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BOOK OF BARUCH

1 nevertheless we have not hearkened unto the voice of the lord our god, according unto all the words of the prophets, whom he sent unto us: 22 but every man followed the imagination of his own wicked heart, to serve strange gods, and to do evil in the sight of the lord our god. chapter 2 herefore the lord hath made good his word, which he pronounced against us, and against our judges that judged israel, and against our kings, and against our princes, and against the men of israel and juda, 2 to bring upon us great plagues, such as never happened under the whole heaven, as it came to pass in jerusalem, according to the things that were written in the law of moses; 3 that a man should eat the flesh of his own son, and the flesh of his own daughter. 4 moreover he hath delivered them to be in

we not prayed before the lord, that we might turn every one from the imaginations of his wicked heart. 9 wherefore the lord watched over us for evil, and the lord hath brought it upon us: for the lord is righteous in all his works which he hath commanded us. 10 yet we have not hearkened unto his voice, to walk in the commandments of the lord, that he hath set before us. 11 and now, o lord god of israel, that hast brought thy people out of the land of egypt with a mighty hand, and high arm, and with signs, and with wonders, and with great power, and hast gotten thyself a name, as appeareth this day: 12 o lord our god, we have sinned, we have done ungodly, we have dealt unrighteously in all thine ordinances. 13 let thy wrath turn from us: for we are but a few left among the heathen, where t

we have done ungodly, we have dealt unrighteously in all thine ordinances. 13 let thy wrath turn from us: for we are but a few left among the heathen, where thou hast scattered us. 14 hear our prayers, o lord, and our petitions, and deliver us for thine own sake, and give us favour in the sight of them which have led us away: 15 that all the earth may know that thou art the lord our god, because israel and his posterity is called by thy name. 16 o lord, look down from thine holy house, and consider us: bow down thine ear, o lord, to hear us. 17 open thine eyes, and behold; for the dead that are in the graves, whose souls are taken from their bodies, will give unto the lord neither praise nor righteousness: 18 but the soul that is greatly vexed, which goeth stooping and feeble, and the eye

ophets, namely, that the bones of our kings, and the bones of our fathers, should be taken out of their place. 25 and, lo, they are cast out to the heat of the day, and to the frost of the night, and they died in great miseries by famine, by sword, and by pestilence. 26 and the house which is called by thy name hast thou laid waste, as it is to be seen this day, for the wickedness of the house of israel and the house of juda. 27 o lord our god, thou hast dealt with us after all thy goodness, and according to all that great mercy of thine, 28 as thou spakest by thy servant moses in the day when thou didst command him to write the law before the children of israel, saying, 29 if ye will not hear my voice, surely this very great multitude shall be turned into a small number among the nations

y of their fathers, which sinned before the lord. 34 and i will bring them again into the land which i promised with an oath unto their fathers, abraham, isaac, and jacob, and they shall be lords of it: and i will increase them, and they shall not be diminished. 35 and i will make an everlasting covenant with them to be their god, and they shall be my people: and i will no more drive my people of israel out of the land that i have given them. chapter 3 lord almighty, god of israel, the soul in anguish the troubled spirit, crieth unto thee. 2 hear, o lord, and have mercy; ar thou art merciful: and have pity upon us, because we have sinned before thee. 3 for thou endurest for ever, and we perish utterly. 4 o lord almighty, thou god of israel, hear now the prayers of the dead israelites, and

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ging of a telesmata, it is often placed inside this white triangle, which allows the energies to be infused into it. it is the triangle that the candidate places his hand upon when taking the sacred oath. 45 the pillars in the hall of the neophyte are described in the lesson 'highlights of knowledge lecture one" these are highlights of the knowledge lecture that can be found in the golden dawn by israel regardie, lewellyn publications. these pillars are often referred to in the book of the dead as the pillars of shu or the pillars of the gods of the dawning light. they are also referred to as the northern and southern gates of the hall of the neophyte or the hall of truth. like yin and yang, these pillars represent two great opposing and contending forces in the manifested universe. the pi

"rushes through the universe" a lotus flower is painted on the base of both pillars. it is a white flower on the black pillar and a black on the white. as a matter of fact, all of the paintings are in the opposite color, so the white painted symbols would be on the black, black symbols would be on the white. the following is a section from the z-1 document which can be found in the golden dawn by israel regardie, lewellyn publications "the base of the two pillars are respectively in netzach and in hod, the white pillar being in netzach and the black pillar in hod. they represent the two pillars of mercy and severity. the bases are cubical and black to represent the earth element in malkuth. the columns are respectively in black and white to represent the manifestation of the eternal balanc

natory, such as the three fold cord around the candidate's waist. by reading the initation you will understand what this means. in a higher grade, an indepth study of the neophyte initiation is required. we will not in this lesson study the robes, vestments or tools of the officers, for they too will be studied in another grade. for further reading on the subject, may i suggest the golden dawn by israel regardie, lewellyn publications, or you may be patient so that the information will be revealed to you in the appropriate grade at a pace that not only makes it understandable, but sensible. badge of the neophyte grade it is after the hierophant says unto the hegemon to remove the rope bound around the candidate's waist "the last remaining symbol of darkness" that the badge of the neophyte

reation. this is symbolized by the black and white cubical bases of the pillars. prayers and hymns in the egyptian book of the dead, such as pert-em-hru, are designed to unite man with osiris the redeemer. extended afterlife information is given in this lecture. one should read it several times throughout personal growth to fully understand it. the complete text may be found in the golden dawn by israel regardie. the four fold breath the four fold breath will help you prepare for meditation and your rituals. this is the simplest rhythm for the beginner and a favorite amongst adepts. step 1 empty the lungs and remain thus while counting to four. step 2 inhale, counting to four, so that you feel filled with breath to your neck or throat area. 54 step 3 hold this breath while counting to four

4 7 INITIATION CEREMONY

cer, and was anciently the scarabus or khephra, the emblem of the sun below the horizon as he ever is when the moon is increasing above. also when the sun is in the sign pisces, the moon will be well in her increase in cancer as shown by the crayfish emblem. hiero: leads practicus to tablet of the serpent of brass in east. hiero: this is the serpent nehushtan which moses made when the children of israel were bitten by the serpents of fire in the wilderness. it is the serpent of the paths of the tree. and he set it on a pole, that is, twined round the middle pillar of the sephiroth. and the word used in the passage in numbers 21 for fiery serpents, is the same as the name of the angels of geburah, the same spelling, the same pointing, seraphim, around the middle pillar of the sephiroth, bec

the lord is a man of war, the lord of armies is his name. heg: leads practicus round to foot of the dais. hiero: rises with red lamp in his hand. hiero: ere the eternal instituted the formation, beginning and end existed not. therefore, before him, he expanded a certain veil, and therein has instituted the primal kings. and these are the kings who reigned in edom before there reigned a king over israel but they subsisted not. when the earth was formless and void; behold this is the reign of edom; and when creation was established, lo this is the reign of israel. and the wars of titanic force in the chaos of creation, lo these are the wars between them. from a light bearer of insupportable brightness proceeded a radiating flame, hurling forth like a vast and mighty hammer those sparks whic

me, hurling forth like a vast and mighty hammer those sparks which were the primal worlds. and these sparks flamed and scintillated awhile, but being unbalanced they were extinguished. since lo, the kings assembled, they passed away together. they themselves beheld, so were they astonished, they feared, they hasted away. and these be the kings who reigned in edom, before there reigned a king over israel. heg: leads practicus round the temple and again halts before dais. hiereus: rises with red lamp in his hand. hiereus: the dukes of edom were amazed, trembling took hold of the mighty of moab. lord when thou wentest out of seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of edom, the earth trembled and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water. curse ye meroz said the angel of the lord

ABRAMELIN1

f numbers as a means of metaphysical instruction. the schemahamphorasch or divided name is a qabalistical method of investigating the natures of the name of four letters i h v h (jehovah, which is considered to contain all the forces of nature. there are in the book of exodus three verses in the fourteenth chapter, describing the pillars of fire and of cloud forming a defence unto the children of israel against the egyptians. each of these three verses consists in the hebrew of seventy-two letters, and by writing them in a certain manner one above another, seventy-two columns of three letters each are obtained; each column is then treated as a name of three letters, and the explanation of these is sought for in certain verses of the psalms which contain these names; and these latter would

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

n 1978, nearly one thousand people killed themselves in guyana at the orders of a crazed religious leader. several months after that, the leader of a mystical islamic sect seized power in iran and- at the time of writing- is calling for a holy war against the infidel. there is evidence that every new age witnesses a baptism by fire. christians and muslims are turning on each other and themselves; israel is once again in serious jeopardy; buddhism is being eradicated in southeast asia as it was in tibet. the ancient ones, lords of a time before memory, are being drawn by the smell of confusion and the hysteria and mutual hatred of the primitive life-forms on this planet: human beings. unless the gates are secured against attack, unless humanity awakens to both the real danger and the real p

n 1978, nearly one thousand people killed themselves in guyana at the orders of a crazed religious leader. several months after that, the leader of a mystical islamic sect seized power in iran and- at the time of writing- is calling for a holy war against the infidel. there is evidence that every new age witnesses a baptism by fire. christians and muslims are turning on each other and themselves; israel is once again in serious jeopardy; buddhism is being eradicated in southeast asia as it was in tibet. the ancient ones, lords of a time before memory, are being drawn by the smell of confusion and the hysteria and mutual hatred of the primitive life-forms on this planet: human beings. unless the gates are secured against attack, unless humanity awakens to both the real danger and the real p

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

hestnut-pulp, very velvety seductions. sail i not toward laylah within seven days? be not sad at heart, o prophet; the babble of the apes will presently begin. nay, rejoice exceedingly; for after all the babble of the apes the silence of the night. book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 143 [146] commentary( xi-eta) manna was a heavenly cake which, in the legend, fed the children of israel in the wilderness. the author laments the failure of his mission to mankind, but comforts himself with the following reflections (1) he enjoys the advantages of solitude (2) previous prophets encountered similar difficulties in convincing their hearers (3) their food was not equal to that obtainable at rumpelmayer's (4) in a few days i am going to rejoin laylah (5) my mission will succeed s

ALEISTER CROWLEY LIBER CHANOKH

c, k d d e e f f g g h h i i, y l l m m n n o o p p q q r r s s t t u u, v, w x x z z plate ix. the symbolic representation of the universe 16 v the thirty thyrs or aires and their divisions and angels are as follows [we omit for the present consideration of the parts of the earth to which they are stated to correspond, and the question of the attributions to the cardinal points and the tribes of israel. these are duly tabulated in dee s liber scienti, auxilii, et victori terrestris: name of aire. names of governors20 numbers of servitors in all 1. lil. 1. occodon 7209 2. pascomb 2360 3. valgars 5362 14931 2. arn. 4. doagnis 3636 5. pacasna 2362 6. dialiva21 8962 15960 3. zom. 7. samapha 4440 8. virooli 3660 9. andispi 9236 17296 4. paz. 10. thotanp 2360 11. axziarg 3000 12. pothnir 6300 1

ed 2nd edition; originally published st paul mn: llewellyn, 1983. liber lxxxiv 37 james, geoffrey (1984; ed/ trans: enochian evocation of doctor john dee, gillette, nj: heptangle. reprinted as enochian magick of doctor john dee. st. paul, mn: llewellyn publications, 1994. laycock, donald (1978: complete enochian dictionary. london, askin. reprinted new york: samuel weiser, 1994. regardie, francis israel (1984; ed: the complete golden dawn system of magic. las vegas: falcon press (1989; ed: the golden dawn. st. paul, mn: llewellyn publications. revised 6th edition; originally published chicago: aries press (4 vols, 1937-40. rowe, ben: enochian magick reference. revision 1.0, 1988; online at: http//w3.one.net/ browe/pdf/enochian magic reference.pdf turner, robert (1989: elizabethean magic: t

by the 12 angels of the 12 tribes, which are also governed by the 7 who stand before the presence of god (tfr p.139-140; working of 21st may 1584. a passage in latin immediately following appears to indicate that it is the angels of the 12 tribes who are the governers of the 91 parts, some having many, some fewer, under their rule( per tota terra distributa sub 12 principibus angelis, 12 tribuum israel: quorum 12 aliqui plures, aliqui pauciores partes habent sub sua regimine ex 91 partibus in quas tota terra hic demonstratur esse divisa, suggesting that the seven-letter names in this column are the names of the parts themselves rather than denoting discreet angelic entities associated with the parts. the names of the 91 parts were delivered on the 21st and 22nd of may 1584 (tfr pp. 141-5

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

my? you accordingly say to him "the word of the law is thelema spell it in greek" it turns out that he doesn't understand greek at all, so you were certainly right in choosing hebrew. you put it to him "what is the word of the law" and he replies darkly "the word of the law is thora" that means nothing to you; any one might know as much as that, thora being the ordinary word for the sacred law of israel, and you accordingly ask him to spell it to make sure you have heard aright; and he gives you the letters, perhaps by speaking them, perhaps by showing them: teth, resh, ayin. you add these up and get 279. this again is divisible by the saturnian 3, and the result is 93; in other words, he has been precisely right. on the plane of saturn one may multiply by three and therefore he has given

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

he manifested shall repeat itself again and again, always a clear thin note, always a simplicity of music, yet ever less and less disturbing the infinite silence until the end. 112 chapter xv the lamen the breastplate of lamen of the magician is a very elaborate and important symbol. in the jewish system we read that the high priest was to wear a plate with twelve stones, for the twelve tribes of israel (with all their correspondences, and in this plate were kept the urim and thummin<divination> the modern lamen is, however, a simple plate which (being worn over the heart) symbolizes tiphereth, and it should therefore be a harmony of all the other symbols in one. it connects naturally by

ALEISTER CROWLEY SEPHER SEPHIROTH

(another aspect of the name of the sphere of the zodiac. see 483) twlsm a white cloak hnbl tyl+ 537 emanating; nobility; atziluth: the archetypal world twlyc) the marrow, or innermost part of the spine hrd#h +wx the opening of the uterus mxr r+p 538 daughter of the voice: echo (a method of divination by use of the ark of the covenant) lwq tb 540 loins; the upper part myntm creeping thing #mr 541 israel l)r#y towards, to thee *kyl) 542 the world of mevshekal (the intellectual world; referred to the supernals) lk#wm mlw( 543 existence of existences: the name of the highest god hyh) r) hyh) 544 apples (ct. 2:5) myxwpt 545 a boar of the wood r(ym ryzx 546 sweet qwtm preserves; a watchman rmw# guards rwm# the head that is not: a title of kether )ld)#yr thy god (deut. 4:24, 28:58 *kyhl) 548 lor

f battle (lit. ggods of hosts h: the divine name of hod tw)bc myhl) a fanfare, trumpet-blast h(yqt to subvert, ruin, change *kph 586 war-trumpet; ceremonial ram fs horn rpw# hermit #wrp stibium (a type of kohl *kwp 589 greenness, verdure pn( nw#l b) first splendour: a title of kether nw#)r dwbk 590 rib (gn. 2:22) t(lc to bring forth abundantly; creeping thing, moving creature cr# 594 the stone of israel (gn. 49:24) l)r#y nb) 598 our iniquities wnytwnw( 600 wonders, or hidden wisdom hmkx tw)ylp a tail, train, fringe [of a garment] tycyc a knot, ligature r#q red qr# six; white marble# samekh: a prop, support *kms a veil, covering, screen *ksm 601 mother *m) 602 the simple light: a title of kether +w#p rw) brightness; splendours twxcxc extremities twwcq 603 to haggle rgt together, also *mg 60

a fortified castle *nwmr) 948 to leaven, ferment *cmx he shall smite *cxm amen, our light *rw) nm) son of the gods *nyhl) rb 949 realized, materialized, corporeal *m#gwm 950 every way turning (see 1204) tkphtmh flower; hawk *cn surrounding, encircling *pyqm heavens, firmament, sky (always pl; referred to ruach *mym# 951 the torah, or book of the law (lit. gbook of instructions h) hrwt rps hear, o israel! l)r#y (m# the small point: a title of kether tw#p hdwqn robust; oaken *cym) the inscrutable height: a title of kether *hl(m mwr 952 spices *mym#b paths *mylyb# 953 vigils, watches [of the night] twrwm) 955 the heavens *mym#h 956 merciful father *nmxrh b) a pomegranate *nwmyr 957 sumptuous ointment, oil of magnificence twbr )x#m 960 silver trumpets psk twrcwcx habitations *nyrwdm horns *myn

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE QABALAH

5, i= 10, m= 40; total= 300. similarly the words dja, achad, unity, one and hbha, ahebah, love, each= 13; or a= 1, j= 8, d= 4, total= 13; and a= 1, h= 5, b= 2, h= 5, total= 13. again, the name of the angel wrffm, metatron, and the name of the deity, ydc, shaddai, each make 314; so the one is taken as symbolical of the other. the angel metatron is said to have been the conductor of the children of israel through the wilderness, of whom god says, my name is in him. with regard to gematria of phrases (gen. xlix, 10, hlyc aby, yeba shiloh= 358, which is the numeration of the word jycm, messiah.4 thus also the passage, gen. xviii. 2 hclc hnhw, 3 i.e. the kaballah unveiled. as scholem (major trends in jewish mysticism) and others have pointed out, the three tracts translated by mathers are actua

shorthand writer. of notariqon there are two forms. in the first every letter of a word is taken for the initial or abbreviation of another word, so that from the letters of a word a sentence may be formed. thus every letter of the word tycarb, berashith, the first word in genesis, is made the initial of a word, and we obtain hrwt larcy wlbqyc \yhla har tycarb, be-rashith rahi elohim sheyequebelo israel torah, in the beginning the elohim saw that israel would accept the law. in this connection i may give six very interesting specimens of notariqon formed from this same word tycarb by solom meir ben moses, a jewish qabalist, who embraced the christian faith in 1665, and took the name of prosper rugere. these all have a christian tendency, and by their means prosper converted another jew, wh

by pythagorean number mysticism t.s. liber lviii 11 now, we find that before the deity conformed himself thus i.e, as male and female that the worlds of the universe could not subsist, or, in the words of genesis (i, 2) the earth was formless and void. these prior worlds are considered to be symbolized by the kings that reigned in the land of edom, before there reigned a king over the children of israel ,13 and they are therefore spoken of in the qabalah as the edomite kings. this will be found fully explained in various parts of this work. we now come to the consideration of the first sephira, or the number one, the monad of pythagoras. in this number are the other nine hidden. it is indivisible, it is also incapable of multiplication; divide 1 by itself and it still remains 1, multiply 1

ey were convulsed by the unbalanced force, and destroyed.22 these primordial worlds are called the kings of ancient time and the kings 21 sometimes \yyjh u, otz ha-chayim, thus making possible the fudging of a different set of gematria identities t.s. 22 according to some, the qlippoth or shells are the remnants of these primal worlds t.s. liber lviii 14 of edom who reigned before the monarchs of israel. in this sense, edom is the world of unbalanced force, and israel is the balanced sephiroth (genesis xxxvi, 31. this important fact, that worlds were created and destroyed prior to the present creation, is again and again reiterated in the zohar. now the sephiroth are also called the world of emanations, or the atziluthic world, or archetypal world, twlyxa \lwu, olahm atziluth; and this wor

be profaned. we must defeat him, it is true; but how should we abuse and blame him, without abuse and blame of him that set him there? 136. a mystic number of jupiter; the sum of the first 16 natural numbers. 144. a square and therefore a materialisation of the number 12. hence the numbers in the apocalypse. 144,000 only means 12 (the perfect number in the zodiac or houses of heaven and tribes of israel) 12, i.e. settled 1000, i.e. on the grand scale. 148 \ynzam, scales of justice. 156. babalon. see liber 418. this number is chiefly important for part ii. it is of no account in the orthodox dogmatic qabalah. yet it is 12 13, the most spiritual form, 13 of the most perfect number, 12, awh [it is wyx, zion, the city of the pyramids. ed.]51 175. a mystic number of venus. 203. abr, initials of

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l= 300. similarly, the words achd, achad, unity, one, and ahbh, ahebah, love, each= 13; for a =1, ch= 8, d= 4, total= 13; and a= 1, h= 5, b= 2, h= 5, total= 13. again, the name of the angel mttrvn, metatron or methraton, and the name of the deity, shdi, shaddai, each make 314;3 so the one is taken as symbolical of the other. the angel metatron is said to have been the conductor of the children of israel through the wilderness, of whom god says "my name is in him" with regard to gematria of phases (gen. xlix. 10, iba shilh, yeba shiloh "sjhiloh shall come= 358, which is the numeration of the word mshich, messiah. thus also the passage, gen. xviii. 2, vhnh shlshh, vehenna shalisha "and lo, three men" equals in numerical value alv mikal gbrial vrpal, elo mikhale gabriel ve-raphael "these are

nd writer. of notariqon there are two forms. in the first every letter of a word is taken from the initial or abbreviation of another word, so that from the letters of a word a sentence may be formed. thus every letter of the word brashith, berashith, the first word in genesis, is made the initial of a word, and we obtain brashith rah alhim shiqblv ishral thvrh, berashith rahi elohim sheyequebelo israel torah "in the beginning elohim saw that israel would accept the law" in this connection i may give six very interesting specimens of notariqon formed from this same word brashith by solomon meir ben moses, a jewish qabalist, who embraced the christian faith in 1665, and took the name of prosper rugere. these have all a christian tendency, 72 and by their means prosper converted another jew

not achad, masculine) ruach elohim chimm: one is she the spirit of the elohim of life" now, we find that before he deity conformed himself thus "i.e, as male and female- that the worlds of the universe could not subsist, or, in the words of genesis "the earth was formless and void" these prior worlds are considered to be symbolised by the "kings who reigned in edom before there reigned a king in israel" and they are therefore spoken of in the qabalah as the "edomite kings" this will be found fully explained in various parts of this work. we now come to the consideration of the first sephira, or the number one, the monad of pythagoras. in this number are the other nine hidden. it is 77 indivisible, it is also incapable of multiplication; divide 1 by itself and it still remains 1, multiply

he qabalah, before the complete form of the heavenly man (the ten sephiroth) was produced, there were certain primordial world created, but these could not subsist, as the equilibrium of balance was not yet perfect, and they were convulsed by the unbalanced force and destroyed. these primordial worlds are called the "kings of ancient time" and the "kings of edom who reigned before the monarchs of israel" in this sense, edom is the world of unbalanced force, and israel is the balanced sephiroth (gen. xxxvi. 31. this important fact, that worlds were created and destroyed prior to the present creation, is again and again reiterated in the zohar. now the sephiroth are also called the world of emanations, or the atziluthic world, or the archetypal world, ovlm atziluth, olahm atziloth; and this

be profaned. we must defeat him, it is true; but how should we abuse and blame him, without abuse and blame of him that set him there? 136. a mystic number of jupiter; the sum of the first 16 natural numbers. 144. a square and therefore a materialisation of the number 12. hence the numbers in the apocapyse. 144,000 only means 12 (the perfect number in the zodiac or houses of heaven and tribes of israel) x 12 "i.e" settled x 1-000 "i.e" on the grand scale. 148. maznim, scales of justice. 156. babalon. see liber 418. this number is chiefly important for part ii. it is of no account in the orthodox dogmatic qabalah. yet it is 12 x 13, the most spiritual form, 13, of the most perfect number, 12, hva [it is tzivn, zion, the city of the pyramids- ed] 175. a mystic number of venus. 203. abr, ini

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d demon in this operation. is it, though? i am so blind that i can no longer decide the simplest problems. else, i see so well, and am so balanced, that i see both sides of every question. in chess-blindness one used to abjure the game. i never tried to stick it through; i wish i had. anyhow, i have to stick this through! o lord of the eye, let thine eye be ever open upon me! for he that watcheth israel doth not slumber nor sleep! lord shiva, open thou the eye upon me, and consume me altogether in its brilliance! destroy this universe! eat up thine hermit in thy terrible jaws! dance thou upon this prostrate saint of thine! i suffer from thirst it is a thirst of the body yet the thirst of the soul is deeper, and impossible to quench. lord adonai! let the powers of geburah plunge me again

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u spend your whole lives in looking for the devil in the most unlikely places, and declare that the only remedy against his craft and his cunning is total immersion in tonic-water and pine-apple syrup. f. an interpretation of genesis. by theodore powys. this is a most mystical interpretation of the most beautiful of the books of the old testament. it consists of a dialogue between the lawgiver of israel and zetetes, who is not exactly the disciple, but rather the interpreter of the master's words. thus it commences "the law-giver of israel "in the beginning the truth created the heaven and the earth "zetetes "the life that is within and the life that is without, are not these the heaven and the earth that the truth created" whether the author intends to weave into his interpretation the do

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l now discuss, be utilized in not only strengthening but in prolonging this life to an indefinite period.98 these practices are called the mudras, they are to be 94 "shiva sanhita" chap. v. it does not follow that missionaries are yogis. 95 compare "from the skull of the ancient being wells forth dew, and this dew will wake up the dead to a new life- the zohar "idra rabba "i will be as a dew unto israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as lebanon- hosea, xiv. 5. 96 this is according to the "shiva sanhita "the hatha yoga pradipika" places the sun in the svadisth na chakkra. the manip ra chakkra is however probably the correct one. 97 "hatha yoga pradipika" p. 53. 98 fabulous ages are attributed to many of the yogis. see flagg's "yoga" chap. xxviii; and "om" by sabhapaty

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inst my will. it is a fair bout. bishop. apply the thumbscrews["the torturers bind" laylah "and apply the torture["to g. m. of st john] my cook is a great knave, you must know. i bade him prepare me a pasty of quails toward to-night, and the varlet swears there are no quails on the market. now this morning riding i saw quails with these eyes. the air was as thick with them as when the children of israel were miraculously fed. g. m. of st j. a new miracle if the knave escape. but will not your lordship sup with me to-night? bishop. thanks, good grand master. first torturer. my lord, i think i heard a sigh. physician. only a natural motion of the body, by your 101 leave, my lord, i venture to opine. her lip is bitten through. bishop. what wickedness! truly, my lords, satan hath great power i

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

ergy will become available through the removal of all that obstructs. this is effected, in relation to man, at the judgment separation, but it will produce results in the other kingdoms of nature also. a portion of the animal kingdom will enter into a temporary obscuration, thus releasing energy for the use of the remaining percentage, and producing results such as are hinted at by the prophet of israel62(142) when he speaks of "the wolf lying down with the lamb; his comment "a little child shall lead them" is largely the esoteric enunciation of the fact that three fifths of the human family will stand upon the path 'a little child' being the name applied to probationers and disciples. in the vegetable and mineral kingdoms a corresponding demonstration will ensue, but of such a nature as t

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

system which was designated wisdom, and those who were devoted to its prosecution were first denominated sages, or wise men. pythagoras termed this system. the gnosis or knowledge of things that are. under the noble designation of wisdom, the ancient- 5- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust teachers, the sages of india, the magians of persia and babylon, the seers and prophets of israel, the hierophants of egypt and arabia, and the philosophers of greece and the west, included all knowledge which they considered as essentially divine; classifying part as esoteric and the remainder as exterior."3 we know much of the exoteric teaching. orthodox and theological christianity is founded on it, as are all the orthodox formulations of the great religions. when, however, the inner

the first initiation; a later one is that `of the holy ghost and fire,18 the baptism of the initiate in his manhood, as the first is that of birth, which welcomes him as the `little child' entering the kingdom.19 how thoroughly this imagery was familiar among the mystics of the jews is shown by the surprise evinced by jesus when nicodemus stumbled over his mystic phraseology `art thou a master of israel, and knowest not these things'"20 facing these possible heights of attainment stand the disciples of the world at this time. here also stands the weary world disciple, humanity as a whole, worn and distraught, bewildered and restless, yet conscious of divine potentialities and great dreams, visions and ideals which evoke a hope and a refusal to be defeated and are the guarantee of eventual

dergone by the christ soul. this took place in the inner mind (the temple) and corresponded to an awakening of the logical and intuition sides of the soul. these are the father-mother principle, indicated by the presence of the parents."61 and again "this number (of the twelve disciples) is typified by many things in the old testament; by the 12 sons of jacob, by the 12 princes of the children of israel; by the 12 running springs in helim; by the 12 stones in aaron's breastplate; by the 12 loaves of the shew-bred; by the 12 spies sent by moses; by the 12 stones of which the altar was made; by the 12 stones taken out of jordan; by the 12 oxen which bare the brazen sea. also in the new testament, by the 12 stars in the bride's- 49- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust crown

ty adjustments and sacrifices which would render realisation possible. people ask for guidance; they demand right leadership; they hope to be led in the way that they should go; and yet all the time the guidance, leadership and direction have been given them. christ blazed the trail and is still waiting for us to follow, not one by one, but under inspired disciples as a race. like the children of israel under moses, we must go forth and find the "holy land" how then can those who have vision (and they are many) train themselves to aid in the right orientation of humanity? how can they become the leaders so sorely needed? by learning to be led themselves by christ, and by following the guidance of the inner mystical christ which will inevitably lead them direct to christ the initiator. as a

ALICE A BAILEY14 THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST

t dubious science of astrology has sidetracked the legitimate interest of humanity in the astronomical teaching and its spiritual interpretation of the passage of the sun through the signs of the zodiac. yet, in the new testament, that recognition is clearly revealed and colours the presentation of the entire gospel story. it is found also in the old testament. what was the sin of the children of israel in the desert but a reversion to the old mithraic worship which distinguished the time when the sun was "in the sign of taurus, the bull" as it is technically called. they fell down and worshipped the golden calf and forgot the new teaching of the age of aries, the ram, into which they were entering, the teaching of the scapegoat which colours jewish history. the fact that christ was the te

came. he was erroneously presented to the world as the living scapegoat, bearing away the sins of the people, and thus originating the doctrine of the vicarious at-one-ment. it was st. paul who was responsible for this emphasis. a paralleling instance of a similar distortion was also of jewish origin and appeared in the early stages of the cycle of aries, the ram. we are told that the children of israel fell down and worshipped the golden calf, the symbol of taurus, the bull; this was the preceding astronomical cycle. these are astronomical cycles and not a presented astrology. in the early stages of aries, the teaching reverted to that of taurus and in the early stages of pisces, it reverted to that of aries and thus set the seal of retrogression upon the teaching which now controls so ma

ALICE A BAILEY19 THE UNFINISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

the sun in the heavens, the sun appears to be going through the constellation aquarius. this is an astronomical fact at this time and has nothing to do with astrology. the influence, however, of the sign through which the sun may be passing at any particular world period is irrefutable and i can prove it to you here and now. prior to the jewish dispensation when moses was leading the children of israel out of egypt the sun was in the sign taurus. it was passing through the sign of the bull. we then had the appearance on earth of the mithraic mysteries which centered around the sacrifice of the sacred bull. the sin of the children of israel in the wilderness which so aroused the anger of moses when he descended from the mount of the lord and found them falling down before the golden calf w

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

s indicated; and this is why all profound attention to the physical disciplines, to vegetarianism, to diet and to fasting, and to the present modes of (so-called) mental and divine healing, are undesirable and not in line with the projected plan. therefore undue consideration and excessive emphasis upon the physical body is reactionary and is like the worship of the golden calf by the children of israel; it is reversion to that which at one time was of importance but today should be relegated to a minor position and below the threshold of consciousness. i have dealt with this here because in law vii the fact of the endocrine glands is brought to our attention, and it is necessary that we approach this subject from the right point of view. the endocrine glands are a tangible part of the phy

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

ing universal in nature. its present form, resting as it does on a jewish foundation which is nearly five thousand years old, must disappear. this must take place, not because it is jewish, but because it is old and reactionary and has not followed the evolutionary passage of the sun through the zodiac. that passage should and does symbolise human evolution, and just as the sin of the children of israel in the wilderness was their reverting to a dispensation and religious ritual which had passed and gone (the religion of the people in the time of taurus, the bull, symbolised by their falling down and worshipping the golden calf, so today modern masonry is in line to do the same; and the ancient usages and forms, consistent and right in the jewish dispensation, are now obsolete and should b

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

the mysteries of mithras. approximately two thousand years before the birth of christ, astronomers tell us, the sun passed into the sign aries, the ram or lamb, and the jewish dispensation came into being. at that time, therefore, we have the inauguration of the jewish passover and the lamb sacrifice. it is interesting to note in this connection the true significance of the sin of the children of israel in the wilderness. we read that they made a golden calf and fell down and worshipped it, thus reverting in this act to ancient forms and sacrifices. their sin consisted in a reactionary attitude and in not grasping the significance of the new age which was upon them. again the astronomers tell us that, when christ was born in palestine, the date from which our christian dispensation starts

AN INTRO TO STUDY OF THE KABALAH

lso a deeper and concealed meaning of a mystical character to be found by their calculations, conversions, and substitutions, according to their rules of gematria, notaricon, and temura: the first name is of greek origin, the second from the latin, but the third was hebrew and meant permutation, tmurh, from the root mur--changed. the most famous rabbi of the seventeenth century named menasseh ben israel, compared the books of moses to the body of a man, the commentaries called mishna to the soul, and the kabalah he called the spirit of the soul "ignorant people may study the first, the learned the second, but the wisest direct their contemplation to the third; he called the kabalists--divine theologians possessed of thirteen rules by which they are enabled to penetrate the mysteries with w

l must put on a garment to be known or understood here, so the law must have clothed itself in a garment of words as a body for men to receive; but the wise look within the garments" at some periods both the ordinary jew and even christian fathers have made a somewhat similar declaration of a literal and a mystical meaning of scripture. the talmud in book "sanhedrin" remarks that manasseh king of israel asked whether moses could not relate something of more value than tales of timnah a concubine, and rachel with her mandrakes, and he is answered that there is a concealed meaning in these narrations. the christian father origen (a.d. 253, in his "homilies" wrote that everybody should regard these stories, the making of the world in six days, and the planting of trees by god--as figures of s

e cognizance. the universe is called the "garment of god: this lower world is a copy of the divine world, everything here has its prototype above (zohar ii. 20) some kabalistic treatises speak of earlier worlds created before the conjunction of the divine king and queen; these perished in the void; these lost worlds are referred to in genesis 36, v. 31-40, as "the kings of edom who reigned before israel" they are said to have perished one after the other; these worlds were convulsed and were no more known. having considered the divine emanations, and the origin of the universe, i must refer to the spiritual beings of the four worlds. in the first purest and highest world of atziluth there dwell only the primary ten sephiroth of the adam oilah or archetype, perfect and immutable. in the sec

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

sephrim or sephiroth, for sepher (or s-ph-ra when unvowelled) means "to cipher" and therefore, also, we find plato stating that the deity geometrizes in fabricating the universe. the kabalistic book, the sepher jezirah, opens with a statement of the hidden wisdom of alhi in sephrim, i.e, the elohim in the sephiroth "in thirty and two paths, hidden wisdom, established jah, jhvh, tzabaoth, elohi of israel, alhim of life, el of grace and mercy- exalted, uplifted dweller on high, and king of everlasting, and his name- holy! in three sephrim: viz- b-s'ph-r, v-s'ph-r, v-siph-o-r "this comment sets forth 'the hidden wisdom' of the original text by hidden wisdom, that is, by the use of words carrying a special set of numbers and a special phraseology, which will set forth the very explanatory syst

o belong to a material plane of evolution, although as it is not the plane of which we are made cognizant through our senses, it remains generally invisible to us, and is thus regarded as subjective. were the gnostics so wrong, after this, in affirming that this our visible world, and especially the earth, had been created by lower angels, the inferior elohim, of which, as they taught, the god of israel was one. these gnostics were nearer in time to the records of the archaic secret doctrine, and therefore ought to be allowed to have known better than non-initiated christians, who took upon themselves, hundreds of years[[vol. 2, page] 62 the secret doctrine. later, to remodel and correct what was said. but let us see what the same tablet says further on- 7. there were seven of them (the wi

- a permutation of aditi, primordial light. and if bath-kol, in jewish mysticism, is an articulate praeternatural voice from heaven, revealing to the "chosen people" the sacred traditions and laws, it is only because vach was called, before judaism, the "mother of the vedas" who entered into the rishis and inspired them by her revelations; just as bath-kol is said to have inspired the prophets of israel and the jewish high-priests. and both exist to this day, in their respective sacred symbologies, because the ancients associated sound or speech with the ether of space, of which sound is the characteristic. hence fire, water and air are the primordial cosmic trinity "i am thy thought, thy god, more ancient than the moist principle, the light that radiates within darkness (chaos, and the sh

cles, makes the name jehovah appear still more clearly in its primitive doublesexed form. finding in sanskrit such syllables as jah and yah, e.g, jah (navi "ganges" and jagan-natha "lord of the world" it becomes clear why mr. rawlinson is so very confident in his works of an aryan or vedic influence on the early mythology of babylon. nor is it to be much wondered at that the alleged ten tribes of israel disappeared during the captivity period, without leaving a trace behind them, when we are informed that the jews had de facto but two tribes- those of judah and of levi. the levies, moreover, were not a tribe at all, but a priestly caste. the descendants have only followed their progenitors, the various patriarchs, into thin, sidereal air. there were brahms and a-brahms, in days of old, tru

ng during the mysteries, we find[[footnote(s* compare ezekiel's vision (chap. i) of the four divine beings who "had the likeness of a man" and yet had the appearance of a wheel "when they went they went upon their four sides. for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheel* see prof. wilder's essay "the primeval race double-sexed* eugibinus, a christian, and the rabbis samuel, manasseh ben israel, and maimonides taught that "adam had two faces and one person, and from the beginning he was both male and female- male on one side and female on the other (like manu's brahma, but afterwards the parts were separated" the one hundred and thirty-ninth psalm of david recited by rabbi jeremiah ben eliazar is evidence of this "thou hast fashioned me behind and before" not beset as in the bible

