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18276066 GRIMM JACOB TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY VOL 1

ong different nations (see suppl. the essential thing is, the image of a greedy, unrestoring, female deity^ but the higher we are allowed to penetrate into our antiquities, the less hellish and the more godlike may halja appear. of this we have a particularly strong guarantee in her affinity to the indian bhavani, who travels about and bathes like nerthus and holda (p. 268, but is likewise called kali or mahahdli, the great llach goddess. in the underworld she is supposed to sit in judgment on souls. this office, the similar name and the black hue (kala niger, conf. caligo and kekalv6) make her exceedingly like halja. and halja is one of the oldest and commonest conceptions of our heathenism. 1 in the south of itollanfl, where the mouse falls into the sea, is a place named hdvoeisluis. i d

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

the four watchtowers at the four compass points as you cast your circle (the archangels represent the celestial beings that feature in the cosmologies of the three main religions of the western world -christianity, judaism and islam. for more information, see pages 200 and 236. alternatively, you may wish to call upon powerful goddess forms: isis, ishtar, cerridwen, innana, shakti, yoruba, danu, kali and aine, protect, empower and inspire this magical endeavour. you can embellish the casting ceremony as much as you like, perhaps drawing pentagrams in the air at the four main compass points, and combining this with lighting the four elemental candles. some practitioners like to cast a circle and then welcome other members of the group to enter, sealing the circle with a diagonal up-and-dow

nly rarely and with the purest intent under the law of threefold return. the exception is bellona, who is a benevolent and effective focus for female power and courage. bellona bellona is the roman goddess of war, the female counterpart of mars whose chariot she drove into battle. she is especially good for women's assertiveness and self-confidence rituals. she carries a sword and wears a helmet. kali kali, the dark side of the hindu mother goddess, came into being when shiva, the husband of the mother goddess shakti, taunted her for her dark skin. in fury she carried out rituals until her skin became golden inside. shakti then shed her black outer skin like a snake and it formed the avenging destroying persona of kali. kali is depicted with her four arms holding weapons and the heads of h

then shed her black outer skin like a snake and it formed the avenging destroying persona of kali. kali is depicted with her four arms holding weapons and the heads of her victims, her tongue lolling out, and covered in blood, signifying her power over life and death. she is often pictured dancing on shiva whose body she trampled on, destroyed and then danced on once more to restore him to life. kali is invoked to remove fear and, it is said, to bring bliss to her devotees, and so she brings protection and regeneration after sorrow. persephone persephone is the greek maiden goddess of transformation, daughter of demeter and goddess of spring and flowers. she was abducted by hades, god of the underworld, and became queen of the underworld for the winter months, returning to the earth as th

s male divine power, and her life-giving force animates other gods in difficult tasks. although there are several other hindu female goddesses, they all form aspects of shakti and often their identities merge. one of shakti's forms is as parvati, the gentle mother. shakti is potent for all rituals of women's power, especially when they must take the initiative, and she is easier to work with than kali. triple goddesses the triple goddesses are for lunar magic and moving from one stage to another in the life cycle. brighid brighid, the celtic triple goddess, is patroness of smiths, poets and healers and has the longest enduring cult in ireland, which merged into that of the christian st bridget of kildare. her name means 'high one' and she is sometimes seen as three sisters, daughters of th

ALEISTER CROWLEY MAGICK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

tion to some "plane" or other. but there are "planes" proper to every clairvoyant who explores the astral light without prejudice; in such case, things assume the form of his own mind, and his perception will be clear in proportion to his personal purity. on the higher planes, the diversity of form, due to grossness, tends to disappear. thus, the astral vision of "isis" is utterly unlike that of "kali. the one is of motherhood and wisdom, ineffably candid, clear, and loving; the other of murder and madness, blood-intoxicated, lust-befogged, and cruel. the sole link is the woman-symbol. but whoso makes samadhi on kali obtains the self-same illumination as if it had been isis; for in both cases he attains identity with the quintessence of the woman-idea, untrammelled by the qualities with wh

at is hateful to the particular deity; as, unchastity in the case of artemis, evasions in the case of ares. besides this, he should avoid all harshness or unkindness of any kind in thought, word, or deed, seeing that above the particular deity is one in whom all is one. yet also he may deliberately practise cruelties, where the particular deity manifests his love in that manner, as in the case of kali, and of pan. and therefore, before the beginning of his periods of devotion, let him practise according to the rules of liber jugorum. 15 "further concerning the life of the devotee- now, as many are fully occupied with their affairs, let it be known that this method is adaptable to the necessities of all. and we bear witness that this which followeth is the crux and quintessence of the whole

the five senses in turn, as occasion arises. 39 "concerning minor matters adjuvant in the ceremonies- iv "duresse- this method consists in cursing a deity recalcitrant; as, threatening ceremonially "to burn the blood of osiris, and to grind down his bones to power" this method is altogether contrary to the spirit of love unless the particular deity be himself savage and relentless; as jehovah or kali. in such a case the desire to perform constraint and cursing may be the sign of the assimilation of the spirit of the devotee with that of his god, and so an advance to the union with him. 40 "concerning the value of this particular form of union or samadhi- all samadhi is defined as the ecstatic union of a subject and object in consciousness, with the result that a third thing arises which p

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but the brothers. in the middle of the card stands cain; in his right hand is the hammer of thor with which he hath slain his brother, and it is all wet with his blood. and his left hand he holdeth open as a sign of innocence. and on his right hand is his mother eve, around whom the serpent is entwined with his hood spread behind her head; and on his left hand is a figure somewhat like the hindoo kali, but much more seductive. yet i know it to be lilith. and above him is the great sigil of the arrow, downward, but it is struck through the heart of the child. this child is also abel. and the meaning of this part of the card is obscure, but that is the correct drawing of the taro card; and that is the correct magical fable from which the hebrew scribes, who were not complete initiates, stole

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with him. b. rashith. the sacred sports of siva. printed at the hindu mission press. annas 8. the editor in his preface does not see the objection to gods and especially to siva holding sports, neither do we. but you must play square, even if you are a god; it is not cricket to slay the whole of the opposing eleven each time you are bowled. but perhaps siva had a reputation to keep up; we'll ask kali. vishnu. ritual, faith, and morals. by f. h. perrycoste. watts and co. if you should be so depraved as to desire to become a rationalistic author, you must buy a pair of sissors, some stickphast, and a parcel of odd vols. at hodgson's containing: buckle, draper, gibbon lecky, and old dictionary or two of quotations and some of the christian fathers. the process then is easy; it consists in cu

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six times with the object of 150 seeing if it would interrupt p.'s meditation. the result on the first occasion was a bad break; second, two bad breaks; third to sixth, no breaks occurred. at the end of the experiment p. was able to repeat all m itr nda had said except the last remark.238 234no rough working is given in this volume; it is only a compendium of results. 235 the goddess isis, deir, kali, sakti, etc, in her aspect as the patroness of meditation. there are five principal meditations. metta-bh van, on love; karun -bh van, on pity; mudit -bh van, on joy; asubha-bh van on impunity; and upeksh -bh van, on serenity. but see "777, col. xxiii, p. 9. 236 old native name for ceylon. 237 frater i.a.'s eastern name, afterwards changed to ananda metteya. 238 any who have undergone this te

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

terwards they cast the crown into the cauldron of fire so that the oaths of allegiance they had taken would be binding for all time, otherwise they, too, would return to dust like the crown. kingship brought alex problems greater than any he had had before. while preparing for the hallowe'en celebrations, he received a letter from bangalore in india. the writer, describing himself as a 'priest of kali, said he had read a letter which alex had written to an occult magazine, defending witchcraft and claiming that its undisputed powers were much in use today 'i shall be coming to england in the near future' the. priest ofkali continued/and lshould very much like to make your acquaintance. would you do me the honour. of dining with me so that we luay discuss something which, i am sure, will be

powers were much in use today 'i shall be coming to england in the near future' the. priest ofkali continued/and lshould very much like to make your acquaintance. would you do me the honour. of dining with me so that we luay discuss something which, i am sure, will be dear to the hearts of both of us' alex wrote back agreeing to meet him, but forgot all about it after he had looked up details of kali worship. one of the goddesses of hinduism, she represented destruction. her image was an. enormous black-skinned woman with a large blood-red tongue from under which projected fierce tusks. she was garlanded with a necklace of human skulls. modem hindus disapprove of the ancient rites of worship which, in some parts of india, are still performed and. in which live animals are sacrificed. the

e blood-red tongue from under which projected fierce tusks. she was garlanded with a necklace of human skulls. modem hindus disapprove of the ancient rites of worship which, in some parts of india, are still performed and. in which live animals are sacrificed. the more alex read, the less he liked the sound of the cult, but he tried to keep his mind open: perhaps.i like witchcraft, the worship of kali had been mis. represented. a month or so later, at the beginning ofdecember, another letter arrived, this time from london. the priest of kali enclosed a bank note to cover alex's fare up to town where a hotel room had been booked for him. please would he come for two or three days to meet his correspondent and the two friends he had with him? the following monday alex went to london and chec

iddle fifties, while the third, mr g, who had initiated the correspondence, was. perhaps thirty-five. he appeared to be the spokesman of the group. it was early afiemoon when they met and over tea they talked generally about religions of the world,keeping the discussion impersonal. all were educated and spoke excellent english. whenever alex tried to bring the conversation round to the worship of kali, his remarks were skilfully turned aside and his questions lost in a welter of words. resigning himself to the asiatics' love of circumlocution, he sat back and let them direct the drift. 99 j i/ duringdinnernothingserious was discussed but themoment they had finished theircoffee and. were sippingliqu.eursin the hotel lounge, the small t
itchcraft and its magic than you?'mr g.was insistent. alexreplied thatifthere weresucha person, he had not met him.ereve heatd ofhim 'why are the priests of kati so interestedjnwitchcraft? are yon seeking initiation' the .man smiled and,assured him.that they. were entirely satisfied with their own. religion and had no wish to become witches 'but we do have need of you: he wellton 'let me explain; kali is the an.cientgoddess of destruction who lends us herpoweisto do our will solongasweworship her in theway she. prefers. during'oneof our .pilgrimages.to old shrines,we came upon a mined temple erected to the goddess .many generations ago andlater desecrated by modern adherents of hinduism who have taken much of the old ritual out of the religion and have chosen to ,neglect kali' alex nodded;

le after the ceremony. recovering his composure, alex set them" right about witchcraft 'it is centuries since sacrifice was countenanced by our gods' he told the disbelieving priests 'in olden days people were brutalized by their environment, but now all-our powers are. dedicated to good. our. gods and goddesses demcl.ndtha.t there shall be'no sacrifice of either animal or human life. surely your kali is no different' the conversation assumed a nightmare quality as the three indians, with smiles.never leaving their .faces, shrugged .off alex's refusalcl.nd insisted that they had chosen him and that he could not refuse the honour 'if you must have a life force sacrificed on the altar' alex argued 'why not use new-laid eggs? this has been done in europe with excellent results 'perhaps' mr r

ust ve believed that alex's curse had caught up with their friend, theymind. in fact alc:x. had never pronounced his curse. he-assumed that the man either had died of natural causes, or had perhaps approached some other witch who had cursed him ithout wang. in any case alex never heard from the pnests of kali again. 104 k.w.-8 los the altar, for instance. that could mean only one thing: it was not being used merely as a symbolic weapon. two or three other details were either omitted or substituted, and alex decided he would stay no longer 'surely you've got time for a drink' said the wom. alexrefused,putthe younger of rist,wocompanions, a newly initiated witch of eighteen, accepted, telling alex h

ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

oot meaning the first principles of any science. process of penetrating into the mysteries of the science of the self and of the one self in all selves. the path- 127- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust of initiation is the final stage of the path of evolution trodden by man, and is divided into five stages, called the five initiations. jiva. a separated unit of consciousness. kali yuga "yuga" is an age or cycle. according to the indian philosophy our evolution is divided into four yugas or cycles. the kali-yuga is the present age. it means the "black age" a period of 432,000 years. karma. physical action. metaphysically, the law of retribution; the law of cause and effect, or ethical causation. there is the karma of merit and the karma of demerit. it is the power that

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

the planets on the horizon of lanka, at the first point of aries, and a subsequent similar conjunction. a kalpa embraces the reign of fourteen manus, and their sandhies (intervals; each manu lying between two sandhies. every manu's- 764- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust rule contains seventy-one maha yugas, each maha yuga consists of four yugas, viz, krita, treta, dwapara, and kali; and the length of each of these four yugas is respectively as the numbers, 4, 3, 2 and 1. the number of sidereal years embraced in the foregoing different periods are as follows: mortal years 360 days of mortals make a year..1. krita yuga contains..1,728,000 treta yuga contains. 1,296,000 dwapara yuga contains. 864,000 kali yuga contains..4.32,000 the total of the said four yugas constitute

f substance on every plane. 7. all forms are destroyed periodically. read carefully s. d, i, 397-401. 152 74: s. d, i, 139, 144. 153 75: s. d, i, 121. 154 76 the egoic lotus..the laws of karma are adjusted, the clue being found in the mastery of the sixteen rays of the ego, for which sixteen rays sixteen mantras or words are given, the real pronunciation being however reserved for initiates only" kali upanishad "the mystery of the sixteen rays of the ego will be revealed when the force of the sacred tetraktys is merged with that of the holy twelve" the old commentary. the primordial is the ray and the direct emanation of the first sacred four. s. d, i, 115, 116. the sacred four are: father..spirit. existence. unity. the son..soul. love-wisdom. duality. mother..m. atter. the trinity. and th

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

the process moves but slowly; the life then within the form fails to experience the needed, forceful awakening; inevitably then there lies ahead a repetition of the process until the time comes when activity and response is evoked. this then leads to resistance to the apparent karmic necessity and this brings about liberation. only through resistance to evil (and in this world period and in this kali-yuga, as the eastern teachers call it, it is an essential basic attitude) can karma be brought to an end. the law of matter still governs in the three worlds of human experience and "fire by friction" must burn up that which veils the steadily increasing brilliance of solar fire. it is the recognition of "solar fire" as it shows itself in a transcendental idealism and radiance by the unintell

BEHOLDERS OF NIGHT

r.c. zaehner, new york, 1961 az, which is a female demon related directly to ahriman, is considered a harlot and goddess of death and blood. in this aspect az is related or a blue-print for, lilith, hecate and babalon. she is the vampyre queen, the immortal witch whom creates the alchemical elixir of endless existence, the very core essence of the luciferian and vampyre. az may also be related to kali, the goddess who devours and brings life. the vampyre in this aspect is one who feeds of the blood- lifeforce or the nectar of the mind, the imagination, thus revealing the vampyre as a solitary being who holds no need in the actual draining of blood. the blood itself is symbolic, as an invocation to the dark well of the fallen angels, the subconscious or imagination (iblis, shaitan. az is co

