce) is generally regarded as one of the more prominent advocates of this roman stoicism [together with the emperor marcus aurelius (161-180 ce, although he considered himself an academic skeptic [after the platonic academy in athens. in the 1st century bce rome saw the significant influence of imported initiatory systems, such as those of mithras (persia, the magna mater (phrygia/asia minor, and osiris/serapis (egypt. roman philosophy was heavily influenced by the customs, needs, and functions of the secular state. at the time of its original monarchy, rome also had an assembly (all male citizens of military age) and a senate. the assembly was essentially a ratifying body with veto power; it cou

. so rather than try to encompass all of set, intellectually or emotionally, rather than try to understand all of set, we can work with neters which are facets of set's being, facets of set's symbolism. each neter can be thought of as a specific element of set. as examples, shu is one set of symbolism, one set of ideas, that an initiate can work with to "get somewhere" with, to accomplish certain initiatory goals. tefnut is another set of ideas, as is geb, isis, etc. rather than trying to encompass and work with the entire universe simultaneously, grab whatever you can hold onto, work with that handful, study that symbol or symbols, and see what it leads to. we had originally intended to discuss whether or not the neters might or might not exist in their own right. having discussed the abo

: that is right. and the final proof of this is that adepts in all cultures and all ages have inclined towards this same realization, no matter what exploratory methods they may have used and what linguistic terminology they may have employed "proof" in the scientific sense is the achievement of identical results under identical circumstances by independent researchers. our comparison of just two initiatory systems. that of plato and that of yoga. meets these criteria exactly, given that the "identical circumstance" in this case is earthly incarnation. the chimaera: similar evidence could be obtained from additional case studies of other initiatory systems. but one substantiation suffices for our discussion. the sphinx: and now, i think, we are finally in a position to understand plato's d

t them, in the miracles or mysteries of the gods, might escape him. withal, not being ignorant, that the rites of those places were deduced from the egyptian ceremonies, by means whereof he hoped to participate of the more sublime and divine mysteries in egypt, which he pursued with admiration, as his master thales had advised him. the sphinx: two rather intriguing points. first that mesopotamian initiatory priesthoods were thought to be corruptions or derivations of their egyptian counterparts, and secondly that pythagoras undertook his quest on the advice of thales. thales was reputed to have been born of a phoenician mother, and it is more-or-less reliably established that he studied the science of geometry in egypt.14 but please continue. the chimaera: here are some extracts from chapt

l ordination. the chimaera: now how would plato come to know that bit of information, unless he were party to policies within the egyptian priesthoods? the sphinx: it is always possible that he heard it from the pythagoreans, although it seems only incidental to the sort of doctrines that pythagoreans would be inclined to discuss. so here we may have a link directly between plato and the egyptian initiatory orders. continue with the material from stanley. the chimaera:17 diogenes saith, that whilst he lived with these priests, he was instructed in the learning and language (as antiphon also affirms) of the egyptians, and in their three kinds of writing, epistolick, hieroglyphick, and symbolick; whereof one imitates the common way of speaking; the rest allegorical, by aenigms. they who are

pharaoh of the xxx dynasty. hence it would have been both relatively secure from a political standpoint and a logical place for plato to seek egyptian initiation.26 the sphinx: talk about last minute timing! in 340 bce, after more than four thousand years of native national rule, egypt finally fell to a persian army [which in turn fell to alexander the great in 332. how sophisticated the egyptian initiatory systems remained under purely occupational governments is open to question. as would be the willingness of egyptian priests to initiate foreigners under such circumstances. even pythagoras' initiation many years earlier seems to have occurred only after some arm-twisting by amasis, himself a native egyptian pharaoh and thus an initiate in his own right. a persian or a ptolemaic ruler wo

ic doctrines. with their apparent sophistication and seeming uniqueness. and the decidedly diluted commentaries (such as those of aristotle) which trailed along after them] the chimaera: having come this far, what may we conclude concerning plato's legacy? the sphinx: he left two memorials: his writing and his academy. the former contain discussions of forms [or egyptian "gods" if you will] on an initiatory level, although they are also useful as exercises in ordinary logic. the latter was, in effect, a pythagorean school minus the strict personal and psychological discipline that pythagoras thought important [and which contributed directly to the burning of crotona and the slaying of pythagoras himself. by outraged ex-students who had failed to withstand the pressure. evidently plato thou

SAPPHIRE TABLE OF SET MAIN

serves. this i will do now. i do not anticipate that what i will say will come as any surprise to you; rather i intend this letter as a way of taking the implicit and making it explicit. you will notice also that this is the first of my letters addressed only to the iv. this is because, by definition, only a master of the temple may comprehend that grade. nor may it be "taught" to those of lesser initiatory degrees. like the ii and the iii, it is something that the individual must seek for himself and attain through the illumination of his will. hence the title of this letter "those who seek shall find" and thus again the meaningful use of the term "recognition" as opposed to promotion. the term "master" is one of preeminent honor in all of the artistic, religious, and philosophical pursui

calling. in magic and metaphysics, the master is one who understands those things which others call "occult" or "mysteries. he author: michael a. aquino vi temple of set date: march 10, xi html conversion: dec 7, 2000 ce subject: the master of the temple may be called a saint, a sage, a mahatma, a medicine man, a shaman, a witch doctor, or a philosopher. transculturally he is a master. within the initiatory arts of magic, the concept of the master has been most precisely formulated to date by aleister crowley. let me cite the key descriptive passages concerning a master of the temple (8=[3] of the a:.a. from magick in theory and practice "the essential attainment is the perfect annihilation of that personality which limits and oppresses his true self. the magister templi is preeminently th

our own experience to bring forth to create a unique harmony within ourselves and our world. our path is burdened by strife, false pride, and true anguish of not knowing what to do- and rewarded by love, personal victories, mindful cooperation, and the sense of the unknown. given our values, and our weaknesses, initiation is a very important concept to us. now keep in mind that i am the ceo of a initiatory school and not-for-profit corporation, so you will remember my biases, which is the first step of changing reading into reading. since we live in an age of distrust, any group that seeks to recreate mankind's legacy of initiation will be (and for the sake of keeping the group honest *should* be) viewed with two types of distrust. the first is the commendable "why are these bozos any bet