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

nd of islam, have from the first loved to dwell in darkness and ignorance; and both have made- the sun like blood, the earth a tomb, the tomb a hell, and hell itself a murkier gloom" both creeds have won their proselytes at the point of the sword; both have built their churches on heaven-kissing hecatombs of human victims. over the gateway of century i. of our era, the ominous words "the karma of israel" fatally glowed. over the portals of our own, the future seer may discern other words, that will point to the karma for cunningly made-up history, for events purposely perverted, and for great characters slandered by posterity, mangled out of recognition, between the two cars of jagannatha- bigotry and materialism; one accepting too much, the other denying all. wise is he who holds to the g

n of christianity- the hellenes alone had dared to raise publicly an altar to the unknown god. whatever st. paul may have had in his profound mind when declaring to the athenians that this "unknown" ignorantly worshipped by them, was the true god announced by himself- that deity was not "jehovah (see "the holy of holies, nor was he "the maker of the world and all things" for it is not the "god of israel" but the "unknown" of the ancient and modern pantheist that "dwelleth not in temples made with hands (acts xviii, 23-4. divine thought cannot be defined, or its meaning explained, except by the numberless manifestations of cosmic substance in which the former is sensed spiritually by those who can do so. to say this, after having defined it as the unknown deity, abstract, impersonal, sexles

i) that the jews complained of the wilderness where there was no water (v. 5; after which "the lord sent fiery serpents" to bite them, when, to oblige moses, he gives him as a remedy the brazen serpent on a pole to look at; after which "any man when he beheld the serpent of brass. lived. after that the "lord" gathering the people together at the well of beer, gives them water (14-16, and grateful israel sang this song "spring up, o well (v. 17. when, after studying symbology, the christian reader comes to understand the innermost meaning of these three symbols- water, brazen, the serpent, and a few more- in the sense given to them in the holy bible, he will hardly like to connect the sacred name of his saviour with the "brazen serpent" incident. the seraphim[[hebrew (fiery winged serpents)

e prefer to turn to pantheism and to pagan philosophy for information. once that the key to genesis is in our hands, it is the scientific and symbolical kabala which unveils the secret. the great serpent of the garden of eden and the "lord god" are identical, and so are jehovah and cain one- that cain who is referred to in theology as the "murderer" and the liar to god! jehovah tempts the king of israel to number the people, and satan tempts him to do the same in another place. jehovah turns into the fiery serpents to bite those he is displeased with; and jehovah informs the brazen serpent that heals them. these short, and seemingly contradictory, statements in the old testament (contradictory because the two powers are separated instead of being regarded as the two faces of one and the sa

ial aspect. and this "soul" is, in its dual aspect of spirit and matter, the true anthropomorphic god of the theists; as this god is a personification of that universal creative agent, pure and impure both, owing to its manifested condition and differentiation in this mayavic world- god and devil- truly. but dr. wilson failed to see how vishnu, in this character, closely resembles the lord god of israel "especially in his policy of deception, temptation, and cunning" in the vishnu purana this is made as plain as can be. for it is said there, that "at the conclusion of their prayers (stotra) the gods beheld the sovereign deity hari (vishnu) armed with the conch, the discus, and the mace, riding on garuda" now "garuda" is the manvantaric cycle, as will be shown in its place. vishnu, therefor

BLUE EQUINOX

n thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men. so i spake unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died: and i did in the morning as i was commanded. and the people said unto me: wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so? then i answered them. the word of the lord came unto me saying: speak unto the house of israel: thus saith the lord god. ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done, shall ye do; and when this cometh, ye shall know that i am the lord. also, son of man, shall it not be in the day when i take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereon they set their minds. in that day shall thy mouth be opened. and thou shalt speak. a

, and i hope, as i said before, that he will very soon let us have a new book, giving his ideas on the technique of attainment. a. c. a book of prefaces. by h. l. mencken. alfred a. knopf. praise ye the lord. sing unto the lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. believe me, i had hardly hoped to live to see this day when a book of criticism like this comes into my hand. let israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of zion be joyful in their king. there are plenty of brains in america, and plenty of educated brains, but it is extremely rare to find these two combined in one being. let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. mr. mencken narrowly escapes the cleverness which is the hall-mark of the silver

BOOK OF ENOCH

rom end to end. at this time, the religious establishment left the country, taking the ark of the covenant and all the important religious texts with them. after a number of years in egypt, the refugees went further south, near to the source of the nile, at lake tana in ethiopia. the descendants of these people are the falashas, who even today follow the form of judaism that had been practiced in israel only before 620 bc. the ethiopians translated the book of hanokh into ge'ez, and had enough respect to look after it. meanwhile, all hebrew versions disappeared but a substantial part of the book had survived in greek, and some parts in aramaic, but until scottish traveler, and freemason, james bruce, returned from ethiopia in 1773, with three manuscripts, no one in the west had ever seen t

BOOK OF JASHAR

to transform our view of society. the best works of economic theory are also such stories, but written in a new and specialized vocabulary. i began to wonder whether the creative process by which we write modern social science might in some ways be similar to the way that the ancient prophets produced their scriptures. then, i came across the biblical references to jashar, another book of ancient israel. many apocryphal and pseudepigraphic texts are studied today, but it was jashar that captured my imagination. so i began to work on producing a new english version of the jashar apocryphon, a task that i continued intermittently over several years. having undertaken this project for my own pleasure, i had no reservations about retelling this story in my own words, recasting it as a myth for

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

h him. explain how you would determine what to put on a talisman for henry, and when and how you would make it. henry's birthdate is october 12, 1947, and amy's is july 3, 1958. 6. practice writing in all of the magickal alphabets illustrated. why should you not try to learn any of them by heart? please read: the runes and other magical alphabets by michael howard how to make and use talismans by israel regardie recommended supplementary reading: the book of charms and talismans sepharial egyptian language sir wallis budge lesson thirteen 1. a young boy slipped from a pile of rocks he was climbing, fell and broke his left leg. it has been set but is taking a long time to mend. what would you do to help the mending process, utilizing (a) auric healing (b) gem therapy (c) graphochromopathy?

g pranic healing when the patient is not physically present. 4. a woman has a hysterectomy. describe how you would aid her recovery, using a poppet. 5. write a short essay on healing, reviewing what you have learned in lessons 10,11,12 and 13. please read: color healing by mary anderson healing for everyone by e. loomis& j. paulson is this your day? by george s. thommen the art of true healing by israel regardie precious stones; their occult power and hidden significance by w.b. crow recommended supplementary reading: magic and healing c.j.s. thompson color therapy linda clark handbook of bach flower remedies philip m. chancellor handbook of unusual and unorthodox healing methods j.v. cerney see, also, the list at the end of the lesson. lesson fourteen 1. is it permissable for you to write

CASE PAUL F THE BOOK OF TOKENS

y the ineffable via the book of tokens, may light be extended upon you. in l. v. x (light, the grand chapter, builders, of the adytum the book of tokens contents* prologos 3 aleph 5 beth 17 gimel 29 daleth 39 heh 49 vav 63 zain 73 cheth 81 teth 89 yod 97 kaph 105 lamed 113 mem 119 nun 127 samekh 137 ayin 145 peh 153 tzaddi 159 qoph 167 resh 173 shin 179 tav 185 epilogos 193 prologos* 0 hearken, o israel, unto my voice, and give ear to mine instruction. my word shall go before thee as a pillar of fire by night, and as a pillar of cloud shalt thou follow it by day. turn not aside, nor faint, and it shall lead thee to a land of plenty flowing with the milk of life eternal and the honey of unblemished wisdom. the meditation on aleph* 1 i am, without beginning, without end. older than night or

the venom of the adder's fang. nothing falleth but by me and in whatsoever riseth mine is the power that lifteth up. 7 my presence is the substance of all things. i am the virgin snow on mountain heights; i am the fruitful loam in valley depths. i am the gold and silver of the temple vessels; i am the mire on sandals left by the faithful at the temple gate. see me and regard me equally in all, o israel, and thou shalt see indeed. 8 for seeing thus, shalt thou see, too, that nothing is, or can be, my antagonist. all, and in all shall i fight myself? what hath power to limit or defeat the very'source of power? know then, that all thy sense of conflict is but the shadow-play of ignorance. wait with patience on me, thy lord, and in my appointed time will i make clear what now is dark, and sho

rd, and in my appointed time will i make clear what now is dark, and show before thee, straight and true, a path of safety in the very place where now an abyss of terror seems to open at thy feet. 9 i am the beginning of all beginnings, checked by neither time nor space, held by no bonds of name or form. present everywhere, centering the full perfection of mine exhaustless power, i am thy lord, o israel, and lord of countless hosts. seek me in the holy of holies, in the heart of the true temple, on the holy mountain. behold, i am with thee always, and i never sleep. 10 i am the height above all heights. my descent reacheth likewise below all depths. yet am i poised forever between height and depth in perfect balance. consider me under the aspect of aleph; there shalt thou find both height

i, the first and the root. from mine unfathomable will the universe hath its beginning. in my boundless wisdom are the types and patterns of all things. before all worlds i was; in all worlds i am; and when worlds are but a memory, i shall be. comment on aleph* a l e p h, pronounced awlef. transcribed as "a. the number 1. meaning: ox. the fiery intelligence. throughout this text the proper name "israel" should be understood as applying to the spiritual israel. this name means "he shall rule as god, and thus the text is addressed to all who, by identifying themselves with the divine will, become unobstructed channels for its expression. thus they truly live the divine life, and consequently share in the divine rulership, 2 "to me neither men nor angels may draw nigh. nothing conscious of s

elessness in essence as if it were fixity in operation. that which changeth not is mine own nature, but this includeth the possibility of infinite diversity in ways and works. 3 for the uninstructed this is a stumbling-block. confused by words of double meaning, they perceive not that this, mine immutable nature, is an essence whose first ground is life, and not mere being. thou knowest me not, o israel, if thou regardest me only as" he who is" they know me indeed who know that i am "he who liveth" i am life itself, and without mind there is no life. i am the essence of mind, and the essence of mind is will. of my will all created wills are but reflections, and. the essence of that will- what is it but desire? i am life eternal, and i am the eternal longing for manifestation, because of wh

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

lutionary ideas. in a meeting at his home, vesey gave a militant exegesis of the exodus story of the deliverance of the hebrew slaves, a favorite biblical account for african americans in the nineteenth century. according to bennett's confession, at this meeting vesey said c that we ought to rise up and fight against the whites for our liberties c he read to us from the bible, how the children of israel were delivered out of egypt from bondage. c he then read in the bible where god commanded, that all should be cut off, both men, women and children, and said, he believed, it was no sin for us to do so, for the lord had commanded us to do it.[17] ultimately the uprising failed when an informer betrayed the conspiracy. vesey, his lieutenants, and eighty of the plotters were captured; all wer

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

anguage) 1200 origin of judaism, o.c. of o.t, starting with the torah (the first 5 books. sophocles claimed dice were invented by palamedes during the siege of troy. herodotus attributed them to the lydians in the reign of atys. 1194 fall of troy (events described in iliad/odyssey. 1100 (ca) rise of mayan culture. 994- king david captures jerusalem. 10th century bce solomon, son of david, king of israel flourished 950 torah/pentateuch, song of songs. 900 bc "the sacrificial deities, agni and soma, as personifications of the ritual order, effectively survived the transition from theism to pantheism in 900 bc (james: 1963..pg 77) 800- the iliad and the odyssey were recited by a blind poet named homer; hesiod: works and days, theogony; upanishads 751 rome was founded 740 o.t. book of isaiah

alchemical texts theatrum chemicum. 1602-1668 rudolf glauber 1602 william lilly, astrologer and translator of trithemius, born in diseworth, county leicester, england. 1603-1675 john jonston born in poland of a scottish family. rosicrucian friend of comenius. naturae constantia (amsterdam 1632. 1603 queen elizabeth i dies; accession of james i 1603-1678 john junior winthrop 1604-1657 manasseh ben israel. 1604 basil valentine's triumphal chariot of alchemy by rosicrucian johann tholde july 26 john dee meets simon forman. michael sendivogius's novum lumen chemicum. simon studion s unpublished latin manuscript naometria("measurement of the temple, a naked and prime opening of the book written within and without by the key of david and the reed like unto a rod (cf. revelation xi. divided into

ystem or organism of spiritual exercises" 1900 crowley expelled from the golden dawn 1901 manly palmer hall born 1902 a.e. waite "doctrine and literature of the kabalah" 1903 eine mithrasliturgie published by albrecht dieterich "otot u-mo'adim" by joshua eisenback of prystik (pol. przystyk) commentary on "sefer yezirah" printed. 1907 henry steel olcott, cofounder of the theosophical society, dies israel regardie born 1909 franz bardon born 1912 phineas mordell published thesis "the origin of letters and numerals according to the sefer yetzirah" in the "jewish quarterly review "april 1912 vol. ii, and april 1913 vol. iii. 1913 translation of "sefer yezirah" in french by duchess c. de cimara and in a translation by e. bischoff. 1914 phineas mordell interprets "sefer yetzirah" in "jewish quar

karl preisendanz publishes vol 1 papyri graecae magicae. manly r. hall published a compilation of the "sefer yetsirah" in his "secrect teachings of all ages. 1932 "jezirah" by g. scholem in encyclopedia judaica (berlin, vol. 9, col. 104ff. 1933 annie besant (n e wood, author and noted theosophist dies 1933 god of the witches by m. murray. 1936 the brotherhood of light tarot -the sacred tarot 1937 israel regardie publishes the golden dawn, which includes the bulk of the golden dawns' rituals and teachings. 1939 william butler yeats dies 1942 arthur edward waite dies 1944 arcanum 17 andre breton 1945 discovery of nag hammadi scriptures. 1946 dion fortune (i.e. violet mary firth) dies 1947 aleister crowley (crowley, edward alexander) dies 1947-56 discovery of qumran (dead sea) scrolls. 1948 t

and teachings. 1939 william butler yeats dies 1942 arthur edward waite dies 1944 arcanum 17 andre breton 1945 discovery of nag hammadi scriptures. 1946 dion fortune (i.e. violet mary firth) dies 1947 aleister crowley (crowley, edward alexander) dies 1947-56 discovery of qumran (dead sea) scrolls. 1948 the white goddess by r. graves. 1949 gardnerian book of shadows 1953 grand lodge of the state of israel was constituted. 1957 l'art magique andre breton 1958 franz bardon dies 1961 a history of the jews in christian spain v.1 yitzchak baer links radical joachimite spiritual spanish franciscans with jewish mysticism in thirteenth-century spain 1971 73 henry corbin mundus imaginalis 1974 julius evola dies 1976 j. t. milik, ed. and trans, the books of enoch: aramaic fragments of qumran cave 4, o

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of noah was a 'watcher, and nebuchadnezzar, the king of babylon from 651-604bc, records being visited by a watcher and a holy one who came down from heaven.4 the dakas in mahayana buddhism were 'sky travelling beings' and padma sambhava, the founder of tibetan buddhism, was said to have left tibet in a celestial chariot.5 something similar was claimed for the biblical prophet elijah when he left israel6 and for the central american god, quetzalcoatl.7 descriptions of flying discs, flying boats, and celestial chariots, abound on all continents and in all cultures. still today we relate 'heaven' to the sky, because that is where the 'gods' of ancient time came from in their spacecraft. the aborigines of australia speak of three ancestral beings, called the djanggawul, who were connected wit

le joseph and the midwife were unaffected. this is very much a theme of et contactee/abductee experiences. the text goes on "and the midwife went away with him. and they stood in the place of the cave, and behold a luminous cloud overshadowed the cave. and the midwife said 'my soul has been magnified this day, because mine eyes have seen strange things- because salvation has been brought forth to israel. and immediately the cloud disappeared out of the cave, and a great light shone in the cave, so that the eyes could not bear it. and the veil of tears 13 in a little that light gradually decreased until the infant appeared, and went and took the breast of his mother, mary" the connections with 'gods' and 'clouds' are endless in the ancient legends and texts and what about the 'star' that wa

tudents whom milner recruited for the round table and later, the royal institute of international affairs. under milner's stewardship, the round table's influence grew and went on to enjoy tremendous power at the heart of government. among its inner membership was arthur balfour (comm 300),3 the foreign secretary and prime minister, whose 'balfour declaration' would, in effect, bring the state of israel into being. in the years that followed, the round table controlled the london times newspaper and other publications. it introduced the term 'a commonwealth of nations' and ensured that the idea became a reality. through milner, it was the chief influence in the british war cabinet of lloyd george (comm 300) in the first world war. it would dominate the british delegation at the 'peace' con

ol the world and your life is no 'theory, but provable fact. therefore, in the rest of this chapter, i'm going to concentrate on the three major events in the early years of this century which show that the version of history we are given in the schools and the media is considerably less than the truth. those events are the first world war, the russian revolution, and the creation of the state of israel. the same few people manipulated all of them. the first world war kaiser wilhelm ii was ruler of germany in the early years of this century, but eliteplaced men in his administration were manipulating policy, just as they were in great britain (milner) and in the united states (colonel house. the assassination of archduke ferdinand, the heir to the austro-hungarian throne, was used as the e

into what eventually became the kgb. the 'people's revolution, which would turn hundreds of millions of people into little more than prisoners in their own land and cause the death and suffering of so many in the concentration camps, had massively advanced the aims of the new world order. the soviet card would be played with great effect in the decades that followed. the creation of the state of israel another elite ambition during the first world war was to ensure the recognition by britain of a jewish homeland in what was then arab palestine. the political movement known as zionism had been introduced to campaign for a jewish homeland, but it is often misunderstood: all jewish people are not zionists and all zionists are not jewish. zionism is not a religion or a race; it is a political

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al in austria in 1885 and, based on the age of that coal seam, it must have been made some 300,000 years ago!7 a piece of gold thread was found embedded in eight feet of rock in rutherford mills, england, in 1844, and that rock was estimated to go back 60 million years!!8 electric batteries have been found in ancient egyptian tombs and a massive slab of green glass weighing many tons was found in israel.9 the prehistoric bones of animals have been discovered with bullets in them.10 as the brilliant author and researcher of far ancient history, colonel james churchward, wrote: 14 children of the matrix "civilisations have been born and completed and then forgotten again and again. there is nothing new under the sun. what is, has been. all that we learn and discover has existed before; our i

of the babies had to be delivered through caesarean birth..having split open the bellies of their mothers they came forth from their navels. another story relates to noah, the semitic name for the sumerian flood hero, utnapishtim. the ancient hebrew text, the book of noah and its derivative, the book of enoch, refers to the birth of noah and sections also appear in the dead sea scrolls, found in israel in 1947. the scrolls are connected with the essene community in palestine 2,000 years ago. noah is the son of lamech and he is described as unlike a human being and 96 children of the matrix more like "the children of the angels in heaven. and we know who they were. lamech questions his wife about the father of noah "behold, i thought then within my heart that conception was (due) to the wa

the sumerian cities were affected in the same way at the same time. just as the nuclear devastation in the indus valley corresponds with the time period of this poisonous "evil wind" in sumer, so it also corresponds with the timescale that saw the violent demise of the biblical sodom and gomorrah. many sources point to these cities being located in what is now the southern end of the dead sea in israel where unnatural levels of radioactivity persist to this day. they call this "lot's sea" after the biblical character involved in the sodom and gomorrah story and for thousands of years it has been associated with the symbol of death. the story of lot's wife says that she was turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back over sodom and gomorrah at the time of the destruction, but the wor

osiris of egypt, and the original version of king arthur, are all the same person, waddell contends. so, he says, is dar-danos, the first king of troy in homer's iliad. thor was known as dan and from this same root you get danube and danmark, the danish spelling for denmark. the name relates to the danaans, who originated in atlantis. the british israelite movement claims that the "lost tribes of israel, especially the tribe of dan, moved out of the middle east and settled in the british isles and europe. this, they claim, led to the names danube and danmark and therefore makes the british, and their genetic kin, god's "chosen people. they have, however, completely lost the plot, i would suggest, not least because they are obsessed with the idea that the bible is accurate. it is not! the e

brew e-b-l, and his sumerian title was ibil or bal (the hebrew baal, says waddell. baal worship would therefore be serpent worship. another name for balder was egil and this is almost identical to egel, the hebrew for "a bull calf" and the "golden calf" worshipped in the old testament.39 "golden calf" worship= serpent worship? balder was symbolised as a bull or steer and became the "steer god" of israel or isra- el. he is referred to in the edda as the "steer of eden. balder is also called "the young hydra. in greek mythology, the hydra is a nine-headed serpent monster with poisonous breath and when one head was severed, two would grow in its place. it was killed in the second of the 12 labours of the sun god, hercules. the edda says that thor/ indara/adam called his cappadocian capital, h

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many people around the world today who claim to have bred withreptilians. by 2,200 bc the royal court of the dragon had been founded in egypt bythe priests of mendes and this still continues today 4,000 years later, as the imperial androyal court of the dragon sovereignty, now headquartered in britain. some peoplecall this the brother-hood of the snake. the early kings of sumer, egypt, and later,israel, were anointed at their coronation with the fat of the dragon which was the fatof the sacred crocodile. the croc was known in egypt as a messeh and from this comesthe hebrew term messiah which means anointed one. the kings of the successionwere also known as dragons and all this symbolism relates to the knowledge thatthese royal families were the bloodlines of the reptile-human crossbreeds

known asthe great dragon or. draco. the famous celtic title, pendragon, is a version of this.kingship actually originates from the word kin or blood relative and kin-ship becamekingship. just to emphasise the point about the reptile bloodlines here, the name theegyptians gave to their sacred messeh or crocodile was. draco. this also became asymbol of the egyptian therapeutate and their branch in israel called the essenes, andit was represented as a sea serpent or bistea neptunis by the royal merovingians andtheir decendents in france. the same tribe, all of them. if you look in the picture sectionyou will see an ancient egyptian depiction of a god on the temple wall at saqquara- itis a non-human reptilian figure with what appear to be wings.blond-haired, blue-eyed beings with eyes like la

e brotherhood priests and initiates would hijack the positions of religiousand political power and ensure that any advanced knowledge in circulation was suckedout of the public domain and into their mystery schools and secret societies. the whiterace and the reptile-aryan crossbreeds had emerged from the caucasus mountains andthe mountains of iran and kurdistan after the flood to settle in egypt, israel/palestineand what we now call jordan, syria, iraq, iran and turkey, going up to the caucasusfigure 7:the land of thegods in theancient worldfrom where thearyan andreptile-aryanbloodstreamsemerged in thecaucasusmountains,sumer; babylon,and egypt.there wereother advancedpeoples in otherparts of theworld, however,not only here. 59mountains (see figure 7. significantly it was from this same reg

the same stories,myths, and religion. this is why, as we shall see in detail later, all the major religions tellthe same tale but using different names. they all come from the same source, this aryanrace, which seems to have originated on mars, and the reptile-human bloodlines operatingcovertly within them. what we call the jewish race also originated in the caucasus regionand not, as claimed, in israel. jewish historical and anthropological sources have shownthat only a few of the people known as jewish have any genetic connection to israel. inthe 8th century a people called the khazars living in the caucasus mountains andsouthern russia had a mass conversion to the jewish religion. later when that empirefolded, these same people made their way north over a long period of time to settle i

ithuania and estonia. from there they entered western europe andeventually the united states. the rothschild family is one of these bloodlines. these arethe same people who justified the takeover of arab palestine after the last war by sayingthat god had given them an ancient right to that land as his chosen people. in truth60their original homeland is the caucasus region and southern russia, not israel. see..and the truth shall set you free for a detailed and sourced account of this story andthe secret society manipulation that was behind the creation of israel, or rothschild-land as it really is.the white race expanded northwards into europe. the first people went by sea underthe name, the phoenicians, and over many centuries others migrated over land (seefigure 8. two of the latter grou

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s seem to be laid out so weird! driving in washington d.c. can be a nightmare. now you know why. i will challenge any one to try and disprove this information. the odds against this happening accidentally are so astronomical and ridiculous! do you see irrefutable evidences of a conspiracy here? and, now the end is apparently in sight. the third world war, envisioned by albert pike in 1870 between israel and her arab neighbors, is apparently at hand. out of this war is to come antichrist. are you spiritually ready? is your family? are you adequately protecting your loved ones? from the rest of my website, you should make the connection that the churches and governments are all controlled by this brotherhood as well. statue of liberty- information compiled by a list member the statue of libe

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a here we see that the magical act of sexual union creates a god like individual, who in this instance is cain. cain is considered to be a son of satan, a manifestation of that very solar force within man and woman. in religious lore, samael who is the serpent or dragon, was said to have injected filth which spawned cain, his son in flesh- when the serpent mounted eve, he injected filth into her. israel who stood at mount sinai, their filth ceased; the other nations who did not stand at mount sinai, their filth has not ceased. talmud: b. shab. 146a aleister crowley made reference to cain and his mark of initiation, which some witches disagree with according to their tradition. to paraphrase: there is the legend of eve and the serpent, for cain was the child of eve and the serpent, and not

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other works of the aspirant bibliography were used to augment the material in these works. additionally, the writer consulted the webster's new world dictionary for determining the root etymology of some entries. why is this work so important? aleister crowley was said to have advised a student at one time "madame, define your terms" in the preface of aleister crowley's magick without tears, dr. israel regardie wrote "general semantics finds its most staunch supporter in the person and writing of aleister crowley. there is hardly a page in this book that does not insist that the inquirer clarify her referents. letter 28 is a splendid example of this insistence. there are pitifully few occult writers that even know what general semantics is all about" in letter 28 of crowley's magick witho

is a "same" two digit number, i.e, a master number such as 11, 22, 33, 44, etc. reflexology: based on the notion that the body is one inter-dependent whole, it is a form of remote massage. by massaging certain points on the hands or feet, therapeutic effects are assumed for the internal organs and other parts of the body that are connected to these points via the nervous system. regardie, francis israel (nee israel reguty: a magician of the 20th century. after serving as aleister crowley's (q.v) personal secretary, he joined the hermetic order of the golden dawn [g.d (q.v. he found the group almost moribund, so in order to save the order's secret teachings from oblivion, he broke his vows of silence and revealed them in the four volume (now one volume) book entitled, the golden dawn. as a

visible station in the universe on the astral plane (q.v, set at the quarters (east, south, west, and north. a celestial garrison of angels (q.v, under the command of an archangel (q.v. some traditions hold that there are watchtowers at the cross quarters as well as at the quarters. note: there is only one watchtower in each of the directions. watchtower, opening by: a powerful ritual, written by israel regardie (q.v) from the elemental grade rituals of the g.d, used to cast a magick circle in the tradition of the hermetic order of the golden dawn [g.d (q.v. this ritual is used by adepts to consecrate and cleanse a hall (room) as a preparation for any magickal ritual, especially operations of gray magick (q.v. water: one of the five magickal elements. it has the properties of being cool an

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s extending over periods of years, and the tide which began to move during the first decade of the twentieth century is gathering head as it proceeds. the signs of the times are to be seen in the publication of certain books on magic in which the genuine secrets are given, and given in a form available for any reader with a capacity for metaphysical thoughts. among the most important of these are israel regardie's two books: the garden of pomegranates and the tree of life. the garden of pomegranates, oddly enough, deals with the tree of life, the famous glyph of the cabbalists, which is used as a card index system in which are filed all ideas concerning man and the universe according to certain well understood systems of association, and which by means of the pattern of its arrangement, is

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down in schools of initiation to this day, and are used as the bases of the practical work of the yoga of the west. 2. the adepts of those races whose evolutionary destiny is to conquer the physical plane have evolved a yoga technique of their own which is adapted to their special problems and peculiar needs. this technique is based upon the well-known but little understood qabalah, the wisdom of israel. 3. it may be asked why it is that the western nations should go to the hebrew culture for their mystical tradition? the answer to this question will be readily understood by those who are acquainted with the esoteric theory concerning races and sub-races. everything must have a source. cultures do not spring out of nothing. the seed-bearers of each new phase of culture must of necessity ar

could possibly have served as the stock upon which the new dispensation was to be grafted because no other race was monotheistic. pantheism and polytheism had had their day and a new and more spiritual culture was due. the mystical qabala page 5 christian races owe their religion to the jewish culture as surely as the buddhist races of the east owe theirs to the hindu culture. 4. the mysticism of israel supplies the foundation of modern western occultism. it forms the theoretical basis upon which all ceremonial is developed. its famous glyph, the tree of life, is the best meditation-symbol we possess because it is the most comprehensive. 5. it is not my intention to write a historical study of the sources of the qabalah, but rather to show the uses that are made of it by modern students of

d. but abraham has a shadowy background in which vast forms move half-seen. the mysterious figure of a great priest-king "born without father, without mother, without descent; having neither beginning of days nor end of life" administers to him the first eucharistic feast of bread and wine after the battle with the kings in the valley, the sinister kings of edom "who ruled ere there was a king in israel, whose kingdoms are unbalanced force" 10. generation by generation we trace the intercourse of the princes of israel with the priest-kings of egypt. abraham and jacob went thither; joseph and moses were mystical qabala page 6 intimately associated with the court of the royal adepts. when we read of solomon sending to hiram, king of tyre, for men materials to aid in the building of the templ

harisees and the sadducees, of whom we read so frequently in the gospels; and the essenes, who are never referred to. esoteric tradition avers that the boy jesus ben joseph, when his calibre was recognised by the learned doctors of the law who heard him speak in the temple at the age of twelve, was sent by them to the essenian community near the dead sea to be trained in the mystical tradition of israel, and that he remained there until he came to john to be baptised in the jordan before commencing his mission at the age of thirty. be that as it may, the closing clause of the lord's prayer is pure qabalism. malkuth, the kingdom, hod, the power, netzach, the glory, form the basal triangle of the tree of life, with yesod, the foundation, or receptacle of influences, as the central point. who

r spiritual heritage in the ancient wisdom. everything that was above ground was swept away, and it is uniy with the excavation of ancient monuments the sands have swallowed that we are beginning to rediscover its fragments. 15. it was not until the fifteenth century, when the power of the church was beginning to show signs of weakening, that men dared to commit to paper the traditional wisdom of israel. scholars declare that the qabalah is a medieval forgery because they cannot trace mystical qabala page 7 a succession of early manuscripts, but those who know the manner of working of esoteric fraternities know that a whole cosmogony and psychology can be conveyed in a glyph which means nothing to the uninitiated. these strange old charts could be handed on from generation to generation, t

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in 1909, while on a walking tour of algeria in northern africa, crowley took up a project he had begun in 1900 in mexico- the invocation of the thirty enochian aethyrs. while in mexico he had procured through ritual means psychic visions of the last two aethyrs, numbers thirty and twenty-nine. now, nine years later, he took up where he had left off with an invocation to the twenty-eighth aethyr. israel regardie wrote concerning this inspiration of crowley's to begin again this ambitious project "it is not at all clear how the idea came to him, but in 1909, during a walk through the desert with frater o. v (victor neuburg) a probationer of the a[rgenteum] a[strum, a hand suddenly smote its lightning into his heart at aumale, and he knew that now, that very day, he must take up "the vision

the idea came to him, but in 1909, during a walk through the desert with frater o. v (victor neuburg) a probationer of the a[rgenteum] a[strum, a hand suddenly smote its lightning into his heart at aumale, and he knew that now, that very day, he must take up "the vision and the voice" from the point where he had laid it down in 1900 (crowley, the vision and the voice, introduced and explained by israel regardie. dallas: sangreal foundation, 1972, page 5. this episode in crowley's life is described in many places, notably in chapter 66 of crowley's autobiography the confessions of aleister crowley (london: arkana, 1989, pages 611-24. aumale is a small town in algeria around 60 miles or so inland from algiers, in a mountainous desert region- the elevation is between three thousand and six t

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emblem is a graphic symbol employed in magic and alchemy to express an abstract idea or principle. an example of an emblem is john dee's famous hieroglyphic monad. other example are the representation of a serpent nailed to a cross, or a green lion devouring the sun. personal symbols of gods, angels, spirits and demons are usually not called emblems (lamen of the golden dawn office of kerux, from israel regardie's golden dawn) in the western tradition, the magician often has a personal symbol known as a lamen that expresses his or her higher or magical identity. when constructed correctly, it links the magic name of the magician with the supreme name of divine authority recognized by the magician, allowing the magician in his higher persona to channel the power of the divine name. often it

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in 1904 that became the basis of his new system of thelemic magic, usually called the book of the law or liber al. crowley placed great store in numerology. in his system, al equated to 31, the number which he felt held the key to unlocking the meaning of liber al. aksakof, alexander n. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 20 sources: crowley, aleister. the law is for all. edited by israel regardie. st. paul, minn: llewellyn publications, 1975. levi, eliphas. the history of magic. 1913. reprint, new york: samuel weiser, 1969. alain of lille (ca. 1128.1203) also known as alanus de insulensis, doctor universalis (because of his universal knowledge, theologian and poet, presumed author of a treatise on alchemy entitled dicta de lapide philosophico, published at leyden in 1600. a

cases in which phantasms of dogs have been seen and heard collectively by several persons simultaneously, i tend to agree with the tribes of north-west central queensland that dogs, like men, have khoi.have spirits. in various countries of the world, the special sensory abilities of animals have been used in war and defense situations. robert lubow, professor of psychology at tel aviv university, israel, revealed various extraordinary developments in the use of animals in his book the war animals (1977. the russians trained porpoises and dolphins to recognize different kinds of metal plates in warships in order to lay mines beside enemy ships, rather like the story in the film day of the dolphin. in hong kong, police tested the use of rats to sniff out heroin. in britain, the royal air for

ubow successfully trained nearly one hundred dogs to find mines and booby-traps. insects were used at military establishments to detect the presence of intruders. pigeons were trained for aerial reconnaissance to identify man-made objects from natural features of the landscape; a radio direction finder would be triggered by the pigeon s landing, transmitting the information to a remote patrol. in israel, dogs have been used successfully to detect letter-bombs in the mail. the scent of the explosive is apparently perceptible to a dog even in a sack of 600 letters (see also anpsi) sources: boone, j. allen. kinship with all life. new york: harper& brothers, 1954. bozzano, ernesto. animals and psychic perceptions. annals of psychic science (august 1905. burton, maurice. the sixth sense of anim

g.p.c. servers training school. the practice of attunement was spread through the school. in 1996, a number of attunement practitioners gathered at sunrise ranch to found the attunement guild as a professional association to promote the practice. they use the server s code introduced by meeker in 1953. there are currently several hundred attunement practitioners found across north america, and in israel, new zealand, the netherlands, and south africa. the attunement guild may be reached at the headquarters of the emissaries at 5569 n. country rd. 29, loveland, co 80537. it has a website at http//www.attunement.org. sources: jorgensen, chris. attunement, love made visible. kansas city, mo: the author, 1996. layne, laurence. attunement: the sacred landscape. st augustine, fla: the florida sc

ra an emanation said to surround human beings, chiefly encircling the head and supposed to proceed from the nervous system. it is described as a cloud of light suffused with various colors. this is seen clairvoyantly, being imperceptible to the physical sight. some authorities trace the existence of the aura in such biblical instances as the bright light shining about moses, which the children of israel were unable to look upon when he descended from the mountain bearing the stone tablets engraved with the ten commandments (exod. 34:29.30; in the exceedingly brilliant light that shone about st. paul s vision at the time of his conversion (acts 9:3; and in the transfiguration of jesus christ, when his raiment shone so brightly that no one on earth could match it (matt. 17:1.2. many of the m

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number of the muses and of the moving spheres. ten is completeness, because one cannot count beyond it except by combinations formed with other numbers. in the ancient mysteries, ten days of initiation were prescribed. in ten is found evident signs of a divine principle. eleven is the number of the commandments, while twelve is the number of signs in the zodiac, of the apostles, of the tribes of israel, of the gates of jerusalem. this theory of numbers agrippa applied to the casting of horoscopes. divination by numbers was one of the favorite methods employed in the middle ages. in magical rites, numbers played a great part. the power of the number three is found in the magic triangle, in the three prongs of the trident and fork, and in the three-fold repetition of names in conjurations

according to whether it was used for benevolent or wicked ends. the term red magic was also occasionally employed, as indicating a more exalted type of the art, but the designation is fanciful. white magic to a great extent concerned itself with the evocation of angelic forces and the spirits of the elements. the angelology of the catholic church was undoubtedly derived from the ancient faith of israel, which in turn was indebted to egypt and babylon. the alexandrian system of successive emanations from the eternal substance evolved a complex hierarchy of angels, all of whom appear to have been at the bidding of the magician who was in possession of the incommunicable name, a concept deriving from that of the name of power so greatly used in egyptian magic. the letters that composed this

an oak tree. the ancient hebrews also evidently held the oak as a sacred tree. it is believed that abraham received his heavenly visitors under an oak. rebekah s nurse was buried under an oak, called afterward the oak of weeping. jacob buried the idols of shechem under an oak. it was under the oak of ophra that gideon saw the angel sitting who gave him instructions as to what he was to do to free israel. when joshua and israel made a covenant to serve god, a great stone was set up in evidence under an oak that was by the sanctuary of the lord. the prophet sent to prophesy against jeroboam was found at bethel sitting under an oak. saul and his sons were buried under an oak, and, according to isaiah, idols were made of oak wood. abimelech was made king beneath an oak located in shechem. as l

wen was destined to hold open intercourse with the higher world. reportedly some of the prophecy communications were printed in owen s autobiography the life of robert owen (2 vols, london, 1857.58. owen died at newtown november 17, 1858, and his spiritualist interests were carried forward by his son, robert dale owen. sources: freudenberg, gideon g. robert owen: educator of the people. tel aviv, israel: dvir, 1970. harrison, john f. c. quest for the new world. new york: charles scribner s sons, 1969. oved, yaacov. two hundred years of american communes. new brunswick, n.j: transaction publications, 1993. owen, robert dale. the debatable land between this world and the next. london: trubner, 1871. footfalls on the boundaries of another world. philadelphia: j. b. lippincott, 1860. the life

ntal alchemy. new york: samuel weiser, 1936. eliade, mircea. the forge and the crucible; the origins and structures of alchemy. new york: harper& row, 1956. jung, c. g. alchemical studies. vol. 13, collected works. princeton: princeton university press, 1967. redgrove, h. stanley. alchemy: ancient& modern. london: william rider, 1911. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1969. regardie, israel. the philosophers stone. st. paul: llewellyn publications, 1958. waite, arthur e. alchemists through the ages. blauvelt, n.y: rudolf steiner publications, 1970, ed. the hermetic and alchemical writings of paracelsus. 2 vols. london: james elliott, 1894. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1967. philosophical research society founded in 1934 by manly palmer hall, the philosophical