BLAVATSKY H P ANTHROPOGENESIS

-hun" is a general not a special hindu possession. he is the mysterious guiding intelligent power, which gives the impulse to, and regulates the impetus of cycles, kalpas and universal events* he is karma's visible adjuster on a general scale; the inspirer and the leader of the greatest heroes of this manvantara. in the exoteric works he is referred to by some very uncomplimentary names; such as "kali-karaka" strife-maker "kapi-vaktra" monkey-faced, and even "pisuna" the spy, though elsewhere he is called deva-brahma. even sir w. jones was strongly impressed with this mysterious character from what he gathered in his sanskrit studies. he compares him to hermes and mercury, and calls him "the eloquent messenger of the gods (see asiat. res. i. p. 264. all this led the late dr. kenealy("book

present data derived from the secret books of occultism, the whole will be found to agree perfectly, save in some details which may not be explained; for secrets of higher initiation- as unknown to the writer as they are to the reader- would have to be revealed, and that cannot be done (but see "chronology of the brahmins" at the close of stanza ii[[footnote(s* the "tirukkanda panchanga" for the kali yug 4986, by chintamany raghanaracharya, son of the famous government astronomer of madras, and tartakamala venkata krishna rao[[vol. 2, page] 52 the secret doctrine. stanza ii. nature unaided fails (5) after enormous periods the earth creates monsters (6) the "creators" are displeased (7) they dry the earth (8) the forms are destroyed by them (9) the first great tides (10) the beginning of i

t elapsed since the "vaivasvata manvantara- or the human period- up to the year 1887, is just. 18,618,728 years. v. the full period of one manvantara is. 308,448,000 years. vi. 14 "manvantaras" plus the period of one satya yuga make one day of brahma, or complete manvantara and make. 4,320,000,000 years. therefore a maha-yuga consists of. 4,320,000 years* the year 1887 is from the commencement of kali-yuga. 4,989 years. to make this still clearer in its details, the following computations by rao bahadur p. sreenivas row, are given from the "theosophist" of november, 1885. mortal years. 360 days of mortals make a year. 1 krita yuga contains. 1,728,000 treta yuga contains. 1,296,000 dwapara yuga contains. 864,000 kali yuga contains. 432,000 the total of the said four yugas constitute a maha

n the bhagavad gita, where krishna is made to say "the seven great rishis, the four preceding manus, partaking of my essence, were born from my mind: from them sprung (were born) the human races and the world (chapter x, verse 6. here the four preceding "manus" out of the seven, are the four races* which have already lived, since krishna belongs to the fifth race, his death having inaugurated the kali yuga. thus vaivasvata[[footnote(s* when narada, the virgin-ascetic, threatened to put an end to the human race by preventing daksha's sons from procreating it* this is corroborated by a learned brahmin. in his most excellent lectures on the bhagavad gita (see "theosophist" april, 1887, p. 444) the lecturer says "there is a peculiarity to which i must call your attention. he (krishna) speaks h

bourhood of another large continent (america. it is this "atlantic" land which was connected with the "white island" and this white island was ruta; but it was not the atala and the "white devil" of colonel wilford (see "asiatic researches" vol. viii, p. 280, as already shown. it may well be remarked here that the dvapara yuga lasts 864,000 years, according to the sanskrit texts; and that, if the kali yuga began only about 5,000 years ago, that it is just 869,000 since that destruction took place. again, these figures are not very widely different from those given by the geologists, who place their "glacial period" 850,000 years ago. then "a woman was produced who came to manu and declared herself his daughter, with whom he lived and begat the offspring of manu" this refers to the physiolo

epresented as one thing and then as another. in the exoteric legends it is said that manu vaivasvata, desiring to create sons, instituted a sacrifice to mitra and varuna; but, through a mistake of the officiating[[footnote(s* the dvapara yuga differs for each race. all races have their own cycles, which fact causes a great difference. for instance, the fourth sub-race of the atlanteans was in its kali-yug, when destroyed, whereas the fifth was in its satya or krita yuga. the aryan race is now in its kali yuga, and will continue to be in it for 427,000 years longer, while various "family races" called the semitic, hamitic, etc, are in their own special cycles. the forthcoming 6th sub race- which may begin very soon- will be in its satya (golden) age while we reap the fruit of our iniquity i

ug, when destroyed, whereas the fifth was in its satya or krita yuga. the aryan race is now in its kali yuga, and will continue to be in it for 427,000 years longer, while various "family races" called the semitic, hamitic, etc, are in their own special cycles. the forthcoming 6th sub race- which may begin very soon- will be in its satya (golden) age while we reap the fruit of our iniquity in our kali yuga[[vol. 2, page] 148 the secret doctrine. brahman, a daughter only was obtained- ila. then "through the favour of the gods" her sex is changed and she becomes a man, su-dyumna. then she is again turned into a woman, and so on; the fable adding that siva and his consort were pleased that "she would be male one month and female another" this has a direct reference to the third root-race, who

ision[[vol. 2, page] 300 the secret doctrine. most carefully hidden and inaccessible, except to the anatomist. no less light is thrown thereby on the future physical, spiritual, and intellectual state of mankind, in periods corresponding on parallel lines with other past periods, and always on the lines of ascending and descending cyclic evolution and development. thus, a few centuries before the kali yuga- the black age which began nearly 5,000 years ago- it was said (paraphrased into comprehensible sentences "we (the fifth root-race) in our first half (of duration) onward (on the now ascending arc of the cycle) are on the mid point of (or between) the first and the second races- falling downward (i.e, the races were then on the descending arc of the cycle. calculate for thyself, lanoo, a

ir racial cycle* the interval that precedes each yuga is called a sandhya, composed of as many hundreds of years as there are thousands in the yuga; and that which follows the latter is named sandhyamsa, and is of similar duration, we are told in vishnu purana "the interval between the sandhya and the sandhyamsa is the yuga denominated krita, treta, etc, etc. the (four) krita, treta, dwapara, and kali constitute a great age, or aggregate of four ages: a 1000 such aggregates are a day of brahma; and 14 manus reign within that term" now had we to accept this literally then there would be only one manu for every 4,320,000,000 of years. as we are taught that it took 300,000,000 of years for the two lower kingdoms to evolve, and that our humanity is just 18 and some odd millions old- where were

he passes through the human cycles. therefore the sloka says "happy are those who are born, even from the (latent) condition of gods, as men, in bharata-varsha; as that is the way to. final liberation" in jambu-dwipa, bharata is considered the best of its divisions, because it is the land of works. in it alone "it is that the succession of four yugas (ages, the krita, the treta, the dwapara, and kali take place; when, therefore, parasara, asked by maitreya "to give him the descriptions of the earth" returns again to the enumeration of the same dwipas with the same seas, etc, as those he had described in the swayambhuva manvantara- it is simply a blind, yet, to him who reads between the lines, the four great races and the fifth are there, ay, with their sub-divisions, islands, and continen

e, from the first appearance of the aryan race, when the pliocene portions of the once great atlantis began gradually sinking* and other continents to appear on the surface, down to the final disappearance of plato's small island of atlantis, the aryan races had never ceased to fight with the descendants of the first giant races. this war lasted till nearly the close of the age which preceded the kali yug, and was the mahabharatean war so famous in indian history. such blending of the events and epochs, and the bringing down of hundreds of thousands into thousands of years, does not interfere with the numbers of years that had elapsed, according to the statement made by the egyptian priests to solon, since the destruction of the last portion of atlantis. the 9,000 years were the correct fi

is what is given in the journal of the asiatic society, iii, pp. 325, et seq "in their distress the few nations who survived (in the war between devatas and daityas) raised their hands to bhagavan 'let him who can deliver us. be our king; using the word i't (a magic term not understood by wilford, evidently) which re-echoed through the whole country" then comes a violent storm, the waters of the kali are strangely agitated "when there appeared from the waves. a man, afterwards called i't, at the head of a numerous army, saying abhayan, no fear. and scattered the enemy "the king i't" explains wilford "is a subordinate incarnation of m'rira (mrida, a form of rudra, probably) who "re-established peace and prosperity throughout all sankha-dwipa, through barbaradesa, hissast'han and awasthan o

des the one veda into four, and distributes it into hundreds (sata) of branches" truly so; the veda of the earliest aryans, before it was written, went forth into every nation of the atlanto-lemurians, and sowed the first seeds of all the now existing old religions. the off-shoots of the never dying tree of wisdom have scattered their dead leaves even on judaeo-christianity. and at the end of the kali, our present age, vishnu, or the "everlasting king" will appear as kalki, and re-establish righteousness upon earth. the minds of those who live at that time shall be awakened, and become as pellucid as crystal "the men who are thus changed by virtue of that peculiar time (the sixth race) shall be as the seeds of other human beings, and shall give birth to a race who shall follow the laws of

f which both are the poles, like the seventh (atmic) and the first or lowest principle (the physical body) in the septenary constitution of man. the primitive, purely spiritual language of the vedas, conceived many decades of millenniums earlier, had found its purely human expression for the purpose of describing events taking place 5,000 years ago, the date of krishna's death (from which day the kali yuga, or black-age, began for mankind. as aditi is called surarani (the matrix or "mother" of the sura gods, so kunti, the mother of the pandavas, is called in mahabharata pandavarani- which term is already physiologized. but devaki, the antetype of the roman catholic madonna, is a later anthropomorphized form of aditi. the latter is the goddess mother, the "deva-matri" of seven sons (the six

in the posture of an ascetic, as maha-yogi, with his third eye[[diagram, which is "the ru[[diagram],set upright on the tau-cross" in another form. the pasa is held in the hand in such a way that it is the first finger and hand near the thumb which make the cross, or loop and crossing[[diagram] our orientalists would have it to represent a cord to bind refractory offenders with, because, forsooth, kali, siva's consort, has the same as an attribute! the pasa has here a double significance, as also has siva's trisula and every other divine attribute. this significance lies in siva, as rudra has certainly the same meaning as the egyptian ansated cross in its cosmic and mystic meaning. in the hand of siva it becomes linga and yonic. that which is meant is this: siva, as said before, is unknown

ait gate" the narrow circle that widens into an infinite one, as soon as the inner man has passed the threshold. as to the mysterious constellation of the seven rishis in the great bear, if egypt made them sacred to "the oldest genitrix, typhon- india has connected all these symbols ages ago with time or yuga revolutions, and the saptarishis are intimately connected with our present age- the dark kali yug* the great circle of time, on the face of which fancy in india has represented the tortoise (kurma, or sisumara, one of the avatars of vishnu, has the cross placed on it by nature in its division and localisation of stars, planets and constellations. thus in bhagavata purana v, xxx, it is said that "at the extremity of the tail of that animal, whose head is directed toward the south and w

the moon" hence he is called agnibhuva (agni's son) and ganga-putra (son of ganges. add to this the fact that the krittika, his nurses, as matsya purana shows, are presided over by agni, or, in the authentic words "the seven rishis are on a line with the brilliant agni" and hence are called agneya- and the connection is easy to follow. it is, then, the rishis who mark the time and the periods of kali-yuga, the age of sin and sorrow. see in the bhagavata purana xii, ii, 2, 6, 32, and vishnu purana. says the latter "when the splendour of vishnu (krishna) departed for heaven, then did the kali yug, during which men delight in sin, invade the world. when the seven rishis were in magha, the kali yug, comprising 1,200 (divine) years (432,000 years of mortals, began; and when from magha, they sh

see in the bhagavata purana xii, ii, 2, 6, 32, and vishnu purana. says the latter "when the splendour of vishnu (krishna) departed for heaven, then did the kali yug, during which men delight in sin, invade the world. when the seven rishis were in magha, the kali yug, comprising 1,200 (divine) years (432,000 years of mortals, began; and when from magha, they shall reach purvashadha, then will this kali age attain its growth, under nanda and his successors* this is the revolution of the rishis "when the two first stars of the seven rishis (of the great bear) rise in the heavens, and some lunar asterism is seen at night, at an equal distance between them, then the seven rishis continue stationary in that conjunction for a hundred years" a hater of nanda makes parasara say. according to bentle

1,024 feet above the level of the sea at present? if they did, those orientalists who show kapila flourishing from the 1st to the 9th cent. a.d, might change their opinions, if only for one of two very good reasons: the true number of years elapsed since kapila's day is in the puranas unmistakably, though the translators fail to see it. and secondly- the kapila of the satya, and the kapila of the kali-yugas may be one and the same individuality, without being the same personality. kapila, besides being the name of a personage, of the once living sage and the author of sankhya philosophy, is also the generic name of the kumaras, the celestial ascetics and virgins; therefore the very fact of bhagavata purana calling that kapila- which it showed just before as a portion of vishnu- the author

een cultivated and preserved since then in the sanctuaries by the initiates. there are several well-known kapilas in the puranas. first the primeval sage, then kapila, one of the three "secret" kumaras; and kapila, son of kasyapa and kadru- the "many-headed serpent (see vayu purana placing him on the list of the forty renowned sons of kasyapa, besides kapila, the great sage and philosopher of the kali yuga. being an initiate "a serpent of wisdom" a naga, the latter was purposely blended with the kapilas of the former ages[[vol. 2, page] 573 the gnostics and pythagoras. xxiv. the cross and the pythagorean decade. the early gnostics claimed that their science, the gnosis, rested on a square, the angles of which represented respectively sige (silence, bythos (depth, nous (spiritual soul or mi

select as a representative for all the other first gods of the nations) as causing to issue from his body his mind-born sons "sanandana and others" who, in the fifth "creation" and again in the ninth (for purposes of blind) become the kumara. let us close by reminding the reader that goats were sacrificed to amphitrite and the nereids on the sea-shore, as goats are sacrificed to this day to durga kali, who is only the black side of lakshmi (venus, the white side of sakti; and by suggesting what connection these animals may have with capricornus, in which appear twenty-eight stars in the form of a goat, which goat was transformed by the greeks into amalthaea- jupiter's foster-mother. pan, the god of nature, had goat's feet, and changed himself into a goat at the approach of typhon. but this

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5th being nearly reached. the illustration is symbolical, as every one can well understand, and covers the ground from the beginning. the old book, having described cosmic evolution and explained the origin of everything on earth, including physical man, after giving the true history of the races from the first down to the fifth (our) race, goes no further. it stops short at the beginning of the kali yuga just 4989 years ago at the death of krishna, the bright "sun-god" the once living hero and reformer. but there exists another book. none of its possessors regard it as very ancient, as it was born with, and is only as old as the black age[[footnote(s* rabbi jehoshua ben chananea, who died about a.d. 72, openly declared that he had performed "miracles" by means of the book of sepher jezir

ud, sanhedrin" c. 7, etc; and "franck" pp. 55, 56) many of the mediaeval occultists, alchemists, and kabalists claimed the same; and even the late modern magus, eliphas levi, publicly asserts it in print in his books on magic[[vol. 1, page] xliv introductory. namely, about 5,000 years. in about nine years hence, the first cycle of the first five millenniums, that began with the great cycle of the kali-yuga, will end. and then the last prophecy contained in that book (the first volume of the prophetic record for the black age) will be accomplished. we have not long to wait, and many of us will witness the dawn of the new cycle, at the end of which not a few accounts will be settled and squared between the races. volume ii. of the prophecies is nearly ready, having been in preparation since

lyph or symbol. with the races of our fifth race it became in symbology the sacr, and in hebrew n'cabvah, of the first-formed races* then it changed into the egyptian[[diagram (emblem of life, and still later into the sign of venus[[diagram] then comes the svastica (thor's hammer, or the "hermetic cross" now, entirely separated from its circle, thus becoming purely phallic. the esoteric symbol of kali yuga is the five-pointed star reversed, thus[[diagram- the sign of human sorcery, with its two points (horns) turned heavenward, a position every[[footnote(s* see that suggestive work "the source of measures" where the author explains the real meaning of the word "sacr" from which "sacred "sacrament" are derived, which have now become synonyms of "holiness" though purely phallic[[vol. 1, page

of indian literature this unrevealed, abstract deity has no name. it is called generally "that (tad in sanskrit, and means all that is, was, and will be, or that can be so received by the human mind. among such appellations, given, of course, only in esoteric philosophy, as the "unfathomable darkness" the "whirlwind" etc- it is also called the "it of the kalahansa, the kala-ham-sa" and even the "kali hamsa (black swan. here the m and the n are convertible, and[[vol. 1, page] 78 the secret doctrine. both sound like the nasal french an or am, or, again, en or em (ennui, embarras, etc) as in the hebrew bible, many a mysterious sacred name in sanscrit conveys to the profane ear no more than some ordinary, and often vulgar word, because it is concealed anagrammatically or otherwise. this word

e so it is below; and vice versa. there were "gods" on earth in those days- gods, and not men, as we know them now, says the tradition. as will be shown in book ii, the computation of periods in exoteric hinduism refers to both the great cosmic and the small terrestrial events and cataclysms, and the same may be shown for names. for instance yudishthira- the first king of the sacea, who opens the kali yuga era, which has to last 432,000 years "an actual king and man who lived 3,102 years b.c" applies also, name and all, to the great deluge at the time of the first sinking of atlantis. he is the "yudishthira* born on the mountain of the hundred peaks at the extremity of[[footnote(s[[footnote continued from previous page] the idea alone of one who established the most rigorous vegetarianism

the animated beings, endowed with the principles of action, cease their functions, and all feeling (manas) becomes dormant. when they are all absorbed in the supreme soul, this soul of all the beings sleeps in complete repose till the day when it resumes its form, and awakes again from its primitive darkness* as the "satya-yuga" is always the first in the series of the four ages or yugas, so the kali ever comes the last. the kali yuga reigns now supreme in india, and it seems to coincide with that of the western age. anyhow, it is curious to see how prophetic in almost all things was the writer of vishnu purana when foretelling to maitreya some of the dark influences and sins of this kali yug. for after saying that the "barbarians" will be masters of the banks of the indus, of chandrabhag

ure; dishonesty (anyaya) will be the universal means of subsistence, weakness the cause of dependence, menace and presumption will be substituted for learning; liberality will be devotion; mutual assent, marriage; fine clothes, dignity. he who is the strongest will reign; the people, unable to bear the heavy burthen, khara bhara (the load of taxes) will take refuge among the valleys. thus, in the kali age will decay constantly proceed, until[[footnote(s* see jacquolliot's "les fils de dieu; l'inde des brahmes, p. 230* if this is not prophetic, what is[[vol. 1, page] 378 the secret doctrine. the human race approaches its annihilation (pralaya. when the close of the kali age shall be nigh, a portion of that divine being which exists, of its own spiritual nature. shall descend on earth (kalki