erns the continued transmission. of the supernatural knowledge that is its commonwealth and its justification. each needs the other (cited in david gordon white's _the alchemical body: siddha traditions in medieval india *initiation is real-world testable. primates appear to be hard-wired to travel in packs, and a good deal of our "ritual" behavior is there to make us fit in. secret societies and initiatory schools are both aided and retarded by this evolutionary tendency. it's fun to "fit in- doubly so for people who have spent a good deal of their lives as misfits. however learning social codes is hardly initiation. initiation is meaningless unless it helps you deal both with the crises of your life *and* with achieving your enlightened goals. the would-be initiate must ask himself two q

it helps you deal both with the crises of your life *and* with achieving your enlightened goals. the would-be initiate must ask himself two questions. one: is this group i'm in really a school? are other people really getting better? an individual may get better in any group- you may have learned your social skills in a coin-collecting club- but that doesn't mean that numismatic associations are initiatory. two: am i *really* getting better? am i able to perform greater feats of mind, heart, body, and magic? the former questions require an easily obtainable skepticism (easily obtainable in that as much as 1% of the population can honestly ask them) asking the later question is the force that divides the initiate from the social critic (probably about 1% of the first group can become the s

cause it is _communication_ between the realms of being and becoming that has brought the iii access to a (temporary) divine mode of being. it is communication that will further enhance this process and make it more and more reliable and permanent. who better to communicate with than other people who seek after the experience of the divine? the iv takes a bit more long-term view on the process of initiatory communication. she realizes that it is not enough that temporary access to the realm of being be ascertained (as the iii seek to do. a whole system of molding suitable people to attain the various stages (including the iii) is needed so that city of the pyramids will be nourished. why is this and what is the nourishment needed for? theoretically a non-natural being could survive eternal

be essential. then this must be cast reflecting on the state of the ou and horus- how must this method be presented so that it will transform present day people? creating the methods is not always enough; also a school with various levels of people will often be needed to make the passage into higher realms possible (not to mention probable. this is where the orders and various other mundane and initiatory projects come to play. the world must be prepared to receive the teaching. initiatory teachings show where to look for the divine and how to draw new being/substance therefrom. the outer masterpiece of the master of the temple of set, is, to my mind, a crystallization of her initiatory methodology/formula. this crystallization will probably (at least at first) be clear only to the eye o

SAPPHIRE TABLET OF SET

serves. this i will do now. i do not anticipate that what i will say will come as any surprise to you; rather i intend this letter as a way of taking the implicit and making it explicit. you will notice also that this is the first of my letters addressed only to the iv. this is because, by definition, only a master of the temple may comprehend that grade. nor may it be "taught" to those of lesser initiatory degrees. like the ii and the iii, it is something that the individual must seek for himself and attain through the illumination of his will. hence the title of this letter "those who seek shall find" and thus again the meaningful use of the term "recognition" as opposed to promotion. the term "master" is one of preeminent honor in all of the artistic, religious, and philosophical pursui

calling. in magic and metaphysics, the master is one who understands those things which others call "occult" or "mysteries. he author: michael a. aquino vi temple of set date: march 10, xi html conversion: dec 7, 2000 ce subject: the master of the temple may be called a saint, a sage, a mahatma, a medicine man, a shaman, a witch doctor, or a philosopher. transculturally he is a master. within the initiatory arts of magic, the concept of the master has been most precisely formulated to date by aleister crowley. let me cite the key descriptive passages concerning a master of the temple (8=[3] of the a:.a. from magick in theory and practice "the essential attainment is the perfect annihilation of that personality which limits and oppresses his true self. the magister templi is preeminently th

our own experience to bring forth to create a unique harmony within ourselves and our world. our path is burdened by strife, false pride, and true anguish of not knowing what to do- and rewarded by love, personal victories, mindful cooperation, and the sense of the unknown. given our values, and our weaknesses, initiation is a very important concept to us. now keep in mind that i am the ceo of a initiatory school and not-for-profit corporation, so you will remember my biases, which is the first step of changing reading into reading. since we live in an age of distrust, any group that seeks to recreate mankind's legacy of initiation will be (and for the sake of keeping the group honest *should* be) viewed with two types of distrust. the first is the commendable "why are these bozos any bet

erns the continued transmission. of the supernatural knowledge that is its commonwealth and its justification. each needs the other (cited in david gordon white's _the alchemical body: siddha traditions in medieval india *initiation is real-world testable. primates appear to be hard-wired to travel in packs, and a good deal of our "ritual" behavior is there to make us fit in. secret societies and initiatory schools are both aided and retarded by this evolutionary tendency. it's fun to "fit in- doubly so for people who have spent a good deal of their lives as misfits. however learning social codes is hardly initiation. initiation is meaningless unless it helps you deal both with the crises of your life *and* with achieving your enlightened goals. the would-be initiate must ask himself two q

it helps you deal both with the crises of your life *and* with achieving your enlightened goals. the would-be initiate must ask himself two questions. one: is this group i'm in really a school? are other people really getting better? an individual may get better in any group- you may have learned your social skills in a coin-collecting club- but that doesn't mean that numismatic associations are initiatory. two: am i *really* getting better? am i able to perform greater feats of mind, heart, body, and magic? the former questions require an easily obtainable skepticism (easily obtainable in that as much as 1% of the population can honestly ask them) asking the later question is the force that divides the initiate from the social critic (probably about 1% of the first group can become the s

cause it is _communication_ between the realms of being and becoming that has brought the iii access to a (temporary) divine mode of being. it is communication that will further enhance this process and make it more and more reliable and permanent. who better to communicate with than other people who seek after the experience of the divine? the iv takes a bit more long-term view on the process of initiatory communication. she realizes that it is not enough that temporary access to the realm of being be ascertained (as the iii seek to do. a whole system of molding suitable people to attain the various stages (including the iii) is needed so that city of the pyramids will be nourished. why is this and what is the nourishment needed for? theoretically a non-natural being could survive eternal

be essential. then this must be cast reflecting on the state of the ou and horus- how must this method be presented so that it will transform present day people? creating the methods is not always enough; also a school with various levels of people will often be needed to make the passage into higher realms possible (not to mention probable. this is where the orders and various other mundane and initiatory projects come to play. the world must be prepared to receive the teaching. initiatory teachings show where to look for the divine and how to draw new being/substance therefrom. the outer masterpiece of the master of the temple of set, is, to my mind, a crystallization of her initiatory methodology/formula. this crystallization will probably (at least at first) be clear only to the eye o

