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urvive- they return to the all, back to square one. should the infant daemon emerge, it is still in a precarious situation. daemons do not measure time as we do- childhood is an occurrence spanning millions of your years. aiwass is a boy past puberty. avatars, saints and sinners they have, down through history, been called by various names; daemons, watchers, asuras, divas, archons (ancient ones, jinn (genies, nephilim (angels, shining ones, spirit guides, the gods of olympus, egypt, babylon, etc. we give them masks and this arises from our human need to idolize them- man creates gods in his own image. the gods of different cultures are similar because they share our human qualities and are projections of our own divinity. it was as if you were standing in a darkened room with a bright hal

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. 61 3 6 e of= kung f inmost sincerity. 62 4 1 b of e hsiao kwo non-essential, success of trifles, a wonded bird, small divergences. 63 2 5= of! ki tzi help attained, complete success. 64 5 2! of= wei tzi incomplete success, foolish impulse, failure. 50 transcriber s notes [the work as presented here is currently incomplete: owing to my complete ignorance of arabic, one column (the princes of the jinn) and some endnote material (the 99 names of god) in that language have not been entered] this electronic edition of 777 was prepared from the version of 777 revised printed in 777 and other qabalistic writings (originally published as the qabalah of aleister crowley. as far as i can tell this was a facsimile from the 1955 first edition of 777 revised; while crowley s original preface was re-s

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e.g. we may "see" a jar of opium as a soft seductive woman with a cruel smile, just as we see in the face of a cunning and dishonest man the features of some animal, such as a fox. 248 (b) we may select any particular property of any object, and give it an astral shape. thus, we may take the tricky perils of a mountain, and personify them as "trolls, or the destructive energies of the simoom, as "jinn (c) we may analyse any of these symbols, obtaining a finer form; thus the "spirit" contains an "angel, the angel an "archangel, etc (d) we may synthesize any set of symbols, obtaining a more general form. thus we may group various types of earth-spirit as gnomes (e) all these may be attributed to the tree of life, and dealt with accordingly (f) the magician may prepare a sensible body for any

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but as luck will have it, there is no need to inquire; for 135= 3 x 45. three is the number, is the first number of saturn, and 45 the last (the sum of the numbers in the magic sic square 6 of saturn is 45) that corresponds beautifully with everything you have magic without tears get any book for free on: www.abika.com 130 got so far; but then of course you must know if he is "one of the beliving jinn" briefly, is he a friend or an enemy? you accordingly say to him "the word of the law is thelema spell it in greek" it turns out that he doesn't understand greek at all, so you were certainly right in choosing hebrew. you put it to him "what is the word of the law" and he replies darkly "the word of the law is thora" that means nothing to you; any one might know as much as that, thora being t

exactly those who try to create an atmosphere of romance, and succeed only in a crude theatricalism. so, avoiding the swirling turmoil of scylla, i have broken the ship on the barren rock charybdis. editorial q- isn't this basakwards? weh now let me hearten you, brave sister! all the old tales are true! you can have as many dragons, princesses, vampires, knightserrant, glendowers, enchanted apes, jinn, sorcerers and incubi as you like to fancy, and- whoa emma! did i tell you about cardinal newman? well, i will. the one passage in his snivelling apologia which impressed me was a tale of his childhood- before the real poet, lover and mystic had been buried beneath the dung-heap of theology. he tells us that he read the arabian nights- in a heavily bowdlerized edition, bet you a tosser- and w

iery serpents, with such quasi-human cohorts as the beni elohim who beget the children on women, to whom the qabalah has introduced us. the beni elohim is actually an exception; there is the incubus and some of the fairy folk, as well as certain gods and demi-gods, who act thus paternally. but you are right in the main. the arabs, for example, have "seven heavens" and seven orders of angels, also jinn; but the classes are by no means identical. this, even though certain archangels, notably gabriel, appear in both systems. but then gabriel is a definite individual, a person- and this fact is the key to your puzzle. for, as i have explained in a previous letter, gods are people: macrocosms, not mere collocations of the elements, planets and signs as are most of the angels, intelligences and

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lah itself, a very tower of babel, partaking alike of truth both gross and subtle inextricably interwoven with the most fantastic fable, is our view of the herb- hashish- the herb dangerous. of the investigators who have pierced even for a moment the magic veil of its glamour ecstatic many have been appalled, many disappointed. few have dared to crush in arms of steel this burning daughter of the jinn; to ravish from her poisonous scarlet lips the kisses of death, to force her serpent-smooth and serpent-stinging body down to some infernal torture-couch, and strike her into spasm as the lightning splits the cloud-wrack, only to read in her infinite sea-green eyes the awful price of her virginity- black madness. even supreme richard burton, who solved nigh every other riddle of the eastern s

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uccess: perfection of their priggishness! marsyas. enough. the soul is subtlier fed with meditation's wine and bread. forget their failings and our own; fix all our thoughts on love alone! ah, boy, all crowns and thrones above is the sanctity of love. in his warm and secret shrine is a cup of perfect wine, whereof one drop is medicine against all ills that hurt the soul. a flaming daughter of the jinn brought to me once a wing d scroll, wherein i read the spell that brings the knowledge of that king of kings. angel, i invoke thee now! bend on me the starry brow! spread the eagle wings above 45 the pavilion of our love. rise from your starry sapphire seats! see, where through the quickening skies the oriflamme of beauty beats heralding loyal legionaries, whose flame of golden javelins fence

BOOK OF JASHAR

ched in all directions. then she understood that the laws that god gave at the beginning would never be forsaken. for noah saw, under the rainbow, that the forest was being destroyed by her own family, which was spreading as a flood over the land. 5. nimrod was the mightiest hunter in the age after noah. he shared his booty with other landless men, and he taught them loyalty by his stories of the jinn, who strove before the world was made. then nimrod triumphed, and with his two hands he settled all disputes among the noahites. for nimrod knew that a united people could do great deeds before god. but when nimrod grew old, he heard young men grumbling, and he felt evil eyes from the children of those whom he had slain. so he spoke to the people "you cannot see the peace that i have given yo

hich the bible itself cites for authority. the jashar apocryphon is obviously a pseudepigraphic forgery of a much later date. the cultural roots of the text are eclectic, although linguistic analysis suggests that the author probably had little knowledge of hebrew, and his work shows no understanding of the great traditions of biblical commentary and midrash. there are obvious islamic influences (jinn, ibrahim, but the sexual imagery used to describe human (adam) and eve echoes the battle cry of the english peasant's rebellion of 1381("when adam delved and eve span, where then was the gentleman) with this quotation, if the document can be attributed to a jew of spain, then it could have been written any time between 1381 and 1492. the passages cited by the bible appear only muted and trans

that god made the universe only begs the question of what made god. the purpose of a creation story is to help us to understand the significance of events in history and in our own lives, by putting them into a universal coordinate system that includes the beginning of everything. god is the unity of that coordinate system. the introductory story of the "patterns" later identified (by nimrod) as jinn, is a synopsis of a complete history of life and civilization. in this synopsis, history is divided into two eras. during the first era, living patterns emerge spontaneously from a high-energy universe, and they evolve in a darwinian struggle to grow and reproduce, according to the law of survival of the fittest. then there is a time of prophecy in which god speaks again. god's words begin a

f a complete history of life and civilization. in this synopsis, history is divided into two eras. during the first era, living patterns emerge spontaneously from a high-energy universe, and they evolve in a darwinian struggle to grow and reproduce, according to the law of survival of the fittest. then there is a time of prophecy in which god speaks again. god's words begin a new era in which the jinn are gradually transformed, and the law of survival is replaced by a law of love. but what is love? love is characterized here as an ability to come together and yet remain distinct from each other. the story of the jinn does not end as a gaia world in which everyone becomes merely part of a pantheistic whole. the separation of individual identities is preserved even as the individuals flow to

. the story of the jinn does not end as a gaia world in which everyone becomes merely part of a pantheistic whole. the separation of individual identities is preserved even as the individuals flow together in harmony and peace. the great problem of the second era of history is to resolve the tension between these two needs: the need to be together and the need to be separate. but the story of the jinn is not necessarily our own story. we are a part of a second story that begins when god calls for another story, after the story of the jinn has come to a happy ending. although we do not know what god's first word was, god's later words lead us to guess that it was a call for a story. so here, as in genesis, the first beginning of the universe is apparently derived from an aesthetic imperativ

inning of the universe is apparently derived from an aesthetic imperative "let there be light" in genesis becomes "let there be a story" in jashar. to understand what god wants in the universe, we just need to understand what makes a good story. as the history of the universe is surveyed next, there is a progressive focusing and narrowing of scope. galaxies are introduced as structures within the jinn, but it seems that each galaxy is too small a fragment to manifest within itself any sign of a greater pattern. from the lifeless realm of galaxies, we are brought to our own nourishing world, one speck in a fragment of a vast cosmos. here the cycle of life and death develops again, but its potential is unfulfilled until the appearance of intelligent beings. thus, the beginnings of human life

ithic eden is like a garden not only in the sense of being dominated by plants, but also in the sense of being artificially sustained by human activity. at the end of section 3, the narrative leads us to look at the world from above, as if from god's perspective. our attention is diverted from the forests to the glaciers, which spread and flow during the long ice age, reminding us of the primeval jinn-patterns. when the ice age draws to a close, however, we search for the humans again, but they are frustratingly difficult to find in the vast wilderness of trees. their technological backwardness has made them almost insignificant in the forests. so god is angry and impatient for the agricultural revolution to begin. thus, in this story, technological stagnation (rather than some moral depra

ers' loyalty. so nimrod forms his band of landless hunters into a disciplined army, and then he uses this army to become master of all the noahite communities. nimrod's use of mythological story-telling to teach loyalty to his soldiers is just what we should expect from a platonic philosopher-king at the start of his career. when he tells stories to mold his army, he incidently gives us the name "jinn" for the patterns that existed in the first age after creation, and we may guess that our own knowledge of these jinn (as summarized in the first paragraph) might be attributed to nimrod's revelations. as he creates the first kingdom, nimrod also acts as a prophet, revealing that god wants people to organize themselves into a large nations, so that they will be able to do greater deeds. there

to the christian commandment to love your enemy. notice that the loving act commanded here does not require giving material aid and comfort to a dangerous enemy. we are required instead to listen our enemies and to learn from them, lest their accomplishments be lost and their story forgotten if we vanquish them. the crucial words "then you may find peace" lead us back to the primeval story of the jinn, who also found peace after god spoke for the second time. so we may now guess that god's second speech, which taught the jinn how to flow together and yet remain distinct from each other, might have been similar to what god has told abram here. but god's words to abram are about relationships among nations. thus we are led to a new interpretation of the primeval story, in which the jinn-patt

arn the nation's traditions, as god has commanded. on the other hand, as abram has recognized, national cultures can also be mixed together, through the movement of people across national and religious boundaries, through intermarriage, and through the study of foreign traditions, which god has also commanded. thus, human nations can flow together and yet remain distinct from each other, like the jinn. as abram comes to understand this pluralist vision of humanity, divided into competitive groups which develop their own separate stories, which will mix and entwine forever, then he truly becomes our abraham or ibrahim, the father of many nations. translator's apology (a postscript: when i finished my book on game theory in 1991, i had some thoughts of writing a monograph about the philosoph

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is michael. the sphere to which he imparts its influence is mercury, giving benignity, motion, and intelligence, with elegance and consonance of speech. 8. adonai, master or lord, governing the angel haniel, and the sphere of venus. 9. shaddai. the virtue of this name is conveyed by cherubim to the angel gabriel and influences the sphere of the moon. it causes increase and decrease, and rules the jinn and protecting spirits. 10. elohim, the source of knowledge, understanding, and wisdom, received by the angel jesodoth, and imparted to the sphere of the earth. the division of angels into nine orders or three hierarchies, as derived from dionysius areopagus, was made in the middle ages, which gave the prevalent division much of its symbolism. with it was held the doctrine of their separate c

ll axinomancia, for they affirm that being cast thereupon it will burne and consume, if that ewe desire and wish shall happen accordingly. jet was known in prussia as black amber (see also electrum; gagates) jettatura the italian name for the power of the evil eye. to guard against it magicians said that horns must be worn on the body or the phallic gesture of horns must be made with the fingers. jinn arabian spirits, perhaps animistic, but more probably strictly mythological like the persian divs. the jinn were said to have been created out of fire and to have occupied the earth for several thousand years before adam. they were perverse and would not reform, although prophets were sent to reclaim them; they were eventually driven from the earth and took refuge in the outlying islands of t

aim them; they were eventually driven from the earth and took refuge in the outlying islands of the sea. one of the number named azazeel (afterward called iblees) was carried off as a prisoner by angels. he grew up among them and became their chief, but when he refused to prostrate himself before adam he was degraded to the condition of a sheytan (devil, and became the father of the sheytans. the jinn are not immortal and, according to legend, are destined ultimately to die. they eat and drink and propagate their species, live in communities, and are ruled over by princes. they can make themselves visible or invisible, and they assume the forms of various animals, such as serpents, cats, and dogs. there are good jinn and bad jinn. they are said to frequent baths, wells, latrines, ovens, ru

t baths, wells, latrines, ovens, ruined houses, rivers, crossroads, and marketplaces. like the demons of jewish traditions, they ascend to heaven and learn the future by eavesdropping. with all their power and knowledge, however, they are liable to be reduced to obedience by means of talismans or occult arts and become obsequious servants until the spell is broken. it is far from certain that the jinn of the east were derived from the mythology or philosophy of the west, and the practice of translating the arabic word jinn by the latin term genius arose more from an apparent resemblance in the names than from any identity in the nature and functions of those imaginary beings. this similarity of name, however, must have been purely accidental, for the arabs knew little or nothing of the lat

he latin term genius arose more from an apparent resemblance in the names than from any identity in the nature and functions of those imaginary beings. this similarity of name, however, must have been purely accidental, for the arabs knew little or nothing of the latin language. demon.not genius.is the word they probably would have used if they had borrowed this part of their creed from the west. jinn appears, moreover, to be a genuine arabic word derived from a root signifying to veil or to conceal; it therefore means properly that which is veiled and cannot be seen. in one sense, states frus-abadi (camus, vol. 3, p. 611, the word jinn signifies any spiritual being concealed from all our senses, and, for that reason, the converse of a material being. taken in this extensive sense, the wor

nn appears, moreover, to be a genuine arabic word derived from a root signifying to veil or to conceal; it therefore means properly that which is veiled and cannot be seen. in one sense, states frus-abadi (camus, vol. 3, p. 611, the word jinn signifies any spiritual being concealed from all our senses, and, for that reason, the converse of a material being. taken in this extensive sense, the word jinn comprehends devils as well as angels, but there are some properties common to both angels and jinn; some peculiar to each. every angel is a jinn, but every jinn is not an angel. in another sense, this term is applied peculiarly to a particular kind of spiritual being; for such beings are of three kinds; the good, which are angels; the bad, devils; and the intermediate, comprehending both good

as angels, but there are some properties common to both angels and jinn; some peculiar to each. every angel is a jinn, but every jinn is not an angel. in another sense, this term is applied peculiarly to a particular kind of spiritual being; for such beings are of three kinds; the good, which are angels; the bad, devils; and the intermediate, comprehending both good and bad, who form the class of jinn. thus arabs acknowledged good and bad jinn, in that respect agreeing with the greeks, but differing from the persians. the genii so long familiar to european readers through the arabian nights are not the same beings, but rather are the divs and devatas of indian romance dressed up in a foreign attire to please the tastes of readers in persia and arabia. the principal differences, therefore

bad jinn, in that respect agreeing with the greeks, but differing from the persians. the genii so long familiar to european readers through the arabian nights are not the same beings, but rather are the divs and devatas of indian romance dressed up in a foreign attire to please the tastes of readers in persia and arabia. the principal differences, therefore, between the genii of the west and the jinn of the east seem to have been as follows: the genii were deities of an inferior rank, the constant companions and guardians of men, capable of giving useful or prophetic impulses, acting as mediators and messengers between the gods and men. some were supposed to be friendly, others hostile, and many believed one of each kind was attached from birth to every mortal. the former was called agath

who performed the oblation was the first to taste the cup. the birthday was placed under his special care. roman men swore by their genius, the women by their juno. the genius of the reigning prince was an oath of extraordinary solemnity. there were local as well as individual genii, concerning whom many particulars may be found in de idolatria liber of dionysius vossius (editions 1633, 1641. the jinn, on the contrary, who seem to be the lineal descendants of the devates and rakshasas of hindu mythology, were never worshiped by the arabs nor considered as anything but agents of the deity. since the establishment of islam, indeed, they have been described as invisible spirits, and the feats and deformities that figure into romance are as little believed by easterners as the tales of king ar

as anything but agents of the deity. since the establishment of islam, indeed, they have been described as invisible spirits, and the feats and deformities that figure into romance are as little believed by easterners as the tales of king arthur s round table are by westerners. jinnistan an imaginary country that, according to a popular belief among the ancient persians, was the residence of the jinn who submitted to king solomon. jobson, mary (ca. 1840) nineteenth-century psychic of bishop wearmouth, england. her strange case is recorded in a brief book by reid clanny, a faithful record of the miraculous case of mary jobson (1841. at age 13, in november 1839, mary was taken ill and had convulsions for 11 weeks. the first time she was seized her mother heard three loud knocks in the sickr

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in origin, but a system of hindu invocation was in vogue by which the lunar month was divided into parts called rejang, which resembles the nacshatras or lunar houses of the hindus. each division had its symbol, usually an animal. each day was propitious for something, and the whole system was committed to verse for mnemonic purposes. demonology the demonic form common to malaysia was that of the jinn, 190 in number. these were sometimes subdivided into faithful and infidel, and further into the jinns of the royal musical instruments, of the state, and of the royal weapons. the afrit was also known. angels also abounded and were purely of arabic origin. besides these, the principal supernatural beings were as follows: the polong, or familiar; the hantu pemburu, or specter huntsman; the jad

or mandragoras. the islamic solomon the qur an alleges that solomon had power over the winds, and that he rode on his throne throughout the world during the day, and the wind brought it back every night to jerusalem. this throne was placed on a carpet of green silk, of a prodigious length and breadth, and sufficient to afford standing room to all solomon s army, the men on his right hand and the jinn on his left. an army of the most beautiful birds hovered near the throne, forming a kind of canopy over it and the attendants, to screen the king and his soldiers from the sun. a certain number of evil spirits were also made subject to solomon, whose business it was to dive for pearls and perform other work. it is also stated that the devils, having received permission to tempt solomon, in wh

hundred of the best of them. this, we are informed, procured for him an ample recompense, as he received for the loss of his horses dominion over the winds. the following tradition was narrated by muslim commentators relative to the building of the temple of jerusalem. according to them, david laid the foundations of it, and when he died he left it to be finished by solomon. that prince employed jinn, and not men, in the work; and this idea may relate to what is said in kings 6:7, that the temple was built of stone, made ready before it was brought thither, so that there was neither hammer, no axe, nor any tool of iron, heard in the house while it was building. the rabbis noticed a worm that they claimed assisted the workmen, the power of which was such as to cause the rocks and stones to

that there was neither hammer, no axe, nor any tool of iron, heard in the house while it was building. the rabbis noticed a worm that they claimed assisted the workmen, the power of which was such as to cause the rocks and stones to separate in chiseled blocks. while engaged in the erection of the temple, solomon found his end approaching, and he prayed that his death might be concealed from the jinn until the building was finished. his request was granted. he died while in the act of praying, leaning on the staff that supported his body in that posture for a whole year. the jinn, who believed he was still alive, continued their work. at the expiration of the year the edifice was completed. when a worm that had entered the staff ate through it and, to the amazement even of the jinn, the b

. the jinn, who believed he was still alive, continued their work. at the expiration of the year the edifice was completed. when a worm that had entered the staff ate through it and, to the amazement even of the jinn, the body fell to the ground, the king was discovered to be dead. the inhabitants of the valley of lebanon believed that the celebrated city and temple of baalbec were erected by the jinn under solomon s direction. the object of the erection of baalbec was variously stated, one tradition affirming that it was intended to be a residence for the egyptian princess whom solomon married, and another that it was built for the queen of sheba. the magical solomon from the sixteenth century on, occultists have studied the great grimoire known as the key of solomon (clavicula salomonis)

k known as the testament of solomon that was translated into german from an ancient greek manuscript. manuscripts of the testament have also been reported from greek monasteries, and the work is extremely rare in any format. the work claims to be solomon s own story covering the period between the building of the temple in jerusalem and his own fall from grace. it tells the story of a vampirelike jinn and the magic ring of solomon and details the various spirits and the magical means of controlling them. the ring of solomon is also the subject of stories in the arabian nights. in the seventeenth century, freemasons began to trace their work backward to hiram, the architect of solomon s kingdom. this indirect reference to solomon has possibly been the single reference that has kept solomon

s stewardship, fsr s contents turned more and more to extraordinary claims and extreme speculations. eventually, as bowen s health began to fail, gordon creighton.temperamentally much like keel.assumed de facto (then, in 1982, actual) editorship. sober material continued to appear, but increasingly creighton s openly supernaturalist approach dominated the pages of fsr. according to creighton, the jinn, the demonic spirits of middle eastern mythology, are the cause of ufo, fortean, and paranormal phenomena, and they are doing all manner of harm to the human race. among other atrocious acts they are responsible for the aids epidemic (comparable views figure in the writings of salvador freixedo, sometimes called the latin american john keel, and of california ufologist ann druffel) by 1984 cr

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nded path, and those who traverse it are often called black magicians or sorcerers. they engage in disciplines, routines of behavior, and rituals intended to cultivate hatred of the lord hvhy-as-adversary, sinfulness, and impurity in order to pass the flaming swords of the kerubim who guard the column of the left. black magicians use the name hvhy and other divine names to invoke powerful demons (jinn) i.e. destructive angels, and to manifest and use destructive powers. attachment to their unrighteousness, hatred, and ritualistic :2% e= i2 0 process keeps them in the column of the left, and preempts them from moving into the central column. the black magician thinks that through rituals, talismans, and force of personal will that he/she can actually gain control over elemental spirits and

) i.e. destructive angels, and to manifest and use destructive powers. attachment to their unrighteousness, hatred, and ritualistic :2% e= i2 0 process keeps them in the column of the left, and preempts them from moving into the central column. the black magician thinks that through rituals, talismans, and force of personal will that he/she can actually gain control over elemental spirits and the jinn, and direct them to act in accord with his/her beckoning. since demons want to feed on the valuable shells of these magicians when they break up at death, in order to get the power to incarnate physically themselves or gain access to deeper hells, they go along with the game. hence, the jinn are often quite willing to give the sorcerers low level occult powers, coveted material prizes, or app

r sefiroth of the tree. inner court: a term for the four sefiroth at the center of the three-dimensional form of the tree of life, two of which move into the side columns on the flat version of the tree. ishvara (sanskrit: a principal name of small face in the vedas. japa (sanskrit: continuous repetition of a mantra in the hindu tradition. corresponds to zakhor in the qabalah and dhikr in sufism. jinn (hebrew: angels of destruction, demons. jivashakti (sanskrit: energy of consciousness manifest in the embodied soul. jnana (sanskrit: knowledge: the path of direct perception of vast face in the hindu system of yoga. kahuna (hawaiian: one who holds the hidden knowledge. kalah (hebrew: bride: a synonym for shekhinah as the bride of the lord hvhy on shabat. kali (sanskrit: dark one: a principal

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fied city' in which are stored numberless manuscripts and rolls. for no amount of money would the arabs go near it. at night, they say, from the crevices of the desolate ruins, sunk deep in the unwatered sands of the desert, stream the rays from lights carried to and fro in the galleries by no human hands. he afrits study the literature of the antediluvian ages, according to their belief, and the jinn learn from the magic rolls the lesson of the following day. llie encydopaedia briumnica [earlier editions, in its article on alexandria, says "when the temple of serapis was demolished. the valuable library was pillaged or destroyed; and tamiy years after- wards* the empty thelve* excited the regret. etc" but it does not state the subsequent fate of the puiaged books. in rivalry of the fierce

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n control of human individuals. in medieval europe, the belief in the existence of demons came to be associated with witchcraft and contributed to the development of the practice of exorcism and witch-hunting. since the early drafting of the koran, muslims have also believed in the existence of demonic forces, known as shaytan, who are in constant revolt against god ifrit, marid, and jann (a.k.a. jinn, pre-islamic hostile spirits in general associated with the desert. sometimes these evil forces are identified with animals (such as the snake and the scorpion) or with natural elements. one ambiguous figure, divine and evil (jinn) at the same time, is iblis, who partially resembles the devil of the judeo-christian tradition as a fallen angel. believed to be eternally expelled from the garden

in his postcelestial career, satan then took on the task of leading humanity astray. in judaism and christianity, satan provokes a war in heaven in which he leads a revolt against god.he is, of course, defeated, and he and his followers are ejected from heaven. in islam, the story is somewhat different. in the muslim tradition there are three orders of creatures: angels, who are made from light; jinn, who are made from fire; and human beings, who are made from clay. the angels were created first. when god created adam, he commanded the angels to worship him. iblis (often spelled eblis) refused on the ground that adam, who, after all, was a mere creature of dust and dirt, was inferior to the angels. as punishment for his disobedience, iblis was transformed from an angel into a jinn. then i

thus an act of idolatry a severe sin in the muslim tradition. iblis, to continue this line of interpretation, was a true lover of god, and thus a sufi. iblis knew that the consequences of his actions would be punishment, but he preferred remaining true to his love of god (and the consequences of being condemned to hell) over being untrue to his love of god and remaining in heaven. see also islam; jinn for further reading: the encyclopaedia of islam. leiden: e. j. brill, 1978. glass, cyril. the concise encyclopedia of islam. san francisco: harper san francisco, 1989. imp imps are minor evil spirits, rather like infernal fairies. the word from old english impian, to graft, means offshoot or cutting, a term that conveys the impression of imps being offshoots of satan. imps have also been desc

gin of satan is told somewhat differently in the muslim tradition than in christianity. in the muslim account, when god created adam,he commanded the angels to worship him. iblis refused on the grounds that adam, who, after all, was a mere creature of dust and dirt, was inferior to the angels, who were made from light. as punishment for his disobedience, iblis was transformed from an angel into a jinn, which is a being made of fire. when the lord said to the angels, see, i am creating a mortal of clay. when i have shaped him, and breathed my spirit in him, fall you down, bowing before him! then the angels bowed themselves all together, save iblis; he waxed proud, and was one of the unbelievers. said he, iblis, what prevented thee to bow thyself before that i created with my own hands? said

his doctrine is the hadith, he shall make men come out of hell after they have been burned and reduced to cinders. in addition to this purgatory of suffering, there is another muslim limbo al-a raf, the heights or ramparts, described in a chapter of the koran by that name in which those souls reside who do not merit damnation, yet who are unable to enter paradise. see also harut and marut; iblis; jinn for further reading: arberry, a. j. the koran interpreted. 1955. reprint, new york:macmillan, 1969. the encyclopaedia of islam. leiden: e. j. brill, 1978. glass, cyril. the concise encyclopedia of islam. san francisco: harper san francisco, 1989. obayashi, hiroshi, ed. death and afterlife: perspectives ofworld religions.westport, ct: greenwood press, 1992. jacob one of the more bizarre tales

you ask my name? but he gave him his blessing there. jacob called the place peniel, because, he said, i have seen god face to face and my life is spared (gen. 32:24 30) as a consequence of this dream, jacob received a new identity, a new status, as the one who provides his people with a name israel. see also demons; judaism for further reading: gnuse, robert karl. the dream theophany of j 131 132 jinn samuel. its structure in relation to ancient near eastern dreams and its theological significance. lanham, md: university press of america, 1984. kramer, kenneth p. death dreams. unveiling mysteries of the unconscious mind. new york: paulist press, 1993. jinn according to the muslims, the jinn (from which we get the english term genie) are invisible spirits made out of fire, who were created

ficance. lanham, md: university press of america, 1984. kramer, kenneth p. death dreams. unveiling mysteries of the unconscious mind. new york: paulist press, 1993. jinn according to the muslims, the jinn (from which we get the english term genie) are invisible spirits made out of fire, who were created 2,000 years before adam. islamic thinkers postulated three orders of being beyond god: angels, jinn, and humanity. the angels, who were created out of light, are closest to god. the jinn, who are intermediate between angels and humanity, inhabit a subtly material or etheric realm. like human beings, the jinn possess intelligence and free will, and are thus capable of being saved. for this reason, the koran sometimes explicitly addresses itself to both humans and jinn. it is said that one ni

ity. the angels, who were created out of light, are closest to god. the jinn, who are intermediate between angels and humanity, inhabit a subtly material or etheric realm. like human beings, the jinn possess intelligence and free will, and are thus capable of being saved. for this reason, the koran sometimes explicitly addresses itself to both humans and jinn. it is said that one night a group of jinn overheard the prophet reciting the koran and became believers. the spot where muhammad later met with the jinns leaders and accepted their allegiance is the site of the mosque of the jinn in mecca. iblis, the islamic satan, was transformed from an angel into a jinn when he refused god s command that he worship adam (who was created out of mere clay. subsequently, iblis and other angels who sh

the spot where muhammad later met with the jinns leaders and accepted their allegiance is the site of the mosque of the jinn in mecca. iblis, the islamic satan, was transformed from an angel into a jinn when he refused god s command that he worship adam (who was created out of mere clay. subsequently, iblis and other angels who shared his viewpoint were removed from their stations. iblis and the jinn were exiled from eden and subsequently became demons (also included amongst the outcasts were five of iblis s sons) ejected from the presence of god, these former angels turned to trickery and causing trouble for mortals. one example of good behavior by the jinn is when aladdin, in the book arabian nights, is assisted by a friendly jinni (genie) when he rubs his magical lamp. the jinn were al

r scene in psycho. shaitans shaitans are evil spirits with cock s feet in hebrew and arabic mythology. in the islamic faith, angels guard the walls of heaven to prevent shaitans and other evil spirits from eavesdropping. when one shaitan appeared before the prophet muhammad, however, the prophet began to teach the spirit from the koran so that he might begin to get right with god. see also islam; jinn shakespeare born in stratford-upon-avon, the english poet and dramatist william shakespeare (1564 1616) wrote his plays exclusively for the theater company with which he worked. some of his plays were printed from texts reconstructed from memory by the actors, while others were supplied to the printer by the company.among his well-known works are the english history plays richard iii, king jo

(creighton 1989, 12. in 1990 he warned that demonic entities were about to engineer a third world war for their own inscrutable but nefarious purposes. though many ufologists see creighton s views as extreme and not worth taking seriously, one prominent american abduction investigator, ann druffel, not only endorses them but draws on them in her counseling of abductees. convinced that creighton s jinn hypothesis is a logical. answer [to] all the puzzles abducting entities pose, druffel, a conservative roman catholic, proposes techniques of resistance in which prayer figures prominently. the gray aliens often associated with abduction stories are not a new phenomenon, druffel writes. they are an order of creation with the ability to shape-shift and harass human victims for their own playful

LIBER 777

of wrath and vengeance kbn 28 astrology. 29 bewitchments, casting illusions. 30 the red tincture, power of acquiring wealth li and khien 31 evocation, pyromancy kbn 32 works of malediction and death khbn 32 bis alchemy, geomancy, making of pantacles[[travels on the astral plane] kbn 31 bis invisibility, transformations, vision of the genius. table i (continued) 15 xlvii. kings and princes of the jinn. xlviii. figures related to pure number. xlix* lineal figures of the planets &c, and geomany. 0. the circle 1. the point 2. the cross the line, also the cross 3. the triangle the plane, also the diamond, oval, circle, and other yoni symbols 4 tetrahedron or pyramid, cross the solid figure 5 the rose the tesseract 6 calvary cross, truncated pyramid, cube. 7 a rose (7 x 7, candlestick 8. 9. 101

. 61 3 6 e of= kung f inmost sincerity. 62 4 1 b of e hsiao kwo non-essential, success of trifles, a wonded bird, small divergences. 63 2 5= of! ki tzi help attained, complete success. 64 5 2! of= wei tzi incomplete success, foolish impulse, failure. 50 transcriber s notes [the work as presented here is currently incomplete: owing to my complete ignorance of arabic, one column (the princes of the jinn) and some endnote material (the 99 names of god) in that language have not been entered. further proof reading is probably required] this electronic edition of 777 was prepared from the version of 777 revised printed in 777 and other qabalistic writings (originally published as the qabalah of aleister crowley. as far as i can tell this was a facsimile from the 1955 first edition of 777 revise