tic, what is[[vol. 1, page] 378 the secret doctrine. the human race approaches its annihilation (pralaya. when the close of the kali age shall be nigh, a portion of that divine being which exists, of its own spiritual nature. shall descend on earth (kalki avatar) endowed with the eight superhuman faculties. he will re-establish righteousness on earth, and the minds of those who live at the end of kali yuga shall be awakened and become as pellucid as crystal. the men who are thus changed. shall be the seeds of human beings, and shall give birth to a race who shall follow the laws of the krita age, the age of purity. as it is said 'when the sun and moon and the lunar asterism tishya and the planet jupiter are in one mansion, the krita (or satya) age shall return. two persons, devapi, of the

nd moru, of the family of ikshwaku, continue alive throughout the four ages, residing at kalapa* they will return hither in the beginning of the krita age. moru* the son of sighru through the power of yoga is still living. and will be the restorer of the kshattriya race of the solar dynasty (vayu purana, vol. iii, p. 197. whether right or wrong with regard to the latter prophecy, the blessings of kali yuga are well described, and fit in admirably even with that which one sees and hears in europe and other civilized and christian lands in full xixth, and at the dawn of the xxth century of our great era of enlightenment[[footnote(s* matsya purana gives katapa* max muller translates the name as morya, of the morya dynasty, to which chandragupta belonged (see sanscrit literature. in matsya pur

r instance, the opening sentences in various cosmogonies: in every case it is either a circle, an egg, or a head. darkness is always associated with this first symbol and surrounds it- as shown in the hindu, the egyptian, the chaldeo-hebrew and even the scandinavian systems- hence black ravens, black doves, black waters and even black flames; the seventh tongue of agni, the fire-god being called "kali "the black" as it was a black flickering flame. two black doves flew from egypt and settling on the oaks of dodona, gave their names to the grecian gods. noah lets out a black raven after the deluge, which is a symbol for the cosmic pralaya, after which began the real creation or evolution of our earth and humanity. odin's black ravens fluttered around the goddess saga and "whispered to her o

l day) is celebrated according to the kin-kwang-ming-king("luminous sutra of golden light) in the second month on the nineteenth day, and that of "maitreya buddha" in the first month on the first day, yet the two are one. he will appear as maitreya buddha, the last of the avatars and buddhas, in the seventh race. this belief and expectation are universal throughout the east. only it is not in the kali yug, our present terrifically materialistic age of darkness, the "black age" that a new saviour of humanity can ever appear. the kali yug is[[vol. 1, page] 471 diseased imagination "l'age d'or) only in the mystic writings of some french pseudo-occultists (see "la mission des juifs) hence the ritual in the exoteric worship of this deity was founded on magic. the mantras are all taken from spec

and the high road on which move onward the great european nations. the western aryans had, every nation[[footnote(s* dryden[[vol. 1, page] 645 ancient and modern prophecies. and tribe, like their eastern brethren of the fifth race, their golden and their iron ages, their period of comparative irresponsibility, or the satya age of purity, while now, several of them have reached their iron age, the kali-yuga, an age black with horrors. it is true, on the other hand, that the exoteric cycles of every nation have been correctly made to be derived from, and depend on, sidereal motions. the latter are inseparably blended with the destinies of nations and men. but in their purely physical sense, europe knows of no other cycles than the astronomical, and makes its computations accordingly. nor wil

68 years. the names of the akkadian months were called by, and derived from, the[[vol. 1, page] 650 the secret doctrine. names of the signs of the zodiac, and the akkadians themselves are far earlier than the chaldaeans. mr. proctor shows, in his myths and marvels of astronomy, that the ancient astronomers had acquired a system of the most accurate astronomy 2,400 years b.c; the hindus date their kali yug from a great periodical conjunction of the planets thirty-one centuries b.c; and, withal, it is the greeks belonging to the expedition of alexander the great, who were the instructors of the aryan hindus in astronomy! whether the origin of the zodiac is aryan or egyptian, it is still of an immense antiquity. simplicius (vith cent. a.d) writes that he had always heard that the egyptians ha

edifices imposing by their bulk, now it has reduced them to venerable ruins; and while these vicissitudes alternated with each other, patience accumulated knowledge; and prolonged experience produced wisdom. it is the antiquity of the nations of the east which has erected their scientific fame. if the hindus possessed in 1491 a knowledge of the heavenly motions[[vol. 1, page] 661 the beginning of kali-yug. sufficiently accurate to enable them to calculate backwards for 4,592 years, it follows that they could only have obtained this knowledge from very ancient observations. to grant them such knowledge, while refusing them the observations from which it is derived, is to suppose an impossibility; it would be equivalent to assuming that at the outset of their career they had already reaped t

ld perhaps be sufficient, were it not that this ancient determination becomes of the greatest importance for the verification of the motions of these bodies, and must therefore be borne out by every possible proof of its authenticity. we notice, first, that the hindus seem to have combined two epochs together into the year 3102. the tirvalour brahmins reckon primarily from the first moment of the kali-yug; but they have a second epoch placed 2d. 3h. 32m. 30s. later. the latter is the true astronomical epoch, while the former seems to be a civil era. but if this epoch of the kali-yug had no reality, and was the mere result of a calculation, why should it be thus divided? their calculated astronomical epoch would have become that of the kali-yug, which would have been placed at the conjuncti

guishing between the two; and this reason can only be due to the circumstances and the time of the epoch; which therefore could not be the result of calculation. this is not all; starting from the solar epoch determined by the rising of the sun on february 18th, 3102, and tracing back events 2d. 3h. 32m. 30s, we come to 2h. 27m. 30s. a.m. of february 16th, which is the instant of the beginning of kali-yuga. it is curious that this age has not been made to commence at one of the four great divisions of the day. it might be suspected that the epoch should be midnight, and that the 2h. 27m. 30s. are a meridian correction. but whatever may have been the reason for fixing on this moment, it is plain that were this epoch the result of calculation, it would have been just as easy to carry it back

ridian correction. but whatever may have been the reason for fixing on this moment, it is plain that were this epoch the result of calculation, it would have been just as easy to carry it back to midnight, so as to make the epoch correspond to one of the chief divisions of the day, instead of placing it at a moment fixed by the fraction of a day. 2nd. the hindus assert that at the first moment of kali-yug there was a conjunction of all the planets; and their tables show this conjunction while ours indicate that it might actually have occurred. jupiter and mercury were in exactly the same degree of the ecliptic; mars being 8[[degrees] and saturn 17[[degrees] distant from it. it follows that about this time, or some fourteen days after the commencement of kali-yug, the hindus saw four planet

e node has retrograded in the interval. this observation is, therefore, of the same date as that of the lunar eclipse; thus giving three observations, which are mutually confirmatory. 5th. it appears from the description of the hindu zodiac given by m. c. gentil, that on it the places of the stars named "the eye of taurus" and the "wheat-ear of virgo" can be determined for the commencement of the kali-yug. now, comparing these places with the actual positions, reduced by our precession of the equinoxes to the moment in question, we see that the point of origin of the hindu zodiac must lie between the fifth and sixth degree of libra. the brahmins, therefore, were right in placing it in the sixth degree of that sign, the more so since this small difference may be due to the proper motion of

which is unknown. thus it was yet another observation which guided the hindus in this fairly accurate determination of the first point of their movable zodiac. it does not seem possible to doubt the existence in antiquity of observations of this date. the persians say that four beautiful stars were placed as guardians at the four corners of the world. now it so happens that at the commencement of kali yug, 3000 or 3100 years before our era, the "eye of the bull" and the "heart of the scorpion" were exactly at the equinoctial points, while the "heart of the lion" and the "southern fish" were pretty near the solstitial points. an observation of the rising of the pleiades in the evening, seven days before the autumnal equinox, also belongs to the year 3000 before our era. this and similar obs

des which are ascribed to hermes, but which are calculated on the hindu zodiac. similarly, they discovered that the "wheatear of virgo" forms the commencement of their fifteenth constellation, and the "eye of taurus" the end of the fourth; these stars being the one in 6d. 6h. 40m, the other in 1d. 23h. 20min. of the hindu zodiac. this being so, the eclipse of moon which occurred 14 days after the kali yug epoch, took place at a point between the "wheat ear" of virgo and the star] of the same constellation. these stars are very approximately a constellation apart, the one beginning the fifteenth, the other the sixteenth. thus it would not be difficult to determine the moon's place by measuring her distance from one of these stars; from this they deduced the position of the sun, which is opp

eir average motions, they calculated that the moon was at the first point of the zodiac according to her average longitude at midnight on the 17th-18th february of the year 3,102 before our era, and that the sun occupied the same place six hours later according to his true longitude; an event which fixes the commencement of the hindu year. 7th. the hindus state that 20,400 years before the age of kali yug, the first point of their zodiac coincided with the vernal equinox, and that the sun and moon were in conjunction there. this epoch is obviously fictitious* but we may inquire from what point, from what epoch, the hindus set out in establishing it. taking the hindu values for the revolution of the sun and moon, viz, 365d. 6h. 12m. 30s, and 27d. 7h. 43m. 13s, we have- 20,400 revolutions of

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legs were tied. i knew that he was dead. in that country where a thousand plagues hunt down mankind, it was most urgent that a medical man should certify the cause of death. how lucky that we had with us a distinguished bengali doctor of medicine! there was only one slight hitch in the programme. the moment that i told him that the consul was dead, he turned his donkey and bolted for safety. holy kali, it might be an infectious disease! there was no point in chasing the creature at the moment. the matter could wait our return. we brought the consul to his house and forrest asked me to bring the doctor round. it was necessary to make an official report of the death, and the cause of the death. i went round to the house of the .distinguished bengali doctor of medicine. he was seated before a

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eaning: field, or fence. the intelligence of the house of influence. 1 the limitless light is en soph aur, which is to us as darkness because it transcends our earthly vision. it is the divine darkness concerning which so much is said in all mystical literature. it was, for the egyptians, indicated by their declaration "osiris is a black god" it is also the terrible darkness of the hindu goddess, kali. 2 khattawath, ch t a th, a hebrew noun meaning both "sin" and "punishment, corresponds to the letter-name cheth, ch i th, because both add up to 418. the derivation of ch t a th is from a verb meaning" to miss the target [87] meditation on teth* i my secret wisdom is hid in number, and in the sign of the tally is concealed the building of the whole creation. number veileth the power of the e

CASSANDRA EASON A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

the four watchtowers at the four compass points as you cast your circle (the archangels represent the celestial beings that feature in the cosmologies of the three main religions of the western world -christianity, judaism and islam. for more information, see pages 200 and 236. alternatively, you may wish to call upon powerful goddess forms: isis, ishtar, cerridwen, innana, shakti, yoruba, danu, kali and aine, protect, empower and inspire this magical endeavour. you can embellish the casting ceremony as much as you like, perhaps drawing pentagrams in the air at the four main compass points, and combining this with lighting the four elemental candles. some practitioners like to cast a circle and then welcome other members of the group to enter, sealing the circle with a diagonal up-and-dow

nly rarely and with the purest intent under the law of threefold return. the exception is bellona, who is a benevolent and effective focus for female power and courage. bellona bellona is the roman goddess of war, the female counterpart of mars whose chariot she drove into battle. she is especially good for women's assertiveness and self-confidence rituals. she carries a sword and wears a helmet. kali kali, the dark side of the hindu mother goddess, came into being when shiva, the husband of the mother goddess shakti, taunted her for her dark skin. in fury she carried out rituals until her skin became golden inside. shakti then shed her black outer skin like a snake and it formed the avenging destroying persona of kali. kali is depicted with her four arms holding weapons and the heads of h

then shed her black outer skin like a snake and it formed the avenging destroying persona of kali. kali is depicted with her four arms holding weapons and the heads of her victims, her tongue lolling out, and covered in blood, signifying her power over life and death. she is often pictured dancing on shiva whose body she trampled on, destroyed and then danced on once more to restore him to life. kali is invoked to remove fear and, it is said, to bring bliss to her devotees, and so she brings protection and regeneration after sorrow. persephone persephone is the greek maiden goddess of transformation, daughter of demeter and goddess of spring and flowers. she was abducted by hades, god of the underworld, and became queen of the underworld for the winter months, returning to the earth as th

s male divine power, and her life-giving force animates other gods in difficult tasks. although there are several other hindu female goddesses, they all form aspects of shakti and often their identities merge. one of shakti's forms is as parvati, the gentle mother. shakti is potent for all rituals of women's power, especially when they must take the initiative, and she is easier to work with than kali. triple goddesses the triple goddesses are for lunar magic and moving from one stage to another in the life cycle. brighid brighid, the celtic triple goddess, is patroness of smiths, poets and healers and has the longest enduring cult in ireland, which merged into that of the christian st bridget of kildare. her name means 'high one' and she is sometimes seen as three sisters, daughters of th

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n trinity is also regarded as feminine in hebrew and the early christian church considered it to be so. the very name bible comes from byblos, home of a shrine to an earlier version of mary known as astarte. this shrine dates to neolithic times and astarte was believed to be the "true sovereign of the world. she is worshipped elsewhere as mother mary, hathor, demeter, aphrodite, and, in india, as kali. another location associated with the start of christianity is ephesus in south-west turkey. the mythical "st paul" was said to have written a letter to the ephesians, and greek myth says that the amazons founded the city. ephesus just happens to have been the headquarters of worship to the goddess artemis/diana- a goddess of the amazons. i visited ephesus in the summer of 2000 and on a hill

ramis. the red rose was symbolic of female sexuality and the white rose or lily is the virgin goddess. christians associated mary with both the rose and the lily and they called her the "holy rose. this is the same title given to the indian great mother. the rosary used so widely in the roman catholic mother-son cult was copied from the "rosary of the mantras" worn by the indian destroyer-goddess kali ma. arabs called their rosaries wadija or "rose garden" and the latin version of this, rosarium, described the early rosaries in mother mary worship. in satanism, one of the main codenames for babies bred for sacrifice is rose-mary's baby. this was the name of a film by roman polanski, the husband of the actress sharon tate who was murdered with her unborn child by the satanic "family" of cha

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the aryans from the caucasus mountains, oneof the centres for extraterrestrials/inner terrestrials and their offspring. it is thereforepredictable that the v edas contain the same instructions for sacrifice to the gods. thev edas, written about 1,400 bc, list the names of the gods and the victim most suitablefor each one. in the modern world, annual victims have been offered to the mothergoddess kali, the wife of the god, shiva, and she was always believed to live off humanflesh. a male child was offered every friday evening at the temple of shiva at tanjoruntil the practice was stopped (officially) in the mid-nineteeth century. the thugs, one ofthe ancient secret societies in the brotherhood network, murdered their victims accordingto elaborate rituals dedicated to kali, who is depicted

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erpent of chaos, tiamat, mother of the gods and the abominations of chaos. most of the names for the devil are titles of honor addressed to her. the devil is thought of as masculine in form because centuries of christian dogma converted the dark goddess/female serpent into a dark god/masculine dragon. while most of the names for the devil are simply titles, some are actual names such as astaroth, kali, and lillith. in studying the names for the devil you will find that most can be traced to ancient goddesses who represented various aspects of tiamat, either as goddess of the earth, goddess of fertility and pleasure, or goddess of death. astaroth is a form of ishtar, the babylonian goddess of pleasure who descends into the underworld to conquer her sister ereshkigal, the goddess of death. i

gle between the worlds. the third sphere shiva, i invoke thee. shiva, i summon thee. shiva, i conjure thee. come forth, shiva, and manifest thyself within this body, this temple which i have prepared. come forth, shiva, and manifest thyself. come forth, shiva, and manifest thyself (drink from chalice, then say) i have crossed the third sphere, the third angle between the worlds. the fourth sphere kali, i invoke thee. kali, i summon thee. kali, i conjure thee. come forth, kali, and manifest thyself within this body, this temple which i have prepared. come forth, kali, and manifest thyself. come forth, kali, and manifest thyself (drink from chalice, then say) i have crossed the fourth sphere, the fourth angle between the worlds. the fifth sphere ahrimon, i invoke thee. ahrimon, i summon thee