SATANGEL

would not simply blame the author or otherwise assume inauthenticity of the text itself. instead, they would take it to a priest to be blessed (indeed, there are many grimoire existent that have actually been copied and composed by the hands of clergymen, or written with the assumption that the diabolist has been ordained. these grimoire were as essential to the passing on of the black art as any initiatory lineage, and were not easy to come by. the quest to obtain such would often involve long journeys to foreign lands, the exchange of quite vast amounts of money, and occasionally the loss of life. hence the devils and angels summoned by them, like the sorcerers that used them, had great respect for the mere obtainment of such a volume. this in itself would be enough to create a powerfull

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

but a branch of others yet more transcendent in the powers they have obtained, and yet more illustrious in their origin. are you acquainted with the platonists "i have occasionally lost my way in their labyrinth" said i "faith, they are rather difficult gentlemen to understand "yet their knottiest problems have never yet been published. their sublimest works are in manuscript, and constitute the initiatory learning, not only of the rosicrucians, but of the nobler brotherhoods i have referred to. more solemn and sublime still is the knowledge to be gleaned from the elder pythagoreans, and the immortal masterpieces of apollonius "apollonius, the imposter of tyanea! are his writings extant "imposter" cried my host "apollonius an imposter "i beg your pardon; i did not know he was a friend of

il of nature to destroy. to the unprepared the elixir is thus but the deadliest poison. amidst the dwellers of the threshold is one, too, surpassing in malignity and hatred all her tribe, one whose eyes have paralyzed the bravest, and whose power increases over the spirit precisely in proportion to its fear. does thy courage falter "nay; thy words but kindle it "follow me, then, and submit to the initiatory labours" with that, mejnour led him into the interior chamber, and proceeded to explain to him certain chemical operations which, though extremely simple in themselves, glyndon soon perceived were capable of very extraordinary results "in the remoter times" said mejnour, smiling "our brotherhood were often compelled to recur to delusions to protect realities; and, as dexterous mechanici

defiance, by aspiration towards, and reliance on, the former and director of nature, whose messenger and instrument of reassurance is faith. mervale: conventionalism. nicot: base, grovelling, malignant passion. glyndon: unsustained aspiration: would follow instinct, but is deterred by conventionalism, is overawed by idealism, yet attracted, and transiently inspired, but has not steadiness for the initiatory contemplation of the actual. he conjoins its snatched privileges with a besetting sensualism, and suffers at once from the horror of the one and the disgust of the other, involving the innocent in the fatal conflict of his spirit. when on the point of perishing, he is rescued by idealism, and, unable to rise to that species of existence, is grateful to be replunged into the region of th

SIX ANGLED RITE OF THE ROYAL SUN OF THE GOAT LORD

ting any of the names of the secret lord over it, before silently communing with the master in your head, revealing to him what you desire, and, most importantly, what you will "give back" to him, should your desires be met. you, and your devotion and service to him, are the most powerful offerings you can make; some give these things, asking only for empowerment as a witch, which is in fact the "initiatory vow" that you hear so much about, and this rite makes for a fine so-called "self dedication" rite, when used for this purpose. it can also be a "re-dedication" whenever you need the strengthening. once you have considered carefully what you desire or need (and don't forget that this rite can just be done for simple praise, without necessarily "asking" for something) you drink some of th

SIX WAYS OF KNOWLEDGE

here's three exercises to gain the skill of self-centric hearing. the next time you give advice to someone, excuse yourself and write down the advice somewhere. underneath the advice write the question "is this advice really for me" put the writing away for a few days and then read it over. you'll be struck at your wisdom of words, but not of deeds. learning to learn from yourself is an important initiatory skill as your self-transformation reaches greater level. secondly try making a tape recording of yourself during a personal ritual. don't let this tape into the hands of others, but some days after you have spoken your words into the great dark, play them back. ask yourself "do these words reflect an lhp bias? what do my words show me that i need to work on" a third exercise is to tell

STEINER RUDOLF CHRISTIANITY AS MYSTICAL FACT

ably alive and moving among humankind. in human beings the mysteries and mysteriosophy 21 the spirit has been released from enchantment; yet it is the offspring of the spellbound god. he is not the great god who was, and is, and shall be, yet he may in a certain sense be taken as a revelation of him. the father remains at rest in the unseen. the son is born to human beings out of their own souls. initiatory knowledge is thus an actual event in the cosmic process. it is the birth of a divine child a process just as real as any natural process. the great secret of the mystai was precisely this, that they creatively release the divine child in themselves. first of all, however, they must be prepared so as to recognize it. the uninitiated know nothing of the father of this divine child. the fa

usis, the wisdom of the greek mysteries, mysteriosophy.84 the festivals were celebrated twice in the course of each year, and dramatized the cosmic events governing the fate of the divine in the world and of the human soul. the lesser mysteries took place in february, the greater mysteries in september. initiation into the mysteries took place in connection with these festivals. the climax of the initiatory proceedings was a symbolic enactment of the human and cosmic drama on the site. the temples at eleusis were dedicated to the goddess demeter. she is a daughter of kronos, and before his marriage to hera, zeus had by her a daughter, persephone. once while persephone was out playing, pluto, the god of the underworld, carried her off. demeter went wandering through the world lamenting and

rld-body in the form of a cross, and the subsequent organization of the cosmos constitutes a redemption of the crucified world- soul.90 if someone is to become an osiris the same process must take place in miniature. the initiand must allow the inner experience of becoming an osiris to unfold and fuse with the events of the cosmic osirian myth. if we were able to look inside the temples where the initiatory transformation into osiris took place, we would 90 christianity as mystical fact see that the events enacted there on the human scale were a representation of the cosmogony. humanity originates from the father and is to bear within it the son; the actual presence within human beings of the divinity, held captive by a spell, is to be brought to manifestation. the god within is held down