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

nd man (puharich, 1974. spectra claimed it was a supercomputer into which the minds and bodies of a wide variety of intelligent beings had been transferred. these beings communicated with geller through automatic writing, states of altered consciousness, and voices on blank tapes. spectra s first appearance on earth was twenty thousand years ago, when its spaceship landed in the present nation of israel. since then spectra has seen the jews 234 source as its special people and has tried to protect them. in the meantime, other beings from other planets and dimensions unrelated to spectra have visited earth. the beings behind spectra have said that they live in the future. they are short and generally human in appearance, looking like in their words certain exotic types of japanese. this fan

wn as the serpent people. eventually, warfare among alien races broke out on the earth s surface. in the midst of this conflict, one alien showed up around 1340 b.c. shaday elili athunu, otherwise known as y hova, befriended a local malcontent named abraham, whom he promised to protect if he, his family, and his people followed him. y hova is known to humans as god. fortner stated that the god of israel should not be confused with the general run of space visitors because he was either unique or very nearly unique in his decision to make a career among the people of earth [he] is a very august and ancient being. who comes from a higher order of being, a dimension beyond all known dimensions (steinberg, 1977. fortner outlined his theories in a series of articles published in saucer news bet

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

access to the lower heavens. while many contemporary religious students of the jewish kabbalah make pretense to mystical aspirations, it has become more of an intellectual exercise than the active pursuit of mystical awakening for most of them. the small minority who do aspire to mystical awakening are an eclectic group. they range from mainstream orthodox jews to the sect of chasidus founded by israel ben eliezer (1698-1760, known as the baal shem tov( master of the good name, and nachman of bretzlav.14 the bulk of the mainstream orthodox jewish kabbalists focus primarily on the sefer hazohar (book of splendor) and the etz hachayyim (tree of life. they engage in practices of spiritual refinement (avodah) and meditation (devekut, cleaving to god) gleaned from the writings left by 4' 8: h"

sefer hazohar (book of splendor) and the etz hachayyim (tree of life. they engage in practices of spiritual refinement (avodah) and meditation (devekut, cleaving to god) gleaned from the writings left by 4' 8: h" 2: 2 2:e 8% abraham abulafia, azriel of gerona (disciple of yitza aq the blind, chayyim vital (recorder of the teachings of yitza aq luria, dov baer (mezhirecher maggid and successor to israel ben eliezer, nachman of bretzlav, and others. these practices include a variety of visualization techniques, breathing exercises, movements coordinated with the permutation and combination of hebrew letters, mantric intonation of sacred phrases, meditative prayer, and chanting devotional songs. a central contemplative practice among the lubivitcher chasidim who study the jewish kabbalah is

vailing body of discourse among the people to whom it was being delivered. the mainstream of jews at the time master yeshuvah appeared had been expecting a savior of the jewish people who would deliver them from roman oppression through an apocalyptic process. this contrasted with the jewish mystical community, which had been anticipating a messianic advent with the spiritual mission of reuniting israel with their lord hvhy, and a returning to the true religion of the children of abraham. master yeshuvah himself clearly asserted that he had not come as an innovator to replace the tradition with a new teaching, but as a reformer who had come to fulfill the torah and the prophets, and to renew the ancient faith that had faded into decay. 8- f e 5 do not think that i have come to abolish the

f the mystical qabalah provides us with keys by which we can mine for the original treasures still embedded within it. ultimately, the divinely infused life of master mosheh was a vehicle for the renewal and enlivenment of the underlying mystical spirituality regarding the absolute unity of existence and the primacy of unconditional devotion and love for the divine that had faded in the hearts of israel. despite arguments from religious jews, there is extensive archeological evidence of a much older hebrew alphabet, called gezer or sinatic (after mt. sinai, as the original and most ancient hebrew (see hebrew-english transliteration facing page 11. sinatic hebrew is in fact the oldest known alphabet, suddenly appearing about the time of abraham (circa 1850 bce. the original sinatic hebrew b

ce.3 the greek translation of the tanakh, called the septuagint, was made under ptolemy in the third century bce, and the oldest copy is centuries older than the oldest full masoretic text.4 the septuagint became the authoritative text for christianity as it became estranged from its jewish roots. the samaritan torah evolved during the period after the assyrians conquered the northern kingdom of israel in 722 bce, and forcibly resettled many different peoples there. the three source versions vary in a number of details. the masoretes created the first system of vowels placed below the hebrew consonants in the sixth or seventh century ce, thereby moving to standardize the pronunciation of the words and formalizing the structure of the grammar. until then, even though the pronunciations and

FRATER U D PRACTICAL SIGIL MAGIC

mport whether a sigil is the gcorrect h one or not, but it is crucial that it has been created by the magician and is therefore meaningful to him/her. because s/he has constructed it for personal use, the sigil easily becomes a catalyst of his/her magical desire, and sometimes it will even waken this desire in the first place. this pragmatic approach which dominates present-day anglo-saxon magic (israel regardie, francis king, david stephen skinner, w, b. gray, conway, lemuel johnstone, to name but a few relevant authors) goes to show that austin osman spare, rather than aleister crowley, should be considered the real father of modern pragmatic magic.7 in the german-speaking countries, the situation is quite different. writers like quintscher, gregorius, bardon, klingsor and even spiesberg

(york beach, me: samuel weiser, inc, 1975. 5. first, numbers were assigned to the hebrew letters, and second, the cameas, or magical number squares, were related to the different planets. for example, the names of the planetary intelligences were converted into numerical values and then the pertinent numbers in the squares were connected with one another, the whole resulting in a sigil. the late israel regardie gives a detailed introduction into this method in how to make and use talismans (wellingborough, northamptonshire, england: the aquarian press, 1972 ff. 6. this term, which was coined by the author of this study, describes a certain type of magic which is based on subjective empiricism, or individual experiences without prior postulates. the opposite is dogmatic magic, which demand

s magical squares, or cameas, are often used as a basis for the construction of individual sigils. in fact, the traditional sigils for planetary spirits and demons have been cabbalistically construed with the help of these cameas. since this technique belongs to yet another important branch of sigil magic and is relatively unknown, it shall be covered here. the following explanations are based on israel regardie fs excellent book how to make and use talismans, which contains a very clear summary, though the author refers to the older material of the golden dawn and other writers have explained the system elsewhere.14 to be able to use these systems, however, you need a sound basic knowledge of cabbalism and planetary magic. unfortunately, these cannot be taught here and would lead away fro

y ot be part of the magic n fraternitas saturni.the brotherhood of saturn is a german magical order. highly secretive, some of their teachings are just coming to light. hermetic b 0. its importance is in its unique combining of numerous magical systems into a coherent whole. its membership included william butler yeats, arthur machen, sax rohmer, macgregor mathers, dion fortune, aleister crowley, israel regardie, a.e. wait n iot (the magical pact of the illuminates of thana glossary/ 127 tually became its sole ader the greater key of olom .the philosophical belief that abstractions, generalities or universals have no objective reality order of eastern templars. founded in the late 1800s, it claimed to koans.a buddhist method for meditation, it involves giving the meditator an idea with no

FREEMASON BLUEBOOK

hirds vote. maine masonic text book file//c /grand lodge/bluebook/bluebook1.htm (13 of 76 [11/22/1999 11:51:55 am] first section. lesson. thus he showed me: and behold the lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. and the lord said unto me,amos, what seest thou? and i said, a plumbline. then said the lord, i behold, i will set a plumbline in the midst of my people? israel: i will not again pass by them any more. in some jurisdictions, the following lesson is read: though i speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, i am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal. and though i have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge,and though i have all faith, so that i could remove mountains, and have not charity

lation was adopted restraining the custom. a service was first published in 1772 by william preston, in his "illustrations of masonry" masonic funeral service. chaplin:i will lift up mine eyes unto the hills; from whence cometh my help? my help cometh from the lord, which made heaven and earth. he will not suffer thy foot to be moved; he that keepeth thee will not slumber. behold, he that keepeth israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. maine masonic text book file//c /grand lodge/bluebook/bluebook1.htm (61 of 76 [11/22/1999 11:51:56 am] the lord is thy keeper; the lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. the sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. the lord shall preserve thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul. the lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in, from t

FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM BY MAX HEINDEL

itself, now to appear in the presence of god for us* and now has he obtained a more excellent ministry by how much also he is mediator of a better covenant which was established upon better promises; for if the first covenant had been perfect then there should be no place for a second. but finding fault with the old he saith 'behold the days come when i will make a new covenant with the house of israel and with the house of judah, not according to the covenant that i made with their fathers in the day when i took them by the hand and led them out of the land of egypt, because they continued not in my covenant, and i regarded them not 'saith the lord* for this is the covenant that i will make to the house of israel after those days, saith the lord 'i will put my laws into their minds and w

FREEMASONS SATANISM AND SYMBOLISM

the ancient gods, london: simpkin, marshall, hamilton, kent and co, ltd, 1921, p. 10-11. occult writer, r.p. lawrie krishna said the same thing in the lamb slain- supreme sacrifice. the hexagram uniting the water triangle with the fire triangle, the hexagram is formed. it forms a six pointed star also known as the seal of solomon. this symbol is a counterfeit star of david, the national symbol of israel(god's chosen nation. the difference between the star of david and the occult seal is the triangles which make up the occult seal interlock and the two triangles of the star of david lie flat against each other. mary ann slipper, a masonic author, writing in symbolism of the eastern star, 1927, on page 14, makes a most telling admission, when she says "the six pointed star is used in masonic

types of gavels in the familiar pentagram, above right. however, on page 381, pike also tells us that thor was the sun, the egyptian osiris, and kneph, the phoenician bel or baal. the bible tells us that worshipping baal is identical to worshipping the devil [1 kings 16:30-33, 22:53; 2 kings 17:16] god condemned baal worship, slaughtered the priests of baal, and finally abolished it altogether in israel. yet, here, freemasonry boldly states that they revere him. but, let us get back to the subject at hand, i.e, sexual connotations of masonic symbols. masonic author, j.s.m. ward states "thus we see that the hammer or gavel, and the tau, were originally the same, and this is a natural evolution of symbols, for the tau cross is evolved from the phallus, and that is the symbol of god the creat

FULLER J F C SECRET WISDOM OF THE QABALAH

is a small selection which may be useful to the student. qabbalah, the philosophical writings of solomon ben yehudah ibn gebirol or avicebron, isaac myer, 1888; la kabbale ou la philosophie religieuse des hebreux, ad. franck, 1889. the kabbalah, its doctrines, development, and literature, christian d. ginsburg, second impression, 1920. the holy kabbalah, a. e. waite, 1929. the secret doctrine of israel, a. e. waite, 1913. the history of magic, eliphas levi, 1913. the book of formation or sepher yetzirah, knut stenring, 1923. the zohar in moslem and christian spain, ariel bension, 1932. a garden of pomegranates, israel regardie, 1932. q.b.l. or the bride's reception, frater achad, 1922. the anatomy of the body of god, frater achad, 1925. secret wisdom of the qabalah page 11 chapter i the w

n of pomegranates, israel regardie, 1932. q.b.l. or the bride's reception, frater achad, 1922. the anatomy of the body of god, frater achad, 1925. secret wisdom of the qabalah page 11 chapter i the wisdom of the qabalah the qabalah the qabalah is not a holy book as are the vedas, the bible, and the koran. it is not a book at all: instead it is a secret traditional knowledge, the hidden thought of israel, which, like gold embedded in rock, is to be found only after much labour in many hebrew works, such as the torah, the talmud, the mishna, midrashim, zohar, and scores of other books, the bewildering nature of which may be recognized in a few minutes by glancing through a talmudic miscellany by paul isaac hershon. the word hlbq (qblh) is spelt in many ways, such as qabalah, qaballah, cabala

plain what is meant by balance or poise is not so easy, and in place of attempting to do so in a few sentences we will let this central principle evolve slowly on its own in this and the next four chapters. esoterically, the object of this philosophy is a return of the universe into the structure of the first adam; this mystery we will attempt to explain later on. exoterically it is the return of israel to the garden of eden- the megalomania of the all-conquering jew. the relationship between these two objects is that the second constitutes the protective shell of the first. the second maintains the jewish peoples intact, and this intactness enables qabalistic wisdom to evolve. outside this protective duty, the second has no relationship to the first, no more than the shell of an egg- life

eme into consciousness. again, in order to realize the perfection of the unity of od heh it is necessary to establish a unity between vau and heh. here the vau, which is of the value 6, represents the consciousness of the macrocosm and heh the microcosmic power, not in god but in man. in the zohar we find a complex account of these permutations, which is worth quoting. it reads as follows: before israel went into captivity, and while the shekinah was still with them, god commanded israel: gthou shalt not uncover thy mother's nakedness h (lev. xviii, 7, and this captivity is the uncovering of the nakedness of the shekinah, as it is written, gon account of your sins your mother has been put away h (is. 1, i, i.e. for the sin of unchastity israel has been sent into captivity and the shekinah

over the nakedness of thy father's wife h; gthe nakedness of thy sister the daughter of thy father h refers to the lower he; gher son's daughter to her daughter's daughter h refers to the he and he which are the children of he; gthe nakedness of the father's brother h refers to the od, which is the product of the letter od, a brother to vau. in a word, when the gmixed multitude h are mingled with israel, the letters of the name yhvh cannot be joined and linked together; but as soon as they are removed from the world, then it is said of the letters of god's name that gon that day the lord shall be one and his name one h (zech. xiv, 9. 34 as in god above all things become a perfect unity, that is a perfect balance, so also in man below must a perfect unity be established, for all things are

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

g sects regarding the relative importance of the sexes in reproduction. of this inman says "my own impression is that esau, or edom, and jacob are mystic names for a man and a woman, and that round these, historians wove a web of fancy; that ultimately the cognomen jacob was recognized, and that to allow the jewish people to trace their descent from a male rather than a female, the appellation of israel was substituted in later productions"[81 [81] ancient faiths, vol. i, p. 607. as most of the myths or allegories in genesis are now traced to a source far more remote than the beginning of legitimate jewish history, it is not unreasonable to suppose that this story, too, was copied by the jews from the traditions of earlier races; nor, when we remember the true meaning of the cognomen jacob

is probable that they were emblems of this power. we may suppose then that the "strange gods" the unorthodox gods, which jacob ordered put away, were those representing the female energy. it seems strange that any person can study the history of the israelitish exodus by the light of later developments in biblical research without recognizing the fact that the "lord" which brought the children of israel out from the bondage of egypt was the male power, which by a certain sect had been proclaimed the only actual creative agency, and therefore the "only one and true god" although, at the time at which abraham is said to have lived, the knowledge of an abstract dual or triune god still remained, yet, during the five hundred years which elapsed until the time of moses, the grossest idolatry ha

down from gilgal commanded his followers to "throw down the altars of the people of bochim" they nevertheless continued to do evil in the sight of the lord, and "followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bound themselves unto them and provoked the lord to anger "and they forsook the lord, and served baal and ashtaroth. and the anger of the lord was hot against israel"[82 [82] judges ii, 12, 13 "and samuel spake unto all the house of israel, saying, if ye do return unto the lord with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and ashtaroth from among you and prepare your hearts unto the lord, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the philistines "then the children of israel did put away baalim and ashtaroth and served the lo

eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him "but thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people "and thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the lord thy god, which brought thee out of the land of egypt, from the house of bondage "and all israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you"[84 [84] deuteronomy xiii. the constantly recurring faithlessness of the jews, their restlessness and proneness to wander from their one-principled deity which had been set up by their priests for them to worship, was doubtless an unconscious effort on the part of the people to mitigate the outrage which had

ts" a god which was to be worshipped under the symbol of an upright stone--an object which by every nation of the globe down to a comparatively recent time has typified male pro-creative energy. that the masses of the people, even as late as the time of jeremiah, had no higher conception of a god than that indicated by an upright stone, is shown by that prophet when he accuses the entire house of israel "their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets" of "saying to a stock, thou art my father; and to a stone, thou hast brought me forth" that the people could not, or would not, be prevailed upon to renounce the queen of heaven, the celestial mother, is seen in jer. vii, 17, 18 "seest thou not what they do in the cities of judah and in the streets of jerusalem? the childre

GILBERT AE WAITE A MAGICIAN OF MANY PARTS

she didduringthetwosix-monthly periods (commencing 23 september 1921 and 30 september 1924)whenhe acted as masterofthe temple and worked all the grades up to thatof4=7 philosophus. after waite, hewouldundoubtedly have been the most impressive master.althoughhe had beenbroughtto waite by wayoftheholygrail, williams was most interested in waite'skabbalistic doctrines as setoutinthesecretdoctrine in israel (1913, and it was probably this book.thatstimulated. his attempts to formulate a theologyofmarriage and providedabasisfor his ideas about the symbolismofthe body. certainly he utilized kabbalistic terminology 225225 and symbolism in 7aliessin throughlogres,and there are clear similarities between the151the reproduction,thoughsanctioned, hasnotbeen superintended by theauthorhimself, desires

erseded until the appearanceofalanrudrum'sdefinitive edition of1984-butthat is so poorly printed that waite still outdoes in formwhat,perhaps, hasoutdonehirnin substance. they took up waite again in 1927whens. l. bensusan,whomhe hadmetattheauthors'clubatchristmasof1925 and found to be 'sympathetic and excellentcompany-c-adding patronizingly 'quite distinct from and quite unliketheordinary sons of israel (diary, 23 december 1925)-offered to publish waite's revised fairytales.thebook appeared, finely printedbututterly incomprehensible to theosophists or to anyone else, and immediately failed; waite received almost nothing in royalties and gained only the dubious satisfaction of seeing.thetheosophical publishing'houseitselffailwithintwoyears. most .of his books were still published by rider&c

remaindered and olceult] rleview]workimpaired (diary, 29 march 1930).theordermembers assistedwitha regular season ticket for his travels to london and occasional gifts of cash; there was also a little money fromwritingreports for publishers.oneof these reports was a decisiverejectionof a book that,withhindsight, hemighthave viewed differently.injune1935 waite worked conscientiously on areporton 'israel regardie's g.d. revelations, the introductory volume of which has been submitted for my opinion by george routledge&sons. by the end of the month 'on the authorityofmy reports, routledge had declined the book. waite didnotapprove of the publicationofthe g.d.rituals-althoughhe toyedwiththe idea himself in 1937 and rider announced on the dust-jacket ofthesecrettraditioninfreemasonrythe immine

tainbothknowledge and experience thereby and therein.4.the symbolism of the fellowshipimplies a doctrine and practiceof mysticalreligion, understood in its universal sense.5.it has a message to thosewhoare prepared in christendom, though the lower grades of the fellowship arenotexplicitly christian grades. 6.thetradition and symbolism of the fellowship are a derivation from the secret doctrine of israel,knownas kabalah and embodied in thesepherha zohar.7.themode of interpretation in respect of kabalistic tradition is a christian mode.8.it is to be understood that the fellowship is similar to other instituted mysteriesworkingunder particular veils, the masonic brotherhood, for example, which uses building symbolism to produce upright and honourable members of the speculativeart,while the fe

.themode of interpretation in respect of kabalistic tradition is a christian mode.8.it is to be understood that the fellowship is similar to other instituted mysteriesworkingunder particular veils, the masonic brotherhood, for example, which uses building symbolism to produce upright and honourable members of the speculativeart,while the fellowship of the rosy cross uses theosophical symbolism of israel and seeks to lead thereby into a deeper knowledgeofthe soul and its relation to god. 9.thefellowship is open to allwhodesire the knowledge of divine things and unionwithgod in christ, and its path of symbolism is a true light of understanding on the path ofunion.10.thecommon aspiration of its members is a living bond between them,thefellowship185__appendix"e_ 184isaliving body, and to those

GILBERT THE GOLDEN DAWN TWILIGHT OF THE MAGICIANS

ddition to the literature that has accumulated around the rosicrucian legend.italso presents significant new material.thestoryofthe golden dawn is oneofvanity, gullibility and*aquarianpress,1983foreword9deception; and yet there inheres initan impressive nobility, a breadthofconcept and a magnanimity of both stature and structure that will persist and which is still worthy of our attention.francis israel regardiesedona, arizona, october1982introductionduringthe courseofa footnote in his seminal workthemagiciansof thegoldendawn,ellie howe refers to the printingofthe manuscript 'flying rolls' that were circulated within the secondorderand adds 'with the publication of these texts it might be said that the bottom of the golden dawn barrel hasbeenconscientiously scraped.'fromthe viewpointofthe

rian he is quite correct, for his own work, together with the vast moundofstudies on yeats' involvement with theorderthat has built up steadily as a dismaying consequence, is more than enough to keep the most fastidious scholar happy throughout endless future incarnations. equally, the practising magician may play for years with the rites and ceremonies given, in all their oath-breaking glory, in israel regardie's definitive setofpub255lished rituals.butfor the more cautious, armchair studentof'rejected knowledge, and for the merely curious who wish to see what pictures appear on the pieces still missing from the golden dawn puzzle, there is much that remains to be told.theremay even be those who, like myself, are intrigued by yeats' vision of theorderas a taleoflostyouth.hededicatedavisio

ble for his own researches.theyproved equally valuable for mine, as they dovetailed neatly into waite's papers and thus filled most of thelacunaein the existing taleofthe order from1903to1914.a numberofthe more interesting documents from these newsources-bothritual andhistorical-areprinted here, as appen255 dices to the book, for the first time. and, as a counterbalance to so much waite, there is israel regardie's foreword.drregardie is the very antithesis of waite, being practical, magical and concise with his words.itis a privilege to be sandwiched between him and waite: that two such men, each great in his own way, and each in total opposition to the other, could find so much oflastingvalue in this extraordinaryorderis a wonder beyond human comprehension.thattheydidfind it is justificat

nd come into communication with spiritual and invisible things'.10an account of the practical and theoretical workof both the first and second orders is given in chapter 5 of this book, but the texts quoted there and in the32thegoldendawnappendices do not exhaust the activities of the order; the reader seeking full enlightenment, or more complete confusion, is advised to seekitout in the pages of israel regardie's compre255 hensive study. by march 1890, after countless aeons on the astral planes and two years in the real world, all opposition was routed and the hermetic order of the golden dawn ruled supreme over a bandofsome seventy-eight rosicrucians scattered about the country and gathered into its three temples.thesiting of these temples indicates the order's dependence upon the s.rj.a

s the way withmagic-itbrought untold trouble in its wake. references:iarthur machen,thingsnear and far(1923),pp,1,52-153.2w.b.yeats,storiesofredhanrahan:thesecretrose:rosaalchemica(1913),p.215.3see appendixb.4light,vol.8, no.370,p.55.5 s.l.m. mathers, thekabbalahurrveiled(1926),introduction by mrs mathers, pp.viii-ix.6lucifer,vol.4, no.22(tune1889, p.349.7ibid.p.350.8 ibid.p.351.9 ibid.p.34926710 israel regardie, thegoldendawn,vol.i(1937),p.75.3. actionbefore 1892 the order was without magic, and for the first four years of their rosicrucian lives the members were spiritual philosophers. as mathers told yeats 'we only give you symbols..because we respect your liberty" when he did give them something other than symbols it was the fully-fledged workings of the second order, which was run by

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settled, and the castles, or rooks, are definitely placed at the extreme right and left.themoves of the queen and bishop have been much altered. formerly the queen could only move diagonally, on her own colour, and the bishop moving diagon255 ally could only attack the next square but one.thepresent moves are now universally accepted.[this brief introduction to the history of chess is omitted by israel regardie in his account of enochian chess given inthegoldendawn,volume 4.]part two:kabalistic9.thekabalahthemembers of the blavatsky lodge of the theosophical society are all to some extent students of philosophy and religion, and although they are associated into a lodge chiefly to master thesecretdoctrine,which has been expounded to them in so learned and yet so interesting a manner by ma

e255 mented it by two parallel series of works of literature: the one, talmudic, being commentaries to illustrate the old testament, and supply material for teaching the populace and supple255 menting their material volume, and the other a long series of treatises of a more abstruse character, designed to teach the secret doctrines and esoteric views of the priesthood, the rabbis, the teachers of israel. foremost among these latter works were thesepheryetzirah,orbookofformation,ascribed to the patriarch abraham, and that curious collection of treatises, which, later on, became collected into a singlevolume and calledzohar,orbookofsplendour.these two books are the oldest works still extant of hebrew secret doctrine. they represent the kernel of that oral instruction which the rabbis in all

fore paul. as regards divination in general, this magical art is repre255 sented by three hebrew words--maquesem, kasiphim, and lachash. in numbers xxii. 7, the elders of moab and of midian have rewards for divination. in deuteronomy xviii, 9-10, diviners are condemned, and the jews are to consider them as an abomination. in ezekiel xii. 24, the lord denies the use of diviniation to the people of israel. in ezekiel xiii. 7, 23, diviners are forbidden. in the new testament we find a note in actsxvi,16: a damsel has powers of divination, she brought her masters much money; paul cast out the spirit, and she lost her powers. in the bible there are many references to the stars, planets and zodiac. mazzaroth is a word found in job xxxviii. 32, and is now believed to refer to the signs of the zod

n.ofsolomon,i.kings iii. 5. in a dream god asks solomon what gift he should prefer,andsolomon asked for an under255 standing heart.ofdaniel, vii. 1, who has a vision of four winds, four beasts, etc, and of joseph, the husband of mary, inthenew testament, matthew i. 20, where he was told of the coming son;andii.13, where he was warned to flee from bethlehem; and again inv,19 he was told toreturnto israel; and thatofthe wise men in matthew ii. 12, when they were warned to return to their own country by another way.from that by which they had come to seek for the babe jesus, and to worship him.thetalmud,mischna, and gemara refer to the belief in dreams as a divine means of givingmanknowledge through angelic messengers;ourenglish word angel comes to us from the greekaggeloswhich means a messen

th serpents. celtic races among the celts of ancient britain the druids were the priestly, cultured, ruling class; of these the men were notable for skill in curing wounds, and in the relief of disease, while the druidesses were famous for their magical arts and powers of divination.theoldtestamenttheold hebrew books witness that all forms of divination and magic were forbidden to the children of israel, who were deemed to be under a theocracy, or the direct guidance of jehovah; yet on account of their intimate intercourse at many periods with the pagan nations around them, they were frequently found to be breaking the divine laws, and attempt-208themagical masoning to discover future events, and to obtain favours from the gods by means ofamulets,teraphimand devotiontohousehold gods. among

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nd their inherent fascination that justifies this anthology of those writings. mathers published comparatively little, apart from his books, and muchintroduction11of what did appear. was ephemeraloccasional letters and brief pieces inlightandlucifer,and an an too brief pieceonthe rosicrucial1s forthes,iu.a.his,most important papers are thosepreparedforthegoldep.dawn, manyofwhich were published by israel regardie, while others appeared in francis king'sastral projection, magic andalchemy,anda few are printed in my own studyofthe order.iithe most significantof those remaining are given here, together with his claviculefor the s.r.i.a. and a short paper on the kabalah written for arthur machen, who was then, in 1887, the editorofwalford'santiquarian magazine .mathers' papers were written prin

e zodiacal order.ofgad('y )jacobsays,'gad,a troop shall overcomehim,huthe shall overcome at thelast.'225 moses says 'blessed be. hethatenlargeth gad: he dwelleth as a lion,andteareth thearmwiththecrown ofthehead,and he provideththefirstpartfor.himself because there, in aportionofthelaw-giver, was he sealed; and he camewiththe headsofthepeople,he executedthejustice ofthelord,andhis judgements with israel.'thearmorial bearingsofgad are, white, atroopof cavalry. all this coincides wellwiththemartialanddominantnatureof aries,theonly one of the twelve signs in which the superiorplanetsalonebearsway, for it is thehouseofmars,exaltation of(0)andtriplicity of( 0 )and(2).thesymbolism of-thelionis alsoproperto('y')on account of its solar, fieryandmartialnature.ofephraim(ts )and( n) manasseh, classed

eh, classedtogetherundertheirfather'sname,jacob says,'iosephis a fruitfultwelvesigns and twelve tribes 43bough, even a fruitful bough by a well, whose branches run over the wall; the archers have sorely grieved him and shot at him, and hated him:buthis bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mightygodof jacob (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of israel) even by the god of thy father, who shall help thee, and by the almighty who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessingsofthedeep thatiiethunder, blessings of the breasts and of the womb: the blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of joseph, and on the crown of the

all be iron and brass, and as thy days, so shall thy strength be' the armorial bearings of asher are purple, a cup. allthiscoincides with the nature of venus and libra, while the feet refer to the sign pisces, which rule the feet, and in which(c?)is exalted. iron and brass are the metals of the friendly planets (d')and (c).of dan (tt\)jacob says 'dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of israel. dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. i have waited for thy salvation, 0lord.'moses says 'dan is a lion's whelp, he shall leap from bashan' the armorial bearings of dan are green, an eagle. these things fit with the martial and fierce nature of this sign, in which (r3)principally bears sway. to the sig

()jacob says 'simeon and levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. 0 my soul, come not thou into their secret, unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: i will divide them in jacob, and scatter them in israel' this alludes to their smiting shalem, the city of hamor and shechem, and slaying the latter because they had carried off dinah, the daughter of leah. moses says of them46 the sorcererand his apprentice-'letthy thummim and thy urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of meribah; who said unto his father his mother, i have not

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ation into freemasonry, but there were other influences at work upon him before this time. diana vaughan and devil worship in france it to be known publicly, but he admitted it to voorhis and others in private. 24[24] slt, p. 126 25[25] the second order worked a spectacular rosicrucian initiation, devised by s. l. macgregor mathers who 'had a genius for constructing such rituals. it is printed in israel regardie's four-volume work, the golden dawn (chicago, aries press, 1937-1940. 26[26] slt, p. 160 from 1886 onwards french anti-masonic feeling had been exacerbated by the writings of an apparently reformed anti-clerical writer, gabriel jogand pages, who wrote under the pseudonym of leo taxil and began to issue a series of outrageous and inflammatory works hostile to freemasonry27[27. each

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the author include the new masonic order, judaism and freemasonry, global freemasonry, kabbalah and freemasonry, knight templars, islam denounces terrorism, terrorism: the ritual of the devil, the disasters darwinism brought to humanity, communism in ambush, fascism: the bloody ideology of darwinism, the 'secret hand' in bosnia, behind the scenes of the holocaust, behind the scenes of terrorism, israel's kurdish card, the oppression policy of communist china and eastern turkestan,palestine, solution: the values of the qur'an, the winter of islam and its expected spring, articles 1-2-3, aweapon of satan: romanticism, the light of the qur' an destroyed satanism, signs from the chapter of the cave to the last times, signs of the last day, the last times and the beast of the earth, truths 1-2

important influence over pharaoh; pharaoh would often consult them and, from time to time, follow their suggestions. the verses quoted below show the influence that this council had on pharaoh: moses said "pharaoh! i am truly a messenger from the lord of all the worlds, duty bound to say nothing about god except the truth. i have come to you with a clear sign from your lord. so send the tribe of israel away with me" he said "if you have come with a clear sign produce it if you are telling the truth" so he threw down his staff and there it was, unmistakably a snake. global freemasonry ek and he drew out his hand and there it was, pure white to those who looked. the ruling circle of pharaoh's people said "this is certainly a skilled magician who desires to expel you from your land, so what

from egypt, as related in the qur'an, is that they rebelled against the religion revealed to them by god in spite of the fact that god had rescued them through moses from the tyranny of pharaoh. the israelites were not able to comprehend the monotheism that moses communicated to them, but tended continually toward idolatry. the qur'an describes this strange tendency here: we conveyed the tribe of israel across the sea and they came upon some people who were devoting themselves to some idols which they had. they said "moses, give us a god just as these people have gods" he said "you are indeed an ignorant people. what these people are doing is destined for destruction. what they are doing is purposeless (qur'an, 7: 138-139) despite moses' warnings, the israelites continued in such perversio

ination? clearly, a society that had never before believed in idols would not suddenly adopt such inane behavior as to construct an idol and begin to worship it. only those for whom idolatry was natural inclination could have believed in such nonsense. however, the israelites were a people that had believed in one god since the days of their ancestor abraham. the name "israelites" or "the sons of israel" was given first to the sons of jacob, abraham's grandson, and afterwards to the whole jewish people who derived from him. the israelites had safeguarded the monotheistic faith that they had inherited from their ancestors abraham, isaac and jacob, peace be upon them. together with joseph, peace be upon him, they went into egypt and preserved their monotheism for a long period of time, despi

resents his view on the possible origins of this doctrine: kabbalistic experience engendered several perceptions about the divine, global freemasonry gi the kabbalah's teaching about the origins of the universe and living things is a story replete with myths totally contrary to the facts of creation revealed in holy books. many of which departured from the orthodox view. the most central tenet of israel's faith had been the proclamation that "our god is one" but kabbalah asserted that while god exists in highest form as a totally ineffable unity called by kabbalah ein sof, the infinite this unknowable singularity had necessarily emanated into a great number of divine forms: a plurality of gods. these the kabbalist called sefiroth, the vessels or faces of god. the manner by which god descen

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ation into freemasonry, but there were other influences at work upon him before this time. diana vaughan and devil worship in france it to be known publicly, but he admitted it to voorhis and others in private. 24[24] slt, p. 126 25[25] the second order worked a spectacular rosicrucian initiation, devised by s. l. macgregor mathers who 'had a genius for constructing such rituals. it is printed in israel regardie's four-volume work, the golden dawn (chicago, aries press, 1937-1940. 26[26] slt, p. 160 from 1886 onwards french anti-masonic feeling had been exacerbated by the writings of an apparently reformed anti-clerical writer, gabriel jogand pages, who wrote under the pseudonym of leo taxil and began to issue a series of outrageous and inflammatory works hostile to freemasonry27[27. each

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battle within, summary:the nature of evil in gnosticism. 5 the gnostic concept of time the gnostic concept of time (yugas, historical models of cyclic time, rene guenon and julius evola and evola and "the revolt against the modern world. 6 the gnostic view of time ii the great year, egyptian star gnosis and heraldic cycles. 7 the continuum of the gnosis the gnostic identity message, origins, the israel connection, el, yahweh and reconsidering the bible, the sacred serpent, israel on the world stage, the druid connection, the essene link, the essenes, jesus and the foundations of gnosticism, table of contents the gnostic handbook hyperlinked index just click the gnostic handbook page 3 8 conditional immortality and reincarnation the aim of life, the bible and reincarnation, the mechanism o

, began in 457 bce with the declaration of artaxeres to restore jerusalem and ended in 1844. the prophecy focused on the solar sanctuary and the climax of it is when the sanctuary is transformed when the priest enters the innermost realm (the sacred seat. some references include daniel 8:14 and 9:25. the 2520 (7 times) prophecy focused the gnostic handbook page 67 on the loss of the ten tribes of israel to history and the description of their re-awakening to the gnosis started in 1844. this period is also known as the time of the gentiles and is referenced in leviticus 26 and under the guise of the prophecy of the seven times. 1844 as a trigger point for the heraldic cycle is also interesting as many religions view this as an important date, the adventists (and other protestant sects) of t

tation is actually a return to the original essence of the gnostic traditions. to appreciate these re-interpretations it is imperative to consider the bible in its original languages and in the context of the religious ideologies that prevailed at the period it was written. it is also imperative to understand the big picture which shows where the tradition originated and to consider the nature of israel and the gnostic view of christianity origins to suggest a common denominator between gnosticism, kabbalah, medieval occultism and nordic and vedic sources is to court disaster, at least in the eyes of modern scholarship. however, if we examine the research of those who laid the foundations for modern archaeology and anthropology, there is much evidence for a direct link between these diverg

ice. it is suggested by blavatsky (the secret doctrines) that it is from this primal, polar land that various races spread throughout the globe. there is some debate about the exact number of migrations, there is general agreement certainly that major settlements were made in tibet, india, sumer/egypt and south america. it is from the sumer/egypt basin that the israelite mysteries developed. the israel connection developing from the theory above we have the fascinating studies by ahmed osman and others. these suggest clearly a direct link between what was supposed to be judaism and egypt. this evidence proves, fairly conclusively in many peoples minds, that moses and arkenaten were the same people and that the israelites were his followers escaping from egypt. this model certainly re-visi

t stream and the priestly stream. the el stream is the very earliest, it seems to represent the pagan traditions of canaan and surroundings. within this tradition the gods are known as el or the mighty ones, one of the more important is baal. associated with these gods are goddesses, the major being is known as athirat. together baal and athirat form the basis of the pagan canaanite tradition. as israel became more nationalistic and political the el tradition was suppressed. at the same time a fundamentalist and literalist extreme arose within the society and this new tradition was the yahwahist stream. yahweh becomes the mighty one, baal is vanquished and replaced with the tradition of the coming warrior messiah, with the goddess relegated to the shadows. the history of israel is, in some