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t indicate a dynamic force, as might be expected where chokmah is concerned; because chokmah, being one of the supernals, its force is positive upon the subtle planes, and consequently negative upon the planes of form. the negative aspect of a dynamic force is represented by equilibrium, polarity. the negative aspect of a negative potency is represented by destruction, as is shown in the glyph of kali, the terrible wife of siva, girdled with skulls and dancing upon the body of her husband. 42. this concept gives us a key to another of the many problems of the tree-the relative polarity of the sephiroth. as has previously been explained, each sephirah is negative in its relation with those above it, from which it receives the influx of the emanations, and positive in relation to those benea

55. the three of swords, however, is called sorrow, and its symbol in the tarot pack is a heart pierced by three swords. out readers will recall the reference to the sword-pierced heart of the virgin mary in catholic symbolism, and mary equates with marab, bitter, the sea. ave, maria, stella maris! 56. swords are, of course, geburah cards, and as such represent the destructive aspect of binah as kali, the wife of siva, the hindu goddess of destruction. 57. pentacles are cards of earth, and as such are congemal to binah, form. the three of pentacles, therefore, is lord of material works, or activity on the plane of form. 58. it will be observed that, just as the planets have their influence reinforced when they are in those signs of the zodiac which are called their own houses, so the taro

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ial magic if the problem of psychic self-defence is to be adequately dealt with, we must have an understanding of a subject upon which very little has been written- the nature of the forces of intelligent and organised evil. the great faiths of the ancient world all had their evil gods as well as their beneficent deities, and they did not call these evil gods devils. in hinduism we have shiva and kali; in the egyptian system we have set and besz and typhon; in the grecian pantheon there are pluto and hecate. all the other faiths, also, have their angelic choirs, their archons, or builders, and all the hierarchy of heaven. protestant christianity alone has forgotten its angiology, the creator has to be both architect of the universe and bricklayer, forming man from the dust of the ground wi

ear up behind the advancing tide of evolution, removing that which has become effete so that it may not choke and clog evolving life. we now find the answer to the eternal riddle as to why god tolerates the devil. the devil is the cosmic thrust-block and scavenger of the gods. it is this aspect of evil which is given a more detailed symbolism in the pantheons of other faiths, having its shiva and kali, or its pluto and hecate aspects. we can now see why these resistive and destructive forces are classed as gods and not as demons, for they are reactions according to cosmic law, not anarchical and chaotic forces. we now come to the consideration of positive evil. this again has a "negative's and "positive's aspect. its "negative's aspect is pure chaos, unformed substance and unco-ordinated f

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hough many have pointed out that similar visitations have been recorded widely within non-catholic christianity and among most or all of the world s religions and peoples. it is natural that sincere devotees envision a divine figure in the form familiar through the iconography of their own religion. the nineteenth-century hindu mystic sri ramakrishna frequently had ecstatic visions of the goddess kali. while the unreligious might dismiss such visions as religious hysteria, contemporary psychology has rescued them from the realms of the abnormal and mapped their ecstatic nature along with other transpersonal psychological states, and religious scholars have noted the predominantly meaningful messages they deliver. one might also group such visitations with phenomena like the appearance of f

aborated with b. k. kanthamani. rao subsequently became president of the parapsychological association for 1965 and 1978, and was later director of the institute for parapsychology, durham, north carolina. in north india, dr. sampurananand first became interested in parapsychology when education minister, and later initiated study of the paranormal at the university of lucknow in conjunction with kali prasad, head of the department of philosophy and psychology. when sampurananand was appointed governor of rajasthan, he helped to establish a department of parapsychology at the rajasthan university at jaipur, although this was subsequently closed. since then, however, there has been interest in the subject for postgraduate degrees in lucknow and agra universities. in 1962.63, the bureau of p

ely on psychology and has a continuing interest in parapsychology. sources: kale, shrikrishna vasudeo. parapsychology and science. indian journal of parapsychology 1, no. 2 (1959. parapsychology and science. indian journal of parapsychology 2, no. 1 (1961. pleasants, helene, ed. biographical dictionary of parapsychology. new york: helix press, 1964. kale thaungto a town of wizards in lower burma. kali yuga the iron age of hindu mythology. hindu mythology posits four ages of the world: the krita yuga (golden age of truth, lasting 4,800 years of the gods; the treta yuga (silver age, 3,600 years of the gods; the dwapara yuga, 2,400 years of the gods; and the kali yuga (iron or evil age, 1,200 years of the gods. since a year of the gods equals 360 years of men, the extent of kali yuga is said

four ages of the world: the krita yuga (golden age of truth, lasting 4,800 years of the gods; the treta yuga (silver age, 3,600 years of the gods; the dwapara yuga, 2,400 years of the gods; and the kali yuga (iron or evil age, 1,200 years of the gods. since a year of the gods equals 360 years of men, the extent of kali yuga is said to be 432,000 years; it would have begun in 540 b.c.e. during the kali yuga righteousness has diminished by three-quarters, and the age is one of devolution, culminating in the destruction of the world prior to a new creation and another krita yuga in an endless cycle of time. kammerdiener, franklin leslie, jr (1932) director of the parapsychology laboratory at wayland baptist college, plainview, texas. kammerdiener was born on september 1, 1932, in oklahoma cit

ional super- woodstock of the spiritual life. kundalini according to ancient hindu religious teachings and yoga science, a latent force in the human organism responsible for sexual activity and (in a sublimated form) higher consciousness. in hindu mythology kundalini.from the root word kundala meaning coiled.is personified as a goddess, sometimes with the aspect of durga (a creator) and sometimes kali (the destroyer) or bhujangi (the serpent. kundalini is often described as a serpent that sleeps at the base of the spine and, when aroused, darts upward, bringing enlightenment or pain. according to classical literature, signs of awakened kundalini are grouped into three categories: vocal, physical and mental signs. kundalini is also believed to be connected with certain psychic powers, known

the 1970s as an independent organization. lakshmi is the hindu goddess of fortune and the consort of vishnu. in the early 1980s lenz announced to a gathering of his students that eternity had given him the new name rama. accordingly, in 1985 lakshmi was superseded by a new organization, rama seminars. as rama, lenz teaches that humanity is approaching the end of a cycle. the present period is the kali yuga, the dark age of devolution. at the end of each cycle or age, the god vishnu is due to become incarnated. while rama (lenz) does not claim to be the same conscious entity as the historic rama (the hero of the religious epic ramayana and a previous incarnation of vishnu, lenz does claim to be the embodiment of the particular octave of celestial light which was once before incarnated as th

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n higher consciousness or transcendental states. many writers have noted the similarity of teachings on prana and other teachings concerning subtle energies such as od or orgone. sources: kuvalayananda, swami. pranayama. bombay, india: popular prakashan, 1966. prasad, rama. the science of breath and the philosophy of the tattvas. 3rd ed, rev. london: theosophical publishing society, 1897. prasad, kali (1901) indian professor of psychology who investigated parapsychology. prasad was born in 1901, in sitapur, india, and studied at allahabad university (ph.d. he was professor and head of the department of philosophy and psychology of lucknow university beginning in 1944. he was the fulbright visiting professor at the massachusetts institute of technology (1954.56. prasad was author of the boo

rt on india (1952, and was also included in the book, in the minds of men (1953) by gardner murphy. prasad was interested in telepathy and psychokinesis and was involved in various research projects funded by the parapsychology foundation. these projects concerned experiments in extrasensory perception (esp) and the influence of interper- encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. prasad, kali 1233 sonal relations between subject and experimenter on esp results. sources: pleasants, helene, ed. biographical dictionary of parapsychology. new york: helix press, 1964. pratt, j(oseph) g(aither (1910.1979) parapsychologist and chief assistant to j. b. rhine at duke university. pratt was born on august 31, 1910, at winston- salem, north carolina. he entered duke university during the 1920

mystic of the nineteenth-century hindu renaissance. he was born february 18, 1836, in a village in bengal, after the divine hero sri rama had appeared in a vision to an old brahmin named khudiram, saying that he would be reborn as his son. in due encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. ramakrishna, sri 1277 course, the boy was born and named gadadhar. he grew up to worship the goddess kali, the great mother, and even when he was obliged to marry, he directed his veneration toward his bride, identifying her with kali. at the age of eighteen, gadadhar was taken to calcutta by his brother ramkumar, whom he assisted as a teacher. he settled in a temple at dakshineswar, where he became known as ramakrishna, and after a period of intense spiritual discipline had ecstatic visions and

1957. pradhan, rao bahadur m. w. shri sai baba of shirdi: a glimpse of indian spirituality. bandra, india: r. a. turkhud, n.d. saintes maries de la mer a small village in the camargue, france, on the shores of the mediterranean, where every year, about the 24th and 25th of may, gypsies congregate to celebrate the feast day of their patron saint sara. sara, seemingly a survival of the indian deity kali, has been tied to christian folklore in a story of the three marys of the christian new testament traveling to france. upon their arrival they were met and assisted by sara. like kali, sara is pictured with black skin. the gypsies gather to keep a vigil before the statue that has been set up in the basement of the church. sources: clebert, jean-paul. the gypsies. hammondsworth, uk: penguin bo

. sara, st. a patron saint of gypsies, especially in france and western europe. according to gypsy lore, she was a maid to marie jacobe and marie salome, two sisters of the holy virgin. the three maries (the biblical marys) are thought to have come to france after the resurrection of jesus, where sara met and served them. in fact, she seems to be an adaptation to christian folklore of the goddess kali, brought by the gypsies from india. st. sara is a local saint at les saintes maries de la mer in the camargue, france. sources: clebert, jean-paul. the gypsies. hammondsworth, uk: penguin books, 1967. sarcognomy a term coined by j. rhodes buchanan, pioneer writer on psychometry, to denote a therapeutic science of the relationship between body and brain. he advanced the ideas that the whole bo

ic wisdom, covering topics such as creation and destruction of the universe, worship of the gods, spiritual disciplines, rituals, occult powers, and meditations. the tantras also discuss the subtle anatomy of the body including the chakras (spiritual centers) and the connection paths between them through which the kundalini energy travels. the tantras are also supposed to be specially relevant to kali yuga (the present age of devolution. as vast and varied as the scriptures appear, however, they all have one characteristic in common: an integrative approach to sadhana, with the objective of making the best use of all available resources within and without. tantra can be considered the holistic approach to spiritual practice. in opposition to traditional judeo-christian and aesthetic easter

FELDMAN DANIEL QABALAH THE MYSTICAL HERITAGE OF THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

name and form emanate, manifest, and dissolve. in the qabalah, the lord hvhy is the immense i-ness that knows itself as pure being in the unmanifest supernal realm, and pervades everything from elohim down to the lowest creature in the lower worlds of manifestation. this supreme, unifying i-ness is worshipped in christianity as christos, in islam as allah, and in the tantras as the divine mother kali. it is worshipped in hinduism as ishvara, in tibetan buddhism as vajradhara or avalokiteshvara, in taoism as the divine mother kwan yin, and in the polynesian kahuna tradition as the goddess pele.9 an individual with this level of awareness directly perceives the innate identity of themselves and all beings with that one indwelling spirit. the perspective of unqualified non-dualism in the qab

ere centuries old. the tantric tradition is one of the most poorly understood and misrepresented of the world s mystical traditions. the written books of the tantras (called tantra shastra, such as the mahanirvana tantra and the satchakracidrupini, are distinct from the vedic/upanishadic literature of the sanatana dharma.37 many of the primary names of the divine in the tantras, such as shiva and kali, are also found in the hebrew torah. the map of the sefiroth (lit. spheres) in the tree of life (etz ha-chayyim) and the map of the chakras (lit. wheels) of the tantras have much in common. the kundalini spoken of in the tantras and the shekhinah of the qabalah appear to have the same function. the kundalini is described as a coiled snake asleep at the base of the chakric tree. on page 12 of

are much more abstract diagrams, representing the sefiroth as sets of solid and broken lines. the polynesian kahunas, whose scriptures take the form of sacred hulas recorded on boards in rongo rongo writing, do not have a diagram for their tree, but represent the sefiroth by the different hi iakas of the goddess pele.1 the hi iakas are the same as the dakinis, the female emanations of the goddess kali in the north indian and tibetan tantra, the absorption and synthesis of many eastern mystical ideas into a myriad of new age therapies, holistic psychology, and tantric sexual ecstasy for the masses has made the chakra system the most salient map of consciousness in western culture. the chakric tree that comes from the north indian tantric tradition (see figure 1.3 on page 48) is most similar

e xgod-without-name-and-form. in other traditions, vast face meditation is practiced among the shaivites and advaita vedantins in india, the theravada, tendai, shingon, tibetan, ch an, and zen buddhists, and the wu wei (non- action) taoists.17 the shaivites envision the pure consciousness of vast face as shiva, and the energy of that consciousness as% e2 2 e" 2' 8: h f e 2 his consort the goddess kali. the vedantic philosophy of advaita (non-duality) regards all name and form as illusory, and that brahman (i.e. the ayn) alone exists. theravada, hinayana, tendai, shingon, tibetan, ch an, and zen buddhists perform variations of vast face meditation practices taught by gautama buddha (regarded as the eighth incarnation of vishnu by hindus) and other bodhisattvas (souls who reach enlightenment

established will have a particular bhava, or devotional mood, toward small face. it may be that of servant to the lord as divine master or king/queen, child to the lord as divine parent, parent to the lord as divine child, or lover to the lord as the divine beloved. the play of the holy spirit in the awakened soul is, indeed, a wondrous mystery. for the vast majority of people in this dark age of kali, samadhi experiences will initiate in the dream state in yetzirah. this dream state samadhi is called shushupta samadhi in sanskrit. individuals who have such experiences open in the waking state are rare in these latter days. hence, it is% e2 2 e" 2' 8: h 2" also quite rare to find individuals who sustain bhava samadhis in their waking states. having become firmly established in small face

face is alluded to as a blackhaired and bearded male youth. vast face, often called atiqa (hidden one) in qabalistic texts, is distinguished by the contrary image of the white-haired and bearded ancient of days. qabalah also alludes to small face as shekhinah, holy queen and divine mother, and to vast face as the ancient mother. in the tantra, small face is alluded to as the black-bodied goddess kali, who is seen emerging from the chest of vast face xthe inert, ashenwhite form of shiva. their union underscores the fact that the difference between the two faces is only distinguished by human thought. the tantra also has small face images of shiva as rudra, and female images of vast face such as mahakali. these variations reinforce the flexibility within mystical worldviews to present aspir

a jealous flame is pele s back, wherein the goddess pele is the active small face and her back is vast face. in the kahuna tradition, vast face is further represented by pele s husband kamapu aa (literally pig love. the word for unity in rongo rongo is eka, which is identical to that word in sanskrit. there are a number of other traditions where the primary form of small face is female i.e. devi, kali, qwan yin, isis. 9 idra rabba 55. 10 sifra detzniyutha 2. 11 sifra detzniyutha 3 i.e. four remain concealed in the skull of the hidden brain. 12 idra rabba 74. 13 idra zuta 63. 14 nikhilananda, swami, gospel of sri ramakrishna, ramakrishna-vivekananda center, new york, 1973. 15 ezekiel 1:26. 16 see sufi kundalini, pir vilayat khan, the message, may, 1978. 17 sefer yetzirah 1:5. 18 literally r

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 name of small face in the tantric tradition; a form of the goddess. karma (sanskrit: law of cause and effect, synonymous with hebrew word mazal. kav (hebrew: line of light: synonym for the central column in the lurianic description of the emanation of the tree in the etz hachayyim. kavanah (hebrew: intention: focused intention within the context of spiritual p

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k) as it seems to fluctuate between the "hand of eris" and [2, i do not see any relation with the first sigil yet. sekhet the fierce lion headed goddess of the south. her ferocious qualities typify sexual heat and the fire of fermented drink (counterpart bast, sekhet is solar. from sekhet derives the indian word shakti, meaning power. special reference to the fire snake (creative power. 76-15=61 (kali-first divider) 15 is the first digital sum of 393. today is 11/10/98. my birthday (tuesday sacred to kali) i'm 24 years old (i feel like i am 90. i got another tattoo today, on my left shoulder blade. an eye surrounded by a flaming sun (a 'symbol' of kia/ chaos& self. i channeled all the pain while getting it into a prayer to amorphous kia and hga. i may develop this in the future as another

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-called children ofhorus,asungod.thesewereguardedbyfourgoddesses, isis,nephthys,neithandserquet.thenumberfourisprominentin several formsofchron255 ology, for example,thehindoos,who allotted vast ages to human history, toldofakritayuga of joyandspiritual innocence;ofatretayuga which possessed sonsofgod,giants as well as men:ofadwaparayuga, an ageofdoubtandof mixed purityandsin; and afourthage, the kali yuga,ourpresentage of suffering, darknessandmisery: in this age, although long ago,krishnacame to savemankindfrom absolute evil.thehindooshave always reveredthefourvedas-therig, yajur, samaandatharva vedas; the firstofthese is by some authorities consideredtheoldest religiousworkin existence. these poemsandprayers inform us ofthereligious notions of the aryan racesandvoicetheirappeal tothegod