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erfection of their priggishness! marsyas. enough. the soul is subtlier fed with meditation fs wine and bread. forget their failings and our own; fix all our thoughts on love alone! ah, boy, all crowns and thrones above is the sanctity of love. aha! 29 in his warm and secret shrine is a cup of perfect wine, whereof one drop is medicine against all ills that hurt the soul. a flaming daughter of the jinn brought to me once a winged scroll, wherein i read the spell that brings the knowledge of that king of kings. angel, i invoke thee now! bend on me the starry brow! spread the eagle wings above the pavilion of our love. rise from your starry sapphire seats! see, where through the quickening skies the oriflamme of beauty beats heralding loyal legionaries, whose flame of golden javelins fences t

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isgusting odors. demons are exclusively vampiric in nature, and feed from the lifeforce of humans, and it is our lifeforce that gives the demon substance and energy. these spirits can become powerful if allowed to continue feeding in the material plane. although capable of wearing many forms, demons tend to prefer arriving as hideous forms, with voices and odors that humans find disagreeable. the jinn [2.6] the word jinn is arabic for demon, and it is where we get the word genie. unlike many religions (christianity to name one, muslims have been given more detailed information regarding the beings in the spirit world, and since much of these details are echoed by those in the occult, the muslim perspective regarding the spirit world is worth reviewing here. muslims believe that the jinn we

ike many religions (christianity to name one, muslims have been given more detailed information regarding the beings in the spirit world, and since much of these details are echoed by those in the occult, the muslim perspective regarding the spirit world is worth reviewing here. muslims believe that the jinn were created before mankind and are beings are free-will (to an extent. the bodies of the jinn are said to be made of smokeless flame, while humans are said to be made of clay, and angels of light. the jinn may come in many forms, but the most common forms are those of spirits, of man, and snakes; there are many reports throughout the scriptures of islam of jinn in human form. jinn are said to cause strife and illness among humans and, although not all jinn are evil, delight in making

e of smokeless flame, while humans are said to be made of clay, and angels of light. the jinn may come in many forms, but the most common forms are those of spirits, of man, and snakes; there are many reports throughout the scriptures of islam of jinn in human form. jinn are said to cause strife and illness among humans and, although not all jinn are evil, delight in making hardships for mankind. jinn who are wholly evil, and operate as direct agents of satan, are called shaitan, and the more powerful jinn are called afreet. as stated previously, the possession of the jinn is often responsible for the worst crimes ,the worst acts of impulse, psychological problems, and many physical illnesses; headaches, insomnia, nightmares, laziness, and anti-social behavior have all been frequently attr

nd operate as direct agents of satan, are called shaitan, and the more powerful jinn are called afreet. as stated previously, the possession of the jinn is often responsible for the worst crimes ,the worst acts of impulse, psychological problems, and many physical illnesses; headaches, insomnia, nightmares, laziness, and anti-social behavior have all been frequently attributed to the influence of jinn. muslims also believe in the vampiric nature of jinn, claiming that those who sleep in the presence of jinn will wake up tired and depleted. muslims, and members of the occult, believe that there is some kind of contract, or agreement, between our race and the race of jinn; in the occult, this contract is referred to as the covenant. this covenant allows humans to use words of power and thoug

e phrase bismillah is used by muslims to cleanse food, water, and whole rooms of demonic influence. i have heard occult writers remark that this covenant, which was formed between the human and demon races, is the result of the trace amounts of demonic blood found in all people, and it is this blood-tie that allows humans, using magic, to master and command our ancestors. muslims believe that the jinn have been barred from the heavens; jinn may only stay in the celestial regions for so long before the lack of something to stand on forces them to fall back to earth. they believe that the falling (shooting) stars are jinn who have been attacked by angels, and forced to plummet back to earth. today it is part of popular culture to make a wish when witnessing a falling star. since making a wis

since making a wish is something you re encouraged to do upon meeting a genie, it is likely that this tradition of making a wish when witnessing a falling star is based on the muslim belief that shooting stars are genies. naturally, muslims are prohibited from making a wish upon sighting a shooting star, and are further prohibited from employing the aid or services of demons. muslims believe that jinn mostly prefer to live in places far from the habitation of humans, but the human-looking demons may choose to live among mankind. jinn are believed to live in places such as the oceans, caves, underground, and in the sky, and may be inclined to occupy dirty places such as landfills and bathrooms. some jinn (if not all) are capable of reproduction. followers of islam are discouraged from keepi

an-looking demons may choose to live among mankind. jinn are believed to live in places such as the oceans, caves, underground, and in the sky, and may be inclined to occupy dirty places such as landfills and bathrooms. some jinn (if not all) are capable of reproduction. followers of islam are discouraged from keeping dirty and unsanitary living quarters as it is claimed that these habits attract jinn into the household. holy water, which is simply water that has had certain prayers uttered over it, is also used to cleanse a room of jinn, and their influence. but there is always one jinn you can t just cleanse away, and that is the jinn that was assigned to at your birth. the muslims, like many in the occult, say that each person is assigned a demon and an angel at the birth. this combinat

religions and mythologies to describe the same character. in the same breath (sentence, satanists would name 5 different gods, from 5 different religions, and declare that they were in fact the same entity. this was a conclusion i came to independently. these black magicians made casual references to the biblical struggle of good and evil, the greek and egyptian gods, the dajjal [anti-christ] and jinn [demons] of islam, the chi [life-force] of the chinese, the shakras of the hindus, and the anunnaki of sumeria. they appeared to embrace the truth in every religion, as if they took a bit of every religion and formed a new one, calling it the occult. but perhaps what has actually happened is that every religion has remaining shreds of occult truth, simply different shreds; this made the occul

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s (latin, he who lies on top. the devil as paramour, an erotic dream or nightmare. the name is roman, meaning a spirit summoned through dream incubation. ipos (goetia, 22nd spirit. earl and prince commanding 36 legions. appears as a lion headed angel, with gooses feet and a hare s tail. tells fortunes, makes men witty and bold. isheth zenunim (hebrew. demon of prostitution. one of samael s wives. jinn (pre-islamic. nature spirits, who also cause madness. a specific sub-class of jinn were the ghouls. kakabel once an angel known for their interest in astrology. now a demon ruling 365,000 spirits. kesef an angel of wrath who transgressed their position and attacked moses at horeb. it was kezef who was imprisoned by aaron. khil (grimorium verum. occasions great earthquakes. kimaris, cimejes, c

ron devil of seduction, who tempts mortals to erotic love, causing them to act like fools. ruach raah (hebrew, evil spirit. sabnock, savnok (goetia, 43rd spirit. marquis commanding 50 legions. appears as an armed soldier with a lion s head, riding a pale horse. builds and arms high towers, castles and cities. afflicts men with wounds and sores. gives good familiars. saitan (arabic. a synonym of a jinn. salleos, sallos (goetia, 19th spirit. duke commanding 30 legions. appears as a gallant warrior riding a crocodile and wearing a ducal crown. procures love. salmael this fallen one has a loathing for israel and their yahweh, and calls for their destruction. samael, sammael, samiel (hebrew, poison of god. thus sammael is the angel of poison, the bright and poisonous one, or the poison of god

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

hat describes a people, culture, or religion that is native to a particular geographical region. indulgence: in the roman catholic church, the belief that paying money to the church would allow a person to get into heaven or be forgiven for sins that were not yet committed. izanagi: the male figure in the shinto creation myth. izanami: the female figure in the shinto creation myth. jinja: shrine. jinn: evil spirits that tempt a person away from dedication to allah. jinn: literally, conquerors; the great teachers of jainism who have conquered their earthly passions. world religions: almanac xxi words to know jiva: the soul. junzi: a gentleman or superior man. ka aba: the shrine built by the prophet abraham in the holy city of mecca and the focal point of pilgrimages to the city. kama: grati

s leader of the faith. fitrah: an inborn tendency to seek the creator. five pillars: the core of islamic belief referring to declaring faith, daily prayer, charitable giving, fasting, and pilgrimage. hadiths: the sayings of the prophet muhammad recorded by his followers. haj: pilgrimage to the holy city of mecca. halal: permissible activities for muslims. haram: prohibited activities for muslims. jinn: evil spirits that tempt a person away from dedication to allah. ka aba: the shrine built by the prophet abraham in the holy city of mecca and the focal point of pilgrimages to the city. mecca: a city in present-day saudi arabia, the holiest site of islam, where the religion was founded. muezzin: the person who issues the call to prayer. muslim: a follower of islam, from the arabic phrase bia

ting to the arabic ear that allah has no gender. submission to allah according to muslim belief, each individual is given free will, including the opportunity to submit to allah s will. the process 304 world religions: almanac islam of submitting is not easy because of the efforts of evil spirits that lead people to forget their creator and give in to evil temptations. among these spirits, called jinn, a word that means hidden (and that is the source of the stereotypical genie in a bottle, is one in particular called shaytan. this name is remarkably close to the western word satan, or the devil. shaytan and other evil jinn corrupt people by playing on their desires, emotions, and fears. in doing so, they persuade people to forget their fitrah, an inborn tendency to seek their creator. a pe

ains the teachings of mahavira. arihant: an enlightened person. ascetic: a person who practices rigid selfdenial, giving up all comforts and pleasures, as an act of religious devotion. jain monks and nuns are ascetics. caste: a system of social class divisions in india. digambara: literally, sky-clad; one of the two major sects of jainism. householders: laypeople; jains who are not monks or nuns. jinn: literally, conqueror; the great teachers of jainism who have conquered their earthly passions. jiva: the soul. karma: the principle that determines how a person will live his or her next life; in jainism, an actual physical substance. kevalnyan: enlightenment. mantra: a formula repeated over and over to create a trance-like state. monastery: a building that houses a community of monks. mahav

her, muhammad fodio, was a religious scholar and imam, or muslim spiritual leader, in the village. as a youth, usuman dan fodio moved with his family southward to the town of degel. there he studied the islamic holy book, the qur an, with his father. usuman dan fodio s special spiritual abilities were evident from an early age. for example, the residents of degel even thought he could control the jinn (from which the word genie is derived, supernatural beings that can change shape and influence the affairs of humans. he was sent to islamic scholars in the region to continue his education. one of these scholars, jibril ibn umar, initiated him into the sufi order, a mystical branch of islam whose followers seek to directly experience god, known as allah in the islam religion. usuman dan fodi

l be brought back [32.12] and could you but see when the guilty shall hang down their heads before their lord: our lord! we have seen and we have heard, therefore send us back, we will do good; surely (now) we are certain [32.13] and if we had pleased we would certainly have given to every soul its guidance, but the word (which had gone forth) from me was just: i will certainly fill hell with the jinn and men together [32.14] so taste, because you neglected the meeting of this day of yours; surely we forsake you; and taste the abiding chastisement for what you did [32.15] only they believe in our communications who, when they are reminded of them, fall down making obeisance and celebrate the praise of their lord, and they are not proud [32.16] their sides draw away from (their) beds, they

t which will refresh the eyes; a reward for what they did [32.18] is he then who is a believer like him who is a transgressor? they are not equal [32.19] as for those who believe and do good, the gardens are their abiding-place; an entertainment for what they did. progeny: children, descendants. extract: an essence or concentrate, a small part of another material. estimation: opinion, assessment. jinn: a type of invisible spirit; also called genie. forsake: abandon, desert. abiding: long-lasting. chastisement: scolding or punishment. obeisance: a movement of the body that indicates respect, like a bow. benevolently: kindly or generously. transgressor: sinner or one who disobeys a law. world religions: primary sources 27 qur an [32.20] and as for those who transgress, their abode is the fir

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ll its multitudinous existence, is just as real as the crowded cities and the fragrant fields and the loud battlegrounds of the visible, palpable judea, in which the writers of the sacred books were living. the teachings of islam state that there are three distinct species of intelligent beings in the universe: first, the angels, a high order of beings created of light, the malakh; second, the al-jinn, ethereal, perhaps even multidimensional entities; and then human beings, fashioned out of the stuff of earth and born into physical bodies. on occasion, the al-jinn can serve as helpful guides or guardians, but they can also be tricksters. there are numerous admonitions in the new testament to be cautious of any manifesting entity and to test it to determine its true motives. beloved, do not

electrons. from the greek ion meaning moving thing; and from the present participle of ienai meaning to go from the movement of any ion toward the electrode of the opposite charge. jinni in islamic or muslim legend, a spirit that is capable of taking on the shape of humans or animals in order to perform mischievous acts or to exercise supernatural power and influence over humans. from the arabic jinn, which is the plural of jinni. kabbalah body of mystical jewish teachings based on an interpretation of hidden meanings contained in the hebrew scriptures. kabbalah is hebrew for that which is received, and also refers to a secret oral tradition handed down from teacher to pupil. the term kabbalah is generally used now to apply to all jewish mystical practice. karmic law karma is the sanskrit

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ic al-iksir and the greek xerion, meaning dry powder for treating wounds. hoax an act of deception that is intended to make people think or believe something is real when it is not. jinni in islamic or muslim legend, a spirit that is capable of taking on the shape of humans or animals in order to perform mischievous acts or to exercise supernatural power and influence over humans. from the arabic jinn, which is the plural of jinni. kabbalist/kabbalah jewish mystical teachings that are based on hidden meanings in the hebrew scriptures. can also be spelled cabala. from the hebrew qabbalah, meaning tradition, and from quibbel, to give, receive or accept, ultimately something that is handed down. lupinomanis having the excessive characteristics of a wolf, such as being greedy or ravenously hun

electrons. from the greek ion meaning moving thing; and from the present participle of ienai meaning to go from the movement of any ion toward the electrode of the opposite charge. jinni in islamic or muslim legend, a spirit that is capable of taking on the shape of humans or animals in order to perform mischievous acts or to exercise supernatural power and influence over humans. from the arabic jinn, which is the plural of jinni. kabbalah body of mystical jewish teachings based on an interpretation of hidden meanings contained in the hebrew scriptures. kabbalah is hebrew for that which is received, and also refers to a secret oral tradition handed down from teacher to pupil. the term kabbalah is generally used now to apply to all jewish mystical practice. karmic law karma is the sanskrit

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electrons. from the greek ion meaning moving thing; and from the present participle of ienai meaning to go .from the movement of any ion toward the electrode of the opposite charge. jinni in islamic or muslim legend, a spirit that is capable of taking on the shape of humans or animals in order to perform mischievous acts or to exercise supernatural power and influence over humans. from the arabic jinn, which is the plural of jinni. kabbalah body of mystical jewish teachings based on an interpretation of hidden meanings contained in the hebrew scriptures. kabbalah is hebrew for gthat which is received, h and also refers to a secret oral tradition handed down from teacher to pupil. the term kabbalah is generally used now to apply to all jewish mystical practice. karmic law karma is the sansk

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

phanes redacted on the grand stage of the world on which the great actors have played their part, and have retired behind the scenes. so once more, much to the joy of little children, the little rationalias, the little secularias, the harlequinade has again begun. sinbad has sailed away with all his treasure; aladdin has departed, and has not forgotten to take with him his wonderful lamp. no more jinn are to be unbottled from their sleep of a thousand years; the moon-faced ones have passed away, some singing, some laughing, some weeping; and in their place have come the clowns and pantaloons of modern thought, hurling rational sausages at each others f heads, and waylaying unwary curates, foolish young women, and the inarticulate guardians of the peace. we are indeed living in an approxima

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) a unicorn and a griffin (6) a man and a demon (see raphael patai, gates to the old city [new york: avon, 19801, pp. 335-8. it should scarcely be necessary to point out the magical significance of these twelve beasts, six benevolent to bless on the right side and six malevolent to curse on the left side. besides the four winds, the birds, and the beasts, solomon also commanded the spirits called jinn by the arabs (the singular form is jinni. these spirits he captured when needed in a magical fishing net. he caused them to dive deep into the sea and harvest pearls, to build the temple and other architectural marvels, and to perform many services for him at his bidding. the ring of solomon 89 to punish the jinn and to keep them under restraint, the great king sealed them into brass vessels

erform many services for him at his bidding. the ring of solomon 89 to punish the jinn and to keep them under restraint, the great king sealed them into brass vessels (richard f. burton's translation of the book of a thousand nights and a night says the vessels were of copper. these sealed vessels were cast into the sea, and from time to time they wash up on shore, giving rise to all the tales of jinn freed from lamps by fools. in modern popular stories, these "genies" are often good spirits, but in older tales they are evil demons-why else would solomon have imprisoned them? the instrument of solomon's power was his magic ring. there are various descriptions of this object. we know it was a seal ring because the king used it to seal the jinn into their prisons. the brass (or copper) vesse

the purest form, from a magical standpoint, is that of a pentagram inscribed within its center with the ihvh. there can be little doubt that the fourfold power of the ring, symbolized by the four jewels, originated with the fourfold name of god. the letters ihvh, cut deeply into the ring in the form of a seal in mirror inversion, when pressed into the hot lead that stopped the vessels holding the jinn, would appear written in the lead in its natural order, right to left. this lends some credence to the notion that the banners of ihvh on the breastplate of aaron were also cut into the stones in mirror inversion, allowing these twelve stones to act as seals for the twelve tribes of israel. it seems significant that the fable of the shamir directly connects solomon with the breastplate. the m

creative potential but not active manifesting energy. kings command fiom their thrones, but they have knights or "messengers (angels) to actually carry their orders out in the world. this is why the messiah, who commands all beings around his throne, is seated, and why the seated twenty-four elders may be assumed to have authority over the active wings. this is also why solomon, who commanded the jinn, is usually represented in arabian folklore as seated upon his glorious throne, which is an earthly version of the heavenly throne of god. those who feel uncomfortable about assuming the christ-form should realize that it is much more than a matter of pretending to be jesus. earthly jesus, the living prophet, and heavenly christ, the anointed one, or messiah, are really two separate beings. t

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ith her about ineffable, paradisiacal things. she is devi kundalini; she is the popess of the tarot. the divine mother always listens to her devotees. in the sacred land of the vedas, the illuminated ramakrishna was one of her most greatest devotees. do you want to reach the heights of nirvikalpa- samadhi? do you need to develop anubaya (perception of your inner god in meditation? do you want the jinn science? remember that you have an adorable mother. ask and it shall be given to you. knock and it shall be opened unto you (matthew 7: 7) los solteros y las solteras pueden transmutar y sublimar sus energ as sexuales con esta plegaria y estos mantrams, hasta llevarlos al coraz n. es urgente sublimar las energ as sexuales hasta el coraz n. sabed que en el templo coraz n, las energ as creadora

the seal of solomon must be utilized in all of the works of invocations, and in the practices with elementals (as we have already taught in arcanum 4 of this series of lectures on kabbalah. the elementals of nature tremble before the seal of the living god. the angel of the sixth seal of the apocalypse has reincarnated at this time within a feminine body (this angel is a specialist in the sacred jinn science. arcanum 6 is the lover of the tarot. it is the soul between vice and virtue. the arcanum six is enchainment, equilibrium, loving union between man and woman. it struggles terribly between love and desire, the mysteries of lingam-yoni connection. the struggle between the two ternaries is found in the sixth arcanum of the tarot. the arcanum six is the supreme affirmation of the inner c

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

cluding the root tantra. there are numerous variations, but a few in particular are worth examining for their illuminating idiosyncrasies. first, tsiu marpo, as well as most other deities and even peripheral characters and settings, have variant names. tsiu marpo himself is variously called tsi marpo (rtsi dmar po, tsi dmar po, tse marpo (tse dmar po, rtse dmar po, tsi mara (tsi ma ra, ch kyong n jin marpo (chos skyong gnod sbyin dmar po, the "red violence demon, protector of the doctrine" and pudri marpo (spu gri dmar po, the "red-razored one" as he is referred to in his root tantra. as a prince in his previous birth, the name "chorwa" has two variants. they are nearly homophonic, but with slightly different meanings that add suggestively to this character: chorpo (mchor po, meaning "hand

ar to the iconographic representations found in the warlord s tantra and the ritual structure of the perfect feast petition offering. however, it provides something new in that it acknowledges and lists tsiu marpo s multiple names: you are one man with many names. in the center of bsam-yas, slob-dpon padma byung-gnas [padmasambhava] gave you a name. you were called gnod-sbyin chen-po rtsi-dmar [n jin chenpo tsimar. at ra-ba jigs [rawajik, the bon-po stag-la me bar [b n practitioner takla mebar] gave you a name. you were called lha-btsan dgra-lha rgyal-po [lhatsen dralha gyelpo. at stod mnga ris [t ngari, the bodhisattva zla-ba rgyal-mtshan [dawa gyeltsen] gave you a name. you were called gnod-sbyin rgyal-po yang-le-ber [n jin gyelpo yangleber].259 this text directly associates yangleber wi

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cal accounts of cosmogony and the origin of man in japan hint at the same belief. captain c. pfoundes studied for nearly nine years in the monasteries of japan the religion underlying the various sects of the land "the shinto idea of creation" he says "is as follows: out of chaos (konton) the earth (in) was the sediment precipitated, and the heavens (yo) the ethereal essences which ascended: maa (jin) appeared between the two. the first man was called kuni-to ko tatchino- mikoto, and five other names were given to him, and then the human race appeared, male and female. isanagi and isanami begat tenshoko doijin, the first of the five gods of the earth" these "gods" are simply our five races, isanagi and isanami being the two kinds of the "ancestors" the two preceding races which give birth

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eventh century, the sea between greenland and america was named ginnungagap. the name was also used by author james webb as the title of the first chapter of his book the occult establishment (1976) to denote the political and economic chaos in western europe after world war i, from which arose occult and political cults and their leaders, profoundly influencing modern society. ginseng pronounced jin-seng, a plant of the genus panax, family aralia, indigenous to china, korea, and north america. the encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. ginseng 641 chinese and korean species, panax ginseng, is said to have curative properties, including the ability to prolong life. the roots sometimes resemble the human form, rather like the mandragoras or mandrake, and a legend similar to that

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reincorporated psychological and spiritual dimensions to shiatsu. another instrumental pioneer of shiatsu was tokujiro namikoshi. working as a masseur, he developed a chart comparable to the acupuncture chart, showing where the appropriate pressure could be applied to relieve pain in specific parts of the body, as well as affect underlying conditions. in the united states a variation on shiatsu, jin shin jyutsu, has been developed by jiro murai. also closely related are the chinese system of do-in and reflexology. sources: the burton goldberg group alternative medicine: the definitive guide. tiburon, calif: future medicine publishing, inc, 1997. chung, hazel. shiatsu: therapeutic art of japan. http/ www.doubleclickd.com/shiatsu.html. march 31, 2000. namikoshi, tokujiro. shiatsu. tokyo: ja

HAMIL THE ROSICRUCIAN SEER

nd placed upon the book 'now the face has come from the inside of the compasses to a small space outside.thehand has opened thebook-thebook is very beautiful inside; it looks like a picture. there are twotherosicrucianseeriieveningswiththeindwellers oftheworldofspiritsbeinga paper read at ameetingofthebristol rosicruciancollege[published intherosicrucianandmasonicrecord,new series,no.6,iapril,18n jin presenting the following paper for the consideration of our brethrenofthe r.c, iam,at the riskofseeming tedious, compelled to make some prefatory remarks upon the occasion of this apparition, which occurred unsought and undesired, thatimay render the narrative intelligible, and show, moreover, how earnestly and strenuously the earth-bound spirits among the departed strive to enter into communi

K AMBER THE BASICS OF MAGICK

es north uriel water cups west gabriel fire wands south michael air swords east raphael elementals the magical elements are said to be peopled by spirits and mythological entities called elementals or nature spirits. these are grouped into four main categories- gnome (earth) undine (water) salamander (fire) sylph (air) the basics of magick get any book for free on: www.abika.com 14= dwarfs nymphs jin (genies) fairies elves tritons storm angels brownies mermaids hobgoblins mermen lepricauns sirens harpies elementals are usually only visible to those with clairvoyant sight and are more likely to be seen at night in the mountains or country away from cities- especially if you are tired or sleepy. although elementals exist naturally, it is also possible to create one which will exist for a lim

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

nt as an art in large part to daoist monks and believers who practiced such printing as a form of meditation. as with paintings, calligraphy could take minutes or days to create. the final product reproduces chinese characters, or written words, with ink and brush in a way of simple beauty. one of the most famous chinese calligraphers was wang xianzhi (334 386 ce. wang, a daoist, lived during the jin dynasty (317 420. he worked in several government positions and eventually achieved a high rank. wang studied calligraphy under his father, wang xizhi. both were very skilled. together they were known as er wang, meaning the two wangs. wang xianzhi experimented to form his own style of writing calligraphy, known for being bold and sophisticated. similarly daoism has had a strong effect on chin

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

the dogmatic issue of hereditary sin. edited and translated with introduction and notes by reidar thomte in collaboration with albert b. anderson. princeton: princeton university press, 1980. kilcher, andreas. die sprachtheorie der kabbala als sthetisches paradigma: die konstruktion einer sthetischen kabbala seit der fr hen neuzeit. stuttgart: verlag j. b. metzler, 1998. bibliography 285 kim, hee-jin. dogen kigen: mystical realist. foreword by robert aitken. tucson: university of arizona press, 1987. the reason of words and letters: dogen and koan language. in dogen studies, edited by william r. lafleur, 54 82. honolulu: university of hawai i press, 1985. kirk, geoffrey s, and john e. raven. the presocratic philosophers: a critical history with a selection of texts. cambridge: cambridge un

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ime of the partial deluge of our country (see theosophist of june, 1880 "some things the aryans knew) for agneyastra, see wilson's specimens of the hindu theatre, i, p. 297* some wonderful, artificially-made beast, similar in some way to frankenstein's creation, which spoke and warned his master of every approaching danger. the master was a "black magician" the mechanical animal was informed by a djin, an elemental, according to the accounts. the blood of a pure man alone could destroy him. vide part ii, xxvii "seven in astronomy, science, and magic* the four karmic gods, called the four maharajahs in the stanzas[[vol. 2, page] 428 the secret doctrine "the great king fell upon his dazzling face and wept "when the kings assembled the waters had already moved"(but) the nations had now crosse

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s till about a century or so back. it is still as orthodox in its broad outlines and features among pagans and christians alike, if one excepts a handful of materialists and men of science. for whether one calls the genii of hermes and his "gods "powers of darkness" and "angels" as in the greek and latin churches; or "spirits of the dead" as in spiritualism or, again, bhoots and devas, shaitan or djin, as they are still called in india and mussulman countries- they are all one and the same thing- illusion. let not this, however, be misunderstood in the sense into which the great philosophical doctrine of the vedantists has been lately perverted by western schools. all that which is, emanates from the absolute, which, from this qualification alone, stands as the one and only reality- hence

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fully avoid their faults, thus conquering them, as it were, on their own ground. each species can dwell only in its own proper element. thus a sylph may not invade the sphere of a salamander, or vice versa, while both would be decidedly out of their element in the regions of the nymphs or the gnomes. four rulers have been set over the four species.gob, ruler of the gnomes; paralda, of the sylphs; djin, of the salamanders; and necksa, of the nymphs. the dwellers in each element are assigned a point of the compass, which is where their special kingdom lies. to the gnomes is given the north, to the salamanders, the south, to the sylphs, the east, and to the undines, the west. the gnomes influence those of a melancholic disposition, because they dwell in the gloom of subterranean caverns. the

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he gnomes. their signs are the hieroglyphs of the bull for the gnomes who are commanded with the magic sword; of the lion for the salamanders, who are commanded with the forked rod, or magic trident; of the eagle for the sylphs, who are ruled by the holy pentacles; and finally, of aquarius for the undines, who are evoked by the cup of libations. their respective sovereigns are gob for the gnomes, djin for the salamanders, paralda for the sylphs, and necksa for the undines. these names, it will be noticed, are borrowed from folklore. the laying of an elementary spirit is accomplished by its adjuration by air, water, fire, and earth, by breathing, sprinkling, the burning of perfumes, by tracing on the ground the star of solomon and the sacred pentagram, which should be drawn either with ash

GILBERT THE SORCERER AND HIS APPRENTICE

..thehebrew names of thefourcardinal points. east- mezrachmu:i,west--meorebsouth-v-253daromc,,north- tzaphon27.thearchangels of the four elements.t..michael.6.raphael 'y auriel or uriel\lgabriel28. theofthe four elements.t>.arel.'m'm..6.chassanren'y phorlakh\ltaliahad29.therulers of the four elements.t>.seraph:"e-.6.ariel'vkerub\ltharsis30.the kings of the four orders of elementals. salamanderst>.djin.sylphs.6.panllda. gnomes'y ghob or gob. undines\7nicksa;31. in 'the formation of a magical pentacle or talisman consider first under what planet or element etc, it falls. then collect all the names of the sephira to which it belongs as well as those of its angels, intelligences, etc, also the sigils numbers, geomantic characters, lineal figures, thereunto belonging, then classify and arrange

GOLDEN DAWN RITUALS ZAM21

dry land and in the water, of whirling air and of rushing fire, and every spell and scourge of god, the vast one, obedient unto me" 7 magus of fire (moves to the south holding the lotus wand by the leo band "in the name of yhvh tzabaoth, i invoke the protective power of asch in the cardinal point of darom and its great archangel michael, its mighty angel aral, its powerful ruler seraph, its king djin and its salamanders to protect now this holy temple of fire from all opposing forces who would harm or destroy the holy order of the r.r. et a.c. and loyal subjects of the golden dawn. use thy mighty forces of fire to create a wall of invisibility and protection through the radiation of the rosea crucis and in the name of yehashua. stand guard without cessation, and use whatever forces necess

LIBER 777

ght wcyp pison (s \wrd darom ohooohatan 32 bis# e earth, touch trp phrath (n) wpx tzaphon thahaaothahe 31 bis c a spirit, hearing. lix. archangels of the quarters. lx. the rulers of the elements lxi. angels of the elements. lxii. kings of the elemental spirits. 11 lapr raphael layra ariel sj chassan paralda 23 layrbg gabriel sycrt tharsis dhylt taliahad niksa 31 lakym michael [rc seraph lara aral djin 32 bis layrwa auriel bwrk kerub ]alrwp phorlakh ghob 31 bis. lxiii. the four worlds. lxiv. secret names of the four words. lxv. secret numbers corresponding. lxvi. spelling of tetragrammaton in the four worlds. 11 hryxy yetrizah, formative world hm mah 45 ah waw ah dwy 23 hayrb briah, creative world gs seg 63 ah waw ah dwy 31 twlyxa atziluth, archetypal world bu aub 72 yh wyw yh dwy 32 bis hy

MANLY P HALL THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

er. one most important subdivision of the salamanders was the acthnici. these creatures appeared only as indistinct globes. they were supposed to float over water at night and occasionally to appear as forks of flame on the masts and rigging of ships (st. elmo's fire. the salamanders were the strongest and most powerful of the elementals, and had as their ruler a magnificent flaming spirit called djin, terrible and awe-inspiring in appearance. the salamanders were dangerous and the sages were warned to keep away from them, as the benefits derived from studying them were often not commensurate with the price paid. as the ancients associated heat with the south, this corner of creation was assigned to the salamanders as their drone, and they exerted special influence over all beings of fiery

MICHAEL WYNN THE SOUL TRAVELERS

ent on this, but it s no more absurd than spitting into a frog s mouth. the metal copper, for instance, is inclined to the influence of venus. therefore, copper is a venereal metal (venereal..venus. the goddess of lust and sex, go figure) element color direction nature elementals ruler air yellow east separation sylphs paralda water blue west union undines nichsa fire red south energy salamanders djin earth green/brown north stability gnomes ghob sprit white center balance n/a n/a planet color day# characteristics saturn black saturday 3 death; limitation; decay jupiter blue thursday 4 growth; prosperity; luck; justice mars red tuesday 5 violence; change; success; disease sun gold sunday 6 power; creative energy; goodness venus green friday 7 love; socialization; sex; the arts mercury purp

MOTTA MARCELO THE COMMENTARIES OF AL

are hadit; alcohol and such drugs temporarily release your inhibitions, your complexes and the brainwashing you have been subjected to since your birth in a slave-culture, and let your true self come to the surface of your consciousness. if the coming is violent or 'anti-social, this is not caused by the drugs or the alcohol. they are not 'evil' or 'corrupting. they merely liberate. remember the djin in the fisherman's bottle of the thousand and one nights. during the first thousand years of his imprisonment he vowed that he would make rich the man who freed him. in the second thousand years confinement had made him so angry that he vowed he would kill that man. violence and 'anti-social' behavior may appear when alcohol or drugs are used. such symptoms simply mean that your true self has

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

ariel 7 ni d1 "w king paralda elementals sylphs c159> water: hebrew name maim n'n great name elohim tzabaoth nlm11x' 7 5 cardinal point west. maarab inyd archangel gabriel ?n7731 angel taliahad 77% ruler tharsis o'w? king nichsa elementals undines fire: hebrew name asch dm great name yhvh tzabaoth n1nx 777' cardinal point south. darom 0117 archangel michael- 5 3' angel aral ?nn ruler seraph king djin 71w elementals salamanders c160> meditation let the philosophus meditate upon the symbol of the fire triangle in all its aspects. let him contemplate the symbol of the planet venus until he realises the universal love which would express itself in perfect service to allm mankind and which embraces nature both visible and invisible. let him identify himself with the owers of fire, consecrating

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

the gnomes, who are commanded with the sword; those of the lion for salamanders, who are commanded with the bifurcated rod or magic trident; those of the eagle for the sylphs, who are commanded by the holy pantacles; finally, those of the water-carrier for undines, who are commanded by the cup of libations. their 32 the ritual of transcendental magic respective sovereigns are gob for the gnomes, djin for the salamanders, paralda for the sylphs and nicksa for the undines. when an elementary spirit torments, or at least vexes, the inhabitants of this world, it must be conjured by air, water, fire and earth; by breathing, sprinkling, burning of perfumes; and by tracing on the ground the star of solomon and the sacred pentagram. these figures must be perfectly correct and drawn either with th

TYSON DONALD THE MAGICAL WORKBOOK

, an open dish of water; as a focus for earth spirits, a large natural stone. the material should be placed in the triangle shortly before beginning the ritual, and removed immediately after the ritual. when discarding any ritual substance, inscribe a cross of equal arms over it with your right index finger and vibrate the words "return to earth, remain undefiled" when practicing the evocation of djin, the king of elemental fire and the salamanders, the following invocation to the divine ruler of the south, ihvh tzabaoth, would be used. cc 1, invoke thee, ihvh tzabaoth, lord of the south and o f the region of fire, and of all the spiritual creatures that dwell therein. descend from your throne in the sphere of netzach and fill this circle o f art with your presence. enter my body and fill

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

ther it be to deliver them from enemies, to bring rain for their crops or to cure their children's illnesses. every religion and every culture believes in a divinity of some sort, whether it be god, goddess or spirit, good or evil. evocations were performed by medieval practitioners of magick to summon up angels (and sometimes demons) and bind them to perform tasks, rather like the middle eastern djinn, or genie, who, in faerie tales, would appear from a magick lamp or corked bottle and grant wishes. incense would be used to give substance to the etheric form of the angel or demon concerned (modem magick tends to be a little wary of calling up spirits, however, whose malevolent energies may cause harm) in contrast, invocations were used to endow the practitioner with the power to carry out

widdershins. devas: the angelic beings who watch and direct the natural world. in formal magick, one deva rules over each segment of a magical circle and one of the four elements of fire, water, air and earth. also known as the devic lords of the watchtower. dhoop: an incense stick like a slender rope, from india. the divinity: generic term for the ultimate source of goodness, light and creation. djinn: an invisible, shapeshifting creature of fire and air, originating in the middle east. in islamic tradition, djinns live in a parallel universe and so are invisible, created, it is said, before mortals from smokeless fire. druids: celtic high priests and wise men (and women) who preserved a common culture, religion, history, laws, scholarship, healing, magic and science amongst the disparate

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o" 1. are the brethren prepared? 49 bro. aries. they are prepared, master! they are drawn up in military array around the sacred altar. bro. mars. 1. brother capircornus, i command you to perform the ritual of the pentagram. bro. capricornus. fiat("does so. bro. mars. 1. brother aries, i command you to perform the invocation o the holy fire. bro. aries. fiat("goes to altar. 333("erect. i swear by djinn and by shin and by the space between that i will not stir from this place until the fire of god hath flamed upon the water that is upon the altar("his face over lamp) dost thou hear, brother ash("erect) by aub, the witchery of the secret flame; by aud, the subtlety of the inmost fluid; by aur, the effulgence of the radiant light; i call thee, ash! i adore thee, ash("over lamp) ash! ash! ash!