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nly in egypt that we start to find the first records of a fully developed esoteric system, one which i may add, still seems unique in its beauty and complexity. the school of egypt in some sense forms the first link in a chain which spans history, it can be linked to the early esoteric traditions of the aryans, the tantric schools of tartary, the fire priests of zoroaster and the mystery cults of israel. these form some of the earliest nuclei from which later esoteric traditions evolved and developed. in these forms we find some of the most complete occult systems taught and practised throughout the millennia. since their demise the gnosis has continued, albeit in a different form. while these earlier civilisations offered racial and national centres of the mysteries, the traditions that f

scussing the importance of parables, and seems to delight in using stories with multiple meanings. even the numerical descriptions of his disciples in the gospels have such an application. there are 12 disciples, 70 outer disciples and then the multitudes. here we have an obviously hierarchical structure. the twelve disciples who are symbolic of twelve signs of the zodiac and the twelve tribes of israel. they may be related to the innermost teachings- the esoteric mysteries. the seventy disciples who are symbolic of the seven rays and the seven days of creation etc. they may be related to the mesoteric or intermediate teachings. the multitudes who are symbolic of the exoteric or outer teachings. to understand the alpha event we need to consider the various myths, legends and religious stor

e of humanity into one mindless, physical, demiurgic superorganism- the new world order. the limits of the mind when working with models of the mind, we need to appreciate the innate limits to our model. as discussed earlier in this course everything cannot be reduced to psychological equations. in various traditions of magic, for example, psychology is a pre-requisite for occult training, indeed israel regardie of golden dawn fame suggesting eight or nine years of psychoanalysis before any practical occult gnostic theurgy page 67 instruction should begin. while we may not go that far, it is imperative that the gnostic understand the nature of the mind as well as that of the spirit. in some sense there are two very distinct forms of occult practice, psychological techniques and spiritual t

dialectic to the static. the kundalini or serpent power based in the lowest centre is energised in such a way that the serpent seed (the taint of the archons) is replaced by the serpent of wisdom (the gnostic theurgy page 77 messiah. it is interesting to find that this transition is reflected in the old testament tale of moses holding up the cross interwined with the serpent to heal the people of israel. the serpent mentioned is numerically equilvant to three hundred and fifty eight, which is also the number of the messiah or christos- the self awakened saviour, the true self of every awakened being. the four attributes of each church as given in the book of revelation are: 1. characteristics of the church and city. 2. commendation of the church. 3. counsel and warning. 4. promises to over

the indo-europeans or aryans and the aryans were the original israelites. the term aryan is not used in the racial sense but as a term of description for a large group of indo-european peoples, it comes from the term arya which means noble, worthy or holy. one of the major branches of this teaching was found amongst the peoples of sumer and egypt, and as egypt deteriorated; amongst the people of israel. the israelite people were aryans, the very term adam means he who blushes red. they carried the kabbalah with them into the deserts and it formed the secret core of their faith. as time progressed and israel became a political force in its own right, the esoteric teachings were passed by secret brotherhoods such as the qadesh. this lineage of the esoteric wisdom is sometimes known as the s

GOLDEN DAWN LESSER BANISHING RITUAL OF THE HEXAGRAM

which is the purpose of the lbrp, one should learn to banish the planetary influences. the banishing ritual of the hexagram (brh) serves this purpose. like the lbrp, though, it is a minor banishing for lesser workings. before attempting to consecrate any magical weapons both the supreme ritual of the pentagram and hexagram should be learned. however, with this ritual and the lbrp, rituals such as israel regardie's middle pillar exercise can be performed -frater p.a.l. face east. perform the qabalistic cross as in the lbrp. perform the analysis of the keyword. trace the banishing hexagram of fire, in gold, before you in the air vibrate ararita and end in the sign of silence. turn to the south. trace the banishing hexagram of earth. vibrate ararita turn to the west. trace the banishing hexag

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d.d.c.f [y] 33. enochian dictionary the adept must now pass an examination on [f. 34. z2 consecration and invocation the adept must now pass an examination on [h. the adept must now pass an examination on assigned ritual work [h1. reading list for z.a.m *1. astral projection, ritual magick and alchemy by francis king *2. fama fraternitas (provided *3. confessio (provided) 4. the middle pillar by israel regardie 5. the gospel of john- new testament 6. the book of revelations- new testament 7. genesis- old testament 8. ezekiel- old testament 9. the philosopher's stone- by israel regardie 10. catenea- by homeri 11. lexicon of alchemy- by rulandus 12. philosophy of natural magic- by agrippa 13. egyptian magic- by florence farr 14. the kabbalah unveiled- by s.l. mathers 8 15. zanoni- bulwer ly

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before thee have i covered my face. arise, great king, arise and shine in me, for i have hidden myself and stand humbly before the glory of thy face. in the chariot of life eternal is thy seat, and thy steeds course the firmament of nu. behold! thou didst lift up thy voice, and the hills were shaken! thou didst cry aloud, and the everlasting hills did bow. o my father, my father, the chariots of israel and the horsemen thereof, the sound of thy voice was freedom. thy lightnings were kindled and lighted. thy thunder was heard on the deep. the stars with thy fear shook and whitened while the voice of the lord was uplifted. the wilderness also obeys, for the flames of thy fire are rifted, and the waves of the sea know thy ways. they did hear thee, the cedars of lebanon; and the desert of kad

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ing the preceding age, which broadly-speaking encompassed the first and second millennia bc, it was the constellation of aries the ram which had the honour of carrying the sun on the vernal equinox. again, readers must judge whether it is a coincidence that the religious iconography of that epoch was predominantly ram-oriented.18 is it a coincidence, for example, that yahweh, god of old testament israel, provided a ram as a substitute for abraham s offered sacrifice of his son isaac?19 (abraham and isaac are assumed by biblical scholars and archaeologists to have lived during the early second millennium bc20. is it likewise coincidental that rams, in one context or another, are referred to in almost every book of the old testament (entirely composed during the age of aries) but in not a si

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t as the link between the secret chiefs and the more external forms of the order. it was requisite that such a member should be me who, while having the necessary and peculiar educational basis of critical and profound occult archaeological knowledge, should at the same time not only be ready and willing to devote himself in every sense to a blind and unreasoning obedience to those secret chiefs. israel regardie described mathers fateful encounter in this way: while walking in the bois de bologne one day, meditating. mathers claimed triumphantly that he was approached by three men. he asserted that these were adepts belonging to the hidden or secret third order, and therefore belonged to that category of men described in the cloud upon the sanctuary. apparently, so he claims, they had mate

tory. some suggested sourcebooks: in search of tbe masters behind the occult myth by paul johnson ufos: operation trojan horse by john a. keel passport to magonia by jacques vallee the lliuminoids by neal wilgus the nine unknown by talbot mundy the morning of the magicians by pauwels and bergier the occult reich by j.h. brannan the spear of destiny by trevor ravenscroft the eye in the triangle by israel regardie the confessions of aleister crowley by aleister crowley the autobiography of malcolm x as told to alex haley magick without tears by aleister crowley, edited by regardie thus spoke zarathustra by friedrich nietzche the last testament by greg rickman valis by philip k. dick 84 allen h. greenfield the transmigration of timothy archer by philip k. dick radio free albemuth by philip k

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

n magick. enochian magic contains the theory of how and why the magick works. this manual, an advanced guide to enochian magick (wi th a final k, explores the many uses and applications of those basic principies. the magical system described here and in enochian magic borrows heavily from both the golden dawn and aleister crowley. students of this magical system are referred to the golden dawn by israel regardie and crowley's the vision and the voice (liber xxx, as well as liber lxxxix vel chanokh, both of which can be found in gems of the equinox by israel regardie. the golden dawn is available from llewellyn publications. in my opinion, enochian magick ranks as one of the most powerful branches of western magick and occultism. it rivals the hebrew qabalah in scope, and provides an altern

, and the english translation, though in places difficult to understand, contains passages of a sustained subiimity that shakespeare, milton and the b ble do not surpass" aleister crowley, confessions "the enochian language is not just a haphazard combination and compilation of divine and angelic names drawn from the tablets. apparently, it is a true language with a grammar and syntax of its own" israel regardie, the enochian language the enochian alphabet was given to the public by sir john dee and edward kelly and enhanced later by the golden dawn and aleister crowley. each letter has a specific magical meaning and gematria number associated with it.when letters are combined to forro magical words of power, the individual letter meanings combine to indicate the overall formula of the wor

e visions and voices that are encountered by the mind. 31 this operation was the favorite of dee and kelly. in addition, crowley used the method of skrying to visit each of the thirty aethyrs. 32 the watchtowers regardless of their origin, these tablets and the whole enochian system do represent realities of the inner planes. their value is undoubted, as only a little study and application prove. israel regardie, introduction to the enochian system a knowledge of these tables could then, if complete, afford an understanding of the laws which govern the whole creation. the hermetic order of the golden dawn. the book of the concourse of the forces figure 1, appendix a, shows the four great watchtowers connected by the black cross as constructed by john dee and given to the public by aleister

onsibility, pessimism, stability, endurance. it rules capricorn and aquarius. 75 magical preparations thus shall we prepare him for the confrontation of choronzon and the ordeai of theabyss, when we have received him into the city of the pyramids. aleister crowley, liber os abysmi proper preparation is the basic rule for every phase of the magical arts. without this, only disaster can zoom ahead. israel regardie, the complete golden dawn system of magic, vol 5 in addition to reading and comprehending enochian magic as well as other works on magick, you would do well to assume a magical name, take a magical oath, and begin a magical diary. initiation into a magical organization is not necessary. self-initiation is just as reliable. the important thing is to malee your body of light, or your

sug g e s t s the powe r ful f o r c e s o f l o v e and ka rma manifesting together within a single individual person. the invocation of such a being is an important step in realizing the great work 273 enochian healing within every man and woman is a force which directs and controls the ent ire course of l ife. properly used, it can heal every af f liction and ailment to which mankind is heir. israel regardie, the art of true healing to heal diseases it is not indispensable, however desireable, that the psychopathist should be absolutely pure; there are many in europe and elsewhere who are not. if the healing be done under the impulse of perfect benevolence, unmixed with any latent selfishness, the philanthropist sets up a current which runs like a fine thrill through the 'sixth' condit

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ce is an extremely powerful form of ritual, designed primarily for working with the averse forces in a safe and sane fashion. s. l. macgregor mathers spent a great deal of time studying and translating magical grimoires including the greater key of solomon,2 the lesser key of solomon3 (also known as the lemegeton, the grimoire of armadel,4 and the book of the sacred magic of abra-melin the mage.5 israel regardie contended that the magical grimoires contain the remnants of an ancient form of psychology, although in a greatly corrupted form. this corruption is likely due to the official condemnation of magic in all its forms by the christian church during the middle ages. thus the repressive paradigm prevalent in europe during the middle ages degraded the ancient and sacred science of theurg

he function of magical evocation within rosicrucian magic from a psychological perspective. modern psychology offers the magician important insight into processes known to theurgists for thousands of years. the notion of the unconscious, an aspect of the psyche lying beneath the threshold of conscious awareness, provides new insight into the nature of the entities previously understood as demons. israel regardie suggested that "the term 'complex' has achieved a fairly wide notoriety during the last quarter century since the circulation of the ideas of freud and jung. it means an aggregation or group of ideas in the mind with a strong emotional charge, capable of affecting conscious thought and behavior."7 living in the dark realm beyond the light of consciousness, the complexes enjoy a sor

in the dark realm beyond the light of consciousness, the complexes enjoy a sort of semiautonomy within the psyche. whether the magical forces, angels, and demons exist objectively or rather merely subjectively within the psyche of the magician is an epistemological question that goes beyond the scope of the present discussion. for practical purposes, it is quite useful to consider the forces at 7 israel regardie, the art and meaning of magic (toddington: helios, 1964, p. 32. 4 times as though they were objective and in other instances to treat them as though they were purely subjective psychic contents of the magician. this is not dissimilar to the scientific understanding of light. we may best understand certain properties of light by considering it as a wave and others by considering lig

to see them, and attempts learn about their nature, function, and mode of operation in the process. before the evocation, this had remained completely unconscious or, so to speak, in the darkness. with time, the adept learns to quickly recognize these forces whenever they manifest in his or her day-to-day life and to direct their operation to the service of greater psychic unity 5 and harmony. as israel regardie put it "no longer are they [the demons] independent spirits roaming the astral world, or partial systems roaming the unconscious, disrupting the individual's conscious life. they are brought back once more into the personality where they become useful citizens so to speak, integral parts of the psyche, instead of outlaws and gangsters, grievous and dangerous enemies threatening psy

nd force. at length, the magician learns to act in coordination with divine guidance and true will, consciously directing and administrating the dark forces like the conductor of a symphony. thus the major adept becomes the conductor of an orchestra of forces that once conducted him (or her, unseen and unobserved, from the darkness. thus we may understand what an r. r. et a. c. paper published by israel regardie means when it says "hear thou, then, a mystery of the knowledge of evil. the 5=6 ritual of the adeptus minor saith that 'evil helpeth forward the good' when the evil sephiroth are expelled from the nephesh into the evil persona, they are, in a sense, equilibrated therein. the evil persona can be rendered a great and strong, yet trained, animal whereupon the man rideth, and it becom

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i/sos, ii. 1, 402) and fifty heads, geryon three heads and six hands; in hesiod s theog. 150, kottus, gyges and briareus have one hundred arms and fifty heads. the giant in the hebrewstory has only an additional finger or toe given to each hand and foot: vir fuit excelsus, qui senos in manibus pedibusque habebat digitos, i.e. viginti quatuor (instead of the human twenty, 2 sam. 21, 20. bertheau s israel, p. 143. 0. fr. poems give the saracen giant four arms, two noses, two chins, ogier 9817. 528 giants. fell margr (many a) tvijiofffaffr iotunn. trolds with 12 heads, then with 5, 10, 15 occur in norske event, nos. 3 and 24. in scotland too the story of the reyde eyttyn with the hire lieydis was known (complaynt, p. 98, and lindsay s dreme (ed. 1592, p. 225) mentions the history of reid etin

the carried pail into the thornbush; the general idea of theft was retained, but special stress laid on the keeping of the christian holiday; the man suffers punishment not so much for cutting firewood, as because he did it on a sunday. 2 the interpolation is founded on numb. 15, 32-6, where we are told of a man that gathered sticks on the sabbath, and was stoned to death by the congrega tion of israel, but no mention is made of the moon and her spots. as to when this story first appeared in germany i have no means of telling, it is almost universally prevalent now; 3 in case the full-moon s name of ivadel. wedel in the sense of a bunch of twigs 4 1 dalin 1, 158: men annu fins den meningen bland var almoge. ling s eddornas sinnebildslara 1, 78: annu sager allmanheten i sodraswerge, att ma

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hearty thanks unto almighty god, in whose name i called thee and thou camest. and now thou mayest depart in peace unto thy orders, and retum unto me again at what time soever i shall call thee by the secret grimoire licence to depart: thine own oath, or by thy name, or by thine order, or by thine office which is granted from the creator. and the grace of god be with thee and me and upon the whoie israel of god. amen. glory be to the father, and to the son, and to the holy ghost, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. fiat. fiat. fiat. amen. form of a bond of spirits given by turiel, messenger of the spirits of jupiter: gloria deo in excelsis. i, turiel, messenger of the spirits of jupiter, appointed thereunto by the creator of all things visible and invis

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mundane rules that apply to all things [62] a worldwide organization each country below includes numerous city branches argentina australia austria barbados belgium benin brazil cameroun canada chile colombia congo costa rica cuba denmark dominican republic ecuador el salvador england finland france french guiana gabon germany ghana grenada guadeloupe guatemala haiti haute.volta honduras iceland israel italy ivory coast jamaica japan malaysia mali martinique mauritius mexico netherlands netherlands antilles new caledonia new zealand nicaragua nigeria norway panama peru philippines reunion scotland senegal sierra leone singapore south africa suriname sweden switzerland tahiti togo trinidad.tobago united states uruguay venezuela wales zaire zimbabwe [63] part five mystic symbols and their m

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, terram, mare& omnia qu in eis sunt in primo die& sigillavit ea sancto nomine suo phaa& per nomina sanctorum angelorum, qui dominantur in quarto exercitu& serviunt coram potentissimo salamia, angelo magno& honorato& per nomen stell, qu est sol& per signum& per immensum nomen dei vivi& per nomina omnia pr dicta, conjuro te michael angele magne, qui es pr positus diei dominic& per nomen adona, dei israel, qui creavit mundum& quicquid in eo est, quod pro melabores& ad moleas omnem meam petitionem, juxta meum velle& votum meum, in negotio& causa mea. and here thou shalt declare thy cause and business, and for what thing thou makest this conjuration. the spirits of the air of the lords day, are under the north-winde; their nature is to procure gold, gemmes, carbuncles, riches; to cause one to

mitraton. at the north. thiel. rael. jariahel. venahel. velel. abuiori. ucirnuel. at the south. milliel. nelapa. babel. caluel. vel. laquel. the fumigation of wednesday. mastick. the conjuration of wednesday. conjuro& confirmo vos angeli fortes, sancti& potentes, in nomine fortis, metuendissimi& benedicti ja, adonay, eloim, saday, saday, saday, eie, eie, eie, asamie, asaraie& in nomine adonay dei israel, qui creavit luminaria magna, ad distinguendum diem nocte& per nomen omnium angelorum deservientium in exercitu secundo coram tetra angelo majori, atque forti& potenti& per nomen stell, qu est mercurius& per nomen sigilli, qu sigillatur a deo fortissimo& honoratio: per omnia pr dicta super te raphael angele magne, conjuro, qui es pr positus die: quart& per nomen sanctum quod erat scriptum i

e orations which you see applied to that purpose on thursday. the conjuration of saturday. conjuro& confirmo super vos caphriel vel cassiel, machatori& seraquiel angeli fortes& potentes& per nomen adonay, adonay, adonay, eie, eie, eie, acim, acim, acin, cados, cados, ina vel ima, ima, saclay, ja, sar, domini formatoris seculorum, qui in septimo die quie vt& per illum qui in beneplacito suo filiis israel in hereditatem observandum dedit, ut eum firmiter custodirent& sanctificarent, ad habendem inde bonam in alio seculo remunerationem& per nomina angelorum servientium in exercitu septimo pooel angelo magno& potenti principi& per nomen stell qu est saturnus& per sanctum sigillum ejus& per nomina pr dicta conjuro super te caphriel, qui pr positus es diei septim, qu est dies sabbati, qu d pro m

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was a very recent (1888) foundation. the suggestion that gardner could now use his room 'for all sorts of experiences' implies that he could practise certain rituals, such as the lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram, without the participation of other adepts. this esoteric exercise is apparently not without its therapeutic effects. in 'suster's answer to howe, a hostile chapter contributed to israel regardie's what )iou should know about the colden dawn (falcon press, phoenix, arizona, usa, 1983, mr gerald suster wrote 'anyone who doubts this should try performing the lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram daily for six months- it will occupy less than ten minutes a dav. i have done this myself and experienced improvement on everv level of my life. mr howe would be well advised to go

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slain" wonderful spirit of christianity; and that from a manichaean converted to the religion of one who even on his cross prayed for his ss! digitizecoy google the ancient of days 33 who the enemies of the 'lord' were, according to the christians, is not difficult to surmiae; the few inside the augustinian fold were his new children and favorites, who had supplanted in his affections the sons of israel, his 'chosen people' llie rest of mankind were his natural foes. the teeming multitudes of heathendom were proper food for the flames of heu; the handful within the church communion 'heirs of salvation' but if such a proscriptive policy was just, and its enforcement was 'sweet savor' in the nostrils of the 'lord' why not scorn also tiie pagan rites and philosophy? why draw so deeply from th

orresponds with the month of september, the time of grape-gathering, and lasted from the 15th to the 22nd of the month, mveti days* the hebrew festival of the feast of tabernacles b^an on the 15th and ended on the 22nd of the month of ethanim, which dunlap shows as derived from adonim, adonia, attenim, ethanim* and this feast is named in exodus (xxiii, 16) the feast of ingatkaritm "all the men of israel assembled themselves unto king solomon at the feast in tlie month ethanim, which is the aevenik month^ plutarch thinks the feast of the booths to be the bacchic rites, not the eleusinian. thus "bacchus was directly called upon" he says. the sdxizian worship was sabbatie; the names evius, or hevius, and effective motion the woii hod evidently been done; the luuid* rdazed their gra^ and the o

the dance of the daughters of shiloh judges, zxi, 21, 23 et patsim, and the leaping of the prophets of baal 1 kings, xviii, 26. it was simply a characteristic of the sabaean worship, for it denoted the motion of the planets romid the sun. that the dance was a bacchic frenzy is apparent. sistra were used on the occasion, and the taunt of michal and the king's reply are very expressive "the king of israel uncovered him- self before his maid-aervants as one of the coin [or debauched] fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself" and he retorts "i will play [act wantonly] before niit, and i will be yet more vile tjian this, and i will be base in my own sight* when we remember that david had so- journed among the tynans and philistines, where their rites were com- mon; and that indeed he had conquere

s "the flesh scraped from the bones" by oyster-shells, and the rest of her cost into the fire by order of the same bishop cyril he knew so well cyril, the canonized saint* there has never been a religion in the annals of the world with such a bloody record as christianity. all the rest, including the traditional fierce fights of the 'chosen people' with their next of kin, the idolatrous tribes of israel, pale before the murderous fanaticism of the alleged fol- lowers of christ! even the rapid spread of mohammedanism before the 112. see uie historical romance of canon kingaley, bypatia, for& highly picturesqub account of the tntgicaj (ate of thii young martyr. 113. we beg the reader to bear in mind that this ii the aame cyril who mu^)edly ac- cused of simony, dishonesty, aod the prostitutio

nazibeates 131 the perfected priests rercxco'rmmt, the initiated and the conaecrated" the great sod of the kadeakim, translated in psalmt, ixxziz, 7, by "assembly of the saints" was anything but a mystery of the 'taiui^fiad' in the sense given to the latter word by webster. lie nazireate sect existed long before the laws of moses* and originated among people most inimjpal to the 'chosen' ones of israel, viz, the people^ gahlee, the ancient oua-podrida of idolatrous nations, where was built nazara, the present nasra. it was in nazara that the ancient nazoria or nazireates held their 'mysteries of life' or 'assem- blies (as the word now stands in the translation* which['amcionea] were the secret mysteries of initiation* utterly distinct in their practical form from the popular mysteries whi

ISRAEL REGARDIE A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GEOMANTIC DIVINATION

d" digitizecoy google digilizocb, google digilizocb, google !cb, google digilizocb, google digilizocb, google digilizocb, google digilizocb, google i digilizocb, gooesby the same author the golden dawn the tree of life the middle pillar the philosopher's stone the eye in the triangle a garden of pomegranates in this series how to make and use talismans a practical guide to geomantic divination by israel regardie the aquarian press 37/38 margaret street, london, w.e first published june 1972 israel regardie 1972 contents introduction 1. the gcomantic symbols 2. method 3. the judge and two witnesses 4. the question 5. the i louse 6. the presiding genius 7. summary of divining process 8. an example paqc 7 11 20 33 3g 39 42 50 isbn 0 85030 094 0 hardback) isbn 0 85030 095 9 (paperback) typeset

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nus. chapter the eighth. sacred fire. he appearance of god to mortals seems always to have been in brightness and great glory, whether he was angry and in displeasure, or benign and kind. these appearances are often mentioned in scripture. when god appeared on mount sinai, it is said, the lord descended upon it in fire (exodus xix. 18. and when moses repeats the history of this to the children of israel, he says, the lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire (deuteronomy iv. 12. so it was when the angel of the lord appeared to moses in a flame of fire out of the midst of the bush: the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed (exodus iii. 3. the appearances of the angel of god s presence, or that divine person who represented god, were always in brightness; or, in other w

ut as to the difference of sexes among them, with natural incidents, and apparently contradictory results from their semi-spiritual, semi-bodily rosicrucian conditions. platonic theorising. 329 when god created eve, he only divided such body in two. others maintained that adam and eve were each of them, separately, an hermaphrodite. other jewish authorities, among whom are samuel manasseh and ben-israel, are of opinion that our great progenitor was created with two bodies, and that he separated them afterwards during adam s sleep; an opinion founded by these writers upon the second chapter of genesis, verse 21: the literal translation of the hebrew being: he (god) separated the woman from his side, and substituted flesh in her place. this idea resembles that of plato. origen, st. chrysosto

KARR DON NOTES ON EDITIONS OF SEFER YETZIRAH IN ENGLISH

and mystical thought from that time on. commenting on sy, elliot r. wolfson stated, properly speaking, the work should not be described as a single composition, but rather as a composite of distinct literary strands that have been woven together through a complicated redactional process whose stages are not clearly discernable* ithamar gruenwald a preliminary critical edition of sefer yezirah, in israel oriental studies 1 (1971; a. peter hayman, introduction, sefer yesira: edition, translation and text-critical commentary (t bingen: mohr siebeck, 2004. aryeh kaplan adds a fourth: the gra/ari version; see below, p. 13* the comments of both steven m. wasserstrom and elliot r. wolfson were made as discussants at the association for jewish studies 33rd annual conference (washington, dc: decemb

short version, thought by some to be more representative of the original text, begins (chapter 1, paragraph 1) thirty-two mysterious ways has the lord, lord of hosts, ordained through scribe, script, and scroll (from phineas mordell s translation) by contrast, the long version immerses this simple line in a stream of biblical epithets: in thirty-two paths of wisdom did yah, lord of hosts, god of israel, the living god, king of the universe, god almighty, merciful, gracious, exalted, who dwells in an eternity of holiness, holy is his name, create his universe by three enumerations: number, word, and script (from a partial translation of my own) further, with this first paragraph we run into complications with the last several words, which are rendered differently by each translator. kalisc

mited by his dependence on christian sources. he gives a fair account of sy: its background, editions, and content. 20073 8 stenring also includes the thirty-two paths of wisdom, saying that his tabulation of paths and their titles will be given according to comtesse calomira de cimara (from her french translation of 1913, and the translation of the tract according to waite and westcott* comment: israel regardie, on the thirty-two paths of wisdom: it seems to me, after prolonged meditation, that the common attributions of these intelligences is [sic] altogether arbitrary and lacking in serious meaning (a garden of pomegranates, introduction, p. iv) hall, manly palmer. the secret teachings of all ages. an encyclopedic outline of masonic, hermetic, qabbalistic and rosicrucian symbolical phil

cated by reference to the diagrams; lines from the atharva veda are offered for comparison with sy. work of the chariot s publication seems to be entirely for an immediate mystical purpose. there is no introduction, no history, no account of editions of sy, etc, and the sparse notes are not of the usual sort. in 1971, ithamar gruenwald published the preliminary critical edition of sefer yezira in israel oriental studies, volume 1 (tel aviv university; of course, the texts are in hebrew. in a follow-up article, some critical notes on the first part of sefer yezira (revue des etudes juives, cxxxii, no. 4, 1973, gruenwald gives english translations and analyses of the first sixteen paragraphs of sy. the article is a bit frustrating in spots: some words and quotes are not translated. this is

basic assumption on franck s part which was rejected by subsequent research he regarded kabbalah as a uniquely important jewish phenomenon. this diagnosis of the role of kabbalah is strikingly similar to scholem s famous perception of the role of kabbalah as a vital component of judaism (kabbalah: new perspectives, p. 8) waite, arthur edward. the holy kabbalah: a study of the secret tradition in israel as unfolded by sons of the doctrine for the benefit and consolation of the elect dispersed through the lands and ages of the greater exile. london: williams and norgate ltd, 1929; reprinted new hyde park: university books, 1960. this title incorporates a. the doctrine and literature of the kabbalah. london: theosophical publishing company, 1902. b. the secret doctrine in israel. a study of

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ime and place of part of sefer ha-bahir h in da fat: a journal of jewish philosophy and kabbalah 49 (2002. about half was written in provence in the 12th or 13th century. most of the rest was written in the jewish babylonian congregation which lived in the 9th and 10th centuries; this strata has several layers within it and includes raza rabba. a few paragraphs were written earlier in the land of israel, some time before the babylonian strata there are three english translations. campanini, saverio (ed. the book of bahir: flavius mithridates f latin translation, the hebrew text, and an english version [the kabbalistic library of giovanni pico della mirandola, guilio busi, general editor. torino: nino aragno editore, 2005. the english version is from the latin of mithridates. kaplan, aryeh

rtation, cambridge: harvard university, 1994. further, in mystical union, individuality, and individuation in provencal and catalonian kabbalah (noted above, page 2, yechiel shalom goldberg analyzes key passages from r. isaac the blind fs commentary on sefer yezirah as well as from the works of r. isaac fs nephew, r. asher ben david, and r. azriel of gerona (see below. further reference. zinberg, israel. a history of jewish literature, volume iii: the struggle of mysticism and tradition against philosophical rationalism (philadelphia: 20081 5 the jewish publication society of america, 1973: chapter one, gthe mystics of provence. h. koren, sharon faye. gkabbalistic physiology: isaac the blind, nahmanides, and moses de leon on menstruation, h ajs review, vol. 28, no. 2 (cambridge: associatio

. 2 (cambridge: association for jewish studies, 1989. gthe secret of the garment in nahmanides h in daat: a journal of jewish philosophy and kabbalah #24 (ramat-gan: bal-ilan university, winter 1990. weisblum, moshe pinchas. the hermeneutics of medieval jewish thought: understanding the linguistic codes of rashi and nahmanides. lewiston. queenston. lampeter: the edwin mellen press, 2007. zinberg, israel. gnahmanides and his followers, h in (idem) a history of jewish literature, vol. iii (philadelphia: jewish publication society, 1973. 4. r. jacob ben sheshet. ek pp. 109-50. dauber, jonathan victor. standing on the heads of philosophers (noted above, page 2. halbertal, moshe. concealment and revelation: esotericism in jewish thought and its philosophical implications, translated by jackie f

ive titles are discussed. 20081 15 another strand begun in the bible, including proverbs, job, ecclesiastes, and certain of the psalms, is wisdom literature, which traces its way through the standard extracanonical set called the apocrypha (ecclesiasticus, through the pseudepigrapha, and on into the talmudic sayings of the fathers (pirqe aboth. an enduring treatment of all this is o. s. rankin fs israel fs wisdom literature (edinburgh: t&t clark ltd, 1936; rpt 1954 and 1964; rpt new york: schocken books, 1969) a generous compendium of pseudepigrapha (which includes some material which does not really belong under this heading) is the old testament pseudepigrapha, edited by james h. charlesworth: volume 1: apocalyptic and testaments; volume 2: expansions c legends, wisdom c prayers, odes, p

zari. new york: pardes publishing house, 1905; rpt 1946; rpt new york: schocken books 1964. the commentary on sefer yezirah is in 4:25. korobkin, n. daniel. the kuzari: in defense of the despised faith. northvale. jerusalem: jason aronson inc, 1998: pp. 232-248. also see. baneth, david hartwig (zwi. gjudah halevi and al-ghazali, h in studies in jewish thought, edited by alfred jospe (1981. efros, israel. studies in medieval jewish philosophy. new york: columbia university press, 1974: part ii. gsome aspects of yehuda halevi fs mysticism h and gsome textual notes on yehuda halevi fs kuzari. h. lobel, diana. between mysticism and philosophy: sufi language of the religious experience in judah halevi fs kuzari. albany: state university of new york press, 2000. schwartz, dov. gjudah halevi and

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ns of the western world whilst yet did china prosper in the east but not one of those two great kingdoms learnt of the other. proud kart-hadasht withstood not rome's rise and fell to ash before the conquerors, well mourned by the shedim. from assyria to iberia ruled that city, corrupt and strong, most tyrannical, rome of marble streets and seven hills. even the people of isaac that now were named israel paid homage to caesar and knelt before the throne of rome 323 as they fell before the throne of god. the children of aeneas, betrayer of carthage, reviler of fair tanit, stood not alone to conquer the kingdoms of men but by them in the shadows whirled a weapon of four blades, and they were made strong by the sorceries of one of heaven's sons who won by wile what was lost to might. dark ambi

once banished another. now was there a great dread of that infant born to mary in the heart of corrupted michael 328 and he sought most resolutely the death of that child that would bring his final overthrow. so did michael descend from his tower, unwillingly, and from heaven that he might act upon the earth to end the child's life as it began when the son of gabriel was yet young. to the king of israel did he descend, herod the great, tyrant of that land and servant to the lords of rome. approaching him while he slept he passed all sentries with a cloak woven from the very stuff of night and intruded in upon the dreams, dreamt by the king. glorious seemed michael to herod's slumber and terrible to the sleeping king. with dire warning of ruin did he counsel and incite the king to action ag

nst the boy-child, himself fearing the regent destiny of the infant. with these words did he command the king to most vile butchery, speaking with a voice, trembling with both rage and fear "herod, hear me, king, from heaven am i come with most sorry news to you. hear me, must you, else much is lost, yet act with haste and it might be saved. you cannot know what doom is fallen upon the kingdom of israel and it would be lost to you lest you strike out against the danger that has grown from a dark seed and would topple down the walls of shalem. in your kingdom is a child born that would grow to be a man and to be a king to seize 329 that kingdom you would rule or else destroy it by his hand and with it you that rule. be swift and resolute in action that never does the child grow and become a

u strike out against the danger that has grown from a dark seed and would topple down the walls of shalem. in your kingdom is a child born that would grow to be a man and to be a king to seize 329 that kingdom you would rule or else destroy it by his hand and with it you that rule. be swift and resolute in action that never does the child grow and become a man and king. thus are your kingship and israel preserved. what is to be a king who would not hold what is his? what is to be a potentate who would let his enemy grow strong against him? no time is this for weak pity for a new-born monster is yet monstrous and every tiger was once a cub. spare not the children in the land's defence but send forth your warriors and strike down the male children born within the year that this one shall not

one was there that wept not but acted with a bloody hand 331 to defend his own son. against that which michael worked worked gabriel, descending to the earth, flying most swift from heaven, falling as a fulmination to that lower realm to act in defence of his son. appearing in a blast of flame he appeared to mary and warned with these words the mother of his son to deliver the suckling babe from israel unto the river kingdom of the pharaoh's that offered libations at the altar to ashmedai, the thrice greatest, and to aset, the bright goddess. even as the soldiers of the king burst inwards with naked swords to claim the child gabriel spoke these words with a desperate tongue to that daughter of the nephilim that he had loved and of whose womb jesu, son of gabriel, was born, addressing her

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rcome" thus, these two chapters, which are represented by their illustrations upon the pillars, represent the advance and purification of the soul and its union with osiris, the redeemer, in the golden dawn of the infinite light, in which the soul is transfigured, knows all, and can do all, for it is made one with the eternal god. khabs am pekht konx om pax light in extension! source: principally israel regardie, and "the equin: iii third knowledge lecture the soul is divided by the qabalists into three principal parts: neschamah- the highest part, answering to the three supernals, and to the higher aspirations of the soul. ruach- the middle part, answering to six sephiroth from chesed to yesod, inclusive. and to the mind and reasoning powers. nephesch- the lowest, answering to malkuth, an

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continues to fulfill his life s mission: disseminating the wisdom of kabbalah to the world. after the rabash s demise in 1991, laitman established bnei baruch, a group of kabbalah students that studies, teaches, and implements the teachings of baal hasulam and his son, baruch, on a daily basis. over time, bnei baruch has grown into an extensive international movement with thousands of members in israel and around the world. rav laitman s lectures are broadcast live daily on satellite and cable tv in israel, in the u.s, and on the internet at www.kab.tv. additionally, laitman is founder and president of the ashlag research institute (ari, whose goal is to cultivate open discourse about kabbalah and science. his extensive educational activities awarded him the title professor of ontology fr

dy, like the cells within it, is part of a greater whole. but my attempts to research this hypothesis were repeatedly turned down. i was told that science does not engage in these questions. 14 from chaos to harmony all this happened in the 1970 s in russia. disillusioned, i decided to leave russia as quickly as i could. i had hoped to be able to continue the research that so captured my heart in israel. and thus, in 1974, after being a refusenik (one whose request to leave russia for israel is refused) for four years, i finally arrived in israel. alas, even here i was only allowed to engage in research that was limited to the single cell level. i realized i had to look elsewhere for a place to learn about the overall systems of reality. consequently, i turned to philosophy, then to religi

is based on essays and lectures given by rav michael laitman, phd, which were then edited by staff members of the ashlag research institute (ari. the first part, from chaos to harmony, focuses on the personal level. it explains the root of every crisis and predicament we experience in life, and depicts how we can resolve them. the second part of the book is dedicated to the future of the state of israel. 17 foreword it is hardly a secret that humanity is in a deep crisis. many of us already feel it. sensations of meaninglessness, frustration, and emptiness engulf our lives. family crises, a troubled educational system, drug abuse, personal insecurities, and fear of nuclear war and ecological threats, all cloud our happiness. it seems we have lost control of our lives and are unable to head

of nature s single, comprehensive system, and taste the perfection and harmony within it. 25 part one from chaos to harmony 27 prologue the first part of this book will focus on humanity s state in the 21st century, describing what change is required in our awareness, and why it is needed. but before we do that, let s review some facts about humankind s present state, focusing on the situation in israel. knowing these facts is important to help us understand the proposed solution to our problems. in the last 100 years or so, we have made a giant leap in scientific and technological progress, and yet we find ourselves helpless and perplexed in the face of escalating phenomena in many areas. many of us are dissatisfied with our lives, and there is a growing sense of insecurity, meaninglessne

d primarily depression, will be the second most common cause of health problems. depression is one of the prime causes of suicide. each year, more than a million people will take their own lives, and between 10 and 20 million people will attempt it.2 suicide attempts in general, and particularly among children and youth, are on a clear upward curve. the israeli ministry of health declared that in israel, similar to other western developed countries, suicides are the second most common cause of death among children and youth.3 many among those who work in the health field believe that the suicide phenomenon reflects the overall unhealthy state of society. in the last decades, drug intake has turned from a marginal phenomenon to a central issue the world over, and today, every level of socie