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y little bit further on.firstweget the fish. andatthetime of christ the sun passed outofthe constellation of aries at the vernal equinox, andintotheconstellation of pisces. and then we have the glyph ofthewe have thevescicapisces, we have the mitre.as the bishop'sthe esoteric teachingonthezodiac 187symbol-wehave endless glyphs. and there we pick up again the reminiscence of the last period of the kali yuga- the previous pisces' month,if!may use the expression- when the worshipofdagon first beganin phoenicia, or somewhere about there. probably it may not have been in phoenicia; it may have been in atlantis. the atlanteans were growing old at that time, but they were in existence still. dagon was worshipped in palestine and phoenicia when thesunwasstill in the signoftaurus. therefore it must

e 225 sown,w-hichis to produce that evil fruit two thousandfive,hundred years or so hence. then lookatprophecy-the prophecies that we have. take the book of revelation, and there we find-the sorceries and witchcraft and evil things, especiallythe evil of material and sensual sorcery, which istocome after the present age. then take the hindu prophecy. we ate near the end of the first period of the kali yug- the blackage-black with horrors and terrors; the first five thousand years black with materiality. and hasnotthat been so? compare out civilisations now with the188 the sorcererand his apprentice civilisationsoffive thousand years ago- about the time when nineveh wasinits glory, and when egypt was rising into its material glory.thecivilisations were magnificentthen- as great as they are

irartmusthave been as great as ours, if not greater. but theyhadspirituality, where we have not. and since that time the whole course of the world has been the gradual increase of materialisminevery civilisationthathas been born, grownup,andperished ontheface of the earth.thatwas prophesied long ago in the oldhinduand chinese records. and now we are entering upon a second five thousand yearsofthe kali yug, which will be,ifthatprophecy be right, spiritual degradation, black magic and sorcery, and every kind of abomination of that nature. we are emerging from materialism now, and the evil potencies of this planet are getting into something worse- spiritual insteadofmaterial degradation. so it looks at any rate, and so say the propheciesbothof east and west. and in the same way you can go on

. so it looks at any rate, and so say the propheciesbothof east and west. and in the same way you can go on- you can traceoutthe plagues in the sign sagittarius, the plagues shot by the arrowsofthesun,the arrows of apollo, whichhomerspeaks of.thoughputdown by chroniclers to destruction oftroy,anda thousand years before christ or so, undoubtedlythatlegend belongs to the last sagittariusmonthin the kali yug, and that sagittariusmonthis coming again some five thousand years hence, when the second five thousand yearsofthe kali yug come to an end.thatis prophesied also in thehinduand chinese records, and similarly in revelation. you getthenthe reign of the devil upon earth in the timeofscorpio, the converse of the sign of virgo. and i ask youtonotice the similarity of the two signs- only onemar

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while within gnosticism the omega day ends the cycle and a new heaven and new earth begins. the vedic system outlines this cycle in far more detail, the whole of creation is governed by a series of cyclic processes, these range from the days and nights of brahma (the creative force) to the yugas or epochs. the sanskrit names for the four ages are krita or satya yuga, treta yuga, dvapara yuga and kali yuga. the krita or satya yuga is the golden age, the age of spirit and it is from here that things get successively worse until the kali age, which ends in an apocalypse of water and fire. each age in succession is shorter than its predecessor, is more intense, and more material. the kali age is the shortest, most materialistic and intensely destructive. it is this age we are in now. the kali

ater and fire. each age in succession is shorter than its predecessor, is more intense, and more material. the kali age is the shortest, most materialistic and intensely destructive. it is this age we are in now. the kali yuga, or iron age is sometimes described as the age of the wolf, due to its ferocity and violence. there are many different dating systems, but according to the mahabharata, the kali yuga started on the midnight of 17th and 18th february, 3102 bce and represents the final stage of the cycle. it is interesting that this date coincides with the start of the 5th sun period of the mayans, which they believe climaxes in 2012 "all kings occupying the earth in the kali age will be wanting in tranquility, strong in anger, taking pleasure at all times in lying and dishonesty, infl

soon falling. they will be short-lived, ambitious, of little virtue, and greedy. people will follow the customs of others and be adulterated with them; peculiar, undisciplined barbarians will be vigorously supported by rulers. because they go on living with perversion, they will be ruined. chapter five: the gnostic concept of time the gnostic handbook page 55 "and dharma becomes very weak in the kali age, and people commit sin in mind, speech, and actions. quarrels, plague, fatal diseases, famines, drought, and calamities appear. testimonies and proofs have no certainty. there is no criterion left when the kali age settles down. people become poorer in vigour and lustre. they are wicked, full of anger, sinful, false, and avaricious. bad ambitions, bad education, bad dealings, and bad earn

f anger, sinful, false, and avaricious. bad ambitions, bad education, bad dealings, and bad earnings excite fear. the whole batch becomes greedy and untruthful. many sudras will become kings, and many heretics will be seen "there will arise various sects; sannyasins wearing clothes colored red. many profess to have supreme knowledge because, thereby, they will easily earn their livelihood. in the kali age, there will be many false religionists. india will become desolate by repeated calamities, short lives, and various diseases. everyone will be miserable owing to the dominance of vice and tamoguna; people will freely commit abortion "earth will be valued only for her mineral treasures. money alone will confer nobility. power will be the sole definition of virtue. pleasure will be the only

many severe faults will rule over all the classes on earth. oppressed by their excessively greedy rulers, people will hide in valleys between mountains, here they will gather honey, vegetables, roots, fruits, birds, flowers and so forth. suffering from cold, wind, heat and rain, they will put on clothes made of tree bark and leaves. and no one will live as long as twenty-three years. thus in the kali age humankind will be utterly destroyed" the hindu purana the four ages correlate remarkably well with the image described in the old testament book of daniel. central to daniel chapter two is the description of an unusual figure, a figure that is used to express a prophetic outline of history. the interesting thing is that inherent with this figure is a pattern and design which is far older

ised of gold, silver, bronze and iron (with clay feet) and partakes of the oldest division of history. while this division also has a localized and prophetic meaning which focuses on the gnostic handbook page 56 gold silver copper iron into matter back into spirit the many the few spirit matter flow of mass consciousness, degenerates through the spiritual consciousness, develops from yuga to yuga kali yuga, when technology and matter seems at its greatest, it is actually at the lowest ebb and the few who find wisdom will achieve the most of all. the yuga cycle the gnostic handbook page 57 the interplay between various major kingdoms from the 6th century bce onwards, its primary focus covers immense periods of time and sets the stage onto which humanity plays its part. these four ages are a

terplay between various major kingdoms from the 6th century bce onwards, its primary focus covers immense periods of time and sets the stage onto which humanity plays its part. these four ages are also found in the greek historical tradition as the ages of gold, silver, bronze and iron. however what is especially interested in the greek in a trans- temporal age which exists between the copper and kali yuga. while this age the age of heroes, is not seen as existing "in time, it exists as the path of transfiguration (the solar tradition) during the kali yuga. so while the age may be dark, there is wisdom for those who seek. while the vedic, indo-european, biblical and greek traditions may be primarily of a traditional religious nature, the concept of decline is also found within the work of

(the satya yuga, this emphasises the dual nature of the planetary daemon, tester, destroyer and guardian of the the gnostic handbook page 60 garden of eden. the key philosophical emphasis within guenon s historical analysis is on the duality of quantity and quality, quality being the character of the golden age (and indeed the principle of gold see our discussions of this later) and quantity, the kali yuga attribute. whether it be the decay of the nature of currency, or the clash between craftsmanship and the rule of the machine, this cycle of decay can be seen within the class between quantity and quality. indeed, many modern criticisms of technology such as those of neil postman have a strong guenonian ring. evola and "the revolt against the modern world" julius evola was the most notabl

s insightful vision. evola was not afraid of offending peoples foibles or attacking their sacred cows. he attempted to unite politics, occultism, religion and traditionalism into a "world shattering" vision and he had remarkable success. the gnostic handbook page 61 for evola, history was a series of cycles that are degenerative rather than evolutionary, we are then in the darkest age of all (the kali yuga, rather than entering an age of light, love and peace. our modern way of thinking is (according to evola) a wasteland, it is the final stage in the decay of truth, rather than its pinnacle. history from this perspective is a series of "steps down-ward" whereby new religious and esoteric systems are fragments of the truth rather than being new innovations or developments. evola s magnum o

e against the feminine values and patriarchal civilisations were formed. while these civilisations were of great historical importance, to achieve their balance they suppressed the lunar or silver cultures and hence existed as a reaction rather than as a creative expression. this being so, it only took so long before the clashes between the two forces dragged man into the current age, that of the kali yuga. now lunar and dionysian, feminine and masculine, sky and earth are in conflict and battle and will continue so until the age ends in bloodshed. evola decried the decadent nature of the modern world and its social and political isms and ologies and demanded a return to old world values, which he felt were epitomised by the teutonic knights, knights who could act as spiritual warriors wag

. with time and changes in both state and religion, the teachings were held under oath by secret orders and brotherhoods. even within the hermetic order of the golden dawn we can find elements of the mediation rite within its equinox rituals, however, the emphasis has changed to emanating the forces only for those linked to the order and hence joined to its group mind. as we head further into the kali yuga it is the individuals task to use and transform the heavenly energies within him or herself. it is important to realize that energies the zodiac like those of the planets are ambivalent, they receive and relay forces of both positive and negative nattier. in a more medieval context, they are said to possess both spirits and intelligences. the gnostic tradition has always been unsure of a

difficult for them to reject the reproductive urges programmed in their cellular structure than for a homosexual. at the same time the path of the serpent is non-discriminatory, reproduction and reproductive values are the issue, not sexual preference. the aim therefore, for those on the terrestrial path is to control the influence of the dialectic field. if reproduction is necessary, and in the kali yuga we do have some doubts about it, then we should apply health rules to ensure the best possible bodies for the incarnation of future souls. the aim, however, of the celestial path and the qadesh is obviously very different. the bridal chamber the aim of those on the celestial path is to achieve liberation in the body, accordingly the energy fields of the organism must be transformed to a

s training texts (such as this one) issued through the institute for gnostic studies who has an interest in the churches on going work. full membership (initiate. this is available to those who have completed church training courses and have been initiated but do not wish to apply for ordination. the gnostic handbook page 122 due to recent changes in the flow of the ages (the acceleration of the kali age, our present position is that only those who agree to forgo reproduction can become full members of the church. those already with children can join as long as they agree to not have any further children. those who already have families are eligible to join as full members (general or initiate) but cannot enter the priesthood without special permission from the council. the priesthood can

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re the traditional evolutionary or technological model of history with the yuga system of the early veda s the early vedic system divided history into four ages or yugas. the system itself is in some sense gnostic, as it positions the most cultivated age of man as the first, and the most brutal as the last. the sanskrit names for the four ages are krita or satya yuga, treta yuga, dvapara yuga and kali yuga. these can also be correlated to the greek tradition of dividing history into ages of gold, silver, bronze and iron. the krita yuga is the golden age, the age of spirit and from there onwards things get successively worse until the kali age, which ends in an apocalypse of water and fire. the evolutionary or technological worldview sees human life from a materialistic angle. life has evol

her consciously or unconsciously. as man pollutes and destroys the environment both physically and mentally, he influences the nature of the earth grid, which in turn, influences the energies received. in turn, man is influenced by the earth grid and man s ability to receive and utilise the solar currents is conditioned. this symbiotic cycle continues as man and earth influence each other. as the kali yuga accelerates, the fallen systems tend towards destructiveness and both earth and man receive more and more negative energy. in turn, this negativity influences the system as a whole exponentially. the net result is a steady decline towards the omega day. the inter-dimensional nature of man the refraction model can also be applied to the nature of man, and helps us understand the reality w

can radically influence both the energies received and the resulting state of being on all levels. as mankind lurches towards the end of the cycle, then the energies radiated into each individual become more and more contaminated and a greater effort is required to extract the light from the mixture. this in some sense is the individual nature of the cosmic battle. the task for the gnostic in the kali yuga is to extract the light from the energies received and to sustain the purity of the human matrix, this is no easy task. when we begin to discuss the bodies or dimensions of man it becomes imperative that we really understand what man really is. in the early hebrew esoteric traditions on which the bible is based, man is a complex being. he is composed of multiple bodies or levels, each of

e darkest age, fissures will appear in the barrier between the physical world and the lower astral planes, and there will be an intrusion of the malefic inhabitants of this inferior subtle domain. this process of degeneration is codified in the early vedic system by dividing history into four ages or yugas. the sanskrit names for the four ages are krita or satya yuga, treta yuga, dvapara yuga and kali yuga. these can also be correlated to the greek historical tradition as the ages of gold, silver, bronze and iron. the krita yuga is the golden age, the age of spirit and from there things get successively worse until the kali age, which ends in an apocalypse of water and fire. each age in succession is shorter than it predecessor, is more intense, and more material. the kali age is the short

oteric speculation! the cycles of the yugas as they apply to the ages of earth (exoteric and esoteric) are important, for they show the state of the earth and its various lifestreams. the yugas show man s degeneration, since they are from the viewpoint of all of humanity. the four yugas show the fall from the golden age, through to the most destructive age; that of iron- this is also known as the kali yuga or age of the wolf. the great year at the same time as the yugas are unfolding and man heads for destruction, the treasury of light is working to offer man the gnosis. a good analogy here would be someone drowning at the sea-side, as he is sinking deeper and deeper into the water, inching closer and closer to death, the lifeguard is struggling harder and harder to save him. as the yugas

be divided into 4 nexus dates and three periods of sixty years each. the present heraldic cycle, equinox of the gods or remnant age represents the expansion and development of the mysteries, and a final opportunity for transformation and return to the kingdom of light. further gnosis is revealed and perfected, and the message of the gnosis is heralded as we head into aquarius and the nexus of the kali yuga. the start of this age is usually dated between 1844 and 1910, we believe 1844 to be the accurate starting point. this is a complex period which, nearing the end of the cycle, involves massive conflicts between the powers of light and darkness. it is also the period when the apostate (false) faiths of judaism and christianity (and other counter gnostic traditions) have taken hold of the

nce to return home. the ages represent the radiations of solar force which are working to liberate man, each age changes the nature of the x and y factors which can be received and utilised. if used in conjunction with transfiguration, transcendence is experienced, and yet, if used with ignorance, they feed the power of the demignostic theurgy page 188 urge.in the present age, that of the wolf or kali, the gnosis is at its most refined and i am afraid; most ignored. the heraldic period which began in 1844 is now in full force. the force of the wolf is ravishing mankind, and only a few are turning to the gnosis. the institute for gnostic studies is witness to the importance of the path of transfiguration in this dark day. x the yugas, precession of the equinoxes and the heraldic ages are a

behind what they wrote and said, and ignore the great variance in symbolism, we can deduce a similar core vision. between 1844 and 1914 something momentous occurred, there was a change in the energy which operated through the seat of ra. in terms of astrological cycles, the equinox of the gods had begun. this change was and is of significance because it caused an acceleration of the forces of the kali yuga and is bringing mankind face to face with his destiny. observers of the change the change which began in 1844 was accelerated at the various points of emphasis. as a year has its seasons, the heraldic age has four nexus dates- 1844, 1904, 1964 and 2004. to fully appreciate the nature of these dates and the heraldic period as a whole we need to come to some understanding of the various sc

ing, if you are not on the side of treasury of light (the elder gods, then you are fair-game for the old ones. perhaps some of the strange descriptions of the books of revelation and daniel are not that farfetched after all! gnostic theurgy page 220 the resurfacing of the gnosis as the heraldic period moves towards aquarius mankind is heading towards a new period of both hope and destruction. the kali yuga is also accelerating towards its conclusion in blood and annihilation, ragnarok is certainly on the way. at the same time, as the ages change, the treasury of light is working overtime to awaken man. during this century the dead sea scrolls, nag hammadi library and other finds have offered an unprecedented opportunity for us to be re-aquainted with the gnosis. gnosticism has become the t

ce and we realise that this is a matter of social policy rather than everyday experience. every path to the divine is unique, we experience the flood of past lives in different ways and therefore our present conditions vary greatly. nobody is the same, nobody is equal and we must each individually decide whether our personal charade will continue. however, one thing we can be sure of, is that the kali age is accelerating, mans degeneration is reaching its peak. while technology has become more and gnostic theurgy page 223 more refined, the content of our lives has become more and more decayed. we have quantity, but little quality. television, video, computers, virtual reality- all flood our lives with information, information that seems important, relevant, even necessary- yet that informa

n to our spiritual goals. we are manipulated by our cellular programs, genes and memes mar our way. it is impossible to communicate the essence of the dimension, world or reality we originated from, the treasury of light and the lord of wisdom is so far away on every possible level. truth is alien to us because we have never known it, as wisdom is revealed, it is twisted and turned to poison. the kali yuga is rolling over the earth and taking mankind with it, at the same time the forces of the conquering sun child of horus offer man a last chance to wake up and realise his plight. but be warned, horus is the god of war as well as of liberation, the sun can dry up and parch a desert as quick as it can causes flowers t bloom. if we do not heed the call from the world of light to awaken and b

he earth and taking mankind with it, at the same time the forces of the conquering sun child of horus offer man a last chance to wake up and realise his plight. but be warned, horus is the god of war as well as of liberation, the sun can dry up and parch a desert as quick as it can causes flowers t bloom. if we do not heed the call from the world of light to awaken and be transformed, then as the kali yuga ends and time reaches its final days, as the omega day explodes onto our planet, then we shall surely cease to be and there will be nothing of us left- no thought, record- not even a trace. annihilation is the hell that awaits those who do not have the eyes to see. he that hath ears to hear, let him hear matthew 11:1d,1 the goetia the lesser key of solomon the king l e m e g e t o n c l

