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their usefulness has passed. geburah is reflected in the charioteer in the tarot. tiphareth: the sixth emanation on the tree of life. it is the sphere of beauty, harmonizing the forces of mercy (chesed) and judgement (geburah) higher on the tree. occultists identify tiphareth as the sphere of spiritual rebirth, and is ascribed to solar deities such as ra, apollo, and mithra as well as osiris and jesus christ. the tarot card temperence identifies the direct mystical ascent to tiphareth from malkuth, the physical. netzach: the seventh emanation on the tree of life. netzach is regarded as the sphere of creativity, subjectivity, and emotions, a very clear contrast to the sphere of hod, which represents intellect and rational thought. netzach is the sphere of love and spiritual passion and is

ALEISTER CROWLEY BOOK OF LIES

s; the song within be dumbness. god! in what prism may any man analyse my light? immortal are the adepts; and ye hey die-they die of shame unspeakable; they die as the gods die, for sorrow. wilt thou endure unto the end, o frater perdurabo, o lamp in the abyss? thou hast the keystone of the royal arch; yet the apprentices, instead of making bricks, put the straws in their hair, and think they are jesus christ! o sublime tragedy and comedy of the great work! book of lies get any book for free on: www.abika.com 122 [126] commentary( nu-eta) haggai, a notorious hebrew prophet, is a second officer in a chapter of the royal arch masons. in this chapter the author, in a sort of raging eloquence, bewails his impotence to express himself, or to induce others to follow into the light. in paragraph

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

tion only rendered possible by the process of death. the alchemists themselves taught this same truth. the first matter of the work was base and primitive, though "natural. after passing through various stages the "black dragon" appeared; but from this arose the pure and perfect gold. even in the legend of prometheus we find an identical formula concealed; and a similar remark applies to those of jesus christ, and of many other mythical godmen worshipped in different countries<golden bough" j.m.robertson "pagan christs" a. crowley "jesus" etc, etc> a magical ceremony constructed on this formula is thus in close essential harmony with the natural mystic process. we find it the 29 basis of many important initiations, notably the third degree in masonry, and the 5 degree=

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS

ork in cooperation with them. i am afraid you have still got the idea that the great work is a tea-party. contact with other students only means that you criticize their hats, and then their morals; and i am not going to encourage this. your work is not anybody else's; and undirected chatter is the worst poisonous element in human society. when you talk of the "actual record" of the "being called jesus christ" i don't know what you mean. i am not aware of the existence of any such remagic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 13 cord. i know a great many legends, mostly borrowed from previous legends of a similar character. 9 it would be better for you to get a copy of the equinox of the gods and study it. the great work is the uniting of opposites. it may mean the uniting

magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 166 contrast with this elaborate care, rightness of every detail, earnestness and intentness upon the goal- contrast, i say, the modern spiritist in the dingy squalor of her foul back street in her suburban slum, the room musty, smelling of stale food, the hideous prints, the cheap and rickety furniture, calling up any one required from jesus christ to queen victoria, 6* dogme et rituel de la haute magie, by eliphas l vi. 26 all at a bob-a-nob! faugh! let us return to clean air, and analyse l vi's experiment; i believe that by the application of the principles set forth in my other letters on death and reincarnation, it will be simple to explain his partial failure to evoke apollonius. you had better read them over again, to have

ALEISTER CROWLEY MEDITATION

ciation" which he had undoubtedly heard in his boyhood, and said "gabriel appeared to me" but in spite of his ignorance, his total misconception of the truth, the power of the vision was such that he was enabled to persist through the usual persecution, and founded a religion to which even to-day one man in every eight belongs. the history of christianity shows precisely the same remarkable fact. jesus christ was brought up on the fables of the "old testament" and so was compelled to ascribe his experiences to "jehovah" although his gentle spirit could have had nothing in common with the monster who was always commanding the rape of virgins and the murder of little children, and whose rites were then, and still are, celebrated by human sacrifice<jews in eastern

e buddhist, nibbana, was in any way different from their own goal, heaven, in spite of the perfect plainness of the language in such dialogues as those between the arahat nagasena and king melinda; and their attempts to square the text with their preconceptions will always stand as one of the great follies of the wise. again, it is almost impossible for the well-mannered christian to realize that jesus christ ate with his fingers. the temperance advocate makes believe that the wine at the marriage feast of cana was non-alcoholic. it is a sort of mad syllogism "nobody whom i respect does this "i respect so-and-so "therefore, so-and-so did not do this" the moralist of to-day is furious when one points to the fact that practically every great man in history was grossly and notoriously immoral

ALEISTER CROWLEY THE QABALAH

and obtain an approximation to p 3.1415 (good enough for the benighted hebrew, as if thereby the finite square of creation was assimilated to the infinite circle of the creator. 34 concealed yods on the other hand are another matter entirely t.s. 35 [lat, a coward created the soul of the earth] 36 [heb, possibly intended for: the son, the spirit, the father, the grave: ihvh [is] the law] 37 [grk, jesus christ, son of god, saviour] 38 [grk, approx. the favour of isis [is] the treasure of the sons of wisdom] liber lviii 23 yes: but why should not berashith 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 4, give, say, e?39 the only answer is, that if you screw it round long enough, it perhaps will! the rational table of tziruph should, we agree with fra. p, be left to the rationalist press association, and we may present the

and is thus a form of tetragrammaton, a form unveiled. 100. the number of q, the perfect illusion, 10 10. also [k, kaph, the wheel of fortune. the identity is that of matter, fatality, change, illusion. it seems the buddhist view of the samsara-cakkram. 106. wn, nun, a fish. the number of death. death in the tarot bears a cross-handled scythe; hence the fish as the symbol of the redeemer. icqus= jesus christ, son of god, saviour. 108. chiefly interesting because 108= 2 2 3 3 3= the square of 2 playing with the cube of 3. hence the buddhists hailed it with acclamation, and make their rosaries of this number of beads. 111 \yhla awh dja, he is one god [la, aleph, an ox, a thousand. the redeeming bull. by shape the swastika, and so the lightning. as the lightning ligheneth out of the east eve

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQ I 5

marvellous of man's mechanical achievements, than the most powerful engine ever made by human hands. one great engine, at its worst, exploding, may destroy a few hundred lives; at its best may carry a few thousand men, may promote trade, and the comfort of some few hundred lives; but who can estimate the power of one human mind, whether for good or for evil? one such mind, the mind of a man like jesus christ, may bring about the tortured death of many million men, may wreck states and religions and dynasties, and cause untold misery and suffering; another mind, employing the same manner of energy, but rightly using that energy for the 33 benefit of others, may, like the buddha, bring hope into the hopeless lives of crores upon crores of human beings, may increase by a thousandfold the pit

eiled. 100. the number of hb:qof, the perfect illusion, 10 x 10. also hb:peh-final hb:koph, kaph, the wheel of fortune. the identity is that of matter, fatality, change, illusion. it seems the buddhist view of the samsara-cakkram. 106. nvn, nun, a fish. the number of death. death in the tarot bears a cross-handled scythe; hence the fish as the symbol of the redeemer. iota chi theta upsilon sigma= jesus christ, son of god, saviour. 108. chiefly interesting because 108= 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3= the square of 2 playing with the cube of 3. hence the buddhists hailed it with acclamation, and make their rosaries of this number of beads. 111. achd hva alhim "he is one god" alp, aleph, and ox, a thousand. the redeeming bull. by shape the swastika, and so the lightning "as the lightning lighteneth out of

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 1 2

l methods to tame the body; strictly mental methods to control the mind. this latter restriction is not so vitally important. any weapon is legitimate against a public enemy like the mind. no truce nor quarter! 67 on the contrary, to use the spiritual forces to secure health, as certain persons attempt to do to-day, is the vilest black magic. this is one of the numerous reasons for supposing that jesus christ was a brother of the left-hand path. now my body has been treating me well, waking nicely at convenient hours, sleeping at suitable times, keeping itself to itself an admirable body. then why shouldn't i take it out and give it the best dinner lavenue can serve? provided that it doesn't stop saying that mantra! it would be so easy to trick myself into the belief that i had attained!

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 3 2

g. the aspirant may now resume his emblems; after which themis commemorates the life and death of osiris under the figure of christian rosenkreutz, as it were "the morning of isis" for aspirant being now "dead" isis mourneth for him. but aspirant also mourneth, that l sign may be formulated in him. she points out rose cross as an external emblem of the completion of the great work. in the life of jesus christ the master, the most notable events are_ he is cloistered at 5; when 30 he takes disciples and begins ministrations. when 32 (paths and sephiroth) he takes 4 others and is the one among the 7 (or the 3 and the 4= 12. at 106 he dies (106 is "attained" and hb:nun-final hb:vau hb:nun scorpio. the symbolism of 120 having been accomplished, his tomb is found. this is the tomb of the postul

ALEISTER CROWLEY EQUINOX EQ I 3 3

nd space! i will only add that i was profoundly interested in the final book "the king's dole" no mystic who is familiar only with christian symbolism can afford to neglect this ritual. vale, frater! a. c. the cleansing of a city. greening and co. 1"s" net "wherefore i say unto thee, her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven,the same loveth little" jesus christ "but this german woman, pretending to defend the cause of virtue, and to warn women against the perils of the day, produces a book('the diary of a lost one) which is defilement to touch. before i had skimmed fifty pages i found my brain swimming; i nearly swooned" rev. r. f. horton, d.d. this book should be printed on vellum and locked up in a fire-proof safe in the british museum, gr

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

it carne as a shock. when the latter told him one morning that he was to be confirmed, but when he protested his objections were overruled 'i've written to your parents' uncle louie said 'your mother told me you were baptized into the church of england. she'll be glad if you're confirmed' the ceremony took place in st hubert's church at great harwood and alex prayed throughout it, apologizing to jesus christ and assuring him that no blasphemy was intended. he did not need to placate his witch god, feeling sure that he would understand. afterwards he put the whole episode behind him and roamed the countryside testing his witch knowledge. he found the wild herbs used for potions in the very places described in witch-records 'beside fast running water 'beneath the mossy side of stones 'where

ought that the germans would invade england in the second world war, another grand sabbath was called. in the new forest over four hundred witches met to celebrate the gj;and mass. to increase the potency of their power, they accepted the offer from some of the members to be willing sacrifices, for although our god demands none, it accepts voluntary victims as proof of their faith, as, 1 suppose, jesus christ accepts christian martyrs. no witch was killed that night but many were scourged with real whips, and some sent out so much of their vital life-force into their familiars that they subsequently died. that week dense mists and fogs obscured the english ch;ume;l; the 126 invasion 'was called off. we believe it was due to witthcraft. q: you speak offamiliars. in old witch trials it was s

ALICE A BAILEY10 FROM BETHLEHEM TO CALVARY

the present. through self-initiated experiment we can prove their validity; through experience we can establish them as governing forces in our lives; and through their expression we can demonstrate their truth to others. this is the theme of this book, dealing as it does with the facts of the gospel story, that fivefold sequential myth which teaches us the revelation of divinity in the person of jesus christ, and which remains eternally truth, in the cosmic sense, in the historical sense, and in its practical application to the individual. this myth divides itself into five great episodes: 1. the birth at bethlehem. 2. the baptism in jordan. 3. the transfiguration on mount carmel. 4. the crucifixion on mount golgotha. 5. the resurrection and ascension. their significance for us and their

h is good i find not "for the good that i would, i do not: but the evil which i would not, that i do "for i delight in the law of god after the inward man "but i see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members "oh, wretched man that i am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death "i thank god through jesus christ our lord."24 only through the revelation of the christ within each human being can this at-one-ment be made. only through the new birth, the baptism of spirit and of fire, and the transfiguration of the nature can deliverance be found, can unity with god be achieved. only through the sacrifice of humanity, which is the essence of the crucifixion, can the resurrection be undergone. wha

emember that two kinds of baptism are referred to in the story "john answered, saying unto them all, i indeed baptise you with water: but one mightier than i cometh, the latchet of whose shoes i am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptise you with the holy ghost and with fire."11 there are therefore two kinds of baptism: 1. that of john the baptist, which is the baptism by water. 2. the baptism of jesus christ, which is that of the holy ghost and of fire. in these two symbols much of the story of human development is summed up, and the joint work of john the baptist and of jesus produced a synthesis which is indicative of the immediate objective of our racial endeavour. the symbolism is exact according to the ancient mystery teaching. a close study of this symbolic rendering of a basic trut

te discovers his fellow initiates, those with whom he can associate, and he finds out also the mission to which he is called. he becomes aware of his divinity in a new and factual sense, not just as a deeply spiritual hope, an intriguing hypothetical possibility and his heart's desire. he knows himself to be a son of god, therefore recognition is accorded to him. this was strikingly the case with jesus christ. his task emerged in its dread implications before his eyes, and this must surely have been the reason why he was driven into the wilderness. the urge to solitude, the search for that quiet where reflection and determination can strengthen each other, was the natural outcome of this recognition. he saw what he had to do to serve, to suffer and to found the kingdom of god. the expansio

m of god. but this is not the kingdom of the theologians. it is not entered through the acceptance of certain formal beliefs. it is entered by those who have passed through the new birth, and gone down to jordan. the citizenship of this kingdom was on trial in the person of christ, and so he goes down into the wilderness, there to be tempted of the devil. 3 in this intimate episode in the life of jesus christ we are given perhaps the first real insight into the processes of his innermost mind. the following words open the story and are significant- 68- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust "and lo a voice from heaven, saying, this is my beloved son, in whom i am well pleased. then was jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil."25 this story of

ll not contact other aspects when eventually we provide the mechanism of knowledge and the intuition to penetrate deeper into the divine nature. we do not yet know the father. christ revealed him, but the father himself remains as yet behind the scenes, inscrutable, unseen and unknown, except as he is revealed through the life of his sons, and by the revelation given peculiarly to the occident by jesus christ. as we consider these initiations, the three mentioned above stand out clearly. at the birth in bethlehem we have the appearance of god, god is made manifest in the flesh. at the transfiguration we have the quality of god revealed in its transcendent beauty, whilst at the resurrection initiation the life aspect of divinity makes its presence felt- 85- from bethlehem to calvary copyrig

1998 lucis trust higher self exists, and finally and inevitably must gain the victory over the lower self. one of the things that is happening today is the discovery of the existence of this higher self, and many are the testimonies to its nature and qualities. through a consideration of the self in every man we are steadily approximating an understanding of divinity. behind the manifestation of jesus christ lay aeons of experience. god had been expressing himself through natural processes, through humanity as a whole, and through specific individuals, as the ages slipped away. then christ came, and in process of time, as a definite fulfilment of the past and as a guarantee of the future, he synthesized in himself, in one transcendent personality, all that had been achieved and all that w

impossible. the "shalt not" of god, spoken from mount sinai through moses, with its negative emphasis and its punitive interpretation, will give place to the radiance of love and the understanding of goodwill and light which christ radiated upon the mount of transfiguration. the past met in him and was superseded by a living present. elias, whose name means "the strength of the lord" stood beside jesus christ as the representative of all the schools of the prophets which had for centuries foretold the coming of the one who would stand for perfect righteousness and who, in his own person, would embody, as he does today, the future achievement and the goal of the human race. that the future holds reaches of consciousness and standards of achievement as much beyond those of christ as his expr

s as hard to hold as the wind- 96- from bethlehem to calvary copyright 1998 lucis trust thus in the three friends, and in the various triplicities which we find in the bible, we discover a symbolism which is vitally illuminating. the three aspects through which the soul must express itself, and through which it must shine, are thus portrayed. it is the same in connection with the three friends of jesus christ. i cannot here touch upon the friendships of jesus christ. they are very real and very deep, and universal in their inclusiveness. they are timeless and eternal, and the friends of christ are to be found in every race (christian or otherwise, in every clime and in both hemispheres. and be it remembered, it is only the friends of christ who have any right to be dogmatic about him, or w

humanity is revealed through christ, and his threefold personality and his essential divinity are portrayed for us in such a way that the lesson (and the possibility) cannot be evaded. the apostles recognised god in their master, taking their stand upon the fact of this divinity, as have the mystics of all time. they "knew whom they had believed."14 they saw the light which shone in the person of jesus christ, and for them he was more than the person they had known heretofore. through this experience god became a reality to them. in the synthesis of the past, the present and the future, christ and those who were immediately his friends, met with god, and so potent was this combination that it evoked from god himself an immediate response. when feeling and thought meet in a moment of realis

omes articulate."17 not yet are we articulate where this experience is concerned. we sense dimly and distantly its wonder and its finality. we have not yet, as a race, passed through the new birth; the jordan experience is only attained as yet by the few. it is the rare and developed soul which has climbed the mountain of transfiguration, and there seen and met with god in the glorified person of jesus christ. we have looked on at this episode through the eyes of others. peter and james and john, through another apostle, matthew, have told us about it. we remain as onlookers, but it is an experience in which we shall some day share. this we have forgotten. we have taken to ourselves the language of the fourth great event in christ's life, and many of us have attempted to share and enter in

lso under the law reveal in itself includes the beauty which shone forth from christ as he stood transfigured before his three friends, was recognised by god his father, and received the testimony of moses and elias, the law and the prophets, the past and that which bears witness to the future. one point might here be brought out. in the oriental correspondence to these five crises in the life of jesus christ, this third episode is called the "hut" initiation, and the words of st. peter as he suggests that they should make three "huts" one for christ and one for moses and one for elias, link up this christian happening with its ancient prototype. always, in these rarely occurring events, god has been glorified by the light, ineffable and effulgent, shining forth- 99- from bethlehem to calv

ALICE BAILEY THE LABOURS OF HERCULES

the great aspirants and mystics of the world. note how st. paul cries out as he wrestles with the problem "i find then a law, that, when i would do good, evil is present with me "for i delight in the law of god after the inward man: but i see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members "i thank god through jesus christ our lord. so then with the mind i myself serve the law of god; but with the flesh the law of sin (romans, vii, 21-25. as hercules grew up, we are told, great care was given to his education. he was trained in all possible accomplishments, and every faculty that he had was developed and organized. what is the lesson to be learned from this? it is the need to realize that every disciple

APOCRYPHON OF JOHN

se things to him that he might write them down and keep them secure. and he said to him "cursed be everyone who will exchange these things for a gift or for food or for drink or for clothing or for any other such thing" and these things were presented to him in a mystery, and immediately he disappeared from him. and he went to his fellow disciples and related to them what the savior had told him. jesus christ, amen. the apocryphon according to j a 30 this passage recalls strangely enough the worship of the graeco-roman goddess pavororfear, the attendant on mars. she was much invoked, as in the present instance, to terrify intrudersor an enemy. aeschylusmakes the seven chiefs before thebes swear by fear, mars, and bellona.mem. acad. of inscriptions, v. 9.appendix.comments on the foregoing t

ARTHUR E WAITE TEMPLAR ORDERS IN FREEMASONRY

the candidate. that of apprentice recalls the earliest of christian chivalries, being the canons or knights of the holy sepulchre, who for long had no distinctive clothing and hence the divested state of the masonic postulant. but this state signified also that his arm is ever ready to do battle with the enemies of the holy christian religion and his heart for the sacrifice of his entire being to jesus christ. the alleged correspondences and meanings are developed at some length, but it will be sufficient to mention that the masonic candidate enters the lodge poor and penniless, because that was the condition at their beginning of the templars and the other orders of christian knighthood. the candidate is prepared for the second craft degree in a somewhat different manner from that of the

BLACK SERPENT1

and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth and over all the creatures that move along the ground (niv) 12 dominionist theologians believe that it is their responsibility, as christians, to bring the entire world- all countries, societies, and governments- under the "word of god" they are also postmillennialists, meaning they believe jesus christ will only return to earth after most of the world has been converted to christianity. under a dominionist society, mainline and liberal christian churches would be prohibited from holding services or proselytizing. all non-religious groups would also be prohibited from such. perhaps you might be able to worship the demons inside the privacy of your own home, but if you even breathe a

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

however, in hebrew tradition itself. adam is spoken of in[[footnote(s* it is on that step that one arrives on the plane of the level or floor and open entrance to the king's chamber, the egyptian "holy of holies* the candidate for initiation always personified the god of the temple he belonged to, as the high priest personified the god at all times; just as the pope now personates peter and even jesus christ upon entering the inner altar- the christian "holy of holies[[vol. 2, page] 467 the etymology of "sacrament" maimonides (more nevochim "the guide of the perplexed- truly) in two aspects; as a man, like all others born of a man and a woman, and- as the prophet of the moon; the reason of which is now made apparent, and has to be explained. adam, as the supposed great "progenitor of the

was not that of the christian cross. one swastica cross in the catacombs is the sign of an inscription which reads['zotiko zotike 'vitalis vitalia' or 'life of life* but the best evidence to the antiquity of the cross is that which is brought forward by the author of natural genesis on page 433 "the value of the cross" says mr. massey "as a christian symbol, is supposed to date from the time when jesus christ was crucified. and yet in the 'christian' iconography of the catacombs no figure of a man appears upon the cross during the first six or seven centuries. there are all forms of the cross except that- the alleged starting-point of the new religion. that was not the initial but the final form of the crucifix* during some six[[footnote(s* quoted in "the natural genesis (p. 427, vol. i* w

BLAVATSKY H P COSMOGENESIS

s- who could not be made flesh" it would appear that kepler maintained it as a positive fact that, at the moment of the "incarnation" all the planets were in conjunction in the sign of pisces, called by the jews (the kabalists) the "constellation of the messiah "it is in this constellation" he averred "that was placed the star of the magi" this statement, quoted by dr. sepp (vie de notre seigneur jesus christ, vol. i. p. 9, emboldened him to remark that "all the jewish traditions while announcing that star, that many nations have seen* added that "it would absorb the seventy planets that preside over the destinies of various nations on this globe "in virtue of those natural prophecies" explains dr. sepp "it was written in the stars of the firmament that the messiah would be born in the lun

of munich undertook to explain them in the correct way. he claims to have solved the riddle by showing that "the saros being composed according to pliny of 222 synodial months, to wit, 18 years 6/10" the calculator naturally fell back into the figures "given by suidas" who affirmed that the 120 saroses made 2,222 sacerdotal and cyclic years, which equalled 1,656 solar years (vie de notre seigneur jesus christ, vol. ii, p. 417) suidas said nothing of the kind, and, if he had, he would prove little, if anything, by it. the neroses and saroses were the same thorn in the side of uninitiated ancient writers, as the apocalyptic 666 of the "great beast" is in that of the modern, and they have found their unlucky newtons as the latter figures have[[vol. 1, page] 656 the secret doctrine. phantly ov

BLUE EQUINOX

versenkt suggestion of an admittedly insane agent of his approaches the maniacal savagery of i samuel xv, 3, and by no means matches the undiscriminating imbecility of its ferocity .now go and smite amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. who is the author of this order? it is the father of jesus christ .i and my father are one. it is therefore the god of wilhelm von hohenzollern, the american people (if their newspapers lie not, and a very few particularly troglodytic englishmen of whom mr. t. b. bishop is a striking .survival of the meanest. mr. bishop really believes that this tribal demon designed butterflies, and put the rainbow in the sky as a guarantee that the world would nev

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

buried clutching his cherished silver medal of saint anthony and the infant jesus. w. d. siegfried, a baptist missionary who lived among the freedmen in augusta, georgia, after the civil war, complained bitterly of the sale and dissemination of religious books and pictures to african americans, who frequently adopted them as charms and protective objects. especially notorious was the "letter from jesus christ" that, according to siegfried, circulated extensively among black families "the poor people have been deluded into the belief that the letter is genuine" he railed "that it was written especially for them, that those possessing it and exhibiting it in their dwellings will enjoy certain great protection and blessings enumerated in the letter" the letter, which guaranteed protection of

revelation from god" he remarked "as do all the conjure doctors i have ever heard of" similar statements characterize the beliefs of other african american conjure practitioners. when asked by a white professor where she had obtained her knowledge of divination and "tricking (casting spells, a conjure woman in alabama named seven sisters said "it's a spirit in me that tells.a spirit from the lord jesus christ. c i tricks in the name o f the lord" at the turn of the twentieth century chesnutt interviewed an aged conjure woman whom he described as a "dreamer of dreams and seer of visions" who was well versed in conjuring lore and explained that she was guided by jesus and "de spirit er de lawd" in his research on conjure and folk beliefs in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

there to kabbalists and magicians in palestine into arabia accompanied by a christian youth, christoph possible literary model for the development of the character of christian rosencreutz. h. khunrath, the amphitheatre of eternal wisdom (completed by erasmus wolfurt, which reproduced dee s monad and emphasised the symbolism of the microcosm and the macrocosm. containing a correspondence between jesus christ and the philosopher s stone, this work by khunrath was held in high esteem by lutherans, who referred to him in their writings. 1610-1685 joseph de voisin editor of pugio fidei, author of conclusiones cabalisticae 1610-1660 johann harprecht proto-rosicrucian who called himself "filius sendivogii" 1612 flamel figures hierogliphiques (first publication. ruland's lexicon alchemiae. jacob

DAVID ICKE AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE

er's thought pattern and value system, we give away the uniqueness of our contribution to the world and we lose the opportunity for experiences designed specifically for us. it doesn't matter what you have done in the past. that has gone. it is what you are now, this moment, that is important. i don't care if you have served a prison sentence for an unpleasant crime. i don't care if you have been jesus christ or adolf hitler. what are you now, this second? hold on to the uniqueness that is you. why should you conform to someone else's pattern? why should you be what someone else insists that you be? you have spent forever developing that uniqueness. why be a clone now? the pressure to conform is simply the pressure to control. the global elite and its illuminati-brotherhood cannot control

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, a churchman in alexandria, egypt. amid fistfights and mayhem, it was "decided, on constantine's insistence, that all christians must believe in the supernatural jesus- or else. this belief, which is the foundation of christianity to this day, was "defined" in the so-called nicene creed "we believe in one god, the father almighty, maker of all things, both visible and invisible; and in one lord, jesus christ, the son of god, begotten of the father, only begotten, that is to say, of the same substance of the father, god of gods and light of light, very god of very god, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the father, by whom all things were made, both things in heaven and things on earth; who, for as men and our salvation, came down and made flesh, made man, suffered and rose ag

again here that i am not challenging the right of anyone to follow any religion. good luck to them, and there are many lovely, genuine, people involved in christianity, judaism, mormonism, the jehovah's witnesses and all the rest. i am merely seeking to expose the manipulation of the hierachy and the background that the rank and file are never told. joseph smith founded the mormons, the church of jesus christ of latter day saints, after he claimed that an "angel" called moroni appeared to him in 1823. this moroni guy, he said, told him of the existence of a book of gold plates containing "the fullness of the everlasting gospel" and "an account of the former inhabitants of this continent and the sources from which they sprang. the location was revealed to him and in 1827, with help from two

puffed out smoke occasionally. the one with the crown finished his drink and proceeded to read loudly and earnestly from a big red book. in britain, the most famous big red book belongs to a television show called this is your life. personalities appear in front of a studio audience to have their life stories told by a man reading from the said, big red book. the book in the grotto was a sort of "jesus christ, this is your life" and if the television show presented the lives of the rich and famous as inaccurately as the church has with jesus, they would be sued or laughed out of existence in a month. outside the grotto in bethlehem, the guide introduced me to a friend of his "he likes your face" my guide informed me "and he invites you back to his home for a drink" we arrived at his "home"

reptile and then change back. people all over the world, and from countless walks of life, have repeated this same experience to me. this is the modern version of the experience the ancients constantly described. a regular source of information about reptilian activities and rituals are those who have been involved in "religious" organisations, not least the jehovah's witnesses and the church of jesus christ of latter days saints (lds, better known as the mormons. a lady called diana huston told me of her experiences in the jehovah's witnesses, which is officially titled the watchtower bible and tract society.8 she joined them in 1969 because, after going through the vietnam war with her husband, she was attracted by the message of paradise on earth. she was ok for a few years, but then t

should govern them. the leader of the moral majority? bullshit. christianity and religion in general were created to deceive at their very foundation and they have been used for deception ever since. the guys who reach the top are those who know that the whole basis of the "faith" is nonsense. to them it is a money game and a means to support the agenda of their illuminati masters. the church of jesus christ of latter day hybrids wherever you look at the top of these religions you find either con men or satanists, often both, and those who are simply too manipulated to see what is going on around them. the religious con men have a simple philosophy: i'll say what i need to say and be what i need to be to get what i want. in my experience so far, the most obvious satanic church is that of

rids wherever you look at the top of these religions you find either con men or satanists, often both, and those who are simply too manipulated to see what is going on around them. the religious con men have a simple philosophy: i'll say what i need to say and be what i need to be to get what i want. in my experience so far, the most obvious satanic church is that of the mormons, or the church of jesus christ of "spiritual" satanlsm and "christian conmen 321 latter day saints, based in salt lake city, utah. cathy o'brien in trance-formation of america says the mormon operation in salt lake city is a major centre for illuminati trauma-based mind control. the mormons were an illuminati creation, as i mentioned earlier, and its founders were all high-level freemasons and merovingian bloodline