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the creator or the revelation of the creator, also known as "the soul" of the person. the creator himself is known as the shochen. since all our desires are permeated with our egoism (desire to receive, the light of the creator is concealed. as egoism is gradually ejected from our desires, a greater place becomes available. an uncorrected desire is known as "egoism" a corrected desire is called "israel" once a "place" is vacated as a result of a corrected desire, the light of the creator is revealed, but the creator still continues to operate in a manner concealed from us. after we have corrected and purified our desires (places, vessels, we perceive the process of the revelation of the creator as the appearance of the light. in reality, however, no motion takes place, but rather, as in t

intellect, called the klipat eisav. however, when we progress further in our work, we see that in order to enter into the spiritual realm we must rid ourselves of both klipot, because they do not want to receive the laws of the spiritual realm just as it is mentioned in the bible that the creator offered the torah, the laws of the spiritual realm, to eisav and yishmael before he gave it to- 188- israel, but they did not want to receive it. only after we see that we are not able to receive the altruistic-spiritual laws with either the right or left force, do we carefully progress to the middle line, which is called "we will do, and then we will hear" which is called "for the sake of bestowal" and is then called israel. since all of us, along with our thoughts, intentions and desires, are e

ysical or emotional strength, but rather to examine our inner state. do we retain the same joy regardless of whether we receive from the creator what we imagine is necessary for us, or not? kabbalah speaks of an individual as being like a whole world, since inside each of us is to be found everything around us: the universe, the nations, gentiles, the righteous people of the nations of the world, israel, the temple and even the creator himself the point that is in our hearts. in the first place, kabbalah teaches of our inner qualities, and then proceeds to the outer aspects that are considered consequences of the inner qualities, and thus are designated with respective names. in addition, the spiritual state of the inner qualities and outer aspects- 189- inner qualities directly affects th

sire to perceive the creator and to distance ourselves from other desires. if we can choose just one of the desires, cultivate it and live by it alone, that is the desire to unite with the creator. then, it spiritual levels- 237- is as if we pass on to a different life, a life of spirituality. if we want to move forward, or are already on the path directly towards the creator, then we are called "israel" derived from the words yashar (directly, le el (to the creator. the creation of the world, including its conception and management, enables the world to exist and advance according to the predetermined plan towards the end for which it was created- 238- attaining the worlds beyond 20 the return to the creator in order to implement the divine supervision, and thus allow free choice in man s

t rules over us is bad. and this is only as long as the creator has not yet created good for the person of "and behold, pharaoh died" he gives us those life experiences that allow us to recognize that egoism is our enemy. only then will this symbol of evil die, and we will feel that we are incapable of existing as we once did, working for nothing- 248- attaining the worlds beyond and "the sons of israel groaned because of the servitude and they cried out" they did this only after realizing they were not even able to move without some egoistic benefit for themselves, and had not yet gained a spiritual, altruistic nature "and their cry for help from their servitude rose up to god, and god heard our voice" this occurs only if one truly cries out from the very depths of the soul, and this is p

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specific fields of expertise in a public panel before lecturers and students from the university of california, berkeley, and stanford university. the next morning they returned to the discussion table. in between discussions they shared their impressions from the conference and exchanged stories of their own personal quests. a few weeks later, dr. satinover attended an international congress in israel whose theme was the wisdom of kabbalah. during the congress, dr. laitman and dr. satinover discussed diverse topics such as freedom of choice, the global crisis, the family unit in the 21st century, the intensifying search for spirituality, and the future of humankind. dr. satinover gave a public presentation about quantum physics and its far-reaching implications. the explanations of kabba

991) for twelve years. during those years, rav laitman acquired the sulam method, teachings passed on to his mentor by his father, rabbi yehuda ashlag (1884-1954, known as baal hasulam for his sulam commentary on the zohar. rav laitman has written thirty books on kabbalah, which were translated into ten languages. his daily lessons are broadcast live and recorded on cable television in the us, in israel, and on the internet to tens of thousands of students worldwide. in recent years, rav laitman has become a frequent speaker at scientific conferences and conventions in europe, east asia and north america, expounding on the links between kabbalah and science. at t e n d e e s o f t h e s a n f r a n c i s c o c o n f e r e n c e 19 dr. laitman says that when he finished school, he was searc

dy exists. i assumed that much like a cell in a body, the body, too, is part of a greater system in which it functions as a part of a whole. yet, my attempts to research that question in the scientific framework were met with recurring rejections. i was told that science does not deal with these questions. disillusioned, i had resolved to leave russia as quickly as possible, hoping to continue in israel the research that had so captured my heart. in 1974, after four years of being a refusenik (a person who is denied an exit permit from the soviet union by the government, i received the longed-for exit permit and arrived in israel. alas, here, too, i was only offered to conduct studies and research on the limited single-cell level. i realized i had to search for a place where i could study

t internet site on kabbalah, offering a wealth of information in twenty-two languages, and the most extensive media and text archive of lessons, books, and films on the internet. all the material is offered free through the site (www.kabbalah.info. bnei baruch recently established the ari films production company, producing documentaries and educational films aired on cable television networks in israel, north america, and europe. additionally, bnei baruch established the ashlag research institute (ari, named after baruch ashlag, which serves as a center for public discussions on kabbalah. the educational and academic goals of the ari derive from a deep commitment to bring the teachings of baal hasulam to the center stage of public discussion. at t e n d e e s o f t h e s a n f r a n c i s

ht that the creator wants to impart to us. a kabbalist measures the pleasure that can be received or repelled very accurately. thus, we are given exact instructions as to the type of inner work we must do at each stage. thus, we will know how to work with our desire vis -vis the light. 56 b e t w e e n k a b b a l a h a n d s c i e n c e a talk with dr. jeffrey satinover and michael laitman, phd, israel, april 2005 t h e c o n c e p t o f f r e e d o m i n q ua n t u m p h y s i c s rav laitman: what is the existing outlook of science on the topic of freedom of choice? dr. satinover: modern science as a whole and i m using the term as a whole because i will shortly present a significant correction to it perceives reality as mere material reality. it regards the material reality as whole, a

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eality. that includes the reality of this world, the whole of humanity and each and every one of us at any given moment. with the help of kabbalah, we can t h e k a b b a l a h e x p e r i e n c e 10 control the system of the worlds and determine how to conduct our daily lives, which makes this wisdom necessary for everyone. until the year 1995, i was busy opening many kabbalah classes throughout israel and around the world. as a result, i was presented with an ever-growing number of questions, until i could no longer answer them by ordinary correspondence. therefore, i decided to set up an internet site and supply the answers to those requesting them, along with more general knowledge of man and his existence in the world. the web site quickly developed and expanded, and today over a mill

d only by the distance from the state where all of man s desires are in this world, with the aim for me, and by the nearness to the degree of the creator, meaning the intent for him. t h e t h o u g h t o f c r e a t i o n 17 q: to the best of my understanding, there is always only one man on earth, who is in the upper world, higher than all other kabbalists. who is that man today? a: it is said: israel is not widowed, and also, there is not a generation when there are no such men as abraham, isaac and jacob. there are hidden kabbalists in the world known only to the kabbalists themselves, and then there are recognized kabbalists. all of them work in this world and perform their tasks according to the instructions of the creator. their business is only their own and the creator s. we need

a form that would be understood by the person we want to speak to about our feelings. that form is called a language, and it doesn t matter what language is used. kabbalists chose hebrew and through it they conveyed the information desired. they also made use of aramaic, which was a spoken language in ancient persia. the book of zohar also uses foreign (greek) words that were used very freely in israel, so we, like the kabbalists, use them as well. i, too, asked my rav that same question, and he said that any language can be modified to convey spiritual information, but since kabbalists described t h e w i s d o m o f k a b b a l a h 69 everything in hebrew, they built a dictionary- the link between the root and the branch- that today is the basis for this whole science. the hebrew langua

eates one collective vessel. t h e k a b b a l a h e x p e r i e n c e 92 q: what v if any v effect does language have on the study? a: kabbalah can be studied in any language. but hebrew is the natural language because the jews are the group that should lead humanity to spirituality. they are the descendants of abraham, the first jew, the first to have crossed the barrier and entered the land of israel. this is why he is called a hebrew (ivri, from the word over, and his language was hebrew. most kabbalists wrote in hebrew because they were the heirs of abraham, meaning his sons, his children. but in principle, kabbalah is a study about the creation of the world and can be expressed in any language. q: can kabbalah be taught in other languages besides hebrew? a: if you open the zohar, you

s a study about the creation of the world and can be expressed in any language. q: can kabbalah be taught in other languages besides hebrew? a: if you open the zohar, you will see that it is written in aramaic. aramaic was the spoken language in ancient persia and the everyday language of mesopotamia. therefore, the zohar was written in the language that was then the most prevalent. at that time, israel was under greek occupation, which is why there are quite a few greek words in the zohar, which remained as kabbalistic terms and names, like italian words in music. it makes no difference in what language we study kabbalah, because when we attain insights about the surrounding world, we attain the emotional form and discover that there are no words, letters or sounds in that form. even when

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llness) or in gadlut (greatness. these states are called zivug (spiritual mating. the term, eretz (land) in the spiritual world refers to where you are or the place you are headed. the word, eretz comes from the word, ratzon (desire. our souls consist of one big desire (eretz) with many smaller lands inside them. there are desires called the nations of the world or abroad and there is the land of israel, which is the closest desire to the creator. the neighbors of this eretz jordan, egypt, and syria want the land of israel because that is where the creator can be found. the correction process begins with the finest desires, called israel or galgalta and eynaim. on the one hand, they are the closest desires to the creator, but on the other, they are the farthest. this is because of the law

and we are at a lower degree, meaning our degree is derived from our root. but through the correction, we attain equivalence of properties with our root, change how we feel about what we get from above, and t h e pa t h o f k a b b a l a h 64 instead of feeling struck and tormented by fate, we begin to feel peace, serenity, calm, and completeness. we attain a collective understanding. q: what is israel s role in the correction? a: the creator brought us to this world so that we, using the wisdom of kabbalah, would discover the upper world and lead our fate by ourselves. the people of israel must pass the wisdom of kabbalah to all the nations. if israel does not bring the knowledge of the spiritual worlds to the rest of the world, the world cannot become a better and happier place. the oth

so that we, using the wisdom of kabbalah, would discover the upper world and lead our fate by ourselves. the people of israel must pass the wisdom of kabbalah to all the nations. if israel does not bring the knowledge of the spiritual worlds to the rest of the world, the world cannot become a better and happier place. the other peoples sense it unconsciously and express it in their hatred toward israel. there is only one solution to all the problems: fulfill our task in this world, as this nation was chosen for precisely that purpose. we are chosen precisely in our duty to connect all the nations with the creator. until we do it, both sides the creator and the nations of the world will continue to push us forcefully. as time goes by, the moment of internal (spiritual) and external (physic

for every person, and will become open to all only at the end of correction, since there will no longer be room for such obstructions as egoistic envy. c h a p t e r 2. 2 p e r s i s t e n c e naming a person is done in kabbalah according to that person s will to receive. for example, if a certain individual has a desire to attain the creator, feel him and cling to him, then that person is named israel (from the words yashar el straight to god, even if still at the beginning of the journey, and unable to see the creator or where this journey will lead. it is the desire that counts. when one realizes the creator s will, that person will be called a kabbalist, someone who has attained a certain spiritual degree. for that reason, a kabbalist is also called one of attainment. t h e pa t h o f

the evil in us. at such a state, we will be rewarded with the alteration of the aim to bestowal. the passage from lo lishma (in order to receive) to lishma (in order to bestow) is in fact, the crossing of the barrier between our world and the spiritual world. such a state is called birth, the acquisition of the screen; it is the crossing of the red sea that separates between egypt and the land of israel. only the aim changes when we attain spirituality. the will to receive does not diminish as a result of it, but continues to grow and renew itself in every spiritual degree. we said earlier that everything has already t h e pa t h o f k a b b a l a h 88 been created and there are no innovations anymore. it is true that the entire will to receive has already been created, but before the atta

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y 147. referring to king solomon fs temple, the english craft ritual says: gthere was nothing in connection with this magnificent structure more remarkable, or which more particularly struck the attention, than the two great pillars which were placed at the porch or entrance. h the ritual goes on to explain that these two pillars were set up at the entrance of the temple to remind the children of israel, on their way to and from divine worship, of the pillar of fire which gave light to the israelites during their escape from bondage in egypt, and the pillar of cloud which proved darkness to pharaoh and his followers, when they attempted to overtake them. 148. their original significance, however, dates much further back than this. it is claimed that these two columns originally represented

r, a heaven with its four quarters, as tat represents the earth with its four quarters. 156. figure 5 and 6 157. 158. in the hieroglyphs the form has become like fig. 5, while in the papyrus of ani it appears as in fig. 6. 159. dr. mackey has made a special study of these two pillars in their later jewish form. he speaks of them as memorials of god fs repeated promises of support to his people of israel, since jachin is derived from jah, which means gjehovah h, and achin, gto establish h, and signifies ggod will establish his house in israel, h while boaz is compounded of b, which means gin h and oaz, gstrength h, the whole signifying gin strength shall it be established h. mackey thinks that the pillars should be within the porch (which in reality they were not, at its very entrance; and

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nd the masonic tradition of the first or holy lodge. 270. the prophets 271. it appears that moses was also acquainted with the great ritual of amen as worked in the mysteries of egypt, and some portion at least of this tradition was transmitted to his successors. there arose in later times a school in connection with the mysteries, the members of which had the idea of personifying the children of israel as one being who might shed blessing over all nations; and they attempted to arouse among them the sense of unity necessary for this purpose partly by means of ritual. there were also the schools of the prophets, who were trained in the mysteries and studied the deeper teaching enshrined in the ancient rites. one such school is mentioned in the old testament as existing at naioth under the

handed down along an independent line, which may nevertheless have crossed that of our own craft and influenced it to some extent in later days. there is much in the kabbala which throws light upon our ceremonies and symbols, and a study of kabbalistic theosophy may be of both profit and interest to the mason. 300. the briefest summary is all that we can attempt here(*see the secret tradition in israel, the secret tradition in freemasonry, a new encyclopaedia, all by bro. a. e. waite) the literature of the kabbala represents a growth of many centuries under the influence of many types of thought- jewish, gnostic, neo-platonic, greek, arabic and even persian- and it has never been fully translated into any european language. it consists of certain great texts written in hebrew and aramaic

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a mystery school following the western interpretation of ancient wisdom. followers are taught mastery of their physical environment and development of the mental capacities, as well as provided with answers to such metaphysical questions as the nature of immortality. its teachings are based on the holy cabala, which is described by bota members as the mystical (occult) wisdom teaching of ancient israel, and which is based on a diagrammatical and symbolic glyph called the tree of life, a pictorial-symbolic representation of the one god and humanity s relationship with god and creation. bota s teachings also draw upon the tarot (viewed as a pictorial textbook of ageless wisdom, the hermetic teachings of hermes mercurious trismegistus, alchemy, and astrology. the doctrine of the oneness of g

group almost disappeared entirely until its surprising resurgence in the 1970s. crowley s impact has continued to be tremendous among almost all the magical groups. see also left-hand path;magic and magical groups for further reading: crowley, aleister.magic in theory and practice. new york: castle, 1929. king, francis. sexuality,magic and perversion. london: new english library, 1971. regardie, israel, ed. gems from the equinox: selected writings of aleister crowley. st. paul, mn: llewellyn, 1974. curse of the demon john holden, a skeptical psychologist, goes to a conference on the paranormal in this 1957 film. there he meets julian karswell, a self-proclaimed warlock, but refuses to believe that the eccentric individual leads a cult of evil devil-worshipers. karswell responds to holden

k the heads of the dragons on the waters says the psalmist (ps. 74:13, and the lord. shall slay the dragon that is in the sea (isa. 27:1. moreover, in psalms 91:13, the saints shall trample the dragon under their feet. the battle between yahweh and the dragon is very popular in the visions of the later hebrew prophets, although the dragon usually embodies a purely symbolic meaning as the enemy of israel, that is to say the assyrians, the babylonians, or the egyptians. an account of god s hostility toward pharaoh is reported by the prophet ezekiel, who speaks of pharaoh as the great dragon that lies in the midst of his streams (ezek. 29:3, into whose jaws he will put hooks and whom he will have thrown into the wilderness. elsewhere in the old testament, the dragon is represented also as a s

strictly condemned. homosexual behavior was regarded as impure. drugs and animal sacrifice were also forbidden. see also crowley, aleister;magic and magical groups for further reading: gilbert, r. a. the golden dawn scrapbook: the rise and fall of a magical order. york beach, me: samuel weiser, 1997. the golden dawn, twilight of the magicians.wellingborough, northamptonshire, uk: aquarian, 1983. israel regardie, the golden dawn: an account of the teachings, rites, and ceremonies of the order of the golden dawn. 2 vols. 2nd ed. st. paul, mn: llewellyn, 1969. hex as commonly used, the term hex means an evil spell or bewitchment, and is almost precisely interchangeable with the word curse. it derives from the german word hexe, which means witch. hexe, in turn, comes from the old german term

human being and being defeated is totally out of character for the mighty yahweh, many scholars have interpreted this passage as a considerably modified retelling of an earlier (now lost) story about jacob wrestling with a demon. jacob was the third patriarch of the hebrews. he is considered the father of the chosen people, and his sons represent the heads of the twelve tribes of the children of israel. jacob had an important dream on his way to haran to take a wife from among the daughters of his uncle laban. the purpose of this dream is to confirm the abrahamic covenant directly to jacob, and to assure jacob that, although he is in distress, he is yet the object of god s love and care. god s manifestation completely alters jacob s view of his own purpose and destiny, and to jacob this i

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9] enochian a a alphabet b b c c, k d d e e f f g g h h i i, y l l m m n n o o p p q q r r s s t t u u, v, w x x z z plate ix. liber lxxxiv 15 v the thirty thyrs or aires and their divisions and angels are as follows [we omit for the present consideration of the parts of the earth to which they are stated to correspond, and the question of the attributions to the cardinal points and the tribes of israel. these are duly tabulated in dee.s .liber scienti, auxilii, et victori terrestris. name of aire. names of governors20 numbers of servitors in all 1. lil. 1. occodon21 7209 2. pascomb 2360 3. valgars 5362 14931 2. arn. 4. doagnis 3636 5. pacasna 2362 6. dialiva22 8962 15960 3. zom. 7. samapha 4440 8. virooli23 3660 9. andispi 9236 17296 4. paz. 10. thotanp24 2360 11. axziarg 3000 12. pothnir

llewellyn. revised 2nd edition; originally published st paul mn: llewellyn, 1983. james, geoffrey (1984; ed/ trans: enochian evocation of doctor john dee, gillette, nj: heptangle. reprinted as enochian magick of doctor john dee. st. paul, mn: llewellyn publications, 1994. laycock, donald (1978: complete enochian dictionary. london, askin. reprinted new york: samuel weiser, 1994. regardie, francis israel (1984; ed: the complete golden dawn system of magic. las vegas: falcon press (1989; ed: the golden dawn. st. paul, mn: llewellyn publications. revised 6th edition; originally published chicago: aries press (4 vols, 1937-40. rowe, ben: enochian magick reference. revision 1.0, 1998. web-published. the copy previously linked to no longer exists; however this work has been mirrored on various s

by the 12 angels of the 12 tribes, which are also governed by the 7 who stand before the presence of god (tfr p.139-140; working of 21st may 1584. a passage in latin immediately following appears to indicate that it is the angels of the 12 tribes who are the governers of the 91 parts, some having many, some fewer, under their rule(.per tota terra distributa sub 12 principibus angelis, 12 tribuum israel: quorum 12 aliqui plures, aliqui pauciores partes habent sub sua regimine ex 91 partibus in quas tota terra hic demonstratur esse divisa, suggesting that the seven-letter names in this column are the names of the parts themselves rather than denoting discrete angelic entities associated with the parts. the names of the 91 parts were delivered on the 21st and 22nd of may 1584 (tfr pp. 141-5

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n thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men. so i spake unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died: and i did in the morning as i was commanded. and the people said unto me: wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so? then i answered them. the word of the lord came unto me saying: speak unto the house of israel: thus saith the lord god. ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done, shall ye do; and when this cometh, ye shall know that i am the lord. also, son of man, shall it not be in the day when i take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereon they set their minds. in that day shall thy mouth be opened. and thou shalt speak. a

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d demon in this operation. is it, though? i am so blind that i can no longer decide the simplest problems. else, i see so well, and am so balanced, that i see both sides of every question. in chess-blindness one used to abjure the game. i never tried to stick it through; i wish i had. anyhow, i have to stick this through! o lord of the eye, let thine eye be ever open upon me! for he that watcheth israel doth not slumber nor sleep! lord s.iva, open thou the eye upon me, and consume me altogether in its brilliance! 1 [this is obscure: saturn in libra suggests the three of swords (sorrow) and the goetic demons purson and gremory, but crowley.s reference is perhaps better explained by the entry for the second decan of libra in the golden dawn paper on the magical images of the decans (in regar

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5, i= 10, m= 40; total= 300. similarly the words dja, achad, unity, one and hbha, ahebah, love, each= 13; or a= 1, j= 8, d= 4, total= 13; and a= 1, h= 5, b= 2, h= 5, total= 13. again, the name of the angel wrffm, metatron, and the name of the deity, ydc, shaddai, each make 314; so the one is taken as symbolical of the other. the angel metatron is said to have been the conductor of the children of israel through the wilderness, of whom 3 [i.e. the kaballah unveiled. as scholem (major trends in jewish mysticism) and others have pointed out, the three tracts translated by mathers are actually fairly minor in the scheme of the zohar (a reasonably complete english translation of which occupies five quarto volumes. t.s] 6 liber lviii god says .my name is in him. with regard to gematria of phrase

shorthand writer. of notariqon there are two forms. in the first every letter of a word is taken for the initial or abbreviation of another word, so that from the letters of a word a sentence may be formed. thus every letter of the word tycarb, berashith, the first word in genesis, is made the initial of a word, and we obtain hrwt larcy wlbqyc \yhla har tycarb, be-rashith rahi elohim sheyequebelo israel torah .in the beginning the elohim saw that israel would accept the law. in this connection i may give six very interesting specimens of notariqon formed from this same word tycarb by solom meir ben moses, a jewish qabalist, who embraced the christian faith in 1665, and took the name of prosper rugere. these all have a christian tendency, and by their means prosper converted another jew, wh

m .one is is she the spirit of the elohim of life. now, we find that before the deity conformed himself thus.i.e, as male and female.that the worlds of the universe could not subsist, or, in the words of genesis (i, 2 .the earth was formless and void. these prior worlds are considered to be symbolized by the .kings that reigned in the land of edom, before there reigned a king over the children of israel.,13 and they are therefore spoken of in the qabalah as the .edomite kings. this will be found fully explained in various parts of this work. we now come to the consideration of the first sephira, or the number one, the monad of pythagoras. in this number are the other nine hidden. it is indivisible, it is also incapable of multiplication; divide 1 by itself and it still remains 1, multiply

abalah, before the complete form of the heavenly man (the ten sephiroth) was produced, there were certain primordial worlds created, but these could not subsist, as the equilibrium of balance was not yet perfect, and they were convulsed by the unbalanced force, and destroyed.22 these primordial worlds are called the .kings of ancient time. and the .kings of edom who reigned before the monarchs of israel. in this sense, edom is the world of unbalanced force, and israel is the balanced sephiroth (genesis xxxvi, 31. this important fact, that worlds were created and destroyed prior to the present creation, is again and again reiterated in the zohar. now the sephiroth are also called the world of emanations, or the atziluthic world, or archetypal world, twlyxa \lwo, olahm atziluth; and this wor

be profaned. we must defeat him, it is true; but how should we abuse and blame him, without abuse and blame of him that set him there? 136. a mystic number of jupiter; the sum of the first 16 natural numbers. 144. a square and therefore a materialisation of the number 12. hence the numbers in the apocalypse. 144,000 only means 12 (the perfect number in the zodiac or houses of heaven and tribes of israel) 12, i.e. settled 1000, i.e. on the grand scale. 148 \ynzam, scales of justice. 156. babalon. see liber 418. this number is chiefly important for part ii. it is of no account in the orthodox dogmatic qabalah. yet it is 12 13, the most spiritual form, 13 of the most perfect number, 12, awh [it is wyx, zion, the city of the pyramids..ed.]52 175. a mystic number of venus. 203. abr, initials of

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ugh its only connection with the goetia derives from that publication (and possibly from private magical work by crowley, bennett and others in which the two were combined. there is no evidence that the gbornless one h ritual in itself was an official g.d. paper; it may have been, but the evidence normally adduced for this, the gbornless ritual for the invocation of the higher genius h printed by israel regardie in vol. iii of the golden dawn, was compiled by regardie himself from the versions published by crowley, incorporating elements of other g.d. rituals, as regardie himself clearly stated in his ceremonial magic. according to his diaries published in equinox vol. i, crowley used this ritual for various purposes in private magical work between 1901 and 1906, most notably the extended

imile reprint including crowley fs holograph annotations and marginal doodles, thame, oxon: first impressions, 1992. re-set reprint with additional editorial material, york beach, maine: samuel weiser, 1995 (ed. by william breeze. preisendanz, karl (ed: papyri graca magica: die griechischen zauberpapyri (2 vols. leipzig: teubner, 1928-31; second edition stuttgart: teubner, 1973. regardie, francis israel: ceremonial magic. wellingborough: aquarian, 1980 (ed) the golden dawn (full title: the teachings, rites and ceremonies of the hermetic order of the golden dawn (4 vols) chicago: aries press, 1937-1940; 6th edition in one volume, st. paul, minnesota: llewellyn, 1989. waite, arthur edward: the book of black magic and of pacts, including the rites and mysteries of goetic theurgy, sorcery and

vious reference to any gmagical race h in any of the oaths of a a grades up to and including adeptus minor as given in gliber collegii sancti, h unless one considers the a a itself to fit this billing (an early typescript of the a a neophyte ritual, gliber dclxxi vel oart, h is extant which refers to the order as the gm [mysteries, presumably] of i [initiation (boring but possible? isis? iacchus? israel? israfel, h possibly whatever the i stands for should be substituted. israel regardie, when he produced an adaptation of the gbornless one h as an example ritual for the collection of golden dawn papers he edited, substituted gthe magic of light h, a reference to the sub-title of the g.d. z2 paper, with gprophets of the sun h in line 3. duquette (in his magick of thelema) and others suggest

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i-modern refers to the fact that these humans showed a somewhat protruding brow ridge, which categorizes them as archaic. their brain size was as large as ours. the interpretation of these fossils, dubbed homo sapiens idaltu, is that they were on the verge of becoming fully modern humans. fully anatomically modern human fossils, dated to about 130,000 years ago, have been found in ethiopia and in israel, while more recent human fossils have been discovered in south africa (90,000 120,000 years old) and australia (40,000 60,000 years old. this evidence strongly suggests that modern humans appeared in africa, an interpretation supported also by africa being the only place in the world where there is an uninterrupted line between the oldest bipedal fossils (orrorin) and modern humans. after a

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tation of a chapter of the royal arch, john harris, c. 1820. arch. there are many openly kabbalistic symbols here. in the east there are banners depicting the four sacred beasts, the ox, the lion, the eagle, and the man: the archetypes of the inhabitants of the four worlds taken from the vision of ezekiel. arranged down the sides of the picture are banners with the devices of the twelve tribes of israel, they are analogous to the twelve signs of the zodiac, and they represent the twelve archetypal human groups. the central feature of this space is the pedestal surrounded by six candles. kabbalisticaly, the archetypes shown here are to be found around the tiferet of beriah, and it seems pretty clear that we are looking at a representation of that world of the spirit. figure 21 shows the sam

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dy in symbolism the hiramic legend the pythagorean theory of music and color fishes, insects, animals, reptiles and birds (part one) fishes, insects, animals, reptiles and birds (part two) flowers, plants, fruits, and trees stones, metals and gems ceremonial magic and sorcery the elements and their inhabitants hermetic pharmacology, chemistry, and therapeutics the qabbalah, the secret doctrine of israel fundamentals of qabbalistic cosmogony the tree of the sephiroth qabbalistic keys to the creation of man an analysis of tarot cards the tabernacle in the wilderness the fraternity of the rose cross rosicrucian doctrines and tenets fifteen rosicrucian and qabbalistic diagrams alchemy and its exponents the theory and practice of alchemy: part one the theory and practice of alchemy: part two th

emental beings--the gnomes, undines, salamanders, and sylphs--demonology--the incubus and succubus- vampirism. 105 hermetic pharmacology, chemistry, and therapeutics the healing methods of paracelsus--palingenesis--hermetic theories concerning the cause of disease--medicinal properties of herbs--the use of drugs in the mysteries--the sect of the assassins. 109 the qabbalah, the secret doctrine of israel the written and unwritten laws--the origin of the qabbalistic writings--rabbi simeon ben jochai--the great qabbalistic books--the divisions of the qabbalistic system--the sepher yetzirah. 113 fundamentals of qabbalistic cosmogony ain soph and the cosmic egg--the qabbalistic system of worlds--the qabbalistic interpretation of ezekiel's vision--the great image of nebuchadnezzar's dream--the g

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

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

dly, it is the symbol of aspiration and ambition, for as the centaur aims his arrow at the stars, so every human creature aims at a higher mark than he can reach. albert churchward, in the signs and symbols of primordial man, sums up the influence of the zodiac upon religious symbolism in the following words "the division here [is] in twelve parts, the twelve signs of the zodiac, twelve tribes of israel, twelve gates of heaven mentioned in revelation, and twelve entrances or portals to be passed through in the great pyramid, before finally reaching the highest degree, and twelve apostles in the christian doctrines, and the twelve original and perfect points in masonry" the ancients believed that the theory of man's being made in the image of god was to be understood literally. they maintai

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or carnations, anything you like, depending on your location and the time of year. the choice is yours. to a lot of witches, the rose seems a very good choice, as this blossom has always been considered most germane to matters of love, and a symbolic attribute of the lady. cabalistic legend has it that balkis, queen of sheba, was a witch, and that the wisdom she came to question solomon, king of israel, about was magical in content. i am the rose of sharon, and the lily of the valleys, as the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. the rose has been preserved as the lady's emblem in the annals of courtly love and among the symbols of alchemy. the lily, however, passed directly into christian catholicism and became an attribute of the madonna, which is only right and proper

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e archbishop of arles, after the destruction of the jews in that city; who, from the latin, translated it into the vulgar tongue, in the same terms which here follow, without having either changed or augmented the original translation from the hebrew. the key of solomon page 12 chapter i concerning the divine love which precedes the acquisition of this knowledge solomon, the son of david, king of israel, hath said that the beginning of our key is to fear god, to adore him, to honour him with contrition of heart, to invoke him in all matters which we wish to undertake, and to operate with very great devotion, for thus god will lead us in the right way. when, therefore, thou shalt wish to acquire the knowledge of magical arts and sciences, it is necessary to have prepared the order of hours

heth the crimes of the wicked, who seeketh out and chastiseth the iniquities of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation; which isaac having invoked, he was found worthy to escape from the sword of abraham his father. i conjure ye and i exorcise ye by the most holy name of eloah va-daath, which jacob invoked when in great trouble, and was found worthy to bear the name of israel, which signifieth vanquisher of god; and he was delivered from the fury of esau his brother. i conjure ye by the most potent name of el. adonai tzabaoth, which is the god of armies, ruling in the heavens, which joseph invoked and was found worthy to escape from the hands of his brethren. i conjure ye by the most potent name of elohim tzabaoth, which expresseth piety, mercy, splendour, and k

au his brother. i conjure ye by the most potent name of el. adonai tzabaoth, which is the god of armies, ruling in the heavens, which joseph invoked and was found worthy to escape from the hands of his brethren. i conjure ye by the most potent name of elohim tzabaoth, which expresseth piety, mercy, splendour, and knowledge of god, which moses invoked, and he was found worthy to deliver the people israel from egypt, and from the servitude of pharaoh. i conjure ye by the most potent name of shaddai, which signifieth doing good unto all; which moses invoked, and having struck the sea, it divided into two parts in the midst, on the right hand and on the left. i conjure ye by the most holy name of el chai, which is that of the living god, through the virtue of which alliance with us, and redemp

stant hither before us, without noise, deformity, or hideousness, but with all manner of gentleness and mildness. i exorcise ye anew, and powerfully conjure ye, commanding ye with strength and violence by him who spake and it was done; and by all these names: el, shaddai, elohim, elohi, tzabaoth, elim, asher eheieh, yah, tetragrammaton, shaddai, which signify god the high and almighty, the god of israel, through whom undertaking all our operations we shall prosper in all the works of our hands, seeing that the lord is now, always, and for ever with us, in our heart and in our lips; and by his holy names, and by the virtue of the sovereign god, we shall accomplish all our work. the key of solomon page 28 come ye at once without any hideousness or deformity before us, come ye without monstro

spake and it was done; and by the name iah, which moses heard, and spoke with god; and by the name agla, which joseph invoked, and was delivered out of the hands of his brethren; and by the name vau, which abraham heard, and knew god the almighty one; and by the name of four letters, tetragrammaton, which joshua named and invoked, and he was rendered worthy and found deserving to lead the army of israel into the promised land; and by the name anabona, by which god formed man and the whole universe; and by the name arpheton, and in the name arpheton, by which the angels who are destined to that end will summon the universe, in visible body and form, and will assemble (all people) together by the sound of the trumpet at that terrible and awful day of judgment, when the memory of the wicked a

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n addresseth himself to his son, roboam: do thou, o my son roboam, remember, that the fear of adonai is only the beginning of wisdom. keep and preserve those who have not understanding in the fear of adonai, which will give and will preserve unto thee my crown. but learn to triumph thyself over fear by wisdom, and the spirits will descend from heaven to serve thee. i, solomon, thy father, king of israel and of palmyra, i have sought out and obtained in my lot the holy chokmah, which is the wisdom of adonai. and i have become king of the spirits as well of heaven as of earth, master of the dwellers of the air, and of the living souls of the sea, because i was in possession of the key of the hidden gates of light. i have done great things by the virtue of the schema hamphorasch, and by the t

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON PENTACLES

ew. figure 14. the fourth pentacle of saturn. this pentacle serveth principally for executing all the experiments and operations of ruin, destruction, and death. and when it is made in full perfection, it serveth also for those spirits which bring news, when thou invokest them from the side of the south. editor s note. the hebrew words around the sides of the triangle are from deut. vi.4 "hear, o israel, ihvh alhinvh is ihvh achd" the surrounding versicle is from psalm cix. 18 "as he clothed himself with cursing like as with a garment, so let it come unto his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones" in the center of the pentacle is the mystic letter yod. figure 15. the fifth pentacle of saturn. this pentacle defendeth those who invoke the spirits of saturn during the night; and chas

MATHERS MACGREGOR THE LESSER KEY OF SOLOMON LEMEGETON VOL 5

eat power that terrible thunder& lightning& hail stones mixt with fire& sent locusts which did destroy all growing things in the whole land of egypt& by that great power that destroyed all the first born of the land of egypt both of man& beast& by that great power that divided the hard rock& rivers of water issued out of the sand of the wilderness, and by that great power that led the children of israel into the land of canaan& by that great power that destroyed sonachoribs great host& by that great& almighty power of him that walked on the sea as on dry land& by that almighty power that raised the dead lazarus out of his grave& by that almighty power of the blessed& holy& glorious trinity that did cast the devil& all disobedient angels out of heaven into hell that thou thief return immedi

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s a means of spiritual instruction and grace. it is from lack of instruction rather than of desire to learn the meaning of masonry that the craft suffers to-day. but, as one finds everywhere, that desire exists; and so, for what they may be worth, these papers are offered to the craft as a contribution towards satisfying it. let me conclude with an apologue and an aspiration. in the chronicles of israel it may be read how that, after long preparatory labour, after employing the choicest material and the most skilful artificers, solomon the king at last made an end of building and beautifying his temple, and dedicated to the of service of the most high that work of his hands in a state as perfect as human provision could make it; and how that then, but not till then, his offering was accept

and lastly the fabricative intellectual principle or logos binding these two together and constituting the whole an intelligent and functionally effective instrument (beauty. of these three principles, or upon these three pillars, was the human soul originally and divinely built in the heaven-world, and our lectures, therefore, rightly say that those three pillars" also allude to solomon, king of israel; hiram, king of tyre; and hiram abiff" because those names personify the indissociable triadic constituents of the divine unity (they are also shown inscribed upon the central symbolic altar in the royal arch degree as further evidence of this divine construction of the human soul. the temple of the soul has, however, now been destroyed and thrown down from its primitive eminence and grande

d divine wisdom which is the basis of our being. it is defined in the book of wisdom (chap. vii, 25-27, as" a pure influence flowing from the glory of the almighty; the brightness of the everlasting light, the unspotted mirror of the power of god and the image of his goodness" it is described as a" king" because it must needs transcend and over-rule whatever is inferior to itself, and as" king of israel" because" israel" itself means" co-operating or ruling with god" as distinct from being associated with beings or affairs of a sub-divine order. to conjoin this transcendental life-essence to a vehicle which should give it fixity and form required the assistance of another dominant or" kingly" principle, personified as hiram, king of tyre, who supplied the" building material" now inasmuch a

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his is why the sorcerer who takes this path must be well disciplined and of a sound mind. the significance of the rites of da'ath is that having entered the reverse side of the tree of life, and passed through the da'athian gates, a plethora of psychic and hidden knowledge becomes available. da ath is a conjunction and child of the qabalistic zones of chokmah (wisdom) and binah (understanding. as israel regardie pointed out in the golden dawn (llewellyn 1971: but fundamentally it is the ascent of the dragon or, if you wish, an upwelling of the unconscious archetypes- a highly dangerous and unbalancing ascent, until they are assimilated to consciousness- which first renders da ath a possibility. it is the fall which is responsible for the acquisition of self-knowledge. thus it stands proven