GRAHAM HANCOCK FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

ng, composed of water and many, signifies inundation, i.e. the flood. finally, returning to india, let us note the content of the sacred scriptures known as the puranas. these speak of four ages of the earth, called yugas, which together are said to extend to 12,000 divine years. the respective durations of these epochs, in divine years, are krita yuga= 4800; treta yuga= 3600; davpara yuga= 2400; kali yuga= 1200.25 the puranas also tell us that one year of the mortals is equal to one day of the gods .26 furthermore, and exactly as in the osiris myth, we discover that the number of days in the years of both gods and mortals has been artificially set at 360, so one year of the gods is equivalent to 360 mortal years.27 the kali yuga, therefore, at 1200 years of the gods, turns out to have a d

tions. separately there are manvantaras (periods of manu) of which we are told in the scriptures that about 71 systems of four yugas elapse during each manvantara. 30 the reader will recall that one degree of precessional motion along the ecliptic requires 71.6 years to complete, a number that can be rounded down to about 71 in india just as easily as it was rounded up to 72 in ancient egypt. the kali yuga, with a duration of 432,000 mortal years, is, by the way, our own. in the kali age, the scriptures say, shall decay flourish, until the human race approaches annihilation. 31 dogs, uncles and revenge it was a dog that brought us to these decaying times. we came here by way of sirius, the dog star, who stands at the heel of the giant constellation of orion where it towers in the sky above

GRERALD SCHUELER AN ADVANCED GUIDE TO ENOCHIAN MAGICK

on of figure 12, appendix a, shows that in each subquadrant, one square is used for both the horizontal and vertical names of the calvary cross angels. these 16 special letters can be arranged to spell the phrase ondo-apizebabalon (oh-en-doh ah-pee-zodeh bahbah- loh-en) which can be translated "the eternal regions of babalon" where babalon is the name of an important goddess. she is equivalent to kali, kundali, isis, and other feminine deities who are assodated with the qabalistic sephira of binah. the gematric value of this enochian phrase, i.e, the value of the 16 letters that are assigned to these squares, is 318. this is the value of the magick square of olap as explained later in enochian healing techniques. essentially, this means that these 16 squares all contain strong forces of he

ses. her name rneans'throne' and she is the source or seat of creative power. isis is similar to the tantric goddess, kundalini. 66 nephthys dispersion, fragmentation, dissociation, severity. she is the counterpart of her sister,'sis. her name means 'lady of the house' nephthys roles over all dispersion processes. she turras forro into formless essence. nephthys is similar to the tantric goddess, kali. horus attainment, fruition, man, humanity, the present as a result of the past. his title is 'the avenger of his father' because he fought set and avenged his father, osiris, whom set slew. horus is shown as a warrior. he is dynamic and aggressive. he is the spring which wins against winter and avenges the past summer. ur-heru cause, maturity, responsibility. his name means 'the elder horus'

s down from chesed through the veil of the temple unti l i t connects with netzach. the wheel of fortune is the western equivalent of the hindu wheel of samsara whose spokes are the three gunas or modes of energy: sattvas, rajas and tamas. it is also equivalent to the tibetan wheel of life which divides life into eleven phases of an endless cycle and which is held by the terrible goddess of time, kali. the great turning wheel is our universe. with practice you wi l l be able to see i t in at least two of i ts major aspects (1) it is a necessary field of learning in which man slowly grows from the outermost rim toward the center, and (2. because of an inherent strong seductivity, it is a place of distortion and deception. the symbols for the latter aspect are the wolf, for the desires of th

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ial dwellings with proper names, as in the edda. among the gods themselves, brahma's creative power resembles wuotan's, indra is akin to donar, being the wielder of lightning and the ruler of air and winds, so that as god of the sky he can also be compared to zio. the unison of our wish with the notion embodied in manoratha (p. 870) deserves attention. nerthus answers to bhavani (p. 255, halja to kali, and mannus to manus (p. 578, the last two examples being letter for letter the same; but one thing that must not be 'overlooked is, that the same myth of man's creation out of eight materials (pp. 564 7) which has already turned up five times, appears in a portion of the vedas, the aitareya aranya, from which an excerpt is given in colebrooke's misc. essays, lend. 1837, vol. 1, p. 47 seq; he

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u. 1, 22. mart. cromer lib. 3, ad a. 965. mart. hanke de silesior. nominibus, p. 122-3. 2 so the kussian vladimir, after his conversion, orders the image of perun to be tied to a horse s tail, beaten, and throicn into the dnieper. afterwards, when the novgorod perun was in like manner thrown into the volkhov, he set up, while in the river, a loud lament over the people s ingratitude. 3 the indian kali, on the 7th day after the march new-moon, was solemnly carried about, and then thrown into the ganges; on may 13 the koman vestals\>o?b puppets plaited of rushes to the pons sublicius, and dropt them in the tiber, ov. fast. 5, 620: turn quoque priscorum virgo simulacra virorum ruittere roboreo scirpea ponte solet. 774 summeb and wintek. in most places, laetare is the festive day, and i

HELENA BLAVATSKY THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY

ted to yaj avalkya. yogi or yogin (sans) a devotee, one who practices the yoga system. there are various grades and kinds of yogis, and the term has now become in india a generic name to designate every kind of ascetic. yuga (sans) an age of the world of which there are four, which follow each other in a series, namely, krita (or satya) yuga, the golden age; treta -yuga, dvapara-yuga, and finally kali-yuga, the black age-in which we now page 171 the key to theosophy- hp blavatsky.txt are. zenobia the queen of palmyra, defeated by the emperor aurelianus. she had for her instructor longinus, the famous critic and logician in the third century ad (see longinus) zivo, kabar (or yukabar) the name of one of the creative deities in the nazarene codex (see isis unveiled) zohar (heb) the book of sp

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u) becomes dormant. when tbey are all absorbed in the sopbeme soui, this soul of all the beings sleeps in complete repose till the day when it resumes its form and awakes again from its primitive darkness* if we now examine the ten mythical avatars of vishnu, we find them recorded in the following progression: 1. matgya-avat&ra: asasah. it will also be his tenth and last avatar, at the end t^ the kali-yuga. 2. kdrma-avatdra: as a tortoise. 3. variuta: as a boar. 4. ndra-sinha: as a manaion; last animal stage. 5. vdmana &s a dwarf; first step toward the human form. 6. parasu-rdma: as a hero, but yet an imperfect man. 7. rdma-chandra: as the hero of rdnuljfana. i^iysically a perfect man; his next of kin, friend and ally, hanuman the monkey-god. ths mojucey endowed wuh epeedi' 8. kriskna'atia

the age of silver, or that of fire the peri- od of supremat^ of man and of giants and of the sons of god; dv¶- yuga, the age of bronze a mixture already of purity and impurity (spirit and matter, the age of doubt and at last our own, the kah-yugs, or age of iron, of darkbess, niisery and sorrow. in this age vishnu had to incarnate himself in krishna, in order to save humanity from the goddess kali, consort of siva, the all-annihilating the goddess of death, de- struction and human misery. kcdi is the best emblem to represent the 'fall of man; the falling of spirit into the degradation of matter, with all its terrific results. we have to rid ourselves of k(di before we can ever reach mokaha, or nirvdna, the abode of blessed peace and spirit. with the buddhists the last incarnation is th

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sacred. then we have some of the hindu goddesses who the hindu s believe are all aspects of the one divine mother goddess. durga. also called devi in india where all goddesses are one as all are different aspects of the divine feminine. devi took the name of her enemy after she slew the evil demon durga in battle while riding on a tiger. lakshmi. goddess of abundance, the shakti force of vishnu. kali. the triple goddess of creation, the animating force of shiva, the destroyer. kali s role is to face our fears. shakti. the animating force of the universe, shakti unites us with the divine, cosmic, orgasmic energy of life. next we have some of the celtic goddess. the lady of the lake. celtic goddess of consciousness and revelation, emotion, renewal and creativity, gives us the energy to rule

of weather and brazilian macumba deity of change, women call on her for protection when in hard to resolve situations. baba yaga. slavic birth-death goddess who inspires us to get in touch with our wild woman and free our vital, instinctual and primal energies by integrating our self destructive behavior. maya. hindu mother of creation, weaver of the web of life and illusion. the virgin aspect of kali s virgin, mother and crone. maya comes to show us the illusionary nature of the material world, she brings magic and creativity. maeve. intoxicating irish goddess of the magical land of tara. maeve challenges us to act responsibly and become the queen of our domain. maat. ancient egyptian goddess of law, order, truth and justice. maat comes to bring justice to our life, to right wrongs and ad

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e-croix or red masonry, was devoted to the knowledge of good, while the second stage, that of k.h. or black masonry, was devoted to the knowledge of evil. next, in the first steps of what we call white masonry, the crown of the whole glorious structure, the candidate learnt to see the underlying justice of that eternal god, amen-ra, who stands behind good and evil alike. in older days, before the kali yuga, in which evil predominates over good, the knights k.h. wore regalia of yellow instead of black. 177. our 30 links the knight k.h. to the ruling rather than the teaching branch of the great hierarchy; he should become a radiant centre of perennial energy, which is intended to give him strength to overcome evil and to make him a real power on the side of good. the prevailing colour of the

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

y him (her) whose name i giveth as a sign. oh great brothers of the night, thou who makest my place of comfort, who rideth out upon the hot winds of hell, who dwelleth in the devil s fane; move and appear! present yourselves to him (her) who sustaineth the rottenness of the mind that moves the gibbering mouth that mocks the just and strong; rend that gaggling tongue and close his (her) throat, oh kali! pierce his (her) lungs with the stings of scorpions, oh sekhmet! plunge his (her) substance into the dismal void, oh mighty dagon! i thrust aloft the bifid barb of hell and on its tines resplendently impaled my sacrifice through vengeance rests! shemhamforash! hail satan (149 150) lavey claimed that jane mansfield died as the result of a curse he placed on her boyfriend (mansfield and her bo

cosmos itself undergoes periodic dissolutions and recreations. as recorded in the puranas, the principal mythological texts of classical hinduism, these macrocosmic cycles take place across vast expanses of time a spectacle of eternity that seems aimed more at boggling the mind than anything else. the basic building blocks of the hindu temporal schema are the four yugas krita, treta, dvapara, and kali which roughly correspond with the four ages of the classical greco-roman world the ages of gold, silver, brass, and iron. like the mediterranean ages, the series of hindu ages reflects a successive degeneration in the moral order. one complete cycle of four yugas, referred to as a mahayuga, is 4,320,000 human years in duration. one thousand mahayugas, in turn, constitute a kalpa of 4,320,000

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at is hateful to the particular deity; as, unchastity in the case of artemis, evasions in the case of ares. besides this, he should avoid all harshness or unkindness of any kind in thought, word, or deed, seeing that above the particular deity is one in whom all is one. yet also may he deliberately practise cruelties, where the particular deity manifests his love in that manner; as in the case of kali, and of pan. and therefore, before the beginning of his period of devotion, let him practise according to the rules of .liber jugorum. 15. further concerning the life of the devotee. now, as many are fully occupied with their affairs, let it be known that this method is adaptable to the necessities of all. and we bear witness that this which followeth is the crux and quintessence of the whole

e five senses in turn, as occasion arises. 39. concerning minor methods adjuvant in the ceremonies. iv. duresse. this method consists in cursing a deity recalcitrant; as, threatening ceremonially .to burn the blood of osiris, and to grind down his bones to powder. this method is altogether contrary to the spirit of love, unless the particular deity be himself savage and relentless; as, jehovah or kali. in such a case the desire to perform constraint and cursing may be the sign of the assimilation of the spirit of the devotee with that of his god, and so an advance to the union with him. 40. concerning the value of this particular form of union or samadhi. all samadhi is defined as the ecstatic union of subject and object in consciousness, with the result that a third thing arises which par

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- are metaphoric expressions referring to the four major periods in the life of all things. in the divisions of the day they signify dawn, midday, sunset, and midnight; in the duration of gods, men, and universes, they denote the periods of birth, growth, maturity, and decay. the greek ages also bear a close correspondence to the four yugas of the hindus: krita-yuga, treta-yuga, dvapara-yuga, and kali- yuga. their method of calculation is described by ullamudeian as follows "in each of the 12 signs there are 1800 minutes; multiply this number by 12 you have 21600; e.g. 1800 x 12=21600. multiply this 21600 by 80 and it will give 1,728,000, which is the duration of the first age, called krita-yuga. if the same number be multiplied by 60, it will give 1,296,000, the years of the second age, t

have 21600; e.g. 1800 x 12=21600. multiply this 21600 by 80 and it will give 1,728,000, which is the duration of the first age, called krita-yuga. if the same number be multiplied by 60, it will give 1,296,000, the years of the second age, treta-yuga. the same number multiplied by 40 gives 864,000, the length of the third age, dvapara-yuga. the same multiplied by 20 gives 432,000, the fourth age, kali-yuga (it will be noted that these multipliers decrease in inverse ratio to the pythagorean tetractys: 1, 2, 3, and 4) h. p. blavatsky declares that orpheus taught his followers how to affect a whole audience by means of a lodestone, and that pythagoras paid particular attention to the color and nature of precious stones. she adds "the buddhists assert that the sapphire produces peace of mind

MICHAEL FORD WITCHMOON

he inking of spells to hide from profane eyes. invoking the goddess- manifestation of the lunar current what is the connection between the zos kia cultus, thelema and witchcraft? the answer is the goddess, the all-prevailing woman who is the avatar of the gods, bringer of birth, life and death. through her eros and thanatos are united. the goddess can assume many guises and forms, hecate, lilith, kali, isis and babalon. in these forms she will manifest in the witch. the witches sabbat craft recognizes that the witch-goddess is the prime manifestation of individual power and focus upon earth. from the drops of her menstruation spring all apparent points of inspiration, from thence the fulfillment of the will occurs. to those seeking guidance, the goddess- once invoked under one of her many

a protectress of mothers and children. the sacred bird of lilith was the owl, one may 60 60 seek to invoke, or identify with the goddess lilith through the dream assumption of the owl form. such experiments should prove insightful. liliths name was suspected to have derived from the sumerian babylonian belitilli. one rather interesting connection is that one of the 17 names of lilith is actually kali. kali kali is the black destroyer as well as nurturing mother. often represented as a black demonic goddess, kali stands atop her husband, shiva, holding in her hands blades dripping with blood, and upon her neck a necklace of human skulls. kali is black because all that transpires returns to her, she is the abyss in it's feminine aspect. all time melts into this goddess. kali is also life gi

in order to reach a higher level of will and focus. the divine woman is both beautiful and ugly, capable of transformation from a decrepit old woman to a lithe young woman. beauty is in the eye of the holder, yet possible through all forms of vision. the goddess and woman must be respected as divine and beautiful, to which all areas of magickal work be dedicated. all works to babalon, hecate and kali are soaked in blood yet lined with the softest silk. invoke your goddess with will and strength, facing the devouring fear instinct that emanatates from the divine woman. the three torches which hecate carries give light through the darkness which she weaves and wanders in. light in which those of the witches sabbat tradition dance in astral flesh under a waning moon.the dark mother is presen

trance induction. i had performed the day side sabbat (17) as a ceremonial, with two friends, though i did not see them attend the astral rite later that evening. after the rite we sat about and talked for a little over an hour. upon their departure, with great excitement, i took to further preparing my bed chamber (where my personal altar was located at the time) and adorning it with statues of kali, hecate, lilith, pan and prints of austin spare's witch drawings. one particular painting- a reprint which i had paced centrally on the wall, hanging above the altar, was the four flying witches piece. this depicts three witches upon the ground in some astral state with one flying above. quite a beautiful piece which still captivates me to this day. i had an incense of the four elements which

nation create the spirit image of yelg. spirit of lilith! thou which hast become through the elaborate passion of my self, i become through thee! daughter of the lunar queen, casting the autumnal fire through the aeons, noble passion of flight! become that all knowing! i stand at the threshold of this world. silent watcher, all existent rehctaw, the shadows of hecate cloak thee under the night of kali. the flesh is mine, of which ecstasy arrives! witch mother paterson, 106 106 become flesh and dream, knowledge and initiation, your wisdom i recall! amen! at the moment of orgasm, consecrate the witch sigil and visualize your interpretation of yelg. this elemental shall be born of such desire. this elemental can serve one of two purposes, though only one should be selected. these purposes are