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ruck. if you are a christian, this is how your faith was decided. the arians lost theday and out of this mayhem and roman dictatorship came the foundation belief ofchristianity, the nicene creed. this dogs breakfast was as follows. i hope you areconcentrating, ill be asking questions later:we believe in one god, the father almighty, maker of all things, both visible and invisible;and in one lord, jesus christ, the son of god, begotten of the father, only begotten, thatis to say, of the same substance of the father, god of god and light of light, very god ofvery god, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the father, by whom all thingswere made, both things in heaven and things on earth; who, for us men and our salvation,came down and made flesh, made man, suffered and rose again o

advanced societies and science which came out of muslimspain and baghdad. today, part of the brotherhood agenda is to stimulate conflictwith the islamic nations by causing division between the muslim and christian-jewish world.the mormon church is another vision religion which very powerfully locks intothe brotherhood network, as all religions do. the mormon church, or more formally,the church of jesus christ of latter day saints, was founded by joseph smith after heclaimed an angel called moroni appeared to him in 1823. moroni, he said, told him ofthe existence of a book of gold plates containing: the fullness of the everlastinggospel and an account of the former inhabitants of this continent and the sources fromwhich they sprang. the location was revealed to him, and in 1827 with help fr

nversations together, she says:poor cow, she was in a house where no-one gave a damn and its a terrible state ofaffairs. she was all alone in a nest of vipers. i used to just patch her up. she just found meand just came to me. i made her wait for a fortnight until i checked it out. they used to saythat i was giving her anger therapy. i didnt. i used to just listen to her, take it all in, andthink jesus christ! but i didnt think they would kill her. i cant believe that this information461is so close to home and yet they are still managing to keep it at bay. my room is the truthroom and its a real place of safety and i dont judge anyone on their sh it, and thats why ihavent spoken about any of this in the past. she was as screwed up as anyone, youknow, and if you are going to tell the truth

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hidden agenda. of course it also explains why politicians have their own agendas, they are controlled by the elite mason. the brethren in the visible organization are spoon-fed "false explanations and misinterpretations of its symbols- for what reason- those brethren in the visible organization "deserve only to be mislead. if a man were to make it known to his fellow brethren that he believes in jesus christ he would immediately be placed into the visible organization of freemasonry. he would never learn the truth either unless he researched this subject independently. this man wouldn't be considered an adept, or a sage, or on of the elect. those terms are reserved for the members of the invisible organization. you would be one of those who were deliberately lied to about the doctrines of

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ut history. only by accepting the bible for what it is, a book written by men and not the "living" word of god, can one approach a true understanding of these scriptures. read from a "satanic" perspective, the bible reveals itself as a history of hebrew magicians and sorcerers. in a careful reading of the bible, the prophets of the old testament are shown to be practitioners of the black arts and jesus christ, in his stance against hypocrisy and self-righteousness, is revealed as a great satanic priest and black magician. to the inquiring mind it is clear why the magi of persia (the wise men, were the first to acknowledge the birth of christ, for through their magical art and the practice of astrology, they recognized him as a naturally born magician. the eighteen lost years of his life we

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ought and feeling of others. sixty-nine (69) current: what the followers of the teachings of the order of the astral star (q.v) call their path or tradition. the sixty-nine comes from the numerological reduction via gematria (q.v) of the words "manger or stable" in hebrew indicating that the order of the astral star is founded upon the christ event that led the wise men to a stable where the lord jesus christ was born in bethlehem. sky-clad: literally, implying naked, to "wear only the sky" a term used by wiccans (q.v) to indicate ritual nudity. gardnerian (q.v) witches are supposed to work their rituals in this state. most however, do in fact wear robes. sol (the sun: the only star in the terran solar system. in astrology (q.v, the planet named after the roman god hellios adapted from the

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ty would present if approached in the same way. unsympathetic observers would probably conclude that we worshipped a sheep, and the holy ghost would yield some spectacular interpretations. let us credit other people with using metaphors if we do not expect to be taken literally our-selves. the outer form of the ancient pagan faiths is no cruder than christianity in backward latin countries, where jesus christ is represented in topper and tails and the virgin mary in lace-edged pantaloons. the inner form of the ancient faiths can compare very favourably with the best of our modern metaphysicians. after all, they produced plato and plotinus. the human mind does not change, and what is true of ourselves is probably true of the pagans. the lamb of god which taketh away the sins of the world is

tent influence upon the blood-pressure. 65. the three magical images of tiphareth are curious, for at first sight they are so utterly unrelated that each one appears to cancel out the others. but in the light of what we now know concerning tiphareth, their significance and relationship appears clearly, speaking through the language of symbolism, especially when studied in the light of the life of jesus christ the son. 66. tiphareth, being the first coagulation of the supernals, is aptly represented as the new-born child in the manger at bethlehem; as the sacrificed god he becomes the mediator between god and man; and when he has risen from the dead fie is as a king come to his kingdom. tiphareth is the child [page 206] of kether and the king of malkuth, and in his own sphere lie is sacrifi

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water"(pointing the first and second fingers at the salt) i exorcise thee, creature of earth, by the living god, by the holy god, by the omnipotent god, that thou mayest be purified of all evil influences in the name of adonai, who is lord of angels and of men"(extending hand over salt) creature of earth, adore thy creator. in the name of god the father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of jesus christ his son, our saviour, i consecrate thee) to the service of god, in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy ghost. amen"(pointing first and second fingers at the water) i exorcise thee, creature of water, by the living god, by the holy god) by the omnipotent god, that thou mayest be purified from all evil influences in the name of elohim sabbaoth, who is lord of angels an

ingers at the water) i exorcise thee, creature of water, by the living god, by the holy god) by the omnipotent god, that thou mayest be purified from all evil influences in the name of elohim sabbaoth, who is lord of angels and of men"(extending hand over water) creature of water, adore thy creator. in the name of god the father almighty, who decreed a firmament in the midst of the waters, and of jesus christ his son our saviour, i consecrate thee) to the service of god, in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy ghost. amen"(casting the salt into the water) we pray thee, o god, lord of heaven and earth, and of all that in them is, both visible and invisible, that thou mayest stretch forth the right hand of thy power upon these creatures of the elements and hallow them in thy

them is, both visible and invisible, that thou mayest stretch forth the right hand of thy power upon these creatures of the elements and hallow them in thy holy name. grant that this salt may make for health of body and this water for health of soul, and that there may be banished from the place where they are used every power of adversity and every illusion and artifice of evil, for the sake of jesus christ our saviour. amen" the water thus consecrated may be used as a bath, or for making the sign of cross upon the forehead, or for sprinkling about a place. when thus using it, the following prayer may be employed "in the name which is above every other name, and in the power of the father and of the son and of the holy ghost, i exorcise all influences and seeds of evil; i lay upon them t

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ended in anno mundi 2480. the noachian deluge is placed at 1656, in the reign of samael. the destruction of the tower of babel (see tarot trump, no. xvi, page 63) occured in the second reign of orifiel; the life of abraham in the second reign of zachariel; the life of moses in the second reign of raphael; pythagoras, xerxes, and alexander the great in the second solar reign of michael. the era of jesus christ comes in the third reign of orifiel. the third reign of anael began in 109 ad the third reign of zachariel began in 463 ad the third reign of raphael began in 817 ad the third reign of samael began in 1171 ad the third reign of gabriel began in 1525 ad the third reign of michael began in 1879 ad levi appears to have been deeply impressed with this system of rule by archangels, and edw

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resident of the parapsychology laboratory of the university of chicago (1957.60; and charter associate of the parapsychological association. his paper extrasensory behavior was presented at the seventh annual congress of the parapsychological association at oxford in 1964. abraxas (or abrasax) the basilidian sect of gnostics of the second century claimed abraxas as their supreme god and said that jesus christ was only a phantom sent to earth by him. they believed that his name contained great mysteries, as it was composed of the seven greek letters which form the number 365, the number of days in a year. abraxas, they thought, had under his command 365 gods, to whom they attributed 365 virtues, one for each day. the older mythologists consider abraxas an egyptian god, and demonologists des

miracles gained him great popularity, and he gave away many cuttings of his nails and locks of his hair as powerful amulets. he is even said to have set up an altar in his own name. the small amount of biographical information that exists tells of miraculous powers bestowed by an angel at his birth. adalbert was accused of showing to his disciples a letter that he declared was brought to him from jesus christ and delivered by st. michael. adalbert was also accused of composing a mystical prayer invoking uncanonical angels believed to be demons. in 744 c.e. a church synod denounced him. a year later, after appealing to pope zacharius, adalbert was deprived of priestly office. later he was condemned to perpetual imprisonment in the monastery of fulda. adam, book of the penitence of a manuscr

parliament. it was king s habit to meditate daily, and while so engaged several days later, he was visited by an indian yoga master who informed him of his mission: the cosmic intelligences had selected him as their primary terrestrial channel. king began to communicate with an entity named aetherius, a venusian who was one of the cosmic masters of the interplanetary parliament located on saturn (jesus christ is also considered a parliamentary master) until his death in 1997, dr. king was in regular contact with these masters. eventually king went public when he permitted the master aetherius to speak through him at a channeling held at caxton hall in london. he began the magazine aetherius speaks to earth (now cosmic voice) and in 1956 founded the aetherius society. by this time the issue

im; that he had carried with him a rebel- encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. albigenses 21 lious party of angels who were driven from heaven along with him; that lucifer in his exile created this world with its inhabitants, where he reigned, and where all was evil. it is alleged that the albigenses further believed that, for the reestablishment of order, god produced a second son, jesus christ. furthermore the catholic writers on the albigenses charged them with believing that the souls of men were demons lodged in mortal bodies in punishment of their crimes. following the murder of the legate of pope innocent iii, who was sent to root out the heresy, a crusade was brought against them, resulting in wholesale massacres. the inquisition was also set upon them, and they were

in the writings of spiritualist, magical, and metaphysical teachers such as thomas lake harris, andrew jackson davis, william q. judge, mary baker eddy, and the people who followed them into spiritualism, theosophy, and christian science. hundreds of occult and metaphysical movements have either originated in, or found a home in the united states from the nineteenth century onward. the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints (the mormons) had undoubtedly a semi-occult origin. its founder, joseph smith, jr. claimed to discover tablets of gold upon which was engraved the new revelation, the book of mormon, which he translated by a process similar to modern channeling. smith also tied the church loosely to freemasonry. theosophy became firmly rooted in america through the efforts of will

s traced his image on the cakes they offered to typhon, god of evil. the romans regarded the meeting of an ass as an evil omen, but the animal was honored in arabia and judea, and it was in arabia that the ass of silenus spoke to his master. other talking asses were balaam s ass (numbers 22, which mahomet placed in his paradise with alborack; the ass of aasis, queen of sheba; and the ass on which jesus christ rode into jerusalem. some people have found something sacred and mysterious in the innocent beast, and a species of divination employed the head of an ass. at one time a special festival was held for the ass, during which he was led into the church while mass was sung. this reverence in which he was held by christians was doubtless due to the black cross which he wore on his back, and

let the ass enter water. its new master attended to the warning for some time, but one day the poor ass managed to get free and jumped into a lake, where it regained its natural shape, to the great surprise of its driver. the matter was brought to the ears of the pope, who had the two witches punished, while the comedian returned to of his profession. many stories are told of the ass that carried jesus christ into jerusalem, which is said to have died at verona, where its remains are still honored. they say the ass is a privileged animal that god formed at the end of the sixth day. abraham employed it to carry the wood for the sacrifice of isaac; it also car- encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. ass 95 ried the wife and son of moses in the desert. the rabbis maintained that b

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 medieval saints were said to be surrounded with a cloud of light. it is told that when st. john of the cross knelt at the altar in prayer, a certain brightness darted from his face. st. philip neri was constantly seen enveloped in light, and st. charles borromeo was similarly illuminated

etimes twenty or thirty lines at a time without premeditation and even against my will. parts of the jewish bible (the christian old testament) were received through automatic writing, for example 2 chronicles 21:12 says, and there came a writing to him from elijah the prophet saying. in 1833, the book of the german augustinian nun catherine emmerich, the lowly life and bitter passion of our lord jesus christ and his blessed mother, was accepted by catholics as divinely inspired. the remarkable contents of the book came to her in visions and were noted and edited by the poet clement brentano. in america one of the earliest automatically written books was rev. c. hammond s the pilgrimage of thomas payne and others to the seventh circle (new york, 1852. the book contained 250 octavo pages. i

oted theosophist who later founded her own arcane school of esoteric teaching. bailey was born june 16, 1880, in manchester, england. an unhappy childhood led her to attempt suicide; however, at the age of 15, a mysterious stranger wearing a turban walked into her room, sat beside her, and stated that she should prepare herself for an important mission. for many years she believed her visitor was jesus christ, but later she saw a picture on the wall at the theosophical society, which she knew to be the stranger. it was koot hoomi, one of the mysterious mahatmas claimed to have inspired and communicated with helena petrovna blavatsky. bailey was raised in the church of england, and after attending finishing school in london, she worked for the young women s christian association. she spent

0. adyar, india: theosophical publishing house, 1963. williams, gertrude m. priestess of the occult: madame blavatsky. new york: alfred a. knopf, 1946. yost, g. w. n. blavatsky s posthumous memoirs. boston: joseph m. wade, 1896. bleeding statues since world war ii (1939.1945, a relatively new phenomenon has begun to manifest in roman catholic and eastern orthodox churches. statues and pictures of jesus christ, the virgin mary, and the saints have appeared to bleed, and they bleed in significant ways, from the hands or the brow, places where christ was wounded during his last days on earth, or from the eyes, as if weeping. while such phenomena had been reported since antiquity, in the twentieth century such reports have taken on added significance in light of the attack on supernatural occu

aracters of whom i knew nothing, i never found her deviating from the truth as far as i could discover. in the course of these investigations, buchanan received a direct penciled message signed by st. john. this was followed by startling communications which, after having been held in reserve for 17 years, were published in 1897 under the title primitive christianity: containing the lost lives of jesus christ and the apostles and the authentic gospel of st. john. buchanan stated that he tested the st. john script, properly concealed, through three psychometrists: cornelia h. buchanan, mrs. w. r. hayden, and dr. james m. peebles, and that all three agreed as to its source, giving similar descriptions of a great spirit devoted personally to jesus christ. the book was also adorned by an engra

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ward the fluid was drained away from her head by means of a new american treatment for hydrocephalus. the operation was successful and the size of the head reduced. at the age of three, linda frequently spoke about my lady and about jesus. the lady had a blue dress and gold chain and lived in heaven with jesus and also looked after her. at the age of five, linda foretold her own death, saying, my jesus christ is not coming to see me many more times, but i shall soon be going to see him. she died october 20, 1961. during her brief life, linda manifested healing gifts as early as the age of three. sometimes she would simply put her finger on a painful point and a cure would take place. at other times she healed through handkerchiefs she had handled. after her mars, louis encyclopedia of occu

nch translation was finally published. thus the work informed the pioneers of the french phase of the modern astrological revival. morin died in paris on november 6, 1656. sources: brau, jean-louis, helen weaver, and allan edmands. larousse encyclopedia of astrology. new york: new american library, 1977. morin, jean-baptiste. astrologia gallica. the hague, netherlands, 1661. mormons see church of jesus christ of latter-day saints morphogenetic fields term normally used somewhat loosely to indicate the mysterious factors that influence the development of form and characteristics in nature. a special theory of the action of morphogenetic fields, relevant to occult and new age considerations, was proposed in 1981 by rupert sheldrake in his theory concerning what he termed formative causation

h s axis, that sign changes approximately every 2,160 years. depending upon the astrological system one uses, the sun is making the transition from the sign of pisces to that of aquarius sometime in this century. pisces, the fish sign, is often associated with christianity, in which the fish is frequently used as a symbol of jesus; in greek the word for fish, ichthus, was a acronym for the phrase jesus christ, god s son and saviour. the passing of the earth to a new astrological age would bring a new religion or spiritual perspective to dominance. however, during the last half of the twentieth century, as a new millennium loomed on the horizon, a variety of occult groups predicted the coming new age at the same time as the new millennium. among the early groups predicting the new age was t

ch, aroint thee. another charm of earlier date occurs in chaucer s miller s tale. when the simple carpenter discovers the crafty nicholas in his feigned abstraction, he thinks he may perhaps be hagridden, and address him thus: i crouch from the elves and fro wikid wightes and there with the night-spell he seide arightes, on four halvis of the house about, and on the dreshfold of the dore without, jesus christ, and seint benedight, blesse this house from evrey wikid wight, fro the night s mare, the wite paternoster, where wennist thou seint peter s sister. a later author has pointed to some other formularies, and has noticed the asmodeus was the fiend of most evil repute on these occasions. in the otia imperiala of gervase of tilbury, some other protecting charms are said to exist. to turn

at failed. new york: st. martin s press, 1986. reprint, london: sphere books, 1987. rajneesh, bhagwan shree. the great challenge: a rajneesh reader. new york: grove press, 1982. i am the gate. new york: harper& row, 1977. the orange book. rajneeshpuram, ore: rajneesh foundation, 1983. tantra, spirituality, and sex. san francisco, calif: rainbow bridge, 1977. rajneesh: the most dangerous man since jesus christ. zurich, switzerland: rebel publishing house, 1983. strelley, kate. the ultimate gate. san francisco: harper& row, 1987. raj-yoga math and retreat a monastic community founded in 1974 by yogi father satchakrananda bodhisattvaguru on an ecumenical basis, combing both hindu and christian traditions and practices. satchakrananda started yoga practice in 1967 and is said to have experienc

tetford, who transcribed them. eventually some 1,200 pages were received. she then worked with kenneth wapnick to edit the materials that would later be published as the three-volume a course in mira- schucman, helen encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1360 cles. the material, whose teachings are very close to those found in new thought metaphysics, claims to have been dictated by jesus christ. it offers a means to a more meaningful life as an awakened child of god who learns the self-recrimination that manifests as guilt and hostility can be overcome through forgiveness and learning to forgive. schucman was ambivalent about the material and the method of its reception, both of which contradicted her selfprofessed atheism. however, she slowly became more comfortable with th

a second johoiakim who burned the roll of the prophet and threatening him with divine and diabolical justice. the seals as southcott s followers increased, she devised a strange sign of her mission, her famous seal. years earlier, when working in the shop of mr. and mrs. taylor, she had found a seal with the initials i. c. and two stars. one day she formed the idea that these were the initials of jesus christ( i and j were then interchangeable as initials) and marked her prophecies with this seal. now the idea came to her that this also indicated the sealing of believers as well as prophetic writings, as cited in rev. 7:3: hurt not the earth till we have sealed the servants of our god. she cut paper into squares and marked a circle on each square, writing inside, the seal of the lord, the

idea came to her that this also indicated the sealing of believers as well as prophetic writings, as cited in rev. 7:3: hurt not the earth till we have sealed the servants of our god. she cut paper into squares and marked a circle on each square, writing inside, the seal of the lord, the elect and precious, man s redemption to inherit the tree of life, to be made heirs of god and joint heirs with jesus christ. her followers received one of these squares after signing it, and it was folded up like an envelope and marked with the i. c. seal. within a year she had issued several thousand of these seals. unfortunately she was accused of selling them and making a handsome income, although she claimed the seals were freely issued without any charge (it is possible that middlemen asked money for

ft, and various other mental or nervous phenomena. boston: white and potter, 1847. testimony of god against slavery. boston: d. k. hitchcock, 1836. the trance. chicago: j. walker, 1868. suns ahman ishrael.i:a:o (organization) a religious/magic organization drawing upon mormon traditions. it was founded in 1981 by presiding patriarch david asia israel and four other former members of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints. the group believes that angels continue to visit and deliver messages to humans, and david israel claims to receive regular revelations in the form of morning and evening oracles. besides the bible and the book of mormon, the suns ahman ishrael (sai) accepts a wide variety of materials as scripture, including ancient apocryphal writings (gospel of thomas, gospel

mohonri, the order of the sons of zadok. the group believes in a secret oral tradition passed from moses to the essenes, to the gnostics, and eventually to joseph smith jr. that tradition is believed to be preserved in mystical books such as the pistis sophia and sepher yetzira. a 22-item statement of sai beliefs posits a heavenly hierarchy consisting of the heavenly father and mother; their son, jesus christ; the holy spirit; angels and archangels; and ministers of the flame (righteous humans made perfect. human beings are the literal offspring of the heavenly parents and have come into earthly existence to experience the mystery of mortality. redemption for humans comes only through surrendering their life to yeshu-maria the christ and subsequently developing a relationship with the heav

avignon pope clement vii, he complained that the exhibition was not for devotion, but for monetary gain, and that the relic was a forgery, a certain cloth cunningly painted, upon which by clever sleight of hand was depicted the twofold image of one man, that is to say the back and the front [the canons at lirey] falsely declaring and pretending that this was the actual shroud in which our saviour jesus christ was enfolded in the tomb. d arcis claimed that henry of poitiers, 30 years earlier, after diligent inquiry and examination had established that the shroud had been cunningly painted, the truth being attested by the artist. that it was a work of human skill and not miraculously wrought. and that the first exhibition by geoffrey s father had been prohibited. meanwhile, however, geoffrey

re or representation of christ s cloth, and that d arcis must keep silence in the matter under pain of excommunication. this affair has often been revived as proof that the shroud was a forgery, but the accusations of d arcis were never proved, and the original campaign against the genuineness of the shroud had started on the somewhat flimsy grounds that if such a cloth imprinted with an image of jesus christ had really existed, it would have been mentioned in the gospels, and that the exhibition at lirey was all part of a plot to hire persons for pretended miracles of healing. the statement that diligent inquiry had revealed a cunning artist remains unconvincing, since the artist was never named or punished. after the death of geoffrey ii, his widow margaret claimed that the relic had onl

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

vast libraries on which the history of the universe is recorded on crystal devices encased in magnetic fields. on occasion, a psychically sensitive individual is able to tap into these records. further reading williamson, george hunt, 1959. road in the sky. london: neville spearman. elvis as jesus in a book published in 2000, cinda godfrey concludes that elvis presley was the messiah the returned jesus christ. she writes that she began her research in 1992, determined to disprove any connection between the two, only to find mind-boggling evidence 92 elder race stephanie g. pierce, celebrity spokesminister for the 24 hour church of elvis, stands inside the church s inner sanctum (macduff everton/corbis) that the prophecies throughout the [bible] fit both elvis and jesus like a glove. among

w york: marlowe and company. wanderers wanderers are extraterrestrials who traverse the cosmos in search of what george hunt williamson calls trash can worlds in other words, backward planets such as the earth. when they find such a world, they offer their souls to the reincarnation cycle. on earth their leader was the elder brother also known as the son of thought incarnate and, in a later life, jesus christ. the elder brother came to this planet accompanied by one hundred forty-four thousand lesser avatars. over the centuries, many forgot their cosmic origins and mission, but some kept the faith. after world war ii, with the coming of flying saucers, the seeding process accelerated. a space friend told williamson, many of our people are in your world now. there are nearly ten million of