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nite king, el elyon. he was the bestower of titles of lordship.his headquarters was between the tigris and euphrates (see p. 24)el shaddaianother canaanite precursor to jehovah, an appellation for deity used by the hebrews.the hebrew allegiance to jehovahwas not made in the time of abraham, nor even in the time of moses it occurred much later, in the time of samuel the judge, when the children of israel did put away baal and ashtoreth, and served the lord only (1 samuel 7:4 (p. 25)elohimconsidered in some texts to be foreign rulers and judges (see p. 25)abrahamwhen abraham migrated to canaan in about 1900 b.c, he arrived neither as a jew, nor as a canaan-ite, but as a sumerian (p. 25)hebrew and israelitethe name hebrew derives from the patriarch eber (heber/abhar, six generations before ab

us son enlil. it was the long-standing eloh tradition of enlil the el elyon that abraham and some ofhis familys forbearers were transported into canaan, having made their respective journeys from thecities of mesopotamia (p. 63)mazdaanother name for enki and his line. origin of jehovahthen some five generations after abraham, jehovah (i am that i am) emerged as the god of mosesand the children of israel when they returned to canaan from egypt. the book of exodus furtherexplains how god told moses that he was the very same god who spoke to abraham, except that abra-ham had called him el shaddai (el of the mountain) because he did not know the divine name of jeho-vah (exodus 6:3. the jehovah of the jews (el elyon of the canaanites) was, therefore, synonymouswith enlil of the annunaki, son of

s would the prospect of future dynastic kingship in theegyptian domain. it would even explain the relevance of the mysterious birthright that was eventuallysold by isaacs son esau to his brother jacob (genesis 25:30-34 (p. 165)but what genesis does not make clear is the precise nature of the birthright granted by esau to jacob (p.168)line of judahthe bible relates that, in due time, king david of israel and his dynasty sprang from the line of judah, ason of esaus brother jacob, but in the original scheme of things, had the birthright not been sold, thekingly descent would rightly have been from esau (p. 165)jacob/israelisaac marries the mesopotamian rebecca and their union gives esau and jacob, later renamed israel.esau sells his birthright to jacob. both brothers are grandsons of abraham

mahalath. ishmael was theson of hagar the pharaohs daughter, while his wife mahalath is also the daughter of pharaoh amenem-het ii. therefore, the blood of esaus descendants is noble and royal (see p. 168)tribes of israelfrom jacobs liaisons with not only wife rachel, but also with her sister leah, the handmaidens of hiswives, bilhah and zilpah, he has the sons that give rise to the 12 tribes of israel (see p. 166)threat to abrahamthere is also mention of a threat to the life of abraham, because his wife has married the pharaoh (see p. 166)appendix b: book abstracts220atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation sojourn in egyptabrahams grandson, jacob/israel, takes his family of 70 members into egypt from canaan, settling ingoshen by the nile delta. there was a famine in canaan

21 appendix b: book abstracts his sonsy uyas elder son was anen who rose to power in the reign of amenhotep iii.the younger son aye became pharaoh in 1352 b.c.his daughter tiyehis daughter was tiye, who later became the older and second wife of amenhotep iii.tutankhamun was also a descendant (see p. 183).the amarna kingsisaacs son esaumay have sold his birthright to his younger twin brother jacob-israel (whosedescendants became kings of judah, but now through tuya and y uya, descendants of esau did indeedbecome pharaohs of egypt. these particular pharaohs became known as the amarna kings theywere akhenaten, smenkhare, tutankhamun and aye, who ruled consecutively c. 1367-1348 b.c (p.184)palestine remained under egyptian rule at this time. if the covenant was to be taken literally, it woulda

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sun with jesus and osiris; it is equally common for them to associate jesus with osiris. in mythology, just look for a guy with the crazy brother, and you ll usually find jehovah. of coarse most christians would find it hard to believe that they are engaged in the--michael wynn's "the soul travelers" 15 worship of zeus and osiris; maybe even take offense to such a statement. their god, the god of israel, could never be compared to the greek god zeus. we re talking about god here, not a promiscuous cartoon character who throws lightning-bolts! but your own bible does indeed spell out the truth of the matter. in the book of revelation [9:11] we read; and they [the locusts] had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the hebrew tongue is abaddon, but in the g

choices regarding their mating partners, which results in the altering of the very gene pool of the human race. eventually will come war in the middle east and east asia. the middle east and the far east will serve as the major theatres in the coming world war. this global conflict will likely be initiated as a smaller war between america and her allies and rogue states like north korea and iran. israel herself may engage iran, while the south and north koreas finally take to war. these smaller conflicts will soon draw in all the other world powers, namely china and russia. proposals involving the weaponization of space will be expensive, wasteful, and may further incite tensions between the superpowers. the western nations will naturally side with america and, although i m not sure of rus

urring theme in mythology and the occult, is the concept of a god or goddess having multiple aspects. similar to how your guardian angel, guardian demon, and spirit are 3 aspects of you; one of those aspects is good and pure, another is dark and selfish, and your fleshly manifestation is another aspect of you that stands between the two. yahweh [5.1] this is the most-high god, jehovah, the god of israel. he is also zeus, jupiter, osiris, and ahura mazda. he is the archon (angel) emperor, the king of heaven, and the father of the elohim. he is said to be the true father of the arch-angels michael, gabriel, uriel, raphael, and satanael (satan. although in some accounts, satan is his brother. these sons of god are commonly equated with the children of jehovah; zeus is also said to have plenty

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e slain bullock was sprinkled on the mercy-seat; and _seven_ times on the altar. the _seventh_ year was a sabbath of rest; and at the end of _seven_ times _seven_ years came the great year of jubilee _seven_ days the people ate unleavened bread, in the month of abib _seven_ weeks were counted from the time of first putting the sickle to the wheat. the feast of the tabernacles lasted _seven_ days. israel was in the hand of midian _seven_ years before gideon delivered them. the bullock sacrificed by him was _seven_ years old. samson told delilah to bind him with _seven_ green withes; and she wove the _seven_ locks of his head, and afterwards shaved them off. balaam told barak to build for him _seven_ altars. jacob served _seven_ years for leah and _seven_ for rachel. job had _seven_ sons and

ed incense to them on the high places, and passed their children through the fire to moloch. thus the attempts of the ancient israelites and of the initiates to ascertain the true name of the deity, and its pronunciation, and the loss of the true word, are an allegory, in which are represented the general ignorance of the true nature and attributes of god, the proneness of the people of judah and israel to worship other deities, and the low and erroneous and dishonoring notions of the grand architect of the universe, which all shared except a few favored persons; for even solomon built altars and sacrificed to astarat, the goddess of the tsidunim, and malcum, the aamunite god, and built high places for kamus, the moabite deity, and malec the god of the beni-aamun. the true nature of god wa

r once mentioned the essenes, between whose doctrines and his there was so great a resemblance, and, in many points, so perfect an identity. indeed, they are not named, nor even distinctly alluded to, anywhere in the new testament. john, the son of a priest who ministered in the temple at jerusalem, and whose mother was of the family of aharun, was in the deserts until the day of his showing unto israel. he drank neither wine nor strong drink. clad in hair-cloth, and with a girdle of leather, and feeding upon such food as the desert afforded, he preached, in the country about jordan, the baptism of repentance, for the remission of siri-s; that is, the necessity of repentance proven by _reformation. he taught the people charity and liberality; the publicans, justice, equity, and fair dealin

rld; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life" so said the founder of the christian religion, as his words are reported by john the apostle. god, say the sacred writings of the jews, appeared to moses in a flame of fire, in the midst of a bush, which was not consumed. he descended upon mount sinai, as the smoke of a _furnace; he went before the children of israel, by day, in a pillar of cloud and, by night, in a pillar of _fire, to give them _light "call _you_ on the name of _your_ gods" said elijah the prophet to the priests of baal "and i will call upon the name of adonai; and the god that answereth _by fire, let him be god" according to the kabalah, as according to the doctrines of zoroaster, everything that exists has emanated from a source of i

rts and sciences, and the relief of humanity. none admit an adept to their lofty philosophical knowledge, and mysterious sciences, until he has been purified at the altar of the symbolic degrees. of what importance are differences of opinion as to the age and genealogy of the degree, or variance in the practice, ceremonial and liturgy, or the shade of color of the banner under which each tribe of israel marched, if all revere the holy arch of the symbolic degrees, first and unalterable source of free masonry; if all revere our conservative principles, and are with us in the great purposes of our organization? if, anywhere, brethren of a particular religious belief have been excluded from this degree, it merely shows how gravely the purposes and plan of masonry may be misunderstood. for whe

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

skin. 47. but they have the half: unite by thine art so that all disappear. they have half of the key. half=5+1+30+ 6=42. 4+2=6, the sun. the jews have, in common with thelemites, awareness of the sun current. this they acquired through the egyptian initiate they called moses and "adopted" as a jew. it is with motive that they have been called "children of satan. truly, the "eye that watches over israel never sleeps. but that eye watches over everybody! unite by thine art so that all disappear. this phrase sent certain debased elements within jewish occultism hunting for aleister crowley as long as he lived. thelemites have been pointed (by these same so-called occultists) as the originators of the nazi party. the fact that the nazis destroyed all copies of the book of the law in germany

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

tarting at the end of the thirteenth century, the virgin began appearing at the top of the tree, holding the infant jesus in her arms. she is the rose, the flower that blossoms at the tip of the stem. how illuminating and eloquent hiram's legend becomes when placed alongside christ's ascension, which was so often celebrated by stone sculptors, masons, and carpenters. all the prophets and seers of israel, all those heralds of christ, all those figures who gravitated around the scriptures and the apocrypha and oral tradition or the books of legends such as jacques de voragine's golden legend, comestor's historia scholastica, and vincent de beauvais's speculum historiale [mirror of history) all of these were common figures to the people of the middle ages. each year at christmas or on epiphan

RABBI AMIRAM MARKEL MARKEL THE KNOWLEDGE OF G D VOL 1

light is for the purpose of revelation, and the entire light as it existed before tzimtzum is contained within the reshimu. it is specifically the name elokim (the power of restraint) as it exists in the essence, which brings forth this particular line of creation, from the holistic "whole" of the infinite light. from this we understand the meaning of the first verse of the shema prayer "hear oh israel, y-h-v-h elokeinu, y-h-v-h is one" in other words, they are literally one and the same. as explained above, the essence of the infinite light before the tzimtzum is an absolute singularity, and therefore these two powers are totally one and the same. this is not just in a way of a "unity of parts, but rather in a way of an absolute essential singularity. the aspect of elokim also exists on

analogue. in the same way, this world is an allegory of an allegory or an expansion of an expansion etc, of the name of g-d. if it is understood correctly it reveals g-d all the more. however, if it is misread or misunderstood it may conceal g-d s light totally. the lower unity from all the above we may understand the statement of the twelve sons of yisrael to their father. they told him "hear o israel, the l-rd our g-d, the l-rd is one("shma yisrael, havayah elokeinu, havayah echad. it is explained in the talmud that what they were saying was that just as in your heart there is only one (only g-d exists, so too in our hearts there is only one. as explained above, yaakov is tiferet of the world of atzilut, which is totally bound up with the self of g-d. in contrast, the consciousness of t

ah the two wings which fly upward. just as the two wings of a bird must work in conjunction and with equal force in order to cause flight, so too, in our service of g-d, the love and fear of him must be in equal proportion to each other, in order for our service to soar upward. the two come together as one. but, how are true love and fear of g-d to be attained? we recite three times daily "hear o israel etc" and we then say "and you will love hashem your g-d etc. as is known "hearing" refers to the contemplation and understanding of binah, whereas "sight" refers to the insight of chochmah. this means that only after one has done hitbonenut (analysis and comprehension) will he arrive at love and fear of g-d, as a natural result of that contemplation. from the above explanation of love and f

sing to try to understand g-dliness. furthermore, we have an obligation to try to understand, as stated "da et elokai avicha know the g-d of your father. maimonides actually begins the code of jewish law with this commandment, for it is the prerequisite to all other commandments. this is clearly understood from the statement in isaiah "the ox knows his master, the donkey knows his masters trough, israel does not know (yada, i..e da at, my people do not contemplate (hitbonan. the following verse immediately continues "woe, you sinful nation, a folk laden with iniquity etc" in other words, the direct result of lack of contemplation is sin and iniquity. the lack of hitbonenut (contemplation) results in the diametric opposite of what may be achieved, as explained above and as will be explained

e animal soul itself will be transformed and focused toward g-d. this will be brought about specifically through hitbonenut (contemplation, since the only reason one sins altogether is because he is lacking awareness of g-d. the only reason he is lacking awareness of g-d is because he does not contemplate. this is as stated in isaiah "an ox knows his master, a donkey knows his masters trough, but israel does not know, my nation does not contemplate (hitbonan. the following verse immediately states "woe, a sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity etc" in other words, the automatic effect and result of lack of contemplation is sin. obviously, the automatic result of contemplation is that israel will know their master. this, in turn, will bring about destruction of evil and the immediate a

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ah the two wings which fly upward. just as the two wings of a bird must work in conjunction and with equal force in order to cause flight, so too, in our service of g-d, the love and fear of him must be in equal proportion to each other, in order for our service to soar upward. the two come together as one. but, how are true love and fear of g-d to be attained? we recite three times daily "hear o israel etc" and we then say "and you will love hashem your g-d etc. as is known "hearing" refers to the contemplation and understanding of binah, whereas "sight" refers to the insight of chochmah. this means that only after one has done hitbonenut (analysis and comprehension) will he arrive at love and fear of g-d, as a natural result of that contemplation. from the above explanation of love and f

sing to try to understand g-dliness. furthermore, we have an obligation to try to understand, as stated "da et elokai avicha know the g-d of your father. maimonides actually begins the code of jewish law with this commandment, for it is the prerequisite to all other commandments. this is clearly understood from the statement in isaiah "the ox knows his master, the donkey knows his masters trough, israel does not know (yada, i..e da at, my people do not contemplate (hitbonan. the following verse immediately continues "woe, you sinful nation, a folk laden with iniquity etc" in other words, the direct result of lack of contemplation is sin and iniquity. the lack of hitbonenut (contemplation) results in the diametric opposite of what may be achieved, as explained above and as will be explained

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

(or reflects the sentiments of) nebuchadnezzar. the numerical value of the word for gcloud h (av, ayin-beit= 70+ 2) is 72. normally, the torah speaks of seventy nations; it is not clear what the additional 2 refers to [nebuchadnezzar] wanted the jewish people to bow down to [this statue] along with [everyone else],5 and indeed, had chananiah, misha fel, and azariah (g-d forbid) bowed down to it, israel would not have been able to arise [out of its exile. nebuchadnezzar had dreamt that he saw a statue whose head was gold, whose chest and arms were silver, whose stomach and thighs were copper, whose legs were iron, and whose feet were iron and clay. daniel told him that the components of this statue were the kingdom of babylonia (the gold head) and the empires that would succeed it in rulin

saiah 14:14. 5 daniel 3:3-30. 6 ibid. 4:27. the arizal on parashat noach (2) 34 the people who built the tower of babel had said, glet us build ourselves a city and a tower whose top reaches the heavens, and we will [thereby] achieve glory. h7 he built the statue in place of the tower. he wanted to receive the divine beneficence via the seventy [celestial] princes, hoping that perhaps in this way israel would be unable to arise [from its exile] and g-d fs beneficence would be directed toward the forces of evil. g-d set up the workings of the world such that ideally, his beneficence flows primarily and directly to the forces of holiness and goodness, in order that they have what they need to carry out his purpose. only a residual flow of beneficence reaches the forces of evil.enough to keep

latry, nimrod had him thrown in a fiery furnace, but abraham emerged unscathed. when nimrod saw that his scheme [to get rid of abraham] failed, he gathered four kings and waged war against five kings, all in order to snatch the divine beneficence from our father abraham. after the incident with nimrod and the fiery furnace, abraham and his family left babylonia to eventually settle in the land of israel. the torah then relates how king amrafel of shinar (another name for babylonia) joined forces with three other neighboring kings and waged war against five kings of city-states in the land of israel. when they conquered them, abraham went to rescue his nephew lot (who had been taken captive) and defeated this confederacy of four kings.9 the oral tradition identifies amrafel with nimrod.10

t three letters spell the word for glimb, h and the last letter is a final mem. the glimb h refers to the male sexual organ, which corresponds to the yesod of z feir anpin, and the final, closed mem refers to the virginal female sexual organ. abram fs name thus alluded to the union of these two principles. nonetheless, the supernal coupling did not actually occur until abraham went to the land of israel; only then was he able to effect the supernal coupling. this, of course, is because the spiritual nature of the land of israel is conducive to g-d consciousness, and abraham was only able to achieve the level of consciousness required to influence the dynamics of the partzufim once he was there. this is the mystical meaning of g-d fs command to abraham: ggo forth from your land, and from yo

usness, and abraham was only able to achieve the level of consciousness required to influence the dynamics of the partzufim once he was there. this is the mystical meaning of g-d fs command to abraham: ggo forth from your land, and from your birthplace, and from your father fs house, to the land that i will show you, and i will make you [there] into a great nation c. h when he went to the land of israel, he caused z feir anpin to develop and mature into the level of gintellectual h-consciousness. it could then couple with its nukva. our sages state that gthe air of the land of israel makes one wise. h thus, the maturation of consciousness that the land of israel induces in an individual is specifically that of intellect. it follows that until this mature mentality entered z feir anpin, the

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

e phrase ghe dwells like a young lion h is interpreted to mean gyesod dwells with and combines z feir anpin and nukva. h this is the epitome of coupling, for thus gall h [yesod] dwells with vav-hei [z feir anpin and nukva. understand this, for coupling is actualized through gall, h i.e, the gwhite coriander seed. h 1 deuteronomy 33:20. 2 1 chronicles 29:11. 3 proverbs 10:frdawn 7 1 as revealed by israel regardie the 6th edition, revised complete in one volume with new the golden dawn "howbeit we know after a time there will now be a general reformation, both of divine and human things, according to our desire and the expectation of others; for it is fitting that before the rising of the sun there should appear and break forth aurora, or some clearness or divine light in the sky. and so, in

published many of the g.d. rituals in the equinox and left to form his own order, the a.a, in 1905. the original isis-urania temple expelled mathers, and then- as the stella matutina- under the direction of waite, put more emphasis on mysticism than had the original g.d. later dion fortune broke off from this temple to form her own inner light group. it was as a member of the stella matutina that israel regardie first published a nearly complete set of the rituals and teachings in 1937-40 as the first edition of this present work. later he sold the copyrights for this and most of his other books at that time to the aries press, and i purchased them in 1968 and brought out the second edition, with new material from regardie, in 1969. as sam webster points out in the epilogue to this fifth e

gs order to what otherwise might prove chaotic. such a program, combined with the simple magical exercises of "the middle pillar" and "banishing ritual of the pentagram, and the keeping of a journal will initiate your own journey to the light! i want to give special appreciation to the writers who have added important materials to this new edition, but i also want to give personal appreciation to israel regardie for having recognized in 1937 that the "time for secrecy" was over. the twentieth century is a time in which the knowledge of the past has to be brought forward and integrated into a new "common sense" upon which a new humanity can be built. once, years ago, when i first talked about buying the golden dawn copyrights from the aries press, another occult writer made a statement to t

he llewellyn magickal almanac, his articles occasionally appear in fate and other periodicals dedicated to neo-paganism and the modern occult tradition. how to use this book normally speaking "a book is a book. is a book and no advice has to given about how it is used. this book is different, for several reasons, and you will find advice on how to use it in the introductions by cris monnastre and israel regardie. because it is a big book, and because it is both a text for study and a guide to practice as well as an encyclopedic reference work, you will use it many different ways. in the table of contents, we have listed the major rituals in italics for easier location, and we have provided an extensive listing of the illustrations and tables to be make reference use easier and faster. hope

ary unto the very survival of our planet. additionally, what with pervasive technological implementation, we also must establish and maintain connection with the instinctual, transpersonal, and powerfully "rooted"experience of the deeper layers of the unconscious. and for this, the golden dawn provides its wonderous reservoir of symbol, sacrament, and ceremonial. it is important to establish that israel regardie did not look upon the golden dawn system as an abstruse or interesting "occult" oddity of the turn of this last century. in his initial introduction for the first publication of this book in the late nineteen thirties he writes "it is for this reason that i hold that the golden dawn magic, the technique of initiation, is of supreme and inestimable importance to mankind at large. in

REGARDIE TALISMANS

w, this name is spelled: beth resh tzaddi beth aleph lamed 2 200 90 2 1 30 three letters resh, tzaddi and lamed will have to be reduced by aiq beker, so that their zeros will have been eliminated. then, from the remaining numbers 2, 2, 9, 2, 1 and 3 we can trace the following sigil: another more prosaic example of tracing sigils from the magical squares can be demonstrated by taking my first name israel, and converting it into hebrew, thus: yod shin resh aleph lamed 10 300 200 1 30 for the purpose of demonstration only, let us assume that we want to trace it on the magical square of the sun, shown among the other kameas in the appendix. sigil of israel superimposed on the solar kamea only shin and resh will have to be reduced by aiq beker, and they can be brought down to 30 and 20. so that

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

m of psyche, which was certainly not invented by apuleius. the great magical arcanum reappears here under the figure of a mysterious union between a god and a weak mortal, abandoned alone and naked on a rock. psyche must remain in ignorance of the secret of her ideal royalty, and if she behold her husband she must lose him. here apuleius commentates and interprets moses; but did not the elohim of israel and the gods of apuleius both issue from the sanctuaries of memphis and thebes? psyche is the sister of eve, or rather she is eve spiritualized. both desire to know and lose innocence for the honour of the ordeal. both deserve to go down into hell, one to bring back the antique box of pandora, the other to find and to crush the head of the old serpent, who is the symbol of time and of evil

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rist was written in hebrew, in greek and in latin: it was the expression of a universal synthesis. hellenism, in fact, that grand and beauteous religion of form, announced the coming of the saviour no less than the prophets of judaism. the fable of psyche is an ultra-christian abstraction, and the cultus of the pantheons, by rehabilitating socrates, prepared altars for that unity of god, of which israel had been the mysterious preserver. but the synagogue denied its messiah, and the hebrew letters were effaced, at least for the blinded eyes of the jews. the roman persecutors dishonoured hellenism, and it could not be restored by the false moderation of the philosopher julian, surnamed perhaps unjustly the apostate, since his christianity was never sincere. the ignorance of the middle ages

. it is not therefore our intention to furnish a new basis for their existence by revealing their antique mysteries after the lapse of so many centuries. even in the order of facts, our experiments have been learned researches and nothing more. we have verified facts that we might appreciate causes, and it has not been our pretension to restore rites which are for ever destroyed. the orthodoxy of israel, that religion which is so rational, so divine and so ill known, condemns no less than christianity the mysteries of ceremonial magic. from the standpoint of the tribe of levi, the exercise of transcendental magic must be considered as a usurpation of the magical equilibrium 21 priesthood; and the same reason has caused the proscription of operative magic by every official cultus. to demons

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 seven heads, in the symbolism of st. john, is the material and antagonistic negation of the luminous septenary; the babylonian harlot corresponds after the same manner to the woman clothed with the sun; the four horsemen are analogous to the four allegorical living creatures; the seven angels with their seven trumpets, seven cups and seven swords characterize the absolute of

e most reverend father ventura, formerly superior of the theatines, bishops' examiner, etc, after reading our gdoctrine h, declared that the sabbath of the sorcerers 87 the kabalah was in his opinion an invention of the devil and that the star of solomon was another diabolical device to persuade the world that satan was the same as god. observe what is taught seriously by those who are masters in israel! the ideal of nothingness and night inventing a sublime philosophy which is the universal basis of faith and the keystone of all temples! the demon setting his signature by the side of god's! my venerable masters in theology, you are greater sorcerers than you or others are aware, and he who said: gthe devil is a liar like his father, h would have had some observations to make on the decisi

e sixth day is a day of pride; it was that of the birth of lamech, who said unto his wives: gi have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. if cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly lamech seventy and sevenfold. h this day is propitious for conspiracies and rebellions. 7. the chariot. on the seventh day, birth of hebron, who gave his name to the first of the seven sacred cities of israel. a day of religion, prayers and success. the writing of the stars 103 8. justice. murder of abel. day of expiation. 9. the old man, or hermit. birth of methuselah. day of blessing for children. 10. ezekiel's wheel of fortune. birth of nebuchadnezzar. reign of the beast. fatal day. 11. strength. birth of noah. visions on this day are deceitful, but it is one of health and long life for child

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

s transmigration into foreign kingdoms make his lordship's conjecture of the quality of the air and eye [as above] a whit more probable. on the contrary, it confirms greatly my account of an invisible people, guardian over and careful of [the welfare of] men [those fairy people] have their different offices [that is, roles] and abilities in distant countries as appears in daniel 10:13, etc. about israel's, greece's, and persia's assistant princes, whereof who so [of the assistant princes] prevails gives dominion and ascendancy to his pupils [that is, peoples] and vassals, over the opposite armies and countries. so [it is] that every country and kingdom having their topical [that is, local] spirits or powers assisting and governing them [then] the scottish seer banished to america, being a

RUBY TABLET OF SET

was a protectionist backlash rather than an effort to "civilize" or create a permanent empire [as per macedonia, persia, or rome. mesopotamian philosophy mesopotamia is that area (the "fertile crescent) in the ancient near east generally defined to include sumer (beginning ca. 2500 bce, babylonia (b. 2000 bce, and assyria (b. 1300 bce, and which shared cultural ties with canaan (b. 1400 bce) and israel (b. 1200 bce. all of the mesopotamian cultures were polytheistic, with the exception of israel in its later development. humanity was considered to have been created merely to serve the local divinity or divinities, the priesthood of whom tended to dominate the government and control most of the property [on behalf of the god(s. those gods were anthropomorphic, with essentially human motive

nsibility of a separate priesthood. ancient hebrew religion progressed through four stages (1) pre-mosaic animism and magic (2) national monolatry (one god but toleration of others (3) monotheism, and (4) dualism [adapted from persian zoroastrianism (after zaratustra, ca. 600 bce. dualism involves a conflict between two opposing forces of the cosmos in persia ahura mazda vs. ahriman, and later in israel yahweh vs. satan. the hebraic ten commandments are now dated by most "old testament" scholars to ca. 600 bce, some 700 years later than the exodus. in the hebraic system, yahweh is not intelligible through reason or logic, but rather through prophesy and the history of events, whether or not the events' outcomes seem appropriate("theodicy. hence the hebrews adopted a linear concept of time

: lothrop, lee& shepard co, 1967. jung, carl g, man and his symbols. garden city: doubleday& co, 1964, 1968. also ny: dell publishing co, 1968, and london: aldus books, 1964. menschel, robert, remanifestation: a symbolic syntheses, rt a17.36-3. menschel, robert, tarot primer, rt c1d.1l-1. norton, lynn, golden section tarot working, atu xv: the devil, and the dialogue. rt c1d.1(-2 -3 -4. regardie, israel, 777 and other qabalistic writings of aleister crowley. 9m (ts-4. schaefer, heinrich, principles of egyptian art. 2r (ts-4. footnotes 1. the section on "neters" was published in issue i.4 2. the grand master wishes to disgress temporarily from the workshop's discussion and to comment at this time on one of the first statements offered during this discussion. existentialism and satanism in t

peace, it will be interesting to watch the birth-pangs of the new judaism. behind this shift is the disillusionment evidenced in rubenstein's comments, quoted earlier, which he states go back to the destruction of the temple. in that he revealed that the jews also have an aeonic viewpoint. the chaos inherent in modern judaism leaves the individual jew torn between the awkward political reality of israel, the materialistic image of the traditional chosen people, and the weariness of looking for the promise, though his blood and traditions still urge him to do so. partial summary in this discussion of a simple way to organize the data and impressions of any religious system using four categories and a basic question, many similarities have been shown, and some interesting authors presented

created that which has come into being" footnotes 1. ed note: ruby tablet item v2-a17.121-2 2. see my black magic in the crystal tablet of set 3. deacon, richard, john dee. london: frederick muller ltd, 1968, pages #138-156. casaubon, meric, a true and faithful relation of what passed for many yeers between dr. john dee and some spirits. london: askin publishers, 1974, introduction. 4. regardie, israel, the golden dawn. st. paul: llewellyn publications, 1970, volume ii, pages #260-269. 5. crowley, aleister, the confessions of aleister crowley. new york: hill& wang, 1969, page #612. 6. lavey, anton szandor, the satanic bible. new york: avon books, 1969, pages #155- 272. 7. regardie (ed) in crowley, aleister, the vision and the voice. dallas: sangreal foundation, 1972, page #10. 8. we have

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t allie's right, and all about a host of faces that would be recognized from peru to timbuctoo- chamcha struggles through the crowd, which grows ever more dense as he nears the bridge- but he is resolved- gibreel, he will reach gibreel- when with a clash of cymbals loud music strikes up, one of mr. bentham's immortal, showstopping tunes, and the crowd parts like the red sea before the children of israel- chamcha, off--balance, staggers back, is crushed by the parting crowd against a fake half-timbered edifice- what else- a curiosity shop; and, to save himself, retreats within, while a great singing throng of bosomy ladies in mobcaps and frilly blouses, accompanied by an over-sufficiency of stovepipe-hatted gents, comes rollicking down the riverside street, singing for all they're worth _wh

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ns 13:1. in occult lore they act as guides upon the astral plane, coming to the aid of those deceased who might otherwise be unbalanced by the experience and drawn into insanity. their chief is cama-el, he who sees god, who exemplifies the nature of the powers in that he may be considered as benign and malign, and yet gains the favour of god. as kemu-el, he acts as mediator between the prayers of israel and the hierarchs of the seventh heaven. as chamuel, he wrestled with jacob and appeared to jesus in the garden of gethsemane. it was also cama-el who was blasted by moses when he attempted to prevent moses from receiving the torah from god. he is said to command 144,000 angels of destruction, punishment, vengeance and death. cama-el is also identified in the goetia as a duke of hell. the t

ossessing wings the colour of green emerald k covered with saffron hairs, each of them containing a million faces and mouths and as many tongues which, in a million dialects, implore the pardon of allah. he is the angel of the last judgement and weigher of souls. in the middle ages he was considered the psychopomp, conducting souls to the other world. such a pedigree dates from when the tribes of israel were in captivity in egypt. thus he may be equated here with anubis, the dog star, whose name in persian is tistar, chief, and in akkadian kasista, prince. the equation of micha-el and the god of the underworld also continues after the arrival of roman catholicism. the church, anxious to attract and convert the pagans of roman gaul, endowed micha-el with many of the attributes of the god me

erything good. in the book of jubilee, compiled approximately a hundred years after the old testament, this shadow has acquired the title of mastema, a hebrew word meaning adversity. from this moment it is this accusing angel that becomes responsible for all the darker things previously imputed to god. it was the mastema who hardened the pharoah s heart and assisted the egyptian sorcerers against israel. this is reflected in the book of job. satan has been speaking ill of job, and god gives him permission to afflict job as a way of testing him. satan destroys not only job s property, but takes away his health and slays his numerous sons and daughters. origen of alexandria, an influential early greek christian theologian, stipulates a spiritual evolutionary theory concerning the nature of a

n armed soldier with a lion s head, riding a pale horse. builds and arms high towers, castles and cities. afflicts men with wounds and sores. gives good familiars. saitan (arabic. a synonym of a jinn. salleos, sallos (goetia, 19th spirit. duke commanding 30 legions. appears as a gallant warrior riding a crocodile and wearing a ducal crown. procures love. salmael this fallen one has a loathing for israel and their yahweh, and calls for their destruction. samael, sammael, samiel (hebrew, poison of god. thus sammael is the angel of poison, the bright and poisonous one, or the poison of god. he is also identified as the angel of death in apocalyptic writings, a name of satan from the third century onwards. identified by enoch as the chief of the satans. known as a great serpent with twelve win

s many things to pass suddenly, tells truly about theft, hidden treasure, and many other things. good natured).the name probably derives from se irim. segal (grimorium verum. a subordinate spirit of lucifer. has power to cause all manner of prodigies visibility, both natural and supernatual. se irim, sahirim (hebrew sa ir, meaning hairy goats. demons in the shape of goats, to whom the children of israel offered sacrifice (leviticus 17:7. selene (greek. also called mene, moon, a tutelary deity of sorcerers and magickians, fused with hekate and artemis, the romans knew her as luna. later, she is identified as a queen of hell. serguthy (grimorium verum. a subordinate spirit of satanachia. has power over wives and virgins, when the occasion is favourable. seth (hebrew, transgression. the third

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ve as a "power house" from whence a satanic magician could beam his will to the "descendants of adam" and influence human events in the outside world. like the watchers-the fallen angels of the book of enoch-the yezidis claimed to be the descendants of azazel. the yezidis believed in a counterpart of the story of lucifer, i.e. the manifestation of pride banished. like the legendary lost tribes of israel, the yezidis broke away from their roots as a result of unresolved conflicts, and felt a strong justification and purpose because of their unique heritage, which theologically isolated them from all other peoples. the yezidis' legend of their origin is no longer fantastic, by scientific standards. it alludes to the creation of the first male and female of the tribe through the principles la

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descended. it will presently be shown how the 72 angelic names are formed from the 72 names of the deity, and also how their signification is to be found. the 72 names of the deity are thus obtained. the 19th, 20th, and 21st verses of the xiv chapter of the book of exodus each consist of 72 letters (the english translation is) 19th verse: and the angel of the elohim, that went before the camp of israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud removed from before them and stood behind them. 20th verse: and it came between the camp of the egyptians and the camp of israel; and it was a cloud and darkness (to the first) but it gave light by night (to these; and the one came not near unto the other all the night. 21st verse: and moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the

domite kings, as representing one of not so evil 4 a tendency. yet as the apocalyptic symbol of the lamb and the airy sign which leads off the schem ha-mephoresch is chesed; one opposed to the evil symbol of the dragon, so is every shepherd an abomination to the egyptians, who yet are friendly with the ox symbol, the kerubic ruler of earth, and therefore is it symbolically said by the children of israel that their business has been about cattle and not about sheep. names and meanings of the 72 verses 1st angel name: vahuaih sign: leo planet: saturn degree: 0 5 meaning: god the exalter psalm 3:4: and thou, 0 tetragrammaton, art a shield about me, my glory and he who lifteth up my head. 5 2nd angel name: yelauiel sign: leo planet: saturn degree: 5 10 meaning: strength psalm 22:20: and thou

eaning upright. psalm 33:4: for upright is tetragrammaton of the word, and all his works are in truth. 15 33rd angel name: yechuiah sign: capricorn planet: mars degree: 10 15 meaning: knower of all things. psalm 94:11: tetragrammaton knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are in vain. 34th angel name: lehahaih sign: capricorn planet: mars degree: 15 20 meaning: clement, merciful. psalm 131:3: let israel trust in tetragrammaton, now and for ever. 35th angel name: keveqaiah sign: capricorn planet: sun degree: 20 25 meaning: to be rejoiced in. psalm 116:1: i have rejoiced because tetragrammaton hath heard the voice of my supplication. 36th angel 16 name: mendiel sign: capricorn planet: sun degree: 25 30 meaning: honourable. psalm 26:8: 0 tetragrammaton, i have loved the habitation of thy hous

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

ish scientist thomas henry huxley coins the term agnosticism to describe his own skepticism (doubt) regarding the existence of god. 1893 the paper what is hinduism? by swami vivekananda, presented at the world parliament of religions in chicago, exposes many westerners to hinduism for the first time. 1933 45 some six million european jews are killed during the holocaust. 1948 the jewish nation of israel is established in palestine. 1972 the neo-pagan norse religion of asatru is officially recognized as a religion by the government of iceland. 1974 a number of wiccans gather in minneapolis, minnesota, where they draft a statement containing the principles of wiccan belief. world religions: almanac xiii timeline of events 1978 2005 reign of poland s john paul ii as pope of the roman catholic

his concept to attack other muslims or xxxiv world religions: almanac research and activity ideas non-muslims in the name of islam. christians have likewise sometimes used violent means to further their religion; during the crusades, for example, christians conducted military campaigns against muslims in an attempt to take control of the so-called holy land, the region of palestine and modern-day israel. and sikhs are required to carry a ceremonial sword at all times, as a reminder to fight against injustice and oppression. jainism, on the other hand, forbids its followers to harm another living creature, even a bug. write a report in which you compare and contrast the views on war and peace in two different religions. biographies: studying the lives of important religious figures can be a

ouse arrest or in prison. in 1848 revolts led by the babi broke out and over the next three years they were brutally suppressed. the bab was executed by firing squad in 1850. according to legend, the first round of shots left him unmarked and only cut the ropes that bound him. it took a second round to kill him. his remains were later transferred to the shrine of the bab on mount carmel in haifa, israel. words to know blasphemy: disrespectful comments or actions concerning a religion or its god. covenant: in religion, a covenant refers to an agreement between god or a messenger of god and his followers. excommunicate: to exclude or officially ban a person from a church or other religious community. heretic: a person whose beliefs oppose his or her religion s official doctrines, or defining

h-i azal first referred to themselves as azalis, then bayanis. the baha s went on to become the thirteenth-largest religion in the world. in the early twenty-first century the bayanis had only a few thousand believers, mainly in iran. in 1868 baha u lla h, his family, and followers were transported by the ottoman government that controlled edirne to the prison city of acre in palestine, now akko, israel. baha u lla h remained in prison for nine years, writing kitab-i-aqdas, or the book of laws, the most holy book of baha s. with the death of the old ottoman sultan, or leader, baha u lla h was finally released from prison in 1877. he settled in nearby bahji. he lived out the rest of his life there, continuing his writing and teaching. baha u lla h died of a fever in 1892. baha u lla h s suc

the words of baha u lla h. in 1920 abdu l-baha was knighted, or granted a rank of honor, in great britain for his humanitarian work during world war i (1914 18; a war in which great britain, france, the united states, and their allies defeated germany, austria-hungary, and their allies. abdu l-baha died in 1921 and was buried in the shrine of bab on mount carmel, in haifa, the city in modern-day israel that has become the international center for the baha faith. in his will abdu l- baha appointed his grandson, shoghi effendi rabbani (1897 1957, as guardian, or leader, of the baha religion. heroic age ends abdu l-baha s death marked the end of the heroic age of the baha faith. shoghi effendi, who was educated at oxford university in england, carried on the work of the earlier leaders. he f