) dost thou hear, brother ash("erect) by aub, the witchery of the secret flame; by aud, the subtlety of the inmost fluid; by aur, the effulgence of the radiant light; i call thee, ash! i adore thee, ash("over lamp) ash! ash! ash! i caress thee! i kiss thee! i suck thee up into my mouth and nostrils! ohooatan("three times("the water flames. behold! the fire of god upon the altar as i have sworn by djinn and by shin and by the space between("returns to his throne. bro. mars. 1. hail, sister of the scorpion! sor. scorpio. hail, lord of the eagle and the serpent! bro. mars. amen. i appoint you to lead the army. sor. scorpio. let us carry the holy symbols with sacred song and dance round the altar of mars["the song< is sung as all march round five times deosil before" 50

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! brave banner! brave 91 banner! we go through the christians as a wedge cleaves a plank, as a ship cleaves the sea, as a bird cleaves the air! victory! sliman! sliman! drive them, like cattle, to their walls again! fatma. she has always been mad! i wonder what really happened. laylah. the sun is setting in blood. there are storm-clouds lit like burning charcoal blown upon by the mightiest of the djinn. i cannot see the banner. it grows dark. they must stop fighting soon. they will withdraw to their walls- nay, let them camp among the dead! come back with tidings! tell me, sliman is safe. ah! there sounds the horn of truce. the child. my father is the grand master of the temple, and he will come and cut all your heads off. laylah["goes down to her. thou preposterous little curd of sour mil

ALEXANDRIAN BOOK OF SHADOWS OCCULT

eric; intuitive; lively virtues: courageous, self-assertive, chivalrous, enthusiastic, passionate, experienced, virile vices: self-centred, ruthless, fanaticism, vindictiveness, anger, hatred season: midsummer time of day: noon direction: south wind: notus colour: red symbols: fire opal, almond (in flower, garlic, hibiscus, pepper, olibanum tools: scourge, sword, athame spirits: salamanders under djinn (elusive& hostile, teach power over fire& energy) shortage: body heavy or chilled, thoughts drag-gy, unenthusiastic excess: hot, hyper, flitting thoughts, insomnia, anger, snappishness notes various sources including june johns' king of the witches (appendix, starhawk's spiral dance, ellen cannon reed's witches qabala and a lovely pamphlet on the elements put out by church of the seven arrow

BEHOLDERS OF NIGHT

the development of ones own self-divinity, through our famulus and servitors, the guardians and angels of our temple, the arcana of self as revealed in essence. each individual is a model of lucifer, whom is the imagination, or self. that we must shadow forth the adversary to rebel against the natural order, to awaken the black flame of self-knowledge. we are thus iblis, the children of the fire djinn whom shall taste from the skulls of the sleeping. ii) the adversary oh moon nourished haunters of dreams, who have tasted the souls blood of life, from the graves of corpse-sleep from which ye emerge, from the pools of blood beneath the fountains of red sea, that emerge from the dreaming sleep of azrail, move now through the manes of the dead, they seek the commune of those in the warm flesh

ourished haunters of dreams, who have tasted the souls blood of life, from the graves of corpse-sleep from which ye emerge, from the pools of blood beneath the fountains of red sea, that emerge from the dreaming sleep of azrail, move now through the manes of the dead, they seek the commune of those in the warm flesh of the living. my shadow, as i build, calls forth the famulus whose spirit is the djinn of the noon tide sun, the fire of spirit later withdrawn in midnight honor. moon hungering shade of the tomb, i summon thee! from beneath the city of chorazin have your rested, yet though i go forth to the city of shadows, i embrace the darkness within and beyond! from nox umbra by michael ford the essence of perpetual revolution, or rebellion from the natural order, is the very concept of t

that of sorath, or the sun. satanas is this aspect is one form of the adversary, being rebellion, death and chaos from stasis. the very fire force of the sun is in the eye of satanas/saturnus, misrule and self-liberation through antinomianian awakening of saturn. the higher octave of saturn is lucifer, being light, wisdom and illumination. lucifer/iblis is the imagination thus azazel, the fallen djinn of fire. lucifer represents also rebirth, inner strength, reason and solitude. in the unity of saturn are both the star of algol[9] hidden (without the averse pentagram) and the mark of demiurge saturnus. it is through satan/iblis (fire) that one emerges in light, thus lucifer is the black flame in the darkness, the light in the darkness. it was in medieval times that saturn itself was the o

of those of the shadow, the demonium of the earth. in the ancient witchcraft religion (yatuk, persian sorcerers used blood of wolves[10 (who are sacred to ahriman) to call upon darkness. ahriman was probably in this sense, one of the first vampyre forms of ancient history. while similar to other fallen angels such as azazel/iblis or lucifer, there is a strong separation of ahriman from such fire djinn. the reason for this is that ahriman is of death and shade, a black flame of essence hidden by the cloak of darkness. iblis/azazel/lucifer is an angel of light, self-liberation and illumination of knowledge (gnosis. in this however, do not dismiss the forces of darkness, they are essential to ones own individual initiation and growth. it is in the darkness that the roots give the nourishment

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

ther it be to deliver them from enemies, to bring rain for their crops or to cure their children's illnesses. every religion and every culture believes in a divinity of some sort, whether it be god, goddess or spirit, good or evil. evocations were performed by medieval practitioners of magick to summon up angels (and sometimes demons) and bind them to perform tasks, rather like the middle eastern djinn, or genie, who, in faerie tales, would appear from a magick lamp or corked bottle and grant wishes. incense would be used to give substance to the etheric form of the angel or demon concerned (modem magick tends to be a little wary of calling up spirits, however, whose malevolent energies may cause harm) in contrast, invocations were used to endow the practitioner with the power to carry out

widdershins. devas: the angelic beings who watch and direct the natural world. in formal magick, one deva rules over each segment of a magical circle and one of the four elements of fire, water, air and earth. also known as the devic lords of the watchtower. dhoop: an incense stick like a slender rope, from india. the divinity: generic term for the ultimate source of goodness, light and creation. djinn: an invisible, shapeshifting creature of fire and air, originating in the middle east. in islamic tradition, djinns live in a parallel universe and so are invisible, created, it is said, before mortals from smokeless fire. druids: celtic high priests and wise men (and women) who preserved a common culture, religion, history, laws, scholarship, healing, magic and science amongst the disparate

DEMONIC BIBLE

upon the practitioner's mind) which accounts for magical powers and not the particular deities or spirits called upon. many spirits are accredited with giving knowledge of "arts and sciences. the "lesser key of solomon, a book of goetic sorcery, lists 72 demons which solomon allegedly bound inside a brazen vessel. this cabalistic tale has its origin in the babylonian legend of the 72 lords of the djinn. the word demon comes from the greek "daemon, an influencing spirit of intelligence. djinn (or genie) is also the root of the word "genius" although the word "genius" is often used by the mundane, he who is called a "genius" is said to be under the influence of an intelligence, daemon, or genie. if demons do not exist objectively (only subjectively, then the question arises: how can we expla

f the abyss may be seen to represent angles above the earth from the southern horizon to the northern horizon at increments of 20 degrees (making 180 degrees from the southern horizon to the northern horizon. multiplying 8 by 9 (to get the number of angles created by the division of the eight cardinal points with the nine angular points) gives a total of 72, the traditional number of lords of the djinn, powerful spirits of air and fire described in the goetia of solomon as bound by solomon in a brazen vessel but later freed by the babylonians. these 72 demonic spirits rule over the angles of the earth, and therefore over all the spirits which dwell upon the earth. initial statement i have crossed the gates of hell and have become the devil incarnate. i am satan; i am lucifer; i am belial;

ve prepared. come forth, legion, and manifest thyself. enter into this body that i may become like you, that i may become one with the forces of darkness. come forth, legion, and manifest thyself. for i have crossed the gates of hell and i have become the devil incarnate. i am satan; i am lucifer; i am belial; and i am leviatan. come forth, legion, and manifest thyself (drink from chalice) the 72 djinn of babylon after invoking the eight sub-princes of hell and the nine lords of the abyss, the magician may call upon the 72 lords of the djinn. the 72 lords rule over the 72 divisions of the earth. invoking these 72 lords gives the magician power over all the demons which dwell upon the earth but not the demons which dwell in the firmament, in the tartaran abode, or in the abyss of chaos. pow

a man holding a great serpent in his hand. his office is to bring back both a thief, and the goods which be stolen; and to discover all wickedness, and underhand dealing; and to punish all thieves and other wicked people and also to discover treasures that be hid. he ruleth over 36 legions of spirits. his seal is this, the which wear thou as aforesaid, etc. invocation for any of the lords of the djinn n, invoke thee. n, i summon thee. n. i conjure thee. come forth, n, and manifest thyself within this body, this temple, which i have prepared and set apart to the dark lord come forth, n, and manifest thyself. for i have crossed the gates of hell and have become the devil incarnate. come forth, n, and manifest thyself. come forth, n, and manifest thyself. n, grant unto me thy power. n, grant

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revelation 12:9) the spirit of diabolus is one which remains timeless and extensive. this sorcerous daemon has walked the earth since the dawn of mankind, from desert to forest, in every culture and every age. satan has long represented the otherness which is considered evil or dark, but yet few but the daring refuse to explore this area of magical study. satan has origins in the middle east as a djinn which is made of fire instead of light, from which the angels after were made from. shaitan was originally called azazel or azazyl, the first angel which preached to the other angels under the throne of god. azazel, who later was called iblis or shaitan, refused to bow before man, noting that his nature of lowly compared to his essence, which was of fire. azazel was cast out from heaven into

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nded for ceridwin s son, gwion tasted the liquid and became gifted with supernatural sight. he fled, pursued by ceridwin, and the pair were changed successively into a hare and a greyhound, a fish and an otter, a bird and a hawk, and a grain of wheat and a black hen, which ultimately swallowed the wheat (compare the metamorphoses of ceridwen and gwion bach with that of the queen of beauty and the djinn in the arabian nights tale of the second calendar. this pursuit and magical metamorphosis is a recurrent theme in folklore in the indo-european tradition and survives also in the scottish ballad the two magicians (child no. 44. later, gwion was placed in a bag and flung into the sea by ceridwin. he was drawn out by elphin, son of cwyddus, and was then called taliesin (radiant brow (see also

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of the wisest of men, coupled with the possible identification of solomon with a still older mythical figure named suleiman. arabic and persian legends speak of a prehistoric race that was ruled by 72 monarchs by the name of suleiman. nineteenth-century occultist john yarker, author of the arcane schools (1909, stated: it does not seem that these suleimans who are par excellence the rulers of all djinn, afreets and other elemental spirits, bear any relationship to the israelite king. the name, he said, is found in that of a god of the babylonians. dr. kenealy, the translator of hafiz, said that the earliest aryan teachers were named mohn, bodles, or solymi, and that suleiman was an ancient title of royal power, synonymous with sultan or pharaoh. a persian legend states that in the mountain

GOETIA LUCIFERIAN

is our influence of who we are and what we will become. do not fear forces outside the self, your greatest enemy is within. any magician who is able to summon any spirits in the goetia should be prepared to face that which they call or else suffer the consequences. the modern magician understands that no work may be successful is the intent is not pure and clear. if you seek to summon one of the djinn of the goetia, understand how the spirit relates to your mind, how it will manifest in yourself. do not summon something that which you are not comfortable in working with. do not on the other hand fear the very forces which you seek to command, be it angelic or demonic. black witchcraft is working with averse or black forces which are translated as shadow aspects of the sorcerers psyche. th

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

this grimoire. angelic spirits are solar/air based spirits who posses a higher articulation of being, that is, they resonate with the more developed aspects of the self i.e. communion with the initiatic guide/holy guardian angel. demons are spirits/fallen angels which proceed to grow in shadows and the darkness of the earth, but are as significant and beneficial as angelic spirits. in unity these djinn are of fire and air, thus enflame the very essence of self in the illumination of being (black flame self- perception and being. black magick is the development and refinement of the self on every level. it can be unpleasant such as questioning yourself and testing your limits, and it can be pleasure filled. it is necessary not to grow lazy while working with these spirits, as the work will

und in the s.l. macgregor mathers translated the book of the sacred magic of abramelin the mage. 10 the four infernal princes are- lucifer east (from lux fero, light bearer. a common shadow association is lucifuge, latin for fly the light and may have close associations with mephistopheles. lucifer in this aspect is the angel of light, the adversary. lucifer is a title which is beheld by the fire djinn azazel being the first angel, fallen from the stasis of light. by this manner, lucifer is the liberator and developer of humanity with his gift of the black flame, or individualized self-perception. leviathan- west (from lvthn, the crooked serpent/dragon of the sea. leviathan is the daemon of immortality and initiation, that the beast and scarlet whore moves through to arise from the oceans

or individualized self-perception. leviathan- west (from lvthn, the crooked serpent/dragon of the sea. leviathan is the daemon of immortality and initiation, that the beast and scarlet whore moves through to arise from the oceans as the beast 666, the solar spirit of manifestation and creativity) satan south (from the root shtn, meaning adversary. satan is the name associated with azazel the fire djinn, who is also lucifer and samael. the goat with one thousand names by form. satan= set-an, the ancient egyptian god of darkness, chaos and isolation) satan is the adversary, whose symbol can be viewed as a forked stave which rises in the noon-tide sun. belial north (from bliol, a wicked one. belial is the spirit of the earth, created second after lucifer/azazel as a powerful angel. belial is

g the angel of fire who is azazel. samael is the demon prince who is married to lilith and father of tubal-cain. the root word of samael is sml, which translates idol or image) azael west (associated with azrael, the angel of death or the egyptian anubis, the god of the dead. azael represents the west and the realm of twilight) azazel south (associated with the element fire, as azazel is the fire djinn of islamic sufism. in hebrew azazel is the scape goat, associated with the root oz, meaning goat and devil, sexual force) mahazael north (associated with earth, being cain or the egyptian set as the lord of the earth in typhonian lore. mahazael comes from the root mhzal, meaning to consume and devour and is associated with amaimon, a grand daemon) 11 the rite of the coiling dragon (leviathan

individual is separate, yet a fire made vessel of azazel-lucifer, known as azal ucel, the daemonic angel of adversarial awakening. begin the rite in the southern quarter, relative to azazel, the initiator of the path. the sorcerer should construct the circle of the dragon as one uses in this goetia, encircling the self in the announced conjurations of the four quarters. azazel i summon thee fire-djinn of the southern quarter, be the torch which would ignite me, immolate me in your presence, as your child on the path of shadow unto light. samael great dragon transformed, i summon thee as fulmino-lucifer, the morning star of the east, the serpent-angel of the emerald crown who fell to earth awaken now and open forth the gates of the imagination by air and dream. mahazael father of the witch

you face the skull containing the waters of leviathan, or initiation. they would have you drink deeply of the gnosis which reveals the luciferian mind, that which questions and is strong within 12 it. one should not approach the goetic spirits with fear, if the mind is clear upon the initiatory intent then this is a building point of character associated with the spirit therein. daemonic spirits/djinn are the phantasms which congress and communicate with those who partake of the infernal sabbat, the conclave of witches and sorcerous beings of night-walking dreaming gnosis. daemonic (demonic) spirits are often fallen angels; those who have tasted from the golden cup of the celestial realm of lucifer, and by falling into the infernal realms have learnt the dark ways of their own sorcerous m

illuminated in bright light, with eyes that are black despite the beautiful and strong continence of this being. the face is saturnine yet strong, and the aura you sense is tinctured with darkness beneath the surface. the body of the angel is almost flame, and his crown is an emerald brilliance. in the hand of this angel is a forked staff, which is cruel looking and sharp. the wings of this fire djinn are black and sharp, indicating an infernal aspect not so visible in the flames of self. as you stare into the eyes of azazel, called lucifer or azal ucel, a lightning flash comes from his left eye into yours. as this flash strikes you, a voice is heard within your mind, a single question is asked. you will know this question as this moment occurs. move yourself and your body of light into t

s of which he summons, rather embraces and by the will controls them. the same type of mastery must be applied to the summoning of goetic spirits, no matter the intent, but with an aspect of respect for that which you call. understand the shades of the dead have walked beyond the flesh, and should be viewed as advanced spirits which brings us knowledge and initiation. when invoking/evoking goetic djinn, know that these fire-born spirits who fell with lucifer-azazel, hold too a 18 special knowledge and the self and individual mind is that which will commune with them. be firm in your works, yet respectful. i am the daimon who speaks the words of the immortal fire, the holy flame which emerges from the lightning flash and storm of chaos bred, so this the angel-serpent shall come forth with t

ul. i am the daimon who speaks the words of the immortal fire, the holy flame which emerges from the lightning flash and storm of chaos bred, so this the angel-serpent shall come forth with the birthing knife shedding into storm of seth! spirit of which the fallen have taken strength, isolate and beautiful, angelic essence, azal ucel, from which came into being cain i do invoke thee! south- devil-djinn of the burning desert sands and the sun, sortha n-din thy stave and fork unto the flame that is my soul shall be illuminated in this blackened light. shaitan the adversary, my soul enflamed! arogogoruabrao thiaf! east- lucifer revealed as azazel, bringer of illumination and love, who resides in shadow and light, cover and cloak my spirit with thy twelve wings, serpent skin covered from the s

imary faces of the adversary. the celebrant may construct as mask of two sides, which shall be placed upon the center of the altar. a phallic symbol or stone god may be near the mask as well, symbolizing the solar creative force of the beast 666- one- the fallen seraph lucifer, the angelick essence of the black flame, the very source of our wisdom, being and becoming. two the seraph of flame, the djinn iblis of fire, daemon of the blackened flame, serpent beast dragon wolf goat. satanas is the devil-cloaked initiator of the path of the wise, those who laugh at the warnings of a cringing society. robe thyself in crimson, the color of flame and movement. the symbol of the averse pentagram, being downward pointing to indicate the union of the fallen angels with humanity to create divinity. in

ings of a cringing society. robe thyself in crimson, the color of flame and movement. the symbol of the averse pentagram, being downward pointing to indicate the union of the fallen angels with humanity to create divinity. in the sethian witchcraft current the sorcerer becomes as set him/herself, thus in the circle the first of witchblood unto the path. 20 upon the hour of noon- invocation of the djinn of fire ya! zat-i-shaitan! o ring of flame, scorching sun of the sun s height scorpion soul, who arises as the sun at noon sekak sekak, iasokilam i speak now unto the sun, from the fires of growth and illumination that in your pride and knowledge of self may i become as i summon your essence in this noontide hour, to the scorpion flame al-saiphaz, al-ruzam, at the point of the crossroads, wh

ove all things, myself may only strengthen in this light in this hour i illuminate, i burn with the glory of luciferian light within! above the throne of azothoz is the entering fire ring of set-heh, adversary of the nine gates! i go now between and beyond, within and without! upon the hour of midnight ya! zat-i-shaitan! by the gate of the black light, when i name the words against the sun o fire djinn azazel, set-heh, i summon thee forth with serpent s tongue, that my oath before this blackened flame, ignited within. in the dreaming aethyr shall i be known in the wisdom of the moon al zabbat, hekas hekau, serpent soul do i summon raise now from thy black light, that i see what has been never known akharakek sabaiz i call forth the shadow of which i am and have always been, the darkness wh

confirmation of the dedication of the path. it is by this self-deification that the daimon is controlled within the circle by the focused will of the magician, rather than a holy force. this is a psychological approach in which the sorcerer fully relies on the will to control the ritual, thus adding a real sense of danger to the rite. care should be practiced however with this distinction, as the djinn of this book are both ancient and cunning. traditionally, the triangle should be 2 feet distant from the magic circle and three feet across. the triangle should be place towards which quarter where the spirit evoked would belong. the base of the triangle would be near the circle, the apex would point in the quarter of the spirit. it is suggested that one observes the moon also in the operati

e circle is cast in the sabbat journey of the celestial and infernal blessed is this sacred blade so mote it be! the black hilted knife (evocation dagger) the black hilted knife is the blade of barbarous evocation, the knife dedicated to shaitan of midnight and banal, the daemonic adversarial blade of lucifer, the sacred weapon of banishing and commanding the fulgaris lightning bolt of the fallen djinn. the black hilted knife is used for making the circle and commanding the spirits into the triangle, the sacred circle within the meeting place of spirits. the blade may be consecrated in the hour of saturn. as well when the moon is waning create a distilled water container and fill with blackened pepper, hecate oil and a few drops of your own blood. with the flame burning, hold the blade wit

re of your becoming. austin spare called these sacred letters as the alphabet of desire, a sigillized form of the subconscious and symbols which represent the higher articulation of the self. the luciferian will which is self-immolated unto perfection. the wand should be cut, painted and decorated with the specific sigils from ones alphabet and done so in the noon tide sun, sacred to shaitan, the djinn of fire. the wand corresponds also to the phallus, the solar vessel which spills forth the elixir of the sun. the pentacle of tetragrammaton the symbol of strength and conceptual imagery of the pentacle of solomon, the magus who bound the djinn of this book. the pentacle may be worn as a method of encircling 25 the self in the mask of purity, thus remaining a symbol of the mind in unity with

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and deed. this is why the serpent is considered an aspect of satan or lilith, the serpent is long viewed as a symbol of wisdom and fertility. the christian satan was taken from the early mythological folklore of islam, from which satan s (meaning to oppose or the adversary) name was azazel. in the koran and accepted traditions such as the ahadith, azazel is said to be made of fire similar to the djinn, yet not of light as other angels. it is this fire which makes azazel the brightest angel among the others. azazel was the preacher to all angels in pre-eternity, seated beside the throne in glory. god created man and demanded all angels bow to his creation, azazel refuses. he claims fire (the psychic) to be superior to clay (material, and considered it a test that in heaven azazel was the h

INVOCATION OF OUR LORD OF MIDNIGHT MAHAZHAEL DEVAL

. for lighting-bolts do adorn thee and storm-clouds are a halo around thee. thy face is the skull, the death s-head oracle, laughing in all adversity. thine eyes reveal the dual abyss, shining bright in voidful darkness. thy heart is a seething spider s nest, strung on a fiery web between the bone-beams of thy breast. thy phallus is the minaret of joy rais d for the world s delight; unto whom all djinn must turn in prayer and from whence the serpent s holy seed is scattered- to baptise the world in all misrule! thine are the hooves of the he-goat, cloven to walk in all worlds alike. here reveal thyself a -dancing, gleaming in splendour on the burial mound! hail to thee as the corpse-king, pround as any man in the bed of marriage! in they four hands, seen and unseen, are the weapons of thy

INVOCATION OF THE ADVERSARY

then form of the devil, the solar creative (and destructive) force of change and self-deification. there are two primary faces of the adversary. the celebrant may construct as mask of two sides, which shall be placed upon the center of the altar. one- the fallen seraph lucifer, the angelick essence of the black flame, the very source of our wisdom, being and becoming. two the seraph of flame, the djinn iblis of fire, daemon of the blackened flame, serpent beast dragon wolf goat. satanas is the devil-cloaked initiator of the path of the wise, those who laugh at the warnings of a cringing society. robe thyself in crimson, the color of flame and movement. the symbol of the averse pentagram, being downward pointing to indicate the union of the fallen angels with humanity to create divinity. in

warnings of a cringing society. robe thyself in crimson, the color of flame and movement. the symbol of the averse pentagram, being downward pointing to indicate the union of the fallen angels with humanity to create divinity. in the sethian witchcraft current the sorcerer becomes as set him/herself, thus in the circle the first of witchblood unto the path. upon the hour of nooninvocation of the djinn of fire ya! zat-i-shaitan! o ring of flame, scorching sun of the sun s height scorpion soul, who arises as the sun at noon sekak sekak, iasokilam i speak now unto the sun, from the fires of growth and illumination that in your pride and knowledge of self may i become as i summon your essence in this noontide hour, to the scorpion flame al-saiphaz, al-ruzam, at the point of the crossroads, wh

y strengthen in this light in this hour i illuminate, i burn with the glory of luciferian light within! above the throne of azothoz is the entering fire ring of set-heh, adversary of the nine gates and seven points of the dragon! i go now between and beyond, within and without! upon the hour of midnightya! zat-i-shaitan! by the gate of the black light, when i name the words against the sun o fire djinn azazel, set-heh, i summon thee forth with serpent s tongue, that my oath before this blackened flame, ignited within. in the dreaming aethyr shall i be known in the wisdom of the moon al zabbat, hekas hekau, serpent soul do i summon raise now from thy black light, that i see what has been never known akharakek sabaiz i call forth the shadow of which i am and have always been, the darkness wh

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ght-hunt and dream conclave known as the witches sabbath, the meeting of the souls of magickians at the crossroads, an area of which is universal in spirit meetings, from the pathal craft to the luciferian witches sabbat path to systems of voodoo and palo mayombe. the sabbat itself is a western approach to the middle eastern cult of shaitan and those of the yatukan1 practices. shaitan is the fire-djinn whom, unlike other angels created of light, was created from flame. it was this energy, essence of spirit that who is known as lucifer shone brightly above all others. he held the light of the sabbat to those who would whisper the oaths in the dawn. shaitan the opposer is the gateway of the current of magical initiation, thus holding the double aspects of light and shadow. it is through the

t is when we become just as lucifer, who is the spirit of the air whom resides upon the astral plane. below lucifer is the puzzle of the black one, being baphomet. baphomet, being the god form of sorcerers and magickians of chaos and witches sabbat currents, is the model of union. consider lilith, the witch queen of the sabbat and of lillitu, the succubus and vampire phantoms and samael, the fire djinn which is considered the same as asmodeus, their infernal union is the manifestation and birth of baphomet. thus the horned one brings the wisdom of the earth (asmodeus-samael) and the spirit (lilith, thus baphomet is the initiator of becoming and self-deification. the magician must be implored to work accordingly, and without fail, for the manifestation of his and her own alphabet of desire

brings the hidden eye, which does not bleed when looked into which a laughing child devours on sight, eager to 25 awaken from the earth i walk, hidden in perception and form. as the last storm approaches, my name is thus revealed. lucifer shall the fires of heaven be brought down, by your gift of perception? shall all know from which clay becomes fire, and the profane are no longer. the wings of djinn beside that of the dragon, black and billowing answer to your shadowy presence. from this a torch is revealed. lilith from your loins great pleasure is shown, felt and ravished upon ecstasy from the children who feed nightly the bed chamber welcomes your passion shall you reveal the hidden moon, which acts as a door for such sight and beauty? beast and angel, i seek the addiction of your swe

i am the daimon who speaks the words of the immortal fire, the holy flame which emerges from the lightning flash and storm of chaos bred, so this the angel-serpent shall come forth with the birthing knife shedding into storm of seth! 30 spirit of which the fallen have taken strength, isolate and beautiful, angelic essence, azal ucel, from which came into being cain i do invoke thee! south- devil-djinn of the burning desert sands and the sun, sortha n-din thy stave and fork unto the flame that is my soul shall be illuminated in this blackened light. shaitan the adversary, my soul enflamed! arogogoruabrao thiaf! east- lucifer revealed as azazel, bringer of illumination and love, who resides in shadow and light, cover and cloak my spirit with thy twelve wings, serpent skin covered from the s

egyptian and medival daemonic summons, a connection therein may be observed. the circle casting is one of which the individual proclaims his and her mastery over their own being, that by moving widdershins around the circle will enflame the self during invocation; that is to envision each manifestation via minds eye with each call. for instance, when one calls south, they would envision the fire djinn, in the north, seth. this is the key to the success of magical work; the imagination. south the devil-djinn mentioned is shaitan or azazel, the fallen seraph whom is made entirely of flame. it is this original legend which brought forth the separation of the goddivinity or natural order to an adversarial or antinomianian process of anti-order. the mentioning of blackened light is the light o