FREEMASONS SATANISM AND SYMBOLISM

who shall say how many teachings" many who are in masonry are not aware that they are lied to. finally, remember albert pike's bold assertion in morals& dogma, that "masonry is identical to the ancient mysteries" which means that all their teachings in all their books are precisely the same as the ancient, pagan, satanic mysteries [p. 624, teachings of the 28th degree] of course these top 5% call jesus christ an "inferior god" they never, ever mention him in their teachings or their rituals. this shouldn't surprise you since the pope carries a bent satanic cross as seen on another page which shames christ on the cross. freemasons used luciferic symbols within the layout of government center washington d.c. freemasons worship lucifer, the light-bearer. lucifer and satan are biblically the s

st's than that they should believe that jesus was christ [j.d. buck, mystic masonry, illinois: indo-american book co, 1913, sixth edition, p. 138] let us hear that terribly blasphemous statement again "it is far more important that men should strive to become christ's than that they should believe that jesus was christ" again we see freemasonry is revealed not to be christian. the unique deity of jesus christ is denied with the above statement. and because of this, the teachings of freemasonry qualifies as being the work of antichrist. 1 john 2:22 "who is such a liar as he who denies that jesus is the christ? he is the antichrist who habitually denies and refuses to acknowledge the father and the son. no one who habitually denies or disowns the son even has the father [parallel bible, kjv/

s of freemasonry qualifies as being the work of antichrist. 1 john 2:22 "who is such a liar as he who denies that jesus is the christ? he is the antichrist who habitually denies and refuses to acknowledge the father and the son. no one who habitually denies or disowns the son even has the father [parallel bible, kjv/amplified bible commentary] 1 john 4:3 "and every spirit that confesseth not that jesus christ is come in the flesh is not of god: and this is that spirit of antichrist" 2 john 1:7 "for many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that jesus christ is come in the flesh. this is a deceiver and an antichrist" in addition to denying that jesus is the christ come in flesh, this statement also teaches that man can save himself. obviously, freemasonry cannot be consider

is what it is called when one point is up. it "symbolizes the perfect or divine man" this quote is not from some heinous black-hooded satanist, it comes from a 33rd degree masonic author named george s coy teinmetz [freemasonry: its hidden meaning, new york, mapublishing and masonic supply company, 1948, p. 63, repeated on p. 67] as any person familiar with scripture will tell you, the gospel of jesus christ tells man boldly and clearly that no person can work themselves up to being "divine" indeed, all our effort is as "filthy rags" to jesus christ. yet, freemasonry joins all pagan groups in saying that man can become "divine" or "perfect" in another book, george returns to this theme once again, this time blaspheming an important and familiar scripture, god's own words, to be exact. lis

the son of samael, the spirit of fire. today, we find the latter among the alchemists, the hermetic philosophers, the rosicrucians and the freemasons [p. 20] hall places freemasonry among the circle of the damned- sons of cain, who rebelled against god; alchemists who are known sorcerers, black magicians, and worshippers of satan, and the rosicrucians who have so desecrated the precious cross of jesus christ with pentagrams and hexagrams as to make you sick. hall's major revelation was that freemasonry is the son of samael. being careful not to confuse samael with the beloved prophet samuel. samael is one of the infernal names of satan. in fact, house of theosophy author, writing under the influence of her demon possessing her- master d.k- identifies samael as satan [the secret doctrine

s[ magic symbols, ibid] the pagan belief in reincarnation is spoken of within these statements. this second ouroboros depicts the whole world being surrounded and controlled by the serpent. this is the way the satanist views the entire created world. the bible states that satan is the "lord of this world" is the "prince of the power of the air" and is clearly in control of this wicked world until jesus christ returns. more and more satanism is uncover as time continues. freemasonry shares the belief in the serpent symbolizing time, as the second ouroboros indicates. listen to pike explain this briefly but clearly "a serpent-ring was a well-known symbol of time" ibid, p. 497] as pike is explaining the mason's spiritual belief about the serpent, he mentions the zodiac, bees and honey. listen

mboweled? but, albert pike, the most revered 33 degree mason of all time, has more blasphemy. listen to him describe the ouroboros, the symbol of the serpent devouring his own tail "it is the body of the holy spirit, the universal agent, the serpent devouring its own tail [morals and dogma, p. 734, teachings of the 28th degree, knight of the sun, or prince adept] thus, freemasonry blasphemes both jesus christ and the holy spirit of the trinity. what did jesus christ say about this type of situation "all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the holy ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. and whosoever speaketh a word against the son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the holy ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neith

ither in this world, neither in the world to come [matthew 12:31-32] bible scholars call this sin, the unpardonable sin. congratulations, masons, you have just committed the unpardonable sin. this is very serious, because, once a person commits the unpardonable sin, the holy spirit stops working in his heart, convicting him of sin and trying to get him to ask forgiveness through the shed blood of jesus christ. thus, that person is doomed. the facts are now in: freemasonry is boldly, completely, and totally satanic "come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. for her sins have reached unto heaven, and god hath remembered her iniquities" this warning is from jesus christ himself, so you must take it very seriously, if you value yo

cal, it is blasphemous and satanic. satanists have always tried to teach a counterfeit born again experience. as an occult initiate goes through his initiation ritual, when he is pulled back to his feet, usually out of a coffin, he is said to now be born again. notice that freemasons teach that a person is born again through the masonic temple, with no mention ever being made of the shed blood of jesus christ. secondly, the masonic depiction of the pomegranate is sexually explicit in the extreme. in order to convince you of the paganism of freemasonry, i am going to depict it, below. you can see the way they have split the pomegranate, they have depicted a woman's sexual organ and both her legs [we will have the occult symbol of the pomegranate up here soon, so you can see how they have tw

d he will send these messengers f spheres to earth. then, the torch of lucifer will signal 'from heaven to earth- and the (new age) christ will answer 'from earth to heaven [occultist edourd schure, quoted by texe marrs, mystery mark of the new age, p. 240] this explanation of the symbolism of the torch is the luciferian belief that, at the battle of armageddon, lucifer and his forces will defeat jesus christ and then conquer heaven. thus, the torch signifies the belief that lucifer will ultimately defeat jesus christ. masonic author, manley p. hall, 33 degree mason, states that "the torches represent the occult arts and sciences, the doctrines and dogmas by the light of which truth is made visible [hall, freemasonry of the ancient egyptians to which is added an interpretation of the crata

lized a sexual rite. the bow of t rainbow was supposedly the phallus of the male god which descended into the kingdom of the womb, the queen or goddess. the union was said to create immense divine powers [texe marrs, mystery mark of the new age, p. 97] sex in the cross and the crown most christians would have no trouble accepting the cross and the crown symbol here. after all, our savior and lord jesus christ received his crown in heaven after he suffered the agony of the cross. however, freemasons have just a little bit more on their minds than this; they have a whole lot of sex on their brains. in the masonic report, we make this discovery: question: what does masonry's emblem of the 'cross and crown' actually symbolize" answer "the 'cross' of freemasonry is a philosophical cross, accord

hallus, and the matrix of womb of nature, the female producing principle [female vulva, by the horizontal shaft. the philosophy of the masonic cross is totally phallic. the 'crown' of this masonic emblem is also phallic, it being the first emanation of the cabalistic sephiroth [c.f. mcquaig, the masonic report, norcross, georgia, answer books and tapes, 1976, p. 34] masons have taken the cross of jesus christ and turned it into a phallic symbol. how dare they take the crown of jesus christ and turn it into a phallic symbol? actually, the cross was made to be representative of the entire sex act- heterosexual intercourse- by pretending the perpendicular staff to be the phallus and the horizontal bar be the female sex organ! one side issue that this quote settles is that this official masoni

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gand the angel of the lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire, out of the midst of a bush. h 9 then he conversed with god, who revealed himself to be the secret jehovah; and on his return to egypt such was his power that not only did he to all intents and purposes found the jewish religion, but he succeeded in turning egyptian society upside down. st. paul journeying to damascus saw a vision of jesus christ, was filled with the holy ghost, and retired into the desert of arabia, and on his return he began to undermine the power of rome and more than any other man founded christianity. simon ben yohai, the traditional composer of the zohar, retired with his son to a cave and as legend affirms gsat in the sand up to their necks h for twelve or thirteen years gstudying the law h. 10 also ram

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

ines, whither they went to pay homage to the male emblem of generation, thereby hoping to be honored as a mai or mary. on the wall of the temple at luxor are a series of sculptures "in which the miraculous annunciation, conception, birth, and adoration of amunoph iii, the son of the virgin queen mautmes, is represented in a manner similar to what is described in st. luke's gospel (ch. 1 and 2) of jesus christ, the son of the virgin mary, and which is found also in the gospel of st. matthew (ch. 1) as an addition not met with in the earliest manuscripts"[130] which fact has caused sharpe, from whom the above is quoted, to suggest that both accounts may have been of egyptian origin [130] barlow, symbolism, p. 127. the titles "lamb "anointed" etc, which were applied to christ, all appear atta

of the prophecy which their sect of israelites found in their writings, and who had been put to death by the jews. from all these circumstances he came to have applied to him the monogram of i h s. and to him at last all the legendary stories related of the god iao were attributed"[131 [131] godfrey higgins, anacalypsis, book vi, ch. iv, p. 455. according to faber, jesus was not originally called jesus christ, but jescua hammassiah--jescua meaning joshua, and jesus, savior. ham is the om of india, and messiah, the anointed. commenting on this higgins remarks "it will then be, the savior om the anointed, precisely as isaiah had literally foretold; or reading in the hebrew made, the anointed om the savior. this was the name of jesus of bethlehem" we have observed the fact that at the time of

neously from the rugged oak. the universal globe shall enjoy the blessings of peace, secure under the mild sway of its new and divine sovereign" there is no lack of evidence to prove that for several centuries great numbers of christians regarded christ as a solar incarnation similar to those which from time to time were born in the valleys of the nile and the ganges. by the fathers in the church jesus christ was named the new sun, and in the early days of christianity the egyptians struck a coin representing o. b. or the holy basilisk, with rays of light darting from his head, on the reverse side of which was figured "jesus christ as the new solar deity" the similarity if not the actual identity of the religion of christ and that of the pagans in the second century is shown by various wri

e returning to their god, as a free-will gift that which he had bestowed, such sacrifice being regarded as the only acceptable means of grace or reconciliation. that the offering of a victim to the jewish god was deemed necessary to the fulfilment of christian doctrine is a fact which is clearly shown by numerous passages in the new testament "we are sanctified through the offering of the body of jesus christ once for all "by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified"[168 "christ was once offered to bear the sins of many"[169 [168] hebrews, x, 10, 14 [169] ibid, ix, 28. that the jewish paschal feasts and the eucharistic rites of christians had their counterpart among the mexicans is observed in the fact that shortly after the death of their god, cakes which had been p

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godname;jehovah, but to the kabalist was not the jealous god of the jewish nation,buta glyph of the divine creative forces which emanate from the highest god ideal, yet unmanifested and certainly not individualised. as to the tenets of the order then.thefamabegins with a tribute to the mercy and goodness of the wise and merciful god, by which a more perfect knowledge of two subjects is obtained- jesus christ and nature, note these two- as of equal importance. god is then thanked for the raising of some men who are able to bring arts to perfection; and then finally that man might understand his own nobleness and worth, and why he is called microcosmos- that is, i take it, man's unlimited range of improvement and that he is a mirrored reflection of the macrocosm, the divine universe of mani

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one of these orders, in particular, was different from the others. it underwent a transformation that would influence the course of history. this order was the templars. df from the templars to ancient egypt the crusaders wreaked havoc in jerusalem. the mediaeval engraving shown above depicts certain scenes of the horror. the templars the templars, or, their full name, the poor fellow-soldiers of jesus christ and the temple of solomon, was formed in 1118, that is, 20 years after the crusaders took jerusalem. the founders of the order were two french knights, hugh de payens and godfrey de st. omer. at first there were 9 members, but the order steadily grew. the reason they named themselves after the temple of solomon was because the place they had chosen as a base was the temple mount where

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ions (such as those of eleusis and mithra) into one coherent system. the iconography of judaism played a small part but was insignificant in comparison to, for example, the greek mystery cult tradition. to understand this nexus of the gnosis we really need to jettison the old model which sees gnosticism as a jewish or christian heresy. as has been documented in such texts as the jesus mystery and jesus christ, sun of god+ it is more likely that rabbinic judaism and christianity are pagan and gnostic heresies! while there may be vigorous complaints and denials it is now even well known that so-called jewish kabbalah primarily derived from a reworking of neo platonic mysticism which into jewish religious language. these teachings, however, did not remain available forever. as society changed

ed christ as an eternal, celestial power, the logos with which it is possible to have an intimate, personal relation, since our higher consciousness is made in its image. for this reason, gnostics stressed the experience union with the divine and showed little interest in the historical jesus, whom it has always been impossible to know in a concrete sense or even accurately in a historical sense. jesus christ, sun of god. david fideler, quest books. 1993. the state of christhood is a state to which all of us must aim, it is the state by which we return to the pleroma. the logos and sophia are energy fields emanating into the lower worlds and if permitted will transform us into immortal beings. this teaching is the solar tradition and is central to our understanding of the gnosis. the gnost

ns 2;2, the fellowship of the mystery (ephesians 3;9) and so on. paul tells us in ephesians 3:9 that the mystery had been hid in god and that it had been a secret from the beginning of the world. the mystery which has been hid from ages and from generations, but now made manifest to his saints. ephesians 1:26 now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of jesus christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, but now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting god, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith. romans 16:25,6 this mystery is the opportunity for the deification of man. it is the secret whereby man may become part deifi

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

allen forces this is self perpetuating, as more light is received, the chakras are further developed and more light is received again. the seven churches or chakras hence form a central aspect of the spiritual practice of transfiguration. the mystery of the seven churches these seven are the eyes of the lord, which range throughout the earth. zechariah 4:10 the seven churches of the revelation of jesus christ to st. john have many meanings. in keeping with multiple levels of interpretation the churches can be understood as messages relating to historical churches of the period, messages gnostic theurgy page 75 characteristics of the seven churches and chakras church. location. meaning of name church of ephesus. base centre. desirable. church of smyrna. sacral centre. sweet-smelling. church

represents a mathematical and geometrical way to understand the formation of the universe. since the universe has been formed by emanation, stepping down from one level to another, then some framework is needed to comprehend the process. we can deduce this mathematical mysticism in the works of pythagoras and many of the greek school as well as in the earliest christian and gnostic traditions. in jesus christ, sun of gnostic theurgy page 91 god (david fideler, quest books 1993) for example, we have an outline of the secret numerical codes found in the new testament. in the works of valentinus, the master gnostic, we have an outline of the formation of the universe as a mathematical sequence. valentinus outlined a meticulous system which charted the movement from divine depth, to the dyad o

venly father and what has been destroyed by sinners, but i have recommended the purification gnostic theurgy page 200 of all stain from the heart, for that is the veritable temple of god. as to the laws of mossa, i have striven to re-establish them in the hearts of men, and i say to you, that you are in ignorance of their true meaning. the life of saint issa, chapter 10:19-21. the unknown life of jesus christ, nicholas notovitch. tree of life publications, usa. in regards to jesus travels to britain the details are sketchy but reliable. the evidence suggests that israel was more of a cosmopolitan region than many scholars have realised. it had links with many peoples and many cultures. joseph of arimathea was a very rich man and it is now believed he bought and traded tin as well as other

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pposite side of the arm elements. the rose is a perfect symbol. the hermetic rose is a fitting symbol of the entire, manifested universe. in another adept manuscript, we will cover the proper method of extracting sigils from the rose. it is a perfect emblem to extract sigils in that it represents the entire universe. back of the rose cross lamen the back bears the inscription in latin "the master jesus christ, god and man" this is written between four maltese crosses which allude to the exploding or 5 manifesting outwards of the four elements. the adept should place this on the top arm because it affirms the decent of the divine will into trapt. trapt alludes to the heart center on the body, the place where the rose cross lamen rests when worn. the lowest portion is written the name or mot

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e between me and you. i now declare this temple and rite duly closed" step 34 knock/ bellorfama fraternitatis of the meritorious order of the rosy cross r. r. e t a. c. z e l a t o r a d e p t u s m i n o r 2 seeing the only wise and merciful god in these latter days hath poured out so richly his mercy and goodness to mankind, whereby we do attain more and more to the perfect knowledge of his son jesus christ and of nature, that justly we may boast of the happy time wherein there is not only discovered unto us the half part of the world, which was hitherto unknown and hidden, but he hath also made manifest unto us many wonderful and never-heretofore seen works and creatures of nature, and, moreover, hath raised men, indued with great wisdom, which might partly renew and reduce all arts (in

beginning of our philosophical canons, prescribed to us by our brother r.c, and be partakers with us of our treasures (which never can fail or be wasted) in all humility and love, to be eased of this world's labours, and not walk so blindly in the knowledge of the wonderful works of god. but that also every christian may know of what religion and belief we are, we confess to have the knowledge of jesus christ (as the same now in these last days, and chiefly in germany, most clear and pure is professed, and is nowadays cleansed 10 and void of all swerving people, heretics, and false prophets, in certain and noted countries maintained, defended, and propagated. also we use two sacraments, as they are instituted with all forms and ceremonies of the first and renewed church. in politia we ackn

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of the ungodly that which will augment their sins and their punishments. although we believe ourselves to have sufficiently unfolded to you in the fama the nature of our order, wherein we follow the will of our most excellent father, nor can by any be suspected of heresy, nor of any attempt against the commonwealth, we hereby do condemn the east and the west for their blasphemies against our lord jesus christ, and offer to the chief head of the roman empire our prayers, secrets, and great treasures of gold. yet we have thought good for the sake of the learned to add somewhat more to this, and make a better explanation, if there be anything too deep, hidden, and set down over dark, in the fama, or for certain reasons altogether omitted, whereby we hope the learned will be more addicted unto

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en according to orthodox historical chronology these crosses were not less than 1500 years old. in other words, they had been carved here, by a people with absolutely no knowledge of christianity, a full millennium before the arrival of the first spanish missionaries on the altiplano. where, come to that, had the christians obtained their crosses? not only from the shape of the structure to which jesus christ was nailed, i thought, but from some much older source as well. hadn t the ancient egyptians, for example, used a hieroglyph very like a cross (the ankh, or crux ansata) to symbolize life. the breath of life. eternal life itself?8 had that symbol originated in egypt, or had it perhaps occurred elsewhere, earlier still? with such ideas chasing one another around my head, i walked slowl

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make my humble prayer and supplication unto thee. i confess unto thee o lord thou hast justly punished me for my manifold sins and offences but thou hast promised at what time soever a sinner doth repent of his sins and wickedness thou wilt pardon and forgive him and turn away the remembrance of them from before thy face. purge me therefore o lord and wash me from all my offences in the blood of jesus christ that, being pure and clothed in the vestments of sanctity, i may the secret grimoire bring this work to perfection, through jesus our lord who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the holy ghost. amen. sprinkle thyself with holy water and say asperges me domine hysope, et mundabor. lavabis me et super nivem dealbabor. hail o mighty god, for in thy power alone abideth the key

ng: o god who by the breath of thy nostrils framed heaven and earth and wonderfully disposed all things therein in six days, grant that this now brought to perfection by thine unworthy servant may be by thee blessed and receive divine virtue, power and jnfluence from thee that every thing therein contained may fully operate according to the hope and confidence of me thine tmworthy servant through jesus christ our lord and saviour. amen. the blessing of the light i bless thee in the name of the father. o holy, holy lord, god, heaven and earth are fuil of thy glory before whose face there is a bright shining light forever; bless now, o lord, i beseech thee, these creatures of light which thou hast given for the kindly use of man that they, by thee being sanctif ed, may not be put out or exti

, asperges me, etc. consecration of the sword: o great god who art the god of strength and fortitude and greatly to be feared, bless o lord, this instrument that it may be a terror unto the enemy, and therewith i may fight with and overcome all phantasms and oppositions of the enemy, through the influence and help of thy most holy mighty name, on, st. the secret grimoire agla, and in the cross of jesus christ our only lord. amen. be thou blessed and consecrated in the name of the father, son, and holy ghost. asperges me, etc. benediction of the lamens (symbois. circles: o god thou god of my salvation i call upon thee by the mysteries of thy most holy name, on, st. agla, i worship and beseech thee by thy names el, elohim, elohe, zebaoth, and by thy mighty name tetragrammaton, saday, that th

enediction of the lamens (symbois. circles: o god thou god of my salvation i call upon thee by the mysteries of thy most holy name, on, st. agla, i worship and beseech thee by thy names el, elohim, elohe, zebaoth, and by thy mighty name tetragrammaton, saday, that thou wilt be seen in the power and force of these thy most holy names so written filling them with divine virtue and influence through jesus christ our lord. benediction of the pentacles: eternal god which, by thy holy wisdom, hast caused great power and virtue to lie hidden in the characters and holy writings of thy spirits and angels, and hast given unto man that with them, faithfully used, power thereby to work many things; bless these, o lord, framed and written by the hand of me thine unworthy servant that being filled with

den in the characters and holy writings of thy spirits and angels, and hast given unto man that with them, faithfully used, power thereby to work many things; bless these, o lord, framed and written by the hand of me thine unworthy servant that being filled with divine virtue and influence by thy commands, o most holy god, they may shew forth their virtue and power to thy praise and glory through jesus christ our lord. amen. i bless and consecrate you in the name of the father, the son, and the holy ghost, the god of abraham, isaac, and jacob. asperges me, etc. amen. benediction of the garment o holy, blessed and eternal lord god who art the god of purity and delightest that our souls should appear before thee in clean and pure and undefiled vestments being cleansed, blessed, and consecrat

holy, blessed and eternal lord god who art the god of purity and delightest that our souls should appear before thee in clean and pure and undefiled vestments being cleansed, blessed, and consecrated by thee, i may put them on, being therewith clothed i may be whiter than snow both in soul and body in thy presence this day, in and through the ment, death, and passion of our onty lord and saviour jesus christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the holy spirit, ever one god, world without end. the god of abraham, isaac and jacob bless thee, purge thee, and make thee pure, and be thou clean in the name of the father, son and holy ghost. amen. the secret grimoire in this thy holy sign o god, fear no evil. by thy holy power, and by this thy holy sign all evil doth flee. by thy

sign all evil doth flee. by thy holy name and thy power which secret was revealed to moses, through the holy names written in this book, depart far from me all ye workers of iniquity. bless, o lord, i beseech thee, this place and drive away all evil and wickedness far from it. sanctify and make it become meet and convenient for thy servant to finish and bring to pass therein his desires, through jesus christ our lord, amen. be thou blessed and purified in the name of the father, son, ami holy ghost. amen. benediction of the perfumes: the god of abraham, the god of isaac, the god of jacob, bless here the creatures of these kinds that they may give forth the power of their odours so that neither the enemy nor any false imaginaions may be able to enter into them, through our lord jesus chris

o thou creature of fire, by him by whom all things are made, that forthwith thou wilt cast away every phantasm from thee that it shall not be able to do any hurt in any thing. bless, o lord, this creature of fire and sanctify it, that it may be biessed to set forth the praise of thy holy name that no hurt the secret grimoire may be able to come unto me, through the virtue and defence of our lord jesus christ. amen. the secret grimoire invocation for sunday (sol: come, heavenly spirits who have the effulgent rays of the sun, luminous spirits who are ready to obey the power of the great tetragrammaton, come and assist me in the operation that i am making under the auspices of the grand light of day whicb the eternal creator hath formed for the use of universal nature. i invoke you for these

wash me iii the blood of our saviour, from al! my sins and frailties, and that thou wilt henceforward vouchsafe to keep and defend me from pride, lusts, cursing, blasphemy, unfaithfulness, and al! other deadly sins and enormous offences, profaneness and spiritual wickedness; but that i may lead a godhy, saber, faithfuh, constant and pure hife, waiking uprightly in thy sight, through the merits of jesus christ, thy son, our lord and sav our. omnipotent and eternal lord god who sittest in heaven and dost from thence behoid alt the dwehlers upon earth, most mercifully i beseech thee to hear and the secret grimoire answer the petition of thine unworthy servant, which i shali make unto thee at this time, through jesus christ our lord, who hiveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of thy holy s

man, i earnestly beseech thee that thou wouldst send one of thy spirits of the orden of jupiter, one of the messengers of sachiel whom thou hast appointed presiding spirit of thy firmament at this time, most faithfully, willingly to show unto me those things which i shall demand or require of him, and truly execute my desires. nevertheless, o most holy god, thy will and not mine be done, through jesus christ our lord. amen. the secret grimoire invocation :i i call upon thee, sachiel, castiel, and asasie, in the name of the father, and of the son, and of the holy ghost, blessed trinity, inseparable unity, i invoke and entreat thee, sachiel, castiel, and asasiel, in this hour to attend to the words and conjurations which i shall use by the holy names of god, el, elohim, elohe, eeoba, sabaot

to me in form of a beautiful angel clothed in white vestures, gently, courteously, kindly, and affably entering into communication with me, and that he neither bring terror nor fear unto me, or obstinately deny my requests, neither permitting any evil spirits to appear or approach in any way to hurt, terrify, or affright me, nor deceiving me in any wise; through the virtue of our lord and saviour jesus christ, in whose name i attend, waiting for and expecting your appearance. fiat, fiat, fiat. amen. interrogations: comest thou in peace, in the name of the father, and of the son, and of thc holy ghost yes. thou art welcome, noble spirit. what is thy name? turiel. i have called thee here, turiel, in the name of jesus of nazareth, at whose name every knee doth bow, both of things in heaven, e

hereunto by the creator of all things visible and invisible, do swear and promise, and plighting faith and troth unto thee in the presence, by, and before the great lord of heaven and the whole company of heaven, by all the holy names of god, do swear and bind myself unto thee, by all the contents of god s sacred writ, by the incarnation, death and passion, resurrection, and glorious ascension of jesus christ, by all the holy sacraments, by the mercy of god, by the glory and eyes of heaven, by the forgiveness of sin, and hope of eternal salvation, by the great day of doom, by all the angels and archangels, seraphim, cherubim, dominations, thrones, principalities, powers, and virtues, patriarchs, prophets, saints, martyrs, innocents, and all others of the blessed and glorious company of hea