thin him. there were already links between jesus and the family at bethany; that simply indicates that jesus had made everything ready in that family for the final act of the drama, the raising of lazarus. lazarus was a pupil of jesus. 118 christianity as mystical fact he was a pupil of whom jesus could be absolutely confident that his raising from the dead could be achieved. the final act of the initiatory drama consisted in a symbolic enactment, through which the spirit was revealed. it was not just a matter of grasping the principle expressed in the words die and become; it had to be consummated through an inward act. the earthly part, of which in the mysteries the higher self learned to feel ashamed, had to be put off. the earthly self had to die that was the reality behind the outer s

ens in hamlet. but a very different kind of knowledge would be the outcome of a rich involvement in shakespeare s treatment of the theme. no mere description could compare with such a living content in the soul, for which the idea of hamlet has become a personal artistic realization. and on a higher level, something similar happens in a person who lives through the magically charged events of the initiatory process. such a one experiences in symbolic enactments what is achieved in the spirit. the miracle of lazarus 119 symbol here denotes an outwardly perceptible act, which in itself, however, is only an image not an unreal image, but one behind which stands a real event. the earthly body, then, has lain dead for three days. new life rises out of death. life has overcome death, and there c

the seclusion of the temple and led to creative independence. there was a protected space where the air was prepared for these processes. the initiates were those called to lead others and, at the same time, to guide cultural life. they were born ahead of their time, and they brought to birth the i (the ego, or self) in a particular way that anticipated the development of the general population. initiatory knowledge is thus an actual event in the cosmic process. it is the birth of a divine child a process just as real as any natural process. 27 26. see page 1. 27. see page 21. 204 christianity as mystical fact in this form of the mysteries, pre-christian christianity reveals characteristics that are difficult to recognize in its ecclesiastical form after christ, characteristics that never

he nature of the gods i, 119. 16. xenophanes, fragment 14. the main fragments of xenophanes are translated in kirk, raven, and schofield, the presocratic philosophers (cambridge university, princeton, 1984, pp. 163ff. for a good brief introduction to his thought, see bruno snell, the discovery of the mind (dover, new york, 1982, pp. 140ff. 17. xenophanes, fragment 15. 18. on this see the hermetic initiatory discourse or asclepius. 19. xenophanes, fragment 23. 20. the teachings of mysteriosophy remained almost entirely secret at least until some recent discoveries such as the derveni papyrus. steiner recognized, however, that the mysteryteachings could be discerned through their influence on the 214 christianity as mystical fact pre-socratic philosophers. the new evidence has shown him righ

SYMBOLISM

. so rather than try to encompass all of set, intellectually or emotionally, rather than try to understand all of set, we can work with neters which are facets of set's being, facets of set's symbolism. each neter can be thought of as a specific element of set. as examples, shu is one set of symbolism, one set of ideas, that an initiate can work with to "get somewhere" with, to accomplish certain initiatory goals. tefnut is another set of ideas, as is geb, isis, etc. rather than trying to encompass and work with the entire universe simultaneously, grab whatever you can hold onto, work with that handful, study that symbol or symbols, and see what it leads to. we had originally intended to discuss whether or not the neters might or might not exist in their own right. having discussed the abo

TECHNICIANS GUIDE TO THE LEFT HAND PATH

e physical self, but the ideas and symbols representive of him or herself through time. as ideas are extended, others will follow the way of the ideas, this internalization within others is a retraction inward (as opposed to the initial extension outward from its originating source) and forms the basis of synthesis and direct knowledge. it is the action of resonance. resonance, as both a personal initiatory, and larger aeonic mechanism lies at the very heart of transcendent experience. as such, resonance becomes a template for the technical discussions that abound further within this book. it is through synchronous/harmonic/enharmonic resonance (among other variations) that extension and retraction attract the activity necessary for tranformation. this complex energetic relationship descri

derstood as a metaphor that describes transformational subjective experience, or as a platen to understand the relation between consciousness and objective reality. the designation is of little significance, either way it is a tool for placing the experiences of the subjective and objective universes of man into a model activity that can be emulated. taken to its extreme limits, it is an advanced initiatory approach towards obtaining expanded levels of consciousness. the dynamic potential of self individuation through the left hand path is reflected by the egyptian word xeper (pronounced keh-fer. this can be understood in many integrated ways, but for the focus of personal initiation, xeper will be dealt with as a process. it is this process- if willfully enacted- that results in the initi

es. the negative and destructive aspects of isolation and destruction were emphasized and as egypt turned more to an idealized past, set-heh, the god of the void called the future, came to resemble the christian satan. the third blooming came with the coming of the greeks to egypt. it is from this period that the hellenic notions of independence and self-worth began to revive both the operant and initiatory aspects of the new kingdom set cult. the spells in this volume are taken in the main from the third blooming. the success of the graeco-egyptian magic, despite roman persecution, saw an expansion of both the philosophical and magical aspects of this tradition as far north as britain. the third century of the common era was the height of setian hermeticism. for useful magical and cultura

the third resurgence maintains its own importance, for it most directly effects the practices and perceptual constructs of the fourth and present setian remanifestation. the third resurgence emerged during the initial stages of development into the hermetic tradition of magic (a synthesis of egyptian, and graeco-roman magical philosophy and practice) which has so greatly influenced modern western initiatory systems. the nature of the antinomian character is eclectic and diverse, however the real meaning behind such diversity- relative to left hand path philosophy- is simple. many people say the same things in different ways. they say them differently because they, as individuals, have their own affinities, likes and dislikes, disposition and cultural/genetic heritage. thus, some are drawn

ever be regulated or packaged as a system for attainment, however xeper finds its best tools for the continuous personal evolution and self-deification within the lhp of the post modern setian mysteries. it is the challenge for the individual to explore and discover which tactic suits their personal needs. however, given this broad characterization of approach, a certain tension is created within initiatory interactions. i have mentioned previously that a vital aspect of the lhp was a separation of the different "lenses" the individual perceives their environment through. separation and then synchronization of these lenses produces completely new and unique ways to understand oneself and the world around them. however, each synchronization will involve a readjustment and this will result i