. return without issue to whence you came, serve me no longer for there is no obligation once the purpose is met. i have given you blood and bound you, life force was granted. in return you have sufficiently met the goal of the evocation. go forth now and harm no one, for your manifestation is over. so mote it be" banish and forget. i recommend that the sorcerer takes a death figure form, such as kali, the robed figure ankou, saturn, anubis, cronos, etc. to absorb "i have given you life and now i shall take it away. 137 137 all was possible through my will just as i shall feast upon thy essence. this is my natural rite and will. return to my shadows and become not. so mote it be" enter the circle of evocation and work yourself into a steady and controlling focus on absorbing the spirit. br

e female during a later banishing ritual. the sorcerer must reach into another reality during this rite, another dimension if it is to be successful. at the moment of orgasm or undertaking the death posture a clear vision of the spirit must be formulated, clearly seen and projected into the astral, thus giving it clear life through will, desire and belief. this rite is in honor of hecate, lilith, kali and babalon, a primal reaching towards the goddess. preparations: a sigil, being a doll in this case, should be created and given the powers you wish the elemental to possess. paint or etch symbols and attributes you wish this spirit to possess, so that it can better complete its task. a circle large enough to hold two people lying on their backs in natural congress, and a triangle within the

e. the sigil should be within the circle as well as blood from the couple, stored well in a jar and enough for pouring twice. do not harm one animal in this working, it is of utmost importance to give the lunar intelligence birth and connection through your own blood, to prevent the spirit from obtaining desires alien to your purpose. the circle should be inscribed with the names: lilith- hecate- kali- babalon a dagger and sword should be present as well as the chalice. salt should be formed in a circle around the invocation area, to ensure no escape for the spirit. red and purple candles should be placed around the circle as well. warlock (holding athame) elder gods of stellar forces, i invoke a great dragon burning with the fires of mars within my very body, prepare me for the purity of

me) elder gods of stellar forces, i invoke a great dragon burning with the fires of mars within my very body, prepare me for the purity of this work. witches sabbat goat, god of life and energy, brother of pan. i invoke thee gods of lust and life within my very body, prepared for congress in honor of the goddess. witch (holding athame) great goddesses of the night, fire and water- lilith, hecate, kali and babalon, i invoke your very essence within this body, my self forming a great sacred temple in which to receive your spirits, descend now unto your daughter, rest within my self. i invoke you through blood, move and appear unto this circle, enter our bodies and celebrate our union! 140 140 warlock (blood carefully poured around the doll-sigil) az-lilith, great manifestation of tiamat and

your subconscious, will and own individual fears. the mind is revealed to this guardian, thus delivering the would be vampire into a test of will, in a state of total vulnerability. if the will and intent is not pure madness will occur, the same as with what is known as vampiric obsession. the adept becomes drunk on the blood of the mother of abominations (the black aspect of babalon, as well as kali. they reach the destruction point of their own essence and thus become trapped within the abyss. such deformed desires are in fact what has been the building of the qlipoth, for it harbors unbalanced energies and elementals. the body in this case would continue but the very essence of the individual would be gone, rendering him or her into an unmotivated state of' just existing. this rite inv

ll take the energy of the qlipoth, born of choronzon. within the other circle should be a triangle with the names of mi-ch-ael which is derived from ceremonial magick traditions such as the goetia of solomon the king. this is the angel of protection by which the energies shall be bound. outside of the triangle, still within the circle the magickian will inscribe the names of lilith, choronzon and kali. this triangle is to be within the circle however. the point of this is to ensure that the spirit force will not break forth. if it does by some chance or mistake of the wizard then the other two sorcerers should seek to contain and banish it from within their circle. each sorcerer should memorize or have near them the banishing ritesm which shall be used in case all goes awry. an amount of t

ith the karma of another animal. such atavisms appear demonic or bestial. see images and oracles of austin osman spare by kenneth grant. 3. the petro tradition of voodoo is based in the element fire, thus aligned with sex and death workings. in parallel mythology the gods thanatos and eros in union, opposites non-existent in the combination. 4. black isis is the egyptian equivalent of the goddess kali, being a figure of both death and birth. black isis is also a formula which combines the goddesses kali, hecate, lilith and babalon into one specific goddess form. 5. the waking flesh of day side activities. 6. the book of pleasure 7. widdershins is the counter-clock wise movement within or in the motion of a circle. this represents the under flowing of energy, in which the base of all power

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the name vishveshvara (master ofthe universe. one of his features is time (bhagavad-gita 11.32: time i am, bhagavata purana 3.5.26-27, brahma-samhita 5.10, the separating factor between the material and spiritual world (bhagavata purana3.10.12) and a medium to perceive the lord's influence (bhagavata purana 3.26.16. shiva's female consort is known under various names as uma, sati, parvati, durga, kali, and shakti.the divine couple, together with their sons- the six-headed skanda and the elephant-headed ganesha -are inhabiting the mount kailasa in the himalayas as well as the mahesha-dhama on the border of thematerial world (devi-dhama) and the spiritual world (v aikuntha or hari-dhama).in the brahma-samhita he is said to be another form of maha-vishnu, and is compared to a yogurt.yogurt is

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ong sheep. humanity seeks eternally a safety net; a god to believe will save their souls, all the while sending tsunamis, hurricanes, blizzards, and all conceivable disasters upon its own creation. would this be a spirit you would open your arms to? does it help you to know that while you sleep, your dreams grow heavy with the failures and shortcomings of a world around you? the iron age is here, kali is awakened and she is very thirsty. mediocrity has always been accepted, yet by it being perceived and related to, it is consumed and considered acceptable. remind yourself of the socalled american slacker generation, the wonderful nineteen nineties, when if being a college student, it was smiled upon to be someone who continually seeks to underachieve. is this a highlight of our culture? we

erian times as a goddess of the beasts of the wild, as well as sorcery and night-fornication. lilith was said to have many forms, from beautiful women to half human and the bottom half animal, to half woman and half flame. lilith is also the mother of demons and a vampyric spirit which is a primal manifestation of the zoroastrian and manichaean az and jeh. lilith may also be related to the indian kali, whose name is one of her 17 names. luciferian a luciferian is an individual who recognizes the god/ess within. luciferians do not worship satan but recognize there must be balance 84 between the material and spiritual, the darkness and light. luciferians view their own being as holding the black flame of lucifer samael and lilith within, this is intellect and wisdom. this is beyond good and

irit, being samael and lilith, to initiate the self and become a part of the divine by awakening the symbol of cain, the first satanist. adamu outlines practice which defines the how the luciferian sex magick path is a sucessful method of initiation which only strengthens and awakens consciousness. vampiric (spiritual) sex magick and ancient buddhism/bon po, including workings and descriptions of kali and her various mythological guises. adamu features numerous discipline-building excercises which will set the focus for serious initiatory practionthe soul travelers: by michael wynn@ hollywoodinsiders.net chapter 1- the great name game--pg 3 the collective hallucination [1.1--pg 3 the story of the serpent [1.2--pg 5 story of the flood [1.3--pg 6 paradise lost, the tower of babel, and the sa

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knows jesus went up, not down. but then i was directed to this bible verse, which shook my view regarding the nature of his sacrifice. i can t believe it s not fiction: osiris& horus, vader& luke starwars lilith [5.4] the goddess lilith is associated with a host of other goddesses, including hecate, astarte, isis, sekhmet, virgo, venus, ishtar, inanna, aradia, davcina, selene, diana, az, babylon, kali, tiamat, al-uzza, and gaia. although this goddess is mostly associated with the moon, she is said to have both good and bad aspects, and true to that logic she if often spoke of as lilith who was consumed or possessed by a much more ancient goddess named tiamat. as if lilith is now the body that tiamat walks in. lilith is the feminine principle personified. tiamat is said to be the most ancie

tles like the scarlet lady. in rome, lilith was known as diana. diana is a goddess of the hunt, the moon, and childbirth. she was also known as the virgin goddess. artemis, the greek equivalent of diana, is also a goddess of the hunt, childbirth, the moon and also known as the virgin goddess. artemis is also closely related to selene, yet another moon goddess. in hinduism, lilith goes by the name kali. kali is a goddess identified with death, carnage, and the feminine principle. she often called mother kali and the mother goddess who is the consort of the god shiva, the destroyer. kali is depicted as a naked woman with black skin, who wear a necklace of skulls and holds a bloody sword. similar to the babylonian account of tiamat, kali s body parts constitutes the universe of space and time

a goddess identified with death, carnage, and the feminine principle. she often called mother kali and the mother goddess who is the consort of the god shiva, the destroyer. kali is depicted as a naked woman with black skin, who wear a necklace of skulls and holds a bloody sword. similar to the babylonian account of tiamat, kali s body parts constitutes the universe of space and time. the goddess kali, along with her husband shiva, roam the cremation grounds; this is a likely reference to the qliphoth or underworld. in the persian narration, az is the mother of demons and the consort of ahriman (satan. semiramis, yet another name for this goddess, an assyrian queen of legend, was reportedly the inspiration behind the hanging gardens of babylon. the hanging gardens of babylon, also called t

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ed companions, whom in the twilight of dreaming shall assume forms which please us, and taste the elixir of the skull- cup of az, dragon goddess of the abyss "i summon thee by the many names of thy calling- drakul, lamiae, empusae, lilitu, naamah, nachtzehrer, from the many names of your palace in the corpse roads, whom approaches with the howling of wolves, who gathers the shades from the tombs. kali, whom dances upon the corpses of false kings and resides in the cremation grounds, i summon thee "by the mark of cain, given by baphomet, the horned initiator of the circle, i summon your presence, blackened horseman who rides upon the ghost- ways speaking with the dead "by the owl, sacred unto noctulia- hekate, known in this circle as lilitu, ghost and phantom keeper, who shall gather the ma

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rb the idea that aum is, after all, an imperfect hieroglyph. krishna has been worshipped in india for ten thousand years. but the greatly daring reader may perhaps be willing to admit as a working hypothesis that, after ten thousand years, brutish mankind may have gone a little further in its study of the universe in which we live! at least some tantrists of high initiation and a few of the siva& kali worshippers perceive why the spiritual name of aleister crowley in the hindu initiatic tradition is majiatma guru sri paramahansa shjvaji 'little--30 +10+9+9+30+ 5= 93. hoor-paar-kraat is the fool, and aiwass his minister. this throws light on the function of this ipsissimus. he is the hierophant of the magi, just as 666, his pupil, is, at present, the hierophant of the masters of the temple

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or example, worshiped geb as god of the earth, and his sister-bride nut as the goddess of the sky. nowhere has worship of the eternal female been so strong as in india, where various goddesses are worshiped under the enveloping spell of mahadevi, the great goddess. devi is the consort of the god shiva (see pp. 112 13, and is worshiped as benign parvati or uma or as ferocious and vengeful durga or kali. sankara wrote of her in the 9th century, your hands hold delight and pain. the shadow of death and the elixir of immortal life are yours. the combination of delight and pain is not confined to india. the great goddess of ancient mesopotamia, variously called ishtar and inanna, also combined the roles of goddess of love and goddess of war. these dual aspects are explored in the epic of gilgam

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ear the semblance of ma'at from those whom we shall devour. guardian of death and the law, wepwawet [ronald barrett iii] fenris-wolf, the terrible, fenris, son of the trickster, your sister is hel and your brother the serpent. fenris, force of change, howler at the end of the world. fenris, bound in the world below, we unchain you to devour thy captor and swallow the sun. fenris [patty hardy iii] kali, mighty goddess, the gods glorify your sport, when in the dance that fills the court of shiva with delight, your foot descending spurns the earthly globe. kali, the power of time, in which all colors dissolve into darkness. kali, the power of destruction. kali, beyond all attachment. we take the name of kali, there is no refuge except in you. kali [nancy flowers iv] jahi, yours is the power t

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ar mansions and the abysmal waters resting in the lunar realms. it is in these domains the congress with the devil is sought and where the destruction of the virgin will be accomplished to give rise to the importance of shakti-nature in the excellent call of ononshu, the black goddess who is both the begotten and the begotter of the realm of the sphere of the black goddesses, like hekate, lilith, kali, artemis and the like. in ononshu they are united into one and the distinction is the between. to accomplish the treading of the path of stellar waters the connection towards the animalistic spirits and the atavistic totems are crucial to construct a balance between the lowest and the highest of the forms of spirit and matter. this is important since these bestial totems are guides in the ste

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il, it is said should not be known to mortals diabolus (greek "flowing downwards" dracula- romanian name for devil emma-o- japanese ruler of hell euronymous- greek prince of death fenriz- son of loki, depicted as a wolf gorgo- dim. of demogorgon, greek name of the devil haborym- hebrew synonym for satan hecate- greek goddess of the underworld and witchcraft ishtar- babylonian goddess of fertility kali (hindu) daughter of shiva, high priestess of the thuggees lilith- hebrew female devil, adam's first wife who taught him the ropes loki- teutonic devil mammon- aramaic god of wealth and profit mania- etruscan goddess of hell mantus- etruscan god of hell marduk- god of the city of babylon mastema- hebrew synonym for satan melek taus- yezidi devil mephistopheles (greek) he who shuns the light, q

number of those most significant to the respective working may be chosen. whether all or only some of the names are called, they must be taken out of the rigidly organized form in which they are listed here and arranged in a phonetically effective roster. abaddon euronymous o-yama adramelech fenriz pan ahpuch gorgo pluto ahriman haborym proserpine amon hecate pwcca apollyn ishtar rimmon asmodeus kali sabazios astaroth lilith sammael azazel loki samnu baalberith mammon sedit balaam mania sekhmet baphomet mantus set bast marduk shaitan beelzebub mastema shamad behemoth melek taus shiva beherit mephistopheles supay bil metztli t'an-mo chemosh mictian tchort cimeries midgard tezcatlipoca coyote milcom thamuz dagon moloch thoth damballa mormo tunrida demogorgon naamah typhon diabolus nergal ya

y him (her) whose name i giveth as a sign. oh great brothers of the night, thou who makest my place of comfort, who rideth out upon the hot winds of hell, who dwelleth in the devil's fane; move and appear! present yourselves to him (her) who sustaineth the rottenness of the mind that moves the gibbering mouth that mocks the just and strong; rend that gaggling tongue and close his (her) throat, oh kali! pierce his (her) lungs with the stings of scorpions, oh sekhmet! plunge his (her) substance into the dismal void, oh mighty dagon! i thrust aloft the bifid barb of hell and on its tines resplendently impaled my sacrifice through vengeance rests! shemhamforash! hail satan! invocation employed towards the conjuration of compassion with the anger of anguish and the wrath of the stifled, i pour

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ilosophy -28- pandemonium: the infernal hierarchy princes: lucifer: morning star and light-bringer; satan: adversary of god; belial: a vicious and wicked beast; beelzebub: lord of the flies; leviathan: prince of heresies and serpent of the infernal seas. the first legion: set, tiamat, eblis, mephistopheles, ahriman, fenris, pan, abaddon, apollyon the second legion: asmodeus, adramaleck, astaroth, kali, nergal, lilith, typhon, moloch, midgard, diabolus the third legion: caop, amon, skoll, hati, azazel, marchocias, serapis, bali, orias, maskim, mastema, nebrios, emma, furfur, pazuzu the fourth legion: pursan, nabarus, alastor, silcharde, incubus, succubus, hekate, asag, mara, euronome, forneus, xaphan, ukoback, belphegor, kobal, lerva, necrofiend, basilisk* magickal laws regarding successful