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ergo a long-purificationinthe 'waste and desert hades, by enduring the deprivation of all that is dear to them,and of every enjoyment, whilst longing most painfully after that earthly life whichhasfor ever fled, and thus be gradually prepared for thelowestdegree of bliss. 37.thesouls of true christians, that have trodden the path of sanctification, and who expired in the exercise of true faith in jesus christ, in the grace of his atonement, and in complete renunciation of everything earthly, are received immediately on awaking from the sleep of death,byangels without delay, conducted upwards to the pure regions oflight, where they enjoy the fulnessofbliss.doctrines such as these may have been a pleasant contempla255 tion for a steadfast lutheran, as jung undoubtedly was, but would afford c

favoured me with, and the response given by the c. a. in answerthereto,-thefirst i hope of a long series. i have had some very curious communications lately, and so soon as i have written up my minutes, iwillforward them for your perusal. i am, dear sir, yours faithfully, robert owen, esq.f.h.180therosicrucianseerenlightened him upon the subject of the atonement and redemption of mankind through jesus christ?c.a.-hisbeliefissomuch nearer to the right path, than it was at first, that i firmly believe the time will come when he will be thoroughly convincedofall the true doctrines of christianity.4.-theanswer you have given me as to this spiritual vision is so surprising, that i beg you will give me some further explanation or reason for its appearance.c.a.-greatpurposes are used to meet gre

is fellow-men, when he was as pure in spirit as he is now, would assuredly guide right at last the man who in so many instances had followed in his path. on tuesday the] inst, i read the question and answer, page 8, appendix a, and requested thec.a.'s view of it. c.a.-iwishithad not been written; but as it is done, i do not wishitto be altered. i am not sure that communication was receivedrightly,jesus christ is the messiah, or rather will be at the second coming. heisthe regenerator of mankind, because through him all have life everlasting.hisinfluence was there; his knowledge and part of his spirit was there; together they formed a spiritual body representing him. all persons who believe in the divinity of christ, believe that he is an all-pervading influence, and that his spirit enters

f.h.croydon 23january 1855mydear sir,i am favoured with the proofs of the appendices a. and b. of your forthcoming part 6. were i to presume to criticise either the questions or the answers contained in appendix a, simply because they are opposed to the views stated in appendixb.,it would on my part be an unwarrantable impertinence; still i cannot but think it is to be regretted that the name of jesus christ should be thus inserted without any comment or qualification upon the simple announcement of an invisible255 spirit rapper, inasmuch asitis a needless and profitless shock to the feelings and opinions of your christian readers and well-wishers. upon receipt of your letter of the 16th november last, i stated to the c.a.-i.-mrowen informs me by letter that at a recentseancethe presence

us christ should be thus inserted without any comment or qualification upon the simple announcement of an invisible255 spirit rapper, inasmuch asitis a needless and profitless shock to the feelings and opinions of your christian readers and well-wishers. upon receipt of your letter of the 16th november last, i stated to the c.a.-i.-mrowen informs me by letter that at a recentseancethe presence of jesus christ was announced. now although we are told by jesus himself (matt. 18 v. 20 'where two or three are gathered togetherin11v'name,there am i in the midst ofthem'-yetthe present statement being repugnant to my feelings andbelief,-mayi ask ifitis possible that any spirit can assume his name and appearance?c.a.-avision of him appeared to swedenborg,-and mr owen is as great as he.2.-whenyou sa

lvation, and happiness of the very worst of all, the saviour died upon the cross. he was the essence of thefather,-thespirit of thefather,-onewithhimself,-sentby him on earth amongst men in their own form, to enlighten them according to his word.thebody was sacrificed for their sins, and the spirit again returned to be oneasbefore. proposition6-'menare saved by the favour of god, through faith in jesus christ; and those dying out of his favour and faith are heirs of eternal death by inheritance from the original progenitors of the race, and remain to all eternity in the torments of hell.'c.a.-asall men are born sinful; it is by the mercy of god that they are saved. he showeth that mercy to those that seek it. but through the intercession of his son he also showeth his loving kindness to th

hy, to offer some remarks, obtained by spiritual communica255 tion, upon the theorems contained in your two papers, marked a. andb,-inthe hope that yourself and friends 'being actuated, so far as you can discover your own minds, by a desire for truth' may be led seriously and carefully to sift the pure christian precepts of the new testament, and its substantial principle of the atonement through jesus christ, from the dogmas and practices of its professed disciples, and more especially its mammon-loving priests, and may thereby be enabled to guard yourselves from the irremediable evils into which you may otherwise be led by acorrespondencewithrobertowen163however shortitmay be, let it be earnest, straightforward, and something that will compel them to answer 'select anything that i have g

hand to savethem-godwould not punish that man everlastingly. in any part of his life while upon earth and before his ascension he did not lose the form and the feelings of the humanbody-hewas then the son ofman-hecould not live forty days and forty nights without any sustenance. he did not fast during thattime-heonly took what was necessary to keep the body animated. without losing consciousness jesus christ was tempted, as many others have been, tosin-fora moment he felt inclined to abandon his object, but the thought of man's salvation and theexcerptsfromthecrystalmssi173. i believe a man is rewarded or punished according to his merits or demerits on earth.thatno punishment however great while it lasts is everlasting, but punishment for all sins is shortened and finally ended through th

s tempted, as many others have been, tosin-fora moment he felt inclined to abandon his object, but the thought of man's salvation and theexcerptsfromthecrystalmssi173. i believe a man is rewarded or punished according to his merits or demerits on earth.thatno punishment however great while it lasts is everlasting, but punishment for all sins is shortened and finally ended through the mediation of jesus christ, and for the roman catholics through the blessed virgin. christ's death upon the cross and his death only is the means by which mankind isfinallysaved from destruc255 tion. 4. i believe that it is wrong totryto reveal those secrets of futurity which are purposely hidden from man's know255ledge-allvisible spiritual communications areungodly255and that evil spirits only use the means to

hidden from man's know255ledge-allvisible spiritual communications areungodly255and that evil spirits only use the means to deceive man.thatspiritual knowledge which inducesmanto seek for truth and reveals [blank] opinions which coincide with those given in the word of god is right and the true way of divining. 5. and finallyto state my opinion that the millennium is near at hand, that after that jesus christ will appear to those upon earth and the day of judgement is at hand.theblessing of one religion will then reign in theworld-allwill be unity, peace and concord and ready to receive the blessed saviour. his coming will truly as said in isaiah 'shake the nations of the earth. now instead of the belief used by the church of england i would substitute this one forit.there is one god the e

tin religion alone but in humanity a christian and in charity a christian. i am directed by the c.a. to show you my opinion and firm belief on the essential subject of salvation.i.thebeliefs and sentiments of lero].2.i believe in three persons and one god, father, son and holy ghost, i recognise the father as creator and sole director of the universe and all the elements it contains. but his son, jesus christ, is the one most essentially necessary for the salvation of mankind.theholy ghost the comfor255ter-thespirit emanating from the two combined who together with them form the supreme being.excerptsfrom thecrystalmssii5god, angels, or man should in the least relieve them from these frightful torments. death is the transition from the corporeal to the spiritual state, but in passing from

power in the characters and other holy writings of thy spirits and hast given unto them that useth them faithfully, power thereby to work many things. bless now 0 lord this crystal formed, framed, and written by the hand of thine unworthy servant, that being filled with divine virtue and influence by thy command 0 most holy goditmay show forth its virtue and power to thy praise and glory through jesus christ our lord, amen (thensay)i bless and consecrate this crystal in the name of the father, and of the son, and of the holy ghost.inconsecrating all the instruments &c necessary in thisart,the invocant must repeat the ceremonies &c while placing his hands upon the different articles with his face turned towards the east, having done that, he may then place before the circle the table with

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

g the same in the prologue of the gospel according to st. john, he very properly supposed that the purpose of jesus was to restore the great doctrine of wisdom in its primitive integrity. the narratives of the bible and the stories of the gods he considered to be allegories illustrative of the truth, or else fables to be rejected. as says the edinburgh encyclopedia: moreover, he acknowledged that jesus christ was an excellent man and the "friend of god" but alleged that it was not his design entirely to abolish the worship of demons (gods, and that his only intention was to purify the page 7 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt ancient religion -ooo- the wisdom-religion, esoteric in all ages q. since ammonius never committed anything to writing, how can one feel sure that such were his t

y jesus with the universal deity, there would be something too absurdly illogical in the inevitable conclusion that he, the "very god himself" prayed to himself, and separated the will of that god from his own! q. one argument more; an argument, moreover, much used by some christians. they say, i feel that i am not able to conquer any passions and weaknesses in my own strength. but when i pray to jesus christ i feel that he gives me strength and that in his power i am able to conquer. a. no wonder. if "christ jesus" is god, and one independent and separate from him who prays, of course everything is, and must be possible to "a mighty god" but, then, where's the merit, or justice either, of such a conquest? why should the pseudo-conqueror be rewarded for something done which has cost him on

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y, thou shalt purge me with hysop (o lord) and i shall be clean: thou shalt wash me, and i shall be whiter then snow. the benediction of perfumes. the god of abraham, god of isaac, god of jacob, bless here the creatures of these kindes, that they may fill up the power and vertue of their odours; so that neither the enemy, nor any false imagination, may be able to enter into them: through our lord jesus christ &c. then let them be sprinkled with holy water. the exorcisme of the fire upon which the perfumes are to be put. the fire which is to be used for suffumigations, is to be in a new vessel of earth or iron; and let it be exorcised after this manner. i exorcise thee, o thou creature of fire, by him by whom all things are made, that forthwith thou cast away every phantasme from thee, that

anner. i exorcise thee, o thou creature of fire, by him by whom all things are made, that forthwith thou cast away every phantasme from thee, that it shall not be able to do any hurt in any thing. then say, bless, o lord, this creature of fire, and sanctifie it, that it may be blessed to set forth the praise of thy holy name, that no hurt may come to the exorcisers or spectators: through our lord jesus christ &c. the sun. the moon. abragini. matasignais. the sun. the moon. commutaff. affaterim. heptameron 5 of the garment and pentacle. let it be a priests garment, if it can be had, let it be of linen, and clean. then take this pentacle made in the day and hour of mercury, the moon increasing, written in parchment made of a kids skin. but first let there be said over it the mass of the holy

INITIATION INTO HERMETICS

during your meal. it is most advantageous to foster the same desire in breathing as well as in eating to avoid any opposite vibration or emanations in your body. remember the proverb: he who chases two hares at the same time will never catch one. whoever in the conscious reception of food takes example in the eucharistic mystery, will find an analogy to it here, and remember the words of our lord jesus christ: take and eat, for this is my flesh; take and drink, for this is my blood; he will seize their true and primary meaning. 4. the magic of water water plays one of the most important parts, not only in daily life, being absolutely indispensable for drinking, preparing food, washing, producing steam in factories, etc, but also in our magic development; the water element may prove to be a

t accepts your own radiation of vital power, conveys it to the blood, and will bring about a complete recovery. here also you will have to concentrate on the wish that the force inhaled by the patient should keep on working positively in him. this has been an example of vital force transference from the magician s to another s body by breathing. we can rely on the word of the bible, when our lord jesus christ was touched by a sick woman in the hope of recovery. our lord felt the diminution of his vital power and he remarked to his disciples, i have been touched! working with vital power and magnetism, one has to consider time and space. with a view to this fact, i have quoted several examples concerning the treatment of diseases, and i could still mention quite a number of methods for trea

pping a piece of litmus paper into the prepared water. if the water has been impregnated thoroughly, one will detect an acid reaction with the litmus paper when the active elements of fire and air are concerned, while the reaction will be alkaline in the case of water and earth. who would not be reminded of the wedding at kanaa where our lord transformed water into wine? only such a high adept as jesus christ could accomplish this miracle, not by influence of the elements from the outside, but by mastering the akasa principle of the water being transformed from the inside. at this point i shall finish the mastering of the elements as far as the magical training of the soul in step iv is concerned. nobody is expected to advance before he has worked thoroughly through all the tasks and exerc

ect this lawfulness regarding the universal laws, and he did observe it, since the conception of god has to be interpreted as an outcome of this universal lawfulness. whichever spiritual group the would-be magician belongs to, whatever his creed or path to initiation may be, without exception he has to respect this universal lawfulness in his conception of god. the christian will worship our lord jesus christ as his highest ideal, attributing to him the four fundamental qualities or basic aspects that are manifest in the omnipresence. these fundamental qualities are: omnipotence, omniscience or wisdom, all-love or charity, and immortality. the magician will not regard his christ as a manifestation endowed with only one quality, but regarding the universal laws in analogy to the four elemen

netic volt. there are some more methods, but all of them are based on the willpower and the respective imagination, and the magician can determine them after his own free will. the fact that a magician can change fate, wiping out its cause and with it the sins as well (sins so far as regarded in the religious way, for sins are nothing but moral views of religions) has been pointed out by our lord jesus christ when he said, to whom i forgave the sins, they will be forgiven forever. 10. long-distance impregnation of rooms previously i discussed the impregnation of a room in which the magician himself happens to be, and i also recommended several implements such as the magic mirror combined with a fluid condenser. one fact i did not mention till now is that the magician also can impregnate a

middle of winter. this experiment is known as tumo in tibet. any kind of combustible material can be ignited with the outward-projected fire element. the bible describes similar occurrences where stakes soaked with water were set on fire by means of the fire element. there is no doubt that a plant, for example a tree, can be made to die through the projection of the fire element. did not our lord jesus christ make the leaves of a fig tree dry up to demonstrate his power? he considered the same law, performing the projection with the help of a magic word quabbalah that indirectly caused the fire element to carry out his command. backed by the universal laws respecting the mastery of the elements, the perfect magician will bring about a number of other magic performances with the aid of the

pth. condensing the magnetic fluid more and more, he can raise his body into the air at will, and by means of the air element or the self-produced movement of the air, he can be carried in any direction. the speed of transport in the air depends entirely on his will. many of the yogis possess a remarkable ability in mastering these levitation phenomena, and even in the bible we read that our lord jesus christ walked on the surface of the sea. considering what has been said heretofore, it seems quite evident that objects or even people who are not magically trained can be carried away by the magician by this method if he wishes to do so. the accumulation of the necessary magnetic fluid can be performed by the magically trained imagination or with the help of some other practices such as qua

e anyone. whosoever seeks god, and whatever may be the way he chooses to lead him toward this goal, shall be paid his due respect. it is a pity but also the truth that the clergy, theosophists, spiritualists or whatever they are called are antagonistically inclined just as if only their chosen path leads to god. all men seeking this path to, and union with, god should always remember the words of jesus christ, the great master of the mystics who said, love thy neighbor as thyself. this sentence ought to be a sacred command to any seeker of illumination on this spiritual path. many of the beings who had to leave our material world and who had no opportunity at all on this planet to attain the true cognition in the spirit complained in the higher spheres about the fact that the true knowledg

IRISH WITCHCRAFT AND DEMONOLOGY

learnt all her knowledge, and that there was no one in the world more skilful than she. she also stated that william outlawe deserved death as much as she, for he was privy to their sorceries, and for a year and p. 39 a day had worn the devil's girdle 1 round his body. when rifling dame alice's house there was found "a wafer of sacramental bread, having the devil's name stamped thereon instead of jesus christ, and a pipe of ointment wherewith she greased a staffe, upon which she ambled and galloped through thicke and thin, when and in what manner she listed" petronilla was accordingly condemned to be burnt alive, and the execution of this sentence took place with all due solemnity in kilkenny on 3rd november 1324, which according to clyn fell on a sunday. this was the first instance of the

ell as for rejecting the authority of the holy see. 2 in 1335 pope benedict xii wrote a letter to king edward iii, in which occurs the following passage "it has come to our knowledge that while our venerable brother, richard, bishop of ossory, was visiting his diocese, there appeared in the midst of his catholic people men who were heretics together with their abettors, some of whom asserted that jesus christ was a mere man and a sinner, and was justly crucified for his own sins; others after having done homage and offered sacrifice to demons, thought otherwise of p. 49 the sacrament of the body of christ than the catholic church teaches, saying that the same venerable sacrament is by no means to be worshipped; and also asserting that they are not bound to obey or believe the decrees, decr

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r creator? how will they account for this long persecution of those who were the true followers of the grand megahstor, the supreme great master of the rosicrucians, the rirst of masons "for he is the builder and architect of the temple (rf the universe; he is the verbum sapienii "every one knows" wrote the great manichaean of the third cen- tury, faustus "that the evai^eb were written neither hy jesus christ, 64 "hie altogether mystic ccdoring (rf chrisuajiity harmotuzed with the eweme rule* of life mtd opinion, and it it not improbable that jcsiu and john the baptift were in- itiated inta the eaietie mfstcriea, to which chriitionity may be indd>ted for many a form of eipmsuod; m indeed the community of therapeutae, an offnring ol the ewe n e order, aood bekmged wholly to cbriitianity (i

language modeled upon a belief in the divinity of christ is, with the ex- cation of a stray expression here and there, identical with the catholic ritual* the latter however makes one improvement, for the original- ity of which the church should be allowed all credit. certwnly nothing so fantastical could be found in a ritual of magic" give place" it says, apostrophizingthe 'demon'"give place to jesus christ .ihoujuthy, tiinkitig, and ferocious beast. dost thou rebel? listen and tremble, satan; enemy of the faith, enemy of the human race, introducer of death. root of all evil, promoter of vice, soul of envy, origin of avarice, cause of discord, prince of homicide, whom god curses; author of incest and sacrilege, inventor of all obscenity, professor of the most detestable actions, and qran

of death. root of all evil, promoter of vice, soul of envy, origin of avarice, cause of discord, prince of homicide, whom god curses; author of incest and sacrilege, inventor of all obscenity, professor of the most detestable actions, and qrand master of heretics [doetor kaa^eiieorumf] what. dost thou still stand? dost dare to resist, and thou knowest that christ our lord is coming. give place to jesus christ, give place to the holy ghost, which by his blessed apostle peter has sung thee down before the public, in the person of simon the magician" te manifede atramt in simone mo* after such a shower of abuse no devil having the slightest feeling of self-respect could remain in such company; unless indeed he should chance to be an italian liberal, or king victor emmanuel himself; both of wh

petfr follows everywhere for the purpoae oaaldng and confuting him (foe. cit. and if so, then we must believe that it t. psut who broke both lus legs in rome when bying in the air. 368. supenatur^ reugum, part ii, vii? digilizocb, google jesus ignores jehovah 163 balvation to all. the mission of jesus according to mardon was to abrogate the jewish 'lord' who "was opposed to the god and father of jesus christ as matter is to spirit, impurity to purity* was m&tcion so far wrong? was it blasphemy, or was it intuition, divine inspiration in him to express that which every honest heart yeank- ing for truth more or less feels and acknowledges? if in his sincere desire to estabush a purely spiritual religion, a universal faith based on unadulterated truth, he found it necessary to make of christ

ws. where was the truth? where the inspired word of godp on the one hand, as we have seen, they heard the apostle paul explaining that of the two covenants "which things are an alle- gory" the old one from mount sinai "which gendereth unto bondage" was agar the bondwoman; mount sinai itself answered to 'jerusalem' which dow is "in bondage" with her circumcised children; and the new covenant meant jesus christ the "jerusalem which is above and free; and on the other peter, who was contradicting and even abusing him. paul vehemently exclaims "cast out the bondwoman and her son (the old law and the synagog "the son of the bond- woman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman "stand 397. the torn 'fsganum' ia properiy lued by many modeni writen with betiution. t iol tm or aleiuider wilde

all profit you nothing" gal, iv, 30; v, 2. what do we find peter writing? whom does he mean by saying "they speak great swelling words c^ vanity. while they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same he is brought in bondage. for if after they have escaped the pollutions of the worid through the knowledge of the lord and savior jesus christ, they an again entangled therein, and overcome. it had bem better for them not to hme ktunon the umy of ti0hieousne$a, than, after tbey have known it, to turn from the holy eommandment dditered wiio them (jf peter, ii. 18-21. peter cntainly cannot have meant the gnostics, for they had never seen "the holy commandment delivered unto them; paul had. ihey never promised any one "liberty"

s admission to plunge a knife into an infant concealed under a heap of flour; the body then serving for a banquet to the whole congregation. after they had become the dominant party they (the christians) tran^erred this charge to their own dissenters" the real crime of heterodoxy is plainly stated by john in his epittles digitizecoy google 334 isis unveiled and gospel "he that confessetb not that jesus christ is come in the flesh. is a deceiver and an anttckrim" john, 7. in his previous epuue, he teaches his flock that there are two trinities (v, 7, 8) in ahori, the nazarene system. the inference to be drawn from all this is that the made-up and dog- matic christianity of the constantinian period is simply an offspring of the numerous conflicting sects, half-castes themselves, bom of pagan

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iel as a bull, raphael as a serpent, gabriel as an eagle, thautabaoth as a bear, eratsaoth as a dog, ouriel as an ass. emanations are supposed to pass through the seven planetary regions, signified by these chald an names, on their way to this world. it was through these seven planetary spiritual regions, or spheres, filled with their various orders of angels, that the gnostics mythed the saviour jesus christ to have passed secretly; disguising himself and his mission in order to win securely to his object. in evading recognition, in his acceptable disguises, through these already-created princedoms of angels, he veiled his purpose of his voluntary sacrifice for the human race till he was safe, in his investment in humanity, for the accepted propitiation through the virgin, for production

that which the wise man calls the voice of wisdom, or conscience-recal; which in the suggestion of the immortal sorrow planted deep in the soul of man for his lost paradise (of which the very air and hint and proof to him, is music man s music with its shadow of discords. and this immortal sorrow languishes to redemption in repentance. thus the pathetic languishment of the saviour (and sufferer, jesus christ my soul is sad, even unto death! hence the garden of agony. this is the genius optimus, the soul of the soul and the eye of the mind that part incapable of damnation even in the greatest sinner (this was cromwell s firm reliance and belief, and his last question to his attendant chaplain bore reference to the assurance of it. this is the last supernatural power which can and will defe

KARR DON NOTES ON THE STUDY OF EARLY KABBALAH JEWISH MYSTICISM IN ENGLISH

prepared by alex jassen and scott noegel at http//faculty.washington.edu/snoegel/jmbtoc.htm (university of washington) or the appendix to my gnotes on the study of merkabah mysticism and hekhalot literature in english. f for starters, though, refer to the following survey articles. alexander, p. s. gincantations and books of magic, h in emil schurer, the history of the jewish people in the age of jesus christ (175 b.c..a.d. 135, a new english version revised and edited by g. vermes, f. millar, and m. goodman (edinburgh: t&t clark ltd, 1986: volume iii, part 1, pp. 342- 79. idel, moshe. gon judaism, jewish mysticism and magic, h in envisioning magic: a princeton seminar and symposium, edited by p. schafer and h. kippenberg (leiden: brill, 1997. schafer, peter. gjewish magic literature in la

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epistle to the ephesians written by st ignatius (who according to tradition was the little child whom christ once took and set in the midst of his disciples as a type of those who should inherit the kingdom of heaven, this remarkable masonic passage: 285. ye are stones of a temple, which were prepared beforehand for a building of god the father, being raised to the heights by the working-tool of jesus christ, which is the cross, and using for a rope the holy spirit, your faith being a windlass, and love the way leading up to god. 286. sometimes the rose is impressed upon that equal-armed cross, and then we have the rose croix, the great emblem of the rosicrucians, which figures largely in the eighteenth degree. the maltese cross is another form of it, with the arms widening or spreading o

LEWIS JAMES SATANISM TODAY AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION FOLKLORE AND POPULAR CULTURE

ere inspired by chinese communist propaganda: one day, bob hammond, missionary broadcaster of the voice of china and asia, told jack marc dutroux and a policeman (ap photo/olivier 46 chick publications that multitudes of chinese people had been won to communism through mass distribution of cartoon booklets. jack felt that god was leading him to use the same technique to win multitudes to the lord jesus christ. other commentators, however, have suggested that the immediate model for the tracts were the so-called two-byfours (referring to their dimensions in inches, which were pornographic minicomics common in the 1950s when chick began his ministry. small and cheap, any evangelist could buy a few hundred chick tracts and leave them wherever the casual passerby might pick them up laundromats

tablish punishment for the sinners or reward for the righteous (culminating in resurrection. in christianity the judgment of the soul is believed to occur upon the death of the individual, who will be assigned either eternal condemnation or reward (hell or heaven) or, in some christian churches, purgatory. some texts also mention a final judgment day, held at the end of time by god or by the son, jesus christ, which will culminate in the resurrection of the righteous and eternal damnation for sinners. in islam a notion of an imminent judgment day draws primarily from jewish literature; in the koran a description of a trial of the soul refers to a scale weighing good and evil deeds, and consequently to eternal reward (paradise) or penalty (hell. see also judaism; zoroastrianism for further

spite his use of expressions like devils incarnate to describe american indians, he clearly understood the unconverted savages to be under the direct rule of satan. two colonies of churches being brought forth, and a third conceived within the bounds of new-england, by the year 1636, it was time for the devil to take the alarum, and make some attempt in opposition to the possession which the lord jesus christ was going to have of these utmost parts of the earth. these parts were then covered with nations of barbarous indians and infidels, in whom the prince of the power of the air did work in spirit; nor could it be expected that nations of wretches, whose whole religion was the most explicit sort of devil-worship, should not be acted by the devil to engage in some early and bloody action

ffice of the inquisition was apparently not above creating documents. for example, one document that has survived the centuries is a contract between satan and the priest urbain grandier, written in blood, in which father grandier supposedly asserts, my lord and master lucifer, i acknowledge you as my god and prince, and promise to serve and obey you while i live. and i renounce the other god and jesus christ, the saints, the church of rome and all its sacraments, and all prayers that the faithful may offer me; and i promise to do as much evil as i can and to draw all others to evil; and i renounce chrism, baptism, and all the merits of jesus christ and his saints; and if i fail to serve and adore you, paying you homage three times a day, i give you my life as your own (cavendish 1967, 321

they were represented by natural sites of peculiar sanctity, such as caves, hills, and groves, or tombs of the powerful dead. however, with the advent of urban civilization, the necessity for a sacred place in the city led to the construction of temples, where the gods were worshiped and sacrifices were offered. in christian liturgy, the eucharist symbolizes the sacrifice of the body and blood of jesus christ. blood sacrifice has been practiced in most ancient religious rites as a form of propitiation to the gods and to secure generous harvests. the association of blood with sacrifice is significant, since blood has always been regarded as the bearer of life. thus special measures have been sought to consecrate the blood of a sacrificial animal to the deity. in viking sacrifices, blood was

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real methods to tame the body; strictly mental methods to control the mind. this latter restriction is not so vitally important. any weapon is legitimate against a public enemy like the mind. no truce nor quarter! on the contrary, to use the spiritual forces to secure health, as certain persons attempt to do to-day, is the vilest black magic. this is one of the numerous reasons for supposing that jesus christ was a brother of the left- hand path. 1 [chaldaan oracles, fragment 183 in westcott edition; quoted by proclus in his commentary on plato.s parmenides] john st. john 57 now my body has been treating me well, waking nicely at convenient hours, sleeping at suitable times, keeping itself to itself. an admirable body. then why shouldn ft i take it out and give it the best dinner lavenue c

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bash* and that therefore lbb symbolises kether (620? why, lbb is confusion, the very opposite of kether. 34 [for many examples of this pernicious practice, see the canon. t.s] 35 [concealed yods on the other hand are another matter entirely. t.s] 36 [lat .a coward created the soul of the earth] 37 [heb, possibly intended for .the son, the spirit, the father, the grave: ihvh [is] the law] 38 [grk .jesus christ, son of god, saviour] 39 [grk, approx .the favour of isis [is] the treasure of the sons of wisdom* i can see nothing in this at all. taking a dozen clear identities, e.g. aima= bn, athbash disintergrates the whole show. there are useful ones, e.g. qma= illegible 26 liber lviii why athbash? why not abshath? or agrath? or any other of the possible combinations? about the only useful tem

er having the latter spelling communicated to him by one samuel a. jacobs who knew the correct orthography for the simple reason that it was his middle name (patronymic, to be precise. t.s] on the qabalah 35 seems the buddhist view of the samsara-cakkram. 106. wn, nun, a fish. the number of death. death in the tarot bears a crosshandled scythe; hence the fish as the symbol of the redeemer. icqus= jesus christ, son of god, saviour. 108. chiefly interesting because 108= 2 2 3 3 3= the square of 2 playing with the cube of 3. hence the buddhists hailed it with acclamation, and make their rosaries of this number of beads. 111 \yhla awh dja .he is one god [la, aleph, an ox, a thousand. the redeeming bull. by shape the swastika, and so the lightning .as the lightning ligheneth out of the east eve

LIBER XCV THE WAKE WORLD

ranu teloahe karekareka ois-alamahe lonukaho od vovina karebafe? ave. african proverb. de las cosas mas seguras, mas seguro es duvidar. spanish proverb. tua scienza che vuol, la cosa e piu perfetta. piu senta .l bene, e cosi la doglienza. dante. aaa..z.razazzzaie.zazaeeeiiizaie.z.akh. eoooyth.ezaozaez..zz..zaozakh.za.kheyeit yxaalethykh.this is the name which you must speak in the interior world. jesus christ. mahaparinibbanna sutta. hy is noch visch, noch vleesch: de wyste van ons allen en weet niet wat hy is: hy kan oock licht ontvallen. daniel heinz. dianae sumus in fide puellae et pueri integri dianam pueri integri puellaeque canamus. catullus. tao teh king (hwainan.s v.l) fasterej men fmfi calan selannan y pocruptoisi faennon e.doj nppota plhqoisa malista lampv gan .pi pasan sappho. h

t say. but in the first we came to a mighty throne of grey granite, shaped like the sweetest pussy cat you ever saw, and set up on a desolate heath. it was midnight and the devil came down and sat in the midst; but my fairy prince whispered .hush! it is a great secret, but his name is yeheswah, and he is the saviour of the world. and that was very funny, because the girl next to me thought it was jesus christ, till another fairy prince (my prince.s brother) whispered as he kissed her .hush, tell nobody ever, that is satan, and he is the saviour of the world. we were a very great company, and i can.t tell you all of the strange things we did and said, or of the song we sang as we danced face outwards in a great circle ever closing in on the devil on the throne. but whenever i saw a toad or