of the lhp. for the truly adept, they will need to recognize that initiation is more an art than a science. it is a personal creation that involves the most intimate aspects of the psyche; and as such, it is dangerous. culture, psychological disposition, and genetic tendency comprise much of what we each perceive ourselves and others to be. cognitive restructuring as a fundamental premise of the initiatory scheme, leads towards the transformation of the individual. further, this psychological re-construction takes into account that there are still aspects of the psyche still unknown and yet to be discovered. many of the tools and clues necessary for this great work are found within science and religion, philosophy and literature, magical ritual and psychology. most importantly, one recogn

ters. it is such, that within the limitations of the written word that this book can only pass on to the reader some generalized knowledge about the most fundamental aspects of this specialized language. now, when i speak of specialized language i am not speaking of newly invented words. i am talking about old words that within special settings take on new meanings. this foreshadows the idea that initiatory schools, or places of esoteric teaching, are vital and necessary for the evolution of the ideas presented. the school is possible only because there exists something of value to be taught. such value in terms of the individual occurs when one becomes more than they currently are. now, when i say that one becomes more than what they currently are it is in very concrete terms. that is, th

THE BOOK OF PLEASURE

ion and in the name of our seven times holy lady babalon love is the law, love under wiot1 t h e b o o k o f p l e a s u r e (self-love) the psychology of ecstasy by austin osman spare an iv12 sol 15 leo, luna 6 taurus dies veneris friday, august 06, 2004 e.v. this digital edition was created especially for initiates of the order of phosphorus by frater a.s.a. iv, for the purpose of education and initiatory pursuits. this edition is not to be sold or spread further than to initiates of toph. in my own foundations of what became luciferian witchcraft, the gnosis of chaos and of order may be found in the art and writings of austin osman spare. zos vel thanatos, his name within the witch cult according to kenneth grant presents the significance spare had on formulating a modern approach to ma

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL 1

his own school at crotona in southern italy. an unyielding taskmaster, he accepted only those students whom he assessed as already having established personal regimens of self-discipline. to further stress the seriousness of his study program, pythagoras lectured while standing behind a curtain, thereby denying all personal contact with his students until they had achieved progress on a ladder of initiatory degrees that allowed them to reach the higher grades. while separated from them by the curtain, pythagoras lectured his students on the basic principles of music, mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy. pythagoras called his disciples mathematicians, for he believed that the higher teachings began with the study of numbers. from his perspective, he had fashioned a rational theology. the

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL

his own school at crotona in southern italy. an unyielding taskmaster, he accepted only those students whom he assessed as already having established personal regimens of self-discipline. to further stress the seriousness of his study program, pythagoras lectured while standing behind a curtain, thereby denying all personal contact with his students until they had achieved progress on a ladder of initiatory degrees that allowed them to reach the higher grades. while separated from them by the curtain, pythagoras lectured his students on the basic principles of music, mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy. pythagoras called his disciples mathematicians, for he believed that the higher teachings began with the study of numbers. from his perspective, he had fashioned a rational theology. he

THE GOLDEN ESSENCE

o the underworld, to undergo its tests and initiations, resulting in a transformed or perfected psychic being, so the lightbringer, from a higher sphere, likewise journeyed down to the same experience here, in our world. the transformed and perfected being of pure light that is born from the soul of man, and simultaneously from the soul of the world, is the lightbringer come again- after his many initiatory experiences of life and death and all in-between. when this child comes from the soul of the world, that is, when we read of it in mythology, we are speaking of the son of light himself- but when we experience it coming forth from our own souls, our own essential beings, the god that is being born, the transformed psychic being, is us. the final outcome to us, of the fire-seed being pla

THE LUCIFERIAN PATH THE WITCHES SABBAT MICHAEL W FORD

exploration of the sinistral (left way) path has hinted at the potentials within dark magick. nox umbra is a defined grimoire of vampyric initiation, that is, ensorcelling the nightside or sethian current around the self, the assumption of vampyric godforms within the luciferian gnosis. the process of working with necromantic shadow energies is indeed a powerful tool aimed at those working in the initiatory aspect of self-deification, yet it is as equally as dangerous. this grimoire is a personal record of its author, akhyta seker arimanius, and a manual of how one may in a balanced manner, work with the shades of the dead. featured in nox umbra is the cultus of akhtya, the persian path of sorcery in relation to ahriman, the beast dragon of darkness. this entails vampyric dream shape-shift

o vampyrism, including the methods and process of evoking and summoning forth lilith, the lilitu (succubi) for dreaming congress. nox umbra brings to light a new perception of witchcraft and sorcery, how it may be explored in a positive manner and a challenging path way into the shadow. nox umbra contains a sigillic formula which opens the reader to the spirit of the book, shaitan of midnight the initiatory guide of the path. beautifully illustrated by elda isela ford, the witch artist known for her work in book of the witch moon, sabbatic sorcery, azothoz and yatuk dinoih. also featured are illustrations by british hereditary witch nathan 7 harris whose art along with elda s opens the gates of necroerotic dreams of those who dare to walk this path. the forbidden formula is presented withi

azothoz is a poetic grimoire which sigillizes in lyric and image the essence of set/shaitan the adversary, lilith and the sorcerous path of luciferian witchcraft. azothoz contains an essay on sethanic witchcraft and the development inspired from various correspondences around azazel, the middle eastern fire djinn who is regarded by practice as the initiatic spirit of sorcery. the adversary in an initiatory context as it pertains to the left hand path, the path of non-union with the subjective universe. 8 part one of azothoz is the throne of twilight, this poetic invocation is the leviathanic dance against the sun and ensorcells the vampyric and shadow essence of not only the sabbat, but the sorcerous invocation of shaitan-lilith-azrael- ahriman, the infernal spirits who reside over the pa

ritual initiators, lilith and samael (also known as azazel, and by means of dreaming, was self-initiated into the mysteries of sorcery and magick. cain is a master of the 9 sabbat. the semblance of cain and baphomet are presented in this tome, which is written in a poetic and lyrical form. cain is symbolized as the blacksmith of the forge, his craft is that of sorcery, the fires of the forge that initiatory spark of being, the black flame of iblis itself. the book of cain is also a grimoire which can be meditated upon in the focus of antinomian self-deification, the isolation of the psyche. this process of becoming is a process in the luciferian and sabbatic left hand path guild in houston, texas. this leads to an illumination of the black flame through the initiatory model of cain, the wa