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ons: almanac hinduism goddesses. it also marks the last day of lord rama s fourteen-year-long exile, when the people lit thousands of lamps to guide rama (the ideal man, his wife, and his brother home. three goddesses are the focus of the diwali season. two days before diwali, the goddess lakshmi is celebrated for bringing prosperity, fruitfulness, and peace. the day before diwali is dedicated to kali, who provides mental and spiritual strength. diwali itself celebrates sarasvati, who provides knowledge and enlightenment. diwali is a time of gift-giving and feasting. hindus cook festival foods, formally worship the goddesses, and watch fireworks. diwali day itself is marked by a great feast, including sweets. the day after diwali marks the beginning of the new year and is a celebration of

goddesses that also represent important aspects of hindu beliefs. brahma: part of the hindu trinity. brahma is the god of creation. he created earth and the universe. brahma is usually represented with four heads and four arms. he is often depicted sitting on a lotus. devi: the divine mother. devi is the mother of life and is present in all women. she takes many forms, including that of durga and kali. devi is represented with eight arms and holds a sword in one hand. ganesh: the god of knowledge. ganesh is the son of shiva and parvati and is known to remove obstacles and cast blessings. he is shown with an elephant s head, a large belly, and four arms. hanuman: known for his courage and bravery. hanuman is loyal to rama and represents devotion and hope. hanuman is depicted as a monkey and

t arms and holds a sword in one hand. ganesh: the god of knowledge. ganesh is the son of shiva and parvati and is known to remove obstacles and cast blessings. he is shown with an elephant s head, a large belly, and four arms. hanuman: known for his courage and bravery. hanuman is loyal to rama and represents devotion and hope. hanuman is depicted as a monkey and holds a mace (staff) in one hand. kali: the goddess of destruction. kali is a dark-skinned goddess with eight hands, usually shown atop the corpse of a demon. she is a form of parvati. krishna: a manifestation of vishnu, krishna is a popular figure of worship. krishna is known for his bravery and fight against evil. he is often depicted in images as playing a flute, sometimes accompanied by his friend radha. lakshmi: the goddess o

popular figure of worship. krishna is known for his bravery and fight against evil. he is often depicted in images as playing a flute, sometimes accompanied by his friend radha. lakshmi: the goddess of beauty, prosperity, and good fortune. lakshmi emerged from the milk ocean and is married to vishnu. she has four hands, one of which is always extended in blessing. parvati: also known as durga or kali. parvati is wife to shiva and is depicted as having eight arms, with either dark or very light skin. when parvati is shown with dark skin, she is in the form of kali, the goddess of destruction. parvati is worshipped for having a happy family life. rama: considered to be the ideal man, rama is the hero of the epic story the ramayana. he is shown with a bow and arrow or with his wife and broth

d, explaining the term handfasting. david hoffman photo library/ alamy. 382 world religions: almanac neo-paganism throughout history many cultures, including the ancient greeks, romans, and egyptians, worshipped goddesses. the names of some of these goddesses include anat, aphrodite, aradia, arianrhod, artemis, astarte, brigid, ceres, demeter, diana, eostre, freya, gaia, hera, ishtar, isis, juno, kali, lilith, maat, mary, minerva, ostare, persephone, venus, and vesta. some historians of religion would add mary, the mother of jesus christ (c. 6 bce c. 30 ce, to this list because mary has been venerated, or highly respected, by many christians throughout history. in modern times the feminist movement has renewed interest in goddess worship. feminists want equal rights and treatment for women

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the cardinal points of the compass: the off-beat rhythms of the drums that summon the loa from beyond the veil and formulate the laws of their manifestation. spare's system of sorcery, as expressed in zos kia cultus, continues in a straight line not only the petro tradition of voodoo, but also the vama marg of tantra, with its eight directions of space typified by the yantra of the black goddess, kali: the cross of the four quarters plus the inbetweenness concepts that together compose the eightfold cross, the eight-petalled lotus, a synthetic symbol of the goddess of the seven stars plus her son, set or sirius. the mechanics of the new sexuality are based upon the dynamics of the death posture, a formula evolved by spare for the purpose of reifying the negative potential in terms of posit

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03, claimed to be 115 years old. he crosses his legs in the x-configuration typical of hindu gurus and swamis as they meditate and practice yoga. apparently, the swami's lifestyle does not a healthy nation make. according to statistics overall in india, the longevity rate is 23 years less than in north america (photo: transformation magazine, july-august, 2003 "cross my heart and hope to die' 227 kali, merciless goddess of death and destruction, metes out justice and balancing of karma to her victims. observe the satanic sign of kali's left hand and her spinning on her finger of a sun sign. her color is blue, same color as the blue lodge of freemasonry (first three degrees. the rose and the lotus are her flowers, also the same flowers represented throughout the occult world by many other i

ent document detailed an elementary knowledge of triangles and proportions. the triangle as woman's "holy door' barbara walker, in her the woman's encyclopedia of myths and secrets, outlines how the ancient mystery religions greatly honored the triangle as the sign of deity. she notes that the hindus, too, borrowed this emblem as their tantric (sexual) female triangle of life. it was known as the kali yantra, sign of the female vulva. in egypt, the triangle was a hieroglyphic sign for "woman" in ancient greece, the sexual intent is clear in that the triangle represented the holy door, genitalia of the all-mother demeter, known as "mother delta."1 "the triangle was everywhere connected with the female trinity, and a frequent component of monograms of goddesses" writes walker.2 it is easily

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u texts composed around 1500 to 1200 b.c.e, are transmuted to powerful evil beings with the advent of the new deities of indra and vishnu. the raksasas are a class of entities who attack humans with the intended goal of driving them insane or causing them material ruin. as in many theologies, there is an ambivalence concerning certain deities. in hinduism, the most terrifying of the gods, such as kali, durga, and shiva, although seemingly demonic and destructive, often perform deeds that ultimately turn out to be good. in the scriptures of the world religions, the chief of the legions and hordes of demons is known by various names: satan, lucifer, iblis, mara, and angra mainyu, among others. the word devil is derived from the greek diabolos, which means accuser or slanderer, and is one of

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acrifice of which they were accused, the members of the leopard cult of africa were responsible for many such ritual murders on their jungle altars and left hundreds of mutilated human corpses to prove their guilt. the thuggee of india, who committed more murders than any other secret society, allegedly dedicated the lives of the thousands of victims which they strangled to death to their goddess kali. of all the secret societies examined in this chapter, only the tongs and the freemasons remain in existence in the twenty-first century. while some contemporary metaphysical groups proclaim that their philosophical heritage may derive from the knights templar or the rosicrucians, there is little to substantiate such claims other than an admiration for their precepts and ideals. on occasion

g/rosie.htm. spence, lewis. an encyclopedia of occultism. new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1960. yates, frances a. the rosicrucian enlightenment. boulder, colo: shambhala, 1978. the thuggee no organized cult of killers has ever murdered as many people as the thuggee. in the 1830s this indian secret society strangled upward of 30,000 native people and travelers as a sacrifice to their goddess kali, the gdark mother, h the hindu triple goddess of creation, preservation, and destruction. the name thuggee comes from the sanskrit sthaga, gdeceiver. h although the thuggee probably originated sometime in the sixteenth century, they were not uncovered by british authorities until about 1812. great britain was beginning to expand its territories in india, and the british administrators were be

lacksmiths, maimed or leprous persons, ganges water-carriers, and women. despite the restriction against the murder of females, however, the presence of wives traveling with their husbands often necessitated the strangling of a woman to protect the secrecy of the society. the strongest rule of the brotherhood was the one prohibiting the shedding of blood. according to thuggee beliefs, the goddess kali taught the fathers of thuggery to strangle with a noose and to kill without permitting the flow of blood. all victims of the thuggee were sacrificed to kali, and the members of the secret society would have been greatly incensed by an accusation that they killed only for booty. with the exception of a small number of boys who may have been captured or spared during a raid, a man had to be bor

l number of boys who may have been captured or spared during a raid, a man had to be born into the cult in order to become an initiate. the minimum age for initiation into the society was 10, and the young candidates were allowed to watch their elders at work from hidden points some distance from the site of the attack. at the age of 18, they were permitted to make their first human sacrifices to kali. the thuggee had their female counterparts in a secret sect of tantrists who held that it was only by a constant indulgence in passion that a human could ever achieve total union with kali. only indulgence in the five vices that corrupt the soul of humankind. wine, meat, fish, mystical gesticulations, and sexual indulgence.could drive the poisons out of the human body and purify the soul. in

asked if he experienced any feelings of remorse or guilt, he answered sharply that no man should ever feel compunction in following his trade. although isolated cases of a thug fs proficiency with a noose still exist in india and in t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d secret societies 33 other parts of the world, the stranglers of the goddess kali no longer exist as a secret society. the designation of gthug, h however, remains as a negative term applied to brutish criminals. the violent chapter imprinted in india fs history by the cult of the thuggee has been portrayed quite often in motion pictures, notably gunga din (1939) with cary grant, douglas fairbanks, jr, and victor mclaglen; terence fisher fs stranglers of bombay (1960; stev

g group, which seeks to increase biodiversity awareness, preservation, and activism within religious communities. she also works with the sacred dying foundation in educating funeral professionals and hospice workers about pagan beliefs and practices regarding death and dying. to keep current on pagan research, she participates in the nature religion scholars network. macha nightmare fs matron is kali ma, and her magical practice, inspired by feminism and a concern for the health of the planet, is formed of celtic, hindu, and tibetan practices, the sacred art of tantra, and the magic of enchantment. when the opportunity presents itself, nightmare travels the so-called gbroomstick circuit, h where she enjoys immersing herself in the diverse community that constitutes contemporary american w

THE MAGICIAN S KABBALAH

said to last 6000 years, and are associated with the 7 sephiroth below the abyss, thus making 42,000 years (or 49,000 years if the cycle is 7000 years, leaving the last 8000 or 1000 years to complete the "great jubilee (the jubilee is a period of 50 years. it is said that we are currently in the shemittah of judgement, presided over by geburah, which matches the thelemic "aeon of horus" and the "kali yuga" of the hindu system. if this system is applied to the big bang cosmological model, then it is immediately apparent that we had exactly 50 cycles to reach the epoch of recombination, the first cosmic jubilee, and that cycle would have been that of malkuth, or manifestation! the process of gematria may be applied in a number of ways to this sephiroth, as follows: geburah is spelt gbvrh, n

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

n majesty and beauty, in solemnity and horror; in emotions, to be brief, so great that man had no place therein. but there are moods, in which the heights are attained indirectly, and through man fs struggle with the elemental powers. h *gargoyles, vol. iii, p. 84. only by energy and strife may man attain the eternal rest, dissolve the desperate lust of life by infinite agony and zest. thus, o my kali, i divine the golden secret of thy shrine *gargoyles, vol. iii, p. 98. the strife to attain to this golden secret we have already seen depicted in so many of aleister crowley fs poems. but what is it? and crowley at once, with east and west, answers, ga higher state of consciousness. h that a higher consciousness exists is certain; that it is unknowable is certain c unless indeed, we can trul

e cock crows! farewell till to-morrow, to-morrow night! a lingering farewell, and kisses upon kisses! h c glet the sparks fly upward, and the embers glow! we will back to our old gods again. h *the bride of corinth, goethe. there is an idol in my house by whom the sandal always steams. alone, i make a black carouse with her to dominate my dreams. with skulls and knives she keeps control (o mother kali) of my soul *gargoyles, vol. iii, p. 97. crowley fs interpretation of ceremonial magic, the getting back to the old gods, so to say, is lucidly described, under the terms of a rational system, in his introduction to the ggoetia h of king solomon. it is as follows: i am not concerned to deny the objective reality of all gmagical h phenomena; if they are illusions, they are at least as real as

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n) arrives at the moment when it must depart through the same door that its seed-germ entered. this is the law. the physical body of the human being is the outcome of nine months of gestation within the maternal womb. by means of philosophical analogies we also deduce that the human species remained within the maternal womb of the divine cosmic mother isis (rea, cibeles, mary, adonia, insobertha, kali, etc) gestating for nine ages. in the authentic initiation, this return to the point of departure is nothing more than the descent into the ninth sphere, which is a test of action for the supreme dignity of the great hierophant of mysteries. the flaming forge of vulcan is found in the ninth sphere (sex. there, mars descends in order to retemper his flaming sword and conquer the heart of venus

de gestaci n y llegado su tiempo, sale por la misma puerta por donde entr su germen. esa es la ley. el cuerpo f sico del hombre es el resultado de nueve meses de gestaci n entre el claustro materno. por ley de analog as filos ficas deducimos tambi n que la especie humana permaneci test ndose nueve edades entre el claustro materno de la divina madre c smica isis rea cibeles mar a adon a insoberta kali, etc. este retorno al punto de partida no es otra cosa en la iniciaci n aut ntica, que la bajada a la novena esfera, acto de prueba para la suprema dignidad del gran hierofante de los misterios. en la novena esfera se halla la fragua encendida de vulcano (el sexo. all baja marte para retemplar su espada flam gera y conquistar el coraz n de venus (la iniciaci n venusta. h rcules para limpiar l

WILLIAM WESCOTT NUMBERS THEIR OCCULT POWER AND MYSTIC VIRTUES

heh, vav, heh be drawn one over the other, the yod will look numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott like the head above, the heh will look like the two arms, the vav will be upright body, and the final heh will show two legs. it is stated in some ancient persian works that 4 bright stars were placed as guardians at the 4 cardinal points. at the beginning of the kali yuga, at krishna s death at 3102 b.c, the astronomers say that aldebaran, the eye of taurus, and antares, the heart of scorpio, were as the equinoctial points, and regulus, the heart of leo, and fomalhaut, the eye of the southern fish, were near the solstitial points. this was 5003 years ago. the pack of common playing cards has 4 suits; of diamonds, hearts, clubs and spades. the old tarot or

ed. 1752. new year s day changed from march 25 to january 1. 1865. frater robert wentworth little founded the rosicrucian society of freemasons of england, in its present form. 1885. dr. robert woodman became supreme magus. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott 1892. dr. william wynn westcott became supreme magus. 1911. this year a.d. is the 5013th year of the kali-yuga of the hindu sages. this yuga is to continue 432,000 years. 2000. a sabbath day s journey was 2000 paces. rabbi gamaliel had a tube made which, when he looked through, he could see objects at 2000 cubits distance. this is the earliest suggestion of the telescope. eiruvin, 43. 2. 2368. the greek number of iesous christos. 3000. rav hammunah says that solomon spoke 3000 proverbs. at the mo

day s journey was 2000 paces. rabbi gamaliel had a tube made which, when he looked through, he could see objects at 2000 cubits distance. this is the earliest suggestion of the telescope. eiruvin, 43. 2. 2368. the greek number of iesous christos. 3000. rav hammunah says that solomon spoke 3000 proverbs. at the mourning for moses, 3000 precepts were forgotten. 3102. in b.c. 3102, in february, the kali yuga, the black age of humanity began, according to the brahmins. 3761. the jewish era was calculated to commence 3761 years before the christian era. 4231. years after the dispersion, said rashi, the jews will be restored to their own land. numbers--th eir occu lt power an d mys tic vir tu es by w. wyn n wes tcott 4291. after these years, the wars of gog and magog will cease says the talmud

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

ubsistence of creation, and after it reverts to what it was. and had the worlds and all that is in them not have been created, it would not have been possible to see the truth of the manifestation of his eternal being, blessed be he, in the past, present, and future, and he would not have been called by the name yhwh at all.119 it seems to me plausible to apply to ein sof the description of durga-kali, the mother goddess in sakta hinduism, as the ultimate trans-theistic symbol of timelessness the not-time, on account of which she merits the name adyakala.120 leaving aside the important divergence between the jewish and indian materials with respect to the gender construction of the formless form of ultimate reality,121 the characterization of the latter as a trans-theistic symbol of timele

WORKBOOK FOR GRADE 0 VOID AND THE ABYSS

ver that samael is the solar and aggressive force of becoming. when one invokes samael, they become the dragon of darkness. the dragon is in reference to the primal force of the reptilian mind, cold and calculating while the darkness is itself the hidden source of knowledge. lilith is known as the queen of demons in hebrew lore, but also she has manifested throughout different cultures and times. kali is one of the 17 names of lilith, represented as the devouring black mother of india, who absorbs through time itself. kali is the proactive female, the mother which devours its young. while lilith is itself, a force of the subconscious, lunar and fluid sense of self, something so very real as lilith may manifest to the sorcerer. lilith is the mother of demons, spawning lilitu or succubi, in

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