LURQUIN STONE EVOLUTION AND RELIGIOUS CREATION MYTHS

ictorial representation of god. but unlike both christianity and islam, judaism does not affirm that satan is the inventor of evil. jews and christians alike recognize the old testament, in particular, its first five books, called the torah in hebrew. thus, there exists in judaismalso the potential for a literal interpretation of the genesis creation myth. on the other hand, jews do not recognize jesus christ as the messiah, and the christian view of the new testament is not shared by them. nonetheless, jews, muslims, and christians alike are people of the book; that is, all believe in revealed religions. it is probably safe to say that god (gott in german, yeob in greek, deus in latin, dieu in french, dio in italian( in russian, and so on, yhwh, and allah are very similar if not identical

vel back in time and check the rates of radioactive decay as they may have been thousands or millions of years ago. but then, it is up to the detractors to prove their point. they have not done so. one interesting twist regarding variable rates of radioactive decay has to do with the dating of the shroud of turin (italy. this large piece of cloth is purported to have been used to wrap the body of jesus christ after his crucifixion. not everybody necessarily agreed that the shroud was genuine, regardless of their faith. in a courageous move, the catholic church allowed three independent laboratories to use the carbon-14 dating technique on small samples of the shroud. this particular technique works well with samples of biological origin, such as cloth, if they are not older than about 60,0

ristian creationism: how could god possibly be equated with an incompetent designer? this new attitude is reminiscent of the story developed by the canada-based raelian cult. in it, human beings were created through cloning by extraterrestrials (called elohim) who manufactured human dna. the raelians call themselves scientific creationists and have an exquisite explanation for the virgin birth of jesus christ: mary was artificially inseminated by the elohim aboard one of their spacecraft! needless to say, the raelians support the idea of intelligent design. it would be interesting to know what id theorists think about the raelian interpretation of the world. can a mousetrap evolve? michael behe s most famous and iconic example of irreducible complexity is the familiar mousetrap, which we m

ther than dealing with the passage of cultural information from parents to children, horizontal transmission, as its name indicates, can take place within the same generation. horizontal transmission comes in two varieties: the one-to-many type and the many-to-one type. in the one-to-many mode, a single person, often a charismatic leader, a monarch, or a respected scientist, such as, for example, jesus christ, roman emperor constantine, or darwin, can radically and quickly change the thinking of many. this is how christianity first appeared, through the teachings of jesus christ (surely a type of cultural evolution, and then evolved further through the actions of among others, emperor constantine (who made christianity the official religion of the roman empire, martin luther, and henry vii

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

es" writes clement "then know that, having killed their third brother, they covered the head of the dead body with a purple cloth, crowned it, and carrying it on the point of a spear, buried it under the roots of olympus. these mysteries are, in short, murders and funerals [this ante-nicene father in his efforts to defame the pagan rites apparently ignores the fact that, like the cabirian martyr, jesus christ was foully betrayed, tortured, and finally murdered] and the priests of these rites, who are called kings of the sacred rites by those whose business it is to name them, give additional strangeness to the tragic occurrence, by forbidding parsley with the roots from being placed on the table, for they think that parsley grew from the corybantic blood that flowed forth; just as the wome

25. servius, in his commentary on verse 720 of the seventh book of the neid, in which virgil speaks of the new sun, says that, properly speaking, the sun is new on the 8th of the kalends of january-that is, december 25. in the time of leo i (leo, serm. xxi, de nativ. dom. p. 148, some of the fathers of the church said that 'what rendered the festival (of christmas) venerable was less the birth of jesus christ than the return, and, as they expressed it, the new birth of the sun' it was on the same day that the birth of the invincible sun (natalis solis invicti, was celebrated at rome, as can be seen in the roman calendars, published in the reign of constantine and of julian (hymn to the sun, p. 155. this epithet 'invictus' is the same as the persians gave to this same god, whom they worship

or nearly all the peoples of antiquity credit her as being the mother of the sun, and they realized that although the moon could not occupy that position, the sign of virgo could, and did, give birth to the sun out of her side on the 25th day of december. albertus magnus states "we know that the sign of the celestial virgin rose over the horizon at the moment at which we fix the birth of our lord jesus christ. among certain of the arabian and persian astronomers the three stars forming the sword belt of orion were called the magi who came to pay homage to the young sun god. the author of mankind--their origin and destiny contributes the following additional information "in cancer, which had risen to the meridian at midnight, is the constellation of the stable and of the ass. the ancients c

of divinity and the sun god fed the multitude with two small fishes. the frontispiece of inman's ancient faiths shows the goddess isis with a fish on her head; and the indian savior god, christna, in one of his incarnations was cast from the mouth of a fish. not only is jesus often referred to as the fisher of men, but as john p. lundy writes "the word fish is an abbreviation of this whole title, jesus christ, son of god, savior, and cross; or as st. augustine expresses it 'if you join together the initial letters of the five greek words, hso v cristov qeou ui s swt r, which mean jesus christ, son of god, savior, they will make icqus, fish, in which word christ is mystically understood, because he was able to live in the abyss of this mortality as in the depth of waters, that is, without s

f worship but were to be regarded merely as emblems or reminders of invisible powers and principles. similarly, the body of man must not be considered as the individual but only as the house of the individual, in the same manner that the temple was the house of god. in a state of grossness and perversion man's body is the tomb or prison of a divine click to enlarge hand decorated with effigies of jesus christ, the virgin mary, and the twelve apostles. from an old print, courtesy of carl oscar borg. upon the twelve phalanges of the fingers, appear the likenesses of the apostles, each bearing its own appropriate symbol. in the case of those who suffered martyrdom the symbol signifies the instrument of death. thus, the symbol of st. andrew is a cross; of st. thomas, a javelin or a builder's s

in the economy of nature by way of attracting and retaining moisture, and shading the water-sources and the soil so as to prevent barrenness and desolation; the, are so click to enlarge the tree of noah. from the "breeches" bible of 1599. most bibles published during the middle ages contain a section devoted to genealogical tables showing the descent of humanity from father adam to the advent of jesus christ. the tree growing from the roof of the ark represents the body of noah and its three branches, his sons--shem, ham, and japheth. the nations by the descendents of noah's three sons are appropriately shown in the circles upon the branches of the tree. while such tables are hopelessly incorrect from a historical point of view, to the symbolist their allegorical interpretations are of in

, are extracted six words which mean that "in the beginning the elohim saw that israel would accept the law" mr. macgregor-mathers also gives six additional examples of notarikon formed from the above word by solomon meir ben moses, a medi val qabbalist. from the famous acrostic ascribed to the erythr an sibyl, st. augustine derived the word icqus, which by notarikon was expanded into the phrase "jesus christ, son of god, savior" by another use of notarikon, directly the reverse of the first, the initial, last, or middle letters of the words of a sentence may be joined together to form a new word or words. for example, the name amen, n, maybe extracted from "the lord is the faithful king" because they had embodied these cryptic devices in their sacred writings, the ancient priests admonish

y the numerous savior-gods who preceded him? that these analogies were recognized and used as a leverage in converting the greeks and romans is evident from a perusal of the writings of justin martyr, another second-century authority. in his apology, justin addresses the pagans thus "and when we say also that the word, who is the first-birth of god, was produced without sexual union, and that he, jesus christ, our teacher, was crucified and died, and rose again, and ascended into heaven, we propound nothing different from what you believe regarding those whom you esteem sons of jupiter* and if we assert that the word of god was born of god in a peculiar manner, different from ordinary generation, let this, as said above, be no extraordinary thing to you, who say that mercury is the angelic

ark half--to signify the nocturnal and diurnal phases of each sign. as each sign of the zodiac is ascending for two hours every day, so the twenty-four knights represent the hours, the twenty-four elders before the throne in revelation, and twenty-four persian deities who represent the spirits of the divisions of the day. in the center of the table was the symbolic rose of the passion of our lord jesus christ, the symbol of resurrection in that he "rose" from the dead. there was also a mysterious empty seat called the siege perilous in which none might sit except he who was successful in his quest for the holy grad. in the personality of arthur is to be found a new form of the ever-recurrent cosmic myth. the prince of britain is the sun, his knights are the zodiac, and his flashing sword m

and goddesses and apparently signified their divine benevolence and life-giving power. the cairo museum contains a magnificent collection of crosses of many shapes, sizes, and designs, proving that they were a common symbol among the egyptians. the roman and greek catholic crosses the third form of the cross is the familiar roman or greek type, which is closely associated with the crucifixion of jesus christ, although it is improbable that the cross used resembled its more familiar modern form. there are unlimited sub-varieties of crosses, differing in the relative proportions of their vertical and horizontal sections. among the secret orders of different generations we find compounded crosses, such as the triple tau in the royal arch of freemasonry and the double and triple crosses of bo

e tree of life (the spirit) bearing twelve manner of fruit, whose leaves were for the healing of the nations. by the tree is also represented the year, which every month yields some good for the maintenance of existing creatures. jesus then tells st. john that he is the root and the offspring of david and the bright and morning star (venus. st. john concludes with the words "the grace of our lord jesus christ be with you all. amen" click to enlarge the four horsemen of the apocalypse. from solis' biblische figuren. in the allegory of the four horsemen--according to the mysteries of philosophy--is set forth the condition of man during the stages of his existence. in his first and spiritual state he is crowed. as he descend into the realm of experience he carries the sword. reaching physical

art struggling-up in trembling hope towards its maker" mohammed was buried under the floor of the apartment in which he died. the present condition of the grave is thus described "above the hujrah is a green dome, surmounted by a large gilt crescent, springing from a series of globes. within the building are the tombs of muhammad, ab bakr, and umar, with a space reserved for the grave of our lord jesus christ, who muslims say will again visit the earth, and die and be buried at al-mad nah. the grave of f timah, the prophet's daughter, is supposed to be in a separate part of the building, although some say she was buried in baq. the prophet's body is said to be stretched full length on the right side, with the right palm supporting the right check, the face fronting makkah. close behind him

MEANING OF MASONRY

and that the method of such building is one which involves the cross as its working tool and one which culminates in a death and a raising from the dead. and, of those who attain their initiation and mastership by that method, is it not further written there that they become of the household of god and built into a spiritual temple not made with hands, but eternal and in the heavens and of which "jesus christ is the chief corner stone, in whom all the building, fitly framed together, groweth unto an holy temple builded for an habitation of god" neither the ancient mysteries nor modern masonry, their descendant, therefore, can be rightly viewed without reference to their relation to the christian evangel, into which the pre-christian schools became assumed. the line of succession and evolut

MICHAEL FORD WITCHMOON

woods rode three men each dressed in black and deathly pale. the leader of the men, who called himself moyset, told pierre that his men would watch over his herd and give unto him a great fortune if he would obey his wishes. pierre agreed and in their next meeting moyset inquired upon pierre's religious beliefs. upon finding that pierre was one who accepted christianity he commanded him to reject jesus christ, the holy virgin and his baptism. burgot then accepted his suggestions and gave an oath by kissing moysets' hand, which was as cold as the hand of a corpse. it was years later when the rider returned and gave burgot an ointment to smear upon himself. this 14 14 act was done along with pierre's friend verdun, who smeared himself with this foul smelling ointment as well. the two became

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

tes:these sons and daughters of his [israel's or jacob's] were thirty-three in all) leviticus chapter 12 dis-cusses purification after childbirth. leviticus 12:4 states that after the boy is circumcised on the eighthday, then the woman must wait thirty-three days to be purified from her bleeding. she must not touchanything sacred or go to the sanctuary until her days of her purification are over. jesus christ, having begun his three-year ministry at about the age of 30 (luke 3:23, must have died onthe cross and rose again at the age of 33. the catholic italian poet dante alighieri (1265-1321) dividedhis divine comedy into 100 cantos: one canto for the introduction, 33 cantos for the inferno, 33 can-tos for the purgatorio, and 33 cantos for the paradiso. masons and their confederates may no

ire come out from you, and it consumed you, and i reducedyou to ashes on the ground in the sight of all who were watching. 19 all the nations who knewyou are appalled at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more. 8. 605-562 b.c. babylon was the predominant city in the ancient world during the reign of nebuchad-nezzar ii.9. circa 29 a.d. at caesarea philippi, near the 33rd parallel, jesus christ predicted his own death(matthew 16:22).10.1492 as the nina, the pinta, and the santa maria sailed through the bermuda triangle in 1492,columbus's compass went haywire and that he and his crew saw weird lights in the sky. this couldhave been a bermuda triangle paranormal event or a sign from god. these events, however, havemundane explanations. columbus's compass's slight inaccuracy ma

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tower to go their separate ways and disperse across the earth. and then there s the savior. a character who, similar to the flood, seems like an imprint in the mind that was left by a dream- yet a pleasant dream this time. the wanderer, the civilizer, the magician, the chosen one, the incarnated god, the sacrificed. he was all of these things. typical of the west, the most famous savior figure is jesus christ. what christians have generally agreed on regarding this savior is: he is the only son of god or was god. he was born from a virgin. he was prophesied to come. he would, in the latter part of his life, travel around with 12 followers [apostles] teaching goodness and performing miracles. he would later die for our sins by being nailed to a wooden cross. his body was placed in a cave an

understanding regarding the singular root story, rather than intense memorization on their part. the fact that they so liberally use the names and storylines from multiple beliefs so interchangeably is proof of this. what else i found interesting was how some magicians referred to osiris (and yahweh) as lord; except, when they spoke of him, or identified him in any way, it was always in terms of jesus christ. famous phrases: sun of the golden dawn sign of osiris slain: extend arms out to the sides, legs together, palms forward, hang head down. represents sacrifice, balance, and transformation. sign of osiris risen: cross arms over chest, right over left, legs together. represents resurrection and transcendence. excerpt from the ritual of the hexagram: virgo, isis, mighty mother. scorpio

aces. islam and the prophet mohammed are said to have been guided by the teachings of gabriel. it was the duty of arch-angel raphael to bind azazel (lucifer) and cast him from the garden of eden and into darkness. raphael physical description is one of a handsome youth, arrayed in purple robes. it is said that raphael is among the gentlest of spirits, especially compared to the other arch-angels. jesus christ [5.3] frequently equated with osiris, jesus christ is often spoke of a demon hunter and civilizer. with the story of osiris predating the story of jesus christ by more than a 1,000 years, how does one reconcile the timelines? it is, for me, easy; i suspect that most of the events described in the bible refer to a far earlier date than commonly thought. i am absolutely certain that thi

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them 'have ye received the holy ghost since ye became believers' and they said unto him 'we have not so much as heard that there _is_ any holy ghost' and he said to them 'in what, then, were you baptized' and they said 'in john's baptism' then said paul 'john indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in him who was to come after him, that is, in jesus christ. when they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the lord jesus" this faith, taught by john, and so nearly christianity, could have been nothing but the doctrine of the essenes; and there can be no doubt that john belonged to that sect. the place where he preached, his macerations and frugal diet, the doctrines he taught, all prove it conclusively. there was no other sect to w

e centre of the floor a cubical pillar, on which lay a roll or book, wrapped in a fine linen cloth, in which, in capital letters, was the foregoing passage. however this may have been, it is plain that john's gospel is a polemic against the gnostics; and, stating at the outset the current doctrine in regard to the creation by the word, he then addresses himself to show and urge that this word was jesus christ. and the first sentence, fully rendered into our language, would read thus "when the process of emanation, of creation or evolution of existences inferior to the supreme god began, the word came into existence and was: and this word was [greek: p? t? te _near to_ god _i.e_ the immediate or first emanation from god: and it was god himself, developed or manifested in that particular mod

he gnostic schools, imitated, or rather perverted, the mysteries of eleusis. iren us informs us, in several curious chapters, of the mysteries practised by the marcosians; and origen gives much information as to the mysteries of the ophites; and there is no doubt that all the gnostic sects had mysteries and an initiation. they all claimed to possess a secret doctrine, coming to them directly from jesus christ, different from that of the gospels and epistles, and superior to those communications, which in their eyes, were merely exoteric. this secret doctrine they did not communicate to every one; and among the extensive sect of the basilideans hardly one in a thousand knew it, as we learn from iren us. we know the name of only the highest class of their initiates. they were styled _elect

and restoration of the spirits called men, admitted a long series of intelligences, intervening in a series of spiritual operations; and which they designated by the names _the beginning, the word, the only-begotten, life, light, and _spirit [ghost: in greek [greek??e, f] and [greek??e? a [arche, logos, monogenes, zoe, phos, and pneuma. st. john, at the beginning of his gospel, avers that it was jesus christ who existed in the beginning; that he was the word of god by which everything was made; that he was the only-begotten, the life and the light, and that he diffuses among men the holy spirit [or ghost, the divine life and light. so the pleroma[[greek? a, plenitude or fullness, was a favorite term with the gnostics, and truth and grace were the gnostic eons; and the simonians, doketes

utterance, manifestation of the divinity, but emanating from the thought or spirit; the first-begotten, author of the visible creation. this was the trinity, composed of the father, spirit, and word. the elxa tes adopted the seven spirits of the gnostics; but named them heaven, water, spirit, the holy angels of prayer, oil, salt, and the earth. the opinion of the doketes as to the human nature of jesus christ, was that most generally received among the gnostics. they deemed the intelligences of the superior world too pure and too much the antagonists of matter, to be willing to unite with it: and held that christ, an intelligence of the first rank, in appearing upon the earth, did not become confounded with matter, but took upon himself only the _appearance_ of a body, or at the most used

k upon himself only the _appearance_ of a body, or at the most used it only as an envelope. no tus termed the son the first utterance of the father; the word, not by himself, as an intelligence, and unconnected with the flesh, a real son; but a word, and a perfect only-begotten; light emanated from the light; water flowing from its spring; a ray emanated from the sun. paul of samosata taught that jesus christ was the son of joseph and mary; but that the word, wisdom, or intelligence of god, the [nous] of the gnostics, had united itself with him, so that he might be said to be at once the son of god, and god himself. arius called the saviour the first of creatures, non-emanated from god, but really created, by the direct will of god, before time and the ages. according to the church, christ

alist or judaizing gnostic of the times of the apostles; and knowing those of bardesanes and harmonius, derived his doctrines from zoroasterism, christianity, and gnosticism. he claimed to be the ?a??t [parakletos] or comforter, in the sense of a teacher, organ of the deity, but not in that of the holy spirit or holy ghost: and commenced his _epistola fundamenti_ in these words "manes, apostle of jesus christ, elect of god the father; behold the words of salvation, emanating from the living and eternal fountain" the dominant idea of his doctrine was pantheism, derived by him from its source in the regions of india and on the confines of china: that the cause of all that exists is in god; and at last, god is all in all. all souls are equal--god is in all, in men, animals, and plants. there

the _kaiomorts, adam-kadmon??t??p [protos anthropos] and hivil-zivah; of the zend-avesta, the kabalah, the gnosis, and sabeism; who commenced the contest with the powers of evil, but, losing part of his panoply, of his light, his son and many souls born of the light, who were devoured by the darkness, god sent to his assistance the living spirit, or the son of the first man??p. uios anthropou, or jesus christ. the mother of life, general principle of divine life, and the first man, primitive being that reveals the divine life, are too sublime to be connected with the empire of darkness. the son of man or soul of the world, enters into the darkness, becomes its captive, to end by tempering and softening its savage nature. the divine spirit, after having brought back the primitive man to the

belongs the philosophical reign of julian, an illuminatus and initiate of the first order, who believed in the unity of god and the universal dogma of the trinity, and regretted the loss of nothing of the old world but its magnificent symbols and too graceful images. he was no pagan, but a gnostic, infected with the allegories of grecian polytheism, and whose misfortune it was to find the name of jesus christ less sonorous than that of orpheus. we may be sure that so soon as religion and philosophy become distinct departments, the mental activity of the age is in advance of its faith; and that, though habit may sustain the latter for a time, its vitality is gone. the dunces who led primitive christianity astray, by substituting faith for science, reverie for experience, the fantastic for t

edium between these two abysses, the idea of the christian hierophants was to create a society devoted to abnegation by solemn vows, protected by severe regulations; which should be recruited by initiation, and which, sole depositary of the great religious and social secrets, should make kings and pontiffs, without exposing it to the corruptions of power. in that was the secret of that kingdom of jesus christ, which, without being of this world, would govern all its grandeurs "this idea presided at the foundation of the great religious orders, so often at war with the secular authorities, ecclesiastical or civil. its realization was also the dream of the dissident sects of gnostics or illuminati who pretended to connect their faith with the primitive tradition of the christianity of saint

the real mysteries of the religion of the saviour. they pretended to know the real history of yesus the anointed, and, adopting in part the jewish traditions and the tales of the talmud, they held that the facts recounted in the evangels are but allegories, the key of which saint john gives, in saying that the world might be filled with the books that could be written upon the words and deeds of jesus christ; words which, they thought, would be only a ridiculous exaggeration, if he were not speaking of an allegory and a legend, that might be varied and prolonged to infinity "the johannites ascribed to saint john the foundation of their secret church, and the grand pontiffs of the sect assumed the title of _christos _anointed, or _consecrated, and claimed to have succeeded one another from

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

siastically encouraged in this illusion by the 'black brethren; who are only too eager to get rid of aspirants. the 'savior complex; as wilhelm stekel called it, is extremely insidious because it is connected with spiritual pride. actually, it is an insult to your fellowmen. every man and every woman is a star. no soul needs to be saved by you or could be saved by you, if you tried. the story of "jesus christ; as interpreted in the nicean creed, is a blasphemy. serious students should consult liber oz and a. c 's translation of the tao teh king; also liber vii, vi, 22-25, 40-41, and vii, 36-39; and the following chapters of liber aleph: 30-35, 39,64,66,67-77,99,104, 105, 113, 116-118, 147, 148, 192-194. there follows the commentary to this verse by a.c. there is a good deal of the nietzsch

NAUDON PAUL THE SECRET HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY

he nave and choir and is maintained by the toicturiers (roofers) of paris.20 there was also a small saint nicolas chapel in the templar church at one time that may have been the seat of a confederation of carpenters. masonry, carpentery, mortar making, stonecutting, plastering, and other trades involved in the construction of buildings would have required a number of patron saints among which are jesus christ, saint blaise, saint nicolas, saint anne, saint thomas, saint john the baptist, and saint john the evangelist. right next to the site of the former church of the temple on the rue saint martin, we find the church of saint nicolas des champs, which is also dedicated to saint john the baptist. a church dedicated to saint nicholas had already been built on this spot at the beginning of t

ster jacques of the companions of duty and the history of the grand master of the templars. the long ironshod cane of the "children of master jacques" so dreadful to the "gavots* would be considered as a souvenir of the templars' terrible lance. others have compared it to the templar cross+ the companions of duty obligatorily professed the catholic faith. a confession of belief in the divinity of jesus christ was required to be accepted into the rites of master jacques or father soubise. it was the companions who gave particular honor to the ascension and the holy savior. the compagnons etrangers du devoir de liberte (the loups+ however, accepted into their ranks men of all nations and creeds. according to agricole perdiguier, in his book on compagnonnage, the compagnons passant [traveling

tion of the southern side of the ancient parisian church saint jacques de la boucherie.8 this same nicholas flamel gave two paintings to this church in 1413, one of which is called an image of a misericorde of our lord, whereas the other depicts the passion and the resurrection.9 it so happens that the coat of arms of the parisian masons and stonecutters depicted the resurrection and ascension of jesus christ. another famous architect and hermetic philosopher from a later time is philibert delorme, the builder of many "dwellings for philosophers" who was "general master of the masonry of the kingdom as well as the king's chaplain.10 it is important to underscore that the immense symbolism, the true thought of the middle ages, was not only the philosophical province of great doctors and sch

eanings. in the allegorical sense, jerusalem was the militant church; in the tropological sense, it was the christian soul; and in the anagogical sense it was the celestial jerusalem, the land above announced by saint john in the apocalypse. with respect to kings david and solomon, both of whom were extremely popular, they were regarded, curious as this might appear today, as signs or portents of jesus christ. the same was true of hiram, the founder of the pillars of the temple, and adoniran, solomon's high official and head of the conscripted labor. hic et christus, said the venerable bede in the eighth century, meaning that it is christ who guides the workers of the temple and provides the measures of the construction. this was repeated in walafrid strabo's ordinary gloss, which, from th

k of the covenant? a. it represents as weel our saviour christ as ye hearts of ye faithfull for in christs breast was ye doctrine both of law& gospel so is in ye faithfull though not in ye measure he was ye true manna yt descended to give life to ye world ye table of ye law move us to love& obedience aarons rod flowrishing wt blossoms signifies ye swetnes of ye gospel& ye glory of our high priest jesus christ of whome aaron was a figure. the entire medieval christian doctrine can be found reinforced in this text: the immanence of god in man, the realization of the law by the incarnation of christ, the construction within man of god's true temple by obedience to the law and by love, the symbolic figure from the hebrew scriptures as a sign of the gospel. this interpretation was very familiar

the best and most slandered of soverthe grand lodges and modern freemasonry 257 eigns. i die with feelings of gratitude, respect, and love for the king of france, louis the beloved, a glorious name. i commend my family over to his most christian majesty. i repent from the bottom of my heart for all my sins and i hold firm hope of being forgiven by all powerful god, by the grace of his blessed son jesus christ, our lord, to whom i commend my soul. this declaration of faith provides an eloquent illustration of the state of mind of the catholic scots and stuarts who had introduced freemasonry into france from their land. this scottish freemasonry has certainly undergone a political divergence, but still remained true to its traditional principles of catholicism and independent lodges. this mi

came from all points on the horizon, brought with him his own pertinent opinion. the resulting understanding generally agreed upon was that freemasonry was the "original religion" handed down from such diverse sources as king arthur, richard i, ramon lulle, the gnostics and the school of alexandria, the templars (as instructed by judas of galilee, disciple of the hermit banon, pythagoras, plato, jesus christ and the apostles, the persian philosopher each-ben-mohammed- eleansi, ormus, the egyptians, the benedictines, the rosicrucians, zoroaster, abbaris, channondas, eudoxus, hermippis, hermes trismegistus, porphyrus, plotinus, proclus, jamblique, the priesthood schools of india, the gauls, the hebrews, the essenes, and the persian magi.22 the temple of solomon had been transformed into the

NEW WORLD ORDER OR OCCULT SECRET DESTINY

sing to find that christians, specifically, are cited as the main obstacle hindering the success of this new age-new world order. the reason for this, is the new age belief in many saviors and enlightened teachers, masters and gurus its all good and fine when the goal is the false teaching of man s divinity. the new agers see many ways to salvation; christians proclaim that there is only one way- jesus christ. for the gate is small, and narrow that leads to life, and few are those who find it (matt. 7:14) the bible states that this is in reality the broad way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter it (matt. 7:13) therefore, the only religion not compatible with the new age, and hence the coming new world order, is the belief and strict adherence in the word god with tradit

enter it (matt. 7:13) therefore, the only religion not compatible with the new age, and hence the coming new world order, is the belief and strict adherence in the word god with traditional christianity being looked upon as particularly pernicious. in dark secrets of the new age, texe marrs wrote: the new age is a universal open-arms religion that excludes from its ranks only those who believe in jesus christ and a personal god. buddhists, shintoist, satanists, secular humanists, witches, witch doctors and shamans all who reject christianity are invited to become trusted members of the new age family. worshippers of separate faiths and denominations are to be unified in a common purpose: the glorification of man. the guardians of the mysteries freemasonry, by its own accord, practices the

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

oo much override the planetary and zodiacal forces in the rose, which might otherwise be the case were the petal of fire placed on the same side as the arm of fire and that of water on the side of water (the mode of sigil formation from the rose petals is taught in the supplement to this ritual, reproduced in book seven in volume four) the back of the cross bears inscriptions in latin "the master jesus christ, god and man" between four maltese crosses which represent the four pyramids of the elements opened out. this is placed at the upmost part because therein is affirmed a <54> descent of the divine force into tiphareth, which is the central point between supernals and inferiors. but at the lowest part is written the motto of the zelator adeptus minor, because therein is the affirmation