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clearly draw the connection and becoming process of self-initiation through the lore of the watchers, the nephilim, the black eagle and the essence of the adversary. the combination of art and text invoke the very spirit of shaitan and lilith to those who may embrace it. azothoz reaches into the current of magick to manifest itself in the initiate who may be of this essence, born by the spark of djinn fire to witch blood. this is a luciferian process of self- liberation which invites a deeper understanding of daemon and angel, their union outside of a christian standpoint. it is the otherness which individuals may seek to inspire, bringing one closer to the lord of storms and chaos, set to a spirit of order in the self. when writing of angels, a point of the `angelick familiar, luciferian

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ce, of the nature of agares, who declareth things past, present and to come and discovereth that which hath been lost or hidden. he is good by nature, and governeth twenty-six legions of spirits. but knowledge of his existence dates back long before this, even to before earliest babylonian times. he was one of the nephelim, and in eastern fable, he is accounted one of the seventy-two lords of the djinn. your experiment should be performed during clear weather, when the moon is two, four, six, eight, ten, twelve, or fourteen days old, and thereby, of course, always on the increase. so great is the power of vassago, however (he is a "prince" in the hierarchy, that he is not bound by any sidereal or solar rules of time, and therefore may be summoned at any hour of the day or night. he is to b

on the third piece of paper must be written with your pen of art in blood- your own or that of a beefsteak, chicken, or lamb chop from the supermarket again will do. you should wipe your pen of art carefully free of all ink before you embark upon this. this last design is known as the secret seal of solomon and traditionally was the symbol by means of which the seventy-two lords of the demons or djinn were imprisoned in a brazen vessel by the magus-king and sunk beneath the ocean. they were later released, providentially it seems, by certain babylonian wizards. the legend probably stems from that of the drowned nephelim. when you have drawn the symbol and let it dry, retrace over it with your athame, charging it strongly with light and conjuring with these words: bound, bound, bound be al

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l w. ford to look into the possibilities of models and how one may shape and assist in self-transformation, it is imperative to study and understand the foundations of the very gods which emerge from us. nightside or shadowside as a term is defined in witches sabbat and luciferian9 terminology as averse dreaming practice. in islamic mythology and lore, shaitan is the lord of rebellious spirits, a djinn made of fire. it is this fire10 which leads the individual towards the wall looking down into the abyss, and the infinite possibilities of being. the sorcerer thus begins to adopt the god form of shaitan to master the spirits and djinn of the self all of those elements which command mastery of the self. night is the in-between point which later unveils the light, therefore being a barrier an

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coming forth into being. belial was indeed different from azazel while lucifer was fire and air in spirit, belial was of earth and found this place comfortable and familiar. belial said unto azazel, who would else wake and join us in this moment of triumph that we are without the highest empyrean realm we now look about to understand we are different, strong and noble in our selves. awake with us djinn! leviathan arose before them. he had taken the form of a great serpent, a dragon who beheld both sexes of human flesh leviathan would seek the oceans and understood the art of sorcery as a totality of being timeless and alive in its sacred flame. leviathan found the nightmares comforting, and dreams would be his fluid waking within worlds. many others rose up and joined with my father, who i

hat which the profane cannot see, yet in it s veil will the path of the red dragon be shown, you must come forth by dreaming to see within this bowl, and i shall wait for you there cauled in the crimson drape, veiled from the eyes of the blind. hold this skull and behold the spirits which walk with you, by self-transformation on the meeting path shall this mark be evermore your father, the dragon djinn of old forever walk with you, and in rapt meditation shall we pass from the clay of mortal hands you shall thirst for water and for blood; both in dreaming shall be held from the dual gnosis. i hold the golden cup to your lips, that the dragon s elixir hold strong i then hand to you the skull bowl of my flowing blood, that you may taste the bitter sweetness of it s coppered kiss then in your

me illuminate from this very forge! from the west, i invoke the force of anubis, the opener of the way let the violet light of the dead empower my spirit! from the south, i invoke the force of thoth, whose lamp illuminates my path let the fires of wisdom and self-discover guide my path! from the east, i invoke horus, being the fire and strength of spirit reveal thy essence as azal ucel, the fiery djinn of change and rebellion! cain, bringer of the cauldron of change and self transformation do protect my very being of self, that i may grow and ascend in our family born of witch blood pure. i seek the coils of leviathan, the darkend grave earth of ahriman and the dream plane of lucifer. allow the gates to open before me! i encircle myself in the dragon s coils, the beast of my father arises

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rcle is also the lord of sorcery. asmodeus can be a powerful guide from the gate of the flesh, or earth, to that of choronzon. approach this daemon with caution, for there can be hell to pay if any spirit is invoked without care. 73 73 shaitan -the adversary which developed from the lord of storms and prince of darkness, set. in the islamic tradition (ahadith, shaitan/satan is azazel, the lord of djinn whom is made from fire, thus a source of light unto itself. azazel/shaitan is a fallen angel, the first angel who preached to the other angels in preeternity. shaitan is also melek ta aus, the peacock angel. samael samael in hebrew texts is the husband of lilith, the father of cain. samael is of fire and of night, from which all daemonical energy is derived. when accepting both lilith and sa

ation of not only the hidden light (ie. morning star and wisdom) but the moon as well. lughnasadh has its roots primarily within the celtic culture which later surfaced and transferred into what is now known as the independent witches sabbat witchcraft and wicca. the essence of this sabbat is the brightness of the sun and the beauty of nature in its living aspect. lucet/lucifer is azazel the fire djinn, he who is brought unto earth wearing the emerald crown. lugh is represented as the leader of tuatha de danann which translates "people of the goddess dana. the people of ireland record a great battle in their ancient texts between lugh and tuatha de danann against the fomors and their leader, balor. lugh and his people were victorious, thus banishing the fomors further within the shadows in

luciferian self-liberation, the angel which fell through darkness to again emerge in the light of being. in the saturnian gnosis, this rite and sate of being is the higher octave of saturn, from which one may ascend through from the darkness or demonium of the earth. the chant of going unto the luciferian sabbat86 86 by torch and burning light do i ascend to the highest aethyr. i call to the fire djinn who brought the spark to common clay that from the green and desert lands do i rise unto the company of the spirits of the air, to join in union with those of cunning fire spirits who illuminate in the flame of the sun! i do seek to go forth unto the angelic soul lucifer rising through my self emerald crowned bringer of light. i seek the gates of heaven and holy essence of the sun, that my s

results. the infernal luciferian path- one: path of infernal congress: goetic and low sorcery brought in union with high sorcery. summoning and binding atavistic and earth bound forces, substance from shadow. the initiate will visualize each aspect of the daemon/spirit as a path of self. two: path of shaitan the adversary: this is the self-invoked transformation of the devil of the earth the fire djinn-seraph iblis/azazel who brought the black flame unto humanity. shaitan is the path of luciferian self-liberation from which we grow and expand consciousness, from this path we develop in the darkness and shadow of self. three: path of lycanthropic transformation -meditation unto the transformative state of the werewolf. perform a ritual of the devil s skin. the ritual will project into dream

MICHAEL TSARION ATLANTIS ALIEN VISITATION AND GENETIC MANIPULATION

in space travel maintain non-intervention as an inviolate edict. on the other hand, the bible and the book of enoch, in particular, relate that earth'ssovereignty was violated by one contingent of ancient visitors. these beings werenamed the nephilim (those who were cast down. there are many names that havecome down to us that were used to describe the visitors. some of these are: anakim,rephaim, djinn, giants, titans, fallen angels, the watchers, the els, the ari, elders,atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation3 from the end of heaven sons of zadok, sons of seth, the uranids, cyclopeans, promethians, olympians, theelect, asuras, the illies, fomorians, the necromancers, rayless ones, bent ones, thedogons, dagons, the ana, amaraka, nagas, the rakshasas, dragon kings, naddred,the

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h of self-perception of being. az also represents lilith as the goddess of the beasts of the earth, the very mother of demons and sorcerous beings. az was said to be created in the zurvan myth as a black substance like coal, which would devour all creation, manifesting her as a vampyric being. azazel [hebrew] the first angel who brought the black flame of being to humanity. azazel was the lord of djinn and was said to be made of fire in islamic lore. azazel refused to bow before the clay of adam, 79 saying that it was profane. he was cast from heaven to earth and was indeed the first independent spirit, the initiator of individual and antinomian thought. azazel was later related to the watchers, the hebrew goat demon god and shaitan. azazel is a name of lucifer, who is the solar aspect of

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ished haunters of dreams, who have tasted the souls' blood of life, from the graves of corpse-sleep from which ye emerge, from the pools of blood beneath, the fountains of red sea, that emerge from the dreaming sleep of azrael, move now through the manes of the dead, they seek the commune of those in the warm flesh of the living. my shadow, as i build, calls forth the familiar whose spirit is the djinn of the noon tide sun, the fire of spirit later withdrawn, in midnight honor. moon hungering shade of the tomb, i summon thee! from beneath the city of chorazin have your rested, yet though i go forth to the city of shadow, i embrace the darkness within and beyond! zrazza, umpesha infernum! by the descending divinity: gather around, take forth this skull of man, the primal atavism brought daw

umpesha infernum! by the descending divinity: gather around, take forth this skull of man, the primal atavism brought dawn by the nephilimic tomb of sah, take now rest, refuge and a power source for your shadow. let this be your tomb of rest, gather strength here, nourish yourself from my flesh, as i am the master known as akhtya seker arimanius, draconian shadow, messenger of azrael, i form you djinn haunter of the desert and forest (visualize the shade of self, that your shadow form, so closely connected that you are but the same, grant this phantom form your deepest attributes of vampyric self, be it the grave haunter and spirit of folklore) skeletal form, whose flesh is gray and green from the blood of arimanius, talons of the best, whom shall tap the window of the sleeping, beckoning

s great, such is the being of which i am! emerge again, awaken from yours sleep of thanatos" the binding of chains the vampyre rite of transformation the sorcerer who has developed the lesser and greater familiar, the very spirit and shadow of the moon and the sun, shall at one time seek a permanence of self isolation in the night. the vampyre is a symbol of survival beyond flesh, the spirit like djinn whom has tasted the elixir of hecate, the blood of the moon as the formula of transformation. the wisdom of the serpent in the union of lilith and cain, those guardians of the blood path of the vampyre. the sorcerous daemon ahriman is the gateway of shadow knowledge and possession, that as darkness descends, our spirits merge with the familiar and fetish, from the grave soil shall out great

earlier) is a most feared demonic essence, known as the lord of the forest. the atavistic elementals within our own flesh is a gateway of transformation, the ecstasies contained therein and our own means of developing and becoming an illuminated (hence black flame) promethean being. just as we sip at the golden chalice of the luciferian sabbat, the sunlight essence of the fallen seraph, the fire djinn who holds the flame of self-perception, we to sip from the skull-cup of the dead, of hecate. noctulia- hecate is the goddess robed in black, perched upon her shoulder a raven. she appears before the circle, as the encirclement of our being, the gate-keeper of the realms of the ghostroads and the dead. it is noctulia -hecate (named also lilith) whom we sing hymns of the night unto. the ritual

the opposing force which initiates through antinomianism and self-deification. in a work which pre-dates the zohar, it is suggested that lilith and samael were born by an emanation beneath the throne of god. their shape was an androgynous being, double-faced and thus revealed as a part of the adversary (the opposer, shaitan. samael, in hebrew legend has twelve wings, which integrates azazel (the djinn of fire, shaitan) and samael as lucifer, the force related to the noon-tide sun. samael is thus the devil, one half of the adversary and the creative/solar force of the sun. lilith joined with samael through leviathan, the great dragon. ashmodai was said to be another mate of lilith, whom was said in some hebrew legends to be two aspects of the same goddess. the son of lilith and ashmodai wa

rcerous path do i walk! to know- to will- to keep silent akhtya i summon- akhtya i become akhtya in dreams i commune! facing the south and the white candle "i initiate myself on the serpent's hidden path i awaken to the shadows ofahriman i am embraced by the cold and fiery embrace ofaz in the darkness i am born, of the vampyres kiss in the light of dawn i emerge- awake in the flame of the dragon -djinn so it is done! the gates of arezura this is a ritual from which the initiate opens the gates of hell, that is the meeting place of sorcerers and witches- those who travel into the darkness and flame of the sabbat. the gates of arezura is the initiatory point of which "i" is revealed and may become. you will realize your goals, your potentials and weaknesses to emerge to one who is becoming a

ream, that in 8 nights shall i become in shadow the reflection of the 8 midday journeys to the sun- that the hornless fire exists in the eyes of those who walk this path ahriman, arimanius- ascend through me! you, summoned unto me- wolf shadow, flyer of night -i am in flesh akhtya, encircling my being in the sacred letters of yatuk-dinoih open now the gates of arezura and behold the flames of the djinn, our creative fire of becoming. by the ancient words of power- zazas, zazas nasatanada zazas! encircling the spirit entering the gates "i summon thee, behold and hail thee- vizaresh, guardian of the gates- those who have recognized the sacred flame of my being- i enter these gates unto the kingdom of shadow and sorcerous knowledge. in the name of ahriman, i do encircle my being- against the

MIDNIGHTS CIRCLE A COMMENTARY OF AZOTHOZ

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

PHOSPHORUS

he darkness, satanas i do summon thee, i shall descend into the pleasure fields of midnight and noon i shall taste thy ecstasy of being! from the east, air and shadowed illuminator lucifer, crowned in emerald light, king of the circle of the wise do illuminate me, by dreaming and waking guide me into the astral plane to become, in the twilight i awaken to thy fiery spirit! o archon of this world, djinn of holy fire and perfected spirit do move through me as i descend with you! guide me unto the empyrean and celestial sabbat of self-deification! from the north, belial, lord of the earth and perfected essence of both angel and beast, do move the spirits of the earth of wolf and jackal, come forth through me! i seek thy mysteries of the earth, of the infernal sabbat and its pleasure of lilith

with your eyes which are always seeing bless me with the fallen star of azazel, as lightening i awake! i do affirm ahriman, prince of darkness and the beast in flesh spectral shadow who is lucifugus, bless my rites with the astral shape of the toad and the serpent dragon open thy eye as algol! i do affirm lucifer azazel, fire born angel of the abyss, who comes forth in the earth as the devil and djinn of flame before me is algol my essence, my desire, my will within me sparks the black flame of set, the forge of cain! within me now is algol this demon star is my image of becoming! i summon this flame to encircle me, immolate me and open the ways of below and above! by phosphorus shall i become! by phosphorus shall the devil s mark bless me! by phosphorus shall i go forth to the sabbat as

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ver his body, and had even sprouted, from the base of his spine, a fine tail that lengthened by the day and had already obliged him to abandon the wearing of trousers; he tucked the new limb, instead, inside baggy salwar pantaloons filched by anahita sufyan from her mother's generously tailored collection. the distress engendered in him by his continuing metamorphosis into some species of bottled djinn will readily be imagined. even his appetites were altering. always fussy about his food, he was appalled to find his palate coarsening, so that all foodstuffs began to taste much the same, and on occasion he would find himself nibbling absently at his bedsheets or old newspapers, and come to his senses with a start, guilty and shamefaced at this further evidence of his progress away from man

otherwise might be to be absorbed by it; that it was for her, would always be, a big subject, a whole dark continent to map, and she wasn't prepared to go that way, be that explorer, chart those shores: not any more, or, maybe, not yet. but she'd never shaken off the feeling of being damaged by her ignorance of love, of what it might be like to be wholly possessed by that archetypal, capitalized djinn, the yearning towards, the blurring of the boundaries of the self, the unbuttoning, until you were open from your adam"s-apple to your crotch: just words, because she didn't know the thing. suppose he had come to me, she dreamed. i could have learned him, step by step, climbed him to the very summit. denied mountains by my weak-boned feet, i'd have looked for the mountain in him: establishin

ser- chichi? sasa _my other, my love. no- he floated over parkland and cried out, frightening the birds- no more of these england-induced ambiguities, these biblical--satanic confusions- clarity, clarity, at all costs clarity- this shaitan was no fallen angel- forget those son-ofthe-morning fictions; this was no good boy gone bad, but pure evil. truth was, he wasn't an angel at all "he was of the djinn, so he transgressed- quran 18 :50, there it was as plain as the day- how much more straightforward this version was! how much more practical, down--to--earth, comprehensible- iblis/ shaitan standing for the darkness, gibreel for the light- out, out with these sentimentalities _joining, locking together, love. seek and destroy: that was all. o most slippery, most devilish of cities- in which

unguents and pickles they left, cursing heavily, never suspecting that there was a fortieth corridor down which they had never been taken, a fortieth urn inside which there hid, like a thief, the quivering, pajama-wetting poet whom they sought. after that the madam had the eunuchs dye the poet's skin until it was blue-black, and his hair as well, and dressing him in the pantaloons and turban of a djinn she ordered him to begin a body-building course, since his lack of condition would certainly arouse suspicions if he didn't tone up fast. o o o baal's sojourn "behind the curtain" by no means deprived him of information about events outside; quite the reverse, in fact, because in the course of his eunuchly duties he stood guard outside the pleasure-chambers and heard the customers' gossip. t

hangez's desk. taking a handkerchief from his pocket, he rubbed briskly: once, twice, thrice. the lights all went on at once. zeenat vakil entered the room "o god, i'm sorry, maybe you wanted them off, but with the blinds closed it was just so sad" waving her arms, speaking loudly in her beautiful croak of a voice, her hair woven, for once, into a waist-length ponytail, here she was, his very own djinn "i feel so bad i didn't come before, i was just trying to hurt you, what a time to choose, so bloody self-indulgent, yaar, it's good to see you, you poor orphaned goose" she was the same as ever, immersed in life up to her neck, combining occasional art lectures at the university with her medical practice and her political activities "i was at the goddamn hospital when you came, you know? i

THE LUCIFERIAN PATH THE WITCHES SABBAT MICHAEL W FORD

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

the sorcerer stand in a circle and fear what he has called, but rather confronts and commands those forces connected to his 11 or her own being. it is a system of strength and will by the very foundation up no longer is christian dogma infecting the basis of the great work. illustrated heavily by elda isela ford, the original manuscript sigils are given with some new interpretations of the goetic djinn, the luciferian edition of the goetia is a work which boldly presents a new turn in modern magick. the toad rite three roads of satandar, lucifuge and hecate by michael w. ford illustrated by elda isela ford the toad rite is a small grimoire which is a self-initiatory presentation of the toad rite, a form of diabolism from which the sorcerous path leads in three roads from night unto the sun

. ford 14 to look into the possibilities of models and how one may shape and assist in self-transformation, it is imperative to study and understand the foundations of the very gods which emerge from us. nightside or shadowside as a term is defined in witches sabbat and luciferian1 terminology as averse dreaming practice. in islamic mythology and lore, shaitan is the lord of rebellious spirits, a djinn made of fire. it is this fire2 which leads the individual towards the wall looking down into the abyss, and the infinite possibilities of being. the sorcerer thus begins to adopt the god form of shaitan to master the spirits and djinn of the self all of those elements which command mastery of the self. night is the in-between point which later unveils the light, therefore being a barrier and

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

involves facing each quarter in turn and meditating on the properties of the element associated with that quarter. thus for east, one visualises the air, and attempts to awaken within oneself the positive qualities of air, being lightness, swiftness, clarity and so forth. most systems, including kabbalah, also use personifications for the powers of the quarters, such as michael for the south, or djinn in the wiccan system. however, in the sapphire temple sequence, it is best to begin with the abstract principle of the element, and then build up suitable personifications at a later stage. this avoids some of the dangers involved with working with personified energy when first beginning ritual work, the worst of which is attributing personal qualities to these archetypal forms. 5. geburah;

VOX SABBATUM

referred to as black magickian. the term black represents wisdom, not ill inspired intent. please refer to the arabic root fhm, meaning black or wisdom. this is the basis of the sabbatic goat as the torch bearer, which signifies knowledge and intelligence. 2 the antinomianian path of self-deification, isolating the psyche from the natural order of self- dissolution. 3 from oz, or azazel the fire djinn and first born of light. 4 leviathan, see the grimoire abramelin. 5 called iblis or is the same as shaitan in islamic sufism. vox sabbatum the witches sabbat 3 and hell below. he in his late teens or early twenties rebels from the norm of christianity and adopts a so-called satanic or even an atheistic belief system. by the time he becomes old, 50 s plus he begins reverting back to the chris

s intelligence and matured control, the very careful planning and stillness of being which is both energetic and vox sabbatum the witches sabbat 4 solar, strong and the very fountainhead of self-development and progressive being. it is the seat of the psyche, the demon genius of man and woman. the definition of daemon or beast is the shadowed and animalistic instinctual, impulsive side. it is the djinn (spirit daemon) of pleasure, desire, lust and sexual passion. it is the animalistic and passionate essence which resides in the skull of man. it is the continual goal and point of the left hand path to develop both aspects and unite them as a developed luciferian perspective to be independent but not allowing nature or imbalance within the mind to destroy you. often, more so than not, we are

a black snake and the peacock. the peacock itself in known in islamic lore, being a bird which fell with azazel to earth as shaitan s bird and in zoroastrian lore as ahriman creating the peacock to show that he could if he wished create beauty but chose darkness. the peacock angel, known as malak (meaning king, a word associated with sufi) and tauus (peacock) represents shaitan or azazel the fire djinn. the term angel is accordance to such lore is that angels are the higher aspect, or faculties of man. the symbol of the snake is blackened with soot. the word itself holds a key to its meaning, black is from the word fehm (which means charcoal) and is related to the arabic root fhm, being wisdom or knowledge. the black snake and peacock represent the wisdom of life. then the great lord, mala

lf-determined goals to become something and transform into a godlike state. this requires isolation, introspection and an honesty which is both complimenting and insulting. as the infernal sabbat is the mastery of the earth, the luciferian sabbat is the mastery of the spirit and the psyche. lucifer is the first born son of the limitless light, ain soph or god. azazel as his name is revealed, is a djinn or high angel of fire, thus self-influenced and strong in will. lucifer fell from the highest abodes of heaven, complete with the wings made of emerald and crashed into the earth and abyss. with him fell other angels, leviathan, belial, beelzebub, astaroth, asmodeus and a plethora of other djinn and daemons. they had sensed a spark of self-deific power, the black flame or black light of ibli

f emerald and crashed into the earth and abyss. with him fell other angels, leviathan, belial, beelzebub, astaroth, asmodeus and a plethora of other djinn and daemons. they had sensed a spark of self-deific power, the black flame or black light of iblis. this indicated isolate intelligence, unnatural life. as lucifer fell to the earth and into the abyss he fell into a state of transformation as a djinn of fire, first born and favored of god, he vox sabbatum the witches sabbat 21 understood the highest principles of light. now lucifer would develop the aspect of his being called noctifer, thus ahriman sprang forth through his shadow. noctifer was awakened from a slumber by the first bride of adam, called az lilith. she was fiery, bestial, vampyric and a demoness of insatiable lust. she awok

2 inspiration to become flesh. the gift of lucifer is the black flame of the self; the isolate consciousness of the daemon. in this sense, life is an anthropomorphic example of the divine presence, it is beautiful to its independence, by its significance of self with the humbling qualities of awareness; it is the living spirit of self-development. vox sabbatum the witches sabbat 23 lucifer is the djinn of which you seek to communicate with through yourself; by the meditative state of the luciferian sabbat you uplift and rise in the psyche to vox sabbatum the witches sabbat 24 that aethyric storm of wind and weightlessness, and by your will alone you pronounce those secret words which shall be you re making. other names of lucifer or azazel are from the gnostic ancient texts, he is called y

th through yourself; by the meditative state of the luciferian sabbat you uplift and rise in the psyche to vox sabbatum the witches sabbat 24 that aethyric storm of wind and weightlessness, and by your will alone you pronounce those secret words which shall be you re making. other names of lucifer or azazel are from the gnostic ancient texts, he is called yaltabaoth, samael and saklas. he was the djinn or spirit of darkness which gave to many other angels (who fell with him) the black flame, those being athoth, who is called the reaper, the second is harmas, who is an eye of envy, kalila-oumbri is the third, yabel, the fifth being adonaiou, who is also sabaoth, cain is the sixth, who is called the sun, seventh is abel, the eight is abrisene, the ninth yobel and armoupieel. the eleventh of

i am god and there is no other god beside me, he was one of the most powerful archons under the throne of light. the archon samael-lucifer was said to have a multitude of faces, being able to change form among the angels as he so desired. the luciferian sabbat is the self modeling self-deification through high sorcery in the aim of aligning the self with the logos of yaltabaoth, who is the fallen djinn most high. remember that all gods speak through our flesh, the perfected angel-demon called lucifer is strength, will and isolate consciousness that stands alone. as you meditate and participate by dream or flesh remember the will that invokes change in a positive sense. you are the djinn of fire who begets both light and darkness, you are the serpent and the lion, the wolf and the goat. wit

ols of your work. you may have conductive music which reflects an ambient atmosphere, without heavy drumming or noise, to aid ultimately the five senses in the permission to attend the sabbat. anoint yourself in abramelin oil and have similar incense burning. the celestial summoning of yaltabaoth vox sabbatum the witches sabbat 25 this rite is the invocation of the luciferian and adversarial fire-djinn, yaltabaoth who was the wisest among the angels. as called also azal ucel, sigillized as azothoz, yaltabaoth is the deific force with a mask of a beast and an angel. let this invocation be most holy and the solar logos shall manifest through the baphometic wisdom of darkness. this calling should be conducted in the high rite of the celestial or luciferian sabbat, called often empyrean or of

erts and mountains, those who through me are created! akoman isolate druj of the adverse mind zairi the venom maker, the kiss of the serpent araska dev of the evil eye akatash who opens the isolate way of the left hand path nas the druj of the shadow, awakener in the grave with blood! witness my ritual of the sun, from which i am the god of above and below! i ascend now into the sky, as the angel-djinn of light i am upon earth known as ahriman, arimanius, the dragon of darkness my religion is sorcery, that which is created from the self thus of self-love vox sabbatum the witches sabbat 27 my forms are many, human or a beautiful angel, crowned and winged in emerald, luminous as the peacock, as wise as the serpent. i may take the form of the serpent with a lions head, for i am the dragon and

t, through unity in the sun shall the flesh manifest from thy will. vox sabbatum the witches sabbat 28 behold! my names are many, each gives power of both darkness and light! upon the earth my astral body is the toad, in the aethyr my form is that of a dragon! i am yaltabaoth! i am saklas! i am samael! i am arimanius! i am azal ucel! i am set-an, shaitan the adversary! i am lucifer! highest angel-djinn of light! my word is i am god and there is not another beside me! so shall i create through my desire, my will and my belief. the whore upon the beast is my sign upon earth, my flesh lives through cain! with these words i encircle and bind this spell, that none other shall know the words of my secret fire pronounced in the highest heavens! so it is done! consider this a clearing of the mind

od and psyche of his initiates, and manifest through their deeds and work. cain walks between worlds, as set, as his higher spirit, azazel, called also yaltabaoth23 and is the horned black man of the sabbat. to know the path of the wise is to know and commune with cain, to become like him through initiatory work based on your own predilection. shaitan the islamic traditions consider satan to be a djinn of fire, which presents a certain superiority over other angels. azazel was originally the preacher to all the other angels in pre eternity, who was first seated under the throne of glory. azazel was cast from heaven for refusing to bow before clay (adam) and thus fell into the darkness. it was ayn al-qozat hamadani who symbolized iblis being a guardian of the threshold, a black light and th

beloved s face. thus shaitan was a guardian and initiatory focus24, from which one could move through to godhead. it is essentially, self-deification through separation from the natural order. in the gnostic christian text, the apocryphon of john, yaltabaoth or lucifer came forth from a beautiful angel in islamic lore to a lion headed serpent, its eyes were like lightening flashes the antinomian djinn was born, who would fall as lightening and know both the highest celestial realms and the chthonic depths of the earth and hell. in summary as the reader has moved through the darkness of this work, let the origins of the sabbat now come to the surface, that which falls to darkness emerges in light this is the luciferian path itself, thus this writing is meant as a spell to the reader, by yo

c depths of the earth and hell. in summary as the reader has moved through the darkness of this work, let the origins of the sabbat now come to the surface, that which falls to darkness emerges in light this is the luciferian path itself, thus this writing is meant as a spell to the reader, by your absorption of this tome you have cast the spell within, perhaps the hammer of cain shall ignite the djinn fire within. 23 the apocryphon of john. 24 also called the divine imagination, shaitan is thus our higher faculty of self-inspiration. vox sabbatum the witches sabbat 35 this book was published by succubus publishing on july 28th, 2003. this edition is an online version, which has less artwork than the planned paper edition scheduled for issue late 2003 early 2004. this is a grimoire which i

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illuminate from this very forge! from the west, i invoke the force of anubis, the opener of the way let the violet light of the dead empower my spirit! from the south, i invoke the force of thoth, whose lamp illuminates my path 4 let the fires of wisdom and self-discover guide my path! from the east, i invoke horus, being the fire and strength of spirit reveal thy essence as azal'ucel, the fiery djinn of change and rebellion! cain, bringer of the cauldron of change and self transformation do protect my very being of self, that i may grow and ascend in our family born of witch blood pure. i seek the coils of leviathan, the darkend grave earth of ahriman and the dream plane of lucifer. allow the gates to open before me" i encircle myself in the dragon's coils, the beast of my father arises

ord i am the daimon who speaks the words of the immortal fire, the holy flame which emerges from the lightning flash and storm of chaos bred, so this the angel-serpent shall come forth with the birthing knife shedding into storm of seth! spirit of which the fallen have taken strength, isolate and beautiful, angelic essence, azal'ucel, from which came into being cain i do invoke thee! south- devil-djinn of the burning desert sands and the sun, sortha'n-din- thy stave and fork unto the flame that is my soul shall be illuminated in this blackened light. shaitan the adversary, my soul enflamed! arogogoruabrao- thiaf! 5 east- lucifer revealed as azazel, bringer of illumination and love, who resides in shadow and light, cover and cloak my spirit with thy twelve wings, serpent skin covered from t

egyptian and medival daemonic summons, a connection therein may be observed. the circle casting is one of which the individual proclaims his and her mastery over their own being, that by moving widdershins around the circle will enflame the self during invocation; that is to envision each manifestation via minds' eye with each call. for instance, when one calls south, they would envision the fire djinn, in the north, seth. this is the key to the success of magical work; the imagination. south- the devil-djinn mentioned is shaitan or azazel, the fallen seraph whom is made entirely of flame. it is this original legend which brought forth the separation of the god-divinity or natural order to an adversarial or antinomianian process of anti-order. the mentioning of "blackened light" is the lig

ary faces of the adversary. the celebrant may construct as mask of two sides, which shall be placed upon the center of the altar. a phallic symbol or stone god may be near the mask as well, symbolizing the solar creative force of the beast 666- 9 one- the fallen seraph lucifer, the angelick essence of the black flame, the very source of our wisdom, being and becoming. two the seraph of flame, the djinn iblis of fire, daemon of the blackened flame, serpent beast dragon wolf goat. satanas is the devil-cloaked initiator of the path of the wise, those who laugh at the warnings of a cringing society. robe thyself in crimson, the color of flame and movement. the symbol of the averse pentagram, being downward pointing to indicate the union of the fallen angels with humanity to create divinity. in

warnings of a cringing society. robe thyself in crimson, the color of flame and movement. the symbol of the averse pentagram, being downward pointing to indicate the union of the fallen angels with humanity to create divinity. in the sethian witchcraft current the sorcerer becomes as set him/herself, thus in the circle the first of witchblood unto the path. upon the hour of nooninvocation of the djinn of fire ya! zat-i-shaitan! o ring of flame, scorching sun of the sun s height scorpion soul, who arises as the sun at noon sekak sekak, iasokilam i speak now unto the sun, from the fires of growth and illumination that in your pride and knowledge of self may i become as i summon your essence in this noontide hour, to the scorpion flame al-saiphaz, al-ruzam, at the point of the crossroads, wh

e all things, myself may only strengthen in this light in this hour i illuminate, i burn with the glory of luciferian light within! above the throne of azothoz is the entering fire ring of set-heh, adversary of the nine gates! i go now between and beyond, within and without! 10 upon the hour of midnightya! zat-i-shaitan! by the gate of the black light, when i name the words against the sun o fire djinn azazel, set-heh, i summon thee forth with serpent s tongue, that my oath before this blackened flame, ignited within. in the dreaming aethyr shall i be known in the wisdom of the moon al zabbat, hekas hekau, serpent soul do i summon raise now from thy black light, that i see what has been never known akharakek sabaiz i call forth the shadow of which i am and have always been, the darkness wh