ferian and sabbatic left hand path guild in houston, texas. this leads to an illumination of the black flame through the initiatory model of cain, the wanderer. this grimoire, containing two direct invocations to cain, is an interesting text for those interested in the more shadowed and luciferian practices of the witchcraft (not wicca. illustrated by elda isela ford, the book of cain offers both initiatory challenge and a luciferian concept of positive self-focus. those who may approach the blackened fires of cain should be cautious, for it destroys and creates. the goetia luciferian edition by michael w. ford illustrated by elda isela ford based on the manuscript of lemegethon, the lesser key of solomon the king modern magick is at a time of opportunity. what is clear is that systems may

reat work. illustrated heavily by elda isela ford, the original manuscript sigils are given with some new interpretations of the goetic djinn, the luciferian edition of the goetia is a work which boldly presents a new turn in modern magick. the toad rite three roads of satandar, lucifuge and hecate by michael w. ford illustrated by elda isela ford the toad rite is a small grimoire which is a self-initiatory presentation of the toad rite, a form of diabolism from which the sorcerous path leads in three roads from night unto the sun. the toad rite is derived in basis from aleister crowley's stauros batachou (liber lxx, but expands into darker areas not previously explored. it is said the toad rite causes madness or death for those who undertake it and fail, but chthonic power for those who m

ure. the path of yatus (demons who wander the earth as nomads) as revealed through the yatuk dinoih (witchcraft and sorcery) is a lesser known and even lesser understood religion. the original first edition of yatuk dinoih by michael ford presented only a glimpse at this system of averse shadow sorcery. in the terms of sabbatic or luciferian sorcery, the yatuk dinoih provides a powerful model for initiatory practice of the adversary, the perpetual opposition of the universal order. the yatuk dinoih is a system of persian sorcery, developed by practice of a sabbatic/luciferian guild in houston, texas, who were working through zoroastrian symbolism and brought the western left hand path focus to its fold. ultimately, the yatuk dinoih is a dangerous grimoire which can build or destroy the sel

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

n turn may have been copies of other sets being used by other teachers. the original impulse of kabbalah, however, emerged from a first century school of jewish mysticism termed "merkabah, meaning "chariot. these mystics utilised secret methods of "spiritual ascent" in order to attain mystical experience. these experiences can be recognised as those common to any modern adept following the occult initiatory system, for example "the world changed into purity around me, and my heart felt as if i had entered a new world. the teachings of the merkabah mystics became part of the "heikhalot" school, whose name means "palace, referring to the spiritual planes through which the mystics ascended. the description of these journeys seems to bear similarities to the journey of the soul into the underw

hat ain is naught, but would have to expand from the ain soph stage where the naught is progressed to the notnaught. also, it is stated that the "1" of kether cannot become anything in that it is the unity, and thus only through its own reflection (the formula of 1+1=2, rather than the mystic formula of 0=2) as the "2" of chockmah can manifestation begin. in the light of progress up the tree (the initiatory system, then the svph stage of chockmah is the "end" as the grade of ipssissimus in kether is "beyond the comprehension of all lower grades" as crowley puts it. nun in binah at the creative stage represented by binah, the sephirah at the top of the negative pillar of form, we see "shadowed forth" the nun of ain and the final veil of ain svph avr. it is obvious that an immediate connecti

of kether. numerically, malkuth values 496, which totals to 19 (4+9+6, which totals to 10 (1+9, which can be broken down to 1 as well. thus, malkuth (10) and kether (1) are within the value of malkuth itself. kether, on the other hand, values 620 (the zohar speaks of the 620 pillars of light, which breaks down to 8 (6+2, the number of the sephirah hod (an interesting attribution in respect of the initiatory experiences associated with hod in the grade of practicus of the golden dawn system. a full cross-referencing of the sephiroth by their numerical reduction is given in figure 2. a final point of gematria is that the value of the word swan, the symbolic bird of kether and illumination, is brbvr= 410, which is also the value of magic (mqa'ar) and the confession of god's unity (the shema

th links kether to chockmah as the upper and lower parts of the yod, binah as heh, the central sephiroth to vau (centred on tiphareth, the son) and malkuth being the final heh (the "daughter" that must be redeemed to binah, the "mother. thus, on the progression up the tree, malkuth (the universe) must be raised to binah (transcendent understanding) which is the state of the magister templi in the initiatory system (attributed to binah, who tends his "garden (the sephiroth below the abyss. this then perhaps develops into a state where the understanding becomes a mirror of the divine will and the mystic achieves chockmah by becoming a pure interface of god. finally, the way is completed (yod as symbolic of the way depicted on the hermit tarot card) by recognising the unity of all things, and

onstant functioning, inappropriately, with an active geburah. that is to say, we shoot first and ask questions later, or allow our fear to drive us rather than our urges to creativity. obviously, if chesed were not constrained by a correctly functioning geburah, life would become dysfunctional in the opposite extreme, with chaos and anarchy without point. it is the work of the adept grades in the initiatory system to learn to balance these states both within and without, to ensure that tiphareth, the pivotal point of the tree, is maintained in a dynamic equilibrium. the zohar puts it that the "left arm draws the immensity of space in rigour, and that geburah is associated with the "repentance of god" and the archangel samael. it also points out that mercy and severity are united in tiphare

teresting link. it could also be said that the snake uses "fear, geburah, to freeze its victims, or that the vibrations caused by the pipe act as chesed on the "fearful serpent" of geburah. also 216 equals raih (proof, evidence, which might have bearing on the grade of this sephirah, as it is where the adeptus major attains a complete mastery of practical magic, which is evidence and proof of the initiatory system. there is a final note of interest in that 216= 6*6*6, the number of man found in the biblical revelations. the god-name of the sephiroth is alhim gbvr, the "god of judgement, which equates to 857, as does nvap (satyr. the god pan, lord of satyrs, could well be associated with geburah in his aspect of panic and awe, as geburah is sometimes called "pachad, meaning "fear. the archa

h either geburah or a greek shepherd god; pan is a transliteration of a greek word into the english alphabet in the first case- surely crowley's "greek gematria" would be better suited? the planet of geburah is mars, mdim, equalling 654, as do lhtim (secret arts, enthusiasm, witchcraft) and dmdvm (twilight, dim light. this again suggests the mastery of practical magic as the skill attained in the initiatory system. the twilight follows the day of tiphareth and precedes the night of the abyss during the ascent of the tree. the gods associated with geburah are those of a martial nature, such as thor, ares, mars, horus, and montu. obviously, warfare and revenge are amongst the attributes given to such deities, but one should also see that geburah embodies strict rulership and kingly attribute