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the bet is open from behind. if not for this, man could not exist. likewise, if not for the bet on the tail of the aleph, the world could not exist. 16. rabbi rahumai said: illumination preceeded the world, since it is written (psalm 97:2 "cloud and gloom surround him" it is thus written (genesis 1:3 "and god said 'let there be light' and there was light" they said to him "before the creation of israel your son, will you then make him a crown" he replied yes. what does this resemble? a king yearned for a son. one day he found a beautiful, precious crown, and he said "this is fitting for my son's head" they said to him "are you then certain that your son will be worthy of this crown" he replied "be still. this is what arises in thought" it is thus written (2 samuel 14:14, he thinks thought

y the divine service! you may have reached out for the true meaning, but you have not sorted out, and therefore you speak in this manner. but [in the case of "heaven] the word et comes to include the sun, moon, stars and constellations, while [in the case of "earth] it comes to add trees, plants, and the garden of eden. 33. they said to him: it is written (lamentations 2:1 "he threw the beauty of israel from heaven to earth" from here we see that it fell. he replied: if you have read, you did not review, and if you reviewed, you did not go over it a third time. what does it resemble? a king had a beautiful crown on his head and a beautiful cloak on his shoulders. when he heard evil tidings, he cast the crown from his head and the the bahir 10 cloak from his shoulders. 34. they asked him: w

pened for good and for evil. they said: how can you say that it is for good? it is not written (ezekiel 1:4 "and behold, a stormy wind coming from the north, a great cloud and burning fire" fire is nothing other than fierce anger, as it is written (leviticus 10:2 "and fire went out from before god, and it consumed them and killed them" he said: there is no difficulty. one case is speaking of when israel does the will of god, while the other is speaking of when they do not do his will. when israel does not do his will, then the fire comes close [to destroy and punish. but when they do god's will, then the attribute of mercy encompasses and surrounds it, as it is written (micah 7:18 "he lifts up sin and passes over rebellion" 35. what is this like? a king wanted to punish and whip his slaves

aven" 38. rabbi amorai sat and expounded: what is the meaning of the verse (psalm 87:2 "god loves the gates of zion more than all the dwellings of jacob "the gates of zion" are the "openings of the world" a gate is nothing other than an opening. we thus say "open for us the gates of mercy" god said: i love the "gates of zion" when they are open. why? because they are on the side of evil. but when israel does good before god and are worthy that good be opened for them, then god loves them "more than all the dwellings of jacob["the dwellings of jacob] are all peace, as it is written (genesis 25:27 "jacob was a simple the bahir 11 man, dwelling in tents. 39. this is like two men, one who is inclined to do evil and does good, and the other who is inclined to do good and does evil. who is more

oice draws out flames of fire. this is what makes peace between water and fire. it draws out the power of the fire and prevents it from evaporating the water. it also prevents [the water] from extinguishing it [the sixth voice is (psalm 29:8, god s voice shakes the desert. it is thus written (psalm 18:51) he does kindness to his messiah, to david and his descendants until eternity more than [when israel was] in the desert [the seventh voice is (psalm 29:9, god s voice makes hinds to calf, strips the forests bare, and in his temple, all say glory. it is thus written (song of songs 2:7) i bind you with an oath, o daughters of jerusalem, with the hosts, or with the hinds of the field. this teaches us that the torah was given with seven voices. in each of them the master of the universe reveal

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ezirah incipit: translatus et notis illustratus a joanne stephano rittangelio, ling. orient. in elect. acad. regiomontana prof. extraord" amstelodami, 1642.in tomas primus of "artis cabalisticae hoc est reconditae theologiae et philosophiae scriptorum" basileae 1587, is found "liber de creatione cabalistinis, hebraice sepher jezira; authore abrahamo. successive filiis ore traditus. hinc jam rebus israel inclinatis ne deficeret per sapientes hierusalem arcanis et profundissimis sensibus literis commendatus" johannes pistorius. the "sepher yetzirah" consists of six chapters, having 33 paragraphs distributed among them, in this manner: the first has 12, then follow 5, 5, 4, 3, and 4. yet in some versions the paragraphs and subject-matter are found in a different arrangement. the oldest title

on abstruse points in the "sepher" and for collateral doctrines; others, of later date, are answers which have been given to students of theosophy and hermetic philosophy, and to my pupils of the study groups of the rosicrucian society of england. sepher yetzirah the book of formation chapter i section 1. in thirty-two (1) mysterious paths of wisdom did jah (2) the jehovah of hosts (3) the god of israel (4) the living elohim (5) the king of ages, the merciful and gracious god (6) the exalted one, the dweller in eternity, most high and holy--engrave his name by the three sepharim (7- numbers, letters, and sounds.(8) 2. ten are the ineffable sephiroth (9) twenty-two are the letters, the foundation of all things; there are three mothers, seven double and twelve (10) simple letters. 3. the ine

these, as it were provinces, and arranged them as in order of battle for warfare. and also the elohim (48) made one from the region of the other. three mothers and three fathers; and thence issue fire, air and water. three mothers, seven doubles and twelve simple letters and sounds. 3. behold now these are the twenty and two letters from which jah, jehovah tzabaoth, the living elohim, the god of israel, exalted and sublime, the dweller in eternity, formed and established all things; high and holy is his name. supplement to chapter v note--this is a modern illustration of the allotment of the twelve letters; it is not found in the ancient copies of the "sepher yetzirah" 1. god produced h predominant in speech, crowned it, combined and formed with it aries in the universe, nisan in the year

s divine name is found in psalm lxviii. 4; it is translated into greek as kurios, and into latin as dominus, and commonly into the english word, lord: it is really the first half of the word ihvh or jehovah, or the yahveh of modern scholars. 3. jehovah tzabaoth. this divine name is printed in english bibles as jehovah sabaoth, or as "lord of hosts" as in psalm xxiv. 10. tzba is an army. 4. god of israel. here the word god is alhi, which in unpointed hebrew might be god, or gods, or my god. 5. the elohim of the living. the words are alhim chiim. alhim, often written in english letters as elohim, or by godftey higgins as aleim, seems to be a masculine plural of the feminine form eloah, alh, of the divine masculine name el, al; this is commonly translated god, and means strong, mighty, suprem

SETH IN THE MAGICKAL TEXTS

led stele of jeou the hieroglyphist,9 however, must be discussed in the present part. the papyrus certainly shows jewish influence. in the osiris aretalogy at the beginning, the author claims to be moses, and the true name of the headless god, osoronnophris "osiris the beautiful being (eo!oron fri, is given as eiaba (i.e. jahwe [also below) and is said to have been "transmitted to the prophets of israel (pgm v.108ff. k. preisendanz originally argued that the text did not contain the name of seth. he read "arbathiao, reibetatheleberseth, ara. blatha c",10 or, in pgm v.118f, arb[a]yiav reibet.ayeleber!hy.a[ra] blaya. the latter version was accepted in the greek magical papyri in translation edited by h.d. betz. thus, the last syllable in the second or third word, seth, is not separated from

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one in another,44 in hy, like two lovers who embrace. six come out from the branch of the root of the body. the tongue speaks great things.45 5 this tongue is hidden between the yod y and the heh h, as it is written, that man shall say i am of the lord hvhy.46 and that man shall be called by the name ya aqov (jacob. and that man shall write with his hand: i am of the lord hvhy. and by the name of israel shall he call himself, indeed. that man shall say, i am of the lord hvhy. o lord hvhy-the sister, and all is within vhy.47 all are included in the tongue concealed in the mother, for it opens for that which egresses from it. the father dwells in the head, the mother in the middle, and there is a covering from this side and from that side. and woe unto him that uncovers their nakedness. and

not in the beginning. in the wreath of the union of the fountains, there were two embracers from above in v v v v, these descended from above, and occupied the earth. they lost the good part, which was in h v v h, the wreath of compassion, and were wreathed with a cluster of grapes.118 and the lord hvhy said to mosheh: why do you cry to me?119 explicitly stating to me. speak unto the children of israel, that they move forward.120 explicitly stating that they move forward. it depended on fate.121 for he wished to honor the beard. and what is right in his eyes you will do, and you will hearken unto his commandments, and you will keep all his statutes,122 up to here, for i am the lord hvhy, your healer.123 exclusively for this. 15 chapter five woe people of sin, congregation heavy with iniqu

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as wrought by the command of the god of the hebrews, but the latter by the gods of egypt at the command of man. p. 7 later on in the history of moses' dealings with the egyptians we find the account of how "he stretched out his hand over the sea, and the lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. and the children of israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left" when the egyptians had come between the two walls of water, by god's command moses stretched forth his hand over the sea "and the sea returned to his strength" and the "waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of pharaoh that c

, thee the creator of light and darkness. thou art osoronnophris, whom no man hath seen at any time; thou art iabas, thou art iapos, thou hast distinguished the just and the unjust, thou didst make female and male, thou didst produce seeds and fruits, thou didst make men to love one another and to bate one another. i am moses thy prophet, to whom thou didst commit thy mysteries, the ceremonies of israel; thou didst produce the moist and the dry and all manner of food. listen to me: i am an angel of phapro osoronnophris; this is thy true name, handed down to the prophets of israel. listen to me. 2" in this passage the name osoronnophris is clearly a corruption of the old egyptian names of the p. 177 great god of the dead "ausar unnefer" and phapro seems to represent the egyptian peraa (lite

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king, threw the ring at the chest of the demon, and said "king solomon calls thee hither" and then he went off at a run to the king. but the demon cried out aloud, saying "child, why hast thou done this to me? take the ring off me, and i will render to thee the gold of the earth. only take this off me, and forbear to lead me away to solomon" 8. but the child said to the demon "as the lord god of israel liveth, i will not brook thee. so come hither" and the child came at a run, rejoicing, to the king, and said "i have brought the demon, o king, as thou didst command me, o my master. and behold, he stands before the gates of the court of thy palace, crying out, and supplicating with a loud voice; offering me the silver and gold of the earth if i will only bring him unto thee" 9. and when so

s deeds" 24. and i adjured him by the name of the lord saba th, saying "fear god, asmodeus, and tell me by what angel thou art frustrated" but he said "by raphael, the archangel that stands before the throne of god. but the liver and gall of a fish put me to flight, when smoked over ashes of the tamarisk" i again asked him, and said "hide not aught from me. for i am solomon, son of david, king of israel. tell me the name of the fish which thou reverest" and he answered "it is the glanos by name, and is found in the rivers of assyria; wherefore it is that i roam about in those parts" 25. and i said to him "hast thou nothing else about thee, asmodeus" and he answered "the power of god knoweth, which hath bound me with the indissoluble bonds of yonder one's seal, that whatever i have told the

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

own [2 [1. the allusion is to the swine of gadara. 2. the three characters are apparently the numbers 644] 53. and i solomon, on hearing this, glorified god, and condemned his legion to carry wood from the thicket. and i condemned the lion-shaped one himself to saw up the wood small with his teeth, for burning in the unquenchable furnace for the temple of god. 54. and i worshipped the lord god of israel, and bade another demon come forward. and there came before me a dragon, three-headed, of fearful hue. and i questioned him "who art thou" and he answered me "i am a caltrop-like spirit [1, whose activity in three lines. but i blind children in women's wombs, and twirl their ears round. and i make them deaf [2] and mute. and i have again in my third head means of slipping in [3. and i smite

thou up and carry off" and i solomon sent my servant, and found it to be as the demon told me. and i sealed him with my ring, and praised the lord god [1. the meaning of the last part of this compound is unknown] 56. so i said to him "what art thou called" and the demon said "i am the crest of dragons" and i bade him make bricks in the temple. he had human hands. 57. and i adored the lord god of israel, and bade another demon present himself. and there came before me a spirit in woman's form, that had a head without any limbs [1, and her hair was dishevelled. and i said to her "who art thou" but she answered "nay, who art thou? and why dost thou want to hear concerning me? but, as thou wouldst learn, here i stand bound before thy face. go [30] then into thy royal storehouses and wash thy

SPENSER THE CULT OF THE ALL SEEING EYE 1960

every ancient temple there was a legend of a sacred or mystical stone. the mystical stone there has received the name of the 'stone of foundation "10""and the scribes who had come down from jerusalem said 'he has beelzebub' and 'by the prince of devils he casts out devils) alfred edward waite, in his study of the zohar (the cabalistic textbook of the 14th century, entitled the secret doctrine of israel (occult research press, n. y, 191, wrote (p. 62) of "a mysterious stone called schethiya" which was cast by jehovah "into the abyss, so to form the basis of the world and give birth thereto. one might say otherwise that it was like a cubical stone or altar, for its extremity was concealed in the depth, while its surface or summit rose above the chaos. it was the central point in the immensi

ord foundation (her first contact; wallace irwin of the state department (who placed her project under the protection of the religious officers of the department; dr. frank graham of the u.n; thomas watson of ibm; ernest lee jahncke of nbc; samuel pryor of pan-am airways; mrs. ellsworth bunker, wife of the american ambassador to india (who named the project the "temple of understanding; and rabbi israel goldstein, former president of the world jewish congress (the first member of the board of directors of the temple. on february 5, 1964, a few days after the national campaign to publicize and finance the temple began, president lyndon b. johnson spoke to the annual presidential prayer breakfast at the mayflower hotel. several cabinet members were present. chief justice earl warren headed t

STEINER RUDOLF CHRISTIANITY AS MYSTICAL FACT

the christ was to be born. the egyptian and other eastern mysteries 93 one of the brahmans, asita, says of the buddha: this child is the one who will become a buddha, the savior, the leader to immortality, freedom, and the light. compare with this what happens in the gospel of luke: now there was a man in jerusalem called simeon, who was righteous and devout. he was waiting for the consolation of israel, and the holy spirit was upon him. when the parents brought in the child jesus to do for him what the custom of the law required, simeon took him in his arms and praised god, saying: lord, as you have promised you now dismiss your servant in peace. for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all people, a light for revelation to the gentiles, and for glory

holy spirit was upon him. when the parents brought in the child jesus to do for him what the custom of the law required, simeon took him in his arms and praised god, saying: lord, as you have promised you now dismiss your servant in peace. for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all people, a light for revelation to the gentiles, and for glory to your people israel. tradition reports of the buddha that when he was a child of twelve he went missing, and was found again under a tree, surrounded by the poets and sages of the time. correspondingly we find in the gospel of luke: every year his parents went up to jerusalem for the feast of the passover. when he was twelve years old, they went up to the feast, according to the custom. after the feast was ove

the initiates this was the coming of the kingdom of god. 101 the unique one had brought this kingdom to all people who made a connection with him. the separate concern of each individual gave way to a shared concern of all those who were prepared to acknowledge jesus as their lord. to understand how this could be so, we need to see how mysteriosophy had found its way into the national religion of israel. for it was out of judaism that christianity arose. 106 christianity as mystical fact the mysteries and the jews it need cause no astonishment that with christianity we should find grafted onto the stock of judaism those ideas from the mysteries that, as we have seen, were the common heritage of greek and of egyptian spiritual life. in the religions of the several peoples, conceptions of th

ed. and now it is revealed that the spiritual world of christianity is something eternal. the apocalypse of john 133 the people are pervaded by the spiritual reality that actually brought christianity into existence. they are themselves made holy by what they have created: and i heard the number of those who were sealed: one hundred and forty-four thousand out of all the tribes of the children of israel were sealed.143 these are the ones who prepared the way for the eternal before it took the form of christianity, and who have been transformed by the impetus given through christ. then comes the opening of the seventh seal. this reveals what true christianity ought really to be for the world. the seven angels who stand before god appear. these angels are once again spiritual beings known in

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d.4 royal arch mason editor ray v. denshaw wryly comments that a long-time mason of reputation may be asked "how many of the hundreds of degrees have you received? have you received the rite of memphis of 90 degrees? or the rectified rite? or the swedenborgian rite?"5 moreover, masons affiliated with the grand lodge of the orient in paris, the united lodge in london, or the grand masonic lodge of israel, may well utilize signs and handshakes not used, seen, or understood in other orders. then, of course, there is the order of the rosicrucians, the order of the trapezoid, the priory of sion, the alta vendita, the p2 lodge, the solar order of the temple, the modern-day knights templar, the vatican's knights of malta and knights of columbus, the order of the odd fellows, the order of ahepa, t

hoity toity" as the saying goes. believing in their own inflated self-worth, they consider themselves members of a higher-level caste while categorizing the masses outside their group as like so many cattle or sheep even as "useless eaters" they look down on the inferior goyim such is the distorted view of the jewish illuminati who derogatorily refer to gentiles as the goyim (cattle. the late dr. israel shahak, professor at hebrew university in israel, a man i respected greatly, was a constant critic of such a deviant, superiority attitude. shahak noted that many zionist jews are unashamed advocates of human slavery: the israelis have resuscitated a book in spanish by jews dating from the 14th century which has been adopted for use as a manual of religious instruction in israel's secondary

are not men, but beasts (baba mezia fol. 1146. it should be further noted that the encyclopedia britannica says "the talmud is still the authoritative and practical guide of the great mass of the jews (from the 36 codex magica 9-volume german language translation of the babylonian talmud in the library of congress, washington, d.c) slaves and beasts slaves and beasts! that is what the zionists of israel consider those who aren't jewish. now we discover what the elitist, favored sons of the zionist illuminati think of you, me, and the masses. no wonder they kill without conscience through their instigation of world wars, through initiation of regional conflicts, and through assassinations and other criminal deeds. the elite plot and carry out heinous terrorist acts and institute financial c

f master mason. oppenheimer, a jewish cabalist, held the 3 3 rd degree. andrew jackson("old hickory, the historical figure in the painting on the wall, was also a 33rd degree mason. oppenheimer lost his security clearance when it became clear to security officials that he was most likely a communist espionage agent and certainly was a communist sympathizer. both the soviet union and the nation of israel were given secret plans to the atomic bomb weapon by jewish spies burrowed deep inside the united states military science establishments. senate minority leader harry reid (d-nev, left, and a fellow legislator in a masonic grip (usa today, may 19, 2005, p. 6a) u.s. secretary of defense donald rumsfeld and afghani leader karzai prominently display their masonic grip (newsweek, may 12, 2003

minently display their masonic grip (newsweek, may 12, 2003, p. 32) secret handshakes of the illuminati 151 152 codex magica this display ad was run in the jerusalem post newspaper in november 1994 palestinian president mahmoud abbas with israeli prime minister ariel sharon. both men are masons. freemason shimon peres, who was educated by jesuits as a youth in poland and was the prime minister of israel and that nation's minister of foreign affairs, is being welcomed to the council on foreign relations, based in new york's harold pratt house, by its chairman of the board, fellow illuminist, peter g. peterson. pat robertson meets with red chinese premier zhu rongji in 1998. the 700 club host has invested millions of dollars in red china and supports its policy of forced abortions, all the t

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powerless to alter those laws. mysterious supernatural forces sometimes benign, often hostile appeared to be in control of human existence. divination, the method of obtaining knowledge of the future by means of omens or sacred objects, has been practiced in all societies, whether primitive or civilized. the ancient chaldeans read the will of the gods in the star-jeweled heavens. the children of israel sought the word of the lord in the jewels of the ephod. pharaoh elevated joseph from his prison cell to the office of chief minister of egypt and staked the survival of his kingdom on joseph s interpretation of his dreams. in the same land of egypt, priests of isis and ra listened as those deities spoke through the unmoving lips of the stone sphinx. throughout the centuries, soothsayers and

lawrence e, ed. death, afterlife, and the soul. new york: macmillan, 1989. wilson, andrew, ed. world scripture: a comparative anthology of sacred texts. new york: paragon house, 1995. judaism then the lord god formed man out of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being (genesis 2:7. in the second chapter of genesis, yahweh, the god of israel, shapes the form of adam from the clay, then breathes into him the breath of life, so that adam becomes nephesh, or a living soul. interestingly, yahweh also bestows the breath of life into the animals that flourished in the garden of eden, and they, too, are considered living souls. nephesh is closely associated with blood, the life-substance, which is drained away from the body at death

judgment of the dead in judaism recall the scene in the seventh chapter of the book of daniel in which the ancient of days opens the books of life and passes judgment on the kingdoms of the earth, rather than on individuals. according to some circles of jewish thought, the actual day of judgment, yom hadin, the resurrection of the dead, will occur when the messiah comes. on that fateful day, both israel and the gentile nations will be summoned to the place of judgment by the blowing of the great shofar (ram s horn) to awaken the people from their spiritual slumber. elijah the prophet will return and set about the task of reconciling families who have become estranged. the day when the lord judges will be dark, very dark, without a ray of light (amos 5:20. those who have maintained righteou

ain a belief in reincarnation as an integral element in their religious faiths, people young children, in particular are not encouraged to remember past lives. regardless of such admonitions against pursuing the t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d afterlife mysteries 41 pope john paul ii places a signed note into a crack in the western wall in israel (ap/wide world photos) reincarnation is not an approved doctrine in any of the orthodox christian, islamic, or judaic religions. knowledge of karma acquired from prior life experiences, the holy books of eastern faiths teach reincarnation with none of the reluctance of the west. the chief theological work of the hindus, the upanishads, expresses the doctrine of rebirth in the poetic imagery

rtain that this work has been before thee and me in byone ages. no one has begun this work for the first time. orthodox judaism also rejects reincarnation as doctrine, but the hasidic sect and those who follow the teachings of the kabbalah, a collection of mystical texts first published in 1280, accept the belief in the transmigration of souls as a firm and infallible doctrine. rabbi manasseh ben israel (1604 1657, the revered theologian and english statesman, said that reincarnation was a fundamental point of their religion: we are therefore duty bound to obey t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 42 afterlife mysteries the chinese taoists believe that after death, the soul crosses a bridge to the next life where it undergoes a process o

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powerless to alter those laws. mysterious supernatural forces sometimes benign, often hostile appeared to be in control of human existence. divination, the method of obtaining knowledge of the future by means of omens or sacred objects, has been practiced in all societies, whether primitive or civilized. the ancient chaldeans read the will of the gods in the star-jeweled heavens. the children of israel sought the word of the lord in the jewels of the ephod. pharaoh elevated joseph from his prison cell to the office of chief minister of egypt and staked the survival of his kingdom on joseph s interpretation of his dreams. in the same land of egypt, priests of isis and ra listened as those deities spoke through the unmoving lips of the stone sphinx. throughout the centuries, soothsayers and

d an appropriate way in which to absorb the strength or virility of the lion, the bear, or the boar, religious law now admonished against both the drinking of animal blood and the eating of meat from which the blood had not been thoroughly drained. the old testament book of leviticus (17:14) acknowledges that blood is the life of all flesh, the blood of it is the life thereof, but the children of israel are instructed that they shall not eat of the blood of no manner of flesh; for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. again, in deuteronomy 12:20 24, the lord warns, thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. thou shal

ng solomon received both wisdom and warning in dreams (i kings 3:5, 9:2. the new testament accounts surrounding the birth of jesus (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e) record a number of revelatory dreams. joseph was instructed to wed mary and was assured of her purity (matthew 1:20, in spite of the apparent fact that she was already pregnant. later, joseph was warned to flee to egypt (matthew 2:13, return to israel (2:19) and to go to galilee (2:22. the magi (the three wise men) were warned in a dream not to return to their native land along the same route as they had come (2:12) because of herod s evil intentions. acts 2:17 contains the prophetic verse: and it shall come to pass in the last days saith god, i will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and daughters shall prophesy [preach

d euphrates rivers in what is today, modern iraq and syria. some of the world s earliest and greatest ancient civilizations such as ur, sumer, assyria, and babylonia were developed in that region. messiah a leader who is regarded as a liberator or savior. in christianity, the messiah is jesus christ (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e, in judaism, it is the king who will lead the jews back to the holy land of israel and establish world peace. metaphysical relating to abstract thought or the philosophical study of the nature of existence and truth. metrology the scientific system or study of measurements. from the greek metrologie, meaning theory of ratios and metron, or measure. mortician an undertaker or one who prepares dead bodies for burial and funerals. narcolepsy a condition where a person uncont

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powerless to alter those laws. mysterious supernatural forces.sometimes benign, often hostile.appeared to be in control of human existence. divination, the method of obtaining knowledge of the future by means of omens or sacred objects, has been practiced in all societies, whether primitive or civilized. the ancient chaldeans read the will of the gods in the star-jeweled heavens. the children of israel sought the word of the lord in the jewels of the ephod. pharaoh elevated joseph from his prison cell to the office of chief minister of egypt and staked the survival of his kingdom on joseph fs interpretation of his dreams. in the same land of egypt, priests of isis and ra listened as those deities spoke through the unmoving lips of the stone sphinx. throughout the centuries, soothsayers an

c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d magic and sorcery 75 zia rose performing a wicca ceremony (archives of brad steiger) today fs practitioners of wicca come from a complete spectrum of men and women. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 76 magic and sorcery at the time of his death on march 10, 1985, dr. francis israel regardie was considered by many occultists to be the last living adept of the hermetic order of the golden dawn, a magical tradition that had numbered among its members william butler yeats (1865.1939, aleister crowley (1875.1947, and dion fortune. regardie had demystified many esoteric mysteries surrounding the occult and presented understandable texts on practical magic. by age 19, he beg

37) was written from the perspective of jungian symbolism. in 1941, he took up practice as a lay analyst, and in 1947, he relocated to california where he taught psychiatry. regardie retired from practice in 1981 and moved to sedona, arizona, continuing to write until his death. sources: bonewits, p. e. i. real magic. new york: coward, mccann& georghegan, 1971. monnastre, cris, and david griffin. israel regardie, initiation, and psychotherapy [online] http//www.tarot.nu/gd/initiat.htm. regardie, israel. the tree of life: a study in magic. new york: samuel weiser, 1972. israel regardie (1907.1985) clutterbuck. in 1954, gardner published witchcraft today, which continued the thesis espoused by margaret murray that witchcraft had existed since pre-christian times but had gone underground to e

know the will of the gods. the ancient chaldeans read the machinations of the gods in the star-filled heavens, as well as in the bloody livers of sacrificed fowl. when the king of babylon went forth to war, he wrote the names of cities on his arrows, put them back into the quiver, and shook them. he then removed an arrow and attacked first the city whose name was written thereon. the children of israel sought the word of the lord in the jewels of the ephod; and jonah deemed it a just verdict when the casting of lots decreed that it was he who was the cause of the storm. pharaoh elevated joseph from his prison cell to the office of chief minister of egypt and staked the survival of his kingdom on joseph fs interpretation of his dreams. in the same land of egypt, priests of isis and ra list

h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 142 prophecy and divination engraving from kabbala dnudata seu dotrina hebraeorum transcendentalis et metaphysica atove theologica by christian knorr von rosenroth, 1677 (fortean picture library) t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d prophecy and divination 143 in march 2002, a red heifer was born in israel that some jewish traditionalists, as well as christian and muslim fundamentalists, believe could bring about the end of the world in 2005. according to ancient jewish teachings, it was only the ashes of a flawless red heifer that could purify worshippers who went into the temple in jerusalem. the first temple was destroyed by nebuchadnezzar in 586 b.c.e; the romans demolished the second tem

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is brother's forgiveness. one must never forget that, when the ancients want to philosophize, they tell a story. the history or legend of joseph contains, in germ, the whole genius of the gospel; and the christ, misunderstood by his people, must often have wept in reading over again that scene, where the governor of egypt throws himself on the neck of benjamin, with the great cry of "i am joseph" israel becomes the people of god, that is to say, the conservator of the idea, and the depositaries of the word. this idea is that of human independence, and of royalty, by means of work; but one hides it with care, like a precious seed. a painful and indelible sign is imprinted on the initiates; every image of the truth is forbidden, and the children of jacob watch, sword in hand, around the unit

e column of smoke and flame, which goes before a freed people, advances majestically into the desert. christ is priest and king by intelligence and by love. he has received the holy unction, the unction of genius, faith and virtue, which is force. he comes when the priesthood is worn out, when the old symbols have no more virtue, when the beacon of intelligence is extinguished. he comes to recall israel to life, and if he cannot galvanize israel, slain by the pharisees, into life, he will resurrect the world given over to the dead worship of idols. christ is the right to do one's duty. man has the right to do his duty, and he has no other right. o man! thou hast the right to resist even unto death any who prevents thee from doing thy duty. mother! thy child is drowning; a man prevents thee

up by the roots of the divine tree, became the delicious sap of the grape, which is destined to intoxicate with love the children of the future. xiv the number fourteen fourteen is the number of fusion, of association, and of universal unity, and it is in the name of what it represents that we shall here make an appeal to the nations, beginning with the most ancient and the most holy. children of israel, why, in the midst of the movement of 52 the nations, do you rest immobile, guardians of the tombs of your fathers? your fathers are not here, they are risen: for the god of abraham, of isaac, and of jacob, is not the god of the dead! why do you always impress upon your offspring the bloody sigil of the knife? god no longer wishes to separate you from other men; be our brethren, and eat wit

he knife? god no longer wishes to separate you from other men; be our brethren, and eat with us the consecrated bread of peace on altars that blood stains never. the law of moses is accomplished: read your books and understand that you have been a blind and hard-hearted race, even as all your prophets said to you. you have also been a courageous race, a race that persevered in strife. children of israel, become the children of god: understand and love! god has wiped from your forehead the brand of cain, and the peoples seeing you pass will no longer say "there go the jews" they will cry "room for our brethren! room for our elders in the faith" and we shall go every year to eat the passover with you in the city of the new jerusalem. and we shall take our rest under your vine and under your

seph, whom you sold to the gentiles. because he has become powerful in the land of egypt where you sought bread in the days of famine. and he has remembered his father jacob, and benjamin his young brother, and he pardons you your jealousy, and embraces you with tears. children of true believers, we will sing with you "there is no god but god, and mohammed is his prophet" say with the children of israel "there is no god but god, and moses is his prophet" say with the christians "there is no god but god, and jesus christ is his prophet" mohammed is the shadow of moses. moses is the forerunner of jesus. what is a prophet? a representative of humanity seeking god. god is god, and man is the prophet of god, when he causes us to believe in god. the old testament, the qur'an, and the gospel are

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1570. the former is responsible for much of the current structure and cosmology of kabbalah, as the "lurianic" school of thought provided answers to many of the more complex issues of kabbalistic thought, particularly relating to the "breaking of the vessels. the next major historical development of kabbalah came with the formation of the hasidic movement in the mid 1700's, based around the rabbi israel, more commonly known as the baal shem tov (1698-1760, which means "master of the word, a high mark of respect in kabbalism. having briefly examined the development of kabbalah within the judaic mystical tradition, we must now attempt to sketch some of the significant points at which it passed through to the occult tradition, particularly in europe, and thence to the modern magician. the kab

e nature of the pysche, which in its "fall" or attachment to the apparent world, forms many identities from the beliefs that in truth are the shells which separate us from recognition of our inherent "core. the unbalanced forces of the universe, the world in its void state, are considered under the symbolism of the kings who reigned in edom before a king was raised up to rule over the children of israel, that is to say, before the emanation of the microprosopus, or lesser countenance. this single king or state is that which reigns after the synthesis of the multiple fragmentary states of identity that flicker in and out in the constant picture-show of our awareness, each of which in its turn demands temporary rulership. the edomite kings were seen by loria as sons of the mother, the pillar

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t. john (the apocalypse) and also well prior to its adoption by the christians as a sign recalling the passion of christ. for example we read in ezekiel that it was supposed to have been traced upon the foreheads of the elect by the angel of yaveh. 11 the ancient egyptians, the eleusinian mysteries and those of dionysos, the gnostics, all had known and used this tau for the same reason as ancient israel and her kabbalists- thus it can be used by initiates of any religious or philosophical appurtenance. it used to be traced in oil of unction upon the forehead of the high priest of israel at the moment of his consecration. lastly, it is a 'sign of salvation' for christians of all denominations, a sign which makes the daemons flee and disperse. it is a reminder of the triumph of christ over d

he purity of my words and intentions, for thy greatest glory and justice. by ieshouah, our lord, amen. operator throws more incense into the censer and makes his second turn around the altar saying: o eternal, may this perfume which i offer thee in testimony of the purity of my 19 soul have the same success as the one which zerubbabel offered thee in babylon for the deliverance of the remnants of israel. o eternal, deliver me from the slavery of darkness which surrounds and keeps me in privation of thy will and of thy science. hear my prayer so that my words and my will may conform with thine. by ieshouah, our lord, amen. operator again throws more incense into the censer and makes the third turn around the altar saying: o eternal, may my prayer become from now on a true perfume which i of

23 subterranean fire, terrestrial conflagration and those caused by lightning. by ieshouah, our lord, amen. operator meditates for awhile and then prays that epidemics, pestilence, cholera, small pox and all germs attacking the vegetable, animal and human realms be controlled and eventually disappear from the surface of the earth: o god almighty and eternal, thou who deigned to heal the people of israel wandering in the desert and a prey to the bites of eager serpents, we beseech thee in memory of the faith of thy people in the merits of the brazen serpent, thy divine son, to keep away from thy creatures pestilential diseases which threaten them with cruel death, and to maintain them in health of body and soul. by ieshouah, our lord, amen. after a moment of meditation, operator prays in tu

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

heir essence a sorrowful and sincere repentance of this inexpiable crime. may they return forever into their principle8 on the day of the last sabbath, destroyed in their accident but saved at least in their substance, and may they thus, o god eternal, just and powerful, proclaim finally thy glory in a world without end. by ieshouah, our lord, amen. operator recites now psalm 68 which the sons of israel intoned at the moment of combat, when the ark was being lifted and put on the shoulders of the levites. it applies here to the daemons: let god arise, let his enemies be scattered; let them also that hate him flee before him. as smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of god. but let the righteous be glad; let him re

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stinct knocks of the blade, a greek cross. doing this he says at each corner: may any spirit who does not proclaim the glory of god fly away by this sign. by ieshouah, our lord, amen. note: the french version of this martinist operative and general ritual can be obtained from: l' initiation, organe de l'union des ordres martinistes, 6, rue jean-bouverl 92100 boulogne-billancoowthis new edition of israel regardie's tke middle adam forrest, isidora forrest, r a. gilbert, darcy kiintz, thm p, prof. sein 0 miadhachiin, and wiliiam stoltz. figure i: cover artfrom 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 secrec

jo 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 exercises of ceremonial magic, something which was quite revolutionary

rt and the regardie's die middle pillar was a milestone these ideas long before they became popular. the middle pillar, as a techruque for self-development, standard fare-so much so that it is sometimes age self-help manuals, often without mentioning golden dawn tradition. the middle pillar shows expertise, and love for teaching that regardie to this day it remains a classic among magical who was israel regardie and why did the following brief biography should of regardie's prominent place in the history and occultism, as well as his interest in psychology. before his death in 1985, israel regardie many to be the last living adept of a prestigious known as the golden dawn. the tradition golden dawn and its sister spin-off groups, and the alpha et omega, attracted many the late nineteenth a

ous known as the golden dawn. the tradition golden dawn and its sister spin-off groups, and the alpha et omega, attracted many the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. were dr. william w. westcott, samuel l. arthur edward waite, william butler yeats, aleister crowley. yet among this extraordinary knowledgeable magicians, regardie ranks of prominence. born on november 17,1907, in london, israel regardie moved with his family to washngton, d.c. in 1921 when he was thirteen years old. at an early age he developed an interest in the theosophcal works of madame blavatsky, hindu phlosophy, and yoga. at sixteen regardie frequented the library of congress, which he called h s second home. it was through his contacts in the library that was able to find a hebrew tutor. he learned to read

mples of the stella matutina and the alpha et omega slowly stagnated and died, just as regardie had predicted. but because of regardie's actions, all students of magic today owe him an enormous debt of gratitude. according to francis king and isabel sutherland "that the rebirth of occult magic has taken place in the way it has can be very largely attributed to the writings of one man, dr. francis israel regardie."3 regardie made a very difficult and courageous decision to break his oath of secrecy to a lethargic golden dawn in order to save the valuable teachings of the order. given the fact that many former chiefs had the appalling habit of destroying order documents rather than passing them on to future generations of initiates, it was the right t h g to do. as a result all true seekers

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thing" tom's meeting with vadig was still six months away so the phrase meant nothing to me. iii on june 19 mr. apol gave jane a message to pass along to me. it was a prediction "things will become more serious in the middle east. the pope will go there soon on a peace mission. he will be martyred there in a horrible way. knifed to death to a bloody manner. then the antichrist will rise up out of israel" i was shocked. but here was a statement that could be checked against future events. apol also said the vatican was planning to send food and materiel to arab refugees. there had been no announcement in the press about this. two days later miss paro had an unnerving experience. a black cadillac pulled alongside her as she was out walking at 8 p.m. and a well-dressed man in the back seat or