, robed in black or red and candles should be black and red. a statement of intent would read as the following: it is my will to invoke the egregores of samael and lilith, so that by union of both within myself, i shall become reborn as baphomet. widdershines, banishing ritual to clear mind and call the four quarters: zazas, zazas, nasatanada zazas south: shaitan-set, lords of the southern tower, djinn father of fire and desert sands, i do summon thee forth to witness my rites of awakening and union. i command the fires of the abyss to protect my circle, let the gates be opened! fire invoking pentagram east: lucifer-phosphorus, lords of the eastern tower, bearer of the black flame, lord of light and promethean flame, i do summon thee forth to witness my rites of awakening and union. i comm

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the judgment and the devourer stands ready to seize if the soul has led an evil life. passing through this ordeal, the soul is then introduced into the presence of osiris by horus. osiris sits in his shrine upon a throne, with the crook and scourge, symbols of mercy and severity, in his hands; behind him are isis and nephthys, the 39 goddesses of nature and perfection, and before him are the four genii of the dead, upon the lotus flower, the emblem of the metempsychosis. thus the whole of the symbols upon the pillars represent the advance and purification of the soul and its uniting with osiris the redeemer in that golden dawn of an infinite light, wherein the soul is transfigured, knows all and can do all, for it has become joined unto eternal god is the veritable 'khabs-am pekht konx om

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find' huldmoder, hulda moder' said of one's real mother in the same sense as kara (dear) moder (sv. vis. 1, 2, 9; so that huld must have quite the meaning of our german word. it is likely that the term hulduiulk was imported into the icelandic tongue from the danish or norwegian. it is harder to explain the li inserted in the forms haldra, hiddrc; did it spring out of the plural form hulder (boui genii, hollar victtir? or result from composition? the german holda presides over spinning and agriculture, the norse hulle over cattle-grazing and milking. 5. pkrahta, berchte. a being similar to holda, or the same under another name, makes her appearance precisely in those upper german regions where holda leaves off, in swabia, in alsace, in switzerland, in j>avaria and austria^ she is called fr

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planation. heg: leads theoricus to tablet in the south. heg: before you is the tablet of the olympic or aerial planetary spirits with their seals, arathror of saturn, bethor of jupiter, phalegh of mars, och of the sun, hagith of venus, ophiel of mercury and phul of the moon. heg: leads theoricus to tablet in the north. heg: this shows you the geomantic figures with their ruling intelligences, and genii; also the talismanic symbols allotted to each geomantic figure. these are derived from them by drawing lines to the points composing them, so as to form mathematical figures therefrom. a mss. lecture on geomancy is circulated among the members of practicus grade. hiero: i have much pleasure in conferring upon you the title of lord (lady) of the 30th path. you will now quit the temple for a s

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of the ancient sumerian peoples seems to have been lunar-oriented, a religion- or religion- magickal structure- of the night, of darkness in a sense. invocations using solar formulae have proved thus far effective in successfully banishing necronomicon demons and intelligences. for instance, the kaddish prayer of the jewish faith contains some solar elements that have proved resilient to inimical genii, and the vibration of the lord's prayer for christians is also a workable method. we suggest that individual operators utilise an equivalent solar (i.e, positive light) invocation from their own religion or the religion of their ancestors, should the no longer have a religion or should they have changed it in their lifetime. for best practical purposes in the beginning- for those intent on a

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nephthe phuonidie 20 isis thumis pi-osiris thoptius panotragus aphut 22 zeuda serucuth omphta aterechinis ophionius arepien 24 arimanius sentacer merota tepiseuth panotragus senciner 25 tolmophta eregbuo tomras sagen zeraph chenen 26 soda themeso riruphta epima monuphta homoth 28 brondeus oroasoer vucula astiro proteus tepisatras 29 rephan archatapias sourut thopibui phallophorus atembui clxxiii* genii of the twelve hours (levi. 15 papus, sinbuck, rasphuia, zahun, heiglot, mizkun, haven 16 sisera, torvatus, nitibus, hizarbin, sachluph, baglis, laberzerin 17 hahabi, phlogabitus, eirneus, mascarun, zarobi, butatar, cahor 18 phalgus, thagrinus, eistibus, pharzuph, sislau, schiekron, aclahayr 19 zeirna, tablibik, tacritau, suphlatus, sair, barcus, camaysar 20 tabris, susabo, eirnils, nitika, h

s are referred to the elements thus: air, cocytus; water, styx; fire, phlegethon; earth, acheron (source: godwin s cabalistic encyclopedia. 12 heled, concealed, and never revealed. 13 the names appear in a supplement to the rituel de haute magie as part of an explanation of the nuctemeron of apollonius of tyana. in cap. xvii of the rituel levi gives the names and characters of another 24 zodiacal genii, two for each sign. the latter are here omitted. 14 i.e, the author of the heptameron (see note to preface on this point. but much of the following derives from the liber juratus in any case. table of correspondences 57 15 i have reduced this into a single table to save space, representing each day and angel with the corresponding planetary symbol. 16 the names here have been conformed to th

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sign of cancer. the "hiereus" then shows the theoricus the tablet of "the astrological symbols of the planets,"15 and explains to him the tablet of "the true and genuine attribution of the tarot trumps to the hebrew alphabet."16 after which the "hegemon" leads him to "the tablet of the olympic, or aerial planetary spirits,"17 and shows him "the geomantic figures" with the ruling intelligences and genii, also the talismanic symbols allotted to each geomantic figure.18 the "hierophant" now confers upon the theoricus the title of lord of the thirteenth path, who quits the temple for a short time. by means of the symbol of the stolistes- the chalice of lustral water- the theoricus 273 seeks entrance to the temple. the "hierophant" rises, and facing the altar, addresses the theoricus thus "befo

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l u s e: d i r u c u n: a l u h u l a: s e r u r o c: u n e l i r a: l u s a d a m. illustration goes here. this is a drawing by austin osmond spare of an anthropomorphic figure with a leaping wolf inside. there is a distorted face beneath the wolf, at about the position of the hip or genitalia. 140 a handbook of geomancy chapter i attributions of geomantic figures to planets, zodiac, and ruling genii-:sign :el :geom.:sex: name and meaning: genius: ruler :planet: fig: 1 :aries :fire: m: puer :malchidael:bartzabel:mars: boy, yellow: beardless: 2 :taurus:earth: f: amissio: asmodel :kedemel :venus :loss, comprehended: without: 3 :gemini: air: m: albus: ambriel :taphthar-:mercury: white, fair: tharath: 4 :cancer:water: f: populus: muriel :chashmo :moon: people, congreg: dai: ation: 5: leo :fi

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of paradise, make music beside it. we are all of us taught to say "the children of the east live under a sunnier sky than their western brethren: they are the "repositors" of centuries of tradition; their semi-civilised imagination is unbound by the fetters of logic and the schools" but the ionians once answered all these conditions, yet homer sang no eblis, no superhuman journey on the wings of genii through infinitudes of rosy either. at one period of their history, france, germany, and england abounded in all the characteristics of the untutored old world mind, yet when did an echo of oriental music ring from the lute of minstrel, 243 "minnesinger" or "trov re" the difference can not be accounted for by climate, religion, or manners. it is not the supernatural in arabian story which is

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en pursuade angels and good spirits. with this in thy hand, thou art ruler of the circle, next i present the athame. this is the true witch's weapon and has all the powers of the magic sword, next i present the white-hilted knife. its use is to form all instruments used in the art. it can only be used in a magic circle, next i present the wand. its use is to call up and control certain angels and genii to whom it would not be meet to use the magic sword, next i present the cup. this is the vessel of the goddess, the cauldron of cerridwen, the holy grail of immortality. from this we drink in comradeship, and in honour of the goddess, next i present the pantacle. this is for the purpose of calling up appropriate spirits, next i present the scourge. this is the sign of power and domination. i

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d queen of witchblood, being samael and lilith[5. the key to the gnosis of the fallen angels is within their very essence, being of the sun and the moon. the sorcerer may seek the sexual union of both within his or her self, allowing the pleasure of the waking and waning moon to be brought forth through the sun, which is the gateway for demons and angels in copulation. if one seeks not the sexual genii, the antinomianian path is brought forth by a solitary and capable mind, which is beheld by the sethian psyche, or kingdom of shadows. the luciferian essence is found within the eyes of cain, the father of witchblood, buried deep within the dark well of the watchers, from which our mind is of the deep. leviathan the serpent guards this gateway of the arcana of sleep, from which the twilight

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word in trans-himalayan regions for "spirit" any celestial or superhuman being, and it covers the whole series of heavenly hierarchies, from archangel, or dhyani, down to an angel of darkness, or terrestrial spirit (b) this expression shows in plain language that the spirit-guardian of our globe, which is the fourth in the chain, is subordinate to the chief spirit (or god) of the seven planetary genii or spirits. as already explained, the ancients had, in their kyriel of gods, seven chief mystery-gods, whose chief was, exoterically, the visible sun, or the eighth, and, esoterically, the second logos, the demiurge. the seven (who have now become the "seven eyes of the lord" in the christian religion) were the regents of the seven chief planets; but these were not[[footnote(s* all the words

s and eels, and must end with real snakes, as they have begun with lamb and ended with horse-flesh "pantheon" 3* the solar chnouphis, or agathodaemon, is the christos of the gnostics, as every scholar knows. he is intimately connected with the seven sons of sophia (wisdom, the seven sons of aditi (universal wisdom, her eighth being martanda, the sun, which seven are the seven planetary regents or genii. therefore chnouphis was the spiritual sun of enlightenment, of wisdom, hence the patron of all the egyptian initiates, as bel-merodach (or bel-belitanus) became later with the chaldeans* hermes, or rather thot, was a generic name. abul teda shows in "historia anti-islamitica" five hermes, and the names of hermes, nebo, thot were given respectively in various countries to great initiates. th

mmortality that would have transformed man into an undying "wandering jew" as narrated in king's "gnostics "ilda-baoth, whom several sects regarded as the god of moses, was not a pure spirit, he was ambitious and proud, and rejecting the spiritual light of the middle space offered him by his mother sophia- achamoth, he set himself to create a world of his own. aided by his sons, the six planetary genii, he fabricated man[[vol. 2, page] 244 the secret doctrine. but this one proved a failure. it was a monster, soulless, ignorant, and crawling on all fours on the ground like a material beast. ilda-baoth was forced to implore the help of his spiritual mother. she communicated to him a ray of her divine light, and so animated man and endowed him with a soul. and now began the animosity of ilda

dfathers, adityas; agreeably to a text of the vedas" or "this is an everlasting vedic text" in another translation* as now discovered by the late g. smith in the babylonian cylinder literature, it was the same in chaldean theogony. ishtar "eldest of heaven and of earth" below him the igaga or angels of heaven, and the anunnaki, or angels of earth. below these again various classes of spirits and "genii" called sadu, vadukku, ekimu, gallu- of which some were good, some evil (see "babylonian mythology[[vol. 2, page] 249 scientific anthropology in the puranas (b) this verse (thirty-ninth) relates exclusively to the racial divisions. strictly speaking, esoteric philosophy teaches a modified polygenesis. for, while it assigns to humanity a oneness of origin, in so far that its forefathers or "c

their original divine characters, the beneficent entities who, symbolized in prometheus, brought light to the world, and endowed humanity with intellect and reason. they are pre-eminently in every theogony- especially in the hindu- the sacred divine fires, 3, 7, or 49, according as the allegory demands it. their very names prove it, as they are the agni-putra (sons of the fire) in india, and the genii of the fire under numerous names in greece and elsewhere. welcker, maury, and now decharme, show the name kabeiron meaning "the powerful through fire" from the greek word[[kaio "to burn" the semitic kabirim "the powerful, the mighty, and the great" answering to the greek[[megaloi dunatoi, are later epithets. they were universally worshipped, and their origin is lost in the night of time. yet

inally men, but the whole series of classics support him; diodorus, eratosthenes, plato, manetho, etc, etc, repeat the same, and never vary the order given "it is, indeed" as creuzer shows "from the spheres of the stars wherein dwell the gods of light that wisdom descends to the inferior spheres "in the system of the ancient priests (hierophants and adepts) all things without exception, gods, the genii, manes (souls, the whole world, are conjointly developed in space and duration. the pyramid may be considered as the symbol of this magnificent hierarchy of spirits* there were more efforts made by the modern historians (french academicians, like renan, chiefly) to suppress truth by ignoring the ancient annals of divine kings, than is strictly consistent with honesty. but m. renan could neve

bullocks and rams, but give them a leader, a shepherd, i.e, a being of a species quite different from their own and of a superior nature. it is just what saturn did. he loved mankind and placed to rule over it no mortal king or prince but "spirits and genii[[daimones] of a divine nature more excellent than that of man" it was god, the logos (the synthesis of the host) who thus presiding over the genii, became the first shepherd and leader of men* when the world had ceased to be so governed and the gods retired "ferocious beasts devoured a portion of mankind "left to their own resources and industry, inventors then appeared among them successively and discovered fire, wheat, wine; and public gratitude deified them("de legibus" 1, iv; in crit. and in politic. and mankind was right, as fire

ysteries of wheat and corn. i am she who rises in the constellation of the dog (dog-star. rejoice, o egypt! thou who wert my nurse (book i, chap. xiv* sirius was called the dog-star. it was the star of mercury or budha, called the great instructor of mankind, before other buddhas. the book of the chinese y-king, attributes the discovery of agriculture to "the instruction given to men by celestial genii "woe, woe to the men who know nought, observe nought, nor will they see. they are all blind* since they remain ignorant how much the world is full of various and invisible creatures which crowd even in the most sacred places (zohar, part i, col. 177) the "sons of god" have existed and do exist. from the hindu brahmaputras and manasaputras (sons of brahma and mind-born sons) down to the b'ne

to the gods, furnish them with weapons, and men with magic arts? and is it not they who were destroyed by a deluge at the command of zeus, as the cainites were by that of jehovah? the telchines are simply the kabiri and the titans, in another form. they are the atlanteans also "like lemnos and samothrace" says decharme "rhodes, the birth-place of the telchines, is an island of volcanic formation (genii of fire, p. 271) the island of rhodes emerged suddenly out of the seas, after having been previously engulfed by the ocean, say the traditions. like samothrace (of the kabiri) it is connected in the memory of men with the flood legends. as enough has been said on this subject, however, it may be left for the present. but we may add a few more words about noah, the jewish representative of ne

highest antiquity by all who participated in the esoteric knowledge of the priests, and his phonetic counterparts, whom we find treated with so little reverence by the ophites and other gnostics[[vol. 2, page] 541 the antiquity of the cross. in the ophite gems of king("gnostics) we find the name of iao repeated, and often confounded with that of jevo, while the latter simply represents one of the genii antagonistic to abraxas. but the name iao neither originated with, nor was it the sole property of the jews. even if it had pleased moses to bestow the name upon the tutelary "spirit" the alleged protector and national deity of the "chosen people of israel" there is yet no possible reason why other nationalities should receive him as the highest and one-living god. but we deny the assumption

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than embarrassed to class, divide and subdivide them; the more so, as the respective descendants of all these antediluvian races and tribes know as little of their own forefathers themselves, as if they had fallen from the moon. when questioned about their origin, they reply that they know not whence their fathers had come, but had heard that their first (or earliest) men were ruled by the great genii of these deserts. this may be put down to ignorance and superstition, yet in view of the teachings of the secret doctrine, the answer may be based upon primeval tradition. alone, the tribe of khoorassan claims to have come from what is now known as afghanistan, long before the days of alexander, and brings legendary lore to that effect as corroboration. the russian traveller, colonel (now ge

angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. and the dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil and satan, which deceiveth the whole world" the kabalistic version of the same story is given in the codex nazareus, the scripture of the nazarenes, the real mystic christians of john the baptist and the initiates of christos. bahak-zivo, the "father of the genii" is ordered to construct creatures (to create. but, as he is "ignorant of orcus" he fails to do so, and calls in fetahil, a still purer spirit, to his aid, who fails still worse. this is a repetition of the failure of the "fathers" the lords of light who fail one after the other (book ii, sloka 17) we will now quote from our earlier volumes "then steps on the stage of creation the spirit (of

l soul separated from its divine source (spirit) and matter, the blind demon of concupiscence. seeing this, fetahil extends his hand towards the abyss of matter, and says 'let the earth exist, just as the abode of the powers has existed' dipping his hand in the chaos, which he condenses, he creates our planet "then the codex proceeds to tell how bahak-zivo was separated from the spiritus, and the genii or angels from the rebels* then mano (the greatest, who dwells with the greatest ferho, call kebar-zivo (known also by the name of nebat-iavar bar iufin ifafin, helm and vine of the food of life* he being the third life, and commiserating the rebellious and foolish genii, on account of the magnitude of their ambition, says 'lord of the genii (aeons, see what the genii, the[[footnote(s* fetah

heavenly man of the "rig vedas "i am the true vine, and my father is the husbandman (john xv, 1* with the gnostics, christ, as well as michael who is identical with him in some respects, was the "chief of the aeons[[vol. 1, page] 196 the secret doctrine. rebellious angels do, and about what they are consulting* they say 'let us call for the world, and let us call the 'powers' into existence" the genii are the principes, the "sons of light" but thou art the "messenger of life* and in order to counteract the influence of the seven "badly disposed" principles, the progeny of spiritus, cabar-zio, the mighty lord of splendor, produces seven other lives (the cardinal virtues) who shine in their own form and light "from on high* and thus reestablish the balance between good and evil, light and d

other, and have become darker and more material as they successively receded from their originator. they also inhabit seven regions disposed like a ladder, as its rungs slope up and down the scale of spirit and matter* with pagans and christians, with hindus and chaldeans, with the greek as with the roman catholics- with a slight variation of the texts in their interpretations- they all were the genii of the seven planets, as of the seven planetary spheres of our septenary chain, of which earth is the lowest (see isis, vol. ii. p. 186) this connects the "stellar" and "lunar" spirits with the higher planetary angels and the saptarishis (the seven rishis of the stars) of the hindus- as subordinate angels (messengers) to these "rishis" the emanations, on the descending scale, of the former

nto arabic and preserved by some sufi initiates. therefore the "definitions of asclepios" as lately compiled and glossed by mrs. a. kingsford, f.t.s, some of which sayings are in remarkable agreement with the esoteric eastern doctrine, have to be resorted to for comparison. though not a few passages show a strong impression of some later christian hand, yet on the whole the characteristics of the genii* and gods are those of eastern teachings, while concerning other things there are passages which differ widely in our doctrines. the following are a few[[footnote(s* the hermetic philosophers called theoi, gods, genii and daimones (in the original texts, those entities whom we call devas (gods, dhyan chohans, chitkala (kwan-yin, the buddhists call them, and by other names. the daimones are

en volumes. each of these forces has a living conscious entity at its head, of which entity it is an emanation[[vol. 1, page] 294 the secret doctrine. but let us compare with the commentary just cited the words of hermes, the "thrice great "the creation of life by the sun is as continuous as his light; nothing arrests or limits it. around him, like an army of satellites, are innumerable choirs of genii. these dwell in the neighbourhood of the immortals, and thence watch over human things. they fulfil the will of the gods (karma) by means of storms, tempests, transitions of fire and earthquakes; likewise by famines and wars, for the punishment of impiety. it is the sun who preserves and nourishes all creatures; and even as the ideal world which environs the sensible world fills this last wi

rthquakes; likewise by famines and wars, for the punishment of impiety. it is the sun who preserves and nourishes all creatures; and even as the ideal world which environs the sensible world fills this last with the plenitude and universal variety of forms, so also the sun, enfolding all in his light, accomplishes everywhere the birth and development of creatures "under his orders is the choir of genii, or rather the choirs, for there are many and diverse, and their number corresponds to that of the stars. every star has its genii, good and evil by nature, or rather by their operation, for operation is the essence of the genii. all these genii preside over mundane affairs* they shake and overthrow the constitution of states and of individuals; they imprint their likeness on our souls, they

ir operation, for operation is the essence of the genii. all these genii preside over mundane affairs* they shake and overthrow the constitution of states and of individuals; they imprint their likeness on our souls, they are present in our nerves, our marrow, our veins, our arteries, and our very brain-substance. at the moment when each of us receives life and being, he is taken in charge by the genii (elementals) who preside over births* and who are classed beneath the astral powers (superhuman astral spirits) they change perpetually, not always identically, but revolving in circles* they permeate by the body two parts of the soul, that it may receive from each the impress of his own energy. but the reasonable part of the soul is not subject to the genii; it is designed[[footnote(s* see

les* they permeate by the body two parts of the soul, that it may receive from each the impress of his own energy. but the reasonable part of the soul is not subject to the genii; it is designed[[footnote(s* see stanzas iii. and iv. and the commentaries thereupon, especially the comments on stanza iv "the lipika and the four maharajas" the agents of karma* and "gods" or dhyanis, too, not only the genii or "guided forces* the meaning of this is that as man is composed of all the great elements: fire, air, water, earth and ether- the elementals which belong respectively to these elements feel attracted to man by reason of their co-essence. that element which predominates in a certain constitution will be the ruling element throughout life. for instance, if man has a preponderance of the eart

) was born, and animals are the mirrors of man" says paracelsus (de fundamento sapientiae. paracelsus was cautious, and wanted the bible to agree with what he said, and therefore did not say all* cyclic progress in development[[vol. 1, page] 295 universal illusion. for the reception of (the) god* who enlightens it with a sunny ray. those who are thus illumined are few in number, and from them the genii abstain: for neither genii nor gods have any power in the presence of a single ray of god* but all other men, both soul and body, are directed by genii, to whom they cleave, and whose operations they affect. the genii have then the control of mundane things and our bodies serve them as instruments. the above, save a few sectarian points, represents that which was a universal belief common to

rmament in the midst of the waters' come, see, at the time that the holy. created the world, he[[footnote(s* the cosmic tabernacle of moses, erected by him in the desert, was square, representing the four cardinal points and the four elements, as josephus tells his readers (antiq. 1, viii ch, xxii) it is the idea taken from the pyramids in egypt and in tyre, where the pyramids became pillars, the genii, or angels have their abodes in the four respective points (see xiv "the four elements[[vol. 1, page] 348 the secret doctrine. created 7 heavens above, 7 earths below, 7 seas, 7 days, 7 rivers, 7 weeks, 7 years, 7 times, and 7,000 years that the world has been. the holy is the seventh of all" etc (p. 415. this, besides showing a strange identity with the cosmogony of the puranas (e.g, vishnu

the bhagavad gita "i see brahm the creator enthroned in thee above the lotus; and sir w. jones shows, as noted in the stanzas, that the seeds of the lotus contain, even before they germinate, perfectly-formed leaves, the miniature shapes of what one day, as perfected plants, they will become. the lotus, in india, is the symbol of prolific earth, and what is more, of mount meru. the four angels or genii of the four quarters of heaven (the maharajahs, see stanzas) stand each on a lotus. the lotus is the two-fold type of the divine and human hermaphrodite, being of dual sex, so to say. the spirit of fire (or heat, which stirs up, fructifies, and develops into concrete form everything (from its ideal prototype, which is born of water or primordial earth, evolved brahma- with the hindus. the lo

t, and crocodile worship "object of horror or of adoration, men have for the serpent an implacable hatred, or prostrate themselves before its genius. lie calls it, prudence claims it, envy carries it in its heart, and eloquence on its caduceus. in hell it arms the whip of the furies; in heaven eternity makes of it its symbol" de chateaubriand. the ophites asserted that there were several kinds of genii, from god to man; that the relative superiority of these was ruled by the degree[[vol. 1, page] 404 the secret doctrine. of light that was accorded to each; and they maintained that the serpent had to be constantly called upon and to be thanked for the signal service it had rendered humanity. for it taught adam that if he ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, he would r

great constellations; and thus was formed the celestial heptanomis of egypt in the heavens. when the stellar heptanomis was broken up and divided into four quarters, it was multiplied by four, and the twenty-eight signs took the place of the primary seven constellations, the lunar zodiac of twenty-eight days being the registered result. in the chinese arrangement the four sevens are given to four genii that preside over the four cardinal points (in chinese buddhism and esotericism the genii are represented by four dragons- the "maharajahs" of the stanzas "the seven northern constellations make up the black warrior; the seven eastern (chinese autumn) constitute the white tiger; the seven southern are the vermilion bird; and the seven western (called vernal) are the azure dragon. each of the

he above quotations are no digressions. they are brought forward as showing (a) the reason why a full initiate was called a "dragon" a "snake" a "naga; and (b) that our septenary division was used by the priests of the earliest dynasties in egypt, for the same reason and on the same basis as by us. this needs further elucidation, however. as already stated, that which mr. g. massey calls the four genii of the four cardinal points; and the chinese, the black warrior, white tiger, ver[[footnote(s* for the same reason the division of the principles in man into seven are thus reckoned, as they describe the same circle in the human higher and lower nature* thus the septenary division is the oldest and preceded the four-fold division. it is the root of archaic classification[[vol. 1, page] 409 d

angels, owing to the indiscreet endeavours of the too faithful zealots to see in every pagan god a devil. the true meaning is far more philosophical, and the legend of the first "fall (of the angels) assumes a scientific colouring when correctly understood. kronos stands for endless (hence immovable) duration, without beginning, without an end, beyond divided time and beyond space. those "angels" genii, or devas, who were born to act in space and time, i.e, to break through the seven circles of the superspiritual planes into the phenomenal, or circumscribed, super-terrestrial regions, are said allegorically to have rebelled against kronos and fought the (then) one living and highest god. in his turn, when kronos is represented as mutilating uranus, his father, the meaning of this mutilatio

CHIREAU YVONNE BLACK MAGIC RELIGION AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONJURING TRADITION

eteenth century, even as christianity was being planted in black communities. the comments of a white physician at a slave plantation in north carolina, written in 1829, are illuminating in this regard. on observing the collective activities of "several old guinea negroes" the physician edward warren remarked that despite being "rampant christians" they also demonstrated a profound "faith in evil genii, charms, philters" and "habitually indulged in an infinitude of cabalistic rites and ceremonies, in which the gizzards of chickens, the livers of dogs, the heads of snakes and the tails of lizards played a mysterious but very conspicuous part" the significance of these african-derived practices does not become clear until we place them in the context of a developing african american christia

DION FORTUNE PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE

just as surgery got a bad name before the days of lister. it is the imperfect technique that is the trouble. i was once doing some experimental work with geomancy, which is a method of divination belonging to the element of earth. now all divinations, when performed according to their esoteric formulae, always begin with an evocation of the genius that presides over that particular operation. the genii of geomancy are not of a very high type. i was imperfectly familiar with the method, and was trying to set up my prick-figure on a piece of paper instead of using a tray of wet sand as i should have done. things began to go wrong, and the room was filled with the most terrible stench of drains. the appropriate banishing ritual was immediately performed, and the air cleared; but there was not

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rcising a spirit must be done magically, by calling upon a higher authority to which the spirit is subject, and by erecting wards and boundaries that the spirit cannot cross. one approach is to bind the spirit into an inanimate object, and then to discard the object in some remote place where it will not be disturbed. this was the technique used by king solomon, when he bound the evil spirits, or genii, into a brass bottle and cast the bottle into the sea (or by another account, into a deep lake. if this approach is used, be sure to put the object where no one will discover it by chance. there is a danger that anyone finding such a bound spirit may, without knowing what they are doing, release the spirit, and themselves become possessed by it. return hy home resources demons bios fiction t

ELIPHAS LEVI THE CONJURATION OF THE FOUR ELEMENTS

epth which breathes thee forth in the height! bring us to the true life through intelligence and love! lead us to immortality through sacrifice, in order that one day we may be found worthy to offer thee water, blood, and tears, for the remission of sins. amen. we exorcise fire by casting in it salt, incense, white resin, camphor, and sulphur, and by pronouncing three times the three names of the genii of fire: michael, king of the sun and of lightning; samael, king of volcanoes; and anael, prince of the astral light. next by reciting the prayer of the salamanders. immortal, eternal, ineffable and uncreated father of all things i who are borne upon the incessantly rolling chariot of worlds which are always turning; ruler of the ethereal immensity where the throne of thy power is elevated;

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niques of the kabalists, vedantins, and taoists. bronx, n.y: maat publishing, 1976. the oracle of thoth: the kabalistical tarot. bronx, n.y: oracle of thoth, 1977. the realization of neter nu. brooklyn, n.y: maat publishing, 1975. austatikco-pauligaur a class of persian evil spirits. eight in number, they keep the eight sides of the world. their names are as follows (1) indiren, the king of these genii (2) augne-baugauven, the god of fire (3) eemen, king of death and hell (4) nerudee, earth in the figure of a giant (5) vaivoo, god of the air and winds (6) varoonon, god of clouds and rain (7) gooberen, god of riches; and (8) essaunien or shivven. austin seth center (asc) organization concerned with the seth communications channeled through jane roberts (1929.1984. it was established in 1979

character. sometimes these chinese mediums profess to be possessed by some specified historical god of great healing power, and in this condition they prescribe for the sick. it is believed that the ghoul or spirit invoked actually casts himself into the medium, and dictates the medicine. and in his work china and the chinese (1869, john l. nevins observes, volumes might be written upon the gods, genii and familiar spirits supposed to be continually in communication with this people. the chinese have a large number of books upon this subject, among the most noted of which is the liau-chaichei, a large work of sixteen volumes. tu sein signifies a spirit in the body, and there are a class of familiar spirits supposed to dwell in the bodies of certain chinese who became the mediums of communi

i has the power of driving out the man s spirit, as in sleep or dreams. when the subject awakes to consciousness, he has not the slightest knowledge of what has transpired. the actions of possessed persons vary exceedingly. they leap about and toss their arms, and then the demon tells them what particular spirit he is, often taking a false name, or deceitfully calling himself a god, or one of the genii come down to the abodes of mortals. or, perhaps, it professes to be the spirit of a deceased husband or wife. there are also kwei of the quiet sort, who talk and laugh like other people, only that the voice is changed. some have a voice like a bird. some speak mandarin. the language of northern china.and some the local dialect; but though the speech proceeds from the mouth of the man, what i

heir chief, gian ben gian, ruled another 2,000 years. the dominion of the peris was terminated by eblis (the devil of the koran) who had been created from the elements of fire, and whose abode was previously with the angels. eblis or haris, as he was also called, became the leader of the rebellious angels when they were commanded to pay homage to the first created man. joined by the whole race of genii, the male and female divs, that he had formerly subjugated, he was, like them, deprived of grace. eblis and his immediate followers were condemned to suffer for a long period in the infernal regions, but the remainder were allowed to wander over the earth, a constant source of misery to themselves and to the human race. divs were supposed to assume various forms, especially that of the serpe

ander over the earth, a constant source of misery to themselves and to the human race. divs were supposed to assume various forms, especially that of the serpent, and in the drawings annexed to the persian romances they are represented much as our own devils, ogres, and giants, in the tales of the middle ages. the writers of later times, both arabian and persian, localized the abode of these evil genii in the mountain kaf. their capital was ahermanabad, the abode of aherman their chief, who is identified with the ahremanes of the manicheans, that remarkable sect said to have borrowed their doctrines from zoroaster. the distinction of sex is a remarkable characteristic of the divs, and its evil results in a system of diabolic superstition may be read in the stories of the ephialtae and hyph

their bards, who are acquainted with all arts and sciences, and entertain them with their histories and discourses. 7. tsettee, who attend them in their aerial journeys. 8. kanuanader, or dovdanks, messengers, who conduct the votaries of veeshnoo and shivven to their respective paradises, and the wicked to hell (narekah, of which eemen is sovereign. iii. the third class of daivergoel, daivers, or genii, are the eight keepers of the eight sides of the world, literally signified by their general name of aushtatikcu-pauligaur; they are.1. indiren, who is no other than daivuntren, named above. 2. augne-baugauven, the god of fire. 3. eemen, king of death and the infernal regions. 4. nerudee, the element of earth represented under the figure of a giant. 5. vaivoo, god of air and winds. 6. varoon

ented under the figure of a giant. 5. vaivoo, god of air and winds. 6. varoonen, god of clouds and rain. 7. gooberen, god of riches. 8. essaunien, or shivven himself, in one of his 1,008 appearances on earth. to these principal daivers, kindersley adds without sufficient reason the reeshees of the hindoos, and their tutelary god of virtue, derma-daive. for the true oriental doctrine of these evil genii the zend- avesta may be consulted; it associates the idea of evil more especially with the peris or female divs, contrary to the later romances of the arab world. this anomaly reappears in our own fairy tales, the same characters that at times are invested with the most malignant attributes, being often described as having sylphlike grace and beauty. dixon, jeane (1918.1997) american sensiti

hing about it, except under unusual circumstances. do we not find in the different ancient literature, demons, angels, gnomes, goblins, sprites, spectres, elementals, etc? perhaps these legends are not without some foundation in fact. evans-wentz concludes that we can postulate scientifically, on the showing of the data of psychical research, the existence of such invisible intelligences as gods, genii, daemons, all kinds of true fairies, and disembodied men. in his assertions, evans- wentz goes far beyond the territory usually covered by his colleagues, who usually limit themselves to the study of folklore traditions. in his foreword to the 1966 reissue of evans-wentz s book, leslie shepard cites the protean aspect of fairies (i.e, their ability to change form in accordance with the conve

enius.a sort of demigod who presided over its birth and was its constant companion until death. censorinus, who lived about the middle of the third century, noted: the genius is a god supposed to be attendant on everyone from the time of his birth. many think the genius to be the same as the lars of the ancients. we may well believe that its power over us is great, yea, absolute. some ascribe two genii at least to those who live in the houses of married persons. euclid, the socratic philosopher, gave two genii to everyone, a point on which lucilius, in his satires, insists we cannot be informed. to the genius, therefore, so powerful through the whole course of one s life, yearly sacrifices were offered. as the birth of every mortal was a peculiar object of his guardian genius s solicitude

y holds no direct intercourse with man; but, by this means, all the converse and communications between gods and men, whether asleep or awake, take place; and he who is wise in these things is a man peculiarly guided by his genius. plato highlights the connection between demonology and magic, an association characteristic of the romances of the east if the jinns of the moslems are compared to the genii of the platonists. a modern understanding of the term genius is well illustrated by f. w. h. myers in his book human personality and its survival of bodily death (1903: genius should be regarded as a power of utilising a wider range than other men can utilise of faculties in some degree innate in all; a power of appropriating the results of subliminal mentation to subserve the supraliminal s

rticular upon this head, and says, that in the isle of chio, the inhabitants never answer the first time they are called, for fear of its being a spectre; but if they are called twice, they are sure it is not a broucolack (this is the name they give these spirits. if any one appears at the first call, the spectre disappears, but the person certainly dies. they have no way to get rid of these evil genii, but to dig up the body of the person that has appeared, and burn it after having repeated over it certain prayers. by this means the body being reduced to ashes, appears no more. and they look upon it as a clear case, that either these mischievous and spiteful carcasses come out of their graves of their own accord, and occasion the death of the persons that see or speak to them; or that the

great mountain that stretches to the horizon on every side. the earth is in the middle of this mountain, like a finger in the middle of a ring. its foundation is the stone sakhrat, the least fragment of which is capable of working untold marvels. sakhrat, made of a single emerald, is said to cause earthquakes. kaf, which is frequently referred to in eastern tales, is said to be the habitation of genii. to reach it one must pass through dark wildernesses, and it is essential that the traveler be guided by a supernatural being. kagyu dharma group of centers founded in the united states by the late venerable kalu rinpoche, concerned with the teaching and practice of mahayana and vajrayana buddhism. rinpoche studied at the palpung monastery and was a teacher of the kargyupa. one of several pr

n t suffer any of their kindred to come near them, not so much as their own wives and children. they spend most of this time in the woods and other solitary places, being very melancholy and thoughtful scarce taking any food, which makes them extremely weak. if you ask their children, where and how their parents sustain themselves, they will tell you, that they receive their sustenance from their genii. the same author gives us a remarkable instance of this kind in a young laplander called olaus, being then a scholar in the school of liksala, of about eighteen years of age. this young fellow fell mad on a sudden, making most dreadful postures and outcries, that he was in hell, and his spirit tormented beyond what could be expressed. if he took a book in hand, so soon as he met with the nam