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

nd an initiate of the first order: that he believed in the unity of god and in the 4 the doctrine of transcendental magic universal doctrine of the trinity; that, in a word, he regretted nothing of the old world but its magnificent symbols and its too gracious images. julian was not a pagan; he was a gnostic allured by the allegories of greek polytheism, who had the misfortune to find the name of jesus christ less sonorous than that of orpheus. the emperor paid in his person for the academical tastes of the philosopher and rhetorician, and after affording himself the spectacle and satisfaction of expiring like epaminondas with the periods of cato, he had in public opinion, by this time fully christianized, but anathemas for his funeral oration and a scornful epithet for his ultimate memori

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

h+ tetragammaton+ on+ eon+ a thonay+ alma+ avala+ throne+ emmanuel. 3. the spell to expel the unbeast. the order of st bennet at the appointment of inachus, to be set about the neck of the infirm, against the sharp-piercing beast, the unbeast, the white fistula, the brown cancer, the flesh cancer, the bone cancer, come out, thou piercing worm as my king appointed; either die or hit thy lodging as jesus christ commanded, god and the king omnipotent, either chase you out alive, or slay you within. these words the charmer speaks, holding his two thumbs to his mouth, still spitting on them, and then with both thumbs strokes the sore, which daily mends thereafter. they use spitting as an antidote against all that is poisonous and diabolical. 4. a charm [is] spoke[n] in[to] a napkin, and [then]

RUBY TABLET OF SET

reful study of the entire gnostic system. on the basis of my study, i suggest that the following aspects of gnosticism are properly understood if we consider the spirit of scientism to be the basic motif underlying all systems. 1. cosmology the first thing to be stressed is that the gnostics had no place for the conception of a personal god. the gnostics did refer to the living father, to god, to jesus christ as his son. this was strictly borrowed language put to use in their framework. though the gnostics seemed to distinguish between god and the pleroma, in fact they are indistinguishable. the pleroma is the fullness of all things. this idea of the pleroma, according to markus, can only be properly understood when the hermetic literature, which is a combination of greek science and egypt

igure, and this figure i term the "metacube" as an aid to memory, i term it metakcbon, the gematria of this word being 888 'inaoca, jesus. 1 u. 7= 2 x 2 x 2= 8 (or 1u u. 7= 2u. 8 u. 19= 3 x 3 x 3= 27 (or 2u u. 19= 3u. 27 u. 37= 4 x 4 x 4= 64 (or 3u u. 37= 4u. anaicov aicakvaov, or the cube-difference sign, will give the number 1271 'n yvwaic. the figure of the metacube is coupled with the name of jesus christ and its number is 2368, on which there exists an indubitable consensus of meanings in the large gematria discovered upon it. 8. the truth a great many philosophers have often already paid serious attention to this problem, and we also will have to approach this task. we shall deal here only with such kinds of truth we must be informed about thoroughly. truth depends on the insight of

, beliefs, or doctrine of the religious groups described in this manual. it contains information on these selected religious groups provided by the groups themselves. errors or changes may be reported through official channels to the chief of army chaplains. subject: religions and religious groups reading list: table of contents. christian heritage groups o church of christ, scientist o church of jesus christ of latter-day saints o family of love o foundation faith of god o holy spirit association for the unification of world christianity o jehovah's witnesses o mennonite church o religious society of friends in the u.s. o reorganized church of jesus christ of latter day saints o seventh-day adventist church o unity school of christianity o the way international o worldwide church of god

ven his son a "purpose. and, according to the author, the son's "purpose" is that of destruction of works that he does not go along with. i thought destruction was a trait the christians gave to satan. but, here we find they approve of it when it's in their best interest as they define such a term. romans 16:20 and the god of peace shall bruise satan under your feet shortly, the grace of our lord jesus christ be with you. amen. this is another good example of biblical inversion of concepts. the phrase "god of peace" sounds like a desirable quality, alright, but in the same sentence we discover that christian peace comes through violence. this portion of the passage gives christians biblical authority to approve of violence against satanists anytime and anywhere. 1 peter 5:8 be sober, be vi

angels are it that reap the harvest? those of jehovah or satan? a roaring lion: 1 peter 5:8 be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary satan, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. the activities of satan the diabolical trinity: the biblical satan has a trinity, as jehovah has a trinity. as jehovah assumes the role of father, satan assumes the role of the father figure. jesus christ is likened to the antichrist. at one point they are both flesh and blood. and the satanic spirit becomes the counter to the holy spirit. revelation 16:13 and i saw three unholy spirits like fire come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. the biblical authority of satanic churches and temples: revelation 2:9 i know

ips false gods" for this commentary "paganism" will mean any religion of non-christian, non-hebrew origin prior to 1900. this is from the viewpoint of a society that uses the bible as a frame of reference for religious matters. any religion other than the hebrew worship of yhwh (yahweh- jehovah, or the catholic and anglican worship of god as a trinity of divine being, or the protestant worship of jesus christ, is the worship of false gods, and therefore paganism, neo or not. from the viewpoint of our culture then, we are considered pagans. clearly there will be a revolution in thinking once the setian influence is more widespread. the 1900 cutoff is arbitrary, and i chose it because the proliferation of esoteric literature which made the neo-pagan movement possible coincided with the techn

sting conclusions surface. christianity is blatantly pagan, using the roman catholic church as an example (we know that, but our well-meaning friends don't) let's take a look, and then see how modern judaism compares after that. 1. deities: the famous holy trinity that used to give me a headache in catechism class is still not adequately explained. the holy trinity is god the father, god the son (jesus christ) and god the holy ghost. count that. you get 3, and i always got 3, but it's not: it's one. an incredible amount of human hours and lives and material resources have been used in trying to explain that idiocy. there is some fascinating reading in the letters of the early church fathers and the beliefs prior to the council of nicea. in summary the aim was to once and forever squelch an

f we could not practice this [religion] in [cuba, why bring it to this country" another said that santeria is "in violation of everything this country stands for" another said he was "totally against the sacrificing of animals" one asked "what can we do to prevent the church from opening" a chaplin described the religion as a sin, the worship of demons, and advised the council to help people find jesus christ. as a result of this session, the council passed several ordinances affecting santerian practices. on the day of the session, the council passed an ordinance adopting the state's cruelty to animals law. the preamble clearly indicated that the city's intent was to prevent "certain religions" from performing animal sacrifices. the city then obtained an opinion from the state attorney ge

he tale of the magi come from afar might have been true [even we make mistakes at times.(3] nonetheless, by age twelve the groundwork had begun, and not until about twenty years later would jesus begin making the major errors which would lead to his death and the loss of his mastery. classification: v5- 92c.1- 1 author: james a. lewis iv date: may 30, xix html revision: sept. 16, 1998 ce subject: jesus christ reading list: 19b, 3c, 19n, 6k the bible grows silent on the years between temple smart-aleck and rabbi, but there are a number of other writings and theories of those years, all no more or less verifiable or reliable than the bible itself. certainly there would have been some religious and philosophical training along the way, and essene thought seems to come through more or less sub

he water of life [the deacon holds the chamber pot and says [deacon] behold the symbol of the nazarene water of life [celebrant] ave satanis[ hail satan [all] ave satanis [the deacon then removes the chamber pot] the communion rite [the celebrant takes the wafer into her hands and, bending low over it, speaks the following words into it [celebrant] hoc est corpus jesu christi[ this is the body of jesus christ [she raises the wafer and holds it on the chest of the altar; the gong is struck. the celebrant then replaces the wafer on the plate which rests on the altar platform. the deacon takes the chalice into her hands, bends low over it, and speaks the following words into it [deacon] hic est calix veritatis et noeticae[ this is the chalice of truth and knowledge [she raises the chalice abo

aving set our foot upon the path of darkness and vowed ourselves to thy service, we may not weaken in our resolve, but with thy assistance, grow in wisdom and strength [all] hail set-hen [the celebrant takes the wafer into her hands, extends it before her, and turns to face the company, saying the following [celebrant] ecce corpus jesu christi, dominus humilium et rex servorum [behold the body of jesus christ, lord of humility and king of slaves [the celebrant replaces the wafer and continues in great anger [celebrant] and thou, thou whom, in my quality of priest, i force, whether thou wilt or no, to descend into this host, to incarnate thyself in this bread, jesus, artisan of hoaxes, bandit of homage, robber of affection, hear! since the day when thou didst issue from the complacent bowel

. it is well and good to willfully decide upon your goals and to willfully execute your decisions. but you will not feel magical unless you enter the magical sphere, where you tread alone among the unknown. philosophy: all great magicks have centered around a philosophy. wiccan magic centers around their religion, the dualism of male and female, of heaven and earth. christian magic centers around jesus christ, his origins, his message, and his death. modern magical systems also center around philosophies. the magic of the o.t.o. centers around the philosophy of thelema. the magic of the church of satan centers around their philosophy of indulgence. the magic of the temple of set centers around the philosophies of xeper and xem. an act is more magical when it is performed in line with a phi

SATANGEL

th exorcised water; then commence to conjure the spirits until they shall come. this is the manner of making sacrifices in all arts and operations wherein it is necessary, and acting thus, the spirits will be prompt to serve thee (the key of solomon. the method of honorius after the consecration of the emblems, the magician shall recite the following prayers, kneeling. prayer my sovereign saviour jesus christ, son of the living god, thou who for the salvation of man didst suffer the death of the cross; thou who before being abandoned to thine enemies, by an impulse of ineffable love, didst institute the sacrament of thy body; thou who has vouchsafed to unworthy creatures the privilege of making daily commemoration thereof; do deign unto thy servant, thus holding thy living body in his hand

f the four corners the signs which follow must be drawn with the thumb; on this day the warlock may drink no wine, and will also abstain from eating meat. on tuesday, at the break of day, let him place the feather, taken from the bird, upon the altar together with a new knife. the signs hereafter represented must be inscribed on a sheet of virgin parchment or paper with wine which is the blood of jesus christ: they should be written upon the altar, and, at the end of the sacrifice, the paper should be folded in a new veil of violet silk, to be concealed on the morrow, together with the oblation of the sacrifice and a part of the consecrated host. on the evening of thursday the warlock must rise at midnight and, having sprinkled holy water about the chamber, he must light a taper of yellow

one was found worthy to open the book of life, impart such virtue to this lambskin that it may receive the signs which we shall trace thereon, written with thy blood, so that the figures, signs, and words may become efficacious, and grant that this skin may preserve us against the wiles of demons, that they may be terrified at the sight thereof, and may only approach them trembling, through thee, jesus christ, who reignest through all ages. amen. the litanies of the holy name of jesus must then be repeated, but instead of the agmus dei, substitue: immolated lamb, be thou a pillar of strength against the evil spirits. slain lamb, give us power over the power of darkness. slain lamb grant power, favour, and strength unto the binding of rebellious spirits. so be it. amen. the lambskin shall b

name of the great and terrible one i declare that i have banished these shells to their habitations! finally, the gesture of silence, standing erect with fingers on lips. exorcism i conjure you, o devil, by the father and the son and the holy spirit, and by the patriarchs and prophets, apostles, evangelists, martyrs, confessors, virgins, and all the holy men and holy women of god. and by our lord jesus christ i conjure, that you should recede from this servant of god [n, i conjure you, o devil, by the passion of our lord jesus christ, which he endured for the human race, that you should recede from this servant of god,[n. i conjure you, o devil, by the holy cross on which our lord died for the servant of god,[n, that you should not be able to conceal yourself in his body, nor in his member

god [n, i conjure you, o devil, by the passion of our lord jesus christ, which he endured for the human race, that you should recede from this servant of god,[n. i conjure you, o devil, by the holy cross on which our lord died for the servant of god,[n, that you should not be able to conceal yourself in his body, nor in his members, nor in his head. i conjure you, devil, by the nails of our lord jesus christ, by which his hands and feet were affixed to the cross, that you should withdraw from this servant of god [n, that you should not be able to conceal yourself in his mouth or his head. i conjure you, devil, by the lance that longinus held, by which he pierced the side of our lord jesus christ, and blood and water flowed out, that you not be able to conceal yourself in his throat or on

jesus christ, and blood and water flowed out, that you not be able to conceal yourself in his throat or on his tongue or under his tongue, or in his other memebers. i conjure you, devil, by the death and burial of christ, from which he rose from the dead on the third day, that you not be able to conceal yourself in his bowels or inward parts. i conjure you, devil, by the resurrection of our lord jesus christ, in which he appeared to his disciples saying, it is i, do not be afaraid, and he commanded them, saying, go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature; he who believes and is baptised shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be condemned; by the aforesaid words i conjure and admonish you that you should recede from this servant of god [n. i conjure you, devil

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nd and then the ritual was concluded with an orgy. some of the more sensationalist accounts of satanic initiations have added to the early satanic tradition mentioned above as also including the ritua lslaughter of a virgin, usually female, or of a baby or young child and the drinking of a concoction of urine, sperm and/or vaginal fluid and blood whilst the participants blasphemed against god and jesus christ. from a moral perspective there is little, or often, no attempt to apologise for such cases from any satanic quarter. here one comes across the satanic morality, or amorality where what is traditionally accepted by society is not by satanism. it is by going against the accepted norm that the satanist finds the freedom within, by going to extremes of emotion, thought and action the sat

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losopher socrates. c. 428 348 bce life span of the greek philosopher plato. 384 322 bce life span of the greek philosopher aristotle. c. third century bce period in which the major text of daoism, the dao de jing, is likely written. c. 273 c. 232 bce the emperor ashoka of maurya, in present-day india, begins to spread buddhism beyond the borders of india. c. 6 bce jesus of nazareth, also known as jesus christ, is born. c. 30 ce jesus christ is put to death by crucifixion by roman authorities in jerusalem. 70 ce roman troops crush the great revolt by occupying jerusalem, massacring jews, and destroying the second temple. 142 revelations given to the holy man zhang daoling (also spelled chang tao-ling, who becomes the first of the great celestial masters in daoism. 224 651 during the sassani

ctions. matsuri: festival. mecca: a city in present-day saudi arabia, the holiest site of islam, where the religion was founded. meditation: quiet reflection on spiritual matters. menorah: a seven-branched candelabrum; at hanukkah, a ninebranched candelabrum is used. messiah: the expected deliverer and king of the jews, foretold by the prophets of the old testament; used by christians to refer to jesus christ. metaphysical: having to do with the philosophical study of the nature of reality and existence. metaphysics: the branch of philosophy that deals with explanations for the most general questions of being, such as what brought the world into being, and the nature of space, time, god, and the afterlife. world religions: almanac xxiii words to know metempsychosis: transmigration of souls

m, generally used to refer to the less traditional branch of the faith. regla de ocha: the formal name for the santer an religion. rehit maryada: the sikh code of ethical conduct. religious daoism: a form of daoism that recognizes gods, ancestor spirits, and life after death. ren: empathy, the ability to feel for and sympathize with others; the highest confucian ideal. resurrection: the rising of jesus christ from the dead three days after his crucifixion, or death on a cross. xxvi world religions: almanac words to know rig veda: the central scripture of hinduism, a collection of inspired hymns and songs. rosh hoshanah: the jewish new year. sabbat: holidays practiced by wiccans throughout the year, including the summer and winter solstices, the vernal and autumnal equinoxes, and four addit

practiced by wiccans throughout the year, including the summer and winter solstices, the vernal and autumnal equinoxes, and four additional holidays between these four. sacrament: a sacred rite, or ceremony. sadhana: ascetic person. saint: a deceased person who has been recognized for living a virtuous and holy life. salat: daily prayer. salvation: the deliverance of human beings from sin through jesus christ s death on the cross. samhain (samhuinn: neo-pagan holiday celebrated on october 31. samsara: the ongoing cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth. samyak charitra: right conduct; one of the three jewels of jain ethical conduct. samyak darshana: right faith, or right perception; one of the three jewels of jain ethical conduct. samyak jnana: right knowledge; one of the three jewels of

ts, originally part of the vedas, that explain such core hindu beliefs as karma, reincarnation, nirvana, the soul, and brahman. urvan: the soul. vaishnavaism: a major sect of hinduism, which sees vishnu( the preserver) as the central god. vedas: the chief sacred scriptures of hinduism; knowledge, wisdom, or vision. xxx world religions: almanac words to know virgin birth: the christian belief that jesus christ was the son of god and born of a virgin mother. vishnu: also called krishna; the preserver-god. vodou: an african-based religion practiced primarily in haiti and in other central and south american countries. vodouisant: an uninitiated practitioner of vodou. wakan: the incomprehensibility of life and death for the sioux. wakan tanka: the world s motivating force for the sioux. wen: th

based theory. it assumes that religions are the result of divine messages from one or more gods, or from prophets (messengers) of such a supreme being or universal consciousness or awareness. believers accept that their religion began as a direct or indirect revelation from a deity, or god, or the cosmos. orthodox christianity, the set of beliefs and rituals followed by most christians, says that jesus christ religion addresses spiritual matters and often provides guidelines for living that people can follow in their daily lives. about 5.1 billion people, or most of the world s population, identify with a religion. images.com/corbis. world religions: almanac 3 what is religion (c. 6 bce c. 30 ce) was both the son of god and god himself. jesus, a man, had the authority of god within him and

rs. the most common deities represented natural forces, such as the sun, moon, seasons, rivers, and fertility. any force that could either benefit or harm humans was given spirit form so that humankind could pray to it and ask for special favors. the second form of deity to develop distinguishing time the abbreviations bc and ad are christian in origin and refer to a calendar based on the life of jesus christ. when a date is given as bc, it means the year occurred before christ. when the date is given as ad, it means an event happened in the year of our lord (anno domini, in latin, again referring to christ. these dates did not come into common use until centuries after the life of jesus, so they do not correspond exactly to the dates historians now assign to his birth and death. in the tw

e year of our lord (anno domini, in latin, again referring to christ. these dates did not come into common use until centuries after the life of jesus, so they do not correspond exactly to the dates historians now assign to his birth and death. in the twenty-first century, dates are most often given as bce (before the common era) and ce (of the common era. this change takes the overt reference to jesus christ out of the calendar, without requiring a new calendar to date historical events. world religions: almanac 5 what is religion? was based on the spirit of the ancestor, either an actual human ancestor, as with the chinese, or an animal totem or object that unified a clan. a totem is an object, or perhaps an animal, that assumes a spiritual symbolism for a clan or tribe. even on a small

religions and their goddess worship were replaced with religions dominated by males. nevertheless, at the time of jesus s birth, the worship of goddesses such as demeter, artemis, aphrodite, and cybele (also known as the great mother) was widespread throughout italy, greece, and the middle east. some historians of religion believe that the great admiration and respect held for mary, the mother of jesus christ, especially in the roman catholic faith, may be a holdover of this earlier form of goddess worship. by the time the first civilizations sprang up in what is now iraq, around 3,000 bce, religion had become a very involved process. ancient sumerians, people who lived in what is now the south of iraq about 5,000 years ago, had a complex pantheon, with many gods and goddesses. stories of

tics. this is true in the monotheistic faiths that consider abraham as a founder of their religion. these are judaism, christianity, and islam. the jewish name for god is yahweh, or yhwh. another common variation on the name is jehovah. christianity refers to god as the father, the son, and the holy spirit. this refers to the christian trinity, in which god is believed to exist as himself, within jesus christ, the son of god, and as a purely physical representation in the holy spirit. islam refers to god as allah. muslims, the followers of islam, have ninety-nine different variations of god s name. the religion of baha grew out of islam and came to call baha (glory or splendor) its god. zoroastrianism calls upon ahura mazda( lord wisdom) as its god. hinduism recognizes one supreme being, b

ders as he learns to pray in a mosque. some scientists use the meme theory to explain religion as a complex of inherited traits handed down from one generation to another. michael s. yamashita/corbisbettmann. world religions: almanac 13 what is religion? myth is not the same as religion, although it can be an important part of it. some christians believe the story of the death and resurrection of jesus christ a myth: a story that aims to show how humans can be freed of their sins and brought into a heavenly afterlife. they believe that the resurrection was not meant to be taken literally; instead, they see it as a symbol for finding new life or a new way of relating to the world when one believes in jesus s teachings. for other christians, however, such biblical stories are literal truth

t is therefore necessary that prophets and messengers from the one god appear from time to time to bring updated messages to humans. each messenger or prophet is merely a new representative of the one eternal religion. baha s see themselves within this cycle of continual change and evolution and recognize baha u lla h as one messenger among many that have come before, including moses, the buddha, jesus christ, and muhammad. according to the kitab-i-aqdas, another new messenger will reveal a better way to live a spiritual life, but this will not take place before a thousand years. this sense of continual transformation is a key element to the baha faith and one that is unique to the religion. spiritual growth and social conscience baha s believe that the purpose of human life is to know god

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fit and much joy. if god grants many things in thy life, give plentifully to the poor, be faithful and silent about the art, for this surely is god's will, keep truth and faith, think of me, so thou wilt be free from all evil. mons philosophorum. the soul of men everywhere was lost through a fall, and the health of the body suffered through a fall, salvation came to the human soul through iehova, jesus christ. the bodily health is brought back through a thing not good to look at. it is hidden in this painting, the highest treasure in this world, in which is the highest medicine and the greatest parts of the riches of nature, given to us by the lord iehova. it is called pator metallorum, well known to the philosopher sitting in front of the mountain-cave, easy to obtain for anybody. but the

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this deity has been concealed behind an elaborate system of veiled allegories and secret symbols. followers of this pseudomystical, humanistic, occult system of beliefs affirm, without proof, that it is based on an unbroken oral tradition handed down from an ancient priesthood in egypt. the cult projects a minimum belief in a god which totally excludes god, the divine redeemer, and which rejects jesus christ, the son of god. its leaders tell its initiates that the doctrine of the cull is based on a hidden master religion in which all men can agree because it is founded on pre-christian, pagan models that appear not to be in conflict with reputable faiths. this offspring of the ancient idolatrous mystery cults has existed in america for centuries, but its leaders have never dared to admit

ed stone, the sure foundation, but also that stone which the builders rejected" but what, really, in the christian meaning, is the cornerstone? isaias said (isa. 28, verse 16 "therefore thus saith the lord god: behold i will lay a stone in the foundations of sion, a tried stone, a corner stone, a precious stone, founded in the foundation. he that believeth, let him not hasten" the corner stone is jesus christ "the stone which the builders rejected (cf. ps. 118, 22; mt. 21, 42ff; acts 4,11; romans 9, 33; eph. 2, 20; 1 pe. 2, 6ff) one need go no further than the inner entrance of the meditation room to see concrete evidence of the godlessness of the u.n. the "stone" the metal altar, in its stark setting in that room is in itself a symbol of idolatry "stone worship was perhaps the earliest fo

at thou wilt most graciously be pleased to dispose us all to do justice, to love mercy and to demean ourselves with that charity -30- humility and pacific temper of mind which were the characteristics of the divine author of our blessed religion, and without a humble imitation of whose example in these things we can never hope to be a happy nation. grant our supplication, we beseech thee, through jesus christ our lord. amen [emphasis supplied] washington's prayer was adapted from his circular letter to the governors; its use of the phrase "our blessed religion" reflected in unmistakable terms washington's conviction that the united stales was a christian nation. a very early drawing in columbian magazine29 of the coat of arms shows the constellation of five-pointed stars scattered over the

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anda encountered on every side, they cannot any longer decipher reality. the majority are caught in some form of psychological matrix. tragically, hundreds of millions of people have, in a manner of speaking, become "manchurian candidates" they eat, breathe, move, and sleep as if in a trance. immobile, unable to react, afflicted with amnesia, they are like pontius pilate who, when confronted with jesus christ standing right in front of him, the very essence of unmovable truth, asked christ the question "what is truth" well, here, in codex magica, in over 600 incredible pages, is truth. here you will see pictures of many of the foremost movers and shakers of human history, ancient and modern, as they secretly communicate through sign and symbol. naturally, the elite do not relish being expo

ol sculptured by the famous italian renaissance artist (from toscano design catalog, holiday, 1999) green man doorbell knocker "il vecchio" replica of an authentic tuscany model (from toscano design catalog, holiday, 1999) in his songs of innocence, english artist and author william blake etched, printed and hand-colored this illustration for his poem "the shepherd" to christians, the shepherd is jesus christ. but to blake, as we see here, the shepherd is lucifer, beard and all, with serpentine-topped staff (1802; harry ransom center, university of texas at austin) 104 codex magica pan, the horned god of the mountains, forest, streams, and valleys, is almost universally worshipped by witches, as the honor bestowed upon him by the title and cover art of this recent book indicate. the ivy an

y, the great architect, jahbuhlun, or lucifer. they have even arranged for osiris' watchful eye, the all-seeing eye, to be pictured on each and every u.s.a. one dollar bill. it is the eye in the capstone surrounded by the rays of the sun announcing to the whole world the coming of a new age, a new world order (novus ordo seclorum. what a grand surprise these wicked men have in store for them when jesus christ, lord of lords, returns. ii thessalonians 2 says that the opposers of christ the leaders of illuminati and their hordes of rapt followers shall be utterly destroyed by the brightness of his coming. until that great and momentous day, the pitiful men of the illuminati shall continue to wallow with each other in the mire and muck. they will continue communicating the sign of x, the sign

all my former penalties) to have my tongue split from tip to root, that i might thereafter be unable to pronounce the word. the sixth degree (most excellent master) of the york rite continues with the horrific penalties..binding myself under no less penalty than to have my breast torn open, and my heart and vitals taken from thence, and exposed to rot on the dunghill. it's no wonder that our lord jesus christ, as recorded in the holy scriptures, commanded that his followers take no oaths (matthew 5:34-37. christ's brother, james, put it this way "but above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath (james 5:12. let masons and other illuminists who lie claiming to be "christian" believers try to dance around and vainly evade this c

rom the book, the tantric way, showing the multiple-triangle design, representing the generative (sex) act. in this design the interior, triangular (male) elements are "buried" within the lotus blossom (female. 376 codex magica the sri yantra pictured as a mystical diagram of solomon's temple, as planned in the building scheme of the knights templar. the cross and sun rays on top do not represent jesus christ, but point to the cosmic christ, who came in many names in the past and shall come again with a new name (from the book, the sword and the grail, by andrew sinclair, new york: crown publishers, 1992) a masonic tracing board with an image of a coffin, decorated with the "tools' of the craft. the v or square at the bottom of the coffin is pointed downward to hell and the lord of the und

aw traditions of the rabbis, and to the jewish cabala (also kabbalah or quaballah, which are the mystical teachings and traditions of the rabbis and sages. 422 codex magica if the jews had stuck to the teachings of the old testament, satan would not have had such terrible inroads. indeed, if moses and the prophets had been heeded, or if their writings were honored today, the jews would believe in jesus christ as messiah and be saved by faith in his promises. instead, the jews departed from the prophets, and over the centuries the rabbis steadily developed a body of man-made literature (the talmud and the cabala) that is supremely wicked and corrupt. their traditions, moreover, are antithetical to the faith and teachings of moses and the prophets (i do not refer, of course, to the faith of

rinciples of what is known as "circumambulation" this ritual came from the ancient pagan rites of the egyptians and from the worship of their sun god and of the sun itself. 3 the first 15 divisions of the egyptian royal cubit. each division of the cubit was dedicated to a divinity, and the first division, on the right, shows the hieroglyph of the sun god ra, symbol of divine unity (from the book, jesus christ, sun of god: ancient cosmology and early christian symbolism, by david fideler, quest books, wheaton, illinois) scorched by the sun 461 halos, also known as nimbuses, present the individual as a saint, a deity, or other holy person (from the herder dictionary of symbols, chiron publications, wilmette, illinois) at right: congressman tom delay (r-tx, house majority leader, pictured in