THE MIDDLE PILLAR

tfrom the second edition of the middle pillar (painting by marjo y paskaruk) introduction to the third edition i n the early decades of this century, little was known about the techniques of western ceremonial magic due to the veil of secrecy which had shrouded these practices. unless a person happened to be a member of a magical organization, there was little chance of leaning the procedures and initiatory practices of high magic. this changed in 1937 when israel regardie published four volumes titled the glh d m, a collection of ceremonies and teachings from the hermetic order of the golden dawn. earlier, regardie had published two books d-g i3-w magical prinapjes of the golden dawn system. i'le middle pik, published in 1938, gave step-by-step details on how to perform practical exercise

THE SHADOWED ONES

y spirit and i am both midnight and noontide in essence! o watchers who i seek do come forth to my circle and offer thy wisdom for i am willing to walk thy path against all others. be the lightening bolt of the fallen into my skull temple! with these words i speak, so it is done* michael w. ford (akhtya seker arimanius or keteb 75) is a practitioner of the left hand path, specifically through the initiatory guild of the order of phosphorus and the luciferian path. mr. ford is the author of numerous grimoires and works on the draconian shadow path such as yatuk dinoih, azothoz, nox umbra, book of cain and many others. michael ford is also the founding musician of psychonaut 75. www.psychonaut75.com succubus publishing http//algol.chaosmagic.uta description and purpose of the sigil of the ad

THE WITCH CULT OF ZOS VEL THANATOS

urther into the astral. the tools of chaos magick are specifically anything which one would utilize to achieve her or his goal, the results being designed to correspond with the means. union through opposites essentially is the key, proving the direct descendent of aleister crowley highly commendable thelema system, or 93 current. four flying witches as a sorcerer who is drawn to and receives the initiatory spark via art, i was first drawn to this image years ago. this image was placed above my altar for some time, meditated on before sleeping and held a kind of gateway to my early experiences with the sabbat. here we find the flesh of the witches in the astral plane, mature and well worn. the falling flesh is all ecstasy- that by casting the circle and going forth into the sabbat of spiri

THE ABYSS AND TABAET

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

union with ahura mazda. while the ahrimanic work of the daeva-yasna is indeed left hand path in approach, the avestan staotas and ritual mantras were inversed and transformed into hymns to ahriman and the daevas, which are in direct association to the body and spirit of the sorcerer. this is in effect, chaos sorcery with defined purpose. in the avesta, ahriman is said to be full of death, from an initiatory perspective, death is transformation and not an end itself. ahriman holds evil knowledge and seeks to manifest the evil religion. it is when a man here below, combing his hair or shaving it off, or paring off his nails, drops them in a hole or in a crack avesta- venidad in luciferian witchcraft, the yatuk dinoih has a ritual of evocation in which the sorcerer makes a sacrifice of nail p

ke the sheep of the righteous. plutarch wrote of the rituals of the daeva-yasna in old times, that they would sacrifice the blood of wolves to ahriman by pouring such with herbs into the dark place, a hole or cave where the sun does not shine. unabated by akem-mano, by the hardness of his malignant riddles avesta venidad the staota or mantra which channels and focuses energy by sound is a tool of initiatory focus in all cultures from tibetan to christian, being the encircling of sound to create a desired gnosis. the use of sound creates vibrations which can affect the individual to achieve a spiritual or elevated state, depression or any state seemingly desired by the tonal and vibratory frequency. such sound manipulation can be proven in binaural beats of phi frequencies, created by two f

of the adversary. liber hvhi: magick of the adversary liber hvhi explores the qlippothic spheres, ritual sorcery based on the ancient cults mentioned in the avesta of yatuvidah, daeva-yasna (demon-worshippers) persecuted by the zoroastrians. the roots of the adversary as the masculine and demonic feminine are explored from hebrew and ancient persian sources, to a living and potent left-hand-path initiatory system. beginning with an inversion of the catholic rite to instead practice exorcism, the inverted and created rite is aimed at possession or liberating the shadow self into a viable, productive focus. the 22 cells of the qlippoth along with the infernal spheres are presented as valuable aspects of strengthening consciousness and creating an attitude of winning and self-deification. li

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

onies, taking charge of the toads. in reviewing the extraordinary scenes which are developed in these witch-depositions, we are struck not only with their general resemblance among themselves, although told in different countries, but also with the striking points of identity between the proceedings of the sabbath and the secret assemblies with which the templars were charged. we have in both the initiatory presentation, the denial of christ, and the homage to the new master, sealed by the obscene kiss. this is just what might be expected. in preserving secretly a religious worship after the open practice of it had been proscribed, it would be natural, if not necessary, to require of the initiated a strong denial of the new and intrusive faith, with acts as well as words which compromised

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

o often they are rookeries of conceit where the rocks and twigs of learning are guarded and hoarded up jealously with magpie zeal, as though avarice alone would transform them into precious jewels. the magus should seek out a circle he or she feels may have something useful to teach, but should not join from desperation a social club for the self-deluded. it is far better to construct an original initiatory rite, conduct a self-baptism with a magical name arrived at through meditation and intuition, and compose an orig- inal motto to act as a staff for personal development. but to do this the magus must possess a clear concept of what the rite is intended to accomplish. solitary initiation is seldom as beneficial for the development of the magus as group initiation, for a number of reasons