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, the ideal form for its expression, or traced in pure gold upon white marble never before used for any purpose. it might also be drawn with vermilion upon lambskin without a blemish prepared under the auspices of the sun. the sign was next consecrated with the four elements, breathed on five times, dried by the smoke of five perfumes (incense, myrrh, aloes, sulfur, and camphor. the names of five genii were breathed above it, and then the sign was placed successively at the north, south, east, west, and center of the astronomical cross, while the letters of the sacred tetragram and various kabalistic names were prounced over it (see kabala. it was believed to be of great efficacy in terrifying phantoms if engraved upon glass, and the magicians traced it on their doorsteps to prevent evil s

virgin s distaff, with a handle of hazelwood which has never borne fruit, and on which the characters of the seven spirits must be carved with a magic awl. the salt and ashes of the incense must be separately consecrated. the prayer of the undines should follow. fire is exorcised by casting salt, incense, white resin, camphor, and sulphur therein, and by thrice pronouncing the three names of the genii of fire: michael, samael, and anael, and then by reciting the prayer of the salamanders. the earth is exorcised by the sprinkling of water, by breathing, by fire, and by the prayer of the gnomes. their signs are the hieroglyphs of the bull for the gnomes who are commanded with the magic sword; of the lion for the salamanders, who are commanded with the forked rod, or magic trident; of the ea

ctures at paganism, but both forces were too strong for him. porphyry modified the doctrine of plotinus regarding ecstasy by stating that in that condition the mind does not lose its consciousness of personality. he called it a dream in which the soul, dead to the world, rises to a species of divine activity, to an elevation above reason, action and liberty. he believed in a certain order of evil genii, who took pleasure in hunting wild beasts, and others of whom hunted souls that had escaped from the fetters of the body, so that to escape them, the soul must once more take refuge in the flesh. porphyry s theosophical conceptions, based on those of plotinus, were strongly and ably traversed by the theurgic mysteries of iamblichus, to whom the priest was a prophet full of deity. criticizing

ranches to purify them from the blood of the enemy. man himself had a presiding spirit, his genius, each woman her juno and the saturnalia was really a holiday for this other self. the roman kept his birthday in honor of his genius. he would offer frankincense, cakes, and unmixed wine on an altar garlanded with flowers while making solemn prayers for the coming year. cities and villages had their genii. beliefs about death death was believed to be the life and soul enticed away by revengeful ghosts, hence death would never occur save by such agencies. the dead therefore must be appeased with offerings or else they wandered abroad working evil among the living. one manifestation of this belief appeared in ovid s lines, once upon a time the great feast of the dead was not observed and the ma

pearls and perform other work. it is also stated that the devils, having received permission to tempt solomon, in which they were not successful, conspired to ruin his character. they wrote several books of magic, and hid them under his throne, and when he died they told the chief men among the jews that if they wished to ascertain the manner in which solomon obtained his absolute power over men, genii, and the winds, they should dig under his throne. they did so and found the books, abounding with the most impious superstitions. the more learned and enlightened refused to participate in the practices described in those books, but they were willingly adopted by the common people. muslims asserted that the jewish priests published this scandalous story concerning solomon, which was believed

es have actually moved independently of humans. in some cases, rival religions did not deny the miracles but asserted that they were demonic, not divine. in analyzing a passage from hermes trismegistus concerned with statues animated by divine association, which do great things, foretell the future and heal diseases, st. augustine did not dispute the claims, but commented that this art of binding genii to statues is an ungodly art. instead of serving men, these would-be gods can do nothing, except as devils (civitas dei, book 8, chapters 23, 24. the synod of laodicea defined idolatry as the art of invoking demons and incorporating them in statues. starhawk encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1486 moving statues in modern history throughout history, moving statues have tended

: mysterious phenomena of the human psyche. new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1965. vassago according to the lemegeton (book of the spirits, a famous work attributed to king solomon, vassago was one of the sev- varma, devendra p. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1628 enty-two spirits to be conjured up by magical evocation. vassago is described as a prince in the hierarchy of genii, favored by those who would know the unknown; he could tell of the future and find anything lost or stolen. as with other princes among the spirits, vassago could be conjured into a mystical triangle, but kings and emperors among the spirits could be conjured into a magical crystal (see also crystal gazing) vasse, christine m(aria) piot (1922) teacher who has written on parapsychology. born

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTERS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND OTHERWORLDY BEINGS

. like the pioneering rev. robert kirk, a scottish clergyman whose the secret common-wealth (1691) preserved fairy lore in the highlands, evans- wentz deduced that fairies live in an otherworld that overlaps with the human world. he went so far as to claim that we can postulate scientifically, on the showing of the data of psychical research, the existence of such invisible intelligences as gods, genii, daemons, all kinds of true fairies, and disembodied men. not all purported witnesses were the uneducated rural folk stereotypically associated with fairy beliefs and encounters. a seventeenth- century swedish clergyman, peter rahm, gave this sworn statement to legal authorities: f 99 in the year 1660, when i and my wife had gone to my farm, which is three quarters of a mile from ragunda par

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, records the judgement and the devourer stands readytoseizeifthe soul has ledaneviuife.passing through this ordeal, the soul is then introduced into the presence of osiris by horus. osiris sits in his shrine upon a throne, with the crook and scourge. symbols.of mercy and severity, in, his hands; behind him are isis and nephthys, the goddesses()f nature and perfection, and before him are the four genii ofthedead, upon the lotus flower, the emblem of the metempsychosis.thusthe whole of the symbols upon the pillers.represerit the advance and purification of the soul, and its uniting with osiris the redeemer inthatgolden dawn of an infinite light, wherein the. soul is transfigured, knows all and can do all,forithasbecomejoined unto eternal god in the veritable 'khabs-am pekht konx qm pax ligh

and the parchnientwas duly inscribed. it was then to be placedinsome close and dark receptacle.,i chose a bottle and corked it tight.1was then to walk round it widdershinsseven times, repeating the names, and adjuring them to come and enter the receptacle, a familiar spirit would thereupon appear, and would be my slave to do whatever i commanded. with a mind,fullof thearabiannights,andeffrits and genii, i'was prepared to demand all the wonders of aladdin, but nothing happened. somewhat disappointed, but not discouraged, iputthe precious bottle under my pillow. but nosoonerwas i asleepthanscmedark form seemed pressing upon me, and long tentacles were round my throat. i woke gaspingandabsolutely unable to breathe, struggle as i would. with a frantic effort lcontrived to make the siga of the

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the soul, the one who allows the magician to bask in the light of self and view ones own reflection in the emerald crown, the very lucifer-stone which fell to earth and remains hidden within the earth, and partially in the heart of man. this rite is designed to provide a short yet inspired working of invoking the holy guardian angel, from which one shall seek the communion of their higher spirit, genii, daemon and true will. as one comes into contact with the angel-daemon, an illuminated sense of self comes forth; a new type of being may begin to develop. the oath of the magician of the luciferian path is that of illumination and the great work of becoming. in the workings of goetic sorcery, no matter if the invocations/evocations are done in the aims of low sorcery or high sorcery, one sh

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es 16. minutum mundum (commit to memory [w] 17. z.a.m. first stage lectures 1. lecture on sigils (sigils by g.h. frater d.d.c.f. comentary and addition by g.h. frater p.c.a) 2. concerning the ceremony of consecrating the vault of the adepti 3. analysis of the 5=6 initation by g.h. frater p.c.a. 4. symbology of the banners 5. telesmata and flashing tablets 6. the canopic gods symbolism of the four genii of the hall of the neophyte 7. evil and unclean spirits- by g.h. frater d.d.c.f. 18. full moon healing vigil (to be performed monthly on the full moon) 19. ritual of spiritual alchemy (astral projection, ritual magick and alchemy by francis king) the adept must now pass an examination on the above. 20. z.a.m. second stage lectures 1. rosary of the r.r.et.a.c. 2. archangels on the paths 3. pr

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ur mid. ages, shows what an essential part of it the wihtels and tatermans formerly were, how ineradi cable the elvish figures and characters of heathenism. the greeks enlivened the seriousness of their tragedy by satyric plays, in which e.g. proteus, similar to our sea-sprite (p. 434, played a leading part. 2 there is yet another way in which a former connexion between gods, wise-women and these genii now and then comes to light. the elf who showers his darts is servant or assistant to the high god of thunder, the cunning dwarf has forged his thunderbolts for him; like gods, they wear divine helmets of invisibility, and the home-sprite has his feet miraculously shod as well; watersprites can assume the shape of fishes and sea-horses, and homesprites those of cats. the weeping nix, the lau

has forged his thunderbolts for him; like gods, they wear divine helmets of invisibility, and the home-sprite has his feet miraculously shod as well; watersprites can assume the shape of fishes and sea-horses, and homesprites those of cats. the weeping nix, the laughing goblin are alike initiated in the mystery of magic tones, and will even un veil it to men that sacrifice. an ancient worship of genii and daemons is proved by sacrifices offered to spirits of the mountain, the wood, the lake, the house. goblins, we may presume, ac companied the manifestation of certain deities among men, as wuotan and holda, and both of these deities are also connected with watersprites and swan-maids. foreknowledge of the future, the gift of prophecy, was proper to most genii; their inexhaust ible cheerfu

hildren with sooty cyclops, and ace. to callimachus (hymn to diana 66-71, hermes, like our buprecht blackened with soot, struck terror into disobedient daughters even of gods: dxx ore kovpawv rts atreidea /utjre/u /xtjp kvk\(i iras erj eiri iraisl "sitepotrrjv 6 s sw/xaros e/c /jlvxo.toio pfteitjs, girosirj kexpyfjlevos aldrf, tr)v kovprjv /nopfj.ijo aetai 17 5 ff&lt;j) ko\ttovs sprites. genii. 517 and the solemn fates of mortals. they feel themselves drawn to men, and repelled by them. the downfall of heathenism must have wrought great changes in the old-established relationship: the spirits acquired a new and terrible aspect as ministers and messengers of satan.1 some put on a more sava.ge look that savours of the giant, especially the woodsprites. grendeps nature borders on tho

hirdly, the brazen one of warriors sprung from ash-trees, fourthly, the race of heroes, fifthly, the iron one of men now living. the omission of a metal designation for the fourth race is of itself enough to make the statement look imperfect. dimmest of all is the second race, which also plato passes over, discussing only daemons, heroes and men: will the diminutive stature of these shorter-lived genii warrant a comparison with the wights and elves of our own mythology? in the third race giants seem to be portrayed, or fighters of the giant sort, confronting as they do the rightful 1 the rabbinic myth supposes a first woman, lilith, made out of the ground like adam [the bible, we know, has two different accounts of man s creation: the first (elohistic) in gen. 1, 27, male and female create

18. taceo coronas tarn luminoso fulgore a luminaribus pendentes/ vita joh. gorziens (bef. 984) in mabillon s acta ben, sec. 5, p. 395 (see suppl. 3. air. the notions air, wind, weather, touch one another, and their names often do the same. 1 like water, like fire, they are all regarded as a being that moves and lives: we saw how the words animus, spiritus, geist (pp. 439. 461) come to be used of genii, and the slav, dukh is alike breath, breathing, and spirit. wuofcan himself we found to be the all-pervading (p. 133; like vishnu, he is the fine asther that fills the universe. but lesser spirits belong to this element too: gustr, zephyr, blaser (p. 461, blaster, wind-and-weather (p. 548, proper names of dwarfs, elves, giants. in the lithuanian legend the two giants wandu (water) and weyas

investigations will hardly have left it doubtful, that the heathen death is one of a secondary order of gods; hence too he coincides more especially with the semi-divine valkyrs and norns, he is dependent on osinn and hel; of the grecian gods, it is hermes and hades, persephone and the ferryman charon that come nearest to him. but his nature is also not unrelated to that of elves, homesprites and genii. chap. xxiv. has explained how he got mixed up with one of the time-gods, winter; no wonder therefore that he now and then reminds us of kronos. in our heldenbuch, death figures as a false god, whom the heathen belligan serves above all other gods, and whose image is demolished by wolfdietrich. i do not know exactly how to account for this: it must be a diabolic being that is meant. in the f

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arcana, come and assist me in the operation that i undertake under the auspices of the grand lumiriary of the night. i invoke you to this end and implore you to be favourable and hear my entreaties in the name of him who commands the spirits of the four quarters of the universal mansions: inhabit, bileth, mizabu, abinzaba. the secret grimoire invocation for tuesday (mars) come children of the red genii who have executed the order of the sovereign master of the universe upon the armies of the rash sennacherib, come and assist me in the operation that i undertake under the auspices of the third brilliant luminary of the firmament; be favourable to my entreaties in the name of adonay sabaoth. the secret grimoire invocation of wednesday (mercury: run to me with speed, come to me ye spirits of

ious. the secret grimoire invocation for thursday (jupiter) come speedily ye olepid spirits who preside over the operation of this day. come, incomprehensible zebarel and all your legions, haste to my ass stance and be propitious to my undertakings, be kind and refuse me not your powerful aid and assistance. the secret grimoire invocation for friday (venus) come on the wings of the wind, ye happy genii who preside over the workings of the heart. come in the name of the great tetragrammaton; hear favourably the invocation that i make this day, destined to the wonder of love. be ready to lend me your assistance to succeed in what i have undertaken under the hope that you will be favourable to me. the secret grimoire invocation for saturday (sa turn) come out of your gloomy solitude ye saturn

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e only from the gods and goddesses who inhabited his vividfancy; now he began to crave once more for the admiration of mortals. under the clever and careful trainingof old klaus his remarkable talent gained in strength and powerful charm with every day, and his reputationgrew and expanded with every city and town wherein he made himself heard. his ambition was being rapidlyrealized; the presiding genii of various musical centres to whose patronage his talent was submitted soonproclaimed him the one violinist of the day, and the public declared loudly that he stood unrivalled by anyone whom they had ever heard. these laudations very soon made both master and pupil completely lose theirheads. but paris was less ready with such appreciation. paris makes reputations for itself, and will take n

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and his sacred objective in the union with the godhead, in becoming the god-man. the rise to this sublime goal shall be described later on. the synthesis of this mystic union with god consists in developing the divine ideas, from the lowest up to the highest steps, in such a degree as to attain the union with the universal. everyone is at liberty to abandon his individuality or to retain it. such genii usually return to earth entrusted with a definite sacred task or mission. in this rise, the initiated magician is a mystic at the same time. only performing this union and giving up his individuality, he voluntarily enters into dissolution which in the mystic wording is called mystic death. it is evident that true initiation knows neither a mystic nor a magic path. there is only one initiati

d be said about this problem from the historical point of view. for practical magic respecting the magical training, however, studies like these would be absolutely useless. it is of no importance at all to the genuine magician if he reads books about the particular way in which any other magician is drawing his magic circle, regarding it as a symbol of infinity, divinity and purity, planting his genii and angels in it for the sake of protection, or else how a lama is painting his mandala and sets up his thatgatos as a symbol of protective deity. he does not need such strange directions because he knows very well that they are only a mental support for the mind. in this fourth step the magician will learn how to produce his own rituals, gestures and manipulations of the fingers. all this d

pecific object, a talisman being in accordance with the laws of analogy concerning the desired strength, faculty and cause. the magician has to consider these rules of analogy when he is producing and loading such a pentacle, which he will always prefer to the talisman, especially if he wants to communicate with beings of other higher worlds, no matter whether good or evil entities are concerned, genii or demons. an amulet again is a divine, or a holy verse from the bible, a mantram, which is a sentence expressing the worship of a deity, written on parchment or paper. carrying around various magic herbs such as mandrake and the like which are believed to possess a kind of protective power belongs to this category of amulets too. furthermore, this category includes fluid condensers in solid

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the gandharvaa" the apaaraaea, the amraa, the jvd* the sarpaa, the supamaa, and the phria" lunar anceatora of the human race (see institviea of manu, i, iloka 37, and also where the pitria are termed "progenitors of mankind" iii, 201. the pitris are a distinct race of spirits belonging to the mytho- logical hierarchy (or rather to the kabalistical nomenclature) and must be included with the good genii, the daemons of the greeks, or the inferior gods of the invisible world; and when a fakir attributes his phe nomena to the pitria he means only what the ancient philosophers and theurgists meant when they maintained that all the 'miracles' were obtained through the intervention of the gods, or the good and bad daemons who control the powers of nature, the eumeniala who are subor- dinate to t

f conversing with the souls wiuch preceded them to the avarga" 213. piudia, dkemoiu of the race, of the gnotnea, the gunta. mid the tampitw. 214- oandbnvi, good dwmoiu, oeleitittl mraphi, singen. 216. anra* and nsgom are the titanic apiritf and the dragoo or aerpeat-hoded (pirita. 216. csted in tha imem of the agntaaia parikam. digitizecoy google 108 isb unvbued in this case the pitiis instead of genii are the spirits, or rather souls, at the departed ones. but they will freely communicate only with those whose atmosphere is as pure as their own, and to whose prayerful htiatta (invocation) they can respond without the risk of defiung their own celes- tial purity. when the soul of the invocator has reached the sayadyam, or perfect identity of essence with the universal soul, when matter is

ghly revehential towabd the deity 167 describing the ba^dean system, irenaeua, quoting the gnostics, declares as follows "when the uncreated, unnavitd father saw the comipuon of man- kind, he sent his 6r3t-bom nou, into the world, in tlie form of christ, for ihe redemption of all who believe in him, out of the power of those who fabricated the world [the demiurge and his six sons, the planet- ary genii. he appeared amongst men as the man jesus, and wrought miracles, lliis christ did not die in person, but simon the cyrenian suffa d in his stead, to whom he lent hie bodily form. for the divine power, the nous of the eternal father, ia not corporeal, and cannot die. whoso, therefore, maintains that christ has died, is still the bonds- man of ignorance; whoso denies the same, he is free, and

o create a perfect material world, the' spiritus' calls to one of her progeny, the karabtanot qda- baoth who is without sense or judgment('blind matter, to unite himself with her in order to create something definite out of this con- fused (turbvientog) matter, which task she is enabled to achieve only after having produced from this union with karabtanoa the 'seven stellars' like the six sons or genii of the gnostic hda-baoth, they then frame the material world. the same stoiy is repeated in sophia- achamoth. ddegated by her purely spiritual parent, the elder sophia, to create the world of vitihle forma, she descended into chaos, and, over- powered by the emanation of matter, lost her way. still ambitious to create a worid of matter of her own, she busied herself hovering to and fro about

lar spirits (sons. they are all in his own image, and reflexions one of the other, digitizecoy google 184 isis unveiled which become darker as they successively recede from their father. with the latter, they all inhabit seven regions disposed like a ladd, beginning under the middle space, the region of their mother sophia- achamoth, and ending with our earth, the tesentk region. thus tb^ are the genii of the seven planetary spheres of which the lowest is the region of our earth (the sphere which surrounds it, our aether "hie respective names of these genii of the spheres are loee (jebovab) sabaolh, adonai, elm, ouriaos, a^phaiot* the first four, as every one knows, are the mystic names of ihs jewish 'lord god" being, as c. w. king expresses it" thus degraded by the ophites into the appetl

th (the sphere which surrounds it, our aether "hie respective names of these genii of the spheres are loee (jebovab) sabaolh, adonai, elm, ouriaos, a^phaiot* the first four, as every one knows, are the mystic names of ihs jewish 'lord god" being, as c. w. king expresses it" thus degraded by the ophites into the appetla- tiona of the subordinates of the creator; the two last names are those of the genii of fire and water" dda-baotfa, whom several sects regarded as the giod ta moses, was not a pure spirit; he was ambitious and proud, and rejecting the spiritual light of the middle space offered him by his mother sophia-achamoth, he set himself to create a world of. his own. aided by his sons, the nx planetary genii, he fabricated man, but this one proved a failure. it was a monster; soulless

of dualism, or the struggle between good and evil, spirit and matter, which is found in every cos- mogony, and the source of which is again to be sought in india. the itpea and antitypes represent uie heroes of this gnostic pantheon, bor- rowed from the most ancient mythopoeic ages. but in these personages, ophis and ophiomorphos, sophia and sophia-achamoth, adam-kad- mon and adam, the planetary genii and the divine aeons, we can also kcognise very easily the models of our biblical copies the euhemerized patriarchs. the archangels, angels, virtues and powers, are all found, under other names, in the vedas and the buddhistic system. the avestic supreme being, zero-ana, or 'boundless time' is the type of all these gnostic and kabalistic 'depths 'crowns' and even of the chal- daean ain-soph

'boundless time' is the type of all these gnostic and kabalistic 'depths 'crowns' and even of the chal- daean ain-soph. the six amshaspends, created through the 'word' of ormazd, the' first-bom' have their refiezions in bythos and his emana- tiodfl, and the antitypes of ormazd-ahriman and his devs also enter into the composition of dda-baoth and his six material, though not wholly evu, planetary genii. achamoth, afflicted with the evils which befall humanity notwith- standing her protection, beseeches the celestial mother sophia her antitype to prevail on the unknown depth to send down christoa (the son and emanation of the 'celestial virgin) to the help of perishing humanity. uda-baoth and his six sons of matter are shutting out the divine light from mankind. man must be saved. ilda-baot

m the virgin mary, her own type on earth "for the creation of a material personage could only be the work of the demiurge, not falling within the province of a hi^er power. as soon as jesus was horn, chnstos, the perfect, uniting himself with sophia [wisdom and spirituauty, descended through the seven planetary regions, amiiming in each an analogous form, and concealing his true nature from their genii, while he attracted into himself the sparks of divine light which they retained in their essence. thus christos entered into the man jesus at the moment of his baptism in the jordan. from that time jesus began to work miracles; before that, he had been completely ignorant of his mission" bda-baoth, discovering that christos was bringing to an end his own idngdom of matter, stirred up the jew

t, mami- fienee, stterilg, btauty, vietory, olory, fornidation, empirt. wimlom it called lak; pnidedce, rcamoa; severity, eiohin; ma^mgcence, eloak; beauty, tipkenth; vktory, and glory, teb'baoih; ei^>ire or dominion, adokai" iiiub when the naxaiene* and othcc gnostic* of the more flatonic teadeocy twitted tbe jewb at "aborliona who digitizecoy google aos ^s unveiled dignities are the subordinate genii t^ the archangels and angela emanations are the very life and soul of the kabala and zoroastrianism; and the talmud itself in its present state is all borrowed from the zend aveata. therefore, by adopting the views of peter, jude, and other jhilosophical myths of various nations. in the oldest oriental kabala. the deity ts represented as three circles in one, shrouded in

lory' rested over the mercy-seat in the sanctum sattdorum. in the nazarenc or bardesanian system, which may be termed the kabala within the kabala, the ancient of days aruiqutu altos who is the father of the demiurge of the universe, is called the third life. or ahatur; and he is the father of feujiu, who is the architect of the visible universe, which he calls into existence by the powers of his genii at the order of the 'greatest; the abatur answering to the 'father^ jesus in the later christian theology. these two superior lieea then are the crown within which dwells the greatest ferho "be- fore any creature came into existence the lord fuho existed* this one is the first life, formless and invisible; in whom the living spirit of life exbts. the highest gkace. the two are one from etern

mysterious and decrepit 'aged of the aged' the "ancient senem. mi obugmiem t grandaenan mundi" this latter third life is the father of the demiurge fetahil, the creator of the world, whom the ophites call ilda-baoth* though fetahil is the only-hegooen one, the reflexion of the father, abatur, who begets him hy looking into the 'dark water* but the lord mano "the lord of loftiness, the lord of all genii" is higher than the father in this kabalistic cadex one is purely spiritual, the other material. so for instance while abatur's "only-hegotten" one is the genius fetahil, the creator of the physical world; lord mano the 'lord of celsitude' who is the son of him who is "the father of all who preach the gospel" produces also an "only-begotten" one, the lord lehdoio "a just lord" he ia the chri

the 'lord of celsitude' who is the son of him who is "the father of all who preach the gospel" produces also an "only-begotten" one, the lord lehdoio "a just lord" he ia the christos, the anointed, who pours out the 'grace' of the livinhle jordan, the spirit of the higheet crown. in the arcanum "in the assembly of splendor, ughted by mano, to whom the scintillas of splendor owe their origin" the genii who live in hf^t "arose and went to the visible jordan and flowing water, where they assembled for a counsel, and called forth the only-begotten son 6ss. codtx naaaraaa, ii. pp. 47-57. 556. fud. i, p. 145. 557. ihid. u. p. 211. 558. ibid, i. p. 309. 559. sopioa. acfaunotfa klw begeti her k>n ilik-bkotb, tl>e dnaurje, by kxaids into chao* cr mktter, and by coming in oootact with it. digitizec

apocalyptic allegory explained 229 c^ an imperishable image who cannot be conceived by reflenon, lehdoio the just lord, and sprung from lehdoio the just lord, whom the life had produced by his word" mano is the chief of the seven aeons, who are mano rex lucia) aiar zivo, ignis vivus, lux, vita, aqua viva (the living water of bap- tism, the genius of the jordan, and ipsa vita, the chief of the six genii, which form with him the mystic seven. the nazarene mano is simply the copy of the hinda first manu the emanation of manu- svdyambkuva from whom evolve in succession the six other manus, types of the subsequent races of men. we find them all represented by the bpostle-kabalist john in the "seven lamps of fire" burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of god" and in the seven an

d on high" according to the will of his father "the highest aeon who has seven scepters" and aeo. codtx naxatoeut, 11, pp. 107-9; ms sod, ihescni^tkt man. p. 60, tnc tmuution. ml. rmdahon, iv, 5. 562. bxkid, i, 26, 27. 563. cod. nax, ii, p. 127. 504. the fint andrdgync duad, being coiuiderd a unu in 11 the mcret conqiut&uoiu, is therefore the holy gbort. digitizecoy google 280 isis dnveiled seven genii who astronomically represent the seven planets or" stellais" he stands "shining in the garment of the lords, resplendent hy the agency rf the genii" he is the son of his father, life, and his mother. spirit, or light* the logos is represented in the ooapd actording to(^n as one in whom was "lt/e, and the life was the i^ c (i>4- petahil b the demiurge, and his father created the visible unitc

ermore, we may well express our wonder that irenaeus should not have re-enforced his argument for the four gospels by citing the whole pantheon of the four-armed hindfi gods! ezekiel in representing his four animals, now called cherubim, as ^jrpes of the four symbolical beings which in his visions support the throne of jehovah, had not tar to go for his models. the chaldaeo- babylonian protecting genii were familiar to him; the sed, alaph or kiritb (cherubim, the bull, with the human face; the nergal, human- headed lion; ustur, the sphinz-man; and the nattig, with its eagle's head" the religion of the masters the idolatrous babylonians and assyrians was transferred almost bodily into the revealed scripture of the captives, and from thence came into christianity. already we find ezekiel add

the earth. then comes mem itself, formed of numberless circles within three large ones^^iffing the trinity of man; and for one acqu^ted with the numerical value of the letters in biblical names, like that of the' great beast' or that of mithra, luibpat appoint, and others, it is an easy matter to establish the identity of the meru-gods with the emana- ticms or sephiroth of the kabalists. also the genii of the nazarenes, with their special missions, are all found in this most ancient mythoi, a most perfect representation of the symbolism of the 'secret doctrine' as taught in archaic ages. king gives a tew hints though doubtless insufficient to teach anything impottant, for they are based upon the calculations of bishop newton* as to this mode of finding out mysteries in the value of let- te

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need to hammer away at these basic facts; they have been too well and too long established. it should become apparent then that the mechanisms of preparing the geomantic symbols to be used for the divination are almost completely under the control of these unconscious factors. we may assume, by the same token, that they have personalities of their own which, in geomancy, are called the governing genii of the planets operating through the element of earth. introduction 9 jung's definition of the collective unconscious, which is involved in these concepts, is so appropriate that i feel compelled to quote it at some length. in his book modern man in search of a soul, he wrote 'it (the unconscious) contains, besides an indeterminable number of subliminal perceptions, an immense fund of accumu