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mselves will be rewarded with eternal life, but those who have chosen greed and self-interest will be sent away into eternal punishment. 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 9 each soul was created by god to be immortal and individual, irrevocably connected to the afterlife. in acts 17:31, it is stated that god has appointed jesus christ to judge the world; acts 10:42 again names christ as the one ordained by god to be judge of the living and the dead. the early christian church believed that the second coming of jesus was imminent and that many who were alive in the time of the apostles would live to see his return in the clouds. when this remarkable event occurred, it would signal the end of time and jesus christ wo

they need to know, not what they want to know, he often said. never making claims for his special powers, he reminded those who called him a medicine man, or who spoke of his healing abilities, that all power belongs to the great spirit. then he would add, you call him god. in response to the charges of being militant, rolling thunder said, yes, i m a militant. so was your great healer they call jesus christ. sources: boyd, doug. rolling thunder. new york: dell publishing co, inc: 1974. steiger, brad, and sherry hansen steiger. indian wisdom and its guiding power.west chester, penn: whitford press: 1991. steiger, sherry hansen, and brad steiger. hollywood and the supernatural. new york: st. martin s press: 1990. rolling thunder shamanism ashaman is one who serves his people by acting as a

living. materialization something that appears suddenly, as if out of nowhere. in the paranormal it might be a ghost or spirit that suddenly appears to take on a physical form. medium in the paranormal, someone who is able to convey messages between the spirits of the deceased and the spirits of the living. 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. near-death experience a mystical-like occurrence or sensation that individuals on the brink of death or who were dead, but brought back to life, have described which includes leaving their physical body and hovering over it as though they were a bystande

from deceased spirits, or another name for spirit guide as used in mediumship. spirit guide a nonphysical being or entity which possibly can be an angel, the higher self, the spirit of a deceased person, a higher group mind, or a highly evolved being whose purpose is to help, guide, direct, and protect the individual. stigmata marks on a person s body resembling the crucifixion wounds suffered by jesus christ (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e) during his crucifixion on the cross. telepathy communication from one person s mind to another without the use of speech, writing, or any other signs or symbols, but through extrasensory means. 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 174 mediums and mystics totem an animal, bird, plant, or any other natural obje

us tells them, not even the angels. although jesus makes it clear that no one knows the hour or day of his second coming, for many centuries now certain christian clergy and scholars have steadfastly associated the rise of the antichrist to earthly power as a kind of catalyst that would set in motion armageddon, the last final battle between good and evil, the ultimate clash between the armies of jesus christ and satan. throughout the centuries, christians have attempted to determine the antichrist from among the powerful and ruthless leaders of their day. ever since the protestant reformation, the pope has been a favorite of evangelicals for the ignominious title. while many of the pontiffs in the middle ages did exercise great power over the rulers and the people of the emerging european

sly judged impure, shall be declared kosher. all the many nations of the world will communicate in one language; the angel of death will be slain by god; trees and crops will produce fresh harvests each month; the warmth of the sun shall heal the sick; and the righteous will be nourished forever by the radiance of god. to most orthodox christians, the profound meaning of the new testament is that jesus christ (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e) will one day return in the last days and his second coming will prompt the resurrection of the dead and the final judgment. the heart of the gospels is eschatological, or end-oriented. the essential theme of jesus and the apostles is that the last stage of history, the end time, was being entered into with his appearance. in matthew 24:3 44, t h e g a l e e n c

in revelation, the last book in the new testament, a guidebook for the christian on what to expect during the apocalypse, the time of tribulation. specifically, the book was written for the members of the churches of ephesus, smyrna, pergamum, thyatira, sardis, philadelphia, and laodicea in order to prepare them for what john believed to be a fastapproaching time of persecution and the return of jesus christ. the first of seven seals to be opened (revelation 6:1 2) by the lamb (christ) discloses a conquering king astride a white horse, the first of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. scholars disagree whether this triumphant king represents christ returning to do battle with satan or the antichrist emerging to summon the forces of evil to oppose christ and his angelic army. the second se

nd of the world. chicago: contemporary books, 1995. unterman, alan. dictionary of jewish lore and legend. new york: thames and hudson, 1991. wheeler, john jr. earth s two-minute warning: today s bible-predicted signs of the end times. north canton, ohio: leader co, 1996. apparitions of holy figures in the twelfth century, st. francis of assisi (1181 1226) was credited with seeing an apparition of jesus christ (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e. st. catherine of siena (1347 1380) reported seeing jesus in the fourteenth century. the catholic devotion to the sacred heart as a symbol of love was begun in the seventeenth century after an apparition of jesus christ had been seen by the french nun st. margaret mary (1647 1690. at the height of his illness in december 1954, pope pius xii (1876 1958) had a vis

n the long run absolutely certain. bucke would ever after insist that he learned more within the few seconds during which the illumination experience lasted than in previous years of study and he learned much that no study could ever have taught. among those historic individuals whom he saw as definitely having attained cosmic consciousness, bucke included gautama the buddha (c. 563 c. 483 b.c.e, jesus christ (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e, paul (d. 62 68 c.e, plotinus (205 270 c.e, muhammed (c. 570 632 c.e, dante (1265 1321, francis bacon (1561 1626, jakob behmen (1575 1624, william blake (1757 1827, and his own idol, walt whitman (1819 1892. it is apparent from the above listing that bucke saw such illumination occurring more often to men than to women. in added chapters, he named a number of ot

re no accounts of demonic possession or of exorcism in the old testament, the casting out of demons is an integral part of jesus ministry and it is an important aspect of the earthly assignments that he gives to his followers( then he called together his twelve apostles and sent them out two by two with power over evil spirits [mark 6:7. finally, paul turned and said to the spirit, in the name of jesus christ, i order you to leave this girl alone [acts 16:18. the new testament also refers to jewish exorcists who begin to cast out demons in jesus name (mark 9:38 40: teacher, we saw a man using your name to force demons out of people. but he wasn t one of us, and we told him to stop. jesus said to his disciples: don t stop him! no 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

nation in 1978, the shroud of turin has been hailed by some as physical proof of jesus resurrection from the dead and his triumph over the grave, while others have condemned it as a hoax crafted by medieval monks who sought to create the ultimate in holy relics for spiritual pilgrims to venerate. ray rogers is one of a number of scientists who believes that the burial cloth is truly the shroud of jesus christ. in his view and in that of many others the shroud of turin answers the eternal question of whether humans can achieve immortality. if christ was resurrected from the dead, rogers stated, then the gospels are true, and eternal life is offered to all. in october 1978, the shroud of turin research project, the u.s. scientific group that examined the shroud, unanimously reported that the

experts on october 7 and 8, and on october 8 13, a detailed, around-theclock, 120-hour scientific examination of the shroud that included more than 30,000 photographs of various kinds. the latter effort was conducted primarily by scientists from the united states who had brought 72 crates of equipment weighing eight tons. also in 1978, ian wilson published the shroud of turin: the burial cloth of jesus christ? in which he presented the results of his historical research which brought continuity, from 33 c.e. to 1204 c.e, to the story of the shroud and its travels. wilson concluded that the face of edessa and the mandylion of constantinople were but other designations for the shroud of turin. he also postulated a knights templar connection for the so-called missing years of the shroud from

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neighbor and closest friend. johnson accompanied his friend to the cabin that evening. the tale that bell told was an incredible one, but johnson knew that his neighbor was not given to flights of fancy. while he watched at betsy s bedside that night, johnson saw the young girl receive several blows on the cheeks from an invisible antagonist. he adjured the spirit to stop in the name of the lord jesus christ, and there was no activity from the ghost for several minutes, but then betsy s hair received a yank that brought a cry of pain from her lips. again johnson adjured the evil spirit, and it released the girl s hair. johnson concluded that the spirit understood the human language and that betsy was the center of the haunting. he met with other neighbors, and they decided to help the bel

y day for everyone the day of rest throughout the rest of the year for the sunday workers came to be known as blue monday. although the term is still used, now when people speak of a blue monday, they most often wish to convey that they feel lazy, tired, or would rather be on holiday than at work. the origin of the superstition concerning friday is traced by most authorities to the crucifixion of jesus christ (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e) on that day. but some writers advance the theory that friday is regarded as an unlucky day because, according to ancient tradition, it was on friday that adam and eve partook of the forbidden fruit and were cast out of paradise. followers of islam try to avoid beginning any new enterprise on wednesdays. for reasons long forgotten, wednesday is seen as a bad day

began to speak of heaven. his words touched their hearts and the relieved couple realized that they had picked up a very spiritual fellow. the hitchhiker then shifted his comments to issue a number of warnings concerning the day of judgment that will soon be at hand for all of humankind and the entire world. the backseat became a makeshift pulpit as he advised the couple that the second coming of jesus christ was at hand. at this point in the narrative, the story has two equally popular endings: 1. the couple looked around and discovered to their astonishment that their passenger had disappeared. then they realized that the man was jesus himself, warning them to prepare for judgment day. 2. just before he disappeared before their astonished eyes, the hitchhiker revealed himself to be jesus

e greek word amnestos, literally meaning not remembered and from a later alteration of the word amnesia forgetfulness. anomalous something strange and unusual that deviates from what is considered normal. from the greek anomalos, meaning uneven. anthropology the scientific study of the origins, behavior, physical, social, and cultural aspects of humankind. antichrist the antagonist or opponent of jesus christ (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e, who is anticipated by many early as well as contemporary christians to lead the world into evil before christ returns to earth to redeem and rescue the faithful. can also refer to any person who is in opposition to or an enemy of jesus christ or his teachings, as well as to those who claim to be christ, but in fact are false and misleading. anthroposophy a spir

re. mesopotamia greek word, meaning between two rivers. an ancient region that was located between the tigris and 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

. rectory the house or dwelling that a rector (clergyman) lives in. reincarnation the reappearance or rebirth of something in a new form. some religions or belief systems state that the soul returns to live another life in a new physical form and does so in a cyclical manner. resurrection the act of rising from the dead or returning to life. in christian belief, the resurrection was the rising of jesus christ from the dead after he was crucified and entombed. resurrection also refers to the rising of the dead on judgment day, as anticipated by christians, jews, and muslims. retrocognition the mental process or faculty of knowing, seeing, or perceiving things, events, or occurrences of things in the past, especially through other than the normal human senses as in extrasensory. right-hand p

spirit of a deceased person, a higher group mind, or a highly evolved being whose purpose is to help, guide, direct, and protect the individual. spittle something that looks like or is saliva, which is secreted from the mouth. 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 312 glossary stigmata marks on a person s body resembling the wounds inflicted on jesus christ (c. 6 b.c.e. c. 30 c.e) during his crucifixion on the cross. subversive to cause the ruin or downfall of something or to undermine or overthrow principles, an institution, or a government. supernatural relating to or pertaining to god or the characteristics of god; a deity or magic of something that is above and beyond what is normally explained by natural laws. superstition the belie

a state of impermanence, or lasting for only a brief time. remaining in a place only for a short time, or the brief appearance of someone or something. transmutation the act of transforming or changing from one nature, form, or state into another. tribulation great affliction, trial, or distress. in christianity, the tribulation refers to the prophesied period of time which precedes the return of jesus christ to earth, in which there will be tremendous suffering that will test humanity s endurance, patience, or faith. ufo literally an unidentified flying object, although the term is often used by some to refer to an alien spacecraft. ufologist someone who investigates the reports and sightings of unidentified flying objects. valhalla in norse mythology, when the souls of heroes are killed

THE GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE UNUSUAL UNEXPLAINED VOL

y 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 temple in 70c.e. without a flawless red heifer to sacrifice to purify the temple mount, the third temple could not be rebuilt and the messiah could not come. fundamentalist christians shared the excitement of the birth because they believe that after jesus christ (c. 6 b.c.e..c. 30 c.e) has returned and defeated the forces of evil at the battle of armageddon, he will begin his millennial reign from the third temple. which could not be rebuilt until the temple mount had been purified by the ashes of the red heifer. the genetically engineered red heifer born in 1996 created a great deal of tension in jerusalem, for muslim leaders were concerned

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

graham. the sign and the seal: the quest for the lost ark of the covenant. new york: crown, 1992. heverly, lorry. gwhere is the ark of the covenant? h christian science monitor (march 30, 2000: 18. starck, peter. gare the holy grail and ark of the covenant hidden on baltic sea island? h [online] http//www.rense.com/general6/baltic.htm crosses christians wear crosses to remember the crucifixion of jesus christ (c. 6 b.c.e..c. 30 c.e) and because they believe that nothing unholy can stand in the presence of the cross. the cross as a christian amulet dates back to the fourth century, when the roman emperor constantine (d. 337) adopted it as his symbol instead of the traditional roman eagle. that act symbolized the conversion of rome to a christian empire. but amulets with crosses date back to

f the cross. the cross as a christian amulet dates back to the fourth century, when the roman emperor constantine (d. 337) adopted it as his symbol instead of the traditional roman eagle. that act symbolized the conversion of rome to a christian empire. but amulets with crosses date back to mesopotamia and egypt, and served as a symbol long before associations of the cross with the crucifixion of jesus christ. native americans already had amulets with crosses by 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 objects of mystery and power 203 thecross as a christian amulet dates back to the fourth century. time of first contact with europeans. european adventurers, beginning with christopher columbus (1451.1506, assumed that christians had arriv

from ggaralis, h which derives from the medieval latin word gcratalis h (a mixing bowl. garalis became ggreal h in medieval french, ggrail h in english. another possible origin for the word is based on the writings of a christian monk named helinandus, who served the cistercian order as a chronicler and died around 1230. he wrote of a hermit who around the year 717 saw a vision of a dish used by jesus christ at the last supper. the hermit supposedly wrote a book in latin and called the dish ggradale. h in french, gradale meant a wide and deep dish on which various meats are placed; it is similar to the word ggreal h( gpleasant h. greal was the word used to describe the dish in french tales, and it became ggrail h in english. in the history that developed after grail stories emerged, josep

riod in which many other sites, such as stonehenge and silbury hill, the tallest prehistoric manmade mound in europe, were being erected. romans conquered great britain during the first century b.c.e. and established wharves on nearby bristol bay, thus enabling glastonbury to become a shipping area. a legend has it that joseph of arimathea, who is mentioned in the bible as the person who prepared jesus christ (c. 6 b.c.e..c. 30 c.e) for burial after his crucifixion, landed in bristol bay and established the first christian church at glastonbury. later, according to some accounts, he traveled by sea and landed in great britain, bringing with him the holy grail. several centuries later, according to legends, king arthur fs knights undertook quests to find the lost holy grail. when joseph arr

e greek word amnestos, literally meaning not remembered and from a later alteration of the word amnesia forgetfulness. anomalous something strange and unusual that deviates from what is considered normal. from the greek anomalos, meaning uneven. anthropology the scientific study of the origins, behavior, physical, social, and cultural aspects of humankind. antichrist the antagonist or opponent of jesus christ (c. 6 b.c.e..c. 30 c.e, who is anticipated by many early as well as contemporary christians to lead the world into evil before christ returns to earth to redeem and rescue the faithful. can also refer to any person who is in opposition to or an enemy of jesus christ or his teachings, as well as to those who claim to be christ, but in fact are false and misleading. anthroposophy a spir

mesopotamia greek word, meaning gbetween two rivers. h an ancient region that was located between the tigris and euphrates rivers in what is today, modern iraq and syria. some of the world fs 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

. rectory the house or dwelling that a rector (clergyman) lives in. reincarnation the reappearance or rebirth of something in a new form. some religions or belief systems state that the soul returns to live another life in a new physical form and does so in a cyclical manner. resurrection the act of rising from the dead or returning to life. in christian belief, the resurrection was the rising of jesus christ from the dead after he was crucified and entombed. resurrection also refers to the rising of the dead on judgment day, as anticipated by christians, jews, and muslims. retrocognition the mental process or faculty of knowing, seeing, or perceiving things, events, or occurrences of things in the past, especially through other than the normal human senses as in extrasensory. right-hand p

spirit of a deceased person, a higher group mind, or a highly evolved being whose purpose is to help, guide, direct, and protect the individual. spittle something that looks like or is saliva, which is secreted from the mouth. 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 290 glossary stigmata marks on a person fs body resembling the wounds inflicted on jesus christ (c. 6 b.c.e..c. 30 c.e) during his crucifixion on the cross. subversive to cause the ruin or downfall of something or to undermine or overthrow principles, an institution, or a government. supernatural relating to or pertaining to god or the characteristics of god; a deity or magic of something that is above and beyond what is normally explained by natural laws. superstition the belie

a state of impermanence, or lasting for only a brief time. remaining in a place only for a short time, or the brief appearance of someone or something. transmutation the act of transforming or changing from one nature, form, or state into another. tribulation great affliction, trial, or distress. in christianity, the tribulation refers to the prophesied period of time which precedes the return of jesus christ to earth, in which there will be tremendous suffering that will test humanity fs endurance, patience, or faith. ufo literally an unidentified flying object, although the term is often used by some to refer to an alien spacecraft. ufologist someone who investigates the reports and sightings of unidentified flying objects. valhalla in norse mythology, when the souls of heroes are killed

THE GOD OF THE WITCHES

ore; he also recorded the evidence of one of his victims,[10]"the devil made them believe that he was the true god, and he gives as a general statement[11 "our witchesfor the most part hold these demons as gods. in orleans in 1614[25 "they say to the devil, we recogniseyou as our master, our god, our creator. at edmonton in 1621 elizabeth sawyer[12] confessed that "hecharged me to pray no more to jesus christ, but to him the devil" in lancashire in 1633 margaretjohnson[13 "met a spirit or devil in a suit of black tied about with silk points, he instructed her to call him the god of the witcheschapter i. the horned god10mamilion "and in all her talk and conference she called the said mamilion her god. gaule, making a generalstatement about witch-beliefs and practices in 1646,[14] says that

ndprivate" this seems to indicate that after the public profession of faith, such as all converts had to make, thepriestess was admitted by a special and private rite. de lancre makes the statement that "there are two sortsof witches, the first sort are composed of witches who, having abandoned god, give themselves to drugs andpoisons. the second are those who have made an express renunciation of jesus christ and of the faith andhave given themselves to satan. these perform wonders"[3 (plate ii).it was this body of persons who were specially stigmatised as witches in the sixteenth and seventeenthcenturies, and to describe them the christian recorders ransacked their vocabularies for invectives andabusive epithets. the favourite adjectives to apply to witches and their doings were: hellish

her words, he held forth on what heconsidered to be the true faith and abused the other side "among other things he told them that they weremore happy in him than they could be in god; him they saw, but god they could not see" in another sermonby the same preacher[7] he "most blasphemously mocked them, if they offered to trust in god who left themmiserable in the world, and neither he nor his son jesus christ ever appeared to them when they called onthem, as he had, who would not cheat them. this was undoubtedly the great appeal of the old religion; thegod was there present with his worshippers, they could see him, they could speak to him as friend to friend,whereas the christian god was unseen and far away in heaven, and the petitioner could never be sure that hisprayer would reach the di

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

evodious. priscillian was killed. exile and death were the fate of his followers. heresy blazed the stronger, and a worse persecution was threatened. then st. martin left his cell at marmontier, and set out a second time to treves. news of the old man coming along the road on his ass reached his enemies. they met him at the gate and refused him entrance "but" said martin "i come with the peace of jesus christ" and such was the power of this presence that they could not close the city gates against him. but the palace doors were closed. martin refused to see the ithacans or to receive the communion with them, and their fury at this is eloquent testimony of their sense of his power. they appealed to maximus, who delivered over martin bound to them. but in the night maximus sent for martin, a

n 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 three different translations of the same book. as god is one, so also is the law. o ideal woman! o reward of the

the glories of the ancient world; the fables of homer remain truer than history, and nothing remains to us of the grandeur of rome 56 but the immortal writings which the century of augustus brought forth. thus, perhaps, rome only shook the world with the convulsions of war, in order to bring forth vergil. christianity is the fruit of the meditations of all the sages of the east, who live again in jesus christ. thus the light of the spirits has risen where the sun of the world rises; christ conquered the west, and the soft rays of the sun of asia have touched the icicles of the north. stirred by this unknown heat, ant-heaps of new men have spread over a worn-out world; the souls of dead people have shone upon rejuvenated races, and enlarged in them the spirit of life. there is in the world

hose two blood-hungered monsters, despotism and anarchy, will tear themselves to pieces, and annihilate each other, after having mutually sustained each other for a little while, by the embrace of their struggle itself. and the government of the future will be that whose model is shown to us in nature, by the family, and in the religious world by the pastoral hierarchy. the elect shall reign with jesus christ during a thousand years, say the 60 apostolic traditions: that is to say, that during a series of centuries, the intelligence and love of chosen men, devoted to the burden of power, will administer the interests and the wealth of the universal family. at that day, according to the promise of the gospel, there will be no more than one flock and one shepherd. xvi the number sixteen sixt

ned on the capitol by the hand of st. peter; and let olympus and carmel unite their divinities beneath the brush of raphael! transfigure yourselves, ancient cathedrals of our fathers; dart forth into the clouds your chiselled and living arrows, and 62 let stone record in animated figures the dark legends of the north, brightened by the marvellous gilded apologues of the qur'an! let the east adore jesus christ in its mosques, and on the minarets of a new santa sophia let the cross rise in the midst of the crescent<symbol is characteristic of the greek church which he has been attacking. levi should have visited moscow- trans> let mohammed set woman free to give to the true believer the houris which he has so long dreamt of, and let the martyrs of the

practises charity may flatter herself that she realizes all the dreams of divine love. moreover, the faith of the hierarchical church transforms mysticism into realism by the efficacy of her sacraments. no more signs, no more figures whose strength is not in grace, and which do not really give what they promise! faith animates all, makes all in some sort visible and palpable; even the parables of jesus christ take a body and a soul. they show, at jerusalem, the house of the wicked rich man! the thin symbolisms of the primitive religions overturned by science, and deprived of the life of faith, resemble those whitened bones which covered the field that ezekiel saw in his vision. the spirit of the saviour, the spirit of faith, the spirit of 75 charity, has breathed upon this dust; and all th

, rather, the fiction of power not sanctioned by authority. 79 john calvin protested against the stakes of rome, in order to give himself the right to burn michael servetus. every people that liberates itself from a charles i, or a louis xvi, must undergo a robespierre or a cromwell and there is a more or less absurd anti-pope being all protestations against the legitimate papacy. the divinity of jesus christ only exists in the catholic church, to which he transmits hierarchically his life and his divine powers. this divinity is sacerdotal and royal by virtue of communion; but outside of that communion, every affirmation of the divinity of jesus christ is idolatrous, because jesus christ could not be an isolated god. the number of protestants is of no importance to catholic truth. if all m

he changes in men themselves. this signifies that the worship itself is immutable, but modifies itself as language does. worship is a form of instruction; it is a language; one must translate it when nations no longer understand it. 83 we have translated, and not destroyed, the worship of moses and of the prophets. in adoring god in creation, we do not adore the creation itself. in adoring god in jesus christ, it is god alone whom we adore, but god united to humanity. in making humanity divine, christianity has revealed the human divinity. the god of the jews was inhuman, because they did not understand him in his works. we are, then, more israelite than the israelites themselves. what they believe, we believe with them, and better than they do. they accuse us of having separated ourselves

etext to fury. those who intentionally and maliciously confound religion 89 itself with superstition and fanaticism, borrow from stupidity its blind prejudices, and would borrow perhaps in the same way from fanaticism its injustices and angers. inquisitors or septembrisors< what matter names? the religion of jesus christ condemns, and has always condemned, assassins. 90 resume of the first part in the form of a dialogue faith, science, reason. science. you will never make me believe in the existence of god. faith. you have not the privilege of believing, but you will never prove to me that god does not exist. science. in order to prove it to you, i must first know what god is. faith. you will never kn

ave heard his prophecies spoken of. but does he really perform miracles["here mr. madrolle jumps in his chair, raises his eyes and his hands to heaven, and finally smiles with a condescension which seems to sound the depths of pity] 140 "does he do miracles, sir "but the greatest "the most astonishing "the most incontestable "the truest miracles that have ever been done on earth since the time of jesus christ. what! thousands of hosts appear on altars where there were none; wine appears in empty chalices, and it is not an illusion, it is wine, a delicious wine..celestial music is heard, perfumes of the world beyond fill the room, and then blood. real human blood (doctors have examined it, real blood, i tell you, sweats and sometimes flows from the hosts, imprinting mysterious characters on

written in characters of blood upon the pretended miraculous hosts of vintras! we affirm upon our honour that the facts cited above are such as we have stated, and that we ourselves saw and explained the characters according to magical science and the true keys of the qabalah. the disciple of vintras also communicated to us the description and design of the pontifical vestments given, said he, by jesus christ himself to the pretended prophet, during one of his ecstatic trances. vintras had these vestments made, and clothes himself with them in order to perform his miracles. they are red in colour. he wears upon his forehead a cross in the form of a lingam; and his pastoral staff is surmounted by a hand, all of whose fingers are closed, except the thumb and the little finger. now, all that

e reflections of the divulged light. nature also has its recollections, and sends to us the same signs to correspond to the same ideas. in all this, there is nothing either supernatural or infernal "how! do you want me to admit" said to us the cure charvoz, the first vicar of vintras "that satan dares to impress his hideous stigmata upon consecrated materials, which have become the actual body of jesus christ" we declared immediately, that it was equally impossible for us to pronounce in favour of such a blasphemy; and yet, as we demonstrated in our articles in the "estafette" the signs printed in bleeding characters upon the hosts of vintras, regularly consecrated by charvoz, were those which, in 229 black magic, are absolutely recognized for the signatures of demons. astral writings are

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

below. the upper sephiroth cannot flow into the lower in an optimum state if the lower are unbalanced, and neither can the lower sephiroth function correctly when the upper sephiroth are disturbed. tiphareth, the sephirah representing human self-awareness, is the key-stone on which this balance rests. indeed, in ephesians 2.20, paul makes reference to "the foundation of the apostles and prophets, jesus christ himself being the chief corner-stone" which in kabbalah can be read to say that yesod (meaning the "foundation) is the sephirah of prophecy and communication to the outside world (malkuth, but the corner-stone is self-awareness as practised by christ, a personification of tiphareth. equally, the role of a mediator is often that of translation, and it is in translation we find tipharet

THE MARTINIST OPERATIVE GENERAL RITUAL

called the pentacle of khunrath (see page 6 of this issue for its drawing)4. louis-claude de saint--martin expresses very precisely his thoughts on this name in one of his letters5. when the christ came, he made the pronunciation of this word still more central and interior, since the great name expressed by those four letters was the quaternary explosion, or the crucial sign of all life; whereas jesus christ, by exalting the hebrew shin, or the letter 's, united the holy ternary itself to the great quaternary name of which three is the principle. now, if, in the ancient ordinations, the quaternion had to have its own source in us, with much greater reason should the name of christ take from himself alone its whole efficacy and light. no doubt, a great virtue is attached to this true pronu

d the holy ternary itself to the great quaternary name of which three is the principle. now, if, in the ancient ordinations, the quaternion had to have its own source in us, with much greater reason should the name of christ take from himself alone its whole efficacy and light. no doubt, a great virtue is attached to this true pronunciation whether central or oral, of that great name, and that of jesus christ, which is as its flower. the vibration of our elementary air is a very secondary thing in the process by which these names make sensible what was not so before. their virtue is to do to-day, and at all times, what they did at the beginning, in creating all things; and, as they made all things before the air existed, no doubt they are still higher than the air when they perform the sam

THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES

rounded a corner in a wooded area, a huge white thing appeared directly in front of their car. they said it had curved wings about ten feet wide. there was a head on the creature and it appeared to have very long hair. it was in view of their headlights for several seconds before it flew upward and vanished from sight. the witnesses were very religious and assumed they had seen an angel, or even jesus christ himself. after their sighting their telephone went haywire and their television was suddenly subjected to heavy interference. i found a number of ufos had been seen in the letart falls area, with concentrations around a large gravel pit there. sightings in the northeast were keeping me busy at that time. but i talked with mary hyre frequently. she was receiving more ufo reports than s

THE ROSICRUCIAN MANIFESTOS

ing of our neighbors, and to the restoring of all the diseased. 3 fama fra t e rni t a t i s, o r, a di s c ov e r y o f t h e fra t e rni t y o f t h e mo s t l aud a b l e orde r o f t h e ro s y c r o s s. seeing the only wise and merciful god in these latter days hath poured out so richly his mercy and goodness to mankind, whereby we do attain more and more to the perfect knowledge of his son jesus christ and nature, that justly we may boast of the happy time, wherein there is not only discovered unto us the half part of the world, which was heretofore unknown& hidden, but he hath also made manifest unto us many wonderful, and neverheretofore seen, works and creatures of nature, and moreover hath raised men, indued with great wisdom, which might partly renew and reduce all arts (in thi

or beginning of our philosophical canons, prescribed to us by our brother r.c. and be partakers with us of our treasures (which never can fail or be wasted) in all humility, and love to be eased of this worlds labor, and not walk so blindly in the knowledge of the wonderful works of god. but that also every christian may know of what religion and belief we are, we confess to have the knowledge of jesus christ (as the same now in these last days, and chiefly in germany, most clear and pure is professed, and is now adays cleansed and voyd of all swerving people, hereticks, and false prophets) in certain and noted countries maintained, defended and propagated: also we use two sacraments, as they are instituted with all forms and ceremonies of the first renewed church. in politia we acknowledg

and be no more subject to the storms of inconstant fortune; but the wickedness of the ungodly thereby, with their due and deserved punishment, be augmented and multiplied. although we cannot be by any suspected of the least heresy, or of any wicked beginning, or purpose against the worldly government, we do condemn the east and the west (meaning the pope and mahomet) blasphemers against our lord jesus christ, and offer and present with a good will to the chief head of the roman empire our prayers, secrets, and great treasures of gold. yet we have thought good, and fit for the learned s sakes, to add somewhat more to this, and make a better explanation if there be anything too deep, hidden, and set down over dark in the fama, or for certain reasons were altogether omitted, and left out; ho

ch have taken pains therein. but the work itself shall be attributed to the blessedness of our age. 24 as we now willingly confess, that may principal men by their writings will be a great furtherance unto this reformation which is to come; so we desire not to have this honour ascribed to us, as if such work were only commanded and imposed upon us. but we confess, and witness openly with the lord jesus christ, that it shall first happen that the stones shall arise, and offer their service, before there shall be any want of executors and accomplishers of god s counsel; yea, the lord god hath already sent before certain messengers, which should testify his will, to wit, some new stars, which do appear and are seen in the firmament in serpentario and cygno, which signify and give themselves k

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

is stead the sour feet of her god. similarly, magdalene, having passionately sought love, and having lost the skein of her desires in the labyrinthine byways of lust, threw her weeping form at the feet of him in whom she found the ideal of her affection, washing those dusty feet with her tears, and drying them with the long tresses of her hair, still perfumed with the kisses of a thousand lovers. jesus christ and john smith are very nearly related, and a woman who is capable of loving one is also capable of loving the other. flaubert finely pictures this when he represents madame bovary, kneeling at her prie-dieu and addressing to her lord the same sweet words she had formerly murmured to her lover in the effusions of adultery. so it often happens that the most spiritual are at heart the m

hosanna in the highest! h for this day*1. there has been born in albion a greater than david hume, and a more illustrious than david home,*2. even had he been genuine *1. 12th october, 1875 *2. d.d. home, the medium. and he shall be called gimmanuel, h that is ggod with us, h or being interpreted aleister crowley, the spiritual son of immanuel whose surname was cant* and as the doctrine taught by jesus christ became known as christianity, so let this theurgy, as expounded by this marvellous being, be known as crowleyanity: or in other words, according to the mind of the reader. pyrrhonic-zoroastrianism, pyrrhonic-mysticism, sceptical- transcendentalism, sceptical- theurgy, sceptical-energy, scientific- illuminism, or what you will; for in short it is the conscious communion with god on the

THE SECRET RITUALS OF THE OTO

stic christianity had supposedly passed on to the templars was recounted in the order s legend: file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p1c2.html (4 of 5 [12/28/2001 2:01:22 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. up to the year 1118 the mysteries and the hierarchic order of the initiation of egypt, transmitted to the jews by moses, then to the christians by jesus christ, were preserved by the successors of st. john. these mysteries and initiations. were a sacred trust. preserved from all adulteration. these gnostic christians, appreciating the courage and piety of the templar knights. held it their duty to trust to hands so pure the knowledge acquired over so many centuries. hugues de payens (the templar grand master) was invested with the apostolic

whole of the law: and this: the word of the law is thelema. and this: love is the law, love under will. do not forget that the numeration of thelema, as also that of agape, love or charity in its best sense, is equivalent to that of the word of our 3. it is further of interest to observe that these letters abl added to 33, the number of the years of the life of king solomon s temple, and that of jesus christ. 33 is also the number of degrees in freemasonry; and it has many other qualities, many of which you doubtless know already. note, too, that a is 1, b 2, l 30, as if to signify the whole course of the universe, the unity, the dyad, the many and the naught. it is also pertinent to observe that j is the wand, a the pentagram or pentacle, h the cup, b the crown, v the sword, and l the ba

e royal rite of memphis, perfectly illuminated of our sublime ix, in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy ghost, one god, eternal, indivisible, omnipotent, omniscient, file//c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p3c3.html (2 of 18 [12/28/2001 2:05:41 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. omnipresent. the favour of god and the grace of our lord jesus christ, and the abiding of the holy spirit be with you now and forever more amen. here now the secret of secrets, the key of all magick, revealed unto me for your instruction and behoof by the loving kindness of the o.h.o. lege judica tace of the nature of the arcanum i am alpha and omega, the first and the last, i will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freel

he godhead. pitiful and of tender love, hath he revealed unto the wise men of old time, the way of this attainment. the gnostics and manichees preserved it in their most secret assemblies as they had received it from the greatest of the magi of egypt; nor were the ophites ignorant of this mystery, nor the men that did worship unto mithras, and the secret is hidden in the fable of samson; our lord jesus christ established it through the mouth of the beloved disciple. this was the inmost secret of the knights of the temple, and the brethren of the rose crosse concealed it in their college of the holy ghost. from them and from their successors the hermetic brothers of light have we received it directly, and here declare it openly to you. now then learn that this secret consists in the knowled

e we received it directly, and here declare it openly to you. now then learn that this secret consists in the knowledge of a peculiar rite, an high mass to be celebrated in the temple of the holy ghost. are ye not, kings and priests unto god, very illustrious sir knights and perfectly illuminated brethren? this is the true sacrament by which ye are partakers of the very body and blood of our lord jesus christ, not in his death, but in his resurrection. by this are ye made children of light, fellows of the holy ghost, perfect pure, companions of the sangreal, illustrious knights of the sacrosanct order of kadosch. by this have ye the gnosis; by this are ye counted among the dwellers of the sanctuary. blessed are they that do this commandment, that they may have sight of the tree of life, an

this ye err that in your sport ye look not beyond to the mighty work of the vow. is not this the essence of the proof? the substance of the ordeal? whether therefore ye foin or joust (as saint paul the good knight sayeth in his epistle) do all to the glory of god. even at the moment when the device of the demon grippeth at his strongest, play the man, aspire fervently toward the grace of our lord jesus christ, considering his crucifixion between two thieves (is not the lance that pierced him in my charge) and giving up the ghost to the father either by action or by passion. say we not non nobis domine, non nobis? and again accendat in nobis dominus ignem sui amoris et flammam aeternae caritatis. that is to say, thy purity, not mine; and this is the descending and indwelling of the holy gho

0and%20settings/michael..0secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p3c3.html (5 of 18 [12/28/2001 2:05:41 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. time; all these will we devote to the performance of the great work. these secrets they indeed possessed, and the tradition handed down through centuries hath not been lost. o highly favoured of god! o chosen from among men! o thou on whom the grace of our lord jesus christ hath fallen! it is to thee that we reveal the secret ineffable and not to be divined. to thee do we entrust the arcanum arcanorum, the hidden treasure of the wise. without it all is cold, inertia, death; within it fire, energy, genius, creation. this is the key to every door in the kingdom of heaven; this is the sceptre of the realms that are! the possession and right use of this secr

e are three that bear witness in heaven: the father, the word, and the spirit; and these three are one. and there are three that bear witness on earth; the spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three are one. in that trinity iao, i is the father, a the spirit, o the word; and in this a the spirit, m the water, sh the blood; and in all these are 358, mshich, the messiah, our lord and saviour jesus christ, in his death who gave up the spirit, the water and the blood, as st. john beareth witness in his evangel. hence is jesus christ alpha and omega, the symbol of the union of god and man. here then is a second trinity; god, god-man, man. and to this god-man our ancient brethren have given many names. and though this name of jesus christ hath been universally blasphemed by christians, ye

brethren in china, to confirm a bargain, break the stick on which it is written, each party keeping half, so that only on the fitting together of the two halves can the covenant be complete. so also is the kingdom of heaven. so also is this instruction. unless the other half be in thy mind, thou wilt not understand. this then is the covenant of the creator, dividing that he may unite. in our lord jesus christ is the great work accomplished. here followeth liber 333, cap. xxxvi. the star sapphire let the adept be armed with his magick rood (and provided with his mystic rose. in the centre, let him give the l.v.x. signs; or if he know them, if he will and dare do them, and can keep silent about them, the signs of n.o.x. being the signs of puer, vir, puella, mulier. omit the sign i.r. then le

god; for god slain is not god refile/ c /documents%20and%20settings/michael..secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/p3c3.html (13 of 18 [12/28/2001 2:05:41 pm] the secret rituals of the o.t.o. arisen. therefore, very illustrious sir knights and my perfectly illuminated brethren, i charge ye earnestly to understand that this sacrament of death availeth little. ye must partake of the life of our lord jesus christ in his resurrection; and the substance of the sacrament will be the elixir of life itself. it will be one and not two; neither male nor female, neither solid nor liquid. it will contain all possibilities, and without it no possibility could be. it is the fire of prometheus in the well-tended lamp of vesta; it is the kneph of the priests of memphis, the disc of the sun in the arms of k

hanor is thy lion, in the cucurbite thine eagle. use first a gentle heat, increasing at last to full flame until the lion passeth over. pour immediately thy distillation into the flask prepared for it. of the elixir all being now clear to you, very illustrious sir knights and my illuminated brethren, hasten not to the sacrament. for this festival is holy; this wedding is of the soul with our lord jesus christ; and thou must be adorned, as it is written, the king s daughter is all glorious within; her raiment is of wrought gold. first therefore observe as thou hast sworn the rule of chastity; for thou must be virgin unto thy lord. second, do thou fast, worshipping god triune for seven hours before the feast. third, be thou clothed in that one vestment many-coloured which was bestowed upon t

sper the word even as i received it, and in no other manner. i kiss thrice the hilt of the sword. i invoke upon you the blessing of god triune in his most sacred and mysterious name of omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence; in the name of the father+ and of the son+ and of the holy ghost+ take my leave of you. the favour of the true and living god most high be upon you! the grace of our lord jesus christ be with you! the abiding of the holy ghost be within you! now and for ever more so mote it be, amen* de templo 1. oriente. cubiculum. 2. occidente. tabula dei invocandi. 3. septentrione. sacerdos. 4. meridione. ignis cum thuribulo k.t.l. 5. centro. lapis quaeratus cum imagine dei maxima ingentis terribilis omnipotentis sanctissimi et cum ferro, tintinnabulo. oleo. virgo. stet imago ju

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c /documents%20and%20settings/michael/my..20secret%20rituals%20of%20the%20o.t.o/note10.html [12/28/2001 2:09:30 pm] sroto_notes 11. for both a brief outline of tantrism and some details of kellner s possible indebtedness to the american occultist p. b. randolph see my sexuality, magic and perversion (london, spearman; new jersey, citadel press, 1972. file//c /documents%20as/ appearing of our lord jesus christ, to whom with the holy ghost, be all praise and thanksgiving. amen. old testament page 1 genesis the first book of moses, called genesis 1:1 in the beginning god created the heaven and the earth. 1:2 and the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. and the spirit of god moved upon the face of the waters. 1:3 and god said, let there be light: and

ith] the statutes and judgments. 4:5 behold, i will send you elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the lord: 4:6 and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest i come and smite the earth with a curse. new testament page 559 matthew the gospel according to st. matthew 1:1 the book of the generation of jesus christ, the son of david, the son of abraham. 1:2 abraham begat isaac; and isaac begat jacob; and jacob begat judas and his brethren; 1:3 and judas begat phares and zara of thamar; and phares begat esrom; and esrom begat aram; 1:4 and aram begat aminadab; and aminadab begat naasson; and naasson begat salmon; 1:5 and salmon begat booz of rachab; and booz begat obed of ruth; and obed begat jes

azar begat matthan; and matthan begat jacob; 1:16 and jacob begat joseph the husband of mary, of whom was born jesus, who is called christ. 1:17 so all the generations from abraham to david [are] fourteen generations; and from david until the carrying away into babylon [are] fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into babylon unto christ [are] fourteen generations. 1:18 now the birth of jesus christ was on this wise: when as his mother mary was espoused to joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the holy ghost. 1:19 then joseph her husband, being a just [man] and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. 1:20 but while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, joseph

power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 28:19 go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father, and of the son, and of the holy ghost: 28:20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever i have commanded you: and, lo, i am with you alway [even] unto the end of the world. amen. page 579 mark the gospel according to st. mark 1:1 the beginning of the gospel of jesus christ, the son of god; 1:2 as it is written in the prophets, behold, i send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 1:3 the voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the lord, make his paths straight. 1:4 john did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. 1:5 and there went out unto him all th

nd dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the father) full of grace and truth. 1:15 john bare witness of him, and cried, saying, this was he of whom i spake, he that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. 1:16 and of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 1:17 for the law was given by moses [but] grace and truth came by jesus christ. 1:18 no man hath seen god at any time; the only begotten son, which is in the bosom of the father, he hath declared [him] 1:19 and this is the record of john, when the jews sent priests and levites from jerusalem to ask him, who art thou? 1:20 and he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, i am not the christ. 1:21 and they asked him, what then? art thou elias? and he saith, i am n

but be of good cheer; i have overcome the world. 17:1 these words spake jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, father, the hour is come; glorify thy son, that thy son also may glorify thee: 17:2 as thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. 17:3 and this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true god, and jesus christ, whom thou hast sent. 17:4 i have glorified thee on the earth: i have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. 17:5 and now, o father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which i had with thee before the world was. 17:6 i have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy wor

hy footstool. 2:36 therefore let all the house of israel know assuredly, that god hath made that same jesus, whom ye have crucified, both lord and christ. 2:37 now when they heard [this] they were pricked in their heart, and said unto peter and to the rest of the apostles, men [and] brethren, what shall we do? 2:38 then peter said unto them, repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of jesus christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the holy ghost. 2:39 for the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off [even] as many as the lord our god shall call. 2:40 and with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, save yourselves from this untoward generation. 2:41 then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and th

e temple which is called beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; 3:3 who seeing peter and john about to go into the temple asked an alms. 3:4 and peter, fastening his eyes upon him with john, said, look on us. 3:5 and he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them. 3:6 then peter said, silver and gold have i none; but such as i have give i thee: in the name of jesus christ of nazareth rise up and walk. 3:7 and he took him by the right hand, and lifted [him] up: and immediately his feet and ancle bones received strength. 3:8 and he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising god. 3:9 and all the people saw him walking and praising god: 3:10 and they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the

3:17 and now, brethren, i wot that through ignorance ye did [it] as [did] also your rulers. 3:18 but those things, which god before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. 3:19 repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the lord; 3:20 and he shall send jesus christ, which before was preached unto you: 3:21 whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which god hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. 3:22 for moses truly said unto the fathers, a prophet shall the lord your god raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unt

nd when they had set them in the midst, they asked, by what power, or by what name, have ye done this? 4:8 then peter, filled with the holy ghost, said unto them, ye rulers of the people, and elders of israel, 4:9 if we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; 4:10 be it known unto you all, and to all the people of israel, that by the name of jesus christ of nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom god raised from the dead [even] by him doth this man stand here before you whole. 4:11 this is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. 4:12 neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. 4:13 now when they saw the boldne

fight against god. 5:40 and to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten [them] they commanded that they should not speak in the name of jesus, and let them go. 5:41 and they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. 5:42 and daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach jesus christ. 6:1 and in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the grecians against the hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. 6:2 then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples [unto them] and said, it is not reason that we should leave the word of god, and serve tables. 6:3 wherefore, brethren, look ye out

sorcery, and bewitched the people of samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: 8:10 to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, this man is the great power of god. 8:11 and to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries. 8:12 but when they believed philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of god, and the name of jesus christ, they were baptized, both men and women. 8:13 then simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done. 8:14 now when the apostles which were at jerusalem heard that samaria had received the word of god, they sent unto them peter and john: 8:15 who, when they were come down, prayed for them, th

TURNER ROBERT ARBETEL OF MAGICK

these latter eight books exist in the present day- ed. 6 the first tome of the book of arbatel of magick called isagoge in the name of the creator of all things both visible and invisible, who revealeth his mysteries out of his treasures to them that call upon him; and fatherly and mercifully bestoweth those his secrets upon us without measure. may he grant unto us, through his onely-begotten son jesus christ our lord, his ministring spirits, the revealers of his secrets, that we may write this book of arbatel, concerning the greatest secrets which are lawful for man to know, and to use them without offence unto god. amen. 7 the first septenary of aphorisms. the first aphorism. whosoever would know secrets, let him know how to keep secret things secretly; and to reveal those things that ar

od as a father, that he would give unto thee all necessaries of this life: and thou oughtest to help thy neighbour with the gifts which god bestoweth upon thee, whether they be spiritual or corporal. therefore thou shalt pray thus: o lord of heaven and earth, creator and maker of all things visible and invisible; i, though unworthy, by thy assistance call upon thee, through thy onely begotten son jesus christ our lord, that thou wilt give unto me thy holy spirit, to direct me in thy truth unto all good. amen. because i earnestly desire perfectly to know the arts of this life and such things as are necessary for us, which are so overwhelmed in darkness, and polluted with infinite humane opinions, that i of my own power can attain to no knowledge in them, unless thou teach it me: grant me th

rn, to thy praise and glory, and the profit of our neighbour. give me a/so an apt and teachable heart, that i may easily understand those things which thou shalt teach me, and may hide them in my understanding, that i may bring them forth as out of thy inexhaustible treasures, to all necessary uses. and give me grace, that i may use such thy gifts humbly, with fear and trembling, through our lord jesus christ, with thy holy spirit. amen the third septenary. aphorism 15. they are called olympick spirits, which do inhabit in the firmament, and in the stars of the firmament: and the office of these spirits is to declare destinies, and to administer fatal charms, so far forth as god pleaseth to permit them: for nothing, neither evil spirit nor evil destiny, shall be able to hurt him who hath t

ires shall he perfected. omnipotent and eternal god, who hast ordained the whole creation for thy praise and glory, and for the salvation of man, i beseech thee that thou wouldst send thy spirit n.n. of the solar order, who shall inform and teach me those things which i shall ask of him; or, that he may bring me medicine against the dropsie &c. nevertheless not my will be done, but thine, through jesus christ thy onely begotten son, our lord. amen. but thou shalt not detain the spirit above a full hour, unless he be familiarly addicted unto thee. forasmuch as thou camest in peace, and quietly, and hast answered unto my petitions; i give thanks unto god, in whole name thou camest: and now thou mayest depart in peace unto thy orders; and return to me again when i shall call thee by thy name

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

a priest who was the nephew of madame martin, who went to his aunt and merely enjoined her not to take the girl to the sabbath any more. jeannette said that at the solemn festivals all kissed the devil s posteriors except the notable witches, who kissed him in the face. according to her account, the children, at the age of two or three years, or as soon as they could speak, were made to renounce jesus christ, the virgin mary, their baptism &c. and from that moment they were taught to worship the devil. she described the sabbath as resembling a fair, well supplied with all sorts of objects, in which some walked about in their own form, and others were transformed, she knew not how, into dogs, cats, asses, horses, pigs, and other animals. the little boys and girls kept the herds of the sabb

TYSON DONALD NEW MILLENNIUM MAGIC

is one flowers forth, timeless and renewed, each time a prophet is born. but in the world of forms, the hexagram is traditionally thought of as the sign of god and the pentagram as the sign of man. kabbalistically, the hexagram is the heart of adam kadmon, the microproso- pos, or lesser countenance. hermetically, it is the union of opposites, the mating of the sun and moon. in christianity it is jesus christ. magically, it is linked to the table of hexagram 8 planets colors motions elements directions senses body trees music sun yellow v vibratory@ spirit up sight head apple trumpet mars red linear n fire south hearing right leg yew drum venus green 0 circular v water west taste left arm birch guitar jupiter orange linear a air north smell right arm oak organ saturn blue 0 circular b eart

TYSON DONALD SOUL FLIGHT

diagonal and horizontal paths around it as forming a great bow. temperance is linked in the golden dawn system with the astrological sign sagittarius, the archer, which gave rise to the conception of the twenty-fifth path as a great arrow. 202. knight, vol. 2,277. 203. regardie, 464. the astrological sun was placed in the central sephirah, tiphareth (beauty, which was understood to be the seat of jesus christ and all other divine human beings, or messiah figures. to attain the level of tiphareth in a true sense was believed to be as high on the actual tree of spiritual worlds that the normal human consciousness was capable of ascending. tiphareth is infused with divine radiance continually from the summit of the tree, the sphere of kether (the crown, via the vertical path that links kether

TYSON DONALD THE MAGICAL WORKBOOK

pass through the beams and pillars of all the crosses. the divine name yeheshuah is vibrated twice for the cross on the ceiling and twice for the cross on the floor in order to balance the four vibrations at the corners of the room. the hebrew names yeheshuah (i, h= 7, sh= w, v= 1, h= 7) and yehovashah (i, h= 7, v= 1, sh= d, h= 7) are associated in the christian kabbalism of the renaissance with jesus christ-they are two magic forms of the name jesus. osiris, isis, and apophis are egyptian deities. typhon is the greek name for apophis. isis ritual of the rose cross 181 is the giver of life who resurrects osiris, apophis is the giver of death who kills osiris, and osiris is the god of rebirth, having died and been restored to life. lux is a latin word meaning light; iao is a gnostic name o

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

name of jesus was composed of the same four hebrew letters as tetragrammaton, but with one letter added in the middle, the hebrew shin (w, which stands for the element fire, or for the cardinal quality. the fivefold name, ihshvh (3lw3, which can be rendered into english as "yeheshuah" was held by the christian kabbalists of the renaissance to have deprived tetragrammaton of all its power, even as jesus christ had supplanted the jealous god of the hebrews and the gospels had displaced the old testament. this view was first explicitly set forth by giovanni pico della mirandola (1463-94) in his seminal seventy-two conclusions on the kabbalah, published in 1486. in the fourteenth conclusion, he argued that the insertion of the shin into tetragrammaton represents the descent of the fiery holy s

hed to the bottom of the cross. for dee, the hieroglyphic monad represented in a graphic way the entire universe, which he believed might be understood by a close examination of the glyph's parts and proportions. he considered the work of supreme importance-it was dedicated to the german emperor maximilian 11-and thought it had been divinely inspired. in theorem xxiii, he declares "in the name of jesus christ crucified upon the cross, i say the spirit writes these things rapidly through me; i hope, and i believe, i am merely the quill 56 tetragrammaton which traces these characters (j. w. hamilton-jones translation [1947, the hieroglyphic monad [new york: samuel weiser, 19751, p. 41. the work created a great sensation in its own time. a second edition was brought out by dee at frankfurt in

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n; thou shalt wash me and i shall be whiter than snow" 2. then light the incense attributed to the sphere or planetary energy being invoked and say "the god of abraham, god of isaac, god of jacob, bless here the creatures of these kinds, that they may fill up the power and virtue of their odors, so that neither the enemy, nor any false imagination, may be able to enter into them, through our lord jesus christ" numerous other prayers and affirmations may be used in keeping with the student's own personal inclinations, but these should be studied, at least for the implications suggested, both psychologically and magically. purification and intention.so frequently stressed.are vital at this point in the working. the medieval mystic arnold of villanova felt that although talismans were a bless

, thirty-six, and 111, when added together, equal 153, which is the number of fish mentioned in john 21: 11. we know that biblical authors did not use numbers arbitrarily, and in this story the catch of fish, which the early christians saw as a symbol for christ, represented the new christian community, since these fish were caught after the resurrection of jesus. one may refer to david fideler's jesus christ sun of god: ancient cosmology and early christian symbolism for other interesting associations of the number 153 with pythagorean symbolism. eliphas levi praises the sephira of tiphareth thus: beauty, the luminous conception of equilibrium in forms, intermediary between the crown and the kingdom, mediating principle between creator and creation.a sublime conception of poetry and its s

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e of my neck and it stung really bad and then i could not move, so the angel touched me and i could move again. i then immediately punched the alien square in the face breaking its neck and killing it instantly. the other two stood by looking at their fallen comrade- their moves were very quick and their heads rotated almost as fast as a lizard. the angel held up his arms and spoke in the name of jesus christ i command you to depart. then both the creatures immediately fell to the floor and these gray aliens were again taken up into a beam of light in the same manner as before. then the angel covered my eyes and then uncovered my eyes. i was all of a sudden on top of a large mountain looking down over a large valley filled with aliens and strange looking humans and their spacecraft. then i

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identical. some christian kabalists point out that in genesis xlix. v. 10 we find yebah shiloh, yba shilh, shiloh shall come, which amount to 358. and that the word messiah, mshych is 40, 300, 10, 8 or 358. but so is also nachash, the serpent of moses, nchsh, 50, 8, 300. and i must remark that the claim to translate shilh, or, as some ancient hebrew mss. write it, shlh, by shiloh, in the sense of jesus christ, is farfetched. the word is simply rest, or peace, in its simplest meaning, but also is the scorpio of the chaldean zodiac (related to nachash, serpent) and judah, of whom jacob is talking in the prophecy, is the sign of the zodiac; leo for judah is a lion s whelp (the chaldean zodiac has a lion couchant, he crouches as a lion. in this sense, then, the scepter shall not depart from ju

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