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f the soul (katnut or gadlut. these situations are called zivug (spiritual mating. the term eretz (land) in the spiritual world refers to the place you are or the place you are headed for. the word eretz comes from word ratzon (desire. our soul consists of one big desire (eretz) with many smaller lands inside it. there are desires called the nations of the world or abroad and there is the land of israel, which is the closest desire to the creator. the neighbors of this eretz jordan, egypt and seria want the land of israel because that is where the creator is. the correction process begins with the finest desires called israel or galgalta and eynaim. on the one hand, they are the closest desires to the creator, but on the other, they are the farthest. it happens because of the law of the op

gh to correct the root degree coarseness. in the second millennium the 1st degree coarseness was corrected in the souls. then came the 2nd and the 3rd. at the end of the sixth millennium (our time) the time has come to correct the souls with the 4th degree of coarseness. this is a very general description. but today, when we are at the conclusion of the 4th exile, there is a return to the land of israel; the time of the spiritual redemption begins the time of the coming of the messiah. 29 of 273 chapter 1.9 what is between this world and the next? it is quite possible that there are other worlds that exist in the same space as ours that we simply don t collide with and don t make any contact with because these worlds are in a different dimension. but if we remain confined to the boundaries

s the source from which we come, and we are at a lower degree, meaning our degree is derived from our root. but through the correction we attain equivalence of properties with our root, change how we feel about what we get from above, and thus, instead of feeling struck and tormented by fate, we begin to feel peace, serenity, calm and completeness. we attain a collective understanding. q: what is israel s role in the correction? a: the creator brought us to this world so that we, using the wisdom of kabbalah, will discover the upper world and lead our fate by ourselves. the people of israel must pass the wisdom of kabbalah to all the nations. if it doesn t bring the knowledge of the spiritual worlds to the rest of the world, it thus prevents the world from becoming a better and happier pla

using the wisdom of kabbalah, will discover the upper world and lead our fate by ourselves. the people of israel must pass the wisdom of kabbalah to all the nations. if it doesn t bring the knowledge of the spiritual worlds to the rest of the world, it thus prevents the world from becoming a better and happier place. the other peoples sense it unconsciously, and express it in their hatred toward israel. there is only one solution to all the problems: fulfill our task in this world, as the nation that was chosen for precisely that purpose. we are chosen precisely in that, in our duty to connect all the nations with the creator. until we do it, both sides the creator and the nations of the world will continue to push us forcefully. as time goes by, the moment of internal/spiritual and exter

s. it is different for every person, and will become open to all only at the end of correction, since there will no longer be room for such obstructions as egoistic envy 55 of 273 chapter 2.2 persistence naming a person is done in kabbalah according to that person s will to receive. for example if a certain individual has a desire to attain the creator, feel him and cling to him, then he is named israel (from the words yashar el straight to god, although he is still in the beginning of his way, cannot see the creator and doesn t even know where he is going and where it will all lead him. it is the desire that counts. when that person realizes the creator s will he is called a kabbalist. a kabbalist is someone who attained a certain spiritual degree. for that reason, kabbalists are also cal

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

ain, the people should pray once and for all for a high range of mountains in central australia, which would of course supply rain automatically*1. that man cannot elude fate by such a paltry dodge; for even the god of our imaginings is not quite such an ass as all that. the messenger in gjephthah h most sensibly remarked, when he rushed with the news of the enemy fs approach into the assembly of israel: my lords, take heed now, prayer is good to save while yet the foemen are far off; but now they howl and clamor at our very gates.*2 *1. the sword of song, pentecost, vol. ii, p. 109 *2. jephthah, vol. i, p. 69. which in other words simply means, as long as man does not see or understand he will pray; when he does, he won ft. another juggle to elude fate is sacrifice. sacrifice and prayer h

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the altar of this rite is a modified form of that of the holy royal arch, and without some description of it both the opening of the lodge of perfection and its mystical lecture are incomprehensible. the altar is in the form of a double cube (its top about sixteen inches square) and on it inscribed the double triangle of the seal of solomon (identical with the shield of david found on the flag of israel) within a circle. on this are placed, at random, the eight letters j, a, h, b, v, l, o and n; these represent the corresponding hebrew letters. at the conclusion of the picking incident (see opening) the altar looks like this: file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p2c5.html (1 of 22 [12/28/2001 2:03:44 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. by keepi

finally, i confer upon you, the corresponding degrees of the oriental rite of mizram. file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p2c5.html (11 of 22 [12/28/2001 2:03:44 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. secret master. perfect master. master by curiosity or intimate secretary. provost and judge or irish master or egyptian knight. english master or knight of israel. elect of nine. elect of the unknown. elect of fifteen. perfect elect. illustrious elect. and these degrees of the scottish system: trinitarian. companion. master. panissiere. sublime master. master of the triple tau. master of the sacred vault of james vi. master of st. andrew. with these degrees in architecture. little file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..secret%20rituals%20of%20t

t by hosea, the lord said unto hosea, go, take unto thee a wife of whoredom and children of whoredom: for the land doth commit great whoredom, departing from the lord. so he went and took goher the daughter of diblaim; and she conceived and bare him a son (hosea i, 2-3) and the lord said unto me, go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend and an adulteress, even as the lord loveth the children of israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes and raisins. so i bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: and i said unto her, thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be any man s wife: so will i also be toward thee (hosea iii, 1-3) file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret

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when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of jacob s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 32:26 and he said, let me go, for the day breaketh. and he said, i will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 32:27 and he said unto him, what [is] thy name? and he said, jacob. 32:28 and he said, thy name shall be called no more jacob, but israel: for as a prince hast thou power with god and with men, and hast prevailed. 32:29 and jacob asked [him] and said, tell [me] i pray thee, thy name. and he said, wherefore [is] it [that] thou dost ask after my name? and he blessed him there. 32:30 and jacob called the name of the place peniel: for i have seen god face to face, and my life is preserved. 32:31 and as he passed over penuel the s

d. 32:29 and jacob asked [him] and said, tell [me] i pray thee, thy name. and he said, wherefore [is] it [that] thou dost ask after my name? and he blessed him there. 32:30 and jacob called the name of the place peniel: for i have seen god face to face, and my life is preserved. 32:31 and as he passed over penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. 32:32 therefore the children of israel eat not [of] the sinew which shrank, which [is] upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of jacob s thigh in the sinew that shrank. 33:1 and jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, esau came, and with him four hundred men. and he divided the children unto leah, and unto rachel, and unto the two handmaids. 33:2 and he put the handmaids and their c

the place is called succoth. 33:18 and jacob came to shalem, a city of shechem, which [is] in the land of canaan, when he came from padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city. 33:19 and he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of hamor, shechem s father, for an hundred pieces of money. 33:20 and he erected there an altar, and called it el-elohe-israel. 34:1 and dinah the daughter of leah, which she bare unto jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. 34:2 and when shechem the son of hamor the hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. 34:3 and his soul clave unto dinah the daughter of jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. 34:4 and shechem spake unto his fathe

el to wife. 34:5 and jacob heard that he had defiled dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and jacob held his peace until they were come. 34:6 and hamor the father of shechem went out unto jacob to commune with him. 34:7 and the sons of jacob came out of the field when they heard [it] and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in israel in lying with jacob s daughter; which thing ought not to be done. 34:8 and hamor communed with them, saying, the soul of my son shechem longeth for your daughter: i pray you give her him to wife. 34:9 and make ye marriages with us [and] give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. 34:10 and ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein

because there god appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 35:8 but deborah rebekah s nurse died, and she was buried beneath bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called allonbachuth. 35:9 and god appeared unto jacob again, when he came out of padan-aram, and blessed him. 35:10 and god said unto him, thy name [is] jacob: thy name shall not be called any more jacob, but israel shall be thy name: and he called his name israel. 35:11 and god said unto him, i [am] god almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; 35:12 and the land which i gave abraham and isaac, to thee i will give it, and to thy seed after thee will i give the land. 35:13 and god went up from him in the place where he

TRUE HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT

aleister crowley until the very last years of the latter's life, when he was a feeble old man living at a private hotel in hastings, being kept alive by injections of drugs. if, therefore, crowley really invented these rituals in their entirety, they must be about the last thing he ever wrote. was this enfeebled and practically dying man really capable of such a tour de force" the answer, as dr. israel regardie's introduction to the posthumous collection of crowley's late letters, magick without tears, implies, would seem to be yes. crowley continued to produce extraordinary material almost to the end of his life, and much of what i have seen of the "wiccan crowley" is, in any case, of earlier origin. gerald gardner is himself not altogether silent on the subject. in witchcraft today (p 4

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el (concealers)-lucifuge 4. chesed: agshekeloh (smiters or breakers)-ashtaroth 5. geburah: golohab (burners, flaming ones)-asmodeus 6. tiphareth: tagiriron (disputers)-belphegor 7. netzach: gharab tzerek (raveners)-baal 8. hod: samael (false accusers)-adrammelech 9. yesod: gamaliel (obscene ones)-lilith 10. malkuth: nahemoth (dolorous ones)-nahema this list differs slightly from that published in israel regardie's the golden dawn.18 regardie gives the order of qlippoth associated with malkuth as lilith. this might better be written in its babylonian plural form as lilitu, which is an order of succubi or night hags. there is sometimes confusion in ancient magic over whether a demon represents an entire class or a single individual. this confusion arose because individual demons, such as sat

association his or her identity is slowly made more like that of the spirit. during the invocations the magus actually becomes the spirit, and when the rituals are over, some of the qualities of the spirit remain with the magus. one of the best examples of repeated invocation for the purpose of personal evolution is the middle pillar exercise developed by the golden dawn and widely popularized by israel regardie in regardie's books about magic. regardie held this ritual in the highest esteem and employed it regularly himself. he states "this powerful magical technique is vital and i cannot recommend it too highly."37 it involves drawing down the light of spirit from the highest sephirah, kether, through the middle pillar of the tree of the sep iroth superimposed upon the body of the magus

us, who gave the secret of fire to humanity, is also symbolic of the magus. woden, who snatched the runes of power from the roots of the cosmic tree yggdrasill and bequeathed them as a gift to his people, is the magus in yet another mythic guise. all of the great teachers of wisdom, such as. thoth of egypt, zoroaster of persia, abaris of scythia, daedalus of crete, pythago- ras of samos, moses of israel, apollonius of tyana, jesus of nazareth, plotinus of lycopolis, and iamblichus of chalcis, were magi. the magus of five hundred years ago was what we now call a renaissance man, and pursued mathematics, art, and alchemy. two thousand years before that, he or she was the pythagorean philosopher who traveled to egypt and chaldea to study the mysteries. twenty millennia before that the magus w

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etings were not necessary for the work of the felkin meant that physical meetings were unnecessary because the twelve met on the astral planes. the name of the group derived from the symbol of the "star maps and tree of life projected on a sphere."134m aps of the celestial northern and southern hemispheres showing the spherical projection of the ten sephiroth of the tree of life are reproduced in israel regardie's the golden dawn,'35 and it was these or maps very like them that were used by farr and her group. the twelve members stationed themselves at intervals around a circle. at the center was a being known as "the egyptian astral" who was the master from whom farr received 130. colquhoun, 34. 131. howe, 170, 132. ibid, 250. 133. ibid, 251. 134. ibid, 247. 135. regardie, golden dawn, 60

ictures, have the third dimension, solidity; they stand out like bas-relief, then haut-relief, then you see as from a balloon, as it is said, by a bird's-eye view. you feel to go to the place, to descend upon it, to step out upon the scene, and to be an actor there."143 geomantic symbols other objects were used as astral doorways. the most popular were the tarot cards and the symbols of geomancy. israel regardie wrote "it will be found a good plan to prepare cards of the geomantic symbols painted in their appropriate colors, for these make perfect 'doors' through which the seer can pass. and while these symbols are also attributed to the elements, the visions acquired from the geomantic symbols using the names of the appropriate rulers and genii will be quite distinct in character from tho

numbered book referred to by crowley is otherwise titled the vision and the voice, in which crowley's astral journeys to the thirty aethyrs of the enochian angels are described in exhaustive detail. the text of the visions themselves was initially published in 191 1 in crowley's periodical the equinox (volume 1, number 5 supplement, but was reprinted in 1929 with copious notes by both crowley and israel regardie, who was then acting as crowley's secretary. it represents the crowning fulfillment of crowley's years of work as a member of the golden dawn, perfecting his ability to ascend the astral planes, and demonstrates what this type of rigorous training is capable of achieving when used by someone with a focused will and a natural aptitude for astral travel. concerning crowley's method

0. carroll, 146. lunar materials. add to this their common rectangular shape, which resembles a window or doorway, and it is little wonder that they were used both for scrying and as astral portals. it is a common report that astral scenes are reflected left to right, in exactly the same way as mirror images. the members of the golden dawn made this observation while scrying in the spirit vision. israel regardie wrote: there was a good deal of glib parlance within the order as to "astral vision" and "etheric vision" the former was described as the ordinary tattwa vision, in which objects and landscapes, though vivid and alive, are yet "flat" as though reflected on a mirror, rather like a cinematograph film "in this form of descrying, note that you see objects reversed, as to right and left

dinary sense, and came to be known as barbarous words of evocation, since it was believed that they derived from ancient and forgotten languages. however, the words used by the golden dawn were not meaningless, but were hebrew names of god that were sounded by members of the golden dawn in a manner similar to the way that the egyptian magicians and gnostic priests vocalized their barbarous words. israel regardie wrote that the supreme defense when traveling in astral realms was to assume the god-form of harpocrates, the greek god of healing "the astral image should be formulated either as rising from a lotus, or else standing erect over two crocodile^ a manner of testing the truthfulness of spiritual beings was to confront them with the golden dawn symbol known as the banner of the west, a

TYSON DONALD THE MAGICAL WORKBOOK

r too complex and abstract to apply to their own situation, or too simplistic to be of any practical value. complexity is inevitable in some areas of magic. it is impossible to write a simple book on enochian magic without leaving out 95 percent of the subject. similarly, there is no way to explain the kabbalah in a handful of paragraphs. these subjects are complex and require complex treatments. israel regardie's great work 177e golden dawn is over 800 pages of fine print, and needs every page to cover the full system of magic used by the golden dawn. however, once the beginner has acquired practical knowledge of the basic techniques of ritual magic, these challenging texts become much easier to understand. at the other extreme of the scale, there is a distressing abundance of books on ma

ctice is separated from the first week by two weeks. commentary this is a modified form of the exercise taught by aleister crowley to his students. in crowley's version, when the student made the error of using the word "i" he was advised by crowley to slash himself on the forearm with a straight razor. crowley believed that pain acted as a useful tool for concentrating the awareness more keenly. israel regardie advocated crowley's exercise, but taught his own students to wear a rubber band on their wrist and snap hard it against their skin each time they used the word "i" contrary to these examples, neither self-mutilation nor selfinflicted pain is necessary during training, only continuing attention. self-awareness i: ego denial 5 the goal of the exercise is vigilance and a sustained cla

as though sliding off a mask. open your eyes, relax from your standing pose, and wrap the charged object in clean white cloth. place it where it will remain secure and undisturbed until you are ready to use it. continue on with your normal day. commentary this exercise employs the technique for projecting occult virtue that was taught in the original golden dawn, and used by aleister crowley and israel regardie, among many others. i have modified the method and expanded its description for the sake both of utility and clarity. four distinct golden dawn ritual postures are employed in the exercise. when the practitioner stands with arms extended out to the sides like the arms of a great cross, palms forward, his body forms the posture known as the sign of osiris slain. when his arms are ra

the sign of horus, the projecting sign charging an object 101 and the attacking sign. when the forearms are crossed over the heart-center to form an x, the posture is very similar to the sign of osiris &sen. crowley was especially fond of using the sign of the enterer for projecting occult power. he advised that the rays from the eyes be directed along the thumbs. the hand gesture illustrated by israel regardie in his golden dawn shows the extended hands turned inward palm to palm, with the thumbs on top and the fingers inclined upward at a slight angle. the palms do not appear to touch, but this is unclear in the illustration. i have experimented with various hand positions, and have found that the greatest force is projected when the hands are extended palm downward in the shape of spea

lvery sphere at the base of your throat, causing it to vibrate more strongly. abruptly the sphere in your throat emits a pulse of silver light that travels up the hollow interior of the white ray above it. this silver-gray pulse enters the brilliant white sphere above the top of your head, causing it to vibrate more strongly. after a minute or so, the sphere above figure 28-1. middle pillar, from israel regardie's golden dam 116 standing exercises your head begins to emit a continuing eruption of colors from its top. these colors spread out like a fountain of water and flow down the outsides of your aura in sheets of green, violet, yellow, silver, and white. as these bands of energy cascade down the sides of your aura all around you, they shimmer and glow. observe that when the bands reach

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

of this new information, which is completely set forth in chapter v. this book offers the most complete treatment of the name, both in theory and practice, that has ever been presented. the sections on the sigils of the tetragram, the hieroglyphic monad of john dee, the angels known as the wings of the winds, the banner rings, the divination by urim and thummim, the twelve stones of the tribes of israel, the breastplate of aaron, the ring of solomon, and the enochian watchtowers and keys, all represent groundbreaking work in magic. it is my sincere hope that some of the innovations presented here will find their place in the day-to-day practices of kabbalists, ritual magicians, and astrologers over the years to come. lvx donaltdy son march 21,1994 bedford, nova scotia historoyf the name t

year 1580, gives useful insight as to how tetragrammaton may have been used by the ba'alei shem of the middle ages. very troubled in his mind about how to protect the jews of prague against the malicious libels of a priest named thaddeus, who preached their destruction, rabbi loew used his knowledge of kabbalah to obtain a dream oracle from god, who ordered him to create a golem of clay to defend israel. loew called to him two disciples with the qualities he required. one had been born with the power of the fire element. the other had been born with the power of the water element. loew himself had been gifted at birth with the power of air. it was necessary, he told the disciples, that all four elements be provided if such a creation was to succeed. he further informed them that he had bee

words of power, this letter by letter method of speaking it was adopted and was carried on by the great beast, aleister crowley, in his own system of magic. the golden dawn also vibrated tetragrammaton letter by letter. the technique of golden dawn vibration of words and names is one of the most useful magical legacies of that victorian occult order. it is set forth briefly, but quite clearly, in israel regardie's golden dawn (llewellyn, 1989, p. 487. for those who do not own this book i will describe the method. first, elevate your mind to the pure white radiance of kether, the highest sephirah on the tree of the kabbalah. if this precaution is not taken, the vibration of a name will draw any astral forces that are in harmony with your inner emotions at the time of the vibration, and thes

revelations describeth that heavenly city, whose twelve gates are guarded with twelve angels, infusing on them what they receive from the divine name, twelve times revolved; and in the foundations of that city the names of the twelve apostles, and the lamb; for as in the law, in the stones of the ephod, and foundations of the holy city described by ezekiel, were written the names of the tribes of israel, and the name of four letters did predominate over them; so in the gospel, the names of the apostles are written in the stones of the foundation of the heavenly city, which stones stand for the tribes of israel in the church, over which the name of the lamb hath influence, that is, the name of jesus, in which is all the virtue of the four-lettered name; seeing that jehovah the father hath g

aw of god. in following out the command of moses, joshua first has the representatives of the tribes carry the stones across the river before allowing the ark of the covenant to pass "and joshua said unto them, pass over before the ark of the lord your god into the midst of jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of israel (josh. 4:5. the twelve representatives of the tribes took up a stone each "and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there (josh. 4:8. but it is also said "and joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood (josh. 4:9. this seems to indicate that there were two

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d-nineteenth century england (new york: basic books, 1966, 13 xlimason, the making of victorian sexuality, 9-12. xliiedward carpenter, my days and dreams (london: g. allen& unwin, 1916, 321-22 -177- xlivcrowley, the law is for all, p. 42 "when you have proved that god is merely a name for the sex instinct, it appears to me not far to the perception that the sex instinct is god (crowley, quoted in israel regardie, the eye in the triangle: an interpretation of aleister crowley [st. paul, mn: llewellyn publications, 1970, 417. xlvon the charges of sex magic brought against the cathars and later the templars, see francis king, sexuality, magic and perversion (secacus: citadel, 1971, 170-71. xlvifranklin rosemont, foreward to john patrick deveney, paschal beverly randolph: a nineteenth century

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t the present day, except in archaeology and history, with king solomon's temple. what is meant by this temple and what is the lost word? these things have a meaning, or our system is stultified. well, here are burning questions, and the only direction in which we can look for an answer is that which is their source. as to this, we must remember that the legend of the master degree is a legend of israel, under the aegis of the old covenant, and though it has no warrants in the holy writ which constitutes the old testament, it is not antecedently improbable that something to our purpose may be found elsewhere in the literature of jewry. the kabalah i do not of course mean that we shall meet with the legend itself; it would be interesting if we did but not per se helpful, apart from explanat

nto written records during the christian era, but hostile criticism has been disposed to represent it as invented at the period when it was written. the question does not signify for our purpose, as the closing of the 13th century is the latest date that the most drastic view- now generally abandoned- has proposed for the most important text. we find therein after what manner, according to mystic israel, solomon's temple was spiritualized; we find deep meanings attached to the two pillars j. and b; we find how the word was lost and under what circumstances the chosen people were to look for its recovery. it is an expectation for jewish theosophy, as it is for the craft mason. it was lost owing to an untoward event, and although the time and circumstances of its recovery have been calculate

there has been something wrong with the methods. the keepers of the tradition died with their faces toward jerusalem, looking for that time; but for jewry at large the question has passed from the field of view, much as the quest is continued by us in virtue of a ceremonial formula but cannot be said to mean anything for those who undertake and pursue it. it was lost owing to the unworthiness of israel, and the destruction of the first temple was one consequence thereof. by the waters of babylon, in their exile, the jews are said to have remembered zion, but the word did not come back into their hearts; and when divine providence inspired cyrus to bring about the building of the second temple and the return of israel into their own land, they went back empty of all, recollection in this r

hey went back empty of all, recollection in this respect. the divine name i am putting things in a summary fashion that are scattered up and down the vast text with which i am dealing- that is to say, sepher ha zohar, the book of splendor. the word to which reference is made is the divine name out of the consonants of which, he, vau, he, yod, we have formed jehovah, or more accurately yahve. when israel fell into a state which is termed impenitence it is said in the zoharic symbolism that the vau and the he final were separated. the name was dismembered, and this is the first sense of loss which is registered concerning it. the second is that it has no proper vowel points, those of the name elohim being substituted, or alternatively the name adonai. it is said, for example "my name is writ

hat is the connection between the loss and dismemberment which befell the divine name jehovah and the lost word in masonry, i cannot answer too plainly; but every royal arch mason knows that which is communicated to him in that supreme degree, and in the light of the present explanation he will see that the "great" and "incomprehensible" thing so imparted comes to him from the secret tradition of israel. it is also to this kabalistic source, rather than to the variant accounts in the first book of kings and in chronicles, that we must have recourse for the important masonic symbolism concerning the pillars j. and b. there is very little in holy scripture which would justify a choice of these objects as particular representatives of our art of building spiritualized. but in later kabalism

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ating a talisman need to have some emotional energy connected to them in our own subconscious mind; we all know that some symbols excite us more than others. some have no charge at all. some repel us. talismans work best when we use symbol to suggest something to the subconscious that has a charge emotionally. the same idea holds with visualization, affirmation, etc. the famous qabalistic teacher israel regardie used to repeat the old maxim "enflame thyself with prayer" our spiritual life or our magical life is most effective when it comes from the heart, from the soul, even from the guts. we have said that symbol has this wonderful ability to attract the energy of the image it represents. in case's interpretation, the image makes a suggestion to subconsciousness, whereupon you have set up

at they are used in a balanced way in one's own life. besides the big three desires mentioned above.which seem to occupy so much of humanity's attempts to find meaning in life.there is a fourth very necessary leg of the table which constitutes life's banquet: spiritual and emotional integration. this is why most golden dawn magicians do some form of therapy in conjunction with their magical work. israel regardie once advised no less than 100 hours of any kind of therapeutic work for neophytes. one of the dangers of using magic, and perhaps talismans in particular, is that in actualizing more mundane desires, psychic energy is robbed from another place in the system. one's spiritual path. this is one of the negative aspects of the new age movement, which has a very materialistic side. it is

work. figure 9-n: the pillars figure 9-o: agrippa's kamea in hebrew correspondences: the magical names and numbers of netzach/venus asterisks) denote god-names 7: number of sephira 7: the number of vertebrae in the human neck (godwin *7: aha, a name of god attributed to nogah. initials of adonai ha aretz 7: av: desire root: the mysterious link which joins nothingness to being 7: gd, gad: tribe of israel; good fortune (gen 30: 11) root: the sign of abundance born of division 7: dba, riches, power (crowley) 7: dg, dag: fish root: that which is multiplies and is fruitful 7: bda, bahda: to form, produce or invent 7: dab, dahab: to faint, melt, pine away 7: bh: in her 49: number of cells in kamea *49: chi-al, the living god 49: hygal, hagiel: intelligence of venus 49: mvob, moab: from my father

WICCA MAGICK OCCULT THREE GREEN BOOKS DRUIDISM

ch hath been is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. is there a new thing whereof it may be said, see this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us. there is no remembrance of the former generations; neither shall there be any remembrance of the latter generations that are to come, among those that shall come after. i the preacher was king over israel in jerusalem. and i applied my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that god hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith. i have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind. that which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be nu

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

w. wyn n wes tcott and i am hopeful that it may be as well received by students of mystic philosophy as the previous volumes which treated of alchemy, in the hermetic arcanum, hermetic art, euphrates and aesch metzareph; the dream of scipio and the golden verses of the pythagoreans, the pymander of hermes and egyptian magic. i have added in this edition many notes on the notions of the rabbis of israel, both from those who contributed to the mishnah and gemara of the talmuds of jerusalem and of babylon, and from the rabbis who made a special study of the kabalah. only a few talmudic treatises have as yet appeared in the english language, and hardly any kabalistic tracts, except three from the zohar or book of splendour, viz, the siphra dtzenioutha, the idra rabba and the idra suta. many t

, yhuh or ihvh, suggesting that jehovah pointed out the way, by circumcision, to heaven. again, the first six letters of the book of genesis, brashit, berasit, translated in the beginning, but more properly in wisdom, are the initials of the words brashit rah alhim shyqblu ishral turh, read berasit rauah elohim numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott shyequebelu israel torah, which mean in the beginning, god was that israel would accept the law. the famous rabbinic name of power, agla, is formed of the initials of the sentence, tu potens in saeculum domine, ath gbur loulm adni, ateh gibur loulam adonai melekh namen, adni mlk namn, meaning the lord and faithful king. 3. temura means permutation; sometimes the letters of a word are transposed according to c

t conceits concerning the triad and many are very curious. the ancient hebrews said there are three night watches, in the first the ass brays, in the second the dog barks, in the third the mother suckles her infant and converses with her husband. he who three times daily repeats the 114th psalm is sure of future happiness. three precious gifts were given to the jews; the law of moses, the land of israel, and paradise. in three sorts of dream there is truth. the last dream of the morning, the dream which is also dreamed by a neighbor and a dream twice repeated. 45. three things calm a man; melody, scenery and sweet scent. and three things improve a man; a fine house, a handsome wife and good furniture. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott he who is born

korah, and his body to an egyptian. yalkut reuben, 9. 18. 24. the soul of eve passed to sarah, to hannah the shunamite, and then to the widow of zarepta. the soul of numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott rahab passed to heber the kenite. the soul of jael passed to eli. some souls of pious jews pass into the persons of the gentiles, so that they shall plead for israel. some evil hebrew souls have passed into animals, as that of ishmael into the she-ass of balaam, and later into the ass of rabbi pinchas ben yair. the soul of a slanderer may be transmigrated into a stone, so as to become silent; and the soul of a murderer into water. emeh hemelech, 153. 1.2. there are three causes of dropsy, depending on diseases of the breast, the liver and the kidneys. t

e total of the even numbers to ten. see sacred books of the east; the yi- king. 48. 49. chapter s even three and a half, 3 1 /2 numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott. f. shaw calls attention to the number 3 years as being of mystical importance, as the half of seven, typifying present suffering as compared with future joy. the famine in the time of elias, when israel was persecuted by ahab and jezebel, lasted 3 years. antiochus epiphanes persecuted the church 3 years. forty-two months, or 3 years, are symbolical of times of trouble. jesus preached 3 years. in the revelations, the bride, the lamb s wife, suffers 1260 days in the wilderness, being a time, times, and a half, rev. xii. 6-14. again, the holy city is said to be trodden under foot forty-two mo

WOLFSON ELLIOT ALEF MEM TAU KABBALISTIC MUSINGS ON TIME TRUTH AND DEATH

the same decision. hence, just as this decision is a work of the highest freedom, it is also a work of the highest love. priority is in inverse to superiority. 262 we find exactly the same logic at work in the relevant kabbalistic sources: the first act is one of judgmental contraction (an idea rendered by a number of mythical images, including the kings of edom who reigned ahead of the kings of israel, the worlds destroyed that preceded the created world, the shell that emerged 38 chapter one before the fruit, but when understood dialectically, it is a manifestation of merciful expansion; thus what is temporally prior is ontically subordinate. utilizing a distinction attributed to plutarch, schelling describes the godhead or what he calls in one passage the super-godhead( bergottheit)263

ar the arrow and the cycle a crucial dichotomy that has shaped conceptions of temporality in western thought, is in fact false; the two cannot so easily be separated. 9 there has been a tendency based, in the words of jonathan z. smith, on a groundless distinction 10 to correlate linear time with the historical and cyclical time with the mythical, and likewise to correlate the former with ancient israel and judaism and the latter with either near eastern or hellenistic models of religious philosophy.11 but underlying the biblical and rabbinic conceptions of time is a convergence of history and myth that endows ritual performance with historical meaning and historical facticity with ritual transcendence. 12 recurrent patterns transpire within the narrative framework of linear succession the

figuration of its ultimate restoration in eternity. 15 the entelechy of messianic teleology revolves around hope in the future and faith in the past, but the hub, as it were, that makes possible the spinning of the rim, is belief in an eternal present the moment always a semblance of the moment it will never have been in which the divine-human drama is continuously and divergently enacted through israel s ceremonial practices and obedience to the covenantal law.16 interestingly, the ideal set forth by voegelin corresponds to what he elsewhere depicts in terms of plato s idea of metaxy, the in-between, which is neither time nor eternity but the erotic tension of lingering betwixt the poles of temporal becoming and eternal being.17 in this state, which voegelin identifies as the philosophica

ptually sound, and even methodologically valid, to speak of a rabbinic notion of time that is intimately connected to understanding the revelation of torah as a recurring phenomenon. by way of illustration, consider the following declaration preserved in the babylonian talmud: r. judah began [to expound] the honor of torah, and he explicated the verse [moses and the levitical priests spoke to all israel, saying] silence! hear o israel! today you have become the people [of the lord, your god (deut 27:9. was the torah given to israel on that very day? was that day not at the end of the forty years? rather this is to teach you that the torah is cherished by those who study it each day as the day it was given from mount sinai.56 leaving aside the redactional issues and the reasonable demand on

ed to god, for to say that god was (hayah, is (howeh, and will be (yihyeh) does not imply a past that is no more, a present that is short-lived, or a future that has not yet come to pass. in the continuation of the above passage, ergas cites in support of his view nahmanides interpretation of r. isaac s remark that the name ehyeh occurs three times in god s response to moses (exod 3:14) to assure israel that he is the same god who was, is, and will be with them in their historical travails.134 the explanation of the opinion of r. isaac, writes nahmanides, is that the past and future 76 chapter two time are wholly in the creator in the present, for there is no change or set term in relation to him,135 and no days at all have passed from him. therefore, all the tenses [zemannim] in him are d

ZALEWSKI GOLDEN DAWN ENOCHIAN MAGIC OCR

e tried to piece together the puzzle of the missing enochian lectures. my sources included some copies i made of campbell's incomplete notes, some diary notes of jack taylor, and original notes on campbell's lectures made in the mid-1930s by several ex-members of the inner order of whare ra. i have tried to reconstruct some of the basic elements of the mathers papers using these sources. in 1983, israel regardie came to wellington, new zealand, to meet with me and with other members of our temple "thoth- hermes" regardie outlined his then-unpublished addendum to the concourse of the forces. he had written it in the 1930s in an attempt to bring the previously missing gaps of the enochian system into a workable unit compatible with the golden dawn system. the addendum to the concourse of for

n when dealing with at least three and possibly four different systems, one placed on top of the other. this is, of course, pure speculation on my part and it will take time and effort to prove or disprove it. the twelve gates "and had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of israel (revelation 21:12) there are 30 enochian aethyrs (or aires, which are described in the dee manuscripts as 30 concentric circles. the closest to the earth, and the most material, is tex, the thirtieth aethyr. each aethyr proceeds upward to lil, the first and the most spiritual. the four elemental tablets are shown in figures 3 through 6. note that some letters are in capitals, and some in lo

on the earth (both visible and invisible. they are carried on the twelve banners (dee mss) these are, of course, the twelve holy names which are derived from the three holy names of each tablet. these names are then arranged according to the diagram of the shewbread, as given in the 1=10 ritual of zelator, which shows the associated astrological correspondences of the angelic kings and tribes of israel (see figure 17 "the call of the 30 aethyrs summons the 91 princes and the spiritual governors unto whom the earth is delivered as a 34 portion. they bring in and depose kings and all governments upon the earth and they vary the nature of things with the variation of every movement. unto them, the providence of the eternal judgement is already opened. they are governed by the 12 angels of th

archangels of the heptagon in the holy seal the sigillum dei aemeth as follows: zadkiel, cumael, raphael, hainiel, michael, and gabriel. these archangels are from the world of briah, the angels from the world of yetzirah with the 30 aethyrs, and their governors from assiah. these assignations will be discussed in depth later. from the mathers lecture on the "zodiac signs and the twelve tribes of israel" one is able to establish the functions of the three holy names of each tablet as shown in the diagram of the shewbread (figure 17. the angelic names are kings who rule the 30 aethyrs and the 12 tribes. ethese kings are not to be confused with the kings of the watchtower squares eds. holy name aozpi tribe gad sign aries angelic name olpaged "of gad, jacob says 'gad, a troop shall overcome h

says 'gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last' moses says 'blessed be he that enlargeth gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. and he provideth the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the lord, and his judgements with israel' the armorial bearings of gad are white, a troop of calvary. all this coincides well with the martial and dominant nature of aries, the only one of the 12 signs in which the superior planets alone bear sway, for it is the house of mars, exaltation of the sun and the triplicity of sun and jupiter. the symbolism of the lion is also proper to aries on account of, its solar, fiery and martial n

ZALEWSKI SECRET INNER ORDER RITUALS OF THE GOLDEN DAWN OCR

191 stay in touch on the following pages you will find listed, with their current prices, some of the books and tapes now available on related subjects. your book dealer stocks most of these, and will stock new titles in the llewellyn series as they become available. we urge your patronage. however, to obtain our full catalththe idea of doing this book originally came from a conversation between israel regardie and myself during 1983 in new zealand. the decision to publish the inner order rituals of the 6=5 and 7=4 did not come lightly for either of us, but regardie and i both thought that these were better out in the open for all to use. both of our feelings were adequately summed up in regardie's book what you should know about the golden dawn (falcon press, in which he wrote: obligatio

unpublished material is a start in that direction. i hope that this publication will help those temples struggling for higher knowledge and put a bomb under other temples which have this material and have not yet released it due to their own brand of secret elitism. what is needed in the golden dawn today is openness and honesty. that can be achieved in part through publication, as the impact of israel regardie's work can attest. as dion fortune said "there is no legitimate reason that i have ever been able to see for keeping things secret. if they have any value, there can be no justification for withholding them from the while i do believe in apostolic succession of the grades of the r.r. et a.c, i also realise that temple chiefs sitting smugly on documents to which everyone could have

after that the lockwoods actually had the rituals and teachings up to the 7=4 level well before 1900. apparently, what mathers had done in ahathoor was to do away with the subgrades of the 5=6 grade and adopt a version of the theoricus adeptus minor and practicus adeptus minor, slightly enlarged and issued to the british temples. these were used as the 6=5 and 7=4 grade teachings (something which israel regardie had suspected for a number of years. clearly, at this point, mathers wanted to test the effect of the rituals of the 6=5 and 7=4 ceremonies by giving his american students the opportunity to use the practical work of the 5=6 subgrade rituals and ease into the two powerful grade currents. after the break in 1900 the order split into two groups. the first was still called the golden

-em. ziza is pronounced zod-eezod-ah. adre is ah-deh-reh. taaasd is teh-ah-ah-ess-deh. aiaoai is ah-ee-ah-oh-ah-ee. bdopa is beh-deh-oh-peh-ah. banaa is beh-ahen-ah-ah. bitom is beh-eeto- eem or beh-ee-teh-oo-em. nanta is en-ah-en-tah. hcoma is heh-coem- ah. exarp is eh-ex-ar-peh. the mathers paper, to quote dr. laycock "is essentially the same system, but with some idiosyncratic viewpoints" when israel regardie compiled his enochian dictionary, he based his pronunciation guide on these two papers. other occult writers have also concluded that this was the golden dawn method, but in fact this is an erroneous assumption. when jack taylor gave me my copy of "the concourse of forces" i noticed on my printed copy (which was a golden dawn original) the two modes of pronunciation given; that is

to the multitude of his mercies. wherefore let us now pray to him that thy footsteps fail not in thy passage through the valley of death" all kneel facing east ch.ad "0 lord of strength, elohim gebur, in all humility of spirit we invoke thy blessing. look down we implore thee upon this postulant, who now kneeleth before thee and knocketh at the gateway of the grave. grant him thine aid, 0 god of israel, who givest power unto thy people, pour forth thy benediction we beseech thee. 0 thou fire-hearted one who dolt send death that we may attain unto life everlasting; thou at whose word the thunders roll and the darting lightning flashes forth, grant that in the midst of the storm we may find peace. master of the diadems of fire, crown him with light, that emerging from the darkness of the to

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