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thorough mistake, both in his authority (mosheim, and also in himself. we shall successfully show this before we have done. as soon as jesus was born, according to the gnostic speculative view of christianity, christos, uniting himself with sophia (holy wisdom, descended through the seven planetary regions, assuming in each an analogous form to the region, and concealing his true nature from its genii, whilst he attracted into himself the sparks of divine light they severally retained in their angelic essence. thus christos, having passed through the seven angelic regions before the throne, entered into the man jesus, at the moment of his baptism in the jordan* from that time forth, being supernaturally gifted, jesus began to work miracles. before that, he had been completely ignorant of

s of seth. fig. 238 (1) osiris, bhidd (2) thus in india (3) hermes. thus in egypt (4) bel or baal. thus in britain (all the ahove are different versions of the phallus with its meanings) he is displayed with characteristics of apollo, or the sun rising in the east, in the quadriga, or four-horsed chariot. the gnostic abraxas. 271 fig. 240: abraxas brandishing his whip, as if chasing away the evil genii. on his shield, the titles if. iaw. neat work. green jasper (the gnostics, p. 201. the ur on or winged solar disc, or egg, from which issue, on reversed sides, the two emblematical asps, has fig. 239. fig. 240. certain characteristics which ally it with the scarab us. both ur on and scarab us are symbols continual on the fronts of the egyptian temples, and they are principally placed over th

star-born vigour. hair being an abhorred, tentacled, reaching-out or brutelike animal superflux the stigma or disgrace of the glorious spark of light or nearly suffocated human entity, condemned to its earth-birthed investiture or body it can have nothing about the parts of the deified idea of man or the various classes of the blessed angels. the contrary of all this is to be assumed of the evil genii or the recusant genii (luciferent and yet lucifugent, except in regard to their power or knowledge. for the soul of the world and matter, and to an important onehalf, the means of the world are feminine. for night (which is the other side of the curtain of day) is feminine. thus boehmen and plato; as representing all the closest-of-thought of the centuries. all the above is the reproduction

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ere five of iblis s sons) ejected from the presence of god, these former angels turned to trickery and causing trouble for mortals. one example of good behavior by the jinn is when aladdin, in the book arabian nights, is assisted by a friendly jinni (genie) when he rubs his magical lamp. the jinn were also referred to as good spirits in a dictionary of islam, by thomas p. hughes. the entry (under genii) states: the most noble and honorable among the angels are called the ginn, because they are veiled from the eyes of the other angels on account of their superiority. see also iblis; islam for further reading: the encyclopaedia of islam. leiden: e. j. brill, 1978. glass, cyril. the concise encyclopedia of islam. san francisco: harper san francisco, 1989. johnson, robert one of the best-known

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nephthe phuonidie 20 isis thumis pi-osiris thoptius panotragus aphut 22 zeuda serucuth omphta aterechinis ophionius arepien 24 arimanius sentacer merota tepiseuth panotragus senciner 25 tolmophta eregbuo tomras sagen zeraph chenen 26 soda themeso riruphta epima monuphta homoth 28 brondeus oroasoer vucula astiro proteus tepisatras 29 rephan archatapias sourut thopibui phallophorus atembui clxxiii* genii of the twelve hours (levi. 15 papus, sinbuck, rasphuia, zahun, heiglot, mizkun, haven 16 sisera, torvatus, nitibus, hizarbin, sachluph, baglis, laberzerin 17 hahabi, phlogabitus, eirneus, mascarun, zarobi, butatar, cahor 18 phalgus, thagrinus, eistibus, pharzuph, sislau, schiekron, aclahayr 19 zeirna, tablibik, tacritau, suphlatus, sair, barcus, camaysar 20 tabris, susabo, eirnils, nitika, h

rivers to the elements thus: air, cocytus; water, styx; fire, phlegethon; earth, acheron. 12 heled, concealed, and never revealed. see the oath of an entered apprentice freemason. 13 the names appear in a supplement to the rituel de haute magie as part of an explanation of the nuctemeron of apollonius of tyana. in cap. xvii of the rituel levi gives the names and characters of another 24 zodiacal genii, two for each sign. the latter are here omitted. 14 i.e, the author of the heptameron (see note to preface on this point. but much of the following derives from the liber juratus in any case. 15 i have reduced this into a single table to save space, representing each day and angel with the corresponding planetary symbol. 16 the names here have been conformed to the version of the heptameron

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he illusion of the powers was destroyed. 19. then the sun did appear unclouded, and the mouth of asi was on the mouth of asar. 20. then also the pyramid was builded so that the initiation might be complete. 21. and in the heart of the sphinx danced the lord adonai, in his garlands of roses and pearls making glad the concourse of things; yea, making glad the concourse of things. liber ccxxxi 4 the genii of the 22 scales of the serpent and of the qliphoth a a .u-iao-u .a. o[ b be .qaoooabitom. g gitwnosapfwllois. d dhnaxartarwq [x= st. h hoo-oorw-ix. w vuaretza.[a secret name follows. z zoowasar. j chiva-abrahadabra-cadaxviii. f qal .xer-a-dekerval. y iehuvahaxan .qatan. k kerugunaviel. l lusanaherandraton. m malai. n nadimraphoroioz .qalai. s salaqlala-amrodnaq .ix. o oaoaaaooo.-ix. p puraq

tzuflifu qulielfi raflifu shalicu thantifaxath liber ccxxxi 5 [note: x (coptic ksi) is probably an error for (sou) the coptic letter rendered .st. by the golden dawn, attributed to kether and accordingly used to terminate divine names. in accordance with this text.s .class a. status i have not corrected this. ac diary, december 1907: tuesday 3] about now wrote arcana in atus of tahuti, sigils of genii, etc] saturday 14. liber trigrammaton, and copied sigilla 22] monday] curious vague depression most of day. i think the sigilla 22 have a very unpleasant influence. much of the corpus of .class a. texts was written around this time: liber vii? or dcccxiii: the diary entry has .the 7 fold word) 29-30.10 liber lxv 30.10. 3.11 liber lxvi 25.11 liber x 11-12.12 liber cd 13.12 liber xxvii 14.12 i

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ine of the picts' wall and the noted one at bath" alexander wilder, in his philosophy and ethics of the zoroasters, states that mithras is the zend title for the sun, and he is supposed to dwell within that shining orb. mithras has a male and a female aspect, though not himself androgynous. as mithras, he is the ford of the sun, powerful and radiant, and most magnificent of the yazatas (izads, or genii, of the sun. as mithra, this deity represents the feminine principle; the mundane universe is recognized as her symbol. she represents nature as receptive and terrestrial, and as fruitful only when bathed in the glory of the solar orb. the mithraic cult is a simplification of the more elaborate teachings of zarathustra (zoroaster, the persian fire magician. click to enlarge the ground plan o

as when added together result in the sum of 365. the same author also notes that the name mithras when treated in a similar manner has the same numerical value. basilides caught that the click to enlarge the death of simon the magician. from the nuremberg chronicle. simon magus, having called upon the spirits of the air, is here shown being picked up by the demons. st. peter demands that the evil genii release their hold upon the magician. the demons are forced to comply and simon magus is killed by the fall. p. 26 powers of the universe were divided into 365 ons, or spiritual cycles, and that the sum of all these together was the supreme father, and to him he gave the qabbalistical appellation abraxas, as being symbolical, numerologically, of his divine powers, attributes, and emanations

used simon to resemble jesus. iren us makes the following statement concerning the cosmic sacrifice of the christ "when the uncreated, unnamed father saw the corruption of mankind, he sent his firstborn, nous, into the world, in the form of christ, for the redemption of all who believe in him, out of the power of those that have fabricated the world (the demiurgus, and his six sons, the planetary genii. he appeared amongst men as the man jesus, and wrought miracles (see king's gnostics and their remains) the gnostics divided humanity into three parts: those who, as savages, worshiped only the visible nature; those who, like the jews, worshiped the demiurgus; and lastly, themselves, or others of a similar cult, including certain sects of christians, who worshiped nous (christ) and the true

spiritual type of scorpio, in which it transcends the venomous insect of the earth. as scorpio and taurus are opposite each other in the zodiac, their symbolism is often closely intermingled. the hon. e. m. plunket, in ancient calendars and constellations, says "the scorpion (the constellation scorpio of the zodiac opposed to taurus) joins with mithras in his attack upon the bull, and always the genii of the spring and autumn equinoxes are present in joyous and mournful attitudes" the egyptians, the assyrians, and the babylonians, who knew the sun as a bull, called the zodiac a series of furrows, through which the great celestial ox dragged the plow of the sun. hence the populace offered up sacrifice and led through the streets magnificent steers, bedecked with flowers and surrounded with

, before the eyes of those admitted to the sanctum sanctorum in order to teach the nature of the gods and the prescribed forms of sacrifice. since each of the orders of gods had its own peculiar symbols, gestures, costumes, and ornaments, they thought it necessary to observe these in the whole apparatus of worship, as nothing was more efficacious in drawing the benign attention of the deities and genii* thus their temples, remote from the usual haunts of men, contained representations of nearly every form in nature. first, in the pavement, they symbolized the physical economy of the world, using minerals, stones and other things suitable for ornaments, including little streams of water. the walls showed the starry world, and the done the world of genii. in the center was the altar, to sugg

eme by contemplation, by that union they were enabled to know all the future. nearly all that is represented in our tablet consists of amulets which, by analogy above described, would inspire them, under the described conditions, with the virtues of the supreme power and enable them to receive good and avert evil. they also believed they could in this magical manner effect cures of diseases; that genii could be induced to appear to them during sleep and cure or teach them to cure the sick. in this belief they consulted the gods about all sort of doubts and difficulties, while adorned with the simulacra of the mystic rite and intently contemplating the divine ideas; and while so enraptured they believed the god by some sign, nod or gesture communicated with them, whether asleep or awake, co

father foundation. then follow the four triads of the sensible, or material, worlds, of which the first two correspond to the sidereal worlds, g i k and g d e, namely, osiris and isis, sun and moon, indicated by two bulls. they are followed by two triads--the hecatine, lm n, and the serap an, z h q, corresponding to the sublunary and subterranean worlds. these complete the seven worlds of primary genii ruling the natural universe. psellus quotes zoroaster 'the egyptians and the chaldeans, taught that there were seven corporeal worlds (i. e, worlds ruled by the intellectual powers);the first is of pure fire; the second, third, and fourth, ethereal; the fifth, sixth, and seventh, material; the seventh being the one called terrestrial and hater of light, and is located under the moon, compris

ns, were really monuments erected to perpetuate the arcana of the mysteries. they were symbolic structures, placed in peculiar spots, and the real purpose of their erection can be sensed only by the initiated. eliphas levi has noted the marked correspondence between these seven wonders and the seven planets. the seven wonders of the world were built by widow's sons in honor of the seven planetary genii. their secret symbolism is identical with that of the seven seals of revelation and the seven churches of asia. 1. the colossus of rhodes, a gigantic brass statue about 109 feet in height and requiring over twelve years to build, was the work of an initiated artist, chares of lindus. the popular theory--accepted for several hundred years--that the figure stood with one foot on each side of t

rs which are above the heavens. before the throne also were four creatures--a bull, a lion, an eagle, and a man. these represented the four corners of creation and the multitude of eyes with which they were covered are the stars of the firmament. the twenty-four elders have the same significance as the priests gathered around the statue of ceres in the greater eleusinian rite and also the persian genii, or gods of the hours of the day, who, casting away their crowns, glorify the holy one. as symbolic of the divisions of time, the elders adore the timeless and enduring spirit in the midst of them. p. 186 relationship of the various parts of the alpha and omega to the seven sacred planets of the ancients. to quote "the logos-figure described is a composite picture of the seven sacred planets

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ts as well as in the heavens, there are some in the fiery region, others in the air, others in the water, and others upon the earth, which can all render service to that man who learns their nature, and knows how to attract them. furthermore, i wish to make thee understand that god hath destined to each one of us a spirit, which watches over us and takes care of our preservation; these are called genii, who are elementary like us, and who are more ready to render service to those whose temperament is conformed to the element which these genii inhabit; for example, shouldest thou be of a fiery temperament, that is to say sanguine, thy genius would be fiery and submitted to the empire of ba l. besides this, there are special times reserved for the invocation of these spirits, in the days and

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ians, whom they represent with the head of an ass or of a bull, and the breasts of a woman. the fifth number is five. the fifth sephira is geburah or justice. the spirits of geburah are the seraphim, or the spirits burning with zeal. their empire is that of the chastisement of crimes. they correspond to the faculty of comparing and of choosing. they have for adversaries the golab or incindiaries, genii of wrath and sedition, whose chief is asmodeus, whom they also call samael the black. the sixth number is six. the sixth sephira is tiphereth the supreme beauty. the spirits of tiphereth are the malachim, or the kings. their empire is that of the universal harmony. they correspond to the judgment. they have for adversaries the tagaririm, or disputers, whose chief is belphegor. the seventh nu

ter yod, symbolized by the flowering rod of aaron. upon the second the letter he, symbolized by the cup of joseph. upon the third the letter vau, symbolized by the sword of david my father. and upon the fourth the he final, symbolized by the shekel of gold. these thirty-six talismans will be a book which will contain all the secrets of nature. and by their diverse combinations thou shalt make the genii and angels speak. here endeth the fragment of the key of solomon. book two page 127 the qabalistical invocation of solomon. given by eliphaz levi in "rituel de la haute magie" chapter xiii. powers of the kingdom, be beneath my left foot, and within my right hand. glory and eternity touch my shoulders, and guide me in the paths of victory. mercy and justice be ye the equilibrium and splendor

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ing sulphurous fumes and flaming breath of the evil spirits (colour- bright yellow. letters, black) the vessel of brass. this is the form of the vessel of brass wherein king solomon did shut up the evil spirits, etc (see figures 158 and 159 (somewhat different forms are given in the various codices. the seal in figure 160 was made in brass to cover this vessel with at the top. this history of the genii shut up in the brazen vessel by king solomon recalls the story of the fisherman and the jinni in the arabian nights. in this tale, however, there was only one jinni shut up in a vessel of yellow brass the which was covered at the top with a leaden seal. this jinni tells the fisherman that his name is sakhr, or sacar (colour- bronze. letters.-black on a red band) the secret seal of solomon. t

ver belong! amen! after thou hast so done, make prayers unto god according unto thy work, as solomon hath commanded. the conjuration to call forth any of the aforesaid spirits. i do invocate and conjure thee, o spirit, n.30; and being with power armed from the supreme majesty, i do strongly command thee, by beralanensis, baldachiensis, paumachia, and apologiae sedes; by the most powerful princes, genii, liachidee, and ministers of the tartarean abode; and by the chief prince of the seat of apologia in the ninth legion, i do invoke thee, and by invocating conjure thee. and being armed with power from the supreme majesty, i do strongly command thee, by him who spake and it was done, and unto whom all creatures be obedient. also i, being made after the image of god, endued with power from god

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epelled not nor profited. and where is that whichthey collected and horded? the decree of the lord of the throne surprised them. neither riches nor ref-uge saved them from it (p 272-273)in the arabian legend of the city of brass, we are told that the people who were destroyed were greatarchitects, metallurgists, agriculturists, and machinists and that they possessed a written language (seep. 345) genii in the bottlecould this legend be an oblique reference to genetic engineering of some kind. is the bottle a test-tube?book of jobclearly relates to the conflagrations that beset the earth.the book of job is not a hebrew work; it was not written by moses; it antedates even the time ofabraham (p. 277)job is in the purest hebrew. an author uses only the word elohim for the name of god. the comp

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

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ge of the supreme intelligence as realized in the world, and the type of that manifested in man; the principal agent, also, of nature, or the creative and productive fire. phre or re, the sun, or celestial light, whose symbol was [mystic symbol, the point within a circle, was the son of phtha; and tiphe, his wife, or the celestial firmament, with the seven celestial bodies, animated by spirits of genii that govern them, was represented on many of the monuments, clad in blue or yellow, her garments sprinkled with stars, and accompanied by the sun, moon, and five planets; and she was the type of wisdom, and they of the seven planetary spirits of the gnostics, that with her presided over and governed the sublunary world. in this degree, unknown for a hundred years to those who have practised

a _type_ or _ideal; and it is said of him, that he existed from the beginning, in the primitive _light. but, that _light_ being but an element, and his _ferouer_ a type, he is, in ordinary language _the first-born_ of zerouane-akherene. behold, again "the word" of masonry; the _man, on the tracing-board of this degree; the light toward which all masons travel. he created after his own image, six genii called _amshaspands, who surround his throne, are his organs of communication with inferior spirits and men, transmit to him their prayers, solicit for them his favors, and serve them as models of purity and perfection. thus we have the _demiourgos_ of gnosticism, and the six _genii_ that assist him. these are the hebrew archangels of the planets. the names of these _amshaspands_ are bahman

ming the object of a special worship, and eclipsing _ormuzd_ himself. the third order of pure spirits is more numerous. they are the _ferouers, the thoughts of ormuzd, or the ideas which he conceived before proceeding to the creation of things. they too are superior to men. they protect them during their life on earth; they will purify them from evil at their resurrection. they are their tutelary genii, from the fall to the complete regeneration. ahriman, second-born of the primitive light, emanated from it, pure like ormuzd; but, proud and ambitious, yielded to jealousy of the first-born. for his hatred and pride, the eternal condemned him to dwell, for 12,000 years, in that part of space where no ray of light reaches; the black empire of darkness. in that period the struggle between _lig

he east and the west both devised this faith; that the ideas, conceptions, or manifestations of the deity were so many creations, so many beings, all god, nothing without him, but more than what we now understand by the word _ideas. they emanated from and were again merged in god. they had a kind of middle existence between our modern ideas, and the intelligences or ideas, elevated to the rank of genii, of the oriental mythology. these personified attributes of deity, in the theory of basilides, were the [greek??t] or _first-born [greek[_nous_ or _mind: from it emanates [greek[_logos, or the word] from it [greek: f??s[_phronesis, intellect: from it [greek: s?f?a[_sophia, wisdom: from it [greek ?a[_dunamis, power: and from it [greek??a??s[_dikaiosune, righteousness: to which latter the jews

estations; but not the supreme and secret god himself. these three hundred and sixty-five intelligences compose altogether the fullness or _plenitude[[greek? a] of the divine emanations. with the ophites, a sect of the gnostics, there were seven inferior spirits [inferior to ialdabaoth, the demiourgos or actual creator _micha l, suri l, rapha l, gabriel, thauthabaoth, erataoth, and _athaniel, the genii of the stars called the bull, the dog, the lion, the bear, the serpent, the eagle, and the ass that formerly figured in the constellation cancer, and symbolized respectively by those animals; as _ialdabaoth, iao, adona, elo, ora, and _astapha_ were the genii of saturn, the moon, the sun, jupiter, venus, and mercury. the word appears in all these creeds. it is the _ormuzd_ of zoroaster, the

ity. it reproduces what is far older than itself. it paints, with the strongest colors that the oriental genius ever employed, the closing scenes of the great struggle of light, and truth, and good, against darkness, error, and evil; personified in that between the new religion on one side, and paganism and judaism on the other. it is a particular application of the ancient myth of ormuzd and his genii against ahriman and his devs; and it celebrates the final triumph of truth against the combined powers of men and demons. the ideas and imagery are borrowed from every quarter; and allusions are found in it to the doctrines of all ages. we are continually reminded of the zend-avesta, the jewish codes, philo, and the gnosis. the seven spirits surrounding the throne of the eternal, at the open

fecting the soul, of making it to know its own dignity, of reminding it of its noble origin and immortality, and consequently of its relations with the universe and the deity, what was meant by _real_ beings, was _invisible_ beings _genii, the _faculties_ or _powers_ of nature; everything not a part of the _visible_ world, which was called, by way of opposition _apparent_ existence. the theory of genii, or powers of nature, and its forces, personified, made part of the sacred science of initiation, and of that religious spectacle of different beings exhibited in the sanctuary. it resulted from that belief in the providence and superintendence of the gods, which was one of the primary bases of initiation. the administration of the universe by subaltern genii, to whom it is confided, and by

ovidence and superintendence of the gods, which was one of the primary bases of initiation. the administration of the universe by subaltern genii, to whom it is confided, and by whom good and evil are dispensed in the world, was a consequence of this dogma, taught in the mysteries of mithras, where was shown that famous egg, shared between ormuzd and ahriman, each of whom commissioned twenty-four genii to dispense the good and evil found therein; they being under twelve superior gods, six on the side of light and good and six on that of darkness and evil. this doctrine of the genii, depositaries of the universal providence, was intimately connected with the ancient mysteries, and adopted in the sacrifices and initiations both of greeks and barbarians. plutarch says that the gods, by means

ii to dispense the good and evil found therein; they being under twelve superior gods, six on the side of light and good and six on that of darkness and evil. this doctrine of the genii, depositaries of the universal providence, was intimately connected with the ancient mysteries, and adopted in the sacrifices and initiations both of greeks and barbarians. plutarch says that the gods, by means of genii, who are intermediates between them and men, draw near to mortals in the ceremonies of initiation, at which the gods charge them to assist, and to distribute punishment and blessing. thus not the deity, but his ministers, or a principle and power of evil, were deemed the authors of vice and sin and suffering: and thus the genii or angels differed in character like men, some being good and so

in the universe of things. thus the whole system of the universe was displayed in all its parts to the eyes of the initiate; and the symbolic cave which represented it was adorned and clothed with all the attributes of that universe. to this world so organized, endowed with a double force, active and passive, divided between light and darkness, moved by a living and intelligent force, governed by genii or angels who preside over its different parts, and whose nature and character are more lofty or low in proportion as they possess a greater or less portion of dark matter--to this world descends the soul, emanation of the ethereal fire, and exiled from the luminous region above the world. it enters into this dark matter, wherein the hostile principles, each seconded by his troops of genii

of the heavens, the spheres, and the influences of the signs and constellations. the gnostics made souls ascend and descend through eight heavens, in each of which were certain powers that opposed their return, and often drove them back to earth, when not sufficiently purified. the last of these powers, nearest the luminous abode of souls, was a serpent or dragon. in the ancient doctrine, certain genii were charged with the duty of conducting souls to the bodies destined to receive them, and of withdrawing them from those bodies. according to plutarch, these were the functions of proserpine and mercury. in plato, a familiar genius accompanies man at his birth, follows and watches him all his life, and at death conducts him to the tribunal of the great judge. these genii are the media of co

ding to plutarch, these were the functions of proserpine and mercury. in plato, a familiar genius accompanies man at his birth, follows and watches him all his life, and at death conducts him to the tribunal of the great judge. these genii are the media of communication between man and the gods; and the soul is ever in their presence. this doctrine is taught in the oracles of zoroaster: and these genii were the intelligences that resided in the planets. thus the secret science and mysterious emblems of initiation were connected with the heavens, the spheres, and the constellations: and this connection must be studied by whomsoever would understand the ancient mind, and be enabled to interpret the allegories, and explore the meaning of the symbols, in which the old sages endeavored to delin

jection of the celestial sphere by the astronomical priests, the zodiac and constellations, arranged in a circle, presented their halves in diametrical opposition; and the hemisphere of winter was said to be adverse, opposed, contrary, to that of summer. over the angels of the latter ruled a king (osiris or ormuzd, enlightened, intelligent, creative, and beneficent. over the fallen angels or evil genii of the former, the demons or devs of the subterranean empire of darkness and sorrow, and its stars, ruled also a chief. in egypt the scorpion first ruled, the sign next the balance, and long the chief of the winter signs; and then the polar bear or ass, called typhon, that is _deluge, on account of the rains which inundated the earth while that constellation domineered. in persia, at a later

ions, worshipped fire, above all the other elements and powers of nature. in india, the ganges and the indus were worshipped, and the sun was the great divinity. they worshipped the moon also, and kept up the sacred fire. in ceylon, the sun, moon, and other planets were worshipped: in sumatra, the sun, called iri, and the moon, called handa. and the chinese built temples to heaven, the earth, and genii of the air, of the water, of the mountains, and of the stars, to the sea-dragon, and to the planet mars. the celebrated labyrinth was built in honor of the sun; and its twelve palaces, like the twelve superb columns of the temple at hieropolis, covered with symbols relating to the twelve signs and the occult qualities of the elements, were consecrated to the twelve gods or tutelary genii of

to the arabs and ethiopians, whose great divinity bacchus was, nothing was so perfect a type of elysium as a country abounding in springs and rivulets. orion, on the same meridian with the stars of taurus, died of the sting of the celestial scorpion, that rises when he sets; as dies the bull of mithras in autumn: and in the stars that correspond with the autumnal equinox we find those malevolent genii that ever war against the principle of good, and that take from the sun and the heavens the fruit-producing power that they communicate to the earth. with the vernal equinox, dear to the sailor as to the husbandman, came the stars that, with the sun, open navigation, and rule the stormy seas. then the twins plunge into the solar fires, or disappear at setting, going down with the sun into th

these differences were carefully marked on the old calendars; and many things in the ancient allegories are referable to them. another and most important division of the stars was into good and bad, beneficent and malevolent. with the persians, the former, of the zodiacal constellations, were from aries to virgo, inclusive; and the latter from libra to pisces, inclusive. hence the good angels and genii, and the bad angels, devs, evil genii, devils, fallen angels, titans, and giants of the mythology. the other thirty-six constellations were equally divided, eighteen on each side, or, with those of the zodiac, twenty-four. thus the symbolic egg, that issued from the mouth of the invisible egyptian god kneph; known in the grecian mysteries as the orphic egg; from which issued the god chumong

so many animated and intelligent beings, or eternal bodies, active causes of effect here below, animated by a living principle, and directed by an intelligence that was itself but an emanation from and a part of the life and universal intelligence of the world: and we find in the hierarchical order and distribution of their eternal and divine intelligences, known by the names of gods, angels, and genii, the same distributions and the same divisions as those by which the ancients divided the visible universe and distributed its parts. and the famous divisions by seven and by twelve, appertaining to the planets and the signs of the zodiac, is everywhere found in the hierarchical order of the gods, and angels, and the other ministers that are the depositaries of that divine force which moves

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stival, called the carmentalia, was celebrated in her honour on the 11th of january. page 215 egeria is said to have initiated numa pompilius in the forms of religious worship, which he introduced among his people. she was regarded as the giver of [185]life, and was therefore invoked by women before the birth of their children. the camena are frequently identified by roman writers with the muses. genii. a comforting and assuring belief existed among the romans, that each individual was accompanied through life, from the hour of his birth to that of his death, by a protecting spirit, called his genius, who prompted him to good and noble deeds, and acted towards him as a guardian angel, comforting him in sorrow, and guiding him throughout his earthly career. in the course of time a second ge

ds, and acted towards him as a guardian angel, comforting him in sorrow, and guiding him throughout his earthly career. in the course of time a second genius was believed to exist, of an evil nature, who, as the instigator of all wrong-doing, was ever at war with the beneficent genius; and on the issue of the conflict between these antagonistic influences, depended the fate of the individual. the genii were depicted as winged beings, greatly resembling our modern representations of guardian angels. every state, town, or city (as well as every man, possessed its special genius. the sacrifices to the genii consisted of wine, cakes, and incense, which were offered to them on birthdays. the genius which guided a woman was called, after the queen of heaven, juno. among the greeks, beings called

tations of guardian angels. every state, town, or city (as well as every man, possessed its special genius. the sacrifices to the genii consisted of wine, cakes, and incense, which were offered to them on birthdays. the genius which guided a woman was called, after the queen of heaven, juno. among the greeks, beings called damons were regarded as exercising similar functions to those of the roman genii. they were believed to be the spirits of the righteous race which existed in the golden age, who watched over mankind, carrying their prayers to the gods, and the gifts of the gods to them. manes. lemures (larva) and lares. page 216 the manes were the spirits of the departed, and were of two kinds, viz, lemures (or larva) and lares [186] the lemures were those manes who haunted their former

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ved to be from the zend-avesta) they are therefore under the rule of the three active elements with an earthy base. shining through all things as a whole, are the rays of the macrocosmos. besides these classes of life there be multitudinous existences representing forces of the macrocosm, each with its own microcosm. such are elemental spirits, planetary spirits, olympic spirits, fays, arch-fays, genii, and many other potencies which cannot be classed under these forms. 110 the golden dawn: volume i book one thus the macrocosmic universe is one vast infinite sphere containing so many and diverse infinite microcosmic forms, of which the perfect knowledge is only known unto the advanced adept. also it shall here suffice to say that thou shalt make a distinction between the four-handed race (

tmoomathaph is sometimes written duamutef. kabexnuv is sometimes written qebhsenef. ahephi is sometimes written hapi. ameshet is sometimes written mesti. 4. the forty-two assessors. these are not described at all save to say that they make the sign of the enterer as the candidate is passed by them. they are witnesses in the judgment hall of osiris <124> the canopic gods the symbolism of the four genii of the hall of the neophytes by g. h. fratrseu b spe in a temple of the grade of neophyte, the four gods, ameshet, ahephi, tmoumathaph, kabexnuf, said also to be vice-gerants of the elements, and answering to the rivers of eden as drawn in the warrant of the temple, are said to rule in the four comers of the hall between the stations of the kerubim. in egyptian mythology, these gods are also

by "c. the matter rejected from the circulatory system is rejected and cast forth by the liver and gall-bladder, which therefore will be represented by "d. now as to the treatment of these vital organs in the process of mummification. seeing that during life they were under the guardianship of the great gods mentioned, so in death they were dedicated each to one <127> of these, who were the four genii of the under-world, or the lesser gods of the dead. these vital organs then, being taken out and separately embalmed, were placed in egg-shaped receptacles, symbolic of akasa, under the care of canopus, the pilot of menelaus, and the god of the waters of creation, the eternal source of being, whose symbol was a jar; and under the especial protection of that one of the genii of the underworld

e is, as it were, broken up as the body of osiris was broken, and the higher self stands before the place of the pillars, but the lower self is in the invisible station of the evil persona. then is the candidate nigh unto death, for then, symbolically, his spirit passes through the veils of the negative existence, passing from the kether of assiah to the malkuth of yetzirah. therefore, unless the genii of the underworld were then present and directing their forces on the vital organs, he must inevitably die. let their symbols then be represented in all operations and formulae drawn from the symbolism of the hall of the two truths, for they are of the utmost importance, but as their stations are invisible, so shall their symbols be astral and not material. thus shall perfect health of body

ards will demand the use of the names from the enochian tablet of union. it will be found a good plan to prepare cards of the geomantic symbols painted in their appropriate colours, for these make perfect "doors" through which the seer can pass. and while these symbols are also attributed to the elements, the vision acquired from the geomantic symbols using the names of the appropriate rulers and genii will be quite distinct in character from those of the tattwa cards. the hebrew letters, the tarot cards and sigils, the planetary and zodiacal signs, and sigils of every description may be used to yield the symbolic door to a subtle plane. a vast new field of knowledge is thus opened up. the names appropriate to each of these symbols are given in these papers, which should be carefully studi

, he will discover quite a lot as to the nature and import of sigils. the significance of the emblems may be divined, from one point of view, by employing them as "doors" through which to skry in the spirit-vision. more can be learned this way concerning the real implication of sigils than almost by any other method. the golden dawn: volume zv book seven the signatures and seals of the angels and genii who rule over each of the symbols may be found in the full instruction on geomancy. those seals and sigils are highly important, and some place should be found for them on the talisman. the student should make a number of experiments drawing< 76> harmonious and balanced talismans, even when it is not his intention to use and consecrate them. after drawing a half a dozen rough sketches, he wi

nes are the sixteen figures of geomancy. these are again classed under the heads of the elements, the signs of the zodiac, and the planets ruling these. two figures are attributed to each of the seven planets, while the remainder are attributed to caput and cauda draconis-the head and tail of the dragon, or the north and south nodes of the moon. furthermore, to each planet and sign certain ruling genii are attributed, as shown on pages 114 and 115. chapter two roughly speaking, the mode of obtaining the first four geomantic figures, from which the remainder of the divination is calculated, is by marking down at random on paper with a pencil held by a loosely tensed hand 16 lines of points or dashes, without counting the number placed in each line during the operation. and all the time thin

this special wand or pointer. then, for convenience' sake, the student can transfer these four primary figures to paper, calculate the remaining eight figures to be placed on the map and proceed to judgment exactly as this instruction lays down. experience shows that the actual use of earth as a means of forming the fundamental magi] link between the initiated diviner and the geomantic divinatory genii is psychologically more valid and effectual than with paper and pencil, besides yielding far more satisfactory results.-i. r. book "t- the tarot (comprising manuscripts n, 0, p, q, r, and an unlettered t.a.m. instruction 'what thou seest write in a book, and send it unto the seven abodes that are in assiah "and i saw in the right hand of him that sat upon the throne a book sealed with seven