TYSON DONALD SOUL FLIGHT

s. 139. i ween that i hung /on the windy tree, hung there for nights full nine; with the spear i was wounded /and offered i was to othin, myself to myself, on the tree that none /may ever know what root beneath it runs. 140. none made me happy /with loaf or horn, and there below i looked; i took up the runes /shrieking i took them, and forthwith back i the outline of the ancient germanic shaman's initiatory trial of endurance, involving the projection of the astral body to attain the living wisdom of the runes, is evident in 210. bellows, 60-1. 242 soul flight these few lines of poetry. woden, the divine magician and the prototype of all the shamans who imitate his examples, gashed himself with a spear-his traditional weapon and the weapon favored by germanic warriors-and then had himself

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

. 263) papus according to the ancient oral tradition of the hebrews, or kabalah, a sacred word exists, which gives to the mortal who can discover the correct way of pronouncing it, the key to all the sciences, divine and human. this word, which the common people of israel never uttered, and which the high priest pronounced once a year, amidst the shouts of the laity, is found at the head of every initiatory ritual; it radiates from the centre of the flaming triangle in the 33rd degree of the scottish rite of freemasonry; it is displayed above the gateways of our old cathedrals; it is formed of four hebrew letters, and reads thus, yod-he-vau-he, 713 (the tarot of the bohemians [1889, translated by a. p. morton, new york: arcanum books, 1958, pp. 17-8) aleister crowley 26. ihvh. jehovah, as

UNCLE SETNAKT SEZ BECOME EVIL AND RULE THE WORLD2

n. she's always wanted to be that vampire she saw on a movie when she was five. she uses strategy and reason in her lbm. she gets enough money to drive around in her black massarati. she learns the cosmetic arts to shape herself to her true form. she moves in a sea of elegance and desire. the great american dream? no. a nut at the crystal counter? no. she has become herself. if she worked with an initiatory society, she didn't become involved in its politics. she didn't try to conform to nonexistent rules. she becomes herself and then she's ready for gbm. she invokes the vampire within her. if she accomplishes this carefully chosen goal, then the lord of darkness may dwell within her. the lady vampire in the movie? no, it wasn't an outside goal she fixated on. it was a touch from her futur

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the pleasures and knowledge of darkness, who in turn learned the wisdom of the crooked dragon4 by the predilection of being on the left hand path, the mind is considered luciferian in perception a state of being in continual change and progression. look now to the imagination5 for the entry into the witches sabbat, leave the flesh and come forth to the forge of cain. the witches sabbat behind the initiatory models of what is called diabolism, lies a plethora of shapes and forms for any initiate to move through. the gate of the left hand path is indeed a dangerous way as it inaugurates and initiates change internal and external. in the rational consciousness the mind is aligned with the specifics and maps ingrained in the psyche from early childhood. these models sometimes morph and transfo

animalistic and passionate essence which resides in the skull of man. it is the continual goal and point of the left hand path to develop both aspects and unite them as a developed luciferian perspective to be independent but not allowing nature or imbalance within the mind to destroy you. often, more so than not, we are our own worst enemy. as you adopt a model such as the witches sabbat as your initiatory focus, keep in mind the many origins which represent the foundation of the rite itself. christian witch hunters may have indeed fabricated many of the stories of the sabbat, much of the sexual manifestations of that time with accordance to demons and such, but do not loose the point of which we expand from their writings. if you are christian or not, by utilizing the imagination6 in adv

t loose the point of which we expand from their writings. if you are christian or not, by utilizing the imagination6 in adverse areas you are displaying to left hand path principles 1) the self described antinomian events which indicate isolate consciousness and intelligence, a sense of the forbidden 2) by inventing such aspects of the sabbat and the devil, they fleshed out a powerful and adverse initiatory model of luciferian self-deification. we have in fact become their demons by expanding from this practice. the same may be said in current times, those who walk secrecy in the religious path of self-destruction (i.e. christianity or the right hand path) laugh at those who point their fingers and invent our evils, have also a duty of fighting or toying with the religious nazis of christi

ibn musafir around 1100 a.d. vox sabbatum the witches sabbat 8 born a prophet, and from him shall descend a people on the earth; the the people of me, malak tauus, and these people are to be the yezidis -the mershaf resh the black book the witches sabbat -dreaming and waking- dreams have long been considered images of the subconscious; what lies within the mind. in magick dreams can be a powerful initiatory tool, if focused upon in a positive and conductive manner may provide excellent self-developmental areas of being. the witches sabbat may be conducted in dreaming avenues, if the magician so desires. the model of the witches sabbat in a dreaming sense should start with a visualization of the crossroads. the crossroads have for long been considered a place of great magickal power. it is

ng, sight, smell, touch and taste. have some pleasant sabbat incense and perfect lighting in place, have sigils and images which invoke this place in the mind. your goal is to align the senses with the focus of the going forth by night that is by harmony with the willed choice of desire. preparing for the sabbat by decorating and proper self-alignment creates a heightened inner excitement for the initiatory act itself thus allowing the success to occur, a seeming selfpermission! the sabbat is a subjective experience, from which you are alone and surrounded by the shades and familiars of your own design. early on you will discover during waking hours elements of yourself you wish to change and common traits or selfassociations or perceptions you will slowly understand through the process of

forth and taught sexual copulations of demons and demonesses, instructing them in ways of magick and bearing lilitu or other demons by their sexual union. these fallen angels and beasts spawn dragon- children, who were in spirit form upon and under the earth. as more and more demons were created, lilith-az began to devour many of them, her vampyric and lycanthropic nature surfaced. lilith is the initiatory blood goddess of the path of black witchcraft, and the solar focus of the great work, that of lucifer. she wears a mask of beauty, from beneath is a beast .as also she wears a mask of the beast, from which under is that of divinity and beauty. those who focus on the initiatory work of lilith-az so invoke the bride of chaos in their name, the daemonic feminine being significant towards p

r, lilith. it was soon after that cain would wander the earth forever, in spirit form, through the blood and psyche of his initiates, and manifest through their deeds and work. cain walks between worlds, as set, as his higher spirit, azazel, called also yaltabaoth23 and is the horned black man of the sabbat. to know the path of the wise is to know and commune with cain, to become like him through initiatory work based on your own predilection. shaitan the islamic traditions consider satan to be a djinn of fire, which presents a certain superiority over other angels. azazel was originally the preacher to all the other angels in pre eternity, who was first seated under the throne of glory. azazel was cast from heaven for refusing to bow before clay (adam) and thus fell into the darkness. it

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