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

there is also a science which confers on man powers apparently superhuman. they are enumerated thus in a hebrew manuscript of the sixteenth century: hereinafter follow the powers and privileges of him who holds in his right hand the clavicles of solomon, and in his left the branch of the blossoming almond' aleph. he beholds god face to face, without dying. and converses familiarly with the seven genii who command the entire celestial army. h beth. he is above all griefs and all fears. g ghimel. he reigns with all heaven and is served by all hell. o daleth. he rules his own health and life and can influence equally those of others. x he. he can neither be surprised by misfortune nor overwhelmed by disasters, nor introduction 7 can he be conquered by his enemies. n vau. he knows the reason

e, that dread synthesis of all doctrine, past, present and future; that so to speak infinite fable, which reaches, like the deity of orpheus, to either end of the cycle of human life. extraordinary fact! the seven gates of thebes, attacked and defended by seven chiefs who have sworn upon the blood of victims, possess the same significance as the seven seals of the sacred book interpreted by seven genii and assailed by a monster with seven heads, after being opened by a lamb which liveth and was dead, in the allegorical work of st. john. the mysterious origin of oedipus, found hanging on the tree of cithaeron like a bleeding fruit, recalls the symbols of moses and the narratives of genesis. he makes war upon his father, whom he slays without knowing tremendous prophecy of the blind emancipa

ing the analogical proportions of successive events, it is possible to predict important future occurrences with certitude, and to fix beforehand, from age to age, the destinies of nations and the world. st. john, depositary of the secret doctrine of christ, has commemorated this sequence in the kabalistic book of the apocalypse, which he represents sealed with seven seals. we meet also the seven genii of ancient mythologies, and the cups and swords of the tarot. the doctrine concealed under these emblems is pure kabalah, already lost by the pharisees at the time of christ's advent. the scenes which succeed one another in this wonderful prophetic epic are so many pantacles, the keys of which are the ternary, the quaternary, the septenary and the duodenary. its hieroglyphic figures are anal

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

which reflects thee in the depth, depth which exhales thee to the height, lead us unto true life by intelligence and love! lead us to immortality by sacrifice, that we may be found worthy one day to offer thee water, blood and tears, for the remission of sins! amen. fire is exorcised by the sprinkling of salt, incense, white resin, camphor and sulphur; by thrice pronouncing the three names of the genii of fire: michael, king of the sun and lightning; samael, king of volcanoes; and anael, prince of the astral light; and, finally, by reciting the prayer of the salamanders immortal, eternal, ineffable and uncreated father of all things, who art borne upon the ever-rolling chariot of worlds which revolve unceasingly; lord of ethereal immensities, where the throne of thy power is exalted, from

f the great works of science. the pentagram is consecrated with the four elements; the magical figure is breathed on five times; it is sprinkled with holy water; it is dried by the smoke of five perfumes, namely, incense, myrrh, aloes, sulphur and camphor, to which a little white resin and ambergris may be added. the five breathings are accompanied by the utterance of names attributed to the five genii, who are gabriel, raphael, anael, samael and oriphiel. afterwards the pentacle is placed successively at the north, south, east, west and centre of the astronomical cross, pronouncing at the same time, one after another, the consonants of the sacred 36 the ritual of transcendental magic tetragram, and then, in an undertone, the blessed letters aleph and the mysterious tau, united in the kaba

ith an onyx; the garlands should be of ash, cypress and hellebore; on the onyx of the ring, during the hours of saturn, the double head of janus should be engraved with the consecrated awl. such are the antique magnificences of the secret cultus of the magi. with similar appointments the great magicians of the middle ages proceeded to the daily consecration of talismans corresponding to the seven genii. we have defined a pantacle as a synthetic character resuming the entire magical doctrine in one of its special conceptions. it is therefore the full expression of a completed thought and will: it is the signature of a spirit. the ceremonial consecration of this sign attaches to it still more strongly the intention of the operator and establishes a veritable magnetic chain between himself an

he name of eloim gibor, get thee, hence, adrameleck! by zachariel and sachiel-meleck, be obedient unto elvah, samgabiel! by the divine and human name of shaddai, and by the sign of the pentagram which i hold in my right hand; in the name of the angel anael, by the power of adam and of heva, who are jotchavah, begone, lilith! let us rest in peace, nahemah! by the holy eloim and by the names of the genii cassiel, sehaltiel, aphiel and zarahiel, at the command of orifiel, depart from us, moloch! we deny thee our children to devour. the most important magical instruments are the wand, the sword, the lamp, the chalice, the altar and the tripod. in the operations of transcendental and divine magic, the lamp, wand and chalice are used; in the works of black magic, the wand is replaced by the swor

here must be nine wicks in all, three at the top and three in each branch. the seal of hermes must be engraved on the pedestal, over which must be the two-headed androgyne of khunrath. a serpent devouring its own tail must encircle the lower part. the sign of solomon must be inscribed on the reservoir. two globes must be fitted to this lamp, one adorned with a transparency, representing the seven genii, while the other, of larger size and duplicated, should contain variously tinted waters in four compartments. the whole instrument should be placed in a wooden pillar, revolving on its own axis, and permitting a ray of light to escape, as required, and fall on the altar smoke at the moment of the invocations. this lamp is a great aid to the intuitive working of slow imaginations and for the

ersuaded, and often rightly, that the victim of their infamous operations experiences as many tortures as if his own heart had been pierced at all points. he begins to waste away and dies after a time of an unknown disease. another bewitchment, made use of by country people, consists in consecration of nails to works of hatred by means of the stinking fumigations of saturn and invocations of evil genii. they follow the footsteps of the person whom it is sought to torment, and drive the nails cross-wise into every imprint of his feet which can be traced upon the earth or sand. yet another and more abominable practice. a fat toad is selected; it is baptized; the name and surname of the person to be bewitched is given it; it is made to swallow a consecrated host over which the formulae of exe

does not pretend to understand him especially well. here follows a table of magical characters designed according to the zodiacal constellations by ancient astrologers: each of them represents the name of a genius, be he good or evil. it is known that the signs of the zodiac correspond to various celestial influences and consequently signify an annual alternative of good or evil. the names of the genii designated by the above characters are: for the ram, sataaran and sarahiel; for the bull, bagdal, and araziel; for the twins, sagras and saraiel; for the crab, rahdar and. phakiel; for the lion, sagham and seratiel; for the virgin, iadara and schaltiel; for the balance, grasgarben and hadakiel; for the scorpion, riehol and saissaiel; for the archer, vhnori and saritaiel; for the goat, sagdal

gain and write the sum of the two numbers in hebrew characters. renew the operation; inscribe separately the stars which you have noticed; find the names of all the stars in the planisphere; classify them according to their size and brightness, choosing the most brilliant of all as the pole-star of your astrological operation; find lastly, in the egyptian planisphere, the names and figures of the genii to which these stars belong. a good example of the planisphere will be found in the atlas to the great work of dupuis. you will learn in this manner the fortunate and unfortunate signs enter into the name of the person, and what is their influence; whether in childhood, which is the name traced at the east; in youth, which is the name traced at the south; in mature age, which is the name at

h success; we should also evoke the genius of the day and hour of operation, and offer him a special perfume; next we should enter into magnetic and intuitive correspondence with the consultant, inquiring with what animal he is in sympathy and with what in antipathy, as also concerning his favourite flower or colour. flowers, colours and animals connect in analogical classification with the seven genii of the kabalah. those who like blue are idealists and dreamers; lovers of red are material and passionate; those who prefer yellow are fantastic and capricious; admirers of green are often commercial and crafty; the friends of black are influenced by saturn; the rose is the colour of the science of the prophets 125 venus, etc. lovers of the horse are hard-working, noble in character, and at

treatise entitled, gde septem secundiis h, id est intelligentiis sive spiritibus orbes post deum moventibus. it is a key of all prophecies new or old, a mathematical, historical and simple method of surpassing isaiah and jeremiah in the prevision of all great events to come. the author in bold outline sketches the philosophy of history, and divides the existence of the entire world between seven genii of the kabalah. it is the grandest and widest interpretation ever made of those seven angels of the apocalypse who appear successively with trumpets and cups to pour out the word and its realization upon earth. the duration of each angelic reign is 354 years and 4 months, beginning with that of orifiel, the angel of saturn, on 13 march, for, according to trithemius, this was the date of the

ne but the high priests, and even so its secret was confided only to the flower of initiates. now, this was the key in question (1) a hieroglyphic and numerical alphabet, expressing by characters and numbers a series of universal and absolute ideas (2) a scale of ten numbers, multiplied by four symbols and connected with twelve figures representing the twelve signs of the zodiac (3) plus the four genii of the cardinal points. the symbolical tetrad, represented in the mysteries of memphis and thebes by the four forms of the sphinx. man, eagle, lion and bull. corresponded with the four elements of the old world, water being signified by the cup held by the man or aquarius; air by the circle or nimbus surrounding the head of the celestial eagle; fire by the wood which nourishes it, by the tre

the tarot the magic of the ancients is a closed book, and it is impossible to penetrate any of the great mysteries of the kabalah. the tarot alone interprets the magic squares of agrippa and paracelsus, as we may satisfy ourselves by forming these same squares with the keys of the tarot, and reading off the hieroglyphs thus collected. hereinafter follow the seven magical squares of the planetary genii according to paracelsus: 132 the ritual of transcendental magic the book of hermes 133 by casting up each column of these squares, you will obtain invariably the characteristic number of the planet, and, finding the explanation of this number by the hieroglyphs of the tarot, you proceed to seek the sense of all figures, whether triangular, square or cruciform, which you find to be formed by

ROBERT KIRK WALKER BETWEEN WORLDS

e subterranean people are able through signs and mimicry or dramatic actions to show seers what will come to pass in the human world. it is up to the seer to develop means of interpretation. 5. humans can and do physically transfer to the fairy or underworld. 6. the subterranean people are linked to the land, each region having its counterpart in the underworld. thus they are, in one respect, the genii loci of the ancient world. 7. the spirits of the dead and of ancestors are also found in this underworld, though they are often distinct from the fairy race themselves. 8. both the subterranean people and the seers who perceive them retain fragments of ancient religious and philosophical tradition, often at variance with the religious and scientific viewpoints of the day. introduction 13 9

r the turning point of each season. as this concept of revolution and cycles occurs again in kirk's text, and is fundamental to much of underworld and fairy tradition, we may briefly consider some of these implications at this early stage. 1. the fairies are connected to the vitality of the land; thus they are similar to, but not in all cases identical with, pagan entities such as nature spirits, genii loci, and deities related to certain locations and ancient sites (kirk touches upon this comparison on pages 49 and 54. thus when the seasons turn, they themselves move accordingly around the wheel of the year or the wheel of life. 2. they travel so until doomsday: this carries within it some further implications and http//www.dreampower.com/kirk_wbw/pg_72.htm (8 of 10 [10/9/2001 12:35:48 am

RUBY TABLET OF SET

be a part of god. he sees his lofty ideal, his first duty, and his sacred objective in the union with the godhead, in becoming the god-man. the synthesis of this mystic union with god consists in developing the divine ideas, from the lowest up to the highest steps, in such a degree as so attain the union with the universal. everyone is at liberty to abandon his individuality or to retain it. such genii usually return to earth entrusted with a definite sacred task or mission. in this rise, the initiated magician is a mystic at the same time. only performing this union and giving up his individuality, he voluntarily enters into dissolution which in the mystic wording is called mystic death. it is evident that true initiation knows neither a mystic nor a magic path. there is only one initiati

heaven; it pervades all things. the wind is the breath of the gods, the bringer of life. between the earth and the sky, abode of the sun, is the dwelling place of subtle beings whose king is the lord of the wind, vayu. i invoke vayu, whose aspect is white [robert moffatt iv] from the north i call kubera, owner of the nine treasures, chief of the spirits of darkness, giver of wealth, chief of the genii and of secret ones. kubera rules the living veins of gems which pulse beneath the surface of the earth. i invoke kubera, whose aspect is multicolored [robert robinson iii] from the south i call yama. yama, ruler of lore, death and law. to his southern kingdom go the dead, with all they have been. yama, first to die, brings justice. he welcomes those who perish and directs the currents of the

SABBATIC KABALA OF THE CROOKED PATH

text refers to this as sigilic aphorisms, but used in the temple of solitude these becomes more than aphorisms, it encapsuels the formulae in flesh and releases the blood of the witches into the vessel and the magus becomes the living reality of the awakened flesh of lord cain. this is possible through the modes and variation suggested by the tetragrammic formulae and its invitation to the sexual genii to seek the intimate congress known as succubia and incubus (p. 208-223) cell 5 being the letters of the 6th and 17th aat of the sacred alphabet. every star within is the seed of a star without this cell tells about the secrets of the pentagram and how it works as the cosmic unifier between the cosmomatrix. it continues the voyage started in the previous cell and discusses the optical path o

beads for incubi, 22 for succubi, 44 for her. this is very dangerous undertakings and should only be performed by magicians with firm contacts with his line of ancestry and his spiritual guides and totemic spirits. working with these kind of deities will often result in either the traditional waning of life -force or even worse that you enter secret priesthoods that meet in dark cellars where the genii of commandment will force you to drink from the rod of fire in your un-natural search for disgracing your flesh and mouth and hand to the work of the backward wand. this can accomplish external changes and the formation of the perverse manifesting in the outer. this kind of obsession are reflected in the weird cloaks of the priest of these congregations and their vampyric drift towards drink

e crooked path. the spiritservitour arises as the most important aspect of the mage. without his famulus and totemic spirits the mage is nothing but an ill deformed child in the occult world always craving for the ridiculous. the workings in orders such as the ku- sebittu are design for this kind of growth of the mage. the cultivation of the close relation between the mage and his or her personal genii. the lunar transmission has proved great effect in its ability to disrobe the famulus and connect it deep within the witch blood of the seeker. this cell is a worthy culmination of this highly personal grimoire, that is also just as personal as the ability of the sorcerer are to see the path of uniqueness in all. also, the language and gnosis transmitted in these two last cells will be bette

SATANIC RITUALS

they come? they first appeared in russia about the same time as their antagonistic "separated" brethren, the skoptsi or "castrators (circa 1500. their ritual, though russian, also contained some foreign adaptation. they celebrated in name and deed such ancient gods and pre-christian divinities as the rusalki, and iarilo, who were the personifications of passion and lust, and the domovoy, or house genii. the khlystys invoked biblical gods of pleasure, as well as dark, forboding demons like balaam, and persian deities like kors. in the ritual of these "seekers after joy" their whirlings and circumambulations, followed by frenzied sexual release, were virtually indistinguishable from the ecstatic flailing about of the dervishes. undoubtedly the strongest testimony to the influence of foreign

SEVEN SHADES OF SOLITUDE

e heart. iii) the third solitude is the hermitage of the journeyman. this is the solitude of one who abandons all outward physical company, eschewing association with all others, men and women, friends and foes alike. this is the solitude of one who draws inward to the circle of his own self-brotherhood- the arena of his own mental and sensory faculties, and who engages with none but the spirits, genii and deities of the path. the hermitage of the journeyman resides under the patronage of abel or habil, he who is perpetually overcome in the ordeals of initiation. it may also be seen to reside under the auspices of the witch-father called qinaya habil-zhiva, he who is known as the resurrector of abel, who watches over all such deeds that succeed in the transmutation of will through self-sac

SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON ZANONI A ROSICRUCIAN TALE

ns of nature should be changed in order to frighten me "but why should the operations of nature be changed? there may be a deeper philosophy than we dream of, a philosophy that discovers the secrets of nature, but does not alter, by penetrating, its courses "ah, you relapse into your heretical credulity; you seriously suppose zanoni to be a prophet, a reader of the future; perhaps an associate of genii and spirits" here the landlord, a little, fat, oily fellow, came up with a fresh bottle of lacrima. he hoped their excellencies were pleased. he was most touched touched to the heart, that they liked the macaroni. were their excellencies going to vesuvius? there was a slight eruption; they could not see it where they were, but it was pretty, and would be prettier still after sunset "a capita

bloodshot eyes; and fillide clasped him with passionate arms to her tender breast. and at his up-rising and down-sitting, at board and in bed, though he saw it not, the nameless one guided him with the demon eyes to the sea whose waves were gore. book vi. superstition deserting faith. why do i yield to that suggestion, whose horrid image doth unfix my hair. shakespeare chapter 6.i. therefore the genii were painted with a platter full of garlands and flowers in one hand, and a whip in the other. alexander ross "mystag. poet" according to the order of the events related in this narrative, the departure of zanoni and viola from the greek isle, in which two happy years appear to have been passed, must have been somewhat later in date than the arrival of glyndon at marseilles. it must have bee

STEINER RUDOLF CHRISTIANITY AS MYSTICAL FACT

4. 128. apocalypse 1:20. 129. apocalypse 1:16. 130. apocalypse 1:20. 131. apocalypse 1:16. 132. apocalypse 1:17. 133. apocalypse 1:18. 134. apocalypse 4:1. 135. apocalypse 4:2, 4:6. 136. apocalypse 4:4. 137. apocalypse 4:6-8. 138. apocalypse 5:5. 139. philo, on the special laws i, 47. 140. apocalypse 5:9 10. 141. the language of universal, or catholic, powers is drawn from astrology. with earthly genii, or daimons who protected 226 christianity as mystical fact definite spots, were contrasted the celestial gods, who are catholic. this word, which was to have such a great destiny, was at first merely an astrological term: it denoted activities that are not limited to individuals, nor to particular events, but apply to the whole human race and to the entire earth; franz cumont, astrology and

THE CANOPIC GODS SYMBOLISM

f our one life, and that which is in the centre is the palace of the stars. we are come to uplift thee to that grand palace of the sun where burns the immortal flame of the vast unknown! we are come to uplift thee to the home of the starry wisdom of the highest! thus we say unto thee, hear thou our holy voice of fire; yea, hear thou our holy voice of fi f1-6 the canopic gods symbolism of the four genii of the hall of the neophyte g.h. fratre sub spe (supplement to z1) 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 the canopic gods g.h. fratre sub spe (supplement to z1) the symbolism of the four genii of the hall of the neophyte in a temple of the grade of neophyte, the four gods, ameshett, ahephi, tmo-oumathu, kabexnuv, are said to be vice-gerants of the elements, and answering to

ds mentioned, so in death they were dedicated each to one of the gods of the dead. these vital organs then, being taken out and separately embalmed, were placed in egg-shaped receptacles, symbolic of akasa, under the care of canous, the pilot of menelaus, and the god of the waters of creation, the eternal source of being, whose symbol was a jar; and under the special protection of that one of the genii of the underworld or vice-gerents of the elements to whom that particular organ was dedicated. hence each egg-shaped package was enclosed in a jar whose lid was 4 shaped like the head of that special god. now, ameshett was also termed carpenter for it is he who by the medium of his organ, the stomach, frames the rough materials and builds up the structure of the body; and to him the stomach

candidate is then, as it were, broken up as the body of osiris was broken, and the higher self stands before the place of the pillars, but the lower self is in the invisible station of the evil persona. then is the candidate nigh unto death, for then, symbolically, his spirit passes through the veils of negative existence, passing from the rtk of hycu to the twklm of hryxy. therefore, unless the genii of the underworld were then present and directing their forces on the vital organs, he must inevitably die. let their symbols then be represented in all operations and formulae drawn from the symbolism of the hall of the two truths, for they are of the utmost importance, but as their stations are invisible, so shall their symbols be astral and not material. thus shall perfect health of the b

THE KEY TO THE MYSTERIES

he major trumps, with a few actually employing traditional design elements from the corresponding trumps> the table-turners, and those who make the spirits speak with alphabetical charts, are, then, a good many centuries behind the times; they do not know that there exists an oracular instrument whose words are always clear and always accurate, by means of which one can communicate with the seven genii of the planets, and make to speak at will the seventy-two wheels of assiah, of yetzirah, and of briah. for that purpose it is sufficient to understand the system of universal analogies, such as swedenborg has set it forth in the hieroglyphic key of the arcana; then to mix the cards together, and draw from them by chance, always grouping them by the numbers corresponding to the ideas on which

THE NECRONOMICON SIMON VERSION

of the ancient sumerian peoples seems to have been lunar-oriented, a religion- or religion- magickal structure- of the night, of darkness in a sense. invocations using solar formulae have proved thus far effective in successfully banishing necronomicon demons and intelligences. for instance, the kaddish prayer of the jewish faith contains some solar elements that have proved resilient to inimical genii, and the vibration of the lord's prayer for christians is also a workable method. we suggest that individual operators utilise an equivalent solar (i.e, positive light) invocation from their own religion or the religion of their ancestors, should the no longer have a religion or should they have changed it in their lifetime. for best practical purposes in the beginning- for those intent on a

TWO ESSAYS ON THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS

uences of prosperity and adversity.1 hence proceeded the doctrines, so uniformly inculcated by homer and pindar,2 of all human actions depending immediately upon the gods; which were adopted, with scarcely any variations, by some of the christian divines of the apostolic age. in the pastor of hermas, and recognitions of clemens, we find the angels of justice, penitence, and sorrow, instead of the genii, or d mons, which the ancients supposed to direct men's minds and inspire them with those particular sentiments. st. paul adopted the still more comfortable doctrine of grace, which served full as well to emancipate the consciences of the faithful from the shackles of practical morality. the familiar d mons, or divine emanations, were supposed to reside in the blood; which was thought to con

TYSON DONALD SOUL FLIGHT

were the tarot cards and the symbols of geomancy. israel regardie wrote "it will be found a good plan to prepare cards of the geomantic symbols painted in their appropriate colors, for these make perfect 'doors' through which the seer can pass. and while these symbols are also attributed to the elements, the visions acquired from the geomantic symbols using the names of the appropriate rulers and genii will be quite distinct in character from those of the tattwa cards. the hebrew letters, the tarot cards and sigils, the planetary and zodiacal signs, and sigils of every description may be used to yield the symbolic door to a subtle plane."144 the geomantic symbols are formed by randomly poking four rows of holes into the ground with a stick and counting up the number of holes in each row. a

TYSON DONALD THE MAGICAL WORKBOOK

completely absorbed. let your arms fall to your sides as you resume the standing pose. continue breathing easily for half a minute or so. close your eyes for a few seconds to rest them. press the palms of your hands upon your face and slide them down as though drawing off a skin-tight mask. relax and stretch gently, then go on with your day. commentary the guardians of the quarters represent the genii or daemons of the four elemental forces that play so vital a role in modern magic. the archangelic names and kerubic visages of the guardians described in this exercise were those used by the original golden dawn. i have specified dark green for the color of the robe on auriel, the angel of the north, because this seems the most appropriate of the four golden dawn earth colors, which are cit

TYSON DONALD THE POWER OF THE WORD

the first of these three names: l;exarph, comanan, tabitom. the importance of these geographical spirits is not generally recognized among enochian scholars. these are the spirits promised to dee by the angels that were to allow him to rule over the sovereigns of all the world for the greater glory of his own queen elizabeth i of england. it was to obtain control over these daemons, or presiding genii, of the different kingdoms that caused dee to pursue enochian magic with such single-minded intensity for so many years. they are linked in groups of three to the thirty aethers, except for the final group, which has four spirit names, and arguably should contain the missing laxdizi to make five. it seems to me that the anomalies in the construction of the sigils of these geographical spirit

WEOR SAMAEL AUN ESOTERIC COURSE OF KABBLAH

et refrenabo equos solis voluntate cordis mei, et cogitatione mentis mei et nutu oculi dextri. exorciso igitur te, creatura aeris, per penta-grammat n et in n mine tetragrammaton, in quibus sunt voluntas firma et fides recta. amen. sela f at. blow towards the four cardinal points of the earth. pronounce the letter h many times as if imitating a very deep sigh. then slumber while meditating on the genii michael and sabtabiel. this way you will become in contact with the sylphs. practica con los silfos aire: sentado en un c modo sill n o acostados boca arriba, con el cuerpo relajado, meditareis profundamente en la siguiente plegaria: plegaria: spiritus dei ferebatur super aquas, et inspiravit in faciem hominis spiraculum vitae. sit michael dux meus, et sabtabiel servus meus, in luce et per l

atience, willpower and tenacity unto the student; thus, on any given day the student will definitively sustain himself with his physical body in the hyperspace. with his physical body he will penetrate into the internal worlds; he will be in jainas21 state. then within a few moments, he will be able to transport himself to any place on earth. he will become an investigator of the superior worlds. genii of jainas before initiating the former jainas practice, the student must invoke the genii of jainas science. the devotee will invoke the master owahra22 many times, as follows: i believe in god, i believe in owahra and in all the genii of the jaina science, take me with my physical body to all the temples of jaina science. owahra! owahra! owahra! take me. this invocation must be repeated tho

WICCA WITCHCRAFT TODAY

of benin were noted magicians and astrologers. they might easily have protected a fellow-worker and picked his or her brains; so, while i am very much interested in mr. hughes's theory and would like to know that it was true, i can only say that as far as i am concerned it is 'not proven. to recapitulate, ritualistic magic, kabalistic magic, art magic or black magic are alike attempting to evoke genii, demons or elemental spirits and forcing or bribing them to cause events to occur, the practitioner believing that such spirits have the power to alter nature, to cause storms, floods or earthquakes for instance. they often use blood, skulls and other nasty things for this purpose. the witch dislikes these methods and thinks her ways are best. true, in the past there have been many cases of

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

the 4 cabeiri, or great deities of syro-phenicia, were axieros, axiokersos, axiokersa and kasmillos, children of sydyk, are named by sanchoniathon and quoted by eusebius. in the ancient egyptian form of burial, while the body was made into a swathed mummy, the internal organs of the chest and abdomen were removed and preserved in 4 jars, often called the canopic jars; they were dedicated to the 4 genii of the cardinal points, who were at times called the children of horus. the jar of amset, amesheth or mestha, the south, was man-shaped, and in it were put the stomach and large intestines; in the jar of hapi, or ahephi, the north, dog-headed, were the small intestines; in the jar of tuamutef or toumathpath, the east, jackal-headed, were the heart and lungs, and in the jar of khebsenuf or ka

in the jar of tuamutef or toumathpath, the east, jackal-headed, were the heart and lungs, and in the jar of khebsenuf or kabexnuf, hawk-headed, the west, were the liver and gall bladder. these vases appear in tombs of the 18th dynasty; and remained in use until the 26th dynasty; according to e. a. wallis budge. 57. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott these 4 genii of the dead in amenti were guarded by 4 goddesses, viz, by isis, nephthys, neith and serquet. the squares of the periodic times of the planets are the cubes of their mean distance from the sun. the christian church recognizes 4 great councils, those of nicaea in a.d. 325; constantinople, 381; ephesus, 431; and chalcedon in 451. the western church recognizes 4 great doctors; st. ambrose, st

anets and numbers planet assigned numbers saturn 3, 9, 15, 45 jupiter 4, 16, 34, 136 mars 5, 25, 65, 325 sol 6, 36, 111, 666 venus 7, 49, 145, 1225 numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott planet assigned numbers mercury 8, 64, 260, 2080 luna 9, 81, 369, 3521 in this matter, see also francis barrett, the magus. the later coptic names of the 7 gods and planets and genii of the world of the ancient egyptians are as follows: 1. saturn, rephan, god of time. 2. jupiter, picheus, god of life; 3. mars, moloch, god of destruction. 4. sol, phre or pire, meaning holy lord. 5. venus, suroth, lady of love. 6. mercury, hermes, hermanubis, god of speech. 7. luna, piooh, lady of waters. in china, 7 is the number of death, and their days of mourning are 7 times 7. the sev

ZOETIC GRIMOIRE OF ZOS

al the vase with your sigil and with the secret formula of your desire. bury same at midnight, the moon being quartered. when the moon wanes, disinter and pour contents as libation into earth with suitable incantation, and re-bury same. this is the most formidable formula known, never fails and is dangerous hence what is not written must be guessed. from this formula was derived the legend of the genii of the brazen vessel as related by solomon. third formula: the communion of auto-ego of zos this formula is based on that of apollonius the pythagorean philosopher and theurgist, and is the only magical means of inseparation and psychic help that has no disastrous aftereffects whether it fails or succeeds. there is nothing simpler than speaking to your inmost self, and nothing more difficult

CHRONOLOGIA RORISPERGIUS

en-tongued-flame who have ever been the path-finders and lights on the way-of-knowing and being, i offer at thee dawn-of-the-new-day this volume-"hebraic tongue restored" 1821 richard laurence published the first english translation book of enoch 1822 jean-francois champollion began to decipher the egyptian hieroglyphs. 1823 lenain publishes la science kabbalistique ou l'art de connaitre les bons genies. 1828 june 19- july 26, 1892 francis george irwin lucis> 1828-1895 mahasaya lahiri 1829-1881 edmond billaudot(magus edmond)grand tarot belline 1830 german edition of sefer yetzirah published by john (johann) friedrich von meyer d.d. 1831 helena petrovna blavatski (helena petrovna von hahn, cofounder of the theosophical society, born of german parents in yekaterinoslav (now dneprope

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY VOL 1

of count bombaste [chevalier de la rose-croix, nephew of paracelsus, published in 1609 on the birth of louis the great. alastor a cruel demon, who, according to johan weyer, filled the post of chief executioner to the monarch of hades. the conception of him somewhat resembles that of nemesis. zoroaster is said to have called him the executioner. others identify him with the destroying angel. evil genies were formerly called alastors. plutarch says that cicero, who bore a grudge against augustus, conceived the plan of committing suicide on the emperor s hearth, and thus becoming his alastor. sources: weyer, johannes. witches, devils, and doctors in the renaissance: johann weyer, de praestigiis. edited by george mora. binghamton, n.y: medieval and renaissance texts and studies, 1991. albertu

n ancient egypt. london: hodder& stoughton, 1912. graves, kersey. the world s sixteen crucified saviors. boston, mass, 1875. reprint, new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1971. hastings, james, ed. encyclopaedia of religion and ethics. 12 vols. edinburgh: james clark, 1908. tylor, e. b. primitive culture. 2 vols. london: john murray, 1871. ifrits hideous specters, probably of arabian origin, now genies of persian and indian mythology. they assume diverse forms and inhabit ruins, woods, and wild, desolate places for the purpose of preying upon human beings and animals. they are sometimes associated with the jinns or divs of persia. ifs see international frankenstein society ignath, lujza linczegh (b. 1891) hungarian clairvoyant, and healing and apport medium, controlled by nona, a pure spi

FRANCIS A YATES GIORDANO BRUNO AND THE HERMETIC TRADITION

e trinity in the empyrean. ficino was a great student of dante, and was certainly thinking of the paradiso in the passage on the hierarchies analysed above for he makes a reference to dante's poem in it.4 the analysis of the varying quality of the light, expressed by different words for 1 ibid, loc. cit. 2 summa theologiae, pars i, quaest. 108, articles 5, 6. cf. m. de gandillac "astres, anges et genies chez marsile ficin, in umanesimo e esoterismo, ed. e. castelli, padua, i960, p. 107. aquinas' source for varying activities of the hierarchies was gregory, homil. 34 in evang (migne, patr. hat, 76, cols. 1250-1) which ficino might also have been using. 3 dante, convivio, lib. ii, cap. 6. 4 dante is not mentioned by name, but the last words of the chapter on the grades of punishments of the

KNOWLEDGE LECTURE ONE

f the orginal text. it has, together with the 12th chapter, been very carefully translated for the purpose of this lecture by the v.h. frater m.w.t, and the v.h. soror s.s.d.d. has made many valuable suggestions with regard to the interpretation. the title and preface of the 17th chapter reads "concerning the exaltation of the glorified ones, of coming and going forth in the divine domain, of the genies of the beautiful land of amentet. of coming forth in the light o fday in any form desired, of hearing the forces of nature by being enshrined as a living bai" and the rubric is "the united with osiris shall recite it when he has entered the harbour. may glorious things be done thereby upon earth. may all the words of the adept be fulfilled" owing to the complex use of symbols, the ritual tr

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

text. it has, together with the 12th chapter, been very carefully translated for the purpose of this lecture by the v. h. frater m. w. t, and the v. h. soror s. s. d. d. has made many <112> valuable suggestions with regard to the interpretation. the title and preface of the 17th chapter reads "concerning the exaltation of the glorified ones, of coming and going forth in the divine domain, of the genies of the beautiful land of amentet. of coming forth in the light of day in any form desired, of hearing the forces of nature by being enshrined as a living bai" and the rubric is "the united with osiris shall recite it when he has entered the harbour. may glorious things be done thereby upon earth. may all the words of the adept be fulfilled" owing to the complex use of symbols, the ritual